Widnes Examiner. — 1876-12-23 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A FACTORY HAND AT WARRINGTON.  Oil Thursday morning, Mr. Dritheld, coroner, held an inquest at the Golden Ball, Townsend, Warrington, on the body of a married woman Darned Mary Lawton, the wife of a factory hand, residing at 70, Lythgoes.lane. It appeared that the deceased who had been in ill-health for some time, told her children that nobody knew but God what she had suffered, and that she could not bear up any longer. Iler eldest a girl of 17, asked her to bear up for the bsequently she was missed, and on the hue. Younger children, but she replied, 441 can. lincikte.no f daughter,sthue band coming to his dinner, the children told him their mother had gone out but would not be long. At tea time however, she still failed to make her appearance, and about seven o'clock prior to going out to look for her, the husband went upstairs to shut a bedroom windoW, where he made the horrible discovery that his wife was hanging from the top rail of the four post bedstead. He gave an alarm and had her cut down, but it was found that she had been dead several hours. It was alleged that the woman had been harrassed with county court summonses, and that she had had the bailiffs in the house, but the husband denied know• log anything about them. The jury returned a ver• diet to the effect that the deceased comttettielde . Vl4O LB MOO t9WPOEII  ALLEGED EXTRAORDINARY THEFT IN ALTRINCHAM;  John Howarth; parlor, Altrinchamp was charged at the Altrinoham Police Court, on Saturday, with having, between the 4th and 9th November, at Hale, stolen 5 toes, 13 cwt. and 3 qrs. of sets, the property of the Highway Board for the Bucklow distriot. Mr. Roscoe, of Kuutsford, prosecuted, and Mr. Evans, of Manchester defended. The solicitor for the prosecution stated The defendant was a pavior in the employ of Mr. Burgess, the district surveyor, and he also did work on his own 'account. On the 6th of November he was at work for the Cheshire Lines Committee on the level crossing at Peel Causeway station on his own account, and also he and his brother, who worked in partnership, had s me paving work at Mr. Sidebotham's, Bowdon. They were at that time unloading a lot of sets at Peel Causeway Station for the Highway Board, and these sets were being conveyed to Long-1 tne, where the road was being repaired. Mr. Roscoe proceeded to state that the defendant had given orders to the carter to remove a cart load of sets on the 6th to Mr. Sidebotham's, and that on the 7th November he took two more loads, also by the def.ndant's orders; and that in consequence of Mr. Buck having spoken to Peter on the subject he went and got some tickets at Peel Causeway Station and took them to the Surveyor. Joseph Ackerley, Thomas Buek, and Joseph Burgess, jun., were examined for the prosecution. The railway tickets shewed that 83 tons of sets had been given to the defendant, but Mr. Roscoe said a meant cats. Mr. Evans submitted that the prosecution had failed to establish the guilt of the defendant, and asked for his dismissal. The case was withdrawn. The Magistrates Clerk suggested that the proceedings might have been taken under the 37th section of the Highway Act, and might have been dealt with summarily.