The Midland Examiner and Wolverhampton Times. — 1877-11-10 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

RECENT FIGHT AT PENN.—Thomas James Bomen, landlord of the Roebuck Inn, of Penn, was summoned for having supplied Thomas Parker, until recently a county policeman, with refreshment without the authority of his superior officer, while he was on duty, in contravention of the Licensing Act.—Mr. Thorne prosecuted on behalf of Chief-Superintendent McCrea, of Bilston, who was unable to be present, owing to his attendance at Staffordshire Assizes, and Mr. Oat' low defended.—Parker, on being called, stated that on October 8, he, at the request of Policetconstable Wright. went to Penn Common, where he fought ith timothy Hill, the Town Crier. During the alternoon he went to the defendant's house and had a glass of ale. He was in uniform at the time. There was no special time fixed for him to go on or off duty, so loag as he was on duty &certain length of time Per day. He had, at the time he had the done more duty than the 'hinted number of hours re. qrired during that day, but he considered himself on duty as long as he had He ruiform on. He kept a book in which he entered the times of going on and coming off duty, but he had got it now. He supposed Mr. MacCrea had the book.—lnspector Hall stated that a policeman was considered to be on duty Irma the time he left his station until he returned, except in cases of leave of absence.—As the Bench thought it desirable that Parker's book should be produced by Mr. McCrea, the case was adjourned for a week. Assautir.—Joseph Austin, waggoner, of Wornbourn, was charged with having assaulted Joseph Cater, one of the managers of the Wolrerhatnnton and Stourbridge turnpike road.—On the 27th of Ootober, the complainant was at Wight% lek when he spoke to a boy about wheeling a perambulator on the footpath. The defend,ant took the lad's part and struck the complainant several blows.—The Beech said the complainant was instructed by the Road Trnstees to look after the roads, and s he saw anything oong going on to their injury, it was his duty to interfere.—Defendant was fined 20s. and costs.  A " drama " talc- • • The Wainwright Tragedy, wfia being acted at a travelling theatre at Market Harbor°Ugh on the 9.5t1s ult., when an incident occurred which narrowly escaped a fatal result. The representative of Henry Wainwright having been duly pinioned and the rope adjusted, was allowed to awing, when the stool upon which kis feet should have rested slipped from • underneeth them. The man was observed etruggling Cu gasping for breath, and he was promptly cat down, but not before he had turned black in the face.  The condemne l man linneell, now lying under nentears of death in Exeter Gaol, for the murder of his wile at Barnntaple, has addressed another letter to his parents. He says :—" I pray for father and mother, and all the rest of the fsmily, night and day. lam glad hear my dear little children are well. I hope the dear little eouln will be cared for. Dear father I am very happy. 1 Alll told in my heart that the Lord has forgiven melee all the evil deeds that I have committed. lam going up to heaven with the angels—that is the only thing that makes me happy." It has been mentioned at the Guildhall Police Court, London, iu connection with the charge against Fredtrick Randolph, of Hannueretuith. of having uttered :wo forged bonds for a thousand dollars each of the "jincago and Great Western Railway, that there has seen a great difficulty 1, getting s witneee from Canada x. prove the forgery, that the railway company would 20t go the expense of sending the witnees to England, and that an application had been made to the Home iecretary to take up the prosecution, to which no answer has yet been received. The accused was in consequence again remanded. A young man has been discovered in the river at Lyme, and an examination proved beyond a doubt that be had been the victim of a crime. His career was short and istormy. Soon after he left nchool his father died and left him a fortune, which proved to be his ruin. After a course of dieniiktiou, he was reduced to the nomalty of taking employment as an apprentice baker, and he was working in that capacity at the time when the murder took place. There are several romantic Wddente connected with the life of the murdered man, ibo began his wild career by eloping from Lyons with lit actress.  NORTH OP La, tan