The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1871-12-09 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER.  At the Stafford Assizes, on Monday, het. ice Mr. Justice Keating, William Junes ifi9), writing clerk, was charged with assaulting and attempt. jug to murder Louisa Ryan, on the 2nd of August, at Amblecote. Mr. Underhill prosecuted. Prisoner cohabited with proesiritriz for several years, but on the Ist of August they separated. They were then on good terms. On the followbag day he met her in Stourbrilge, and ask, her to accompany him in a walk. She was then with • woman named Turner, and the three pro. seeded together, across the flelils towards Am. blecote. He kissed her al limes, arid then threw her down, and tried to strangle her. Being a one-armed man, he pla ci his artificial arm across her throat, and then used hie right ' hand to effect his purpose. He had almost rendered her insensible, when he withdrew his right hand and pulled out a table knife. The woman who was standing near sailed out to prosecutrix that he had something in his band that he in. tended to kill her with. She struggl,,i with him, and managed to seize the knife, and throw it from her. Some men came up and pulled him off her. She ran away, but he followed hcr, caught her again, and, after kissing her, got lici down on the ground and tried trangle her, saying he would 'ldes, love, and murder " her in cool blood. A man named Harris picked up the knife and gave it to a can/Anion, John Lawler Prisoner said if the latter did not give it up to uim he would knock his brains out. The pimice came up and prisoner was taken into custody. one of the officers who arrested him remarked, when he received the knife, that it was very sharp, and prisoner said he had got it sharpened on purpose. Seeing a scratch in the woman's throat, he said it was not a hanging matter, but ne would have made it one in a little longer time. _ _  By direction of the learned judge, the jury found the prisoner not guilty of the charge of Attempted murder, but guilty of the assault. He was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment.  Considerable interest at the present time attaches to an importation of Spanish Sherries, consisting of light delecate wines of Amontillado and Kimballits cheracter, so lunch appreciated in Spain, the taste for which is largely increasing in this country. 'lhts purchase, which amounts to a hundred thousand gallons, has been made by the Arm of W k A Gilbey, sad on a recent visit to their stores (which may fairly rank as ono of the sights of London) we gleaned some statistics which are of interest at this season of the year. It appears that durnig last December they sent out no less than 1,184, 252 bottles of Wines and Spirits. Permissive Bill agitators will, no doubt, be disposed to use these Meru for their own purposes, but it should be borne in mind that this apparently large quantity was distributed throughout United Kingdom. from Land's ilnd to the Orkney Isles We find from a recent treatise, that the consumption per head per annum in England is 4 pints of Wine, 8 pints of Spirits, and 170 pints of Deer, a not unreasonable quan• toty, and we are disposed to think that were our licensing reformers to follow the plan advised by some of the leading medics) journals, viz., to discourage publie drinking and increase facilities for obtaining what is required for home sonsumptlon, much of the p t istemperanoe would disappear from the lower, as it ham already done from the middle and upper *lasses, under the moral effect of home influence and ezemplo.—Moresing Putt, sth Dec. is' TRIM, An. •Nlf LaDikai who have oat yet used the IrLENFLELD Srascu, they are respectfully solicited to .tivet it a Wel. and carefully follow out the directions anted on ev--ry p.. kage, sod it this is done, they Wi.l soy, like the Queeu's Laundry..., it is the finest Stark .hey ever used. When you ask for OLlihrillLD Snail ee that you get it, as inferior ',clods are often substitute eor the sake of *Mrs profit. borate them**s ril spse g teas iadieliana.