The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-01-04 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE CENTRAL GLAMORGAN GAZETTE-FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1867.  MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A WOMAN. On Friday, at the Soathwark Policacenrt, Saran Bowen, a singular•looking female, was placed at the bar before Mr. Barchato, charged with stabbing Johanna Keefe, thereby inflating seri,ms iujury to hc.r. She woe *deo charged with thrcatesing to murder her.  The complainant, whose head ‘./IFI bandaged up, and who WWI ii uh awe dr state from the lose of blood and the injiiiies Laid ii OR her, was aosommodated with a seat near the clerk's desk while she gave her evidence. She said she was the wife of John Keefe, a draper, residing at 2, Leonardwatreet, London.road. About eight o'clock on the previous evening she wee in the Bridge House publiebouse, Borough•road, with Mrs. Harris, when the prisoner came in and called her to come out, aihe wanted to speak to her. Ac eons at she got cut the trimmer made We of threatening laeguage to her, end Bald she ximuted her huellitud. Witness aslkd her why the should with to inealt her husband, when it wee only a twelvemonth ago she staobed him in the eye. The prisoner then rushed upon her, 55311 g "You —, Fll have your life. While she was endeavouring to protect herself, the prisoner teek a knife from under her shawl with her right hand, and made a plunge at her throat, saying, murder you." Witi.e:s stooped down and re. mitred a tremendous blow on the left temple, and blood flowed down into her eyes and mouth, Leanly blinding and suffocating her. She caught hold of the prisoner, and they fell down and had a severe struggle, bat the prisoner got away and rushed into a shop, when she threw the knife away. Wittman followed her into the shop, and held the prisoner until a constable came up, when she was taken into custody. Witness was conveyed to the stationhouse, and after having her wounds dressed was sent home to bed. She was now Buffering very much from the Wade?, and could hardly stand. While on the ground the prisoner made several plunges at her with the knife, cutting her dress and underclothes in eeveral places (witness here showed her dress to Lis worship; it presented a rather mutilated and bloody state. There were cuts both on the upper and lower parts); but the only cut she had was on the left temple. Fortunately she had very thick clothes on, and the knife did not penetrate through the whole of them. Her stays were cut in two or three places. air. Burch= asked if she was sober. She replied that she had been drinking a little, but was not in the least intoxicated. . _ _ _ .  Mary Ann Harris, of 28, KoII-street, Beroagh•road, corroborated the complainant's statement. The prisoner said that her husband had some time ago quarrelled wif h the complainant's husband, and whenever the proreentrix met her sho insulted her. On the previous night, when ehe had her baby in her arms, tho complainant knocked her down and kicked her, and seeing her knife on the ground by her bide, she picked it up and used it in self-defence. The prosecutrix got it from her, and endeavoured to stab her with it, whereby she got a cat on the right hand, She did not know what became of the knife.  The pro:went Ha was reoalled, and denied the whole ef the prisoner's tt•tenient. _  er. Thomas hyena, 61.R.C.5., who attended prose. nutria, said that he dressed the wound, and at the time considered the complainant in considerable danger, as one of the branohea of the tempera' artery had been divided, but did not think there waeauy danger now, provided the prosecutrix took proper care of herself. He added that he afterwaros examined the prisoner, and found three of her front teeth nearly knocked out, and she had a cut on the forefinger of the right hand, showing that she had been in a revere struggle. The constable informed hie wcrahip that he understood there were other witnesses who saw what occurred, but they were unable to attend that day. Mr. Barcham accordingly remanded the prieoner.