Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-03-01 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

COIIIIITTED FOR TRIAL.  was again brought before the i'dagistimes on Wednesday. The prosecution was eon&heed by the police, and the prisoner had no solicit-cr. Prisoner still seemed to feel the eeriou.sness of the charge against him.—Frank Wilkie, puddler, lodging in Cherry-lane, brother of thedeceased, repeated the evidence he had git en at the inquest.— Mary Aim Smith, who lit est with the prieotir at Itiviebridge's lodging-house, Cherry-lane, where she meted as "deputy," said that on flatnrday night the deceased came home to the home, shout ten o'clock, the wane fur drink. lie made some remaiks to her about her hair, aiel she replied, Can't I do my own hair as I like ?" Ile said "Yes,' adding some foul expressions. In oonsequence of deceased's language she went out and fetched the prisoner, and pointed deceased out to him is the man who hail been calling her foul (mines. Prisoner asked deceased what he Meant by it, and struck him, and they started to souffle. i'veceased ran to the door and tried to get away. Prisoner followed, and after the door had bore shut the heard the deceased cry out "Murder!" she ran out., and found deceased lying on the ground, ansi prisoner standing close to him. Two or three of tie lodgers came and carried deceased in. and he died in a minute or two afterwards.—The Magi.thetas' Clerk: You say Watson strtvck the first blow 2 As a matter of fact, did the deceased ever strike le prisoner at all ? Witness : I cannot say that he did, sir. He ran to the door as soon as he had a chance. The Magistrates' Clerk : Them there was no fight 2—Witness: No, sin—Jelin Kelly, puddler, lodging at the house be question, deposed to the offensive expressions used by deceased to Sniith. When prisoner came in he said, Which is him 2" Smith pointed to deceased and said, "There," Prisoner said, "If I abuse her with foal language, I won't allow you," and knocked him down with a blow in the mouth. As deteae.d was getting up, prisoner again knocked him down. He got up, and made towards the door, saying, "I'll soon End someone who'll settle you for what you've done." Prisoner followed him outside, and witness heard deceased cry, Murder !" "Police!" Going out, he found deceased lying on the ground, mid prisoner standing by. Witness said, "You must have kicked him, or he wouldn't be in this state," for he found he was helpless. Prisoner said, "No. Look at the boots I've got on." Witness went for deceased's brother, end when he returned deceased was dead.— James Donovan, puddler, another lodger, gave evidence to the same effect. After prisoner bad fired knocked the deceased down witness remonstrated with him.—James Wilson (16), of 13, James - street, deposed that as he was passing the lodging-house on Saturday night he heard a disturbance Inside, and stopp.ed. Two men came out, and the second one kicked the first. The latter was standing at the time, and after being kicked be walked about two yards and foil against the wall, shouting "Murder '." Witness did not stay until the disturbance was all over. On Monday he saw the body of the deceased at the mortuary, and recog11140d it as that of the man who was kicked. The witness was questioned as to being able to identify the prisoner, but he seemed uncertain about it. Ile heard the man who gave the kick say, "If I did kick him, the shoes I have on would not hurt anyone."— Dr. Wilson stated the results of his external and noel-mei-fern examinations, as given at the inquest. He found no axle:l-nal reArks of violence, either at the first examination or at the post-mortem, The deceased's heart; was unhealthy, bat the disease was not of such a nature as to render him liable to snddott death is. an ordinary way. There was not sufficient disease to cause sudden death without souse violence or same extreme shock to the system. The Magistrates', Clerk: You have heard the evidence given to-day. Would such violence as you have heard de's:shed be likely to cause his death? —Witness: Yes. Such violence, to that man would be very likely to cause, d,•ath.—lnapeetor Gould, who apprehended the p risen e r on Saturday night, said that when charged prisoner said: "All I have to say is, I never kicked the man." He also said that ho was on his way to the Police Station to give himself up.— In answer to the usual formula, prisoner now said: "All I have to say is that I didn't kink the man. He "