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Runcorn and Widnes Examiner. — 1876-01-08 (Runcorn, Cheshire, England)

THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A. CHESHIRE POLICEMAN. SENTENCES OF THE PRISONERS. At the Cheshire Sessions, held at Kuutsford, on Thursday, before Mr. Horatio Lloyd and other magistrates, James Waldeon, jun., Tames Waldron, sen., Luke and Michael Conroy, labourers, and Jas. Healey, shoemaker, were charged with maliciously wounding P.C. Wibberley, with intent to inflict upon him some grievous bodily harm. P.O. James Wibberley, whose head was covered with bandages, and who was accommodated with a chair whilst giving his evidence, stated teat he had been in the police force for ten years. He was now stationed at Warburton, near Lymin. Shottly before ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, the 31st of Oetober, he was on duty at Heatley, where he had gone to see that the publichouses were closed at the proper time. Opposite the beerhouse kept by a man named Egan the prosecutor saw a group of men, about a dozen in number, all of whom were making a noise. He went up to them and asked what was the matter, and not receiving an answer, he told them to go home. The younger Waldron stepped to the front and began to use abusive language, *hereupon the officer laid hold of him by the arm, and afterwards by the collar. The prisoner Waldron then kicked Wibberley on the shins, and this was followed by a blow from behind, which felled the officer. While the officer was lying on the ground one of the prisoners—whom he believed to be the elder Waldrou —kicked him on the front part of the top of his head. Wibberley then became insensible, and left on the roaa, it is presumed, for dead. He was found by Mr. Taylor, a farmer, and removed to a public-house, when he was attended by Dr. Brabazou, of Lynam, who found that he was in a very critical counitioia. He had a cold "surface." was covered wO la blood, had a weak pulse, and there were several w, uucts on the side and top of his head: On cutting oil the prosecutor's beard the doctor found a wound underneath his chin about two inches in extent. The flesh was completely separated from the bone, and there was a passage into the mouth, through which orifice the saliva flowed. Since the assault Wibberley has lost five of his teeth, and he is now in an enfeebled condition, and for some mouths he will be unable to attend to his duties. Mr. Marshall and Mr. tiiggin presecuted, and Mr. Swetentiana defended. The Cuairmen ia passing sentence on the prisoners, who wore all found gueity, said the prisoners had committed as gross an outrage upon the policeman as was ever investigated in that or any other court. Tim officer was ciciug no mole than his duty, and doing it in a proper and mild way, and the court would protect him frOLII such ruffians as the prisoners. The two Waldrous and Healey would be committed for twelve months with hard iabour, and the Conroys, who did not appear to have taken any active part in the assault, would be each imprisoned for six months with hard labour.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-07-29 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

DROWNING A CHILD AT SHETHWICK. The adjourned inquest on the holy of Minnie Cope, Poor months 011, the daughter of Joseph Cope, of George-Are.t, West Stnethwick, who was drowned a week ago in the old Birmingham canal, by a married woman no. a Ells ,beth Hobson, was held .m Monday, before Mr. H. Hooper, at the Burton Tavern, West Smethwick. Mrs. Hobson, who is in the custody of the , police, was present dunng the inquiry.—Ellen A mph. ' lett, waitress at a confectioner's shop, Spon Lane, stated that the prisoner came to the shop in the after, noon of Monday, the 19th instant, earryiug an infant, anil purchased two boos and some cheeseralres.—Thos. ! Handley, moulder, deposed that about, five o'clock on ' the same day he .mw the prisoner going along the canal side past the Stuntnit Bridge, at Smethwi3k, with a chill in her acme. She afterwards got in a boat, where she retnained about ten minutes, and then walked up the lane leading to the Summl Bridge, where he lost sight of her.—Thomas Henry Grant, aged eleven, stated that he saw the primaer on the Roebuck Lane hi lge carrying a baby. She laid hold of the baby by the arm and suspended it over the bridge, but a man from below shouted, and she then went clown the bank, put the child on the towing-path, and kicked it into the water. She did nut try to get it out. Witness was frightened, and went home, telling a companion what had oceurred.—Wm. Jolly, boatman, Tipton, was passing with a boat near the place soon after the occurrence, when he saw the body lying in the water, and at once informed the police, who took it out, and it was identified by the parents.—Police.constab:e Armstrong stated that the woman came to the tiolice.statien at West Bromwich about five o'clock, and gave herself in charge, admitting that she bed drowned the child.—Superintendent Woola,ton said the prisoner told him who the parents of the child were, and what part of the canal she had throw,, it in, and, on enquiry, he found her stateuent was co: rect. Subsopiently prisoner became very much excited, saying " Why aid Ido it? Why did Ida it ? I don't kno v why I did it. I have been ill for the list twelve mouths, and have been under the doctor's hands." On another occasion she said, "I ought to have pulled it out—The evidence of Mrs. Cope, the mother of the &lila, which had been taken at the former inquest, was read over. The witness said that the prisoner bail always appeared fond of the child; that she hal nursed it on the day in qoestion. and hail asked permission to hake it a walk to buy some sweets, but did not return.— I he Coroner sail the evidence tended to show that th!. child hot been deprived of its life by Elisabeth Hobson, and t was for the jury to say whether it was a wilful net on her part, or to give her the benrfit of any dotibt. bat they had nothing to do with the state of MIMI the prisoner was in at the time when she committed the act. —After a short deli, beratiom the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-06-17 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

INQUEST.  The inquest was held on Wednesday morning, at Ashton, near Wigan, on the bodies of the three men. The following are tlfe. particulars of evidence—The decomerl were suspended in u hoppitt ill the shaft, making some repairs anil on signal being sent to surface to wind them up, the engineman, J 1414. Peet, reversed his lever the IA rong way, rind the men were lowered instead. Mr. C. Latham, the chief etigineer, wan at the other shie of the engine at the time, end on seeing the mistake he called out to Peet, who was fluttered and confused, rind who immediately put on the brake. Latham ran round the engine and pulled over the lever, but it was stated that the hoppitt wonld then he in the weter at the bottom of the shaft. The engine ens going at a great spool, and the force broke the brake rim. The bodies of the three men were afterwards found in the water, which was about 14 yards dm, Snm IS ter the accident Peet admitted that it had It imitated through his forgetfulness, and that the engine was a good one. Several witnesses stated that Peet was a careful and sober workman, ass they expressed their sorrow that he had been placed in such a position.—Mr. Hall, tire Government Inspector of mines for the district, said he had rustle a calculati,m as to what interval would elapse between the engine. man tusking the mistake and the hoppitt reaching the bottom td the pit, mid it seetned to him it would weepy about eight seconds, so that there was very little time to correct his mistake when once made. He mentioned that two similar mistakes had recently been made at two different collieries, by two good miginemen, and ho believed that in the present instance the mg-Montan was flurried by what wits slid to him by the people who were present at the time. He hardly thought the mm. take was a criminal one, but, without a doubt, the accident was caused by the engitisman's mistake—The Coronet. said the 81.11, engine toot with au accident slime time ago at another pit, but Mr. Hall said there was not the slightest connection bet weeu these two accidents, the fotmor being due to a defective throttle valve. He had not found anything in the engine to excuse the mistake—ln his mmming up, the Coroner said Mr. Hall had very kindly suggested that this mistake was one to which enginetnen were subjected, but he was afraid he must direct the jury differently. Suppositez hi. mist 'he hot remlted in injary to property be would tame Imre liable to be taken before the magistrates, and here the had it that three deaths were the direct result of the accident. Tied mistake he was responsible for, and it was as much an act of manslaughter as anything he tenth! have done. There was no escape from a verdict of niaus'aughter ; had there been any recklessness it might have been murder. After a short consultation the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the engineman, James Peet.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1876-04-08 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

HOWLORE OF THE SLAVE TRADE.—The Briton, 10. screw corvette, Captain Lindesay Bnne, which arritul home last week to be paid off, was commissioned on the 28th November, 1871, at Sheerness. A correspondeet of the Netsmouth Times gives an account of het operations on the East Coast of Africa in the suppeett sion of the slave trade. Some of the boats with their crews were detaCheil at various times from 30 to SO dtr; Twelve slave dhows were captured by her boats. att nearly 220 slaves rescued from bondage. One dhow contained 122 men, women, and children of all sti", the majority being children of from fonr to fourtee! years of age. They were in a terrible condition, their bones protruding, and lx ing in a 'nest famished sta disgusting state, rendering it incredible to think thff were human beings endowed with reason at all. Two hundrel had started ton d iya before the boats eapbuse her, but 78 had died from starvation on the paw 4!, end been thrown overboard like dogs. The Briton t men gave the captain of the dhow four dozen with good rope's end for striking a slave after they had esP-, tnred the vessel, and on sighting the ship he juttPe.' overboard and was drowned, probably fearing a relt4'; tion of this wholesome lesson. This is a slight idea e& the sufferings the Briton, in her cruise, saw on the oastI During her cruise on the coast of Africa the best! , attacked and destroyed the slave-trading vullafO" Mows, where the inhabitants had murdered a lieutenant of the Daphne in a most treacherous mannec. coming behind him whilst seated in the chief's butt driving a steel-headed spear throughl his b5ck,....10 hacking him with swords till doad.yntit:iint  ile-4 ple an, au Gr  tte  ho in hith ed gentler,. be for. mding the manner in ties.—The ing the re. :es of the :e Roads, wards the heater and to Messrs.  e Highway I.—Several  —,..--lation, and tad to the  e improved had been hief Bailiff igned very awl reams following :iv Covered ?. memorial Fountainhad been ding. lie-0 consolergrounds, lion being leriow step .ket stanch; rhich would y. To meet D:)osed that it down the ,e,s to the H ul me said doubt, be a The only g.roat sum The total Pal. This o they conetbing like ,ayment of oard should  more moneg ommorlateg it shoula it might, committing maintnincol  -------proYertY Ii r were to it hi he all imtown.—Mr. ,hit not on Any money it for public [fear, heard nd at a reit. abandoned, sight ensue, he did. U. Led at a re&. bought, and rved that a ,irn ought to Fr. Wtobal/ lone in eons great haste, ood bargain. • one indeed.  lroken Arti• 3ros., Stock, Briton, 10. 'biota arrived ioned on the orrespondent ount of bar  ,„.._ the suppreas with thew 30 to SO daYs: r boats, ana one dhow of all age, to fourteed Idition, their amished and o think they at all. TIN •ats oaptlds4 the passag!, the Briton s been with a hey bad eaP; he junMe.a mg • reP dight idea ot on the mod. ea the boats' e village dt dered a saa,mob manner, chief's hat, s back, and ,•:•=ahanall
The Potteries Examiner : — 1879-09-13 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

THE VICEROY AND LADY CAVAONARI. The following are the terms of the Viceroy's telegram to Lady Cavagnari, apprising her of the fate of her husband It is with unspeatable sorrow that I convey to you the intelligence of the death of your noble husband, who has perished e oically in nefending the British Embassy at Cabul against tearful numbers. Words cannot express the depth of my sympathy with your bereavement, nor my grief for the loss of my beloved friend, or my sense , of the irreparable calamity sustained by his country. Every English heart in India feels for you."  On :Rowley afternoon a man named Jonathan Gey. min, who had given himself up for the murder of Miss Mary White, at Chiric aid, twenty-two years ago; was visited in his coil by several of the oldest inhabitants of Chingford, who were witnesses at the inquest held at the time of the murder. and though he is greatly aged in appimanee, they all identify him as the man they knew in his younger days as *Jonathan Geydou. Ile is greatly shatterial in appearance, and " though only 40 years of age; he looks over sixty Among those who saw him in hie cell was Mr. John ' Small, a farmer of consul i rable means at Chingford, and the brother-in-law of the murdered lady, tlisa White. The prisoner, it is said, though born of respectable parents, was in his younger days an idle and profligate character. On the 'Thursday previous to the murder he had imme out of Chelmsford gaol, where he had just served eighteen months for at sling a horse from an adjoining farm. Previous to that he had been suspected of atealing two cows. The murder which the prisoner now charges himself was committed under very painful circumstances. Mr. John Small gives the following narrative of it. Ile says: "The murdered lady was the sister of my wife, and at the time of the murder was 72 years of age. The murder was committed on Sunday morning, the 21st of June, 1857, while land my wife, who is since dead, were at Chingford Church. My wife and her sister used to take it in turns to go to church, and on that day it was her sister's turn to stop at home and cook the dinner. Just as the clergyman wee beginning his sermon • messenger came to me and told me to come home directly, for my wife's sister was murdered, and the house ransacked from top to bottom. When I got home I found that my mace had come to see us, and as she could not make anyone hear she went in at the hack door, and then she found her aunt at the bottom of the stairs with her head nearly cut off. The murder had been done in the kitchen. The murderer had then dragged the poor old lady from ' there to the bottom of the stairs for fear the neighbours should see her. The house was then ninsa•ked from top to bottom, and a great number of things ifESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN TO LADY stolen. I bad just sold my hay, and I had no doubt the murderer thought he wou d tel the whole CAt,
The Potteries Examiner : — 1880-06-05 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

ATTEMPT TO STRANGLE A WIFE.  At Clerkenwell Police Court, London, on Wednesday, James liardwood, a firewood cutter, of 23, Little Camden Street, Camden Town, was charged before Mr. lloaack, at the instance of the Associate Institute for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women, with attempting to strangle his wife. The complainant, a poor sickly woman, with an infant in her anus, and who appeared quite borne down with trouble, said her husband was ill the constant habit of beating and ill-using her, and that without the slightest provocation. About five o'clock on the morning of the 25th of May he jumped on her, swore at her, and beat her, following that up by nearly strangling her. Ile held her so tightly round her throat that she nearly lost her senses, and the marks of his fingers on and around her throat were visible for some time afterwards. Not content with that violence he beat her with the legs of a chair, and knocked her head against the wainscotting. Ile took the knife to her, and hail it not been for the intervention of the lodgers he would have killed her. Ile had previously taken up knives to her, and threatened her life,and she really was afraid that, if he was not restrained, he would murder her. —The defendant holding up his hands as if in the attitude of prayer, said he had no questions to ask his wife. Ily the babe she had borne him, and which slm now held in her arms, he was as good man to her, mut she knew it —Mrs. Mary Andrews. residing in the Rune house as the complainant, said she frequently heard screams of murder coming from the defendant's room when he was beating his wife, and lad often heard him threaten to murder her. On ti' day in question she saw marks round the comphinant's throat as if he had attempted to strangle her. She saw him throw a knife-box at his wife, and then he trial to strike her with a poker. Ile was fr,quently bruising, her and knocking her about. —Mr. ilesaek said it was plain that he had attacked his wife in at meet savage manner. Ile should now order him to enter into his own recognisances in the sum of tie to koep the peace towards his wife for the space of six calendar months.  The annual gathering of flu. 13th and, West of England Agrkuitund Society was oponnnd at Worces- ! ter on Wednesday morning. The Turkomans residing en Persian territory have been obliged to come to terius with the Russians respc.ling the can Is reiptireil by the latter. Viscountess Stniugiord has made an urgentappeal ta the public to enable her to send another £2.00 at tease o rolieve the suffering now previdling through the familia i; Kurdistan.  31. Gosehen has arrived at Theripia, the summel quarters of filo Embassy en tl Bosphorus.  Herr eon Overbook is engaged in ad‘ccating at !;ds scheme for the colonisation of Bonito.  Tho Mont.en,:glin .ireuhr openly dtnounces.th Porte for runniviluite with the ..4-Ihtthi,t. in*.rrt,'"n  Sir W. Hart-Dyke, it is statc.d, purposerrtg from the roeition of whit, to the Cons,rvettv,, teu-ty.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1880-05-08 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

PAUPERS REVENGE.  The Huddersfield magistrates have been engaged in inquiring into a charge against dames Lomax, a whitesraith by trade, and a pauper in the Crosland Moor Workhouse, for having on the let April attempted to murder Rose Ann Ilarrison, also a pauper. On the day in question nearly all the inmates had assembled in the dining-hall, when the prisoner entered the hall, walked down the middle, took holder Harrison's. face. with one hand, and then ran a knife into her throat. Mr. Heiostie seized the prisoner, who was heard to say, "I have had my. revenge." Had surgical aid not been At hand the woman must have died, as one of the large blood vessels had been severed. For about a fortnight she w.is in a very critical condition. The motive for the infliction of the injuries seems to be that in June or duly last year the prisoner was committed to goal for three months in a case in which Harrison was the complainant. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, made a long statement, in which he ,omplained that the woman I t,irrisoii had circulated ,tories about him which he said were false; and IA reference to a statement made by the workhouse master, he said, "When I came to the place where I ghould tiara in to get Inc dinner it wasn't the dinner I Wattled at that time —it was her life I intended taking, so I went slov.ly at, to her, and I put my left hand gently on her head. 11,0! my hand in may pocket, and I thought of giving her a Liss before putting the knife into her. As soon ama I'd done Eliot I thought of doing my Own as well at the none time, but before I could get my hand up to my neck with the knife, the rolling, rattling noise that there was in my head at the time—all the loin went away from my heart. My eyes went quite bright, and. all the pain left me like a flash of lightning. It was the Lord that did that. He took the guilt . . • , .  n-,::ia,:-.l;ad placed in my heart, and I hope ha,7 put it into hers. And I have been waiting down in yonder cell for a month since last Thursday, awl there hasn't been a moo more comfortable me I du . .  it, not in the whole universe and if I'd heard a word coming from the trap door, which I expected every moment, and every hour, every day, and every week, I expected the word of her death coming to me, and it wouldn't have made not thus much (fifth% up his hand) dilfumice. It's the Lord that's made me content. Ile has removed the guilt she planet on my heart. If that woman had Non a golden woman, and had dappled with pearhs and diamonds, I couldn't have thought more of her, and she knows. it. When I went up to Crosland Moor when she had her deposition taken I had only one word to say. I said, Ruse Aim, unit you aware you've been the cause of my doing what I have to you lier reply was, 'Yea.' "—The Bench committed the prisoner for trial at the Assizes.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1880-04-24 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

RESULT OF PA REN CAL INTERFERENCE.  At the last Woodstock near Oxford), County Petty Sessions, a young man named Geo.ge filing, described as a carpenter, was charged on remand with attempting to murder Mrs. Mary Suith. It appeared that for scene time past the prisoner had been paying his addresses to Miss Smith, the eldest daughter of prosecutrix, who lived with her family at Old Woodstock. All went on weil until prisoner decided to join the army, and then prosecutrix disapproved of her daughter continuing the acquainter ce. Ile was told this, but afterwards joined the 18th Hussars. He had not long been in the army when he was sent with his regiments to India, but unfortunately, while there his horse fell, and he was picked up with a broken leg. He was invalided home and recovered. He then left the army and went to his usual oocupation. Ile still retained hie affection for Miss Smith, but prosecutrix appeared to have formed a very strong objection to the match, and requested the prisoner to discontinue coming to the house. This seems to have affected the accused eery : meth indeed, and it was stated that he subsequently became very depressed, and could not get on with his work. in the night of the 7th inst. he dimes from Oxford to Woodstock in a cab, and going_to the house of prosecutes, entered the place. No one but herself was at home. Prisoner said, -I have collie here to ask you what you mean by refusing me your daughter." Prosecntrix told him she had no ;nom to my than he had previously heard. Prisoner then took a revolver from his pocket. Prosecutrix attempted to get away, but before she could do so he tired and shot her through the head. A man named blugell ran into the house when the revolver was again discharged. Prisoner said to the man, It's sit over, take this," and handed him the revolser. He then walked out in the street, and wee arrested. Aecording to the certificate of Dr. Taylor, one bullet had passed through one jaw and lodged in the other Prosecutrie was in • precarious condition. Prisoner, who eemed very excited, was remanded to Oxford Gaol.  The illness of Rev. Dr. M4atire has gained such a hold upon him that his Memdl fear he will have to give up the pulpit. The new arcade to cement Old Bond Street and Albemarle Street, in London, will be ready for oncepotion by the middle of May. It is elated that the Rigid Nan. W. P. Adam, ' M.P., who has so long and se efficiently acted aa "whip" for the Liberal party, will not coatinue to aeS in that capacity in the sew Parliamect. A movement is on iGot to press for a home postage of one half-penny, an oceal, iaritly postage, a sixpenny telegr..ph service, and a univereal money order system. A committee is in course of formation to press the important questions en the new Parliament Communications are invited to be addressed to the secretary, Miss R. Beal, 20, Regent. Street, S.W.