Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-12-22 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SERIOUS ASSAULT UPON A WIFE.  THREATENED MURDER AND SUICIDE IN  ASHTOIC  A man named Samuel Greenwood, living in Cotton-street, was brought up in custody at the Ashton Borough Police Court, on Monday, before B. M. Kenworthy, T. J. Lancashire, J. Moss, and J, Kershaw, Esqs., charged .with committing an aggravated assault upon his wife ou Saturday night. Inspector Bamforth, in opening the case, said that on Saturday night last the prisoner went home about ten o'clock dm, It. threatened his wife, and knocked her against the dresser. He then went Out and returned worse drank about 20 minutes past eleven. lie then pulled out his pocket-knife and threatened to murder hie wife, and afterwards to cut his own throat. The police were sent for, and upon ,the arrival of two officers they heard him repeat his threats and effileavoured to wrest the knife from him.. In the scuffle both had their hands cut. . .  Sarah Ann Greenwood, the complainant, said: I live at 132. Cotton-street. On Saturday night my husband came home drunk at ten o'clock and asked for some supper, and said he had had nothing 'o est since Thureday. I gave him some liver and potatoes, and he eat the greater part of it, and then took op the basin and threw it at me. It struck me on the arm, but did not hurt me much. He then knocked me against the drawers • I was quart tilling with him about his saying that he had had nothing to eat since Thursday, and he said he would have my life or his own iu ten days. There were two Men in the house and one of them said " I will go for a policeman," and went out to seek for one. lily husband Oen went out emd came back at about twenty minutes past eleven. He said "Where is my supper." I said "Do you want supper again,"and reached him the dish out. He said "You must get ready, there is only about ten days for us to. live, one or the other of as." I west into the shop to serve a customer, and while I 198.8 there I looked into the kitchen and saw him with his knife at his throat, The police were then sent for agsin. I am afraid of him, and I wish him to be bouud over to keep away from me altogether' If he will do so I will rever trouble him again. Prisoner: You never saw the knife near my throat. • I took it out, and said " We will have this either ended or mended,' just ,to frighten her. Constable 7 and Constable 29.1 ave evidence as to the threats which the prisoner made use of towards his wife. She told them that he had a knife, and they asked him for it. /le refused to give it up, and in attempting to take it from him both sustained cuts on their hands. _ . .  Inspector Bamforth maid the prisoner had been summoned on three previous OCCSPiOIS for as malting his wife, and had been brought up for other offences. . .  ----The Milgistrates bound the prisoner over to keep the peace for three months—himself in £lO and two sureties of £5 each,  The Liverpool ship Sunda, 1,556 tons register has. togetner with her cargo of between 5,000 and 9,000 bales of cotton, been burnt at sea.  Clerks and others who are constantly engaged in writing, would do well to try Macnivan and Cameron's celebrated pens, as we are convinced that there are none better, one trial is sufficient to prove their ere, Mum A sample box may be had at the office of this paper MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCRoOL.—Honenrs in Natural Science : At Oxford, Mr Algernon P. Thomas, echolar of Ballicl College, has obtained a first class in the honour school of natural science; and at Cambridge, Mr Hugh Ohm, scholar of Emmanuel College, is placed in the &et clam of the natural 1147i011C11 Wpm.