The Sun. — 1846-09-16 (London, England)

TED SUICIDE.—James Ring, a labouring mdaai the middle age and blind of an eye, was place Ittsbta;r before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with. a-t terst to commit suicide by hanging himself: Lthalt tiitt-ect from the statements or several witnesses . Stier twelve o'clock last night the daughter of the pri'lLas•l,„tall into a coffee-shop in Buckley-court, eat. -.1"e• and gave an alarm that her father, et. 4)tigi YS were in the same court, had cut his TherTte per of the coffee-shop (Mr. Thomas h'4,44l,4e,ecanNenied by one of his lodgers, hastened ralcip-,‘elY with the child to the spot, and found. the liitlk.,",not, indeed, with his throat cut, but with a I.74"stae,°l„eofrtied round his neck, with the proper runCdlt,reiirefs strangulation by suspension, and other toa' wive it the necessary length. iu t?i e e't ofg finally adjusting this halter Pier= ferry a'nterfered. A policeman arrivca 11"411-'illystrd rand theprisoner was given into custody. Oa, h'esded osn' and the prisoner was given into custody. Ofl by the s to explain his conttle said that he had for some time been saving Nti-e°lleY to provide for the expenses of his wit's th 'slit, which was expected shortly to. take place, I,l.ufortun t ly he got drunk last iught and was f744.t,.,°` all his money,ae and in consequence had deter4tlie" 'take away with himself. Ile was now sorry Oft Asttempt upon his life. 44 iniderman GIBBS desired him to be taken- care of ,ritis„Y, to which day he remanded him. „1t -braver, a bookbinder, in Bridgewater-square, '4sbil;arged by; police-constable No. 142 (City) with L'!ll„is (the prisoner's) wife in two laces. _ ebizi°,;:),'Leeetaan stated that, about five o'clock yesterday, I)st,it*rou saw a crowd collected in Bridgewater-garand a woman from whose head and neck the CSets ClAss flowing profusely. Learning that the pri'oll,:lkd stabbed his wife (the wounded woman) he kit'lut into custody. :.tfsciti+l_iee Newman, No. 3, Store-street, Gower-street, shortly before the policeman came up to his rden• -,teet be was passin by the corner of BridgewaterLIP:,s_tttl saw the gprisoner strike with his fist a -.111W" was walking close behind him. The prif turned en, the woman running after him, when life a4t suarPly round and struck her twice with ak: °Thee the side of the head, and again in the zr.isoner byqehs: 'rushed between them, and seizing wrist t ained him from further itppl:f "til the por 3 reasnrcame to his assistance. Sh:s sad' the knife distinctly.le It was a clasp 4411-I.sfitil the prisoner:wipe it and put it in his pocket,n Itfeh." was released from the witness's,as ugurnadsp.in f7,to :Lng the pocket, however, a hole f there could be no doubt the knife had 41 It was not found afterwards. Lqt The in his defence said, that he was pro-7;4 il,,llin;vr•fe's drunkenness and violence to strike .r,11„4„-,==latsthel wounds were inflicted with a street door. ,1,t1y.,71eb he had in his hand at the time. Heposie nied that he used a knife, or that he had on '" the time Nis *ls st t d. that the surgeon who exa le , however, a'gjetsalut woman, had no doubt that the injuries were l -aw"' With a knife. The prisoner was remanded t 503 ; =s perfectly ab!e to attend. tIo l„ ecit " -