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. Thc ' l~nd1ord of 'The George : and
Dragon, SWillJowfield-John - Hibbllidwas 3"'a
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proce«:ded with.
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. Mr. R. E. ijO)[, from the office of Mr.
Andrew - Walsh, Odoro" defended, ' and
Mr. . F.
Ratcliffe ".. atched tbe case
on bchal of Mrs. Hibbird. .
The evidence of P.S. A:dams, given on
30th July, was read over.

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• Alice, Chr.i$tma.~.,Of S1\.allOWfield,.
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came to her ab6ut I'.
with her rno·n:>"".
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cut. ' She got, a t el Qnd helped ~er to
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bandage it up. T n the went across to
The George and
ra~on, and Hibbint
gave her some b~nd~. ' She asked pri' - &371.-,. . . . .
soner to go for ted ctor, but he re. . . . . . . . . . . . .0.
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fused i Witness 5", d, ' " What •. did you
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The doctor- tooIQ
rs . . Hibbird to hos'1.,.74.41.
As she wg~ Joi g,'J)risoner 'stppd
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til dooI'. Wltiss ent !>ver ta Tbe
C!.e<?rge .and Dra~o
,d saw prisoner
slUmg 10 tbe ·klt en. He seemed very
dazed, and witnes s~id, "Be":,L man
and -lodk after yo self. D(l'b't do any
OVEUeAS BlANCH: .811 ..
OLD BROAD .y.R~, £.0.2.
harm.!o yourself.' iPrisoner replied,
II I'm . t~o artful:-r ,.th t." i t '
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Y . ~', ox: ·r '!.n r 1« . n<?,_ say he
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coul~' no~ go.. (ot' .t dJctor because he
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description
undertaken.
was too In. She ent back to the place
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because .the.doctor ai he w-ll,l<not fit t6 . .- -. .
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be left by htmself. Sh, knew nothing of -,.--~r---.....:.;...,..:--.;---__,;_1~-~-'-:::....-..:....:.-=--.:.-.--l---..;...!.ltheir family affair's at 'all.
P.C. Shackleford ' iid at 12.10 , he
' received informatio ir m Dr. Halpin in
'Of . whi
e infor~ed Se~gt.
.who ,.fl.e .1ltoceeded",· to
. Fri.r,ner . ' was . arrested
chaFg,d,...aRd . broutl;ht 10 . ReMing. . 'H~
appe<1:red Qutt<'! futiny in his' way, • but
W(\5 v,ery Quiet. lihe razor 1II;as taken
from his left-ha'tid'
trouser
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Tl\ereAwQs no b(oo,!l ~ it . .- .
B y rr. Box: W en farge
h
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said be was ljOrry, but it was through
worry He did not hear him say, " I
didn't -intend to hurt !fer, but only to
frighten her." .

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and LILLY RELET i equally valuor convaltscenet.
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nd. and pro~ ide~ a deroom in the garden.
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THE W!FE'S STORY.
Mrs. Hibbird, w 0 appeared with her
noclc swathed in b dOlgd, said on 29th
July her husband ffitd his ·breakfast at
8.15. and went up tb shave afterwards.
She h'1d had no Quarrel witb him whatsoe~er . He seemed very strange th,at
JlIormng. At the breakfast table he was
-laughing all the time. and made two or
tjlfee silly rep1arks ..';' -His
conduct
seemed to her most peculfar. . She saw
blm
up ' th- st:al' rs' tb _L avc ,. 'and be
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some of the 'water, .but . she. i;&'id
Thep ' he came down . to 'f:?sh.
<i~d
hair, and finislled dresslDSJ.
Wi~61ess asked him to
milk the cow,
WhICh he refused to do, 50 she said she
would do it herself. Her husband
TO MEAS~~
went out somewhere, and was gon
Ql,lite afl ·.bour. A~t. 10~>9: . ~h.e _
7 TO· 10 D Vs. ·
out to. m.llk the cow, and as she
over to .the' sfied she saw him
down the . road. She caine in a
10.30 with the milk, and 'found tbe
SPECIAL REDUCIIOKS
soner indoors. He seemed verv eXCIted
and strange, and witness said, "Poor
DDlOIlllIZJ!I)
thing, your brain is affedetl, and I must
go an d f et ~ h d octor and see if be will
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give you a tonic, and -send );OU away for
a month 's .est. " He only laughed. Witness went upstairs to get her hat and
jacket, lind noticed a' razor case 011' ·the
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table without any razor in . Tliat
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aroused ' her suspicions: She walked to
Arthur Guymer, M.B., B.S., Adelaidc,
the doctor's place, and as she was going South Australia. a captain
in
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be cam!! out to the doorste{> . and shouted l\ustralian Medi<;all Fo~ce, and assistant
at her. but she did not hear what he house-surgeon at 1 the Royal
Berks
said. At the doctor's her heart seemed Hospital, 'said Mr~l Hibbird was brought
to fail her, and s he thought perhaps she to the .hospital a"'f,ut [2;45. He examwould be sorry if she fetched him up, so incd her.,and foun~ she was ' suffering
she just turned round and walked back from an Incised wqun~ <;In the right side
again. It wa just 11.30 by the clock. of the neck, just IlIene th the lower jawAs s he went round by the kitchen doof bone. The wound was five inches long,
Ribbird took hold of her coat collar but was not deep. He attended to the
from behind, and. she thought. he 'h ad wound, stitching i up, and she ' re• LIMITED.
done something. She did not : realise mained in hbspjtnl for some Ilb)·s. The
ROYAL Al.B!IT _ .._rElY:. that he had done any harm then, but she wound was not a dangerous one. The
felt sdmething on her tbroat.
razor '!produced " uld l cause a similar
wrench,d hers~lf away, aod
wound.
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throug~ the passage and outside the 6y .Mr. Box: H thbught considerable
back door, Sqe did "not speak, and she force .' wns used for it was deep enough to
n9~ hear tbe priso~er speak either_ ~ever the .muscle'~h9Ugh it did not InThese Celebrate!! Ales and 'Stxuts
sne got 9utside the. back" door she Ju re any Importan organ. ....
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rl l.',,'Ul\t,U down .-"n her coat ':... n" ' saM" blood
' This .tonc1uded b.e ea e for the prose·
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She -tnrncd her ' , callar up " and cuhon .• ,. " r l ...•
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and Hops ' ONLY and luve bit ..: Ln,''''''''''' over ' to '1\ neighbour, who gave -MI-. Box sublni (£ tfllit from the <wicertified by the British Analyt~cal
towel. which she tied rOU1ld her dence the case w~s oDe which could be
Conlrol to be ABSOLU1;ELY
The nelgh.bour· went across to reduced to one 'qf ' two ' thing's-under
PURE
and , GE UIN.E :
".erhu~b~d, whom ~hc liad no~ seen Section ' OO 'of the Oftences A.gainst · a
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SlDce u,nul that morolDg. She was taken Per sop Act. to _unlawfully ,' .wounding,
They are higlily recommended
to hospital, which place ' she left on a?d. ,so put . tqe ns~ Ipo . a less. serious
by the medical faculty and have
Saturd y last . They bad' had no words baSIS, or even do D' ~ one of an aggra. d
betweefl them. at all on that day.
vnted , assault, un er ection (3 of f the
been supphe to the Royal Berk...
Act . In the latt r c se they would ' be
shire Hospital for over 60 yellfs.
. THE MOTOR·CA~ INCIDENT.
in a position to eal summarily with it,
Supplied. in Cask and Bottle.
By Mr. Bo : Sh~ had been at Swallow· ' and he would th 'n ppt the prisoner in
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been on ' amicable terms with her husThe Chairman af r a short discus. band at all times. Ev~ry change of the sion with th'e ot er agistrates present,
'. moon het husband was verv strange in said they were a I ag eed that they were
his ma~ner5 and ways.
Three )lears unable to ..leduc 'the charge.
ago her husband bought a Ford car,
Prisoner was then ,' committed for trial
ALL MALT AND HOPS.
which cost £230. She worked hard to at the next A:ssizes.
••••••••••••••••••••• _ .........................: hb~alnPd ugeetd thathe~ cSa,Urmtot, Od8're("vtheepr.eo'pHI er. h l,1hSeMr.' Box madel an ilpplic tion for bail.
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He ' said thilt h~ COfld find sufficient
neighbourhood. About eight weeks ago sureties. Pri.soll ~~s rotl\.er, . wlul lived
: hI! wished to disP9se of,. i,t, ~nd found a the other ' side .o Sa 'sbury, .w ould : 100'
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after him. Wha wa ·known of the 'pd: bim tq sell ..lhe car at the peicc, for
soner's ·char.act¢ was ·good: , Jie sa"e
DENTAL SUIlGERY, :
as much , hel) ' car .as " it was Iris. the name of . tht;ce 1 -:~eadiQg .": lic~p~ep
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were some' words between them victuallers who would 'stand for sureties.
: as to the ' sale of the car. ' The sale
The magistrate~ C~i:tSideied " the ~ lip:
: did not' 'take Jjlace "at 't hat ' time. but plication,' and saijj b '1 would .be al~'!'1:d
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J!29Q for the car. .' A week lallt Sunday away from Swallow6 d the whole 1)f 'the
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Sb.e was very pleased...that the car
come and take cbarge of him, and ' be
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gone,! for at times ",.hen he was
personally responsible for. him. . ,
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in his head he had bac! accidents,
Prisoneli stated ".that he would give
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9 up. to 8 p.m.
!the wondered wha~ would happen , next. that underta1cing, and bail was allo"ed
I ~J~~~~=;:~=~::!=:;'='='::,:,=;=- On qle Monday preceding the . . oc:cur· in his own suretv of £00, and two other
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rence her husband was very strange, sureties of '£60 each.
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he Old not cut him with. a
carving knife, and "if he had a~r marks
on his ·arms thcy . we~e not in Ictea , by
,her . . He came and 'stood hy . h r when
she .was washing, .ari&said',. " ow;
- - , I'll see you dci your 111' rk' pro:
perly II • She pushed him back by the
table L but did nbl: give him a black eye.
~~r 'nusband alwa~'S
shayed upstairs,
and it was not. his habit ~o ~ring the
down IOtO the ,kitchen. When
she saw him come downstatrs on ·the
BIUJlORD An
piorninlr of the attclrljJt, ' she was j. sure
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he had shaved Shc;,.I1ad lieard !tipce
oAvsuMAII:
that he had work wltnt:a carter on" the
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Tuesday !Darning. ana ·- that I was t~e
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reason he _nt out. '. When be came
CHAMPAGNES __I"-rat Pri
back she did not hear him offer to milk
ce.
cow. He came into the sbed afterwards and made s9me' rude remarks,
and she. threa~en¢ to tbrow
PRtCE L18.TS ON A:
him. She did 'dot
hir
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razor . strop in (he kit~n~ri. Sbe did n!)t
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hear her husband say, " "''here ' have
fOU been?" She had lived a very happy
life at SwaUowfield except just at the
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and ec;centnc ID hiE
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thought

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really her 'o wn I Yau
settlement upon

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tI.ere . 110 rea_ w'!.}' U l!.oald DOt be ahle to
of ,our income Nve what )'0(1 cao, week
p'OMe Iaer With .. adeqMle
it ia Se.iIla, Ceni6eates.
hy woek. CIt _OIIIlh b, _th,
eloC't 011 }'OW' !*t.
the time
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COIItift.e to I"OW, aad)'Oli can keep OA
JOUI' cia..... I1'Owin, lip the
adelia, ...a _ 10 it, wbicll ~
will Itow.
ill s.m... CertiScates tak~ jUlt live
Fafl~ abiI1iats ud sixpence
,ean to . . - iIllo OM PoucI, aacI ill
liltel!ll _~peK2iCD yoa .... ia a
how ..uch IM1 W04IId be wonb .. fin

it will be worth £1 61. How _Il}'
T eke .. ·piece 01 paper aDd r"llfe oul
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