Widnes Examiner. — 1896-07-04 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

AITEMPTED SUICIDE BY RAT POISON. At the Warrington Borough Court, on Tuesday, John Bolan, 56 years of age, of Back Dallam-lane, was brought up on remand an a charge of attempting to commit suicide on the 22nd June.—The Chief Conde?)le explained to the magistrates that the prisoner was remanded in custody for a week in order that his condition might be attended to. He had got in a low nervous state, and had attempted to take his life by taking some rat poison.. The Chief Constable proceeded to recount the facts of the case as given in .our last issue, and stated that the prisoner seemed better that morning both mentally and phesically.—Mra. Bolan, wife of the prisoner, said that drink was the cause of her husband's conduct.—He now exelained his sorrow for what h* bad done, and promised not to repeat his foolish acttion.—The magistrates discharged him. Tetra.es BY LAVERPOOL M7OgEN AT Warrmeemeee. Two at j rurned cases in which a couple of women, last from Liverpool were charged with theft at Warrington were heard at the Borough Court on Tuasday. The first was that in which Rose Da Val or Margaret 'llJcWillianai was charged with stealing from the shop of Richard Harrop, Bridge-st., a brown leather bag, value 53. 61 She now plea Jed guilty. The facts of the case, as publiklwd last week, were stated by the Chief Constable. With regard to an umbrella the prisoner had in her possession, and which she said dile had stolen at Lythain, the Chief Constable stated that he had communicated with the Lytham police but they were unable to give any information respecting it. The prisqner admitted that she had bean in gaols in Liverpool and Manchester, but the authorities were unable to trace her. The police of Jer.sey had identified the woman by the phrtograph and stated that she had served various terms of imprisonment for theft and fraud.—The ma:istrates committed tier to prison for two. months' hard labour.—Margaret Richardson, of Great Homerstreet, Liverpool, was brought up on remand charged with breaking and entering the house number 35. Museum-St., and stealine, therefrom a tennis racquet and some gas fittings, the property of James Kenworthy.—Arther Spn worthy stated that he was in the • employ of Mr. K-eworthy. His employer had an unoccupied house at 15, Museum-at. at the beginning of June. On the 8 h inst. he saw that it was sectifely fastened up, but when he visited it again on the 18!..h, be found that an entrance had been effected by breaking a pane of glass of the back window. The articles orn• duced had been taken from the' house, and he valued them at about 103. The bath at the house had been. used and the water left running to waste.—Mrs. Leslie, wife of William Leslie, second-hand dealer, of 75, Mersey-St., gave evidence as to the prisoner offering for sale at the shop a portion of a glass chandelier. Detective-Sergeant Monaghan stated that the prisoner was given into his custody at Prescot. She stated that the fittines had been given to her by a Mrs. Thompson who • bad since gone to America. She afterwards made a different.statement.—The Chief Constable stated that from enquiries made he found that the prisoner had been previously convicted for house-breaking 'and other offences. He might also add that a robbery was committed at the same house in Museum-st. and an entrance effected in exactly the same manner sorra moirths ago, but it was never detected —The magistrates cr.mmitted the prisoner to gaol for three months' hard labour.  --