The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1888-06-23 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

BRUTALITY TO • WM.—William Creighton, 16, Elizabeth-street, was charged with I assaulting his wife Allee by kicking her.—P.O. 33 (Rogers) stated that about five on Sunday afternoon he was called to 16, Elizabeth-street. Ile found there the wife of the prisoner bleeding very badly. Afterwards, in company with P.O. 4 (Duckett) he removed her to the hospital. First, she told him her husband had kicked her, and then she denied it. Afterwards she reiterated bar first statement.— Mrs. Sarah Clanoey stated that she and prisoner and his wife had apartments in the same house. On Sunday, about five o'clock, she heard • woman scream" murder." She went into a room occupied by Mrs. Gloomy, and asked .her to go up to Mrs. Creighton's room, but she refused. Witness then went upstairs. On the landing she saw Mrs. Creighton lying on her back. Her husband was kicking her, and the two children were holding him back. She told him it was a shame for him to abuse his wife like that, and with the assistance of the children moved her down to Mrs. 03 suers room. When she was agitates she noticed blood on the landing, and also on the woman's eyes. She could not say that the prisoner had his boots on when he was kicking his wife.—Two of prisoner's children were called. From their evidence it appeared that prisoner had come home to dinner about half-Past two. He asked their mother to get the dinner ready. She was lying on the bed, and told him to get the dinner ready himself. He then struck her in the side with his list, causing her to fall against the bed post.—Dr.lll'Neil said he had examined the woman at her house in Elizabeth street, between nine and ten in the evening. She was suffering from a miscarriage. He had her removed to the Workhouse Hospital. The hemorrhage had not then stopped. There were bruises on her body and arms, and she had a black eye, which was very much swollen. Kicking with • boot would have caused the bruises. On Monday morning he found her very weak and ill and suffering a groat deal of pain.—In reply to the Bench, prisoner mid became loon Sunday to dinner and found his wife lying drunk on the bed. He asked her to make his dinner, and she refused. He struck her once with hit fist, but never with his feet--Prisoner was remanded for a week, at the end of which time it was hoped the wife would be able to appear. Be ON AN Exernz-nousx.—An elderly man named Charles Morrison, Mason.street, was charged with breaking and entering the engine. house of the 60-ton crane, West Float, the property of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, with intent to commit a felony; also wish stealing a clock, oatpsairaorf.ptt2:Bl..srsc: twoypairs of Evan Joteer:Lllll7=3 from the evidence that the prisoner h been employed for many years by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in conneotionwith the cranes &gibe Birkenhead docks, but twelve months ago was discharged on account of continued irregularities. On Saturday last after the men had ceased working, he went to the 60 400 crane on the south side of the West Float and tried to break into the engine-room. Failing to open the doors, he climbed on the roof and crept down the aperture through which the arm of the crane projects. After ransacking the plum and taking tloe articles mentioned in the charge, he forced open • small door and made his way out. The clock he had pawned at Mr. Hill's Price-street, but DODO of the missing tools could be traced. Daring the afternoon it was nottoed by the ponce that the shed had been foroed open. and • watch was kept. Prisoner returning to the place to sleep was discovered, and charged with the robbery. His only reply to the charge was "Very welLn—A remand was granted until Wednesday, when the prisoner (who was formerly in the employ of the Dock Board, and had charge of the crane in question), was sent $o gaol for two months.