The Blackpool Herald. — 1891-07-31 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

YESTERDAY'S POLICE PROCEEDING'S.— At the Blackpool Police Court, yesterday, before S. Stott, H. Fisher, C. A. Birley, Esqrs., and the Mayor, the following persons were fined for the respective offences :—James Duckworth, plying for hire with unlicensed wagonette, se. 6d. and costs; Herbert Lucas. conductor, for overloading omnibus, sa. 6d. and costs; John Harrison. loitering with carriage, ss. 6d. and cost.; Thomas Johnson, ogling oysters on foreshore, ss. 6d. and costs; Thomas Robinson, Tobias Hutchinson, and Alice Winterbottom, touting, 2a. 6d. and costa each; and William Wrigley, of Oldham and Southport, lc and costa, for not having owner's name inscribed on dog's collar. Michael Carroll, a returned convict, was sent to prison for 21 days with hard labour for assaulting P.C. Christian, who was taking him into custody for being drunk and disorderly in New-road; John Davies, who was remanded from Monday on the charge of committing larceny (a report of which appears in oar inside pages), was sent for trial to the next Quarter Sessions, notwithstanding an impassioned appeal for mercy from the prisoner, who, by the by, was an old offender. William West and John Connolly, also remanded from Monday on a charge of frequenting public places, were further remanded until Tuesday, as the Chief Constable had not concludei his enquiries respecting their antecedents.  Fos THI DLSPENSING OF PRESCRIPTION!' we hare all modern CODT•12160001, Sod give Our careful personal attention to this branch. All Drugs ad Pharmaceutical preparatiotui of the beet quality o Iy, sodas reeeonable prices. No cheap drugs stalked. Sesc-rscLis to suit all sights, from one of the best London makers, Is. to tic per pair. Baoozz &ND BOND, Tim. The finest and best teas sold. Nothing to equal their Cis. tea. Special Agents, J, JACLIIION BON, Chemists. 15, Talbot-r stti, next to.the earner of Abingdoostreet, Rlac.kpooL  THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT ROSSALLPIIAONER 'BEFORE THE MAcIATILATEs.-011 Wed• neaday last, at the Fleetwood Police Court, Charles Kennington, baker at Ronal! School, was brought up before Dr. Ramsay charged with attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat, on the 9th inst.—Charles Kennington, son of the prisoner, gave evidence as to seeing his parents quarrelling, and saw his mother knocked down and bleeding on the head and then going for the doctor.—Geo. Sandell, house porter, corroborated, and also maid he saw prisoner sharpening a knife. Ile then ran for the doctor, and when he came beck found prisoner with his throat cut lying beside his wife. —Dr. Williams said he Attended the man and found two wounds across the front throat, He was unconscious and lying besides his wife, who had fainted. He was now all right. —Prisoner then made a statement, in which he said that he was , quarrelling with his wife and knocked her down. He went to raise her, and she said she was dying , and fell back faint. He thought she was dying, and fot a knife and "did the job." He remembered nothing again until he recovered consciousness. Evidence was adduced as to prisoner's good character during the time he had been at Ronan, a period of 20 years. He had always been a sober, quiet and steady man.—The magistrate said he was sure no one was more sorry than Kennington himself, and he hoped he would never do such • thing again, and taking into account his previous good character he would be discharged.