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Circumstantial Evidence.
Amour forty years ago, at one of the provincial As-
sises, a gentleman was tried and convicted, upon circum-
stantial evidence of the murder of his niece. The cir-
cumstances sworn to were as follow:—That the uncle and
niece were seen walking in the fields ; that a person at a
small distance heard the niece exclaim—cc Don’t kill
me, uncle !—Don’t kill me!”—and that instant arpistol or
fowling-piece -was fired off. Upon these circumstances
the gentleman was convicted and executed. Near twelve
months after, the niece, who had eloped, arrived in Eng-
land, and hearing of the affair, elucidated the whole
transaction. It appeared that she had formed an attach-
ment for a person whom her uncle disapproved : when
walking in the fields, he was earnestly dissuading her
from the connexion, when she replied—Ci That she was
resolved to have him, or it would be her death, and there-
fore said, Don’t kill me, uncle!—Don’t kill me!” At
the moment she uttered these words, a fowling-piece was
discharged by a sportsman in a neighbouring field. The
same night she eloped from her uncle’s house, and the
combination of those suspicious circumstances, occa-*
sioned his ignominious death.
Account of Giants: from a Memoir lately read before
the Academy of Sciences at Rouen.
By M. Le Cat.
^1/he Bible mentions several races of Giants, as the
Rephaims, the Anakims, the Emims, the Zonzonims,
and others. Profane historians also mention Giants ;
they gave seven feet of height to Hercules their first
hero, and in our days we have seen men eight feethigh.
The giant who was shewn in Rouen, in 1735, measured
eight feet some inches ; the Emperor Maximian was of
that
Circumstantial Evidence.
Amour forty years ago, at one of the provincial As-
sises, a gentleman was tried and convicted, upon circum-
stantial evidence of the murder of his niece. The cir-
cumstances sworn to were as follow:—That the uncle and
niece were seen walking in the fields ; that a person at a
small distance heard the niece exclaim—cc Don’t kill
me, uncle !—Don’t kill me!”—and that instant arpistol or
fowling-piece -was fired off. Upon these circumstances
the gentleman was convicted and executed. Near twelve
months after, the niece, who had eloped, arrived in Eng-
land, and hearing of the affair, elucidated the whole
transaction. It appeared that she had formed an attach-
ment for a person whom her uncle disapproved : when
walking in the fields, he was earnestly dissuading her
from the connexion, when she replied—Ci That she was
resolved to have him, or it would be her death, and there-
fore said, Don’t kill me, uncle!—Don’t kill me!” At
the moment she uttered these words, a fowling-piece was
discharged by a sportsman in a neighbouring field. The
same night she eloped from her uncle’s house, and the
combination of those suspicious circumstances, occa-*
sioned his ignominious death.
Account of Giants: from a Memoir lately read before
the Academy of Sciences at Rouen.
By M. Le Cat.
^1/he Bible mentions several races of Giants, as the
Rephaims, the Anakims, the Emims, the Zonzonims,
and others. Profane historians also mention Giants ;
they gave seven feet of height to Hercules their first
hero, and in our days we have seen men eight feethigh.
The giant who was shewn in Rouen, in 1735, measured
eight feet some inches ; the Emperor Maximian was of
that