MONDAY,JULY 26.

Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 550, 27 July 1869, Page 2

MONDAY,JULY 26.

Various Offences. — Dennis Carroll and Benjamin Phelps, for allowing goats to wander in the streets, were each fined 10s. and costs. — William M'Kay, T. G. Osbaldistan, and P. Hardy were each fined LI costs for keeping unregistered dogs. A similar cliarge against G. Lawrence was dismissed, as the dog had been registered before the summons was served. ATTEMPTED- SUICIDE. Fanny Tapscott was charged with throwing herself into the Grey river on the 18th hist., with the intention to commit suicide. Mary Edwards : On Sunday night, the 18th inst., I was in a house in Tainui street, kept by Madame Lenel, and saw the prisoner there. We had not spoken for some time, so we made up friends. She asked me to take a glass of wine with her, because it would be the last I would take with her. I thought she meant she was going to take the pledge. She might have had a couple of glasses before that, but she was not tipsy. She was crying at the time, and told me she had had some words with Andrew Steel. 1 went out for a few minutes ; when I returned, I was told by Madame Lenel that she had gone. I next saw her at the Royal Hotel 1 ' She was then insensible. Anne Watkinson : lam cook at Madame Lenel's. On Sun day night, the 18th inst; , the accused was in the house. She came in in a flurried state about 9 o'clock, as if she had been running and crying. She said Andrew was running after her, and I told her to go in and sit down by the fire. She did so for a time,, but when I went into the yard she followed me, and cried worse than before. She said, "This is the last time you will see me." I told her she was foolish. She said she knew that, but she wanted to be- good. I said, " Well, be gopd," and she left me. She appeared to have been drinking. She was afterwards talking with Mrs Edwards,

and then left the house. I once heard Steel say he intended to marry Fanny, but " she was such a curious little thing/ he did not know what to say. I know that she had sold her furniture for the purpose of marrying him, and that he has since refused to keep his promise. James Coleman : I am night-watchman in the employ of Messrs Kennedy Bros. On Sunday night, the 18th inst., about 12 o'clock, the accused passed me between Kennedy's store and Gilmer's Hotel, walking in the direction of the river. I saw she did not turn the corner, so I walked after her, and jußt as I got to the comer she gave a scream, threw her bat off, and then jumped into the river. She gave a stagger as she passed me. 1 gave the alarm, and some men got into a boat and followed her down the river about 100 yards, when they succeeded in dragging her into the boat. Hector Sutherland : lam employed at Gilmer's Hotel. On the night of Sunday, the 18th inst, 1 heard a scream about 12 o'clock, and ran out. I saw the last witness, who told me there was a girl in the water. I got into a boat along with Patrick Plannery and John Lilley. We saw the woman floating down with the current, and followed her as far as Boundary street before we got her in. She was then insensible, and was taken to the Royal Hotel. Constable Keating proved the prisoner's arreat. Dr. Morice : On Sunday, the 18th inst., about 12 p.m., I was called to see a person at the Royal Hotel, who had tried to drown herself. The prisoner is that person. She was insensible when I saw her. After using restoratives, she was out of danger in about a couple of hours. The following morning I asked her why she had tried to drown herself. She said she was sorry she did not succeed, and would j do it again. — This finished the evidence. The prisoner having been cautioned, said she was the worse for drink. She had been drinking for the last three weeks, and did not know what she was doing. — She was committed to the Supreme Court for trial.