Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1881-12-03 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SHOCKING REVELATIONS. Some shocking revelations have been made at an inquest at Sheffield on the body of a child named William Lucas, 8 months old, son of an engraver. It was stated that the mother had only left her bed fora fortnight since the birth of the child, and that she was now seriously ill from consumption and heart , disease, and that the care of the child had devolved Innen a daughter, nine years of age, and two younger children. Some of the neighbours stated that the child had been neglected by both parents, and that the mother told one of them that she had never liked the child. The father said his earnings for the last two years had not averaged more than 15s. a week. The surgeon who had made a post-mortem examination at the requmt of the coroner mid the deceased war almost a skeleton. The atomach WIS without food, and the body contained not a particle of fat. Death was mused from congestion of the brain, resulting from want of food and proper treatment. The coroner said he had never seen a child to this. The father remarked that his wife was thinner. The coroner told the jury there was not sufficient evidence to justify a verdict of ! manslaughter, but he severely reprimanded the father. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned.  Da. Ge.oncis Hour, the medical officer of the Leamington Amalgamated Friendly SOCietiee Medind Association, has committed suicide by swallowing' quantity of prussic acid. His dead body was found in ' an out-of-the-way part of Offchurch-park. The 5teasel was married, and his relative., who are ityle. pendent, reside at Leamington. He had held the appoint• meat for a few months, and preferred it to private  A SOMEWHAT CURIOUS CHARGE has been I brought, at the petty sessions, West Hartlepool, against a pawnbroker named Broady. He had taken in pledge articles from a boy, and was charged with twice taking goods from a person under 10 years of age, and also with receiving stolen goods. The lad who had pledged the goods was lately convicted of theft, and sent to an industrial school, his statements leading to the present charges. For the first two charges fines of £.5 each were levied ; for the third charge a fine of 120, the pawn. broker's license also being impounded. A CASE OF CRUELTY of extraordinary character has come before the Exeter magistrates. Defendant was William Gregory, a traveller, from Preston. He was driving a horse in a four-wheeled phaeton, when the I animal began to jib. Defendant went into an ironmonger's, purchased some small gun-shot, and poured them into the cm of the horse with the object of frightening it. The animal, however, would not move, and defendant then obtained a jag of hot water and threw it into the other our, and this caused the horse to mart. A veterinary surgeon who was called said there was nothing to prevent the shot poured into the ear running straight into the cranium, and the result might ultimately be deafness, madness, or death. Defendant was fined 10s. and costs. He applied for a case for armed, and stated that he was a subscriber of£2o a year. to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to • Animais. The magnumoe ref aied the spAnsasium.,  practice. AT THE FVNERAL OF flu. YELD, medical officer of hellth for Sunderland, who lately nom:lintel suicide, there was a large attendance of the Corporation end nunliciil profession. Tun annual chrysanthemum and fruit show , atToubridge has been held at the Public Hall, when the large room was well filled with exhibits. Ar Trris Burton - on- Trent police-court & man named William Ray was charged with having committed cigamy by marrying Mary Heckling, a widow. He woo remanded, in order that the neeeesary certificates  might be produced. 1 _ A ;10IISE belonging to Mr. J. Cooksley, of the . DEATH OF GENERAL SIR EDWARD I Same, Arms, Taunton, having died suddenly alter H.