Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1877-09-29 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

IMOISTIRBD FOR TRANSMISSION 1 ABROAD.  Agricultural Show for trottiog. Mr Hodspith, Vale, was seoood, sod lir Obadiah Hutchinson., Toesboolt, third. The rem was well-ow:Meted sosreely a length dividiag first ea woad. A  HANDICAP 110Cfr now was shoo run, for which £1 was site°. sod entranoe foorrey Watch oolopetitor,64 was ohs; added. There wona dons esomonsts ebb Wilre no Is thin bons J. Osorlbous. Akin, II lank 'tort, woo are heed; I. Allan, Oviegbaus, 10, 'soother; sod G. Gook, Bardou Mill, 10, the third. The anal resulted as follows : —l, Gowthorn ; 2, Allan; 3, Cook. Woe by a yard.  helf.past ten o'clock at night, in company with his sweetheart, Jane Ann lager. When he left Slaggy. ford, Bergs. Robson had warned him to go home quickly as be had heard some men premeditating to thrash him. He had left his sweetheart, who wet t of home to Aulishill, and bad proceeded about 20 Yards down the road, and was just performing an act of necessity, when Nixon, one of the defendants came down past him, and then came up behind him kicked him and threw him down, striking him on the temples with a stick. Plaintiff managed to get up when Johnston assaulted him, and he shouted for help. Mary Ann Edgar, his sweetheart, heard the Cl 7 and came to his assistance, and when she got up to the scene of action she found Johnston holding cam¢ainant by the throat, and Nixon had his knee upon his chest. She endeavoured to pull the men of ooni. plainant and got him up, when one of the defendan'a struck plaintiff in the chest and floored them both. She and complainant then said they would go into Slaggy ford, when Johnston and Nixon threatened 'to murder the b— and throw him into the beck," meaning that they would throw them over a bridge which they had to cross. Complainant and the girl then proceeded to the house of a Mr Green, where two of the men followed, and one of them said to Mr Green's son, William "put the b— out; if you do not I will." Sergt. Robson proved that complainant was perfectly sober when he left Slaggyford.—ln defence, Mr Taylor called Thos. Johnston, one of die defendants, who swore that complainant struck first with kis stick at Nixon. He was perfectly sober. Seer. Robson, however, swore that Johnston, the defendant was drunk all day, and that on the next sitting of the court he intended to summon him for drunkenness, so the Bench refused to hear more of his evi. dence.—Jas. Campbell, Anlishill, was also called, but he evidence proved nothing in favour of the defendants.—The Chairman said the Bench felt very strongly that a very cowardly assault had been committed by three men upon one, and they wished to mark their sense of it very strongly.—Fined each £2 and costs, Eff 7s in all.  ANOTHER MAME 4,ND SICZVANT CAM  David Johnson summoned Thos. Greeves, Antishill, for wrongful dismissal. Mr Errington prosecuted, and Mr Ostle defended.— After bearing the evidence, the Bench retiring, and on reappearing, the Chairman said the decision of the court was that the wages of the plaintiff should be paid him up to the day of his departure (6th inst.,) deducting what was men him on account (E 2 165.) The amount due to plaintiff was £8 10s, from which a 164 was deducted, leaving £6 14e to be paid over to him.