Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1875-10-07 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

VAGRANCY.— Moron charged James James with .le,•ting at West Stockton Works at three o'clock this morning. To pay 341 costs. _  I ti FE Bearieo.--Wili:m; Ulster was charged I with using threats to Frances Lidster, his wife, on the 30th September. Mrs Lidster paid that she kept a chop at the top of liftinsgate. and that printing was her husband. Just aft r eleven o'clock, he arrived home under the influence of drink, and withoet any provocation he immediately slapped her (ace. After that he struck her down to the floor, and kicked her about the body until the children got out of bed and called a peliceman in. When the officer entered, he inquired where all the blood had come from, and prisoner resumed his violent conduct. Not only did he strike her kotin, but he els° struck the policeman. After the officer had left the house, prisoner began to utter threats he went down stairs, and fetched a razor, au i ;hen walked about all tie- niglit, threatening to commit murder, and sweating that he would hang for her FO sure as he was a living man. P.C. Clarkson said: On Thursday night, just after eleven o'clock, I was on duty at the top of Ramsgate, when I heard some one shouting Police." I went into Eidster's house, and found both him and his wife strucgling me the floer. Blood WIO; upon their hands, and Mrs Lidster wee bleedlin? from her month. Defendant was drui.k. He did strike me; perhaps accidentally. He was strikbig at li,s wife again, and I stepped in between them. —Prisoner: (by Mr Benitigtoti), I have ktipt a slier iii Ramsgate since I left the force. It was the driek that did it, find I am very sorry for it in. deed.—Complainant : I dare not stay with him, I am afraid for my life.—Mr Benington : I think the ap• ilication is for you to be bound over to keep the peace. We decide that you next pay the costs, and give burettes for keepin the peace six months, yourself in £2O, and two householders in LIO each. —Defendant: If you will put it all in one sum I will bind myself to keep the peace six years if you think well.— Mr Benineton : We have our duty to do end must have soreties.—Shortly afterwards, Mr H. T. Pickles, license! victualler, and Mr J. Eccles, pawnbroker, were in attendance, and entered into the necessary bonds. WeFIEITOUSE lineauso.—Benjamin Bryan and Richard Edward Rickards were charged with breaking into a warehouse occupied by Mr Harrison, slater, on the quayside, and with stealing therein- m some lead end hammer heads, value 15s. Several witnesses were called f.r the prosecution, who stated that the werehotve, which is situated upon tlie quayside, was left safely locked up on Friday, at noon, and that upon their return an hour afterwards the lock was found to have been broken off the d and lead and hammers stolen to the value of 15s. Prisoners were found to have offered( the missing property for Pale to eeveral marine st.dre dealers, and were apprelden hel by Sergeant flenlop. The whole of the stelen articles were found in possession of Bryan. who, when charged with the robbery, made no reply, tbe other prisoner was found to have four copper nails in his pocket of the kind used by slaters. When charged, he replied, "I am innocent." I picked the nails up at the end of a warebonse on the quayside. In renewer to the formal charge, Bryan pleaded that he was guilty, and had been under the influence of think. Richard denied all knowledge of the affair, and sail he had never seen Bryan before in his life. B tb were committed for tr.al at the next Durham sessions.