Old Bailey. - J. Harwood was indicted for marrying Rachael Parsons, his lawful wife being alive at the time of his second marriage. The Jury found the prisoner guilty; the common sergeant instantly sentenced him to transportation for 14 years.
On hearing the sentence, the prosecutrix burst into tears, and requested him to apply in her name to the government for a mitigation of the prisoner's punishment.
The common sergeant refused the application.
Thursday 10 November 2016
The fatal damp
A melancholy event took place at Klinhurst, near Rotherham, on Thursday morning, at the pottery of Joseph Hill and sons, John Depledge and Samuel Bradshaw had been employed in sinking a well, which, being finished, one of them descended to ascertain the depth of water; as he did not return, his companion went down after him; he, likewise, did not return; and unfortunately, Joseph Hill, the proprietor, with his four sons, went down the ladder in succession; but it required some precautionary preparations before others could be prevailed on to go down into the well, which they at length did, and brought up the bodies of the seven men, all dead. There were, it seems, some old coal-pits close by the spot, which had not been worked for some time, and it is conjectured an aperture had been made, in digging the well, which admitted the fatal damp.
Mr. Hill, the father, was a widower, and his four sons were unmarried; but Depledge and Bradshaw have left large families
Mr. Hill, the father, was a widower, and his four sons were unmarried; but Depledge and Bradshaw have left large families
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