The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-06-09 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

DISGRACEFUL ASSAULT AT WOLVER..  HAMPTON FAIR.  At the Wolverhampton Police Court, on Monday, Andrew Moore, a travelling photographer, was charged with having committed an indecent assault upon a girl, named Caroline Farrel, 16 years of age, Mr. Barrow defended. The prosecntrix stated that she was servant to Mr. Newey, the manager of Mr. Edvrards's works. Dudley. road. On Monday evening, about half-past seven o'clock, she came to the fair in Queen-square, and went to look at some portraits in front of prisoner's van, in the square. She saw him outside, and he asked her to go inside, and he would take her portrait for nothing. She went inside, and he then took her into a small dark compartment. He then put his hand up her clothes and after wards committed * criminal assault upon her. She struggled to get away but could not as he hold her fast. She was afraid to scream. When she came out of the van she complained to a policeman of how the prisoner hadtreated her.  Cross-examined She had no money with her. She se.t for her portrait before pri,oner assaulted her, and then went into the dark place. She went into the van with a companion named Bull, who remained in the place where she sat for her portrait whilst she went into the dark place. She tried to i-e-atch prisoner but did not. When she came out of the dark place she did not tell Miss Bull of the prisoner's conduet. She wanted to tell her, but Miss Bull went into the dark place before she had time to tell her. She waited five minutes until Miss Bull came out of the dark place before she went out into the square. She did not ask for her portrait, lrit prisoner said she could not have it for ten minutes. When Miss Ball 'came out of the dark place she said the prisoner had insulted her.  The prisoner was further charged with a similar assault upon Louisa Bull. The prosecutrix stated that she lived with her grandmother in the Giffard Arms Yard, Victoriastreet. Last night she went with the last witness into the prisoner's photographic studio. After they had their portraits taken Farrel went into the dark room, where she remained ten minutes. When she came out she (Bull) went in and the prisoner unfastened some of her clothes. He afterwards put his hand on her knee and she kicked him. She then came out. She was afraid to cry out. She had never been photographed before. Police-constable Milbourn stated that the two last witnesses made a complaint to him last night of the prisoner's conduct towards them. He went to the studio with them and took the prisoner into custody. When he got to the police station prisoner said he would give the girls ..£5, and he began to cry. Mr. Barrow, for the defence. contended. even if the girls had been assaulted, they were consentirg parties to the prisoner's conduct, and therefore the charges ought to be dismissed. The M•,.gistrates said it was a serious case, and for the purpose of further inquiry they had decided to remand the prisoner in custody for a week.  ----.6 The death of Professor Frederick Diez, the famous philologist, is announced by the Bonn Gazette. The professor, who was born at Greisen in 1794, spent his life as a teacher at Bonn, becoming in extra,dinary professor in 1823, and ordinary professor in 1830. A MURDER COMMITTED FOR A Day's