The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-09-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

LOVING . COMPANY.—Thomas Parsons, Francis  Belau, asebitant surveyor, £lO4 ;' alr Thos. Waik-;, ! suffer for the improper conduct of two or ti Parson., and Grace Denham were charged with bookkeeper, £104; Mr Thos. Parkieson, gas rents cob i lows. assaulting and threatening Charlotte Parsons. The lector, £100; Mr Jacob Deans, scavenging inspector, The CILAIRMAN remarked that a lot of supervision complainant, an old, grey-haired woman, said she was £9B les ; Mr G. Robson, foreman, £lO4 ; Mr Barker, would be required, and the cost would be great, the wife of the defendant Thos. l'arsons, and the router inspector, 1:62 Os; Mr John etewart, cemetery All Domes took it that nine.tenths of the men were mother of Francis Parsons, the other male defendant. keeper, £124 ;—and likewise £lO lOs per annum for at- . to earn *sufficient th usaMtain their wives and The woman Denham lived with her (complainant's) tending to the cattle market and a house to live in anxi'us son. Latterly they had all treated her very badly, rent free ; Mr A. K Trotter, medical officer of health, familia, and would assist to control those who were and she WU afraid that they would do her some serious £80; Mr William Atkinson, office clerk, £80; Mr disposed to misbehave themselves. He moved " that harm. On Monday and Tuesday last the woman DenJ. W. Jarritt, office clerk, 062 le 84 ; Mr Juo, Messrs Backhouse and Co. be requested to allow the ham beat her violently over the head with a fire shovel, Hudson, market inspector, £2O; Mr B. Cassia, baths Mag yard to be re-opened for such men as the Labour kept her without food, and otherwise ill-treated her. keeper, £59 Iris and a house rent free; Mr H. Lilystone, office clerk, £67 12. ; Mr John Lancaster, -. the tea she could get hold of instead of tobacco." The Test Committee tMnk are deserving and as have con- More than this she stole the food, and "smoked all office clerk, £5O; Mr Symmonds, messenger, £26; ducted themselves, and shall continue to conduct defendant Thomas Parson (complainant's husband) Mr C. Waller, office clerk. 031 4s ; Mr Hebert themselves in a proper manner; that proper super- attempted to murder (complainant) whilst she lay in Willis, Borough Hall keeper, eee and house rent free; vision be provided, end that any person guilty of bed, and her son bad also assisted in the ill-usage.— E. Humble, odes boy, £l5 Is; Mr J. Bell, inspector of weights and measures, had I:15 ;Mr Booth, Town -• ". e . . I,en n r conduct of any description be forthwith The woman Denham was the only one of the defenSergeant, £5 • Miss Caroline Bareroft, matron of fever expelled, nod, if it appear expedient, proceeded dents who appeared in Court. She denied the charge, and produced a quantity of loose hair which she said hosii-al, £s2' and house rent free ; Mr Wright, the against." the complainant had pulled out of her head.—The librariam £BO and house free; and Miss E. Wright, The Rev. Thou. LAw seconded the motion. Magistrates ordered eacii of the defendanta to be assist int, 1.:'..0 and house fire; making a total of Aid. NELSON said he would be the last man to oppose ' bound over in their own recognisance, and one surety £4,835 lei. This was a very large soro indeed for the the motion, bat the matter was assuming a serious ;of £5, to be of good behaviour for the next three Corporation to pay their officials, and in the face of efitude, and it behoved them to throw all sentimen- ' months. In default, the defendants will be detained having a r ne-thdaixpenny poor rate, and other rates in tality aside, and look the facts in the face. What in gaol for three months. me p,rtion, it behoved them to do what they could Sc with increasing local and imperial taxation, many rate- A