A LADY KISSING AN OFFICER IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 7, 8 January 1876, Page 4

A LADY KISSING AN OFFICER IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

|;^ ; Se^fipris^p n ' Wednesday last, a case excited considerable public interest il ;c;jwas : heajd by fthe jqsJtioesV jot whom J^jDbloiiel Freeston, of- 1 Preeston Hall, :^^>ham,' .'was \ fap chairman. % Tbe facts_ .: ■■■:;. wiSlh^^'^F^a/' 'sb^ewhst;^An^lii ' natures^will bk gathered' from/ the iPol- . lowing narrative; - , 4? :-1 v^ The /.,cpj^iil||inapjb/;rwB8';;'-' >^.r v^ame8 [ eti*M officer ■*&? marines, ftbourto^bih^^Chatham. The accused '.... was^Miss^SeTaphina rHigiribbtham, a lad^|&eisßV^ef^ljePm|ddUi^ge; andf at' p*resen^ wa|kin^|hie^London -„. hospitals; ;^with a i Vie w?to practising, as ■ : ;/\B : ;^ppn^j9^o^^icihW,The f v ' v yioas day jbe j|ppk a, first class at : / P(o3go' "W---0 enje Waf bairriagevwhiflh' he*hafr all *%& r himwl^: tii^l-he^re^n^d^ WpOlwich : •(©6qi^M) i lSi^i^^he|(^:'th'e atjipused .': ".j : got into the arj^t^nt^e occupiedi.ari^] : took her; seat fnT the'righir han^d/ cdrnef, > he'isatf Wxlth ■ vhiSbii^t&H^ ;^?Bide^MHn^r|^^e>Jt^^iage.' '■'■':, His *iia)»id;^nothing^'^hlateveP-'.^o^the,; •de-,-, ; ,.fen(|a^|^ut^ :V v -4 B jk^-|^ffinJMes,?' {■ && ; .fully , C. ? Qc^upied; ; wtb that'^ article, ; which J teßfm^ihe isaid^in ekpjanifttiPn^ ?0^ rjßf^ accused, taking off her spectacles, left i^^r^^jSokH^Tn^; rii tf.rio^Be T fape, • > and ;said, 'A Ypo aref a^ very .- rnibe y pji og .U v the' : }\;ple.a.s.u^ •r.Ywhenshe, suddenly^ seiaed the eM> J; ;tKrb^ih^ : v'".'VlieTß6lf"-'up.oii her' .knees^ before v nimi ; bioy^jcci&vned^oh^doh ? t read th^'i ; vpe^respe>tfnlly requested' her toi risej.: but as she did not do- so, i .b'u!| qlapsed ■v xl^fhlinas^ aid laid'^she? wa^Brfr^ fslief c ßif6rg:^ / r leftihrs'seati and} : m6ved' to -fcfc e tHbther" • en;d^of^hef ccjm.partment,:^ followed pn\itp •-. / hi| i coat^an^.jpjvotestipg >that ,Bhe; must / iftfoji- him^for his" mother's jsake. ., [-"i ljR9 n J vV her p'r^m|Bfjthat she woojdjhot repeat, the.'olfeaxje, tie allowed tier to kiss him.j Helwaß, much alar med,r bb'i peMai lyiasltKe'ylwere p^ssirig'- through a^tuunel. Just as they emerged from^ the V tunnel/ she | niade^ '-a^ grab, at \his stßa"t r shi had seen -tiifl i sister^ atY^tV .fi.artb v olp,me,w's y fipipita).'-' Sbe;«fterwards saicl she was' a/ '. f lon e ja n prd tec ted ?; Cemafe^ $n&, he ' '-■ /vhatf^*|ie^¥;:tak§ r !c^el;/pH^^ ; '** ." that ,, she/D eejd.be i .^nder norappr^hension , ; ;■ •/ protJßsted/her'rnn^ . /bu^she^as^s^roßg; arid resolut^; and, ■■■•■./■' in^jthe^ en^^^jpu^.bis head >oat -oi the ■ carriage window and; called for p," ,; ; / just-as- .thetrain-reached ,the? Meppham ." Station,; where\he obtained the cdmpariy vj^ oi ; /a rajlwaj ; porter, who protected him 1- ; tb { the^n^^iHw jouVney. ' : . ,'"•' "'• '.'/:, .• ing^beeii ; given ■by ih6 i^-V/Btation^^^ : ttis cbmplaitiafttl^^nd" to tse finding of ' 'M^ the ,;V coat^l#-bf^^i'^ffije^U*P '^oc^ed. ■ ; was^aftkla^Mt^h^ v -K/^pi^,v^ss;; Higinbotham 'said -• ; that the complainant had greatly .ex/aggerated the. alleged assault. She .had liriefdly Requested' him to 1 put down - the pane,?, iasu she' ivantedi to talk to - him.^/A^hftv would not put down the _ P?.R?J!> -ih.C Bn>tcbed. it .from him and £ ■•;. gave i him a kjss^ >AJI she desired to dp J;t ; was to Biibw-her admiration: of a hand - ; / aop^jYOungjnprtni agaius^Whbsei moral :cnaracter r she had nothing-whatever to ■;.; Vt ■>•'"■•.'■"■- "'",•■■■ : '- v . ■ ".. ' •'...'. .1 "1. After/choaririg^tKe t|ie^ |^ niagisrfa^<?etir|d^with^e; \jlorky and" p \ : upou^tbe, Jh^^jppearahceUhe^ohairman |: ' said, the accußed i' •"- 'th ; at'- :he^ vi/ Ithouglit-arJßfri6us«x)fft)nOe had been J ccfmmi tted ? b^hJßr| J There w4r e - many '■) ££ f ie.need • men traveli^lii^^ffs^f^^^i^leici^^ and ! ufig;oflioerß t - p3were"Jnpj4tal i^ayl(,f : pr.oof j- ; >as '.'the-; com- ' |yVplainantih:anp;ily/^^ to |J(lißC.lj^te»|^^b!a^ ' : titiiev-ofU^B^^^ hjs fjbrq^er; ; magismsr iX^y&n}yg&^gjl the coooplainan t,;: r> t^^g^i(iX?-odoubfryfier desire tpkiss Uim^arVrte ftbm^i^piprjyfo^ma^on^ bad^ easel would.ibetm^t^by: small -iiuef as^ lor ; a '£ niominqn Vasgaul t^ ; Miss^i^ginbottiam p /^iil^h^plifepe/firieP' £saatfdrddstß,; v andvhe^the/cbairmari) hoped -it w'oul^^ frt ; bl^ WaVnli^tb^fcie'r' f b* iti$ } fptyv4. tl%£ ; ';sdem6d^:hp^ I^JSis^eild^^a^istrates ttiat it: was ab- %£■ Bplutely. neoeg^ ar y t O , provide carriages Jv^^!^ndt\^mbrelyr-:Bmpfeing>6arriageß, fbr if : , Borne ■ i :«|oett^^ /abhorred : ~ smokib^ ~ for ''£;-. gentlemptf jTa^d'hehopad railway cbml^/paniea/wpuld take/the hint. !> '' ; :^^t'|w^undenstpod; that Misa Higiri--o,:f>botham paid the fine. "

i Margaret l?Vall, ? the Thames mur.-. . dereßß, whoj killed' her two children ] With'ap vie, . was found not guilty on he %ffiik&& i 6Vffi&hilf'f' :l ATi order for ler /i^ropri,sQnm9jßt\darjng the,Queen?B| ileasure was made. ; ; J The Ne^ fi Zealand exhibits for trie Philadelphia Eshibition (aaya the'Welington Post) are rJow nearly packed up n readiness to be forwarded by the jodail steamer next week. They will jnake a yery fjair show on behalf of New jZealand^ and. their number will be greatly augmented by the collection of -^ew, Zealand specimens and products pdvjir being made in London by Dr.; Heotor. A .Royal Oonimissiori has, been issued, appointing that gentleman an additional Commissioner, and the Special one to represent this colony' personally, at the Exhibition. Among 0 the various provinces Canterbury car-, jriesoff; the palm to the extent and excellence of her con tr ibutions, eepe'ci-; ally in grain and wool. punedin^ lAucklan.d, and Napier have not cdnitributed; anything at, all, if :we except' some poor specimens of petroi jleupa fr6m : Poverty which, mighi 'as well often "left, b^hind^ ; The „ (Bank of. New. Zealand has seat a very ■ ; jmagniflcent specimen collection of gold jepecimens. Nelson and Westland fur;nish eplendid iilustrations of their 'mineral wealth, the hematite ore from jthe former province, arid the coal from jthe iatteV, being parUcuiarly fine.- The . (Maoris are by ho means behindhand ib ' contributing arid sending a "very large i iand varied asaortment of their peculiar' ■■ workmanship, which they readily' have jlerit for the occasiorji, suph 7&a carved, jspears and other.; woodwork, flax mats,; ;&c, greenstone implements,' and above jail a famous pone "-mere;" which for-^ ;|merly belonged to'.tbje ";^eieJii < it^id ! jTito'- : Ikowaru,, bat.* is no,w ihfi. P ro P?i^y; -of fPatu Paraora. ,;;The,exhibitS from this , ip'r'oyibbe are-not -very "numerous'tir. : jrqmarkable^ with one eigriat exception' - !~a bale qr.,wool. sent Jb'yAMr Arthur ißraUh.Waite, of Waiwetu, Lower Ha tt. i |This is a superb specimen of Romriey j iMarah J -- wool- (with a ' fifth cross ''of'! , fmerino) sheared on the 18th ult. from Itwo-tooth ewes, and cold water washed. JMr Braithwiiite's' Wool of this class* haa ;realised aij average price oor.f r . Is IQ^d; |per 1b in London at auction during Several years; and probably will be the ; -finest of its class sent from New Zea- ,• ■•.'land.;. ' ;.,' ;.".. ._. . , ; . ..... • . . . •w . I I - Commenting on the proposal to institute Juvenile Savings Banks in schools^ • Ithe Tiinafu Herald says ; :•— We^^ do not [believe that tbe^unthrif tineas of the colonists arises out pi the; want of early , training in economy; nor are we at allsatiefled that , such " training as the pamphlet before us advocates would not d^ more hairm than good. Pooket money, is not. given to children that they may have something to save but that they may bav.e something to spend, and it would, we think, be a dangerous experiment to teach them systematically to put their pennies into a bank insteud of gratifying what, after all,: are very- natural and harmless itnjpulßeß. We have no sympathy with w -that .kind of,. infantile virtue :which Idespises tofiee and has no affection for alley taws. We would much rather :see a boy Spend his " tips" royally'irijam torts, and give half of; them away than srieak to his master and (get patted [on the head for investing in the Savings Bank. Throughout the whole of this (pamphlet the' writers go entirely on the iassumption that thrift is ; the highest of Tall virtues, /and almost entirely, overr jlook,; what ; is nevertheless an obvious if act, that the;'* ye of money unduly encouraged produces many of the basest ivices. They, do not seem to see how. ibard it, ia for a child to draw the line between carefulness: and Rtinginess, or 'ho w ; easy it is for economy itb engender' .ayarice, xrureUy, and. dish'oneßty.;; V?e -trust that thqse w ( hohaye charge of our national education will not fall into the ■ mistake of teaching prudence by mere mercenary channels ; but' will aim at achieving the same results by incul- ; icating self-respect and the observance ".{of a high standard of honor." '■■ x