Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1886-12-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ASSAULT ON THE POLICE AT STOCKTON.— Lest Saturday at Stockton Police Court Robert Turnbull and Win. Turnbull, fish dealers, were , charged with being drunk and disorderly in Prince Regentstreet the previous night, with assaulting P.C. Freeman, and with smashing, his helmet. About a quarter to twelve o'clock the officer us in Prince Regent-street, when he found the prisoners raining a disturbance. He took Robert into custody, when William came and struck him on the head with • broom shalt, smashing in his helmet, and knocking him down. The officer got oat his truncheon, and as they were both holding him down, gave them such sturdy blows as compelled them to go sway. They were arreeted wen afterward,.—For being drunk and disorderly they were each fined 54 and 6s 10d coets, or 14 flays' hard labour; for damagiug the helmet ' bed is each and ordered to pay 40 64 costa; for the assan3 they were fined loCts 64 and 10e costs, or one month's hard labour. , I ATTEMPTED Wl7lll MURDER AT SHOTTO . —At the Castle Eden Police Court on Batumi' Henry Stewart Deakin, miner, was ',barged wi attempting to murder his wife, Margaret Donk . Prisoner hae been residing apart from his a e, who lives with her parents at Bhotton Coll y. On the evening of toe 13th init. he went to the parents' house and asked for some clothes belongmir to him, and as he passed through the door be wife's brother, George Davison, saw that he had a knife concealed behind him. The brother seised him with the intention of taking the knife from him, when • severe struggle took place, the , knife being ultimately wrested from him. litle swore, however, he would have " done it" had he' not been prevented. He also told Sergeant 1 Turner that he would have murdered •bis wi'e bed not her brother interfered.—ln answer to the charge prisoner said be merely intended to frighten his wife.—lle was committed for three mouths' hard labour, and to be bound over for sr months at the expiration of the sentonce. SToOKTON BOROUGH POLICE Coutnr. —on Monday Michael Elwood, labourer, was charged with le' ug drank and disorderly on Sunday, and with doing wilful damage to a window. 1 The prisoner was found raising a great disturbance yesterday evening in Alice-street, and he bad broken a window in his own house, the pane being worth 2s. In defence he said he was in his own house "bleeding like a pig" when the fficer asked him to come out, and he came out , him. Pined 5s 64 and 4s 104 costs, or four- n days for the first offence, and ordered to pay 64 costs and 24 damage for the secont— dward Nixon, brewer's drayman, was charged ith assaulting Thorns. Watson on the 16th inst. t appeared that there had been a dispute about watch between these two men. Watson had. .nglet a pawn-ticket of a watch, and it cost him together 275, and when be took it to a watchaker it was valued at 12s 64. The understand_ between them was that if the watch was not pproved Watson was to have 5s back. He went . Allsopp and Co.'. stores in Norton-roa,d, where , , •fendeut was working, and demanded the 5,55 hen, according to his story, the defendant "nuked him down flat on his back. Defendant led • witness to prove that complainant .allenged him and then struck the first blow. f he case was dismissed. ,