Widnes Examiner. — 1881-12-24 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

PLEASANT SHIPMENT FROM AMERICA. A despatch r.nrevenied from distraining growing crops, Or taking received from Boston states that the attention of the customs corn even after it hadloeen cut. This was not enough authorities at that place has been called to the fact that 1,771 for the landlords, so fresh legislation ;gave them cases of rifles were shipped to Liverpool on the 15th inst. on power to distrain corn in sheaves, or cocks, or loose, board the steamer lowa. The cases were described in the or in the straw, or hay in barns, ricks, or otherwise, manifesto as containing hardware. as well as other chattels. Then in the time of George : In the Edinburgh High Court, on Monday, Thomas Arm- it. they took power to distrain growing corn, grass, . strong, and two young men named Hogg and M•Neish, were hops, fruit, -,roots, pulse, and other products of the • convicted of extorting money from 's retired Indian medical land, and to cut and gather them when ripe, to be . gentleman residing near Dumfries. They bad obtained disposed of in satisfaction of the rent. A statute of - about £4OO from the prosecutor by threatening to expose him I and some girl. Hogg and 51•Neish were each sentenced to Queen Anne gave the power of distress to persons en- seven years', and Armstrong to five years' penal Servitude. , titled to rent in arrear Upon lease, six months after • In the Court of Appeal, on . Wednesday, the question, the determination of the term, and the same statute ) "What constitutes a lodger ?" under the Act of 1867 was gave the right to follow and distrain goods clandest decided. Their Lordehips held that where a person rents tinely or fraudulently removed, a power which was I furnished or unfurnished rooms of the qualifying value he subsequently enlarged by an Act of George 11. In 6 was a lodger, whether the landlord lived in the same house the latter reign, too, the ancient rule of English law i or not; but where the person occupied the entire house: which caused the remedy to be- attended with conthough all rates and taxes were paid by the landlord, siderable risk, that if a party were guilty Of any the tenant w.as to be regarded as an occupier, and not a irregularity in making or conducting the distress he lodger. thereby became a trespasser ab initio, was set aside. Arreareren MURDER AND Strimon.—The police received and it was provided that in such a case damages only information on Monday night that Emil Fauselow, a should be recovered by the person aggrieved by such German butler, at a lodging-house in Southwick Crescent, Hyde Park, London, bad attempted to murder Clara Byforcl, act in _proportion to the injury sustained. So the a fellow-servant, by shooting her. It appeared the two were Powers for the landlords' benefit were gradually and 1 in the pantry, when Fanselow attempted to kiss the girl, who constantly enlarged and extended, until we have ars • repulsed him. He then fired a revolver at her, wounding her rived at the present state of the Law of Distress, and in the breast,-and afterwards shot himself and cat his throat, as was said in the House of Commons," Though the • Both are in the infirmary in a critical state, remedy is ancient, its present peculiar form is 6