Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1875-07-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ANOTHRR MURDEROUS ASSAULT AT MID DLESBROUGH.  On Monday, at the Police Court, before the Stipendiary, Timothy Murphy, labourer, was charged with assaulting and inflicting grievous bodily harm on Patrick and Margaret Lahey, on Saturday. The male prosecutor said that on Saturday evening he met the prisoner and his who, and the prisoner turned round and gave him a blow on the mouth and knocked him down. He then knelt upon him and placed his fingers on his eyes. He afterwards kicked him on the elbow. Prisoner then went away, but immediately afterwards returned with something in his hand, and struck him on the head, and then struck him on the arm with a poker, which belonged to Ole prosecutor. Mr B.iinbridge defer ded. In cross-examination prosecutor raid he was sober at the time, and denied having incited the prisoner to commit the assault.—Daniel Whig. more, a boy, said while iu Plincesiestreet he saw the prisoner strike the prosecutor with a poker on the arm, and then hit him on the head with a hatchet. He fetched the poker from No. 3 house. Prosecator bled from the wound, and went into the house, where he fell on the floor. Prosecutor had nothing i nib is hand when he was attacked: Prisoner attacked him from behind, while in his own yard. Cross-examined: Did not see the commencement of the row. The men . were fighting when he find saw them. The prisoner and his wife were fighting the prosecutor. Did not see the prisoner take the poker from the prosecutor. Saw windows broken, but did not see who broke them. They were not broken before the fight. Prosecutor was not drunk. Dr Mackenzie said he was called in to see prosecUtor and his wife on Saturday night. The prosecutor had an incised wound three inches long on the scalp,and his eyes were very much inflamed. He was insensible. On the left arm was a livid mark. In his opinion such instruments as the hatchet and poker produced would inflict the wounds in question. Prosecutor was bleeding freely from the scalp wound on Saturday night. Dr Mackenzie also said that he examined Mrs Ls hey on Saturday night, and found two incised wounds on the skull, and the face and throat were very much scratched. He stitched both the wounds, which might have been produced by a poker or by a kick. —Dr MoCasig said he had examined the prosecntrix, and found two wounds already described. There was a wound on the chin that appeared to be the result of a kick. There were no marks of violence on the throat, but there were abrasions. A kick or a poker would be more likely to produce the scalp wounds than a hatchet. The injuries must have been the resalt of great violence. The Trosecutrix's evidence was then taken. She said she lived next doer but one to the prisoner. While shit was going to the tap for eater, the prisoner sprung from the house and seized her by the throat and threw her down, then kicked her on the heat. While she was getting up the prisoner returned and kicked her on the chin. She gave prisoner no provocation.— daughter of the prosecutrix gave corroborative evidence of the assault.—P.C. Kimber said he found the male prosecutor lying on the floor of his house in a pool of blood. On going to the prisoner's house he found two pokers produced. He found the hatchet at the prosecutor's. The prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, was committed for trial to the Quarter Sessions. Bail was allowed in £3O, and two sureties of £25 each.