The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09 00:00:00

THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER.

At the Stafford Assizes, on Monday, het. ice
Mr. Justice Keating, William Junes ifi9), writing
clerk, was charged with assaulting and attempt.
jug to murder Louisa Ryan, on the 2nd of Au-
gust, at Amblecote.
Mr. Underhill prosecuted.
Prisoner cohabited with proesiritriz for several
years, but on the Ist of August they separated.
They were then on good terms. On the follow-
bag day he met her in Stourbrilge, and ask,
her to accompany him in a walk. She was then
with • woman named Turner, and the three pro.
seeded together, across the flelils towards Am.
blecote. He kissed her al limes, arid then
threw her down, and tried to strangle her.
Being a one-armed man, he pla ci his artificial
arm across her throat, and then used hie right
' hand to effect his purpose. He had almost ren-
dered her insensible, when he withdrew his right
hand and pulled out a table knife. The woman
who was standing near sailed out to prosecutrix
that he had something in his band that he in.
tended to kill her with. She struggl,,i with him,
and managed to seize the knife, and throw it
from her. Some men came up and pulled him
off her. She ran away, but he followed hcr,
caught her again, and, after kissing her, got lici
down on the ground and tried trangle her, saying
he would 'ldes, love, and murder " her in cool
blood. A man named Harris picked up the
knife and gave it to a can/Anion, John Lawler
Prisoner said if the latter did not give it up to
uim he would knock his brains out. The pimice
came up and prisoner was taken into custody.
one of the officers who arrested him remarked,
when he received the knife, that it was very
sharp, and prisoner said he had got it sharpened
on purpose. Seeing a scratch in the woman's
throat, he said it was not a hanging matter, but
ne would have made it one in a little longer
time. _ _

By direction of the learned judge, the jury
found the prisoner not guilty of the charge of
Attempted murder, but guilty of the assault.
He was sentenced to nine months' imprison-
ment.

Considerable interest at the present time
attaches to an importation of Spanish Sherries, consist-
ing of light delecate wines of Amontillado and Kimball-
its cheracter, so lunch appreciated in Spain, the taste
for which is largely increasing in this country. 'lhts
purchase, which amounts to a hundred thousand gallons,
has been made by the Arm of W k A Gilbey, sad on a
recent visit to their stores (which may fairly rank as ono
of the sights of London) we gleaned some statistics which
are of interest at this season of the year. It appears that
durnig last December they sent out no less than 1,184,
252 bottles of Wines and Spirits. Permissive Bill agita-
tors will, no doubt, be disposed to use these Meru for
their own purposes, but it should be borne in mind that
this apparently large quantity was distributed throughout
United Kingdom. from Land's ilnd to the Orkney Isles
We find from a recent treatise, that the consumption per
head per annum in England is 4 pints of Wine, 8 pints of
Spirits, and 170 pints of Deer, a not unreasonable quan•
toty, and we are disposed to think that were our licensing
reformers to follow the plan advised by some of the lead-
ing medics) journals, viz., to discourage publie drinking
and increase facilities for obtaining what is required for
home sonsumptlon, much of the p t istemperanoe
would disappear from the lower, as it ham already done
from the middle and upper *lasses, under the moral ef-
fect of home influence and ezemplo.—Moresing Putt,
sth Dec.
is' TRIM, An. •Nlf LaDikai who have oat yet used the
IrLENFLELD Srascu, they are respectfully solicited to
.tivet it a Wel. and carefully follow out the directions
anted on ev--ry p.. kage, sod it this is done, they Wi.l
soy, like the Queeu's Laundry..., it is the finest Stark
.hey ever used. When you ask for OLlihrillLD Snail
ee that you get it, as inferior ',clods are often substitute
eor the sake of *Mrs profit. borate them**s ril spse
g teas iadieliana.