The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-09-01 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

ING TO MURDER. that he was excitable, restless, and rollicking, except An extraordinary case was opened last week before that h's cheerful temperament was confounded wit h this the Hertford magistrates. Paul Bayart, a touts by:superficial observers l• Dr. Sheppard says, •Is the French gentleman, studying in Hertford, waecharpe credibility of this witness, though dying, to be put with having solicited Arthur With Dickens, of the against that of a lady who states that he used the ex. same place, gentleman, to murder his (Bayan'o pression, • I have taken poison for Dr. Gully ; do not I father and mother, at Roubalx,in France. The Town tell Florence ?" Now, in the first place, this credible Clerk conduoted the examination of the whew., and witness admitted the grossest falsehoods in her pre. the prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, woe defended by vious statements. In the wound place, It does not agree Mr. Armstrong, solicitor. with her previous version of the same sentence. Thirdly, Superintendent Jarrett. of the Hertford police, was it is quite at variance with the evidence of all the called, and said Alfred William Dickens made a other far more credible witnesses. Fourthly, the exprescertain communication to him, and gave him a book sion itself is that o' a woman, not of a man. Had Mr. and, place of paper. Two photos, a note of hand, and Bravo felt the sentiment, he would have expressed it a packet had been received by wentes from the Rex, in different language. Clearly the jury did not be. IFather Stanfield. The note of hand was fur Veit, lieve it for a moment. They kept their eye on the Dickens told witness the photos were those of is. laurel water and the treatments, and the suspicious , fondant's father and mother, and that the book oce going backwards and forwards, and the crooked ways I trained notes of what the defendat had told his. and more crooked speech, and the disgraceful IThese documents were put in evidence, and lee antecedents. They treated it all as a lie and an 1 .Eounsvd . pounded b. y the Court. Dickens told siltylnvention. My object is simply to defend the memory to go on the Ttetsday to murder of a relative, whom everybody esteemed, from the ° most unworthy charges, and I will only allude to the :defendant's father and mother at Roubaix, and bad antecedenteand evidence of one, the poor fellow so d earl y !eived £lO for expenses. He was to shoot tee two !persons at different times with an am-gun. The Ilia loved, and whom he would have been the last to ! as to he paid after the death of defendant's parent; asperse. The jury have, most fortunately for soe ety, I fixed a mark on the case that nothing can now remove. land defendant's brother was to be the next. Alfred William Dickens was then examined. Be I say fortunately for society, for, if this be pronounced appeared to be about 23 years of age. He said be hid suicide, and not rounder, there is no man safe even in 'reed at the Rev. Father Stanfield's, where defendant the bosom of his family." !was a pupil. Defendant asked witness if he kris of sty —....—_ poison which would destroy human life without leo.