Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1875-10-02 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST • SURGRON.-WillißM Henry Arthur, M.D., of °rand Parade, Brighton, was brought before the magistrates on Tuesday on a warrant, charged with an assault upon Fanny Oliver a domestic servant in his employment.—The prosecntrix said she entered the prisoner's service on the 21st of August last SP a general servant. On Tuesday night last week she was called into the dining room, where he was alone, to look up and put away the silver. He was having some grog, and asked her to have a glass. She refused at first, and then wanted to take it up into her bed room, but be would not let her, and finally at his solicitation she took sotne of the liquor. She was about to go to bed when the prisoner pressed her to sit down a minute. She did sit down, but on attempting to get up again felt herself to be fainting, and as she was falling she felt prisoner put his arm round her waist. The prosecutrix then described the eirournstances under which the offence was committed. In the afternoon of Wednesday ske left the house without saying a word to her roaster. The page followed lier, however, to the terminus, and told her the prisoner wanted to speak to ',or. She went back and saw him, and he put his arm . °tap] be-, kissed her, and asked her not to expose 11,e1 for 1114 children's sake, as it would be taking liis LaaracLer away. She said she must tell her friendi, ani he urged her not to do so, and offered to, increase her wages £4 a year if she would itay. She refused, but at ;his request went down stairs and had some tea, and afterwards took him up some, and about half-past five she loft the house tad went home to her friends. The prisoner's daughter, aged nine, was the only other person in the huese on the night of the alleged outrage. The sister-in law of the proeecatrix afterwards went to Dr Arthur saying that unless compensation was made proceedings would be taken against him, lie, howevJr, answered that it was an infamous impositiou and attempt to extort money. He also said he had letters to prove that the prosecatrix had Lois. conducted herself, but when pressed to produce them did not do so. When apprehended, the prisoner strenuously deiced the °barge, and it was shown that when the preeeentrix and her sister.in.law called upon him with reference to the matter he indignantly iepelled. them. The medical evidence did not support the girl's statement. The magistrates however, committed Dr Arthur for trial, bail being accepted-411e prisoner in £2OO, and one security in £2OO, ,k 1.1%e in £lOO each.  A lady named Bailey died in a railway carriage on the journey from Bristol to London, on Saturday evening.  On Saturday morning, a man, 64 years of age, named Thomas Wood, committed suicide by banging himself in the cabin of the barque Yabas, lying off Messrs Potta's yard, Sunderland.  The working of the Wylam Wood Colliery, a small pit employing from twenty to thirty hands, has recently been stopped, owing to the depressed state of trade. The colliery *as commenced about three years ago, when trade was in a most prosperous state.  On Saturday, at the Durham County Petty Sessions, an Irishman, named John Gallagher, was fined £5 and costs, or three months' hard labour, for an aggravated assault on Sergeant Christison at that place on the 20th inst.  Don