Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1883-08-04 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE NUNN FAMILY JEWEL CASE.  The trial of the case of "Nunn v.Little" woo Intel; rio tamed in the Dublin Chancery Divinion, before the Maater of the Rolls. The action, as stated already, was brought to recover from the defendant, Mr. Simon Little, who had been land agent over the Nunn property in the county Wexford, the family jewels, the estimated value of which was £4500, together with £lOO damages for their detention. The late Mr. Edward Westby Nunn was the original plaintiff in the suit, which commenced in 1879, and he claimed under the will of his mother, who died In 1874. It was alleged that whilst Mr. E. W. Nunn was confined in a lunatic asylum at Hammersmith, London, the defendant Induced him to write to his mother, asking to have him cMr. Little) appointed joint executor of her will, and promising If he did to get him released from the asylum. On the faith of that promise he complied, and Mr. Little was appointed coexecutor The defendant obtained probate, and in his capacity of executor got possession of the jewels now in question. Mr. Little's defence was that he gave the jeweli to the plaintiff'. wile, who signed a receipt for them, and that subsequent to his release from the asylum Mr. E. W. Nunn ratified the act, and made a formal present of them to :qrs. Nunn. Mr. and Mrs. Nunn were afterwards separated. Mrs. Emily Nunes deposed on the previous day that her husband made her a present of the jewels. She was now cross-examined with a view to prove that her conduct showed her character to be such as rendered her unworthy of belief, and in the crossexamination a most melancholy family history was revealed. The Master of the Rolls dismissed the action, with coete, on the ground that even if the jewels had not been presented by the husband there was a ratification by the husband of her possession, and that freed Mr. Little, the executor.  DANIEL Monoms and Joseph Hagg r, privates in the 2nd (Cheshire) Regiment, recently pleaded guilty at the Chester Police-court to stealing ill from Daniel Ball, one of their comrades. Ball, desiring to transfer lain savinga from the post-office to the regimental savings bank, handed prieoners the withdrawal order to get it cashed, he, being a defaulter, condned to barracks. They had name difficulty in obtaining the money, but ultimately succeeded by getting another eoldier to eigu the drat t, and to declare that he was Ball. The men then bolted with the procoide. They were sentenced to three months' hard labour  A FIRE recently broke out in a building at Heywood, known u New York Mill. The premises were let .to different persons. The mill mas burned down, and the loss is considerable, but is partly covered by insurance.  AN inquest has been held at Chester on the body of Michael M•Lachlan, who recently committed enicide at Handbridge. t woe stated that deceased was an excellent workman, but, having recently broken the pledge, he spent all his money on drink, and absolutely lived on it for quite a fortnight. His little children found their father hanging de,d in his bedroom. A verdict was returned of' Suicide after excessive drinking." Dn. DANFORD THOMAS has held an inquest at the Hampstead workhouse on the body of Jane Victoria Stafford, aged 44, living at 46, Flask-walk, Hampstead, London. The evidence of the deceased's husband was to the effect that, owing to his having been oat of employment for some time, they only had his club money to live upon, which calmed her to be much depre4ed in spirits. On a recent evening he found her in the wash. house with a cup alongside her, which had evidently contained carbolic acid, and also a bottle of the a,me fluid. Dr. Bolton said he treated her for that poi on, but she succumbed. The jury returned a verdict of w Suicide yrhile of unsound mind."  THE sixth general meeting of the sharehol era of the Union Bank of Biriringham, the youngest bank in the town, has lately been held. The report was adopted, and a dividend of five per cent, per annum was declared THE recent soiree of the Society of Arts, given at the International Fisheries Exhibition, was, perhaps the most brilliant of any of the annual converse iones ever given by any of the learned societies of London. The beauty of the electrical illumination was really without parallel, and the charming effects will long dwell on the minds of those who were present as being most fairy-like. The bands of the Grenadier Guards, the Royal Artillery, at the Thuringian and Hungarian Bands gave admire performed overtures, waltse,, and selections, and vocal nd instrumental concerts, and the Criterion Handbell Ringers were added to the musical entertainments. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived about a quarter to eleven, and retired at a quarter to midnight, Sir William Sieniens escorting the Princes., and the Prince Lady Siemens. Probably six to eight thousand visitors were present,  On the Ist of Every Month, price 411. Ca,ssel.l's Time Tables.  "CASSELL'S TIME TABLES may be safely recommended to all intent upon a railway journey, as the eearly tzbulaied routes and the useful maps of the suburban and provincial railway systems which they omtain will enable the passenger to select the train reTuired without the slightest difficulty or lattert:istiy."—From the