The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1877-06-01 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

ESTII.IOIIOINAI,V ATTEMPT TO Mtnero. George Robson, an engineman, Is in custody at Consett. in Durham, on a charge of attempting to murder Thos. Stoddart, at the Meadowsley Colliery. On Sunday Stoddart went to the pit to look after the horeee. He bad some angry words with Robson, and the latter before sending hlm down the shaf t was heard hi say that Stoddart would not come back again. The cage, with Stoddart in it, was then tent down, but instead of stopping at the proper place, it was lowered lot o 30 feet of dirty water, and Stoddart was almost mu noeated.—Robson stands remanded. SUPPLYING INTOXICATING DEMO, To the Carnarvon Petty Sessions, \Mitsui Pritchard, landlord of the Blue Bell Inn, Cwinyglo, was charged with supplying drink to young persons tinder the ages of sixteen. The defendant dented the charge, and said that he only supplied them with raspberry. Robert Davies, Griffith Owen, and Henry Thome; three young "hopeful.," gave evidence to the effect that they visited the defendant's house, and were supplied with three croppers of rum and a quart of beer, which they drank. They could not aaaaa that the liquor wns rum, but it was something "red and hot." They all became intoxicated, and one of their number—Robert Davies—was found lying In a helpless state in the road. He was aeon by the police-officer, who swore that the smell of liquor was that of natl.—The Bench fined the defendant 20.. and costs.  MYETERIOUSOwNING CASE AT IIt:NsLET. The adjourned inquest relative to the death of Winifred Fee, aged 40, whose body was found on the 14th ult. in the canal below the Suspension Bridge, Humid, was rammed on Monday afternoon before Mr. Malcoin), the Leeds coroner. Deceased, who was a widow living in York street, left home ou the day in ijuestion to attend a funeral in liunsiet. In the evening she met with some friends, with whom she went to the Garden Gate Inn, where she had • glean of mpirits. After calling at another public-house, her friends suddenly missed her, and she was not been again until a fortnight after, when the swell caused by • steam tug brought her dead body to the surface. The body was almost without clothing, and bore marks of violence, which, according to medical evidence, might have been caused either by the screw of a steamer, or by alighting upon a stone. At the inquiry, two or three witnesses deposed to having heard the ECreamis of a woman proceeding from the river, and also to having seen two men running away from the spot. One of the witnesses, however, stated that it was not unusual to bear ecreams proceeding from that particular place, as it was frequently Infested with bad characters.—The Jury, after consulting a short time, returned a verdict to the effect 'That deceased had been found dead in the water, but there was not sufficient evidence to show how the injuries which caused death had been inflicted." They also deeired the Coroner to draw the attention of the authorli ie. to the dangerous openings to the water at the foot of the steps leading from the Suspension Bridge at Hirst and Brooke's, and at the foot of Goodman street.----The Coroner laid that the representation of the jury would be communicated to the proper authorities.