The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1893-05-13 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

LEEDS ASSIZES.  , At the Leeds Assizes on Monday Thomas Temple (2d), a soldier, was indicted for having burglarionsly entered the dwelling-house of Edward James Porter, and stolen a sixgallon cask of beer, a silver watch and , chain, and other articles. The prisoner's defence was a denial of the charge, but the jury found him guilty. His lordship, taking the view that what the prisoner and the others with him wanted in the house was more the beer than anything else, ordered him to be imprisoned for three months with hard labour.—Walter Silverwood (31), labourer, and George Regan (M, labourer, were indicted for having assaulted ICharles Edison, and stolen from him a quantity lof food at Goole on the 2nd April. The jury found I the prisoners guilty. They were each ordered to 'be imprisoned for six months with hard labour.— Hy. Dixon (=), servant, pleaded guilty to burglary at York on the 21st March, and the theft of jewellery, valued at £53. Having been previously convicted several times, his lordship ordered him to be kept in penal servitude for five years..—Fanny Fell (64), factory I hand, pleaded guilty to having stolen a cloth jacket from the shop of George Merriman, at York, on the Bth April. She was sentencod to twelve months' imprisonment, with bard labour.—Arthur McCloskey (21), labourer, pleaded guilty to having burglarious!), entered he house of Jasper G. S. Davies, at Marton, and stolen a sovereign and a quantity of jewellery on the 10th ApriL He was ordered to be kept in penal servitude for three years.—Fred Cooke (24), groom. pleaded guilty to having obtained a quantity of whisky by false pretences at Kirbymoorside on April 3rd. He was ordered to be imprisoned for one month. Sampson Williams (54), labourer, pleaded guilty to having maliciously set fire to a stack af hay, the property of Thomas Flawith, of Eaaingwold. I Be, having been previously convicted of an i offence of this kind, was ordered to be kept in penal servitude for three years.—George Collins (22), farm labourer, pleaded guilty to having forged and uttered an order for the delivery of goods at Goole on the 11th April. Sentence deferred.  The business was continued on Tuesday. —Anthony O'Brien (23), labourer, and John Grady .(28), laboarer, were arraigued on is charge of having broken into the dwellinghouse of • John Rowe at Thornaby on the night of the sth March. It will he remembered that in this case one of the prisoners was oaught on the premises, whilst the other was smartly arrested at Middlesbrough. Prisoners were fonnd guilty and sentenced to nine calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour.-Rose Gilyeat (21), of no °collation. was indicted for wounding her child, arah Elizabeth Gilyeat, with intent to murder her, at Hemingborough, near Selby, on the 2ath March. Mr Perk', who prosecuted, said that the child was illegitimate. It seemed that on the 29th March the prisoner asked her little brother to get a razor for her. On the razor being given to her she locked henasit in a bed-room with her child, who soon afterwards was heard to scream. A neighbour broke into the room and discovered that the child's thrust had been cut.-7-Dr. Gordon, of Selby, was called in, and succeeded in saving the child's life. The doctor now informed the Court that he formed a distinct opinion at the time that the prisoner was not responsible for her actions. The child was about ten days old.— The jury returned a verdict that ,the prisoner was "Guilty of unlawfully wounding, but was not responsible for the act."—His lordship: You mean that she was insane at the time?— The Foreman: Yes, my lord.—His lordship: Then I must order her to be detained in a criminal lunatic aavitun during Her Majesty's pleasure.— Edward Marshall, alias Lamb (48), labourer, was arraigned on a charge of having stolen a lady's dresaing-case and its contents, of the value of £4 10s, belonging to Miss Jane Annie Todd, a schoolmistress, at Knaresboiough. on the 9th December last. Prisoner, who had undergone two previous terms of penal servitude, was found and sentenced to 12 calendar months' hard labour.—Benjamin Watson (33), labourer, was indicted for having attempted to steal a watch from the person of Henry Barker, brewer's traveller, at Conisborough, near Doncaater, on the loth April. Prisoner was sentenced to six calendar months' hard labour.  The Bishop of Durham on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a new church house and institute in connection with St. Mary's Church, Tyne Dock. Haysarros Hum