Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1861-10-02 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ATTEMPT TO MERDER.--AN ITALIAN SEAMANS'S REVENGE. Costanzo Camoirano, a wild looking Italian seaman was charged with having on the 27th inst. feloniously fired a pistol at Filippo Martolo, captain of the brig ' Concordia,' with intent to murder him. The prosecutor who spoke in Italian, gave the following evidence: Last night I was in the Scotch Hero public house, and about quarter past ten the prisoner, who is one of the crew of the brig Concordia' of which lam master, came into the room where I was sitting, and asked me if he could have his clothes. I said I could not let have them, and told him to go to the consul. He then immediately drew out a pistol from the right hand pocket of his trowsers, and discharged it in the direction of my head. As he fired it, I stooped down suddenly I was not hurt. After firing the pistol the prisoner ran away. I was standing up when the pistol was discharged, and I am certain that I distinctly saw the barrel pointed , towards me.  Cross-examined by the prisoner About three months ago, when the vessel was at sea, the prisoner was steering. The mate directed him to bring the ship to the windward. The prisoner would not do so, and the mate told him the second time, when he replied that he should steer as he chose. I then came on board and asked the prisoner why he did not do as the mate told him. Re , replied that he was steering as he always did. The prisoner gave some saucy answers, and I took him from the wheel, and shoved him forward. After I pushed him from the wheel, I struck him with my fist, and he struck me back, and we then fought together. ' The prisoner, through the interpreter, said it was all ' true that the captain had said. Petro Caboara, also an Italian seaman, said : I was in the Scotch Hero public.house, Wind-street, about 10 o'clock last night in company with Captain Mortolo. I saw the prisoner come into the room, and after he had been in a few minutes I saw him fire off a pistol at the _  captain. I was standing close by him, and as soon as he presented the pistol, and before he fired it, I pushed his arm aside. The captain at the same instant stooped down,_ ar.d the ball missed him. The prisoner then  walked away. Police-Sergeant Wray said : By the instruction of my superintendent I went last night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, to the Scotch Hero public house. I saw the prosecutor there in the front parlour. I examined the room and found a hole in the plaster of one of the aides of the room, about Bor 10 feet above the floor. I looked about the floor and found immediately under the hole a pistol bullet, which I now produce. In reply to the usual questions the prisoner said he had rothing to say, and lie was fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes.  Ann Jones was charged with having, on the 25th ult., stolen a halfpint measure and a quantity of gin, the property of Mr. Charles Nash, of the Prince of Wales, High. street. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner came into his house on the 25th ult., and was served with a pennyworth of beer in a halfpint cup. After a short time she was about to leave the shop when, the cup having been missed, she was charged with having it in her possession. She positively denied the charge, but on being searched by Mrs. Nash, the cup, partly filled with gin, was found under her left arm concealed under her shawl. The prisoner pleaded that the cup and gin were her own, she having taken the former with her and brought the latter from Mr. Harris's gin-shop--She was convicted and ordered to be imprisoned with hard labour for one month.