Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-06-15 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

BECTAL ASSAULTS ON WOMEN AT MIDDLESBROUGH.  At the Middlesbrough Police Court on Monday, before Mr C. J. Coleman. Stipendiary, a I woman, named Mary McDermott, pleaded guilty to a charge of aesaulting Bridget Mary Brannan, in Durham-place. From the .evi. • deuce adduced it appeared that comp7ainant's daughter, a girl aged 13 years, had some word, with prisoner: when the latter commenced to chastise the girl with a wooden rolling-pin. The I girl screamed, and complainant went to her • aisistance. As prisoner would not desist from ill-using the girl Mrs Brannan struck her, I aud prisoner retaliated by dealing her a! murderous blo-e.. in the face iiith the rolling pin. Complainant fel, to the ground. aud on being ex. I amined by Dr. NlcCuaig, police surgeon, he found that both bones of her nose had been broken and her eyesight had been so seriously affected that she %sae unable to see.—Prisoner, who sceined to trcat the affair very lightly, 11113 sent to gaol for one mouth with hard labour.  At the Middlesbrough Police Court on Wednesdaya seaman named Peter McGregor was charged with committing an aggravated assault upon a woman named roily De Lacey on Monday.— Complainant said she was in a be,..rhouse in the town on Monday. when she met prisoner, and he took her on Ecara hi a ship. After having some biscuits with prisoner the latter fell asleep. She asked an..ther man who was on board to alcen him up, which he did, and prisoner then attempted to take liberties with her. She resisted, and he struck her violently seseral times, but prisoner's companion got her away. As she was leaving the vessel prisoner thrust her overboard, and she would have been drowned had it nc,t been for the assistance rendered by prisoner's companion, who jumped overboard and got her out of the water. She had a female friend on board with her.—By Mr Thompson (who defended,: She had tramped from York, where she belonged, and on Monday morning bad had several glasses of drink before she went on board the vessel.—A woman named Hewitson, and prisoner's companion, deposed to seeing prisoner assault complainant, but said that the woman fell overboard, and was not pushed into the water.— Dr. Young spoke to complailiant.3 injuries, and his Worship sentenced prisoner to six weeks' hard labour. He said be believed from the evidence that prisoner bad no intention of pushing complainant overboard, bat he had been guilty of a MT brutal assault.  A \% omen's League has beau form.,il iii Now Orleans with the epecial object of looking a!ter the treatment of women in prisons, police *Winne, and asylums.  INDIA, CEYLON, CHINA, and all renowned tea-producing countries are eelerted by MessraHorniman Po securing the best growths for their far famed and highly approved speciality, known as Horniman's Pare Tea. British enterprise enables bleip,rs Horniman to offer, through their appointed agents, a new Itc,,Notrr Pure Tea ; it affords marvellous vales, and those The avail themselves of this opportunity will find it exactly suited to the palate as well as the puree of the period. Further information on application to Horniman and Co., Tea Importers, 79 to SS, Worniwood-street, City, London, who simply samples gratis and post free. As 'mitatlpnii are offered, note Lin Importers' slip:Lattice and trade mark are on each genuine packet: The teuewtog le a list of Charmer* aad others selling llor nituaa's Tea :—Eitooktua: Clarke. obsmist Co-eperatlye Society. South Stockton: Stonehenge chemist. filiddlesbrpaght illiddlNion, 13, Clevehual inrrace; Taylor, I,in thorpe-road; 11.11, Marton-road. Stoliesley: Seotivin, bookseller. ltedcar: Cooke, chern.st; Inckerscill, confectioner. Bretton: Walker, Chelan& calScm Ellis, Chemist. North Ormasby [Crab statiouss Whitby; IfrOl.llll. chemist TOWLIt's PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS TOM VtaIfALYN gnickly correct all Irregularities wad , relieve leee deeiseeetuT symptoms so Weasel& with the sex. Roses la 1 1 and 2e 9d, of all Ckleriile&ol. bent anywhere for I or 34 stamp* by the Ltxtut.t4 ANL, oI,AND Cot:N/145 Dltliti GO, LlNtiPliNi