The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1872-04-13 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

LEEDSI SPRING QUARTER SESSIONS. These sessions commenced in the Crown Court, Leeds Town Hall, at ten o'clock on Thursday morning, before Mr..J. B. Maule, Recorder. After the usual formalities, Mr. C. Bulmer, the Clerk of :the Peace, proceeded to swear the Grand Jury, as follows : R. Britton, earthenware manufacturer,,Lseds Pottery, Hunslet (Foreman). • •T. Ambler; architect, Clarendon-road. F. Barker, merchant, Headingley. , Bblland, ironmaster, Hunslet.  J. Chadtvick, merchant, Headingley. F. W: Dean, accountant, Commercial-street. W. H. Fearnsides, oil merehant, Headingley_ A. Foster, draper, Lowerhead-row. B. Grosvenor, ironmaster, Hunslet. T. Hartley, cloth manufacturer, Bridgefieltl-place. B. Jefferies, watchmaker, Wellington-street. H. Mellor linen manufacturer, Hillary-street. 4 A. Musgrove, dyer, Kirkstall-road. G. N. Nussey, merchant, Headingley. . J. Pollard, commission agent, Headingley,. T. W. Reid, newspaper editor, Headingley. i C. Scriven, ronfounder, Queen's-square: H. B. Taplin, insurance agent, Headingley: C. M. White, linen draper, Grove-terrace. G. Wood, maltster, Fenton-street. The .Learned Recorder, in his charge to, the Grand Jury, said the calendar. contained 55 cases—a slight decrease upon the corresponding number for trial at the last. spring sessions. This was satisfactory, and showed that the borough was improving as regarded crime.. The offences were of the ordinary character, and would require no explanation at his hands. , A recent statute gave power for certain cases under the new Bankruptcy Act to be tried at quarter sessions, and two or three of these cases .would come before them. The most important was the charge against John Binder, a contractor, who had,. it appeared, absconded with several hundred pounds.belonging tolais partner. ' The facts, as recorded ha the depositions, were simple. They would hear the evidence, and give their verdict aCcordingly. The Grand Jury were then dismissed to their duties; k second court, under the presidency of Mr. Shaw (Who succeeds Mr. Middleton as deputy-recorder), was opened. There are no appeal cases.  is Tin c ulls ttjo dRyYa t. e:Nabba,rraCetbsibdeedrtehdedwa..onnigearn- • SHOCKING OC John Ashburne, a Bury, charged with att t_...cumurd_e_r Sarah Clarlp.. SOD, with whom he cohabited. assigned as•the• ti ' ino ve for the c • ous. Jealonsy. is t' - ulare of' the rime, and the following paye in four places, and thfCelleU.oltrin°dEPgs where, Ash urne found employment. After travelling in various _directionsh they made a.stop , n months the couple :returned to Bolton. The female oo up,her residence in Brown-, street', Little Bolton, and, commenced to, live apart . seven t k ~ AatfteTaalYlabprisclegoef m lealens . disposition she forund A says, rn instholbenrabtle .. 9s . wHhecln.ew "bothered about her,"," she o for some four weeks, having id the raeantime obtained work at /11,r:' Orrell's mill—Hill, Factory. He appeared • not to. have resigned his•elaim upon. the . woman,. but continually dogged hm footsteps. She affirms, that he repeatedly : threetened her, that some nine maths, ago he said h mould have her blood and that on one occasion, after her a. return to Bolton, he •fhllowed her along t'..ae 'street: with a knife •in his hand, making use of a serious threat. She gave infor tion •to the police of his conduct,. but failed to take out a iarrant, as advised. About a month after their return, to Bolton the tied:son : 'was recommenced; and. about • six weeks ago Ashburne took her to Heywood,a Soherue, she says, adopted from jealouSy—where, she was to remain, till he served his notice at rolton. 'She , obtained work at Mr.: John Hoyle's nail.A, and three , weeks-ago Ashburne joined her.. He subsequently loft 1 his employment there, and he and his pii,rainour started off on Tuesday afternoon for Bury,. -with a" via*: of securing work there. She remained 04ernight at. the White Lion Inn;. Rock-street, and On Tuesday. morning they visited several manufactories in, quest of employ-. went. Abouttwelve o'clock—unsuceassful so far--they made a call at the beerhouse aforearned for the purpose of having something to drink.. While there Ashburne suggested that they should go forviardtto Black Lane, about midway between 3Airy and Bolton,: to which his 'companion replied that she woult not go a. Yard further then for him or anyone else.. This appeared to exasperate Ashburro,. who drew-out a clasp' knife and made a most murderous attack upon the woman.. The' landlady attempted to separate them, and in doing so,veceived a. gash from Cse kniie in her arm. Ashburne was promptly apprehended, and the reason he assigned for his violence was that the woman had told him • she would leave him and have nothing more to do with him. The wounded woman was taken to* Bury Dispensary, and her injuries were attended to by Dr. Barr and Mr. Harris, who iOlll4. that she had teen' stabbed in four places, To woman lies in e. precarious state, :