Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1888-01-21 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE BINGHAM MYSTERY.  Jane Rayson, 82, widow; Mary Jane Rayson, 32, governess; Ada Eliza Sanson, married, 24, sister of Miss Rayson; and Samuel James Moor, 32, physician, have been charged at Bingham Police-court, Notts, with the wilful murder of the infant child alleged to have been given birth to by Miss Rayson. At the inquest on the body an open verdict was returned, but warrants were issued and prisoners apprehended by the direction of the Public Prosecutor. The case against the defendants, as opened by the prosecuting solicitor, was that up to Christmas, 1888, Dr. Moore lodged with the Raysons, and had since been their medical attendant. Last December Mrs. Sanson was visiting the Raysona and remained several weeks. One day there was great commotion upstairs. Miss Rayson became ill, and Dr. Moore was fetched. On Christmas Day Mrs. Rayson showed a girl the parcel containing the body of the infant lying on the garden ' path with a cloth tied tightly arouna its neck marked with the name of Rayson. Mrs. Rayson did not communicate with the police until the following day, leaving the body in the garden house all night, and denied knowledge how it came there. The servant girl Rayworth was called, and while she was giving evidence Mrs. Sanson fainted. The witness bore out the opening statement, but in cross-examination said Miss Rayson's health had always been poor. She never heard the cry of a child in the ltaysons' house. Dr. Moore did not visit the house for several days before the body was found. Police-superintendent Downing said that subsequent to the inquest he interviewed Moore, and asked him if Miss Rayson had borne a child. The doctor replied he did not think so. The body discovered in the garden was wrapped up in a newspaper dated Jan. 28, 1886, and he discovered newspapers of the 28th and 30th of the same month in the Raysons house. Moore, when apprehended, avowed his innocence. Notes upon Miss Rayson's illness were found in his possession, showing that on Dec. 3 he found her prostrate in her bed-chamber. In cross-examination the superintendent said Mrs.Rayson had rendered every assistance in the case. Dr. Eaton and Dr. Williams described the state of the body, which was fully developed. They thought the immediate cause of death was strangulation. The child had fully breathed, but was weak through the loss of blood. After a most protracted inquiry, Dr. Moore, Mrs. Rayson, and Mrs. sanson were discharged. Miss Rayson was committed for trial, but was admitted to bail.  "Any Docron WILL rem. YOU " there is no better Cough Medicine than KEATINQ'S lANANGES. Une gives relief ; if you stlffer from cough try them but once, they toll( cure, and they red/ not injure your health ; they contain only the purest and simpleet drugs, secretly and skilfully combined. Sold everywhere in 130. tine.  SIR Essay Hom.san has appointed Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Bart., to be Aesistant Private Secretary (without salary), in the room of the Marquis of Carmarthen, M.P., who has resigned that appointment.  Kar's Tlc Pttda, a specific, in Neuralgia, Fie:each°, ha, nd., and le. Id.; postage, Id. Of all Chemists and Vendors.  A GERMAN officer is said to have insulted a Parisian lady friend of a French officer. The pair met on the Belgian frontier, pistols being the weapons. The German was shot through the heart. A QUIZSTION as to the right of the churchwardens of St. Matthew, Netley, to exclude from their church the boys of a neighbouring reformatory, has been argued before Mr. Justice Stephen. It was contended on their behalf that the boys possessed the right of parishioners to attend the parish church ; but, on the other side, it was submitted that the right was limited, and could not include the boys of a reformatory. Judgment was reserved. Key's Cogroexo &nonce of Linseed, Sc., a demulcent anodyne expectorant, le. lid., 2e. 94., &c. all Cnerniets. HOUR news when it comes to us from abroad is sometimes delightfully refreshing. Au Australian paper assures us that Mr. Balfour has ordered that every man who attends a proclaimed meeting is to be prosecuted.