THE WOODGATE CASE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 24, 27 January 1877, Page 2

THE WOODGATE CASE.

The Marlborough Express of Wednesday last says:— ft was only yesterday that the Sheriff was able to make flnal arrangements for the condemned convict in the Picton gaol. The scaffold 1 "was erected by Mr James Gorrie of Blenheim, cooper, who was applied] to, in consequence of the refusal of all the carpenters in Picton to dp the work. It is built of rongh timber, and is situated in the left baud corner of the gaolyardi : It was : necessary to dig a pit, so that persons outside the precints of the gaol, should not witness the execution, and* that there • might he ji. sufficient drop, Samuel Chandler, chimney - sweep, was engaged as hangman, arid went through to Picton yesterday by the morning tram. He could get no accommodation there however, the publicans refusing, one and all' to serve him with drink. He was literally driven out of Picton, and returned to Blenheim in the afternoon. Several persons went through from Blenheim by the evening train and when they got there applied to the Sheriff for orders to witness the execution, which we understand were given. As Chandler had been driven out of Picton, and no person could be obtained in Marlborough to execute the extreme sentence of the law, Wellington was applied to, the telegraph being; in requition until midnight, but the effortVas fruitless, the convicts in the Picton and Wellington gaols all refusing. In consequence of this the condemned man was not executed to-day, the gaoler and Sheriff declining to officiate, and in fact we understand that they were both prepared to resign their respective offices sooner than carry out the sentence of the law themselves. What course will be adopted by the we are at present unable to say. The condemned mail still maintains his innocence, and the local clergyman expresses an opinion that he is not guilty of the crime for which he has been

sentenced. Every effort has been usel |o obta^ a reprieje^tlie Executive Officer,!tiie clef gy v vv |tepple>o^Muenc| in riotpn ifaying coinintiQicatedNjntfe^he <$or- ' erMen(;, ; but wpnouii^Sec^^N, §£\ |>f id^arn^at the tenblkpeais'Sf tn^araer^ the wire worm, has made ita appearance at Waikiwiandat Wallacetowa, and it is reported also at all the farming districts round, more or less. One farmer at Wallacetowa kj* 3 -. found, his wheat and oats completely destroyed 1 , and% ploughing !u| bis<|adddck# m order to. begin sowing again.L a&L w&mV attacks the plant just at the spot where the blade comes from the ground. No remedy .w,afc.preMat,knowa.by,.fch^&Bmfic9,, a^4fe,is : -. feared that f foai this cause the hafyesfc this year will a>very poor one. 4 The GeVihan Government has recently JHiiH a kit.c.he.n_a.thoA?a.Bd feet long; and all of stone %STlfiHiri>r»ff^p^ : iGMrftHr^i :: ' ■^ i n^ time of war - lts machinery is *&T%^J/-two 1800 horse-poi^er^engincs, and is capaplej of boiKng down^nd condensing portable liaaife a hundred and seventy ojejiygEiading th|ee| hundredt alid fiffcy tons of aoor/attd makiug: three haadred thousand fW?P read dal V. It ia (t\s6 able to supply enough preferred oat£:for one ®jfy's feeding of the horses belonging to any ttfoiy of two hundred afid eighty thousand menf teA&nsg man wa^ tied fast in a waggoiTfor transportation to^lpuntvilW, tT.S. He yelled so loudly that tM frightened hprsesOan away, throwiug :oug th'e two and freaking an arm qf each. Thea the laaatic seized the reins, controlled the horses, firove *!one ; to the asylum and:delivered himself up.

I HotEiiSWA^s Hour of Din^ec. %*s•?*? ?o m mbnl|: tomes' ou with slight rfy.tnp- | om ? sfs'&i whe;a,ieglectad;!iacre^s9 Ctrit and ; gradual Jygrof da/ngerooi-aj. condition whih betrays, the" grossest retnislaesj, when it 13 known\that 'these PillgS, takea in accor^anee with., their ;accoaipany)ng |ia«;«^.would not 6nly have checked bufit'cvmquered.jhe incipient disorder^jFatienti Safly fbtwarddetails ot-tfie most remarkablJCssd inatruicli^e cases in which by^imely attention to HoUa^fay's adtrjce they Wert unJoa^ly «?aved,.f pm seveye illntss. ;.These Pillaract pcimacil^> ou tlia. digestive i'ot-gtns. frbtch ,^?®y;?i*?? uiate h .?Q slugaistwand inactive; andsecondly, upon the blqo<i, which tl-.ey IfeSF^g^y purify, sand5 and heatie'ia derived fche JEene r^;tflne thejiimpirfc, at\d-4heir power of B«!>i«g3tfpg hyp cliondri«ciajii(7tdppfHei| and nervous complaints, ' --

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