The Blackpool Herald. — 1890-11-21 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

DASTARDLY ASSAULT AT QI7RINSTOVN.—Pairiok J.P. ; J. Coideton, J. Hodgson, J. Gorst, Drake, Riley was charged with indeeently assaulting and H. P. May. The report showed the revenue Emily Christy, a middle-aged woman (employed aocount for the year to have an available balance as domestic servant at Lee's dining room, Talbotof £l3l ss. ltd., out of which the directors road), the previous evening at St. Joseph's-street recommended payment of a dividend of three per lodging-house, Queenstown. —Complainant said cent., free of ineome tax, making with the interim that at about eight o'clock the previous evening dividend of two per cent., paid last March, five she went to Layoock's lodging-house to get a per cent for the year. night's lodging. Prisoner acted there as deputy. In submitting that the report and balance-sheet She asked him for abed and gave him 6d.; he gave be accepted and approved of, the CHAIRMAN said her 2d. back. She then went out, returning about that their progress during the year had been all ten o'clock. Prisoner showed her to bed, which was that they could expect. They were enabled again in the next house to where she first went. He to pay a dividend of five per cent, to the shareshowed her the room and then locked it on the outholders, one portion of which was paid in the side. She tried the door to make certain of it being 'Firing and the remainder would be paid at once. locked. At about twelve o'clock she heard a noise Mr. Corsi had called hie attention to that being in the room. She called out "Who's there?" their silver wedding, it being their twenty-fifth several times, but received no answer. Suddenly annual ordinary general meeting. Ile had attendoi I a man (the prisoner, j oommenced to throttle and every meeting during thoee twenty-five years indecently assault her. She screamed "Murder," without a single omission, and it had always and after a while some one broke the door open. afforded him the greatest possible pleasure in doing The men then had a souffle in the darkness, se' (Rear' hear') He VILS rather glad to aekn°w" Pr sonar eventually being put out into the street. ledge that amongst them there was a gentleman, She afterwards gave the man in charge.—James who had just been elevated to the Bench, who Jennings, labourer, said he lived at Mr. Layeook's had been with ahem from the very aria, and private house h) St. JOeeph's-road, whilst Mr. whose friendship and respect he had always valued, /Aycock was away. About a quarter to twelve as he had no doubt many others in Blackpool had the previous evening he was going to his lodgings done. Referring again to the company's interests, he said the property he was told was in a very when he heard some one screaming "Murder and i Help." He went to the place just as the voice satisfactory condition, and had improved year by wasgetting weaker. It sounded as if some year. PartlY in colleoPenoe of the inereeeing one was getting strangled. He called out for value and Importance of surrounding property, the door to be opened but received no answer. inch ne Mr. Purrs oak% the lainoeeter Dank . _  The CHAIRMAN briefly replied, and the proceeflingrooncluded.