WELLINGTON.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4680, 7 January 1884, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

This Day. Awfully Sudden Death. A melancholy fatality occurred here at nine o'clock last night. Mr Jacob Monteith, a well known and highly respected "chemist, carrying oribusiaess ia the city,

was supplying some medicine to a customer, when he complained of being seized wif.h a sudden pain. He retired for a moment, and not reappearing, search was made,, and he was found in the yard, vomiting and in great pain. He was removed, and medical aid sent for, but Mr Monteith died in a few minutes. The cause of death at present is unknown, but a post mortem examination will be made to day.

The Supreme Court Criminal Sessions opened this morning before Mr Justice Richmond, In charging ths Grand Jury His Honor said the calendar was not longer than usual, yet there were two or three cases of a serious nature on it; one charge was that of arson, in which the principal evidence was a statement made by the accused himself; another of attempted murder was one in which a man inflicted a serious wound on his paramour, which might easily have been fatal; another serious case was that of an unfortunate girl charged with the murder of the newly born infant. His Honor said, as.the law stood at present, it did not discriiniHaf,e between cases of this kind,.and those of ordinary murder; if the Jury were satisfied that the child met with a violent death at the hands of its mother after its birth, it was their duty to return a true bill of wilful murder. The other cases were of ordinary larceny.

True bills have been returned in the following cases: Anderson, attempted murder ; Korth, forgery ; Jamesen, larceny ; .Kate Boyle, murder.