Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1889-11-02 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

TEMPTING PROVIDENCE.  Mr. Laniiinn held aninquest on Thursday. it Southwark, on the body of .Albert South, aged 5 weeks, the child of parents who belong to the religious sect known as the Peculiar People.—Eliza South said that the deceased was her child. It had been delicate froth 'birth, - and 'Wits taken ill—ion-se days since, had strong convulsions, and died. Witness and her hnsband -beltinged to the Peculiar People, and did-mot call in medical aid; as- it was contrary to theirbelief. The child was not anointed.— , The coroner: Then yhtz were quite content -to leave the child to die before ytmr eyes withdut using the means of medical treatment ?—Witness : We are content, if it is the Lord's will.—Replying' .to further questions, witness said she had lost three children 'before, .and in neither ckse was a medical than vaned 44. NAN shad, •arslther Vbitd left.—The coroner.: Really, this state of things ought to be stopped : it is scandalous that these peOple should allow their children to die.—Dr. C. L. Jones, .who bad zna,de a post-mortem examination, said the symptoms were a very common type of case, which }usually gave way to proper treatment, but he could not ,lAsoTutely say that death would not have taken place if the child • .had received Medical attention.— After a consultation between the jury, the foreman stated that their verdia,' 'wits one of 'manslaughter.— The coroner said, in the faze of the medical evidence 7 such a verdict could not be returnect--2A eecond cent sultation having taken place, the following written verdict was returned unanimously: "That deceased ,died from convulsions, and bronchitis and irritation of the bowels, but there is not sufficient evidence to shbw that life would have been ,prolonged if proper medical advice had been sought. This being the fourth case of the same family, the jury consider the Metter should be brought under the notice of the Public Prosecutor, as they consider that crithiaal proceedings should be taken, or, failing that, the attention of the Rome Secretary should•be drawn to the subject, with a view to smile 'immediate legislation on the subject." The coroner then severely censured both parents, and several jurymen hissed them as they left the Court. .  A somewhat peculiar case was heard on Friday at the Central Criminal Court. A young _mart named William Bayer; 24, described as a- joiner, was in the habit of visiting the house of Mr. Charles George Mott, a gentleman of means, residing in Bloomsbury. By some means he got access to Mr. Mott's cheque-book, and filled up a cheque for £260 and got it cashed. The prisoner, however, immediately repented, returned the money, and gave himself up to justice. The brother of the prosecutor, and a gentleman who said he was a magistrate for special duty in South Australia, gave the prisoner an excellent character, and the Recorder sentenced him to five days' imprisonment, the effect of which was that he would be at once discharged.  A young urermsn governess vino nan peen em. pinyed in one of the best families of the Faubourg ShintGermain, has just committed suicide in the house of a midwife by smothering herself in a. thick bed-coverlet, which she tied tightly round her head and neck. The ill-fated girl bad obeen seduceql. by the *on. ,ot het employete,. and „nuclei.. pretence of visiting her hconnein .ttavatii' fewu weeks he had, gone: tø bhe nidwifelVin sedlitakkiiiebittiobabe