The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1881-09-23 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

HUSBAND CUTTING HIS THROAT. —l4 ISt Thursday, which was a little "temporised" by what he had heard Joseph Seal, •of Love-lane, wound up a series of before. The first thing they did was to make demands quarrels between him and his wife Louisa, by attempt. for beer and brandy, but he refused to serve them, they .ing suicide. They had led a very quarrelsome life, and the wife had obtained a summons for him on Friday, were such a tumultuous lot. Upon that, Gibbs said " Well, if you won't serve us we will serve ourselves,'' and taking for assaulting her. On Thursday morning he went possession of the beer-engine, said "Help yourselves, lads, we will soon see if we can't have what we want," and and asked her to forgive him; but she refused, and they proceeded to do so—they were very obedient. He expressed her determination of "having him to Court." protested, and Gibes pushed him and said if he was Seal resolved not to gmtelling some of his acquaintances g that she might have his corpse to ,e'ourt, but she troublesome he would have three or four of his strong men—(laughter)—and put him out, lehnoaurlrdenl:tanhdayseerhgitm.HaArvbaoyutwmaiaddfnaytahtheedy, ahnadd paancoittiheedr Mr. Trevanion cautioned the witness, who then began to get exc;ted, and said they wanted him to say what he did not mean. them for a time; but he had not returned home five Mr. Druitt (magistrates' clerk) ; You needn't listen to minutes before he was again called. Seal's son telling Mr. Trevanion. the sergeant his father had cut leis throat. On Mr. Witness: No, I'll treat him as one of the mob. It iHaaryeygoainghita stotnhme ahaoh a uses t distance,hotrherewas from a b threwreticahaedd. quite bad enough what I have suffered without being s man lying n tantalised in this way. He continued, seeing the fearful stained razor, and the blood was flowing fast from a odds he gave way. The police were sent for, but they did gash in Seal's throat. The sergeant first tried to stop ' nothing. The defendants got a cask of beer from the hotel octor, but finding the blood could not be staunched lunched and Gibbs, who said he couldn't drink such stuff, asked the blood with his handkerchief, having first sent for a for a bottle of sherry. (Laughter.) They afterwards nailed up the doors and windows, and then Gibbs cleared with the kerchief, some rag was obtained, and the out the customers. At eleven o'clock Gibbs asked him if sergeant held the lips of the wound forcibly together, he was going out; he refused, and then he was lifted over in spite of Seal's unreasonably resistance, and thus the the counter, one leg was first put out of the window, then flow of blood was checked till Dr. Nathan arrived. the other, and Gibbs gave him a farewell push. He Having used means to prevent the blood flowing again, subsequently saw the defendant Gibbs at his son's house, Dr. Nathan had the man removed to the Hospital, and he then told him he had had 20 fishermen and a break and four ready at Poole, and if there had been any where, at the time of our writing, he lay in a dangerous difficulty he should have sent a message through Mr. state.—The summons on Friday was adjourned till the Trevanion's telephone, and they have been over in half. following Tuesday.