The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1849-04-11 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE BRISTOL MURDER—TRIAL OF SARAH THOMAS. GLOUCESTER, APRIL 3. The trial of Sarah Thomas for the murder of her mistress, Miss Elizabeth Jeffries, commenced at the Gloucestershire Assizes, held in the Shire-hall in this city, at nine o'clock this morning. It was made known last night that the trial was fixed for to-day, and the hall was, at an early hour this morning, besieged with eager applicants for admission. _ _  was to call  about five Tefferies'  going to leave her mistress.  who was called in arised the nature They  „ incapable of known cases when parties- so sufferout.    At the Under Sheriff's Court, Liverpool, on Saturday, the case of Hartley v. Thompson, whieh for some time has afforded much pleasing excitement to the gossips of that town, came off before the under sheriff and a special jury. Mr. Watson, Q.C., acted as assessor. Mr. Martin was counsel for the plaintiff, and Sir F. Thesiger for the defendant. The plaintiff in this case is Mr. John Bernard Hartley, and the defendant is Mr. John Thomson; and the action had been instituted to recover compensation in damages for alleged criminal conversation on the part of the defendant with the plaintiff's wife, the present court being called for the purpose of assessing such damages. Mr. Martin, on the part of the plaintiff, rose and said he would be happy to state that the jury would be spared hearing a very painful and distressing investigation. If he had merely consulted the wishes of Mr. Hartley, they would have had such a detail of circumstances laid before them as were probably never before proved in a court of Mr. Hartley, in consequence of something which oeen said with respect to his unkindness to his wife been exceedingly desirous that this matter should have been fully and publicly investigated; but there were the feelings of others to be consulted—the relatives of this lady, her aunt, and an unmarried sister; and notwithstanding this strong desire for publicity being given to the circumstances, by a public investigation, on the part of the plaintiff (Mr. Hartley), he has submitted to the advice of his counsel, and to the dictates of his own good feelings, and had consented to take a verdict for £4,000 at their hands. • is nature in tak'eh he of rose  investigated. course, had been actuated by the had stated—a strong desire to P v. Sir F. - on behalf r  better, be  occasionm,  --.sustained. be ^  should  friend'  been  , al for the deep injury F. Thesiger) was (3,as much as  that  with tbe  parties  have  would  who  of those transactions to which his . r. alluded. He (Sir F. Thesiger), on the part of Thomson, felt it due now, late as it was, to make the only atonement which could be made, and to state that Mr. Thomson acknowledged that Mr. Hartley had been deeply wronged, and that if there had been any imputations cast upon is character, to declare that those imputations were entirely unfounded, and were now completely withdrawn. The jury by direction of the assessor, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for £4,000.  On the arrival in Boston of the twenty minutes past ten train from Lincoln, on Tuesday night last, much consternation was caused among the officials at the station by the absence of William Reid, the guard, and the appearance of brains and blood upon one of the first-class carriages. One of the carriage windows being also smashed to atoms, an inspection of the inside took place, when a very respectably dressed young woman was found in an hysterical state, 'from her was gleaned the intelligence that the guard - • that morning from Peterborough to Linday's pleasure, and that on their reLangrick, the last station where the into the carriage to her, and, imme, melancholy occurrence took place, he o shoulders out of the window for the purascertain ing his distance from Busto • order that return to his duty in the break-van ' reaching his head caught against which out of the carriage. La _ea, and men were despatched up unfortunate man, nod his dead boc - Boston side of the erected by the the ballast en construction of the line, and the accident, been given to take it u few days, The unfortunate guard was  •  E=