The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1876-05-26 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

CLIARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A LEICESTER HERBALIST.  At the Leicester Town Hall, on Monday, before the Mayor (Mr. W. Barfoot) and o her magistrates, Cornelius Asher, 7ti years of age, a herbalist, was charged with the wilful murder of Ann Gee on (ha 2nd of May. Mr. Wright, solicitor, watched the case on behalf of the prisoner. It seemed that the decreased, who was a married woman, was 21i years or age, and that her husband had I,eert for some time living in America. On the evening of Monday, the 24th of April, she was accompanied by a woman named Elizabeth Richards to the prisoner's shop, when ite ordered the witness outside, saying that she might wait in the street for the deceased, A 3 he d d not allow any one to slay in the place. On the deceased rejoining the winless in the course or two hours she complained of being ill, and could scarcely walk to her sister's, w here she It% ed, only a short distance away. She at once took to her bed, who she lingered in great pain until the 2nd inst., when she died. In the meantime she had been attended by Mr. Br, an, surgeon, but after her burial, rumours in the n&glthourhisel led to the Coroner, Mr. Geo. F. Harrison, issuing an order for the exhumation of the body on Wednesday last, when Dr. Bryan made a post-mortem examination in conjunction with Dr. Franklin, which showed that deceased had suffered great inflammation of the internal membrane, arising from several punctures caused by the use of such sharp instruments as those found in be prisoner's house on it s apprehension on Pat iirda) last. II also seemed that, on the Saturday after the death of the deceased, the witness It chards went to! the prisoner's house, anti told him of Gee's death, that it was he who had killed her, and that he ought. to refund PAllle money out of the 275. 1;(1. which had been paid him he the deceased to help to bury her, as her friends heti no money, when he said be had done her no harm, but after eome conversation gave the wittiesa los, saving tint WA% ail the money he had from the deceased. Prisoner was remanded.  The Peinco of Wales awl Colonel Teesdde arrived in London on Tuesday abottt six o'clock from ii visit to H.M.S. Sultan ut Portswooth. _  The ship Caswell arrived at Bristc.l on Monday, and was visited by a large number of persons, at a charge of BiNpl,llo3 per head, the proceeds to go to the widows and orphans a the murdered aie,re. Replying to a deputation from the National AntiTneonie Tax League, on Tuesday, 16 Oliamwllor of the Rtchequer said it would be impossible to totally abolish the tai until a general evision of direct taxation tibik place. its stiii thought the exemptions he had proposed were wise and 6 rIINALTY OF A NA-1` (.!‘ Dt-vv.—Lientenant Retklie, of the ship Raleigh, was sentense,i by a eourt.tenstial at Portsmouth, on Tuesday, to lose one year's seniority, and to be dismissed his ship, for going to sleep while he wait odir4r of the watch, in ilombaY harbour, on March lath, when aw.:!tjpg the embarkalion of the Prince of \Vales. At Tins rffit 111.1.11101 S PIit),E(