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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED -MURDER A r
BRIERLEY HILL.

SEQUEL TO AN ELOPEMENr.

On Monday, at the Brierley Hill Police Court—
before Sir Henry Lambert and Mr. G. K. Harrison
Thomas Price (36), solicitor's clerk, was charged
' with attempting to murder James Cox, licensed
victualler. Mr. Waldron prosecuted; and Mr. S.
Ward, of Dudley, defended.
Mr. Waldron said the prosecutor was the land-
lord of the Spread Eagle Inn, High Street ; and the
defendant was a married man with two children,
and had lately been the deputy-clerk to the Local
Board of Health, The defendant seduced the
dancflater of the complainant, and took her to
Walsall, Derby, and other places, where he lived
with her until Easter Wednesday, On that day he
left her in a destitute condition, and returnel to
that neighbourhood. One of Mr. Oox's daughters
had been so affected by her sister's misfortune and
the defendant's bad conduct that she had been
afflicted with fits, and had since died. After Price
had returned from his cohabitation with the girl he
went towards the prosecutor on the occasion re-
ferred to and presented a revolver, with five barrels
loaded, at him. Mr. Cox at once knocked the de-
fendant down, and the crowd which had gathered
did their best to prevent the defendant using the
weapon._

Mr. Waldron read the law bearing on the case,
and showed that it was not neceseary that the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

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SUICIDE OF AN UNDERGRADUATE.

A sad case of suicide occurred on Sunday at Cam-
bridge. Mr. A. F. Webb, the son and heir of Mr.
Webb, of Newstead Abbey, was entered as a freshman
at Trinity College last October term. He did not
live in college, but took up his residence at one of the
University lodging-houses in Rose-crescent. Owing to
his non-appearance at breakfast time on Sunday morn-
ing his landlady proceeded to rouse him, and dis-
covered him lying in bed insensible from the effect
of a pistol shot in his head. From the appearance
of the room it is supposed that the deceased shot himself
while standing out of bed, that he fell upon a basin
and jug which were discovered broken on the floor,
and that he then crawled in bed. Medical assistance
was summoned, but to no purpose. He expired almost
immediately. No cause can be assigned for the act,
but it is remembered that at the end of the Lent term
he fell from a horse and was considerably injured.
For some days past it was noticed that he was de-
jected. It is 18 years since any undergraduate of this
University has committed suicide while in residence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

ROWLEY REGIS.

Sernor. BoAite.—Mr. G. Green presided on Mon-
day evening at the monthly meeting of
this Board.—The clerk stated that he had received
a lett°, from the Education Department, in which
th :Government Inspector of schools recommended
that the 13oard be allowed to take to the Corngreave
Seh')Zll6lo' if they desirecl,—lt was decided to inspect
the ols,—A letter was also read from the Gpv-
eimmeut Inspector of schools, stating that he had
inspected several adventure schools, and found the
scholars to be inefficient —The Clerk was instructed
to forward copies of the report to the persons who
kept the schools. The School Attendance Officer
reported that the names of 3,661 children were on
the books, those in average attendance 3,101, and
the percentage of attendance 84.7. During the
month he had visited 392 absent and irregular
scholars.—The report was considered satisfactory.—
It was decided to issue a precept on. the overseers
for £1,490 to meet a portion of the Board's expenses
for th 3 craning six months.—ln reply to Mr. Cave,
the Chairman said the precept would represent a
3id rate.—lt was resolved to increase the loan for
the purchase of land at Spinner's End from £5OO
to £4)00.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

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4_l4lan, fetched _MOO: a__Jfinfilo_ earring. thA
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which is the property of Baron Edmond de Rot
child, of the oldest Greek style, £652; an Etruscan
bracelet, of parti-coloured glass, with a gold clasp,
£160; two rings engraved with the busts of a woman
and a man, £374, and a marble bust of an Amazon,
attributed in the catalogue to the school of Polycletus,
£lOBO. The sale of the Venice glass, the Italian and
Oriental earthenware, the enamels, tapestries, Renais-
sance bronzes, &e., attracted many more people,
and three glasses by Murano fetched £320 apiece.
A vase in Gubbio earthenware, attributed to
Giorgio Andreoli, was sold for £600; a
cup of the same kind for £6B; a Pesaro bowl
for £324; another from Urbino for £lBO, and a,
Caffagiolo cup for £242; a dish in Persian earthen-
ware made £240; a replica upon a small scale of
the famous fountain of Giovanni de Bologna, £292;
an eleventh century bas-relief in ivory, representing
Christ and one of the Apostles surrounded by angels,
£172; a powder-flak of the 16th century, £156; a
shrine made in the shape of a house and decorated
with Limcgos enamels of the 13th century, £828;
and another larger one, by Raphael Grimaldi, £lO2O,
being purchased for the South Kensington Museum.
The antique bronzes and other objects which, it is
hoped, would have come to London, are to be sold in
Paris on the 10th of May and following days.