Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1872-08-01 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DRINK—P.C. Thompson charge' Frederick Baron with being drunk and riotous at Lofthonse, at two o'clock on the morning of the 26th July. Complainant said that defendant was turned out of a public-house, kept by a person named Willis, at the time mentioned, being very noisy. When requested to go home, defendant called complainant " all sorts." He was beastly drunk. Defendant, who gave the Bench a sample of his proclivities, and endeavoured to insinuate that the police were in the habit of drinking at public-houses at L tfthouse, called a witness to corroborate his assertion th at the police-sergeant was.drunk. The Bench thou,Oit it a case which required additional evidence, and dismissed the present charge.—Anthony Atkinson, labourer, did not appear to a charge of being drunk and riotous, at Loftlicuse, on the 21st July. Fined lOs and costs, or one month's hard labour.—Richard Stephenson, chimney-sweep, did not appear to a charge of being drunk and riotous, at Guisborough, on the 23rd July. Defendant and his wife were making a disturbance in the street. Fined 40s, the full penalty and cote.—William Moore. Jane Moore, and William Raynor denied being drunk and riotous at Skelton on the 21st July. The husband and wife were drunk, and troubled with effusing tongues. They turned out into the street, and then Rayner endeavoured to assist the woman in thrashing her husband. Moor was afterwards wheeled to the lock-up in a barrow, being unable to walk. The female prisoner was now anxious to know where she got the beer from to make her "drunk and rowches."— Police Constable Haw said that from ten to eleven o'clock on Sunday night, he found the men fighting, the woman "bleeding fearfully," then one of the defendants flourished a poker, and the other lay down kicking his legs out; he " then shouted, bawled, and made a tremendous noise ;" the woman was drunkest of the three. The men were fighting, and the woman on the top of them, encouraging Raynor to thrash her husband. Moore put his head through Haw's legs, and tried to send him backwards over. In answer to the case, the woman said that h( r husband had "excused " her of a man she knew nothing about, and the man refused to go with her to face it out, as he ought to have done. In answer to Moore, P.C. Haw said he "never saw a more violent man nor a bigger brute in his life." Jane Moore was dismissed on payment of costs; her husband was fined 20s and costs; and Raynor was fined JOe and costs, or in default 14 days' bard labour. ALLEGED ASSAULT IN A CORNFIELD AND WILFUL Donuts.— Martin Richardson Shaw charged Samuel Sinford (who dii not appear) and William Smith with assaulting him at Lofthouse, on the 28th July. Prosecutor said that the defendants were in an oat field on Sunday night. He said that he would fetch some one to move them, and if they did not go away quietly he would make them. Ihe defendants then "at him," by the head, neck, and everywhere, and threatened to murder him, until he went down on his knees and promised he would not say anything about it. When served with the summons, defendants denied the assault, but admitted that they had trespassed unwittingly. A witness saw the oomplainant run home, shouting, " Feyther, lock the door; they have nearly killed me, and they will give it you next." In answer to the case Smith said he was on his way home from Moorsholm camp meeting, and had got accidentally out of the path. Complainant then rushed up and collared hold of Linford, and he merely interfered to separate them. Complainant was very impudent. —A second summons charged John M.Kerman, Samuel Linford, William Johnson, and William Smith, with wilful and maliciously damaging& crop of oats and some fences, at Liverton, on the 28th July, the property of Thomas Snaw. Linford was fined 20s and costs for the assault, and the defendants were ordered to pay 3s 68 damages and 21s expenses in the other case. The case of assault against Smith was dismissed.