The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1908-05-16 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SINISTER BAOKGROUND  DOMESTIC MISERY STIMULATED BV DRINK.  ! A sad story of unhappiness between maa and wife after M years of married life WM unfolded before Meears.• T. L. Dodds and Chrieropher Newhouse in the Borough Police Court on Tuesday morning. Marion Hughes, of 35, Reirerts-etreet, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the East Float Dock an the sth May. Blisabeth Marsden stated that Mrs. Hughes came to see her with her baby on Tuesday, the sth May, and left her lions, about eeven o'clock in idle evening. saying that she was going home to get her Limband's tea ready. Witness hhounbt thee was aumething unusual in her manner. and following her noticed that she d.d not turn towards Roberts-street, but towards the dock bridges. Witnees asked her w'net* in' was going, and prisoner told her to 'ILA her own business. Witness therefore toot the baby from her, saying, "Go where you like, but I'll keep the child." While nitnem turned away to look for an othcer prisoner jumped into the waiter. Samuel Lamb aaid he was in the cabin of a flat lying in the dock when he heard aplach, and going to look saw prisoner ia the water. He got his boat out to revue her, and some more men came in another boat and got hold of prisoner and put her on the quay. Sergeant Howard gated that at a quarter to eight he was called to di. Cieveardavenue, and found prisoner on the aoil there, partly unconscious. lie rent het 70 the Borough Respite!, and that maresig had charged her with the offence of attempted suicide. She made no rtply 7o the charge. When called to her he could not Mill whether she had been drinking. Dr. Daniel Johnson said he received tlia woman at the Borough Hospital Tusiday evening, the sth May. She w a unconscious, mad came to at 5 a.m. _nest morning. Mere was a strong ana.oi drink about her, but it was iiiipLaetG say how far she had been under in. thence. Since ahe had been in tha. 'aconite! she had behaved quite rurionai.y. Mrs. Hughes. speaking. in her own fence, fetid that every time her 'uusbaul came in he called her dirty name, beOre her lads. She had been for 23 Yeari.." wife, and they hail had 12 chiitiren. lest January she had not had five un.ntres peace with him. At last be told her to Mem out as be had someone be:l,r tO Vint home.  Mr. Hughes, a carter, deuiel iho° charges, and said he came hoiuc. and found ; his wife drunk on the sofa. The on! ;reetion he had for quarrelling with her If 3i tihe whisky. , Priscmer t You tell the gentlemen when) :coin wages go. Into the Bluelwls. I have to get what I can on a Saturday. The Chairman said this was a v.ry 61,1 revelation of prisoner's doniestie wPeo had been driven from some cause or other to try to take her awn life, and ho afraid MT. Hughes was largeiy for a-hut his wife had done. of aftnotPbtig to take her own lit, "6 n° light one, and no oireumstances could aibly inkitfy her conduct. she would he pat under probation for three menthe. and would be kept under observation duttnc that time. Her home and her husbao, would be brought under observation In: and some effort would be made to punr. Mr. Hughes if there were no change behaviour. The Bench fully believed toI drink had been behind the' whole of n'Y'' had occurred. and one condition of the WI: beta= was that prisoner must al."'" frota drinking. Mr. Hughes must put sone restraint upon that foul tongue of bo.  or es sP lav  Cif th< pot ooc acb  Cou: in had the the  NHI 1 .ri  lelLref eotuti drow Ced&  ( 241  1