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The Express. — 1864-09-05 (London, England)

TEL GRAND JOBT.—FINAL disvriuDr LTD  The grand jury having beau swore' the chairman, in his address to them, mid that since they last met a new act of parliament bad come into operation, which was of 'mike importance, and ought to be widely spread all over the kingdom. Be alluded to the Penal Servitude and Ticket of Leave Act. Before that was puled it was usual to pus sentenom of penal servitude for three, four, five sod more years scomling to the banner of the offenoe. The Mews now passed, however, limited the term to five ream and previously coovieted of penal servitude, to no less than Bevan years. There were, however, several other cooditioos of giver severity which ought to be publicly known. After the errant time' all persons holding liners under sentence of penal servitude mud leave their address and occupetioe with the police anthoritim of the district in which they live and must report themselves as often as required, and be tinder the entire surveillance of the polio. while holding the ticket. of-learn If they committed any offence, and fail to prodnce their lioness ticket without sufficient excuse, their license would be liable to forfeiture. Aim if they associated with bad charlatan, or had no visible means of gaining their livelihood. In the eveot al their lioeoses being forfeited they would have to pass the whole of the senteme se pained on them with greeter verity of punishment. The tickets. of•leave were formerly granted by the Secretary of State on the recommendation of the alnitelaios, renames, or DOW  other prison aatherities, but wader - new wt a °MUM term must be passed. The prisoner must first gaffer gams months "sprats konfinement, and three-fourths of the .remainder of the santenan in prism. Those having ticketsof-leave after that did not depend alone on their pod use. duct but their iaduatrious habits, and their earning a certain sum of money. Hitherto prisoners who underwent lon,; periods of punishment had large gums of mown, which they received en their discharge, and squandered away sometimes among their old companions. Now they would only have a certain sum, aufficinot to start in the world afresh. The punishment would also ie more severe, and he had no doubt the new act of pulls. meat would be beneficial to the public at large. With regard to the caleudar, there were forty-three prisoner for trial, and most likely before they concluded their labours other came would be sent from the police-canna. There were nine foe simple larceny, seven for larceny from the person, three embezzlements and larceny by servants, four for housebreaking, one for receiving stolen goods, three for false pretences, one for wilful and malicious damage. four for indecent ammults, two attempted suicide. one for malicious wounding, and two for public indecency. The whole of the eases were those usually tried at these mesimi, and as they did not require any farther remarks from them he &mimed the grand jury to their room.
The Express. — 1864-06-18 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE AND MURDER IN  FRARCE.  The Echo de in Marne gives an accouut of a suicide and a murder by member' of the same family at Loisy (Marne), the two crimes being the consequence of sit incident futile in itself —the eating of two strawberties by a child. Toe daughter of a M. Itenanx, a resident in the above-named village, was to make her first communion a • week ago. In the mowing, however, before pm ,eeding to the church, while standing before a dish of anawbeii forgetting for a 0106111 at the solemn ceremony io which she wii• about to take pert, she inadvertently tasted the fruit. This was, ot course, sufficient to exclude her from the communion on that day. The child, nevertheless, attended the service, but without joining in it, and the core, loaning from her the muse of her abided. tine, spoke to her kindly, and told her to return the following morning. Sae reached home and stated what had taken place to her parents, and the latter appear to have reproached her in severe language, and to have tetrified her by an exaggerated description of the consequences of her fault. After retiring to rest, the child's terror seems to have overcome her reams, se she rose, dressed herself, and, secretly leaving the house, fed across the fields and took refuge at a farm at some short distance. Here she was reeogained, but instead of being seat back home, she was taken to the school which she attended in the village. In the meantime, the mother happening to enter the room where her daughter alept,fonod the bed empty. She was seized with a ten Rile misgiving that her daughter must have drowned IteneU. The mother instantly rushed in the direction of the Marne, and was seen no more. Four days litter her body was found an a low bank at Solanges. A brother-in-law of lichee. Reams, residing in the same neighbourhood, had for some time previously given signs of mental derangement, sod the disappeerence of his brother's wife, for whom he bed • great respect and atfectioo, sufficed to entirely unsettle his mind. The night presiding the mowing on wb;ch the body was found he became most violent, and from time to time took up his fowling-piece. His wife, who was alone in the house with him, was struck with terror, bat dared sot move. In the morning he went out with hie gun, but was shortly after seen returning in • state of great excitement. A farm servant had just time to inform Mule. Matsui of her dearer, and she concealed basil( in • garret. The servant, however, paid for his devotedness with his life, as Itenaux turned on the was and discharged the gun into his breast, killing him on the spot Reissue beet pointed the second barrel to his own forehead, end blew out his brains. It was at the moment that this tragedy wee Nan accomplished that the body of Itches. Ronan: was found at Soleness. The murderer leaves • eon, and the murdered man • wife and two children.
The Express. — 1864-12-21 (London, England)

IDENTITY.—On the 21st November, a man committed suicide by banging himself, he being identified at the inquest (held before W. It. Dunstan, Esq., at Nortbwirh). u Joseph liebbington, of Calverley, Cheshire. (In Saturday week the supposed selfouurden.r was discovered comfortably ensconced iu the NlL:Attach Workhouse, where he now is, and apparently in good health. At the inquiry into the cense of death, two boatmeu deposed that they were intimately acquainted with him "when alit')." A police-ordcer was therefore at once despatched in a conveyance a dia. tance of Mitten or eighteen miles, who tint called at John Bebliitigton's, Calverley statioc, one of the con' coved brothers of the deeeesed, but he refused to have anything to do with tho interment or expenses thereof, in consequence of which the constable rode off to George BAbingtoo, another supposed brother of the self•murdered man, who, on bearing of his unfortunate end, naturally exhibited strong feelings of sorrow at the death of his brother, and .dietely Proceeded to the spot where the r. is on. lay. Du viewing the body he declared it to be that of his brother Joseph, although the features were much distorted, and the clothing not what be expected to Led on him; lie, however, there and then made arno4ements for the funeral, gave orders for a c.,ffin, hired horses and beanie, also bearers, to deposit him in the ground. fixed the tune of 'element., and then returned home epic. On the morning tired for the funeral. George, with his wife and sou (a boy eleven years of age) as mourners, repaired to the place where the corpse 1 sy, and on again viewing the body, George said that he believed it to be that of bin brother Joseph, although his wife thought &trete:Ley, let on the boy seeing it hod saying that it his " Uncle Joseph:" she became satisfied, and the funeral rites were daily performed, the expenses of which amounted to nearly 7!., which were defrayed by George. t)u his return home he visited his brother Jobe, and asked him for his moiety toward. the funeral •IptOftS, when .lohn handed h:m over .1/. About a month having elapsed. ' it has now come to light that "Joseph" Lea not yet parted this life, but is quietly installed in the Naetwich Union Workhouse. Of crane the inquest held was over some person unknown se yet, but. as already stated, it was not over Joseph Belkington. The registration of Bet. bingtoo's death. too, will also be wrong ; anal there is no true ideality of the person in interred. It now becomes a question whether George Bebbingtou. who has paid for the funeral of some person Dot 1DD10D441114 to hint, can claim any portion of the 7/. from the authorities of the township where the man was found Invited, and whether tier ' should not be another inquiry mode and inquest held on the said bode,. II
The Express. — 1864-06-02 (London, England)

SUICIDE OE A YOUNG GENTLEMAN. An inquiry was held b Dr. Lankeeter at the Priory Trews, =sere, bet aght, reepseting the death of Mr. James Awe* yd 18 yam, who emeatiteed Weide with singular eleeemieeeies.  Mr. Gimp Sweet, 9, Babaro.priory, said that be WY • barrister-at-kw, sad that deceased was his sou, nod resided with him. Deceased bad been accustomed to severe headaches, bat when be was not so affected he was the life of his friends. When the headaches came on be avoided all mimpany bat that of his mother, sad for a whole fortnight be mw some bather, not even witness. Os the early morning of Monday witness heard • noise to the ?root garden, aad epos gain down ha foaled the de. ceased lyiag to heatarea. tisased mid to wiser. " Hargis of !" and ant mid that he had had •At ; bat he afterwards stated, " I felt I was useless in life. lam tired of life. I feel I have bees • hardsa. led I should erne have bees good for saythioq. It is better it should sod." As he was in the habit of reading when alone, wilier asked bits what book he bad been reeding last. He replied. "The Vide ; bet say head was socoolueed I could maks but little of it." He said that be bad ilea bichloride of mercury as • poison, and that then Its bad cut open four veins of his left writ with • scissors, and that he then threw himself oat of the widow. The Bible mad the blood-stained scissors were found in his room, and the had was *Wised with blood.  Mr. Deekwerth Nelson. F.1t.0.8., said that he wee called to the declassed, and found him writhing io frightful agony. He told witoese that be had takes corrosive sublimate, bet that the agony the ;mho' mimed was is great that be cut copes his wrist to bleed to death. Fiodiag that blood flowed but slowly, be opened the window and dung himself out. Witness prescribed remedies, but deceased said, " Yon stos very kind to rew but it is so use. I have takes too mash. I was tired of my life, and I determined to end it." He bad got the poison from the laboratory of kis brother, wits was si oaten chemist. His mos* was swollen sad burst hoes the action of the poison. After lingering foarteso bonnie terrible suffering, he died from ohs offsets of the corrosive sublimate. The tejuriee which be hod received were of a very serious ebareeter. He was a person of great intelligence, sod wee not of unsound mind, but when he was attacked with headache he became gloomy, moody, sad sleet. No doubt he was temporarily affatted to his mind at the time he took the poison. The Cormier said that the case was the most remarkable ease of suicide by •• yousg perm? that had come before The jury returned • verdict •' that deceased committed suicide while in a state of unsound stied."  11110111WIL CdrA..97ROPHI
The Express. — 1862-02-17 (London, England)

BOW-STREET. John Toplin, a gentlemanly-looking man, of about 35, was charged with having unlawfully in his possession eight certificates of the National Bank of Australia and ten shares of the Melbourne and Hudson's Bay Railway Company, with other shares to the value of about 6,5001., all which had been stolen from a portmanteau belonging to Mr. James Willem Nuttlebury, • solicitor, while staying at Morley's Hotel. Mr. Nuttlebury stated that these shares and many others were taken from his portmanteau on the night of the 20th of November last. The portmanteau was cut open from end to end, and also along the top. A pair of studs was taken at the same time. Witness said he was solicitor to the bank and also to the railway. The shares could not be transferred without his signature. Sergeant Holmes stated that he could produce evidence that the etude had been pledged, and the duplicates were in the prisoner's possession. Ile therefore asked for • remand. Mr. Lewis, jun., who defended the prisoner, said there was no evidence of the steeling of the studs. He should be able to show that Mr. Taplin was a highly respectable man, and had come into the possession of these shares in • perfectly innocent manner. Sergeant Holmes said the prisoner had twice attempted to commit suicide by strangling or hanging since he had been in custody. A waiter from the hotel was called, who said he had seen • person whom he believed to be tho prisoner at the hotel on the night of the robbery, and had Been him come down stain from the direction of Mr. Nuttlebury's room. He could not, however, swear positively that the prisoner was the man.  —Some Of the shares in question were found in his pocket when apprehended, and he told the officer that he had won them in a billiard room. assoanded for further exernhatiou.
The Express. — 1862-05-02 (London, England)

WORCESTER.  There is every reason to believe that a dreadful murder has been perpetrated in the vicinity of the city of Worcester. A young man, named Timothy Grundy, ard about 27, the sus of a blacksmith, living in the Tything, has lately beer released from the County Lunatic Asylum, as cured of hie insanity, and as of sound mind. His conduct, however, sines has been somewhat eccentric, and, on Tuesday, from threats which he held out of committing suicide, he was taken into custody, when a vial of laudanum was found in his posseasion. He was taken before the magistrates, who liberated him on condition of his appearing again before them yesterday. It seems that on Tuesday evening be and a young woman named Emily Jones, living in Spa-place, with whom he had kept company for some time, were seen walking together in the vicinity of the Shrub-hill railway station, and during the evening, between six and ten o'clock, they remained at the Gun public-house, New Town. While there they seemed to have a slight quarrel, and the woman expressed her intention of going home, when be induced her to stay a little longer, and they ultimately left together about a quarter past ten. About one o'clock they entered the but of a night watchman, near the railway-bridge at New Town, where a viaduct is in coulee of construction, and there they remained till four in the morning. They then took their departure as if for a walk across the fields in the direction of Perry wood, and nothing further transpired .till Grundy retuned home about 9 o'clock yesterday morning. His boots and stockings were wet, and he then deliberately stated that he had murdered the girl. In consequence of this he was again taken into custody, and was ordered by the stipendiary magistrate to be detained for inquiry to be made. The girl did not return, and her friends began to fear that some ill had befallen her. Search was made in the fields, and about 11 o'clock her body was discovered in a pond near Perry-wood. She was quite dead, and there were marks of blows on her left temple. The body was removed to the Gun Inn, where it now awaits an inquest' The affair has created a great amount of sensation, and numbers of people visited the pond during the day.—Birmingham Daily Pod.
The Express. — 1862-08-19 (London, England)

CLERK EN WELL RINGULAR CHARGE OP ATTRRPTED RITICIDE. &mud White, aged 68, residing at Lower-roed. Edlnontoi. described sea tallow chandler, was charged before Mr. Barker with being drunk, and attempting to drown himself in the Fleet sewer, St. Andrew's. James Thompson a watchman on the works of the new railway, said that between twelve and one o'clock the prisoner endeavoured to get over the planks, saying that he ',label to hive a bathe in the river. The water there is the Fleet sewer. (A laugh.) He prevented him, but the prisoner 8161 be was determined to have a wash, and going higher up the works undressed himself, and was about throwing himself in when he gave him into custody. The prisoner was drunk at the time. Police-constable Heath, 167 (i, said he found the prisoner undressed, and he took him into custody just as he was about to jump into the Fleet sewer. The watchman said the prisoner wanted to drown himself, but the prisoner told him on the way to the police station that he wanted to have a bath. (A laugh.) Mr. Harker (to the prisoner)—Had you any intention to destroy your life? Fernier—Certainly not. I had hall a little drop to drink, and feeling a little elevated wanted to have a bathe. 1 am sorry to have given so much trouble. Mr. Barker said it was ridiculous to have entered the charge as one of attempted suicide. They might as well have entered it a one of attempted murder. More core should be taken in entering the charges. This charge should have been entered as one of indecently exposing himself in the streets, being drunk at the time. The prisoner said be hoped the magistrate would look over his spree this time. Mr Barker said be certainly should not look over it. He should 6ne the defendant 10a., or in default of payment, fourteen days' imprisonment, with hard labour, to the House of Correction. lock The Prisoner, who said be had no money, was then ed up.
The Express. — 1862-06-05 (London, England)

THE BLIND. —The annual meeting of the society for supplying home teachers and books in Moon's type to enable the blind to read the Scriptures was held yesterday afternoon at Willies-rooms, Kingstreet. Mr. J. C. Colquhoon presided,and oe the platform were the Rev. Robert Maguire, Rev. George Smith, Mr. Moon, Mr. Assistent-Judge Pay= Mr. A. R. Fowler, Mr. Consul Parkes, etc. The report gave a very interesting account of the proceedings of the society during the year in this country and in various parts of the world. The receipts had been 3191. Os. 5d., and after meeting the nous•• - _ - - eery expenses • balance of 16/. 4s. 10d. remained is the BUICIDZ OF AN Awns) Ruerum BANK FOROZIL I hands of the treasurer. Increased support WWI earnestly —Yesterday informea was received by Mr. Humphreys, I requested in order that the moiety. might extend its tbe comer. of the death of • foreigner named Garter= oPerstions. The chairman said the Importance of the de /Aare..., aged 40. an .ants and banes eagravar, g society was not to be estimated by the smouot of 5, Cbarlotte4treet, Fitzroy.square, who committed suicide its income. He hell examined into the operations by poison on Tuesday. At noon on that day three men of the society, and be could say it deserved the most cordial forced en entrance into deesesed's apartment for the par- support. In this couri there was a blind popalation of poee of arresting him on • charge of forgery. Upon &moo- 30,000, of whom 2,000 h= been reached by the agency of vering their errand. the wretched man instantly took from the society. In London there were 2,300 blind immesh the side pocket of his coat a phial and drank its contents, mid the society reached 700 of them. Them Ogee= and immediately dropped upon the floor • corpse. The conveyed no adequate idea of the benevolent matte whisk bottle is supposed to have contained preemie acid. An =mu= from the society's agency. He asrasstly hoped tied alarm was raised, and in the excitement that awned the those who had minim would show their sympathy to the three men seised and took away with them the whole of Wed by giving Mersin= =augury amidenee. deceased's pipers. Mr. Wildbore, surge.= of 2, Charlotte- Mi. Pennefather moved the adoption of the mat. and Mem* mese celled in and pronounced life extinct The earnestly advocator' the claims of the society. The Rev. G. body was subsequestly removed to St Pancras Workhoues, Smith, In seconding the motion, mid the snore the society where an inquest will be held. It is alleged that the de- was known the more liberally it would be supported. Tbe ceased wee concerned in the forgery ou the Imperial Bank motion was carried unanimously, and several geallenien of Ramie. afterwards addressed the meeting, which was well &Reeds&
The Express. — 1862-11-10 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ILIVIIIPTED KUICIDE.--SAD AMUR  Elizabeth °askant, a young unfortunate, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to commit suicide. Mr. John Doughty, the laridl3rd of the Catherine Wheel Tavern, Great Windmill-street, said that on Saturday night, a little before 12 the prisoner came into his house, and asked for half a quirtern of gin and some warm water. It was taken to her by his (Mr. Doughty's) servant, who informed him that the prisoner had put a powder into it. He immediately went to the prisoner, rwhen he found her with the glen in her hand 'nth something in it which appeared like milk. He asked her what she had done, and she replied, "Nothing," and began drinking, but he (Mr. Doughty) seized the glass just as she had got a mouthful of the contents, and prevented her swallowing any of the liquid, and gave her into custody. A constable said the glass contained sugar of lead. Mr. Doughty said he understood the prisoner bad ex. pressed her intention of committing suicide to persona. The officer said that on asking her what she had been about, she said, " Nothing," but afterwards admitted that she had put sugar of lead into the glass, and on asking her why she did it, she said, " Because I am tired of this world. On Friday morning the prisoner and another young woman went down to the Westminster-pier to drown themselves, and the other young woman unfortunately succeeded in doing so, and the prisoner was ordered to attend the inquest on the body of the deceased on Wednesday next. Prisoner, in answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, said she had nothing to say. . .  Pyrwhitt said he must remand the prisoner;for a week, as the only means of saving her life after making two attempts at suicide. The other poor girl had drowned herself, and that ought to have been a warning to the prisoner. He feared he should have to remand her again and again, if there was no one to take care of her.  The prisoner was then remanded. A