The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1888-04-21 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SHE WAS ALL WORSE AND NO BETTER.— On Monday before the Auckland Bench John Maddock, of Senniside, was summoned under the Married Women's Act for having deserted his wife, Isabella Maddock.—The prosecutrix stated that she was afraid of her husband, and asserted that he bad left her without any means of support since the 3rd of April, when he took the furniture away. and said he would not support her any longer.—The defendant made a long statement in defence, in which he stated that his wife once told him that he was not fit to " tie another man's shoes," and that on another occasion the prosecntrix "flew at him," and the wife's mother "dew" at him another. day.—The Chairman (to the defendant) : Well, you married her for better or for worse, and it seems it has been for the worse. (Langhter.) Have von any witnesses to call?—The defendant: Yes; I call Mr Brown, but I don't know whether he is locked up or not. (Roars of laughter.)—Brown, however, put in an appearance, and described in a most characteristic manner what he witnessed and heard on one occasion, and another witness swi.e.e that he overheard the prosecntrix tell her husband that when he went to sleep she would "split his head with the poker."—The Bench thought man and wife were equally to blame, and dismissed the case. VACCINATION PROSECUTIONS AT BISHOP ArCKLAND. William 1313M110a11, Chemist and druggist, of High-street, Spennymoor,was on Monday charged before the Auckland Bench with re. fusing to have his child vaccinated, it being contrary to the Act of Parliament. Mr J. E. Townend, Vaccination Officer for the sub-district of Auckland, proved the case.—The Chairman (to defendant) : Have you anything to say ?--The defendant: I have had one child killed by vaccination.—The Chairman; Killed by vaccination ?—The defendant: Yes. Until then I did all I could to keep the law, but I won't be a party to murder this child.—The Chairman: The question is —Why have you disobeyed the law ?—The defendant: I have lost one child in endeavouring to keep the law I won't have another lost.—Mr Chaytor, J.P. (from the Bench) : It might be so. But if your child had taken the small-pox it might have killed itself and other children.—The defendant : More is due to sanitary en angements than vaccination—The Chairman pointed out that the Bench were not legislators, and that the defendant had refused to have his child vaccinated, and fined him 103 including the costs. Thomas Watson, of Bishop Auckland, was also summoned for a similar offence.—The Chairman: Is there anything you have got to say ?—The defendant: Only I have great objections to it.—He was fined 10s, including the costs.  DARLINGTON CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE AND TIM Bunorr.—An adjourned meeting of the Darlington, Durham. and North Riding Chamber of Agriculture was held in the Central Hall, Darlington, on Monday for the purpose of considering the Budget proposals as far SA they related to agriculture.—Mr Curry moved that the Budget, as far as it applied to agriculture, was satisfactory to the Chamber. He thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer meant to deal very leniently with farmers. (Hear, hear.) —Mr Wade seconded. He did not think that there was anything to complain about —Mr Coates thought that the term •• horse dealer," on whom it was proposed to impose a tax, should be clearly defined. He also thought that a tax should be imposed on cattle dealers.—Mr Wordsworth (cattle dealer) said that he had advocated the imposition of a tax upon cattle dealers for years, on condition that no one was allowed to deal in cattle nulese they bad paid the tax. —On being put, the motion was unanimously agreed to. I —Mr W. T. Sco,rth drew attention to tha unsatisfactory position in which the cattle weigh in Darlington Cattle Market was placed. He said that it was utterly useless, there being a road into it, but no road out of it.—A discussion took place as to the utility of weighing cattle, and it was agreed to draw the attention of the Corporation to the uniffitiafactory position of the weigh, and also to the state of the gates and alleys in the market.