The Sun. — 1846-06-18 (London, England)

THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.  TUNBRIDGE-WELlS.—Thomas Cheesman, who was last week remanded on the charge of cutting the throat of Frances Sanders, with intent to murder her, was on Saturday last again brought up for further examination, the young woman whose life he had attempted, although in a very weak state, being sufficiently recovered to give evidence. The evidence taken at the previous examination having been read,  ' Frances Sanders deposed, that she lived fellow-servant with the prisoner at the Camden Hotel, Tunbridge. wells. They had lived on good terms with each other till the afternoon of Sunday, the 7th inst , when she left the.hotel alone, and met Obed Everest, W. Bull, and Fanny Underdown, opposite the Beehive beer-shop. They all proceeded along Mount-Ephraim, in the direction of Rusthall, when the prisoner overtoa them. He seemed in very good humour, and they all went to Twort's tan yard, about two miles from Tunbridge-wells, where the prisoner went in and brought out a quart of cider, which they drank between them. He then fetched out two quarts of cider more, one of which he drank himself. They then returned in the same way they went, through Hurstwood, till they came to a stile near Dunnv-bottoni, where her mother lived. She left them at the stile to go to her mother's, promising to meet them at the stile again in halfau-hour. On her return the prisoner sat on the stile asleep : the others were standing a short distance off. Bull then went and awoke the prisoner, and they proceeded through the fields towards the Velle, leaving the prisoner at the stile ; but when they had got through two fields they heard the prisoner calling out to them, and they stopped for him. When he came up he began to, cry and to swear, and as he walked along with them, he said there was one in the company be would " do for" before that week was out. Witness asked Fanny Underdown if it was she the prisoner meant., when the prisoner b-, it is you I mean to do for." Thsaid, "No, you iadlekr a bl with d shteamn e, e a fnrdo mw h thee n Ley pi rtai sdo n proceeded uead toco nws thheimprhisaoczrantrdiedtotldo place Ish•ohledreofhkeerc,amhuet Bull catch u p to ptuhsehme d andhiin she to wkae elkpedh iisn htahned smoidffd. le ;There eurlel wwase r eon fihveer riogfhtthseidme: and the prisoner on the right side of swearing, and after proceeding a little furtherßull. hPeriasgonaienr keptsaid to her, " I will do for you before the week is out; and shortly afterwards he said to Bull, " It is of no use your thinking about her, for I will do for her before I sleep tonight." Bull paid his addresses to her. In about a minute or two after this the prisoner sprang suddenly forward and cut her throat on the left side. She knew no more, for she became insensible. Frances Underdown, William Ball, and Obed Everest, corroborated the statement of this witness? and added that when at the stile before alluded to they saw the prisoner sharpen a knife on a stone which served as one of the steps to the stile. The knife was similar to the one with which the deed was committed, but they could not say it was the same. The prisoner was then fully committed to take his trial at the next Maidstone assizes on the charge of cutting the threat of Frances Sanders, with full intent to take away her life.  MELANCHOLY SUICIDE ill