Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1881-11-05 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER.  At the Bedford Assizes, before Mr. Justice Mathew, Joseph Wooten, 30, a labourer, was indicted for feloniously attempting to kill and murder one Thomas Badger, by cutting his neck and throat with a knife, and another count of the indictment charged him with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Jaques prosecuted, and Mr. Walter Attenborough defended. The circumstances of the case were of a very remarkable character. It appeared that both the prosecutor and prisoner lived at a place called Silverston, and had known each other ten years, having during that period been on the beat of terms. They both occupied small allotments of growing potatoes, ana on a certain afternoon during September, they seem to have made a bargain that the prosecutor, who poniessed a horse and cart, was to miry some potatoes for the prisoner upon the latter paying 6d. About three hours later the prosecutor took the prisoner's potatoes into the town, as was arranged, and the primner became angry because there were other potatoes besides his on the cart. He went up to the prosecutor, called him a rogue, and, having demanded his sixpence back, said, " I will do it," at the um° time producing a knife from his pocket. They struggled together on the ground,and the prisoner inflicted five wounds I on the prosecutor's neck and throat. A witneas, named Bar. forth,a farmer,gave evidence to the effect that the prisoner told him he intended to kill the prosecutor for having put his potatoes in the road. A person named Chapman deposed to meeting the prisoner on the night in question, when he said—" I mean to do a murder, and the permit I mean to murder is Tom Badger." He had a knife like the one produced (a table-knife) in his hand. The defence was that the prosecutor Wed the real aggressor, having, in the tint instance, dealt the prisoner a blow in , the face ith the stock of a whip. The cam lasted a Iconsiderable time, and in the end the jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding. His lordahip Ipassed sentence of six mouths' hard labour.  AT THE RECENT CHESTER DIOCESAN CONPERENca, Mr. Henry Clarke moved that the prolonged imprisonment of the Rev. S.F.Green is much to be deplored. An amendment that the Conference should pass to the order of the day was rejected by thirty-three against forty-two votes. The original motion was then put, and was carried by fifty-two votes against twenty-seven. Tine Thinyvalla (steamer), Concerning which ' vessel rumours were afloat come days ago that she had gone down, with 800 emigrants on board, has arrived safely at Nose York. THE RUMOUR is revived that Lord Cowper will soon vacate the Viceregal throne in Dublin Castle. It is stated that his Excellency has already tendered his resignation, but that Mr. Gladstone begged him to retain office till the present excitement subsided. A DESPATCH FROM WELLINGTON, New Zealand, states that the followers of Te Whiti, the klaori Chief, have assumed art aggreasive attitude towards the British settlers, and that the position of affairs is daily becoming more serious. A CHANGE OF FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT has been preferred, at Preston, against Thomas Carroll, agent to the Scottish Legal Assurance Company, who was remanded for a week. SERIOFS COLLISION has taken place between a four-wheeled Cab driven by a man named Brockhouse, and a van belonging to a Mr. Davies, of Horseferry-road, London. Brockhouse, it is stated, was driving at a smart pace along Little Chapel-street, Westminster, and on taming the corner the fore wheels of the van caught the hind wheeLs of the cab with Auch force as to literally tear them away front the body of the vehicle, which was almost anew one. Brockhonse was thrown into the road several yards off, and was dread, , fully one on the forehead. He W. picked up insensible, , and on being examined by Dr. Mactuunara. at the Westminster Ebispital, it was found that his collar-bone was broken.