The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-24 00:00:00

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER THROUGH TEA.

LOL Y LT TWJCW.BAM.

OOMMITTAL FOR TRILL—(TIIIB DAY).
This morning. John West wee placed at the bar
at the Tows-bell, 'Breelford, ca mansed, charged with cat-
W' the throat of Lydia Wright. with latest to snake her.
Hr. Haynes, solicitor, stated the case for the proesoutrix.
Tor a year and a belt the promentrii lived with the accused
at Twiekimahans, and with'hts knowledge she was in the habit
of leaving him at intervals lathe porpoise( cleaning massy
to add to their imams. During that time hie sawdust
was most irregular and drunk's, sad at length
she stated that she would leave him for good, and about •
month awn eke aceordingly left hlm. He met her a fort-
sight later at • fair, sad he Waged her to esemat to visit
him at his ladiiaga le Dree's-cotteges, Twickenham.
She, in oonsequenee of his entreaties went to the
place and food him is bed. She lay down upon ,
the bed, and presently she felt the primmer pet kis Mil I 1'
around her seek. She suddenly found that she wee covered "j
with blood. The prisoner had out her throat. It should be ti
stated that the prisoner had, when she had staled her deter-
mination not to live him, slain threstesed her, my* I
" Then you dual never walk in Twieltehem again of an
erodes as loos as I have breath le drew, see yet live with
saris* elm." That wield show the sham of the prisoesr
with regard le the preeecutrix.
Lydia Wright, a goed-looking young wombs, gave
deer in in acoordiume with her salience's Mateneeet. She
was quite exhausted and overcome and mold may speak
with difficulty.
The proseentrix stated that when the prisoner saw her
is • public-home an the day of the fair he told her, "If
you do not come out I will pull you out." She name oat
sad he then said, "If I saw you with a certain party,"
Worrier to a man of whom he wee js lose, "I would
have had it out of you." He made an appointment for
her to cell sod get some of her things, which were left
behind at the lodgings. He said be would never go to work
aeain, sad asked her for some money. She gave him 2d.
He told her that he would leave the key wheys she could lad
it. At 3 °Week the mixt morels" she meat to the place, end
entered his bedroom b means of the key. He was asleep,
and she said, "Asleep, Jobs." He awoke up and took hold
of ler head. She said, " Let me take my bonnet and
shawl off." She took them off, and laid down by him.
After some time he said "Shall we ever be together
assns." fibe answered that she did not know, end went off
to sleep. She awoke and said, "I shall go now before
the people sae about." Direetly after she felt a
on her throat, and thee the blood menial
=urewarm. She gave hie arm a push, soda MC"
fell from his hand. She said. "Go and Utah • doctor."
He replied, " I will, girl " but while he wee deeming wit-
ness ran ant of the house. The hat produced was not torn
VA pions, aa it is sow, whoa she left it on the chair. The
prisoner was quite sober at the time. He was whet on pre-
vious days when she maw him.
A letter written by the prisoner oe the 21st Jule, and
addressed to "My dear Lydia," was put in. He said that
he had done the deed through having been for 14 days
drunk. He meet her "kisses" (dote on the paper), sod
said that be would be a new WAD what be got his liberty,
but he was very weak from living on the prises diet.
A police-constable said that he found the primmer sitting
behind the door, and rid, " I must tote you into custody
for °Gain Blink Boaay's throat." Tim miaow said, "You
don't say so. I know within shoat it."
The prisoser, who made so defame, but remarked, "It
would not have happened may I had been drinking," was
fully committed foe trial.

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