Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1887-05-14 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

FIT FOR THE PILLORY. At Leeds anises, Isaac Haxlehuret, • miner, has been indicted for murdering his wife at Wombwell, near Barnsley. The evidence was of the most revolting nature, and drew from Mr. Justice Grantham some of the strongest expressions ever used by a judge on the bench. It was proved that Hazlehorst and a number of " friends," after spending several houre in a public-holm on Sunday, went to his own house, and were there eupplied with quantities of drink front the licensed premisee during dosing hours. All became drunk, and the woman beginning the quarrel with one of the men, Hautehunt ordered her 0 bed. A considerable number of the men shortly afterwards went upstairs into the woman's room and were undely familiar with her. To prevent the husband sifting the men going upstairs, some of the gang eurrounded him. His attention, however, was at length nailed by • noise, andllgoing upstairs he band one or two men lying on the bed with his wife. He cleared all the men out of the home, and was afterwards heard kicking , and beating the woman, who was found dead next morning, "kicked," as the learned counsel for the proseention observed, "piecemeal from life into eternity." His lordship expressed his utter abhorI mace of the cowardice of those who deposed to having heard the woman screaming ant dared not enter the house. One witness, be said, was a disgrace to the county, and he ordered the court to be relieved of the presence of theee "inhuman wretches." In eumming up, be esid the records of any country, however uncivilised, might be searched in vain for a parallel to this wretched ease. The only proper way;to touch mirth men an had shared in it wan to revive the old law, put them in the pillory, and pelt them wiith filth equal to their character of brutes and beasts. He referred to the demoralised nature of these miners, and spoke of one man in particular as an "arch fiend among fiends," who was fortunate in not having been selected for the priaonere vengeance instead of his wife. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manalaughter, with a strong recommendation to merry on Recount of the great provocation he had received. His lordship said the verdict was • very proper one, and panned sentence of 12 mouths' imprisonment. The only whams whom the judge considered to have shown any right feeling was promoted with a bouquet from the Bench.  The death is announced of Professor Samuel Dl)., L.L.D., of Aberdeen. lie vu born in 1806.  Mn. Stanger, of Fieldaide, has given £lOO towards providing a new organ for St. John's Charoh, Krewiet.  On Tuesday afternoon M. Beresford Hope, M.P., was reported to be in • slightly less exhausted state than on Monday. Mr. Holman Hunt, who ir working with characteristic energy, is shout to publish his pre•ltaphaelite artmles in a collected form.  The Governmeot have purchased from Lord Rodney eighty acres of land at Li Ming, Kent, for the purpose of training soldiers in ballooning , operat.ons. Mr. Auguetue Harris hae offirdally announced in the Drury Lane programme the pro lucti in of a new and original drama, by Mr. Paul Merritt and himeell, shortly alter the close of the Italian opera season.  The Duebese of Westminster has promised to open a bazaar, to be held on the 25th of June, for the purpose of raising at moll as possible of the £5,000 required to oomplete the New Working Lads' Institute in Whikohapel. The Jnbilee feature at Olympia will probably take the form of • gorgeous pageant representing the history of England from the earliest period. It is not imp ,sible that tio Que,m sill ho present at one of Lb, perform ince.. The death is announced at Eastbourne of Mr. Julian Attains, toueed con Motor and ocepo,ier, in his six'y-th.r I year. For nearly Inalf-e-eentury Mr. Adana tan beim widely known as a promoter of concerts at Ola.gow, Edinburgh, Buxton, and other planet. The Laly Superior of the Convent el Loretto, Toronto, oaring sent a letter of invitation to Lady Lan,to4i.e to vist the institutiou, and totally ignoring the preemies in Toronto of the GovernorOeneral, has received from her ladyship a sharp reply, declining the invitation.