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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 127, 3 July 1895, Page 4

When Somerville, the man who was charged with the murder at Masterton, wascalled to give evidence in the case he bad brought against Mr Herbert, he entered the dock instead of the witness box. The local paper stated that as the crowd laughed at the mistake, they little thought how Hoon the man's turn would come to stand in that very dock, charged with the blackest of crimen, An extraordinary incident took place at the Manchester police court recently, when two men, who were caught in the act of making spurious coin at Droylsden, on Thursday, were remanded. Before being removed to the cells one of the men asked to be allowed to present his watch to tbs detective who captured him frr making so clever a catch. The Stipendiary was greatly amused, but declined to entertain the application. Deaths from alcoholism in England are increasing year by year. According to the Inst annual report of the Registrar-General for England and Wales, which ia for the year 1893, ' the deaths directly ascribed to intemperance numbered 2,171 or 73 per million, which is tht> highest rate on record: the rates in the three preceding years had bt-en respectively 70, 71 and 72 per million.'