The Tamworth Examiner and Working Men's Journal. — 1875-03-06 (Tamworth, Staffordshire, England)

FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.  On Friday (yesterday). Stokes wee again  coat." We took him to Walsall, to the Chief with a dead weight of ..£20.000 paid for good-will. and of Police, and he had since been in custody.—By afterwards with another dead weight when they took Mr. Rhodes He gave his statement perfectly over Messrs. Weston aud Cnee's business of .45,We. NOW, that was a property which was estimated difstraightforward. I Lave known him for a long fereutl at different time; • at all vex ts it 11 time, and what I know of him is favourable to b tan 1 '3. was we as not substantial represented that amount, that his character as a respectable, quiet man.—This it should be wiped off, and for many years the direebeing the evidence, Mr. Rhodes addressed the tors set aside the sum of £5,000 a year in order to get BenCh for the defence, and said it was for the rid of the liability of .£35,000. They did get rid of it, magistrates to decide first of all whether they and the .£193,000, appearing in the balance sheet would take the charge as one of murder or man- as the value of the freehold land, buildings &c., slaughter. He contended that the first could not was what they believed to be fully represented their property and there was be made out by the evidence; and with regard to by no such item . . ,h as good-will in trie figures—k ear Then the latter, he commented upon the evidence with i a view of showing that the offence was committed again, f the report and balance 'sheet were ap-' proved, there was over and above the amount he had in self-defence, and was one of justifiable named an additional £50,000 in the form of a reserve ' homicide. He then referred to the law and fund. Therefore, they had had 91 per cent, for every definition of what was regarded as of year of the company a operation, created a reserve justifiable homicide, and contended that no fund of £50,000. and wiped off .£35.000 in the shape jury would convict upon the evidence before of goodwill. Now, if they took the .£85,000 to which them. He quoted a number of cases that had he had referred, it would give one I.er cent. more tlia,n been decided. If they determined to send for they thiaodnsdemeteind folvvczycear of the company s h he contended, the trial, then he submitted that they could not be shareholders had greally received, although not in justified in treating the case as any other but mousy. He thought the present financial position of that of manslaughter, and, under the circuni- company was exceedingly satisfactory, and he earneststances, if they decided to do this, then:he would ly asked the shareholders to endorse the policy of the apply that bail should be taken.—The magis- directors in paying them a moderate dividend year by trates decided to remand prisoner to Monday to year, and having a reserve to fall back upon in bad complete the depositions, when prisoner would timcs—(aPelause). be committed on a charge of manslaughter; The l'ell'o'rinuttionn, was Weir uananrllit°r"tston were bail would, however, be taken, himself in 9,50, re-elected directors - and me'ssrs. Carter and Carter and two sureties in .£25 each. were appointed auditors. VERDICT OF JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairAGAINST