Fran ois Marie Ernest Goubert, accused of having participated in an assault committed by Alexis Le Moine on the person of Jean Le Tual, is condemned to three months in jail with hard labour and is banished for five years. A robbery took place during the night at the business of Mrs Gough, a fruit merchant in David Place. Qu r e, aged 23 and living in Trinity, attempted to commit suicide by flinging himself in a small brook. While entering port the ship Fruit Girl , under Capt. Blampied, lost control and ran into the steamer Alberta.
Damages are light.
The lovely property of Beau Coin situated in St Brelade was reduced to ashes following a devastating fire. While local firemen were fighting this blaze and the Town firemen were heading to St Brelade to help their colleagues in St Aubin, another fire broke out in a residence on Pier Road. There, the occupants just had the time to leave the premises and save a few precious belongings, before fire completely engulfed their dwelling. Fire broke out in a cottage situated behind the store of Mrs Lamiot on the Parade. The body of John Vibert, who had disappeared from his home in St Ouen since 15 July is fished out of the ocean near Pl mont.