The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1872-02-23 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION NEAR NOTTINGHAM. •  •At the Southwark Police Court, on Saturday afternoon, William Chester Miner, 37, described as an American physician, residing at 44, Tenni-ant street, York Road, Lambeth, was placed in the dock, before Mr. Partridge, charged with the wilful murder of George Merritt, aged 32, a man employed in the Lion Brewery, in the Belvidere road, be shooting him in the neck, with a revolver, in Tennison-street. It appeared from the evidence of police constable 236 1.4 that a little after two o'clock on Saturday morning he was on dnty in the Belvidere road, when he heard a report of fice-arms. He proceeded in that direc- ion, and saw the prisoner coming on the opposite side of the road. He went over to him, and asked hlm who it was that had fired. He said he bad. Ile asked him who he bad fired at. Ile said, "A man. I should not be such a coward as to shoot a woman." Witness seized hold of him, and took the revolver (produced) horn his right hand. It was quite warm. He then took him to the stationhouse, and on the way met another constable, whom he directed to proceed to Tenni-on-street, while witness conveyed him to the station-house, where a "bowie" knife was found concealed under his coat. The prisoner was very cool and collected, and did not appear to be the least excited trout drink.—Police-constable 108 L said he met lest witness taking the prisoner to the station-house, and from what he said he and another officer proceeded to Tennison-street, where he found the deceased lying near the wall of the Lion Brewery stores, bleeding from several wounds in the thro it. Another constable came up, and they took the body to St. Thomas's Hospital, when life was found to be extinct. —John Chapman, a labourer employed at the Lion Brewery, identified the body as that of George Merritt, who had worked with him in the brewery seven or eight years. He roused him up to come to his work a little after two that morning. —Some other evidence having been given, t. e prisoner was remanded to Horsemonger Lane Gaol. He seemed quite unconcerned, and asked no questions.  A ghocting outrage occurred at Colwick, a village a few miles from Nottingham, on Saturday evening last. A young gentleman named Clement Jam en Beecher, of London, who is residing with the R 3V. J. H. Stocks, at Colwick Rectory, reading for the University, was on his way home between six or seven o'cicck, and whilst walking in a somewhat lonely spot, near the Trent, a man stepped from behind a tree, saying, "I've got you now," raised his arm to strike. Mr. Beecher received the blow on MA left arm, and with his right struck the man in the face. The fellow then exclaimed, "By thd, its the wrong man," and ran away. Mr. Beecher hurried home, and there discovered that he had been stabbed, there being a clean, incised wound, about an inch in length, on his arm. An assistant gardener at Colwick-hall was afterwards arrested by the police, on suspicion of being the offender, and on Sunday Mr. Beecher saw him, but could not identify him as the man who attacked him.