Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-02-23 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

TOWN HALL.—M.DAT. Before A. Seward, W. Sharpie' s S. Satterthwaite,  and E. Cbsrk,'EN. rs.  William Playfair, gilder, residing il2 St. Mary's Gate, was summoned at the instance of the School Attendance Committee. for failing to comply with theit by.laws.—Mr. H. I). Wilson attended on behalf of the committee and Mr. dames !item the I School Attendance officer. stated that while the , defendant's sou, Hubert (8). had made between I January 22nd and February 10th, 19 attendances : out of a p.sible 29, another son. Ernest 0.0), had only made 15 out of a possible 29, in the same period. Defendant had been twice before the , School Attendance Committee, and on one occasion mid Ernest was ill, but upon being asked for a certificate to that effect he could not produce one. , Inquiries were instituted, and it was ffiund that , during the time of the irregular attendance that Dr. Irvin, defenclsnt's medical adviser, had not attended the lad. On February 14th, however, a , bottle of cough medicine was procured from hint I by the lad.—The defendant who said it wan not 4roe that his boys had been 'icon about the street, , during school time pleaded that then were delicate. , —The Bench decided that the defendant had : clearly neglected sending hie children to school, but taking into consideration that they were delicate they dismiesed the case, hoping it would be a warning to the defendant.  Benjamin Taylor, an old man, was fined I.Ds, and costs, in default fourteen days, for being drunk in charge of a horse and cart. According to the story told by P.C.'s Barber and Wilkinson, they saw the priAoner standing in the middle of a crowd of potpie, drunk, shouting, dancing about, and flourishing a whip stock. He had a horse and cart standing a few yards away.—Prisoner did not contradict the story, but made some sort of an explanation that the horse was a wild one. The magistrates remarked *was not the first time the prisoner had been before the court.—Prisoner: No sir, it is not ; but the other time I was drunk.  Annie Airey was placed in the box charged with attempting to kill and murder "herself.--Chiefconstable Ward stated that the attempt was made on the 10th inst., by drinking a quantity of line. meet for external application, containing, principally, ammonia. She had been in the Infirmary since, and as elm had only just been liberated, he had not been able to go into the case fully then. The woman was married and lived at 49. Main • street, Skerton, with her husband who was a labourer and worked hard. She was diseipated and of drunken habit, and pawned their household good. or anything sheeould get hold of to obtain drink, which was doubtless the reason for her taking poison. Ile (Mr. Ward) would ask the magistrates when they dealt with the prisoner, to send her to prison not no much for punishment of her act, but to keep her away from drink —Elizabeth Farnworth, a married women, of Main-street, deposed to being called to the prisoner's house on Saturday afternoon, and found her partly lying on the sofa. She said she wan very poorly and had been taking poison. She showed her the bottle from which she had drank, and she gave it to the doctor. She was afterwards conveyed to the Infirmary. The prisoner was remanded.