The Sun. — 1845-01-09 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER.  At the Bury sessions, on Monday last, John Warburton, who keeps a house of bad character, in Hamer's-yard, near Clerk-street, was brought up, charged with attempting to shoot a young woman, named Martha Ackers, and then endeavouring to murder her, by striking her with the butt-end of the gun. The complainant, a young woman, about twenty-three years of age, said she had lived at John Warburton's house for about six weeks. She went to his house on Saturday night last, about half-past ten o'clock. When she entered the house, she saw Warburton, an old man, and a woman, named Alice Ashworth, who lived with him. As soon as she entered, he rose from his seat, and pointed the gun ; it did not go off. He then struck her with the but end of the gun, and felled her to the ground. She believed it was his intention to shoot her ; for he came into William Walker's (formerly Jenkinson's) beer-house, in Clerk-street, about nine o'clock, and then said he would shoot her. Complainant put Mrs. Ashworth to bed, about five o'clock on Saturday night ; she was tipsy, and they had some words. Eliza Walker said, she saw the prisoner at half-past nine o'clock on Saturday evening in his own house ; he had a gun in his hand. He said, " You are welcome to come into my house at any time, but if Martha Ackers comes any more, I will shoot her." Prisoner then told her the gun was loaded, and said that Martha had been insulting his mistress. He appeared to have had some liquor. Witness then left the house from fear. Isaac Ramsden, a labourer on the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Railway, said he went to Walker's beer-house, in Clerk-street, on Saturday evening, and also into the yard leading into the yard where the prisoner resides. He heard a noise, and seeing some boys run, went towards the prisoner's house to see in hat was the matter. He saw the prisoner with a gun in his hand, and heard him say he would shoot the prosecutrix. He pointed the gun at her, and the next moment he turned the butt-end, and struck her several times on the head ; she fell to the ground, and bled very much. A young man named William Turner, and witness, then went in and took the gun from him . They hadgreat difficulty in getting it from him ; they each " loosed" a hand. He was very determined. The young woman, Martha Ackers, was quite insensible. She lay on the floor bleeding for several minutes. Edmund Yates, a boy fifteen years of age, said the prisoner sent him on Saturday evening last to Mr. Peel's, ironmonger, for a pennyworth of powder, a pennyworth of shot, and a halfpennyworth of caps. After he had bought them, prisoner began to load the gun, saying he would shoot Martha (meaning prosecutrix) ; this was a few minutes before nine o'clock on Saturday evening. Mr. Superintendant Henhall produced the gun, which was loaded with powder and shot. He found the prosecutrix in the the prisoner's house on Saturday night, about half-past ten o'clock. Prisoner was committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes Manchester Guardian.  at large.  the artistic cleverness of design, others in wondering whether any of the Sheffild houses exhibit so large a pictorial advertisement in America ; but there have been nut a few observers shrewd and interested enough to notice particularly, that saws of all sorts, from the largest circular to the smallest web, form a principal part of the design, aad are especially mentioned among the leading articles of manufacture ; thus corroborating the correct • ness of the statements we have often incidentally made as to the great and successful efforts that are made to rival us in this important class of articles by the manufacturers in the United States."