FIVE German prisoners of war were hanged at Pentonville Prison this morning for the murder of a fellow prisoner in the Perthshire Camp last December.

Czech authorities in London were puzzled today by a charred body, surplus to the passenger list and burned beyond recognition, in the disaster to a Liberator aircraft which crashed in flames, killing all on board. The plane crashed at Elvetham, an isolated Hampshire village. Twenty two people were thought to be on board, but 23 bodies were recovered.

BOROUGH COURT - THIS DAY

John Brady, labourer, Ashburner-street, was charged at the instance of James Lord, with assaulting him on the 2nd. inst. - Defendant said the complainant was committing the most dreadful assault upon his wife, beating her "like as though he was going in for £100 a side", and he (Brady) merely interfered to prevent "murder being committed". A witness, named William Lee, who was called by Brady, said the complainant treated his wife in a most inhuman manner, that he got periodical fits of madness, and that he ought to be placed in a madhouse. The magistrates dismissed the case.

ELLEN Latham, washerwoman, without any residence, was charged with being drunk and incapable in Oxford-street on the 5th inst. - Police Constable Gaskell said he found her lying in an entry. This was her fiftieth appearance in court as a loose character. She was fined 5s and costs.

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