The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1887-11-26 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE CON.SEQUENCR OF EXCESSES IN DEINK. At the P.:lice Court, on Monday—before Messrs. S Stratton and W. Boycott—John Tudor tens brought up, charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Police-constable Ceropbell.—The prisoner rushed into Messrs. Harvey's snubs on Friday afternoon the worse for chink, and was stittcl to have acted like a madman. Police constable Compbell said when be removed Tudor he was very violent, and struck witnets in the face and kicked Lim The assistance of other officers was needed to get hies to the polioi-station Tudor, who is e. w 11 e iucatcd men. had only just returned fro,n servin a term of imprisonment at Worcester, and he rek d the Bench to send him to the county asylum, as he was suffering fre m brain distase. The Bench sail his brain would be alright if he did not excite it by drink.—Prisener appealed Krongly to t e Bench to deal leniently with the case, but they said they could net do lees than commit 'flint to bard labour for two months. Thomas Bowen, of No. 7, Blackwell Street, was again placed in the dock on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. Pri-oner was twice temanded last week, owing to his suffering from delirium tremens, Mrs. Bowen said her husband came home on the evening of the 14th i•etwc,er. 7 and 7.30 p.m, and soon afterwards wit' e s's mother called out to her that defendant was cutting his throat She was outside in the yard, and rushed in. Defendant was seated in a chair, and he pulled his hand from his face and she saw a table knife in it, which she immediately t ok front him. She went into the street and called a police offl,-er, who arrested him. On many occasions when un,:er th influence of drink be had threatened to out his own- throat and Ip-rs too, and she wee In "ear of her lit-. Six or seven weeks ago be made a attempt on his life. He took poison, but a medical lean was call d in to him.—Prisoner That has nothing to do With this Stick to the present case —Police constable Hai dwick deposed to arresting prie,vn -r, Blood was running from a wound in the left side of his neck. When he fOriadly charged him With attempting to commit suicide prisoner said : Yes if the mc alone, I would have finished it.—Mr. D. Corbet, surgeon, said the wound was an inch and a quaraq long, and just through the skin dividing the branch artery. After he had seen to the wound he was telephoned for to the police station again, and found prisoner had pulled the bandage elf the wound, and the Wood was running down his cloths on to the cell floor. Had the wound ,goae deeper it would have occasiolied death. He had no doubt edsoner had been drinking, and he sulfcred from deltrium tremens after his arrest. The Bench committed prisoner for trial, and refueel bail A CA HI). —A CLERGYMAN will send, free of einirge prescription for the cure of all those who suer Ulna the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous debility. physi :al exhaustion, anJ early decay. This great remedy was cliscovera3 by a missionary ioOld Mexico ; say ,d him from isersble existence and an ear:y grave. dead a ae:f vidr,ased, stamped envelope, to Itsv. JoasPa