Births

M'KENNA -- June 2, at Mount Doyle, Dunleer, the wife of Bernard M'Kenna, of a son.

STEWARD -- June 4, at Durban, Natal, the wife of P. Morton Steward, of the Eastern and South African Telegraph Co., of a son.

WALLIS -- June 5, at Old Stone House, East Grinstead, the wife of P. E. Wallis, L.R.C.P. and M.R.C.S., of a son.

Marriages

GIBBS--BARNETT -- June 5, at Aldenham, Herts, by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans, assisted by the Rev. John Lomax Gibbs, Rector oc Clyst St. George, uncle of the bridegroom, the Rev. Kenneth F. Gibbs, Vicar of Aldenham, to Mabel Alice, only daughter of Charles E. Barnett, Esq., and the Hon. Mrs. Barnett, of Edge Grove, Watford.

HEALY--JOYCE -- June 6, at the Church of Our Lady of Refuge, Rathmines, by the Very Rev. M. A. Canon Fricker, P.P., assisted by the Rev. Father Casimir, C.P., and the Rev. E. J. Dunne, James Joseph, fifth son of Thomas Healy, 1 Mount Tallant Terrace, Terenure, to Kathleen Maive, youngest daughter of P. W. Joyce, LL.D., Lyre-na-greina, Leinster Road, Rathmines.

KEON--KELLY -- June 3rd, at the Church of the Sacred Heart, by the Rev. Father Burns, Arthur Charles, son of the late Arthur Keon, Askill House, Ballyshannon, to Josephine, daughter of the late Patrick Kelly, Belfast.

Deaths

CAMPBELL -- June 7, at her residence, 2 Fitzclarence Street, Liverpool, Mary Anne, widow of the late Joseph Campbell, Magherafelt, and eldest daughter of the late John Daly, Magherafelt. -- R.I.P.

CRAWFORD -- Juno 9, at her father's residence, 173 Antrim Road, Mary Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Henry Crawford, aged 16 years. [The remains of my dearly-loved daughter will be removed from above address for interment in Milltown Cemetery, today (Monday), 11th inst., at two o'clock.] HENRY CRAWFORD.

MAGILL -- June 7th, suddenly, at the residence of her son-in-law, at Cardiff, Eliza Jane, relict of the late Hugh Magill, and mother of Captain Harry Magill, aged 58 years. -- R.I.P. [Funeral passing through Newtownards about two o'clock to-day (Monday).] HARRY MAGILL.

BACON -- June 4, at Grosvenor Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, P. J. Bacon.

CORRIGAN -- June 8, at Nunnery Land, Termonfeckin, Drogheda, Bridget, eldest daughter of the late Patrick Corrigan.

LEDWITH -- June 8, at Slyan House, Lenamore, Patrick Ledwith, aged 39 years.

SPENCER-SAWYER -- June 6, at Eliston House, Seven Oaks, William S. Sawyer, aged 36 years.

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BELFAST POLICE NEWS.

CUSTODY COURT -- SATURDAY.

[Before Messrs. F. J. MACCARTHY, R.M., R. L. HAMILTON, J.P.,; and J. C. C. PAYNE, J.P.]

ASSAULT.

Constable Bratten charged James Doherty with assaulting Mary Jane M'Gregor. It appeared that prosecutor lived with the prisoner and his wife. On the previous day he came home the worse for drink, and after he went upstairs Mary Jane M'Gregor, in consequence of the noise he was making, followed him. He immediately attacked her, splitting her ear. The constable said that when he arrested the prisoner the latter threatened that he would do worse for the woman when he came out. Prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.

CHARGE OF CRUELTY.

James Doherty was charged in custody of Sergeant M'Gowan with cruelty to his children. Inspector Smith, N.S.P.C.C., said the prisoner had a delicate wife and three small children. He was at present living with another woman, and gave nothing to the support of his family. Prisoner's sister said that Mrs. Doherty would not live with her husband, and was no more delicate than she (witness) was. Mr. Hamilton said he did not believe one scintilla of what the witness had said. A remand for eight days was granted for the production of Mrs. Doherty.

NO CASE.

Constable Kerrigan charged Thompson Kelly with having stolen a shawl, the property of a girl named Mary Whiteside, 20 Fox Street. Prisoner, it appeared, who was an acquaintance of Whiteside, was standing at the corner of the street the previous night, and when going away pulled the shawl from her. Their Worships discharged prisoner.

HUSBAND AND WIFE.

Edward Smith was charged in custody of Constable Benson with beating his wife at the door of his own house in Spamount Street. The constable said that the couple were something the worse from drink, the wife being the worse of the two. The constable saw prisoner strike the wife twice. Their Worships bound the prisoner over to keep the peace or go to jail for a month. Mr. M'Erlean defended.

John M'Kavanagh, charged with an assault upon his wife in Bread Street, was remanded for a period within eight days.

THE REFORMATORY ACT.

Mr. Fleming, Assistant Petty Sessions Clerk, informed the Court that in consequence of what Mr. M'Lorinan, J.P., had said on the previous Saturday about the Reformatory Act of 1893 being applicable to Ireland, he had communicated with the Law Advisers of the Crown on the subject, and had been informed in reply that the Act did apply to Ireland.

Mr. MacCARTHY -- So that we have power to send boys direct to the reformatory without the preliminary sentence of a fortnight's imprisonment.

Mr. M'ERLEAN -- That is so; but the Act on the face of it seemed not to apply to Ireland. Mr. M'Lorinan brought it before the Court last Saturday, and mentioned a case in the County Londonderry where it had been brought into force.

 

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Births

ELLIS -- June 5, at Royds House, Mirfield, the wife of Fred. H. B. Ellis, prematurely of a daughter, stillborn.

INGRAM -- June 5, at Hickwells, Chailey, Sussex, the wife of William R. Ingram, prematurely, of a son, who only survived his birth a short time.

KNIGHT -- June 2, at 139 Windsor Road, Forestgate, London, the wife of Albert Knight, of twins, son and daughter.

RAMSAY -- May 4, at Karachi, India, the wife of Major H. L. Ramsay, Political Agent in S.E. Baluchistan, of a son.

Marriages

CLERY--IVERS -- June 9, at the Redemptorist Church, Limerick, by the Very Rev. Father Vassal, Robert, son of M. J. Clery, Esq., J.P., to Isabella, daughter of the late Robert Ivers, Esq., Castle Ivers, County Limerick.

CULLEN--QUAID -- June 5, at the Church of St. Audoen, High Street, Dublin, by the Rev. Father Heffernan, C.C., James Cullen, 6 Great George's Street, Belfast, to Bedelia M., youngest daughter of Maurice Quaid, Esq., 8 Usher's Quay, Dublin, and Knockaderry, Newcastle West, County Limerick.

HASKINS--GUEST -- June 5, at St. Kevin's, Heytesbury Street, Dublin, William Haskins, son of the late John Haskins, Tinahely, County Wicklow, to Emily, daughter of the late Frederick Guest, 38 Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin.

Deaths

SMYTH -- June 11th, at Newry House, Banbridge, Mary, dearly-loved daughter of Mary and William Smyth, M.D., aged 3½ months. [Interment in Banbridge Catholic Cemetery, this day (Tuesday), at two o'clock.] "Thy kingdom come."

DUFF -- June 9, at his residence, Tankardstown, County Meath, John Dull, aged 79 years.

KILLIAN -- June 8, at New Docks, Galway, Mary, wife of B. Killian, aged 37 years.

LEE -- June 10, at the Presbytery, St. Mary's, Haddington Road, the Very Rev. James Canon Lee, P.P.

M'GOWAN -- June 10, at 5 Le Bass Terrace, Leinster Road, Rathmines, the infant son of Daniel M'Gowan, aged 2 days.

MURRAY -- June 8, at 7 George's Quay, Cork, Patricia Elizabeth, youngest child of Æneas J. Murray, aged 1 year and 6 months.

ROCHFORD -- June 8, at St. Joachim's, Meath Road, Bray, Mary Theresa, child of Peter and Mary Rochford, aged 8 years.

WADE -- June 10, at 41 Mountpleasant Square, Rathmines, Clarissa Wade.

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BELFAST POLICE NEWS.

CUSTODY COURT- YESTERDAY.

[Before Messrs. F. G. HODDER, R.M. (in the chair); JOHN BURKE, J.P.; JAMES JENKINS, J.P.; and WM. SHAW, J.P.]

THREATENING SUICIDE.

John Brown was charged with threatening to commit suicide, and it appeared that while on the quays he made four different attempts -- or feigned attempts -- to jump into the river. A fine of 20s and costs, or in default 14 days' imprisonment, was imposed.

Mr. D. F. Spiller prosecuted in all the cases but that against Andrew Bell.

ASSAULTING A TRAMCAR CONDUCTOR.

James Gray, a Scotchman, was brought up in custody of Constable Mooney on the charge of having assaulted John Collins, a tramcar conductor, on Saturday night. The prisoner was giving annoyance to the passengers in the car, and when the conductor asked him to leave, Gray struck the official twice. The car had to be stopped in order to give Gray into custody.

The prisoner said he had a "drop of drink" on him, and under the circumstances the conductor ought to have taken him quietly, and not in the way he did.

A fine of 10s and 10s costs was imposed.

CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A CHILD.

Andrew Bell and his wife Mary were put forward in the dock on the charge of cruelly treating their child. Their arrest had been effected on a warrant granted in consequence of the condition of the child, which has been in the Union Hospital under treatment for the past week.

Mr. LEWIS, who prosecuted, said that when the case was before the Court a week ago it was thought the child would not recover, and Mr. M'Carthy remanded prisoners for a week Inspector Smith had gone to the workhouse that day to see after the child, and as he had not returned he (Mr. Lewis) did not think any harm would be done by adjourning the case until next day.

Mr. M'ERLEAN, for the prisoners, assented to the adjournment.

AN OLD OFFENDER.

Bella Fisher, who appeared for the ninety-fourth time in the dock, was sent to jail for a month on the charge of having been drunk and disorderly.

CHARGE OF STEALING A SOVEREIGN.

Catherine Collins was put forward by Constable O'Donnell on the charge of stealing a sovereign, the property of a man named Samuel Jordan. The latter, it is stated, was under the influence of drink. He went into a house in Fortingale Street, and changed a sovereign to send out for some drink. While in the house another sovereign fell on the floor out of his hand, which the prisoner picked up and ran away with.

The prisoner said she was not guilty when first put on her plea, but subsequently she admitted the offence, and was sentenced to four calendar months' imprisonment.

ASSAULTING A BLIND WOMAN.

Annie Stevenson was sent to jail for fourteen days for assaulting Margaret M'Kenna in her house in Abbey Street. She pulled some hair out of the poor woman's head and otherwise maltreated her.

SERIOUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.

Three men named Robinson, Curran, and Walker were charged with assaulting several policemen on the Newtownards Road on Saturday evening, from the effects of which one of the police -- Constable Bennett -- is under the doctor's care.

Constable Clokey said that he was on duty near the chapel, on Newtownards Road, on Saturday evening about eight o'clock, when he saw a large crowd collected round Constable Bennett, who was lying on the ground with blood flowing from his face. From information received witness arrested Robinson for assaulting Constable Bennett, and when he did so stones and bottles were thrown at the police. Curran kicked witness, and he had to let Robinson go, but he was subsequently arrested. Constable Bennett had to get five stitches about the eye.

The prisoner Robinson said that Walker had nothing to do with the matter.

Constable Horner said he went to the assistance of Constables Bennett and Clokey. During the row he was struck with a stone on the back. Curran struck him behind the ear, and Walker endeavoured to rescue Robinson from witness's custody.

Mr. HODDER -- What part of the town was this in?

Witness -- In the Newtownards Road, Ballymacarrett.

Mr. SPILLER -- Are there police left on special duty in the neighbourhood of the chapel for the purpose of preserving the peace in that district

Witness -- Yes.

Constables Courtney and Breen also deposed to the assaults on themselves and the other policemen by Robinson and Curran.

It appeared from the records of the Court that Robinson had been previously convicted 38 times and Curran nine times.

Mr. HODDER said that the case was one of the most serious that had been yet brought before him. The sentence of the Court on Robinson would be six calendar months for assaulting Constable Horner; and Curran would also be sentenced to six calendar months for each of the two assaults. Walker would be fined 40s and costs, or in default, one month's imprisonment for the attempted rescue of Robinson from custody.

The prisoners Robinson and Curran seemed thunderstruck at the sentence of twelve months' imprisonment which each of them got.

CHARGE OF STEALING A HAT BACK.

A man who gave his name as Joseph M'Ateer was charged by Constable Crowe with the larceny of a hat rack from a private room in the "Brown Horse," owned Bradley. Constable Crowe said he believed he would be able to connect the prisoner with other larcenies, and also that he was of opinion that M'Ateer was not the prisoner's right name.

The prisoner was remanded until Friday next.

CHARGE OF SEALING PIGEONS.

Robert Strahen was prosecuted by Detective Constable Magill for stealing 17 pigeons from the premises of Mr. Carlisle, Castlereagh Street. Six of the pigeons had been sold by the prisoner, and the rest were recovered. The value of the pigeons was 30s.

The prisoner was sent to jail for one month.

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SUMMONS COURT

[Before Mr. F. J. MacCARTHEY, R.M.]

PROSECUTION FOR WAGES.

James Steel, a boy of sixteen, summoned the Brookfield Linen Company for 7s 2d, a week's wages, which he alleged was due to him by the defendants.

Mr. Wm. Harper appeared fro the defendants. Steel was unrepresented.

Complainant said that he had been in the employment of the Brookfield Linen Company for a year and a half, and was paid 7s 2d per week. He had left it a fortnight ago, a week's wages being due. On Saturday last he went to claim his wages, but he was refused, and no reason given.

To Mr. HARPER -- He got no wages the week he left. The reason he did leave was that he was unable to watch the beam he was at, and because he could not live on 7s 2d a week.

Mr. HARPER said that every boy in the country was not receiving 7s 2d a week. What the boy had said was to some extent true. He had earned the week's money, but he was subject to a fortnight's notice, and could have decreed the company for a fortnight's wages if they had dismissed him. As it was they had a claim against him, as he had left without notice.

Mr. MacCARTHY -- But look at the age of the boy.

Mr. HARPER, continuing, said that the boy, having got his wages one week, made the excuse for the purpose of getting an opportunity of leaving without giving his fortnight's notice; that he did not like the work he was at, and wanted to be put on another beam.

Mr. MacCARTHY -- But did he work the week he is applying for?

Mr. HARPER -- That is admitted.

Messrs. the Brookfield Linen Company's foreman said the boy had refused to work at his beam. He was as well treated as the other workers, who had to take the beams as they came. They were prepared to take him back if he came.

Mr. MacCARTHY said he thought the boy had been badly advised to leave, and he would think that it would be better for him to go back. He (Mr. MacCarthy) had no alternative but to dismiss the case.

The representative of the Brookfield Linen Company said that now that the case was dismissed they would pay over 7s 2d to the boy.

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INQUEST. -- An inquest was held yesterday in the Recorder's Court, Municipal Buildings, by Mr. E. S. Finnegan, city coroner, upon the body of Annie M'Ilroy, aged 65 years, residing at Little Patrick Street, who had died suddenly the previous evening. Dr. Gault deposed that death was due to heart disease, and the jury returned accordingly.

 

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Births

FRISWELL -- June 4, at 115 Darenth Road, Stamford Hill, London, the wife of R. J. Friswell, F.I.C., of a daughter.

GARSTIN -- June 1, at 4 Wellington Terrace, Penzance, Dotchie, the wife of Norman Garstin, of a daughter.

GREENFIELD -- June 2, at Petworth, 32 Canfield Gardens, South Hampstead, the wife of H. Greenfield, of a son, prematurely.

O'CONNOR -- May 24, at Ennis, the wife of Joseph F. O'Connor, C.E., of a daughter.

Marriage

MEAD--HEARN -- June 6, at St. Mary's, Ilford, Essex, by the Rev. ---- Maloney, vicar, Clement William Mead, of Down's Hall, Ilford, Essex, to Hannah, the third surviving daughter of the late T. Hearn, Grove Farm, Chadwell, Essex.

Deaths

M'CARTAN -- June 12th, at the Parochial House, Portaferry, Mrs. Ann M'Carten, aged 69 years, for the past 26 years house-keeper to the Rev. Richard Killen, P.P., V.F., Portaferry. -- R.I.P. [Funeral on to-morrow (Thursday), at two o'clock p.m.]

HUGHES -- June 11, Andrew Hughes, third son of Mr. Andrew Hughes, wool and butter merchant, Greville Street, Mullingar.

MAHER -- June 10, at the residence of his parents, 53 Amiens Street, Dublin, Michael Joseph, third son of Michael Maher, late of Baltinglass.

O'BRIEN -- June 9, at Killemore, Mrs. O'Brien, relict of the late James O'Brien.

O'REILLY -- June 11, Thomas O'Reilly, wine and spirit merchant, Kingscourt, County Cavan.

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BELFAST POLICE NEWS.

CUSTODY COURT -- YESTERDAY.

[Before Messrs. F. G. HODDER, R.M.; THOMAS H. BROWNE, J.P.; JOHN HOLLYWOOD, J.P.; and J. J. M'DONNELL, J.P.]

ASSAULT.

Mary Ann Mawhinney and Catherine Goodwin were charged by Constable Patrick O'Sullivan with having assaulted Mary Ann Logan yesterday evening. Mr. D. F. Spiller prosecuted. The constable having given evidence of the arrest. Logan entered the witness-box with her head covered with bandages. She said she was in a house in Daly's Place yesterday. The prisoners, who were also there, asked her what she wanted. Witness refused to inform them, whereupon Mawhinney went to the yard, lifted a brick, and struck her with it, knocking her down. Goodwin then gave her a kick on the face and head, inflicting a wound which necessitated her going to the Royal Hospital to get the injuries dressed. The prisoners, who had a number of convictions, were sentenced to one month's imprisonment each.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

A respectable-looking man giving the name of John Donovan was put forward by Constable Martin for having stolen a purse containing 7s 0¾d from Annie O'Kane, 35 Jocelyn Avenue. Evidence of the arrest having been given, a man named George Ingram said he was standing at Messrs. Arnott's, in Bridge Street, yesterday evening. He saw the prisoner put his hand over his shoulder, and immediately a purse "lit" on a scaffold at the Cornhill Cloth Company's new premises. Annie O'Kane said as she was looking in the windows of the Scotch House she saw the prisoner standing behind her. At Bridge Street he knocked her against a wall, put his hand in her pocket, and took the purse produced. He then ran away, and witness informed the police. The accused. who pleaded guilty to the offence, was ordered to be imprisoned for six months.

CURIOSITY.

Sergeant Flagherty charged John Griffiths with having assaulted him on the previous evening. The sergeant said he was taking the name of a person yesterday, when the prisoner came on the scene and refused to go away. Eventually he went away for a few yards, and lifted a large stone and struck witness on the back with it. Prisoner was sent to jail for one month.

ASSAULTING HIS WIFE.

Parker Miskimmon was charged on a warrant with having assaulted his wife, Rose Ann Miskimmon. The latter was examined, and said on the 8th of June her husband came home about 6.30 a.m., under the influence of drink. As he had not come home the previous evening she checked him for it, whereupon be struck her on the side of the head with a knife, inflicting a serious wound, which necessitated her removal to the Royal Hospital. She did not want to send him to jail. She only wanted to be separated from him. Three months imprisonment was ordered.

LEFT WITH THE GOODS.

Catherine Kennedy appeared in the dock to answer a charge of the larceny of a pair of boots, a pair of trousers, and a pair of shoes, the property of a Mr. Kerr. The latter's wife was examined, and said the prisoner had been lodging with her. On the 22nd of May witness left her in change of the house, and when she came back she had disappeared, as had also the articles mentioned, Several pawnbrokers were examined with reference to the accused pawning the articles with them. Accused, who pleaded guilty, was sent to prison for two months.

A CRUEL FATHER.

James Boyle was put forward by Constable M. Copeland for having assaulted one of his children. Inspector Smith, N.S.P.C.C., said the prisoner's wife came to his house a few days ago. In consequence of what she told him he went to the prisoner's house, and found one of the children with a large lump on the forehead. She told him that her father had struck her. Yesterday evening he went again to the house, and found the accused under the influence of drink. One of the children was crying, and she told him that her father had struck her with a chair. The prisoner's wife was examined, and corroborated the previous witness's evidence. She said her husband had always been good to them. The prisoner was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. Mr. A. J. Lewis prosecuted on behalf of the society.

SENT FOR TRIAL.

A man named Christie was charged on remand with having seriously assaulted Isaac Rea, of 44 Gertrude Street by striking him on the face, with the result that he lost the sight of one of his eyes. Mr. A. M'Erlean defended. The depositions having been completed, the prisoner was returned for trial to the Downpatrick Assizes, which will be held next month, being allowed out on bail.

A SERIOUS CHARGE.

A respectable-looking young man named Macaulay was charged by Constable Edward Cole, of the detective force with having embezzled £24 16s 7d from John M'Caughey, Lurgan. The constable said after arresting the prisoner in Ellesmere, he said he had taken more money than had been mentioned in the warrant. He had taken about £60 in all. Mr. Spiller asked for a remand in order to produce the witnesses, and the prisoner was remanded in custody until Saturday.

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SUMMONS COURT.

[Before Messrs. F. J. MacCARTHY, R.M., and JOHN GREGG, J.P.]

THE SHOP HOURS ACT.

Lizzie Crothers, publican, 15 Smithfield, was summoned by Robert Lees, inspector under the Shop Hours ACt, for employing a boy named Daniel O'Neill, aged 17 years, 86½ hours per week, contrary to the statute. Mr. A. J. Lewis prosecuted, and Mr. J. S. Osborne defended. After hearing the evidence, a fine of 2s 6d and costs was imposed.

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DERRY QUARTER SESSIONS.

DERRY, TUESDAY.

The equity business of these sessions was commenced to-day, before his Honour Judge Overend, Q.C., Recorder.

MULLAN v. O'KANE.

This was an application to have a fair rent fixed. Plaintiff's husband, now deceased, formerly held the holding in question, which was portion of a large holding of which he was also the tenant, but which had been conveyed in discharge for a mortgage to the present landlord. The lands form part of the estate of the Marquis of Waterford, and are situated within three miles of Garvagh.

After evidence had been given,

His HONOUR said he had no doubt at all that this was an agricultural holding, and, that being so, it was not necessary for it to be a tenant-right tenancy to come within the scope of the Act to have a fair rent fixed. Having regard to the fact that the tenant had certain privileges, viz., the grass of two cows on the landlord's property and turbary, which he estimated at an annual value of 10s per annum, he would now order that the rent be reduced to what it formerly was, £4 10s; and in fixing the present fair rent, he wished to say that his decision was based on the valuation of the Court valuer, which was a public document, and used by him as such. He made this last observation in order that any of the parties to the action might if they wished appeal from his decision.

Mr. Joseph Loughrey was for plaintiff, and Mr. J. B. Boctor, Limavady, for defendant.

 

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Births

HOBHOUSE -- June 8, at Hadspen House, Somerset, the wife of Henry Hobhouse, Esq., M.P., of a son.

KENNY -- June 9, at The Grange, Tramore, County Waterford, the wife of Patrick J. Kenny, solicitor, of a son.

MONKS -- June 4, at the Villa Melisse, Vallon de l'Oriol, France, the wife of Surgeon-Major Charles Monks, Indian Medical Service, of a son.

POPE -- May 11, at Matatiele, Griqualand, East, Cape Colony, South Africa, the wife of C. Ernest Pope, M.R.C.S.E., of a daughter.

STEVENS -- June 7, at 210 Cromwell Road, Kensington, the wife of Thomas Stevens, Bradfield, Berks, of twin sons.

Marriages

PALMER--MACKEOGH -- -- June 9, at Hammersmith, Loudon, by the Very Rev. Dean Monahan, D.D., V.G., Ardagh, assisted by Rev. E. Ryan, Chaplain, Nazareth House, Arthur Frank Palmer, West Kensington, to Margaret Mary Josephine Stanislaus Alaocque MacKeogh, alias Dolan, West Kensington.

REARDON--RICE -- June 7, at SS Peter and Paul's, Cork, by the Rev. W. Coghlan, Milford, assisted by the Rev. J. Ryan, Tipperary, Dr. D. F. B. Reardon, Bruff, County Limerick, to Maria Frances, daughter of Mr. Commissioner Rice, Propurst, Charleville, County Cork.

Deaths

LAVERTY -- June 13, at her residence, 172 New Lodge Road, Kate Laverty. [The remains of my dearly beloved wife will be removed from the above address on to-morrow (Friday), 15th inst., at one o'clock, for interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Lisburn.] OWEN LAVERTY.

M'CARTAN -- June 12th, at the Parochial House, Portaferry, Mrs. Ann M'Cartan, aged 69 years, for the past 26 years house-keeper to the Rev. Richard Killen, P.P., V.F., Portaferry. -- R.I.P. [Funeral this day (Thursday), at two o'clock p.m.]

ROONEY -- June 13, at his residence, 9 Barrack Street, Belfast, James Rooney. -- R.I.P. [His remains will be removed for interment in Milltown Cemetery to-morrow (Friday), at two p.m.]

Members of Branch A. J. M'Kenna, and other Branches Irish National Foresters, are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of our late treasurer, Brother James Rooney. JOHN M'NALLY, C.R.; JOSEPH P. O'BRIEN, Sec.

COSGRAVE -- June 12, at her residence, Ballysells, Oylegate, County Wexford, Rosanna, wife of William Cosgrave, and daughter of Edward Byrne, Ballynure, County Wicklow.

FROST -- June 6, at the Loretto Convent, George's Street, Dublin, in her 17th year, Elizabeth, fifth daughter of the late Michael Frost, Rosroe.

GINNETY -- June 12, at the residence of his brother, Dromiskin, Castlebellingham, Jas. Ginnety, formerly clerk in Mr. Murphy's corn stores, Dundalk.

JONES -- June 9, at his residence, Goresbridge, County Kilkenny, John Jones.

REGAN -- At his residence, Ballinarobe, Wm. Regan, aged 73 years.

SMITH -- June 3, at 14 Campbell Road, Twickenham, Frederick John, eldest son of the late J. Smith, of Uxbridge, aged 43 years.

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BELFAST POLICE NEWS.

CUSTODY COURT -- YESTERDAY.

[Before Messrs. F. G. HODDER, R.M.; and DAVID CORBETT, J.P.]

WANDERING.

Two men named Lewis and M'Dermott were charged with wandering about and having no visible means of subsistence. Lewis was sent to jail for a month and M'Dermott for fourteen days.

AN UNWILLING PROSECUTOR.

John Sharkey, was charged with assaulting an old woman named Alice English. English who appeared with her head bandaged said that she did not wish to prosecute. She had got some of the black eyes before prisoner assaulted her. Their Worships remanded prisoner for a week.

BROTHERS.

Bernard Bradley was charged by Constable O'Rorke with the larceny of a pair of boots belonging to his brother, John Bradley, 2 Sebastopol Street. The brother appeared and said that the prisoner would not work and gave him a bad character generally. He had assaulted witness when asked to return the boots. A sentence of three months in jail was passed.

HIS FIRST OFFENCE.

Robert M'Ilroy was charged by Sergeant Perry with being drunk and disorderly at Peter's Hill, and using language calculated to provoke a riot. Prisoner said it was his first offence. Mr. Spiller prosecuted.

Mr. HODDER suggested that the charge should be entered as one of drunk and disorderly.

Mr. SPILLER thought it better to stick to the old rule.

A fine of 40s and costs was imposed.

ABSENTEES.

Thomas Campbell was charged by Acting-Sergeant Maguire with failing to attend for the training of the Antrim Militia. Prisoner was remanded until Saturday to enable the military authorities to be communicated with.

William M'Donald, on a similar charge by Acting-Sergeant Stennet, with reference to Londonderry Militia, was remanded to be handed over to a military escort.

AN INDIAN TROUBLE.

James Lennox was charged by Constable Clements with being drank and disorderly, and assaulting the constable. Prisoner said that he had no recollection of the occurrence. His head had been affected in India, and he did not know what he was doing when he took drink. Prisoner was sent to jail for fourteen days.

AN EXPENSIVE WINDOW.

James Rafferty was charged by Harbour-Constable Ferris with breaking a window in Mr. Craig's, coal merchant, at the quay. A clerk of Mr. Craig's said the prisoner had caused some trouble about his wages. There was also a charge of assaulting Constable Ferris. Prisoner was sent to jail for one month for the breaking of the window, and another month for the assault. Mr. Quail (for Mr. Wellington Young) prosecuted.

ASSAULT.

James Allsop, Clarke's Lane, was charged with seriously assaulting Teresa Williams. It appeared that the woman had received a severe blow on the left temple, and her life could not be pronounced out of danger. A remand for eight days was granted, the depositions of the woman to be taken.

AN OLD CHARGE.

A man named Monaghan was charged with an assault on a woman named Susannah Boyd, 20 Connswater Street. The assault complained of occurred in April, 1891, and prisoner had since been in the army, and had been invalided from India. Mrs. Boyd did not press the charge, and prisoner was allowed out on his own recognisances.

WITH A HAMMER.

William Quinn was charged by Acting-Sergeant Bird with an assault on Laurence Smiley, 4 Love's Court. Mr. Spiller prosecuted, and Mr. Doyle appeared for the prisoner. Smiley said that the prisoner came up to him at his own door and struck him with the hammer (produced). A sister of Smiley's was also examined. Prisoner was remanded for eight days, as the doctor did not consider Smiley's life out of danger

AN OLD OFFENDER.

Alexander Hamilton was put forward by Constable Henderson on a charge of stealing a lever watch frown his brother-in-law, James Stevenson, in December last. Prisoner had been sent to jail in December for six months for the larceny of harness, and had a number of records against him, including one of seven years' penal servitude for larceny. Worships sent him to jail for six months.

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SUMMONS COURT.

[Before Sir JAS. H. HASLETT, J.P.; Messrs. F. J. MacCARTHY, R.M.; DAVID LEAHY, J.P.; and JOSEPH MACAULAY, J.P.]

POSSESSION CASES.

A large number of decrees were granted to owners to recover possession of their houses by reason of the non-payment of rent on the part of the occupiers.

Messrs. M'Erlean, Kerr, Lewis, Donnelly, Harper, and Osborne were the solicitors engaged in the cases.

LIGHT WEIGHTS.

A grocer, who did not appear on the summons, was prosecuted by Sergeant Berniche for having a number of light and unstamped weights in his shop. A fine of 5s and costs was imposed.

Mr. Lewis, solicitor, prosecuted in this and the other cases.

CHARGE OF SELLING DRINK WITHOUT A LICENSE.

Sergeant Armstrong prosecuted John Deeds, a quay labourer living in Millfield, for having in his house a quantity of porter without having a licence for the sale of same.

Mr. Frank Kerr appeared for the defence.

The sergeant said that, at half-past three o'clock on the morning of the 10th June, he searched defendant's house by virtue of a warrant, and found seven full bottles of porter in the scullery and five empty bottles. In a bag in the same place were five other empty bottles. The defendant said he had the liquor for "the fellows round the corners."

Mr. KEER said it was the first offence for his client, and asked the Bench to deal leniently with Deeds.

Mr. LEWIS said that Constable M'Dowell discovered 45 full bottles of porter in the place, in addition to those already mentioned.

A fine of 40s and costs was imposed.

Acting Sergeant John F. M'Guire prosecuted Mrs. Jane Todd, No. 1 Excise Street, for a like offence.

Mr. Frank Kerr defended.

The Acting Sergeant said that at 9.20 on the morning of the 10th June he entered the house of Mrs. Todd under a warrant, and found eleven bottles containing porter in a room off the kitchen. He also found six empty bottles and one bottle half full of porter in a basket. Mrs. Todd and her two sons were in the place at the time.

Mr. KEER said that no case had been made out, and,

The majority of the Bench being of the same opinion, the case was dismissed.

CHARGE OF NEGLECT OF CHILDREN.

Inspector Smyth of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, prosecuted Mary Cree, wife of a baker, residing at 36 North Boundary Street, for neglecting her children.

Mr. LEWIS said that the drunkenness of the defendant was the cause of the neglect. Some time ago she issued a summons against her unfortunate husband, and she came to the Court and swore that the man got the summons, on which the husband was ordered to be imprisoned for two months. It appeared, however, that the husband had never got the summons, and that the first intimation he had of the matter was when he was arrested by the police on the warrant, and lodged in jail. That conviction of the husband must have been obtained by the defendant by perjury, and during the time the man was in jail the wife was continually drunk, and the children were kept dirty and starved.

Inspector Smyth said the husband of the defendant was a baker and could earn good wages, and he was told that other members of the household brought in 30s a week. On the 31st of March, while the father was in jail, he visited the house and saw the children hanging in rags. The floor was littered an inch thick with dirt, the walls were grimy, two tables, two straw mattresses, and two old blankets were the only furniture and bedding in the house; there was neither food nor fire, and the defendant was drunk. The youngest child had had nothing to eat from early morning until the time he (the inspector) visited, which was at six o'clock in the evening.

The police sergeant of the district bore out Mr. Lewis's statement as to what the husband told him when he (the sergeant) arrested Cree on the warrant to bring him to jail. At the time he found the man baking bread for the children, while the defendant was drunk.

The husband now came forward and said his wife was a good helpmate when she kept from drink. As to the statement made about the summons brought by his wife against him, he said he had not seen the summons, but he was aware it had come to the house.

The BENCH sent the wife to jail for three calendar months.

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DERRY QUARTER SESSIONS.

DERRY, WEDNESDAY.

At the Derry Quarter Sessions to-day his Honour Judge Overend, Q.C., gave judgment in a case heard by him on Saturday, in which the head-master of Foyle College, Dr. Hume, the plaintiff, processed John Cunningham, Limavady, to recover the sum of £13 2s 6d, for his son's tuition for one year at the college, and also one guinea, fee in lieu of notice that his son was going to leave the college. The main issue in the case involved a point of some importance in connection with the regulations of the Intermediate Commissioners regarding the retention of free scholarships in public schools by students who are winners of Intermediate Exhibitions. In his judgment to-day his Honour held that in accordance with the Intermediate regulations, 1890 to 1893, regarding the retention of free scholarships by Intermediate exhibitioners, any student holding a free scholarship was bound to resign it before he obtained the value of his exhibition. In the present case therefore, the four boys who had been exhibitioners should have resigned their scholarships, so that there actually were four vacant scholarships during the year in question. For that half-year the defendant had paid four guineas under protest. He therefore thought he was entitled to get back his four guineas or to get credit for his payment. In other periods where similar circumstance prevailed he made a like order, and as to the quarter's fees sought for in lieu of notice, gave a decree for £1 1s, with the costs applicable to the same. Mr. W. L. Gilliland was solicitor for the plaintiff, and Mr. A. L. Horner, B.L. (instructed by Mr. J. E. Proctor), defended.

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INQUESTS.

YESTERDAY evening Mr. E. S. Finnegan, city coroner, held an inquest in the Recorder's Court touching the death of a child named John Holmes, which died in its parents' residence, 26 Tyne Street, on Tuesday evening. Head-Constable M'Gauran watched the proceedings on behalf of the police. It appeared that on Monday evening the child was left in the kitchen with its little brother, and was severely burned owing to its clothes catching fire. It died from the effects of its injuries on Tuesday, and no doctor was called in until that forenoon. The mother had not thought the burns very serious, and treated it with linseed herself. After hearing medical evidence from Dr. Alexander, the jury returned a verdict of death through shock, caused by burns.

An inquest was afterwards held on the body of Kate Laverty, 172 New Lodge Road, who was found dead on the floor of her kitchen at eight o'clock yesterday morning. Dr. R. K. M'D. Wilson, who was called in after death, stated he had attended her about four months previously for hemorrhage from the nostrils. His opinion was that death was due to syncope following internal hemorrhage, and the jury found accordingly.

 

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Births

GILL -- June 8, at 133 Trinity Road, Upper Tooting, London, the wife of George H. Gill, prematurely, of a son.

NOLAN -- June 10, at 129 Thomas Street, Dublin, the wife of Timothy Nolan, of a son.

Marriages

ATKINSON--HAMPTON -- June 13, at Monkstown Church, by the Rev. Samuel Clerk, M.A., John J., eldest son of J. S. Atkinson, 42 Albert Road, Kingstown, to Elizabeth (Lillie), only daughter of Samuel Hampton, 6 Adelaide Street, Kingstown.

REID--HOLMS -- At St. Mary's Church, Partick, Glasgow, by the Rev. William Ross, B.D., Arnot Reid, Singapore, to Gertrude Mary, daughter of A. C. Holms, Glasgow.

Deaths

ROONEY -- June 13, at his residence, 9 Barrack Street, Belfast, James Rooney. -- R.I.P. [His remains will be removed for interment in Milltown Cemetery this day (Friday), at two p.m.]

Members of Branch A. J. M'Kenna, and other Branches Irish National Foresters, are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of out late treasurer, Brother James Rooney. JOHN M'NALLY, C.R.; JOSEPH P. O'BRIEN, Sec.

CALVERT -- June 12, at 146 Tritonville Road, Sandymount, Joshua Calvert, aged 84 years.

DAVEY -- June 9, at Folkestone, Alfred P. Davey, of 4 Clifden Gardens, Twickenham, late of the Legacy Duty Office, Somerset House, aged 40 years.

HOWLIN -- June 13, at 31 Whitworth Road, Dublin, Richard, eldest son of Philip and Mary Hewlin, late of Wexford, aged 22 years.

MACDONALD -- June 7, at Weybank, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, Emily Martin, wife of D. Macdonald.

MORAN -- June 12, at his residence, 2 Sackville Gardens, Ballybough, Mr. Michael Moran, aged 53 years, formerly of Ennis, County Clare.

YOUNG -- June 12, at Galgorm Castle, Ballymena, Rose, wife of John Young.

In Memoriam

M'COY -- In sad and loving remembrance of William John M'Coy, who departed this life June 15th, 1892. -- R.I.P.

Clippings

BELFAST POLICE NEWS.

CUSTODY COURT -- YESTERDAY.

[Before Messrs. F. G. HODDER, R.M.; W. H. CAMPBELL, J.P., HENRY THOMPSON, J.P.]

LOITERING.

Robert M'Cann was charged by Sergeant Clarke with having been loitering with intent to commit a felony on Wednesday night. The sergeant watched the accused for over half an hour. He was first hanging about the Free Library, and on observing that he was being watched. moved up ti Carrick Hill and from thence went over to North Queen Street. The sergeant also said that it was only a week ago when he had cautioned the accused for a similar offence. The prisoner was put under a rule of bail -- himself in £10 and two sureties of £5 each, or in default two calendar months' imprisonment.

ASSAULTS.

Bridget Hughes was charged by Constable Milne with assaulting Jane Burke and stealing from her half-a-sovereign. The complainant said that Hughes struck her on the head with a jam pot, inflicting a serious wound, and then ran off with the money, which Burke had in her hand. The case was remanded till to-day, Mr. Hodder stating that on the evidence for the prosecution he would be inclined to impose a very heavy penalty.

William Collins was arrested by Constable M'Kean for being drunk and disorderly. He resisted, and when Constable Conboy came to give assistance, struck him on the mouth. He was sent to jail for a month.

ALLEGED ILLEGAL POSSESSION.

Robert M'Neece was charged by Harbour Constable Gordon with the illegal possession of a quantity of lead piping. Mr. Quail, for Mr. Young, prosecuted. The constable surprised the prisoner, with three other men, in the Victoria Park, with the lead in their possession, but the prisoner was the only one whom he could arrest. Remanded till Saturday to allow of inquiries as to ownership being made.

SERIOUS ASSAULT.

Margaret Boylan was charged on remand with having assaulted Caroline Kane. Kane, it appeared, went to get some money which she said Boylan owed her, and after some words the latter assaulted her, putting her finger up her nose, and tearing away part of the nostril. Kane was in the infirmary for four weeks, but as she had got better, said she did not wish to prosecute. As the prisoner had already been in jail a considerable time, Mr. Hodder said he would only order a month's imprisonment, and adjourned for a month another charge against her of a serious assault on an old man named Hugh Keoughan.

TOOK A MEAN ADVANTAGE.

James Walker was charged with having seriously assaulted Charles Rooney on June 6th. Both men lodged together in Millfield, and on the night in question Rooney took an old man's part, and prevented Walker taking his bed. Walker made at him with a poker, but Rooney knocked him down and took the weapon from him. About twenty minutes afterwards, when sitting at his supper, the complainant was knocked unconscious by a heavy blow on the side of the head, which he believed to have been given by Walker, who was standing behind him. After stating these facts to the Bench, Rooney said he did not wish to press the case, and if he had Walker outside would give him a glass of whiskey. (Laughter.) Their Worships disregarded the appeal, and sent the prisoner to jail for a month.

A WIFE BEATER PUNISHED.

Robert Erskine was charged by Sergeant Whelahan with having assaulted his wife Sarah, on the 7th of the present month. It appeared that on the day in question the prisoner knocked his wife down and kicked her, after which he killed an unfortunate dog with a chisel, threatening to do the same for his wife. She left the house, as she was frightened of him. The prisoner was a good man if he would not drink, but he had not been sober since Christmas. Prisoner was sent to jail for three months.

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SUMMONS COURT.

[Before Messrs. F. J. MACCARTHY, R.M., and JOHN BURKE, J.P.]

BITTEN BY A DOG.

John Johnson was prosecuted by the Belfast Board of Guardians, as the local authority under the Rabies (Ireland) Act of '86, for permitting a dog, his property, to be at large without being muzzled with a muzzle so constructed as to render it impossible for the dog while wearing same to bite any person. It appeared from the evidence of a lad named Francis Hugh Gore, that he went into Mr. M'Quaide's shop in Cranbourne Street, on the day mentioned in the summons, when the dog belonging to defendant bit him in the leg, for which wound he was treated in the Royal Hospital.

The defendant said that the dog was only puppy -- a terrier -- which was not cross, and he admitted that the dog had only a strap on it, not a muzzle.

Mr. HARPER, who prosecuted on the part of the guardians, asked for a conviction, as it was admitted the dog was not properly muzzled.

Mr. MacCARTHY said that the defendant had met the case very fairly.

Mr. HARPER said that he had, and he would only ask for a nominal penalty.

A fine of 1s and 4s costs was imposed.

PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE LICENSING ACTS.

Detective-Sergeant M'Cormick prosecuted Ellen M'Caughey, spirit grocer, Bentham Street, for selling drink at half-past nine o'clock on last Sunday morning. The evidence of the police sergeant was to the effect that he saw several persons being supplied with drink from the door of the house. The defendant denied this, and said that she only supplied five bottles of porter to a person who had paid for them on Saturday night.

Mr. M'ERLEAN, for the defence, said that his client was about getting rid of the premises, as she found she could not live in the district, and the sale was taking place next day.

The BENCH said they would suspend their decision until Monday.

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CAREY PRESENTMENT SESSIONS.

THE half-yearly presentment sessions for the barony of Carey were held in the Courthouse, Ballycastle, on Wednesday last -- Sir Francis Macnaghten, H.M.L., presiding. A presentment of £27 10s was granted for the curbing of 30 perches of a footpath at Ballintoy Schoolhouse. Messrs. Christie and Morgan were the promoters. A presentment for 40 perches of fences at the parochial house in the townland of Ballinlea was passed at a cost of £15, Father Murphy guaranteeing to provide the remainder. The promoters were the same as in the last case. An application for a road of 120 perches between Ballintoy and Ballycastle was rejected. Sarah Anne Smyth claimed £50 for malicious injury done to an outhouse and a large quantity of poultry. Mr. F. M. Greer appeared for the applicant, and Mr. R. C. Martin appeared for cesspayers of the townland of Carrowlaverty. The outhouse claim was withdrawn. The outhouse The injury was adjudged malicious by three of a majority.

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MALLUSK GRAVEYARD.

ON yesterday Mr. William Harper, solicitor, and Mr. J. W. Robb, secretary to the Belfast Burial Board, attended on behalf of the Belfast Guardians, being the Burial Board, for the purpose of hearing claims to the graves in Mallusk Graveyard. There were a large number of persons present from the surrounding districts. Mr. Harper, addressing the claimants in the graveyard, stated the object of the inquiry, which would enable the Burial Board to place the names of parties having graves on a map which was about to be prepared. They were there that day to preserve the people's rights to the graves. Mr. Caruth and Mr. Archibald, P.L.G.'s, were also present. The inquiry was then opened in an adjoining house, and the claims were heard in order of numbers. The graveyard has been for some time without any caretakers, and is now taken over by the Belfast Guardians.

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OUTRAGE BY MILITIAMAN NEAR STRABANE.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

STRABANE, THURSDAY.

Early this morning the police, about one and a half miles from town, found a man named Ward, alias Connell, belonging to Dublin, lying on the road, and on examination it was found his throat was cut. He was conveyed to the workhouse hospital, and medically examined. The doctor stitched the throat, but cannot say if the poor fellow is out of danger. He was sufficiently strong to explain that he was on the Letterkenny Artillery Militia, and had just been discharged after arrival from Dover, where the battalion had been on training. He and a comrade militiaman named Davis, belonging to Newry, walked from Derry on their way to Strabane, and had been drinking in Mrs. Magee's public-house at Ballymagorry up till closing time. On going to the road he and his comrade lay down on the roadside and fell asleep, and he awakened only on finding his comrade attacking him with a razor. After inflicting the injuries Davis made off in the direction of Strabane. When the police were bringing Ward to the hospital this morning, a farmer named M'Garrigle, residing at Woodend, saw the escort, and showed the police the carcase of his goat with the throat cut. This, he says, was done in the middle of the night, and evidently by the same man as attacked Ward whilst on his way towards Strabane. The police are in search of Davis.

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POISONING CASE AT THE BALLYMENA WOKKHOUSE.

WAS IT SUICIDE?

YESTERDAY afternoon, at shortly after three o'clock, Mr. Alexander Caruth, jun., coroner for the Mid-Antrim division, and a jury, attended at the boys' schoolroom of the Ballymena Workhouse, and held an inquest on the death of William Caulfield, who died the previous night from the effects of poison. Patrick Gregg, master of the house, deposed that the deceased was an ordinary inmate, and was admitted on the 8th January last. On Tuesday morning, about 7 o'clock, deceased was working with the men, and appeared to have some argument with William White. He appeared unwilling to work, and shortly afterwards witness heard deceased speaking in angry tones again, and he was ordered to go to the lock-up. He then complained of his leg being sore, and witness said he would not send him to the lock-up, but instructed him to go to his ward until the doctor would see him. On the next morning he went to the working men's day ward, where he found deceased very ill. From inquiries he suspected that deceased had taken poison. He went for Miss Kelly, infirmary nurse, who administered some mustard and warm water, which caused him to vomit. Witness sent for Dr. Davidson, medical officer of the house, who came and attended the deceased for some hours, and the deceased died at eight o'clock. In his breast pocket, amongst other things, witness found a bottle (produced), labelled "Poison."

By the FOREMAN -- Witness was not aware whether deceased could read, but he heard that it was explained to him that it was poison that was in the bottle in question. When they gave the deceased the emetic he felt the same odour as that which the lotion in the bottle had. Deceased, who was disabled in one of his limbs, was a person who sometimes exhibited a violent temper.

Martha Kelly gave corroborative evidence. Deceased was not under her charge in the house.

Dr. W. R. Davidson, medical officer of the house, deposed that deceased came to him on Tuesday morning last complaining of a pain in one of his feet. Witness gave him liniment, which he told him was poison, and to keep it out of the way of other men who might not be able to read. On Wednesday he found deceased in the infirm ward in a delirious condition. Some one said deceased had drunk from the bottle. From the symptoms witness believed he was suffering from poisoning, and he administered the usual emetics and remained with him about two hours, and left him in charge of the nurse. He visited him a few times subsequently, and saw him the last time at seven o'clock, when he knew he was dying. The bottle (produced) was the same as witness had given the deceased. It was a very powerful poison. Death was caused by poisoning. When inmates were not sufficiently ill to be put in the infirmary, it was usual to give them the medicine or prescription in their hands.

By a JUROR -- Witness said that the pain in deceased's feet from which he was suffering would have no effect upon his mind. His own belief was that the man took some of the lotion to make himself sick, so that he would not have to work, and that he did not intend to poison himself.

James Rooney deposed that he had for a time taken charge of the bottle for the deceased, who got it from him again. After deceased got the bottle he retired into one of the office-houses, out of which he shortly afterwards came staggering. Witness exclaimed that the deceased had poisoned himself when he saw the condition he was in.

The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, adding that they had no evidence to show how the poison was administered.

Head-Constable Craig and Sergeant Dugdale watched the inquiry on behalf of the constabulary.

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NEWTOWNARDS QUARTER SESSIONS.

THESE sessions were resumed yesterday, before David Colquhoun, Esq., Q.C., County Court Judge. The registrar, Mr. Charles Higginson, was in attendance.

BURIAL RIGHTS.

LONG V. LONG.

This was an action brought by Henry Long, Magheraknock, farmer, against Agnes Long, widow; Henry Long, farmer, both of Magheraknock; Hugh Long, Ballykine Upper, farmer; and John Long, Belfast, to answer plaintiff's bill for £20, loss and damage sustained by defendants having trespassed upon plaintiff's burial ground in Ballynahinch, and placed thereon a monument, and otherwise interfered with plaintiff's property.

Mr. D. M. Wilson, B.L. (instructed by Mr. Dunwoody), appeared for the plaintiff, and Dr. Keightley, B.L. (instructed by Mr. Shaw), for the defendants.

After evidence,

His HONOUR adjourned the case till next sessions, for the defendants to carry out the recommendations of the committee of the church, as the minutes of the proceedings of that church showed the plaintiff entitled to his claim.

BAIRD v. BELFAST AND COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY COMPANY.

The process was brought by John Baird, produce merchant, Mountpottinger, Belfast, to recover £10 damages for loss sustained by reason of the defendants, as carriers, not having delivered within a reasonable time, at Donaghadee, a "shoot" for the loading vessel with turnips.

Mr. M'Callum appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Richardson, B.L. (instructed by Mr. Lewis), for the defendants.

A decree for £1 5s and 8s expenses was given.

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WHITEABBEY PETTY SESSIONS.

THIS monthly court was held yesterday, the magistrates on the bench being Messrs. T. H. Torrens, J.P. (chairman); Felix O'Hagan, J.P.; Philip Jordan, J.P.; William Orr, R.M.; J. L. Marshall, J.P.; Robert Young, J.P.; and Charles N. Nash, J.P.

TRESPASSES.

A man named Kennedy Stewart was fined 10s and 12s costs for trespassing on the Northern Counties Railway on the 28th April. Mr. A. O'Rorke, Ballymena, prosecuted.

Four men, named Robert Wallace, Robert Logan, Thomas Hewton, and John Logan were summoned by the trustees of Abbeyville for trespassing on the foreshore of Abbeyville on the 31st May, 5th June, and 6th June.

Mr. Joseph Donnelly prosecuted.

Each of the defendants was fined 10s and 5s costs.

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COLERAINE QUARTER SESSIONS.

YESTERDAY morning his Honour Judge Overend opened the business of the Coleraine Quarter Sessions in the Courthouse, Coleraine. Mr. A. M'Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace, and Mr. A. T. Farrell, registrar, were in attendance. During the day the following magistrates occupied seats on the bench -- Colonel Stewart, R.M.; Messrs. Patrick M'Gilligan, M.P.; John Boyd Given, J.P.; Thomas Andrews, J.P.; Robert Rankin, J.P.; Joseph M. Anderson, J.P.; F. G. Watney, J.P;

The following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury -- Messrs. Hugh Anderson (foreman), John F. M'Laughlin, Thomas Nevin, Bernard O'Kane. Wm. Ranken, Robt. Steen, David Black, Chas. Craig, Thomas W. A. Daly, Daniel Wilson Gailey, Joseph Irwin, Wm. R. Kennedy, Robert Moorhead, R. A. Taylor, jun.; Wm. Curry, Wm. Gilmour, Thomas Hunter, Edward M. Brogan, Edward Stronge, Thomas Campbell, Robert H. Giveen, Samuel M'Collum, and James O'Kane.

His HONOUR, addressing them, said he was happy to be able to inform them that there was very little business to come before them, and such as it was it did not indicate that there was any serious crime in the division. There was but one bill, in which a gentleman named Alex. Moore and three persons named respectively Robert Brown, Thomas Campbell, and Robert Doey, would be indicted for that, on 30th April last, they assaulted Hugh Carson and James Carson. The defence would probably be that while the defendants were exercising a legal right they were interfered with by the persons alleged to have been assaulted. The jury would find simply whether an assault had been committed, without taking the defence or the legal title or the rights involved into consideration.

The Grand Jury then retired, and subsequently returned a true bill, at the same time expressing the opinion (through the foreman) that it was a frivolous case, which should not have come up for trial.

SPIRIT LICENSE BUSINESS.

Transfers of spirit licenses were granted to Mrs. M. A. Graham, Church Street, Kilrea; and to Robert Kirk, Mercers' Hotel, Kilrea. The solicitors respectively concerned were Mr. H. A. Anderson, LL.D., Coleraine, and Mr. Robert Liddle, Kilrea.

CROWN BUSINESS.

A MAGISTRATE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.

Alexander Moore, J.P., Ballynacannon, Coleraine; with Robert Brown, Thomas Campbell, and Robert Doey, were indicted for having, on 30th April, 1894, assaulted Hugh Carson and James Carson. The case had come up at petty sessions on cross-summonses, and the Bench dismissed the case against the Carsons, returning those against the present defendants for trial.

Mr. B. H. Lane, S.C.S., prosecuted for the Crown; and Mr. H. W. Leech and Mr. H. A. Macaulay defended the accused, each of whom pleaded not guilty.

On the application of Mr. LEECH,

His HONOUR allowed the defendants to take seats at the table instead of in the dock, stating that his reason for so doing was the opinion expressed by the Grand Jury that the case was frivolous, and one which should have been brought on the civil side of the court.

A jury having been sworn,

Evidence was given, from which it appeared that Hugh Carson had interfered with Mr. Moore and his servants (the defendants) while they were cutting a drain in a bog road or right of way to common turbary, and a dispute arose, in the course of which Mr. Moore struck Carson with a stick. James Carson subsequently came up, and he and Hugh Carson had an encounter with Brown, Campbell, and Doey. It was shown for the defence that Mr. Moore had been authorised by Mr. Sinclair, J.P., agent of the Somerset estate, to make the drain in question for the purpose of draining his turf bank.

His HONOUR during the hearing remarked that the Court had only an opportunity of hearing one side of the case. If one case was returned to the Quarter Sessions on account of the question of title involved, surely the same question was involved in the other. Instead of being dismissed, it appeared to him that the other case should have been marked "no rule."

Mr. LEECH said he had endeavoured to bring that view of the matter before the magistrates, but had failed.

After a lengthened hearing,

His HONOUR, in charging the jury, said it was unfortunate that only one side of the case could be laid before them. Most of the evidence given against the defendant appeared to have been exaggerated, and for many of the acts alleged against Mr. Moore and his servants there appeared to have been justification. He said it was a pity such a case had been brought on the criminal side of the court, when there was ample provision for the investigation of such a matter on the civil side. He advised the jury to find a verdict of "Not guilty."

The jury acquitted all the defendants, and they were discharged.

This was all the Crown business, and the Court adjourned at six o'clock until this morning.

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ARMAGH PETTY SESSIONS. -- These Sessions were held yesterday before Messrs. Philip Lavery, J.P.; H. Hillock, J.P.; John Compton, J.P.; Joseph Anderson, J.P.; W. J. Best, J.P. A woman named Elizabeth Geddis was charged in custody by the Queen, at the prosecution of Sergeant Reilly, that she did, as was alleged, steal from a man named John Loughrane, a sum of ten shillings. After hearing the evidence their Worships dismissed the case. In connection with this case, a man named John Montgomery was charged by Constable M'Carthy for an aggravated assault on him whilst in discharge of his duty. The constable being produced, stated that whilst he was in the act of arresting the woman Geddis on a charge of larceny, the prisoner Montgomery attacked him and ran away. After lodging the woman in the barracks he went in pursuit of prisoner and arrested him also. Their Worships sentenced prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. An application by Mr. Best for a license protection for James Hutchinson for premises in Richhill was granted.

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DOWNPATRICK PETTY SESSIONS. -- These sessions were held yesterday, before Messrs. John Cleland, J.P. (chairman), John Tate, William Martin, J.P.; P. W. Russell, J.P.; and William Healy, J.P. A young man med John Hill was prosecuted at the suit of Mr. J. B. Moore, excise officer, for carrying a gun without a license on the 21st ult. imposed The Bench a fine of £2 10s, with a recommendation to the commissioners that the fine be further reduced to £1. Patrick Lownes was prosecuted by District-Inspector Macnamara for having stolen a cow, the property of James Scott, Ballynahinch. Mr. F. W. Crawley appeared for the accused. After hearing the evidence, their Worships refused informations.

 

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Births

FOSTER -- June 11, at Arran View, County Clare, the wife of Francis O'Donnellan Blake Foster, of a daughter.

M'NULTY -- June 13, at 15 Warrington Place, the wife of Thomas M'Nulty, B.L., of a son.

WILLIAMS -- June 9, at Craigie Lee, Eimbala, Ceylon, the wife of Albert E. Williams, P.W.D., of a daughter.

Marriages

HARTEN--SKEATH -- June 13th, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, by the Rev. James Grimes, Adm., Felix Harten, of Belfast, eldest son of the late Thomas Harten, Cavan, to Rosanna (Rose), second daughter of Henry Skeath, Armagh.

KEANE--O'BRIEN -- June 13, at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Limerick, by the Very Rev. Dr. Hallinan, Adm., Patrick C. Keane, Newmarket-on-Fergus, to Mary Agnes, eldest daughter of John C. O'Brien, Limerick.

SLATTERY--LONERGAN -- June 12, at Glenbrook House, Clonmel, by the Very Rev. Dr. O'Brien, P.P., V.G., SS. Pater and Paul's, assisted by the Rev. C. J. Flavin, P.P., St. Mary's, the Rev. Thomas M'Grath, P.P., Clogheen, the Rev. John Everard, and the Rev. Patrick Dooley, C.C., SS. Peter and Paul's, James Joseph Slattery, Esq., Leoville, Terenure, Dublin, to Bessie, eldest daughter of Alderman J. H. Lonergan, J.P., Mayor of Clonmel, and niece of Henry Lonergan, Esq., Glenbrook, Clonmel.

Deaths

DEVLIN -- June 15th, at 69 Divis Street, Sarah Devlin, aged 40 years. -- R.I.P. [The remains of my beloved wife will be removed from above address for interment in Tullylish Burying-ground, Gilford, County Down, on to-morrow (Sunday), at 9.30 a.m.] SAMUEL DEVLIN.

FITZPATRICK -- June 15, at his residence, 40 Fleet Street, Belfast, fortified by the rites of Holy Church, Daniel, son of the late John Fitzpatrick, Dundrum. [Funeral at 8.45 a.m., to-morrow (Sunday), for Aughnisafin, arriving in Dundrum, per rail, at 11.30 a.m.]

DOYLE -- June 11, at his residence, Tuckmill, Baltinglass, County Wicklow, Mr. Luke Doyle, aged 75 years.

M'FETRIDGE -- June 14, at the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, William Jameson M'Fetridge, R.I.C., aged 25 years.

Clippings

BELFAST BANKRUPTCY COURT.

LIST FOR MONDAY. -- Arrangements -- One, in which Mr. M'Cutcheon is professionally engaged. Bankruptcies -- In re William J. Atwell, certificate of conformity (Mr. M'Gonigal, solicitor); in re R. Malcolm Bell, audit and composition after bankruptcy (Mr. Chisholm, solicitor); in re Thomas Lennox, hear assignee's charge (Mr. M'Gonigal, solicitor); in re same, motion liberty to file discharge (Messrs. Stott & Co., solicitors); in re same, motion mode of taking evidence (Mr. M'Gonigal, solicitor); in re Samuel Andrews, audit account (Mr. Shaw, solicitor); in re James Mitchell, motion liberty to file charge (Mr. M'Gonigal, solicitor); in re James Robinson, motion to offer purchase fixtures (same); in re same, motion disclaim lease (same); in re R. Kent & Co., consert rule of Court (same); in re same, motion realisation of chattels (Messrs. O'Rorke & Son, solicitors); in re motion disclaim contract (same); in re same, liberty to take over premises (Mr. M'Gonigal, solicitor); in re Edward W. Partrick, payment of rent, &c., and convey equity of redemption (Messrs. Carson & M'Dowell, solicitors).

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ROYAL HOSPITAL. -- The following were admitted yesterday:-- George Comace, 16 Courtrai Street, schoolboy, fractured thigh, sustained while jumping; and Thomas George, 5 Patrick Lane, machine boy, injuries to the hand, caused by being caught in machinery. In the first case the ambulance waggon was used.

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BELFAST QUARTER SESSIONS.

His Honour the County Court Judge sat in the Record Court, Crumlin Road, at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, and opened the

CRIMINAL BUSINESS

of the above sessions.

The following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury:-- Messrs. George F. Richardson (foreman), William Willis, George Andrews, William John Todd, William M. Carson, Matthew Hurst, Samuel Jackson, William Wilson, John Armstrong, Edward Birney, James Carter, Patrick Leonard, Alexander M'Guinness, John Pyper, William Robb, William J. Woodside, and Matthew Armstrong.

THE WHITEABBEY DISTURBANCES.

His HONOUR (addressing Mr. Carr, S.C.S.) said -- Mr. Carr, I observe cases of riot here, which were only returned yesterday. Why shouldn't these cases go to the assizes?

Mr. CARR -- They are returned to the quarter sessions as being the first jail delivery. Of course, it is very inconvenient to have them sent in so late as this.

His HONOUR -- It is inconvenient. I must send them forward to the assizes.

Mr. CARR -- Very well, your Honour. My friend, Mr. Young, appears for one of the men. The magistrates in sending them forward yesterday merely asked the men to enter into their own recognisances of £10 to appear here to-day, but as the cases are now going to the assizes I would ask your Honour to require the defendants to give a small surety, say £5 each, in addition to their personal recognisances.

His HONOUR -- Very well.

Mr. CARR -- When Mr. Young comes in I will mention the matter to him.

Subsequently, when Mr. YOUNG entered the court that gentleman referred to the subject, and said he understood that the cases had been sent to the assizes on the application of Mr. Carr, for the Attorney-General.

His HONOUR -- The Attorney-General did not ask to have them sent to the assizes. I sent them on.

Mr. YOUNG said his clients were respectable inhabitants of Whitehouse, and were never charged with any offence before, and he asked that the men be allowed out on their own recognisances to attend the assizes.

Mr. CARR said the police stated that the men would attend.

Mr. YOUNG -- They court inquiry into this proceeding.

His HONOUR, in addressing the Grand Jury, said the number of bills to go before them for consideration was ten -- three for obtaining money by false pretences, two for larceny from the person, two for the larceny of postal letters, two for simple larceny, and one for housebreaking and larceny. That constituted the entire calendar. The persons charged numbered ten, and the bills were ten, and he apprehended that the Grand Jury would have no trouble in disposing of them.

The Grand Jury then retired.

STEALING.

Wm. John Sherlon pleaded guilty to two indictments -- one for having stolen a grape and shovel, the property of William James M'Cormick, of Lisburn, on the 14th April; and the other for stealing a whitewash brush, the property of the same person, on the 24th April -- and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment -- three months upon each charge.

CHARGE OF STEALING HORSE TRACES.

Alexender Kane pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing a pair of chain traces, the property of James and Loughlan Cowan, at Belfast, on the 11th May.

Mr. Harper appeared for the traverser.

William Rankin, yard foreman for Messrs. Cowan, carriers, said that the prisoner had been employed as a carter for Messrs. Cowan for over two years. Nine or ten dozen of horse-traces were kept about the place. Witness set himself to watch Kane, and saw the defendant go into stables that he had no right to visit. He saw Kane put a pair of chain traces round his body inside his clothes, and witness got him arrested. He identified the chains produced as the property of Messrs. Cowan -- they were all Scotch made.

John Moore, Clementine Street, said in May last he bought a pair of chains from Kane, for which he gave 2s 6d. Witness sold the chains to Mr. Dixon. It was about a month before Kane was arrested witness bought the chains from him.

Mr. HARPER submitted that no case had been made out to go to the jury, as the chain produced could not have been the one with which Kane was charged with stealing, as Moore said he had bought the chain a month before Kane was arrested.

Mr. CARR said there was a case. If the jury believed the evidence of Rankin, the defendant took a chain and put it round his body, and as two hours elapsed before the man was arrested, there was sufficient time for Kane to have disposed of the chain.

A number of witnesses were examined for the defence to show that the defendant could not have taken a chain on the evening mentioned, and in the manner deposed to by Rankin.

The jury could not agree to a verdict, and were discharged. The prisoner was put back.

Subsequently he was tried secondly by another jury, with a like result. The case was then sent forward to the assizes.

STEALING LETTERS IN THE POST OFFICE.

John M'Bride, an assistant sorter in the General Post Office, Belfast, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing two solitare's and a brooch from a letter while passing through the Post Office, on the 9th April; and also to an indictment charging him with having stolen a half-crown, a florin, and a sixpence out of a letter, on the 23rd of May.

Mr. E. Cuming, B.L. (instructed by Mr. E. R. Bate, assistant solicitor to the G.P.O., Dublin), appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. A. M'Erlean represented the prisoner.

Mr. M'ERLEAN said he defended the prisoner in the court below when the case was investigated. Then it was not sought to deny the offence, and now it was admitted by a plea of guilty. There was very little loss in the case, as the contents of one letter were only worth about 2s 6d, while the other only contained two militia brass buttons made into solitaires, and having the word "Carrickfergus" on them, the whole thing not being worth more than three-halfpence. The letters were in the custody of the Post Office, in whose employment the prisoner was, and in that the gravamen of the offence lay. The prisoner confessed his guilt, and threw himself on the mercy of the Court. He had fallen on the threshold of manhood, and was arrested on the threshold of crime; and he (Mr. M'Erlean), on behalf of the prisoner, now asked for the clemency of the Court to be extended to him.

A sister of the prisoner was then called, who deposed to the delicate state of health of her brother, and the fact that consumption was hereditary in the family.

Rev. Mr. Gantley and Mrs. Olley were also examined as to the character of the prisoner. Mrs. Olley said that the prisoner had been employed for some time in her husband's place of business, where M'Bride had charge of the cash, and that if there were an opening her husband would be prepared to take the prisoner back into his employment.

Mr. CUMING, B.L., said the Post Office prosecuted on public grounds, and the question of the sentence was a matter entirely for his Honour.

His HONOUR, in passing sentence on M'Bride, said -- I read the depositions in this case in the morning while waiting for some bills from the Grand Jury, and it is unnecessary therefore, for me to postpone passing sentence. The offence with which you are charged is of a most serious nature. You were in the Post Office, trusted with the letters passing through that department, in which of course there was property to a large amount constantly passing through the Post Office. You were one of the persons trusted in that department, and into your hands those letters were allowed to come. It is quite necessary to deal very severely with any breach of trust and dereliction of duty arising in such a department. It cannot for one moment be allowed to go forth that persons can commit offences against the Post Office and escape with slight punishment. Such an example cannot be set to those engaged in the Post Otice. Now, I find from the depositions that what you did was this: Upon the 9th of April you opened a letter, and you took out of it those studs; you appropriated them to your own use, and you were found wearing them upon the 23rd of May. You were suspected by the Post Office authorities, and they were watching you, and upon the 23rd of May a letter came into your hands which was marked by them, and had some property in it, and they observed you weighing it. You knew there was something in it, and they saw you were trying to satisfy yourself as well as possible as to there being something valuable in it, and eventually, having covered the letter with your handkerchief, you put it into your pocket. Those who were watching you detected you and called you to account, and your statement then was that you knew nothing at all about it; that you were quite innocent of the transaction, and you represented that if they had gone into your pocket you were unaware of it. About the sleeve links, which you were wearing, you could give no explanation, and those are the articles with regard to which you have now pleaded guilty to taking out of a letter. That shows that it was a practice you had entered upon. So far as we know you commenced this practice on the 9th April, and having succeeded in escaping detection you were trying the same thing on on the 23rd May. The value of the articles was immaterial; it was the character of the offence and the example set to others in this vast department; and in the discharge of my duty I cannot pass a less sentence upon you than that you be imprisoned for twelve calendar months.

CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH AND CHAIN.

James M'Gran was convicted of stealing a watch and chain from the person of Mrs. Laird at the fair of Ballyclare on the 22nd May. The prisoner was captured at once, and the watch and chain were found. His Honour sent the prisoner to jail for six months, with two years' supervision.

SPIRIT LICENSE APPLICATIONS.

The following transfers of licenses were granted:-- Rebecca M'Clinton, Roughfort, Templepatrick; from Samuel M'Clinton, deceased; seven-day license. Francis Trainor, Whitewell, Carnmoney; from Wm. Gourley; seven-day licence. Mr. Wm Harper was solicitor in both cases.

The magistrates in attendance were -- Dr. Whitla, J.P.; Captain Porter, J.P.; W. J. Woodside, J.P.

Edward Watt, Whitehead, applied for a new license for a new hotel he had built at Whitehead.

Mr. W'm. M'Grath, D.L. (instructed by Mr. Frank Kerr), appeared for the applicant, and District-Inspector Lilly opposed on the part of the police.

Mr. M'GRATH said that they wanted accommodation for tourists at Whitehead, and Mr. Watt had built these premises specially for a hotel at a cost of £1,300. It would not be a public-house, but an hotel. Fortunately, the enterprise of possibly the best managed railway company in Ireland had made Whitehead a very attractive resort, and if the railway company had spent money on improving the place it was the strongest possible proof that Whitehead had now become the favourite seaside resort in the North of Ireland, and hence increased hotel accommodation was required for the large numbers that now frequented the place.

District-Inspector Lilly opposed the application on the ground that this was not the licensing sessions; that there was no urgency in the matter; and also that there were already a sufficient number of licensed houses in the neighbourhood.

Mr. M'GRATH said that under the old Licensing Act of William IV. it was not open to any person to object, save on one of three statutable grounds -- the unfitness or bad character of the applicant; the number of licensed houses in the district; and the unsuitability of the premises. It was for the Court to decide whether he would show chat there were special circumstances in the case which entitled them to bring that application before the Court.

His HONOUR asked if the house was finished.

Mr. M'GRATH -- Yes, and people are living in it at present.

Head-Constable Duncan was examined by District-Inspector Lilly, and said there were two licensed houses in Whitehead -- the Whitehead Hotel and Railway Bar. He believed there was sufficient accommodation in the place for all who frequented it.

To Mr. M'GRATH -- I have noticed great improvements in the way of buildings in Whitehead, and an increased number of people visited it now.

Mr. Watt, the applicant, was then examined. He said he had spent £1,300 on building the hotel. He had been a steward on board Mr. Lawther's boats for years. In November last he commenced to build the hotel.

His HONOUR -- Mrs. Larmour got the license for her hotel in October, and wasn't that what suggested to your mind that you might get a license also?

The Applicant -- It was.

His HONOUR -- You spent the money on this building since the other license was granted?

The Applicant -- Yes.

Mr. M'GRATH -- Did Mr. Cotton, of the railway company, suggest to you to build this hotel?

The Applicant -- No, Mr. Cotton had nothing to do with it.

Mr. Hill, shipbuilder, of Belfast (but who resides in Whitehead), deposed to the necessity for a second hotel in Whitehead.

Mr. M'GRATH said that the special circumstances of the case entitled them to bring forward the application at that sessions, and it had been shown conclusively that the travelling public required another hotel in the district.

His HONOUR said before voting on the question it was right that the magistrates should understand the circumstances connected with it. About five years ago an application was made for a hotel license by Mr. Larmour (who had a hotel in Carrickfergus), and he got the license for Whitehead. For certain reasons, which it was not necessary to refer to, it became impossible for him to hold the license. Mrs. Larmour then had charge of the establishment, and from year to year she and a relative of hers applied to get a license for the hotel, the old license having been lost in consequence of the conduct of the husband. At every October sessions the application came before the magistrates, and it was refused. At last October it was brought forward again, when there was a numerous attendance of magistrates. They were equally divided, and it, therefore, rested with his Honour, whether the license would be granted or refused. Having regard to the number of magistrates who voted for it, and to the fact that it was originally granted to Larmour, his Honour gave his casting vote, and Mrs. Larmour got the license. He had asked the present applicant when he had begun to build his hotel, because it struck him that the applicant might have thought he could get a lincense because Mrs. Larmour had got it. The application was made at an unusual time, as the proper time for applying for the license was in October -- the time which was fixed for such applications to be made, for the purpose of letting all persons in the neighbourhood, and everyone interested, know that the application was coming forward. Mr. M'Grath had urged that no parishioner had come forward to oppose that application; but that might be because they supposed the application would not be entertained by the bench. They had no right to entertain it now unless special grounds were shown, making it necessary that the application should now be entertained and not held over until October.

A vote of the magistrates was then taken when three voted in favour of the application and two against it. His Honour said bis vote would be given against it, which would make the voting equal, and as he had a casting vote he would decide against the application being now entertained. Let it come up at the usual time in October.

On the application of Mr. JOSEPH DONNELLY, solicitor, Dr. Milligan, of the Glenside Private Lunatic Asylum, was granted a license. The Inspectors of Private Asylums had reported in favour of it.

CHARGE OF RECEIVING A GOLD WATCH.

John O'Prey was convicted of receiving a gold watch, knowing it to have been stolen, the property of William Lecky, on the 4th inst. Some scuffle took place in or near a public-house in which it was alleged that Leckey lost his watch, and that the prisoner picked it up or got it from a man who had taken it off the ground. Lecky, however, stated that he was attacked on the street by several men, and some time afterwards he missed his watch. A police constable found the prisoner in a horse box on the Ardrossan boat and the watch was in his possession. O'Prey had neither money nor ticket in his possession at the time.

His HONOUR sentenced the prisoner to four months' imprisonment.

Mr. A. M'Erlean defended.

At five o'clock the Court adjourned until 10.30 o'clock this (Saturday) morning.

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BELFAST POLICE NEWS.

CUSTODY COURT -- YESTERDAY.

[Before Messrs. F. G. HODDER, R.M.; and V. J. MACCARTHY, R.M.]

LARCENY FROM THE "BROWN HORSE."

Joseph M'Tear, alias Gray, was charged on remand with the larceny of a hat rack and three billiard balle from the "Brown Horse" on Thursday week. Evidence having been given, prisoner was sent to jail for two months on each charge. Mr. D. Spiller prosecuted in this and the other police cases.

ROBBERY FROM A CYCLE DEPOT.

William Curdy was charged on remand with having broken into and entered the cycle premises of Messrs. Brady, Gormley, & Co., William Street South, and having stolen therefrom £16 in cash. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was a mechanic for some time with the firm. He left the employment about a fortnight ago, and on the 6th inst. brote into the premises. Sergeant Regan, who arrested the prisoner, said that £6 14s of the money was recovered.

Messrs. Brady and Gormley, members of the firm, were examined.

Jennie Dalton deposed to seeing a £10 note with the prisoner.

A letter from the prisoner to Mr. Brady, written in prison, was read, in which the prisoner said that drink led to gambling, and the latter to dishonesty. He had been associated with bad companions. He asked Mr. Brady not to press the charge and he would raise the money lost, and leave the country. He expressed sorrow for what he had done.

The prisoner was returned for trial to the Assizes, bail being refused.

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SUMMONS COURT.

[Before Mr. THOMAS M'CLELLAND, J.P., and DR. M'GEE, J.P.]

OVERSTOCKING COWS.

Thomas Magowan, Monaghan, was summoned by Inspector Hopgood, for overstocking a cow with milk on May 25th, at Belfast Cattle Market. A fine of 1s and 10s costs was imposed. Mr. Lewis appeared for the S.P.C.A.

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SAD STORY OF CHILD NEGLECT.

INQUEST IN THE JAIL.

YESTERDAY evening an inquest was held in the County Jail, Crumlin Road, by the City Coroner, Mr. E. S. Finnigan, on the body of a child named Isabella Ewart, aged five months. The child's mother, Ellen Ewart, after repeated warnings, was sentenced, on May 24th, to three months' imprisonment for neglect and ill-treatment of her children; the child was admitted to the jail with her and died on the morning of the 12th inst.

Head-Constable Thompson conducted the inquiry on behalf of the police.

Joseph Kirke, 174 Shankill Road, Robert Poyntz, 122 Shankhill Road, and Thomas Metcalf, 35 Shankhill Road, failed to answer their names when called on the jury, and the coroner said he would fine them £2 each, unless he found that they had served before.

Sergeant John Cross, Brown Square Barrack, said that be was on duty on the Shankhill Road on the night of January 6th last. It was very stormy and snow was falling.

At this point the CORONER directed the prisoner, the mother of the deceased, to be brought in.

Sergeant Cross, continuing, said that on that night he found Ellen Ewart, the prisoner, lying in a doorway with a child in her arms. She was under the influence of drink, and her sister coming up, he handed the child to her. The only clothing the child had on was a piece of dirty cloth wrapped round its body. He got a summons issued against the mother for cruelty to her children, but she was discharged under the First Offenders Act.

To the CORONER -- She was cautioned severely on the occasion by the magistrates. The woman was not in a proper state to take care of the child.

Sergeant Magowan, Shankhill Road, stated that he was on duty on the Shankhill Road on the might of February 24th. It was a wet night. His attention was attracted by a crowd, and, on going forward, he found Mrs. Ewart drunk with the child in her arms. He gave the child to a neighbour and brought Mrs. Ewart home to Craven Street. The house he found in a very dirty condition, and he summoned both the woman and her husband for neglecting their children. On the first hearing, on March 1st, the case was adjourned for fourteen days, and at the end of that time it was further adjourned a month on the parents promising to be more attentive to their children in future. On that occasion they produced the pledge. At the end of the month a further adjournment for three months was granted, but before the expiration of that time the woman was brought before the Court on two other summonses -- on May 24th -- for drunkenness and for neglecting her child.

Constable Cahill deposed to having summoned the deceased child's mother for drunkenness and neglecting her child. The magistrates imposed a penalty month's imprisonment. It was on the night of May 19th that the offence was committed, and on that night he warned her several times to go home and take care of the child, which was lightly clad, having nothing on but a small petticoat. The mother was drunk, and using very filthy langunge towards her husband.

Inspector Smith, S.P.C.C., gave evidence as to having visited the house of deceased's parents, 6 Craven Street, on February 24th. The house was very dirty. There was no furniture, and the only bed was a portion of an old straw mattress on the floor, covered by an old shawl. The mother admitted she bad been drinking, but promised to do better if not prosecuted that time. On four subsequent occasions he went to the house -- on March 3rd, 24th, April 17th, and May 7th -- and found very little improvement, except that the children were a little cleaner. The wife was sober on those occasions, but he saw her drunk in the intervals, The husband, whom he saw once, said he had stopped giving her any money for household necessaries, as she spent it all on drink. The husband was a labouring man, earning about 16s a week, and though he took a little drink, seemed to be doing the best he could for the family.

To the CORONER -- The deceased, as well as the two other children, appeared to be poorly nourished, and its only clothing was a few rags. The child was insured in the Prudential.

Dr. Bigger said that when admitted the child appeared to be undersized, but did not appear to have anything the matter with it. Since June 9th, however, it had been under treatment for congestion of the lungs and convulsions. Death was due to these diseases, but he would not say that they were were caused directly by the exposure, although that might have tended to produce them by weakening the child's constitution.

Dr. Allworthy corroborated. The weight of the child after death was 10lb., which would be about 2lb. under the normal. The illness would account for portion of the deficiency.

The CORONER, in summing up, said that the child's mother was undoubtedly a dissipated woman, and had certainly exposed it in such a way as no decent mother should. If the jury thought that this exposure had broken down the child's health, and so tended to its death, it would be their duty to say so, and his to return the mother to the assizes on charge of manslaughter. It they thought otherwise they would say so.

The jury found that death was due to natural causes.

The CORONER said that, on the whole, he agreed with the verdict, and hoped that this would be a lesson to the mother to look after her children better for the future.

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BALLYMENA PETTY SESSIONS.

[FROM OUR REPORTER.]

BALLYMENA, FRIDAY.

This monthly Court was held to-day in the Courthouse, Ballymena, the magistrates on the bench being -- Messrs. Wm. Orr, R.M., (chairman); Robert Simpson, J.P.; Andrew Currell, J.P.: Joseph B. Black, J.P.; John Dinsmore, J.P; Samuel John M'Cartney, J.P.; James Mallaghan, J.P.; and Gerald S. M'Camphill, J.P.

Wm. Barr was charged with furious driving and with assaulting his brother, George. The latter said the prisoner came home from Belfast jail on Friday last and on several occasions since that attempted to assault him with his firsts, with a pot-hook, and a knife. Once he did strike him, and when he threw the knife witness dodged, and it entered a door. Mr. J. K. Currie, who appeared for him, said the prisoner had taken the pledge, and asked that the case be adjourned for a time. Their Worships adjourned the case for a month to see how the boy will conduct himself.

James Agnew was summoned by Constable Farry for cruelly ill-treating a horse by beating it with a cane and cutting its sides with spurs. Mr. J. K. Currie defended, and submitted that the horse having, "rusted," defendant was only doing what he had a right to do in beating the horse as he did. Several veterinary surgeons were examined, and stated that they did not consider that the horse had been cruelly ill-treated. An eye-witness said he would "kill't" the horse if it had been his. Mr. Currie -- This man is a butcher, your Worships; it's the ruling passion moves him. The Bench dismissed the case.

John Devinney, of Connor, was summoned by District-Inspector Hurst for selling drink on Sunday, the 8th April, contrary to the statute. A man named Stavely said that on this day, about eleven o'clock, he went to the public-house of defendant, and was supplied with fifteen bottles of porter and a half-glass of whiskey. (Laughter.) Cross examined by Mr. Currie -- Witness had written to Mrs. Devinney for money, threatening if she would not give it he would swear against her, and she had put him out of the house on one occasion. Defendant was fined £2, the fine to be endorsed on the license. Mr. Black said that was the decision of the majority; as for him, he would not hang a mouse on the evidence. Mr. Currie gave notice of appeal.

 

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