Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1876-07-29 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

COM-MIT SUICIDE.— Michael Quigley was brought tap in custody charged with attempting to commit suicide.—Aun Morgan, living in Cambridge-street, said: On Saturday last 1 was in the prisoner's house in Lannard-s.reet, Pertrack. The pii•oner was in the kitchen, and had a razor in his hand. His wife took it from him. He afterwards went upstairs and I followed him. He hat his coat and waistcoat off, and was stabbing himself with a knife about his cuest. Ile handed the knife to his wife, and I afterwards gave it tol Sergt. Thernthwaite.—Dr Butler said : On Saturday night about eight o'clock I was called to the prisoner's house. I found him lying upstairs in bed, bleeding from two incised punctured wounds on the lower portion et the left side of the chest. One wound was about one inch, and the other about 11 inches in length. The point of the knife had been prevented from entering the chest by coming in contact with the rib. I dressed the wounds. Prisoner was very drank and violent. In consequence of prisoner threatening to finish himself, before moving I seat fur Sergeant Thornthwaite.—Sergeant Thomthwaite stated that from information he received he went to the prisoner's house on Saturday night. He found him upstairs lying on a bed. There was blood on his breast. He asked him who he had been stabbing, when he replied "1 have done it." He then asked him what with, and be replied with a pen knife. I asked him the reason why he had done it. He said, "I h ,ve a bad wife ; I wish I was dead. I shall do it." I t9ok possession of the pri,oner's elotties which are saturated with blood. I received the knife I produce from the witness M,rgan. I took the prisoner into custody. On charging him, he replied, "I did it. all the clothes I have I have on. The shirt I neve on has not a batten on it. I have been working regularly."—Prisoner, on being formally charged said, "1 have nothing to say."—He was committed fur nial.  Tumid:ay.—Before W. B. Brayshay and E. Headerson, Esqs. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON • WlFE.—William McCoy was brought up in custody charged with assaulting Lis wife, Catherine MoCas , on Saturday night. The oomp'ainant, ;who horc marks cf the ill-treatment she had received at the hands of her husband, shred that on the night in question, about half-past nine o'clock, she went from her own house in Maritime street to a neighbour's, where hr husband was playing at cartls. Site found him in an upstairs room with some other men, and requested him to come home and get to bed early, so as they would ba able to attend &aped in the morning. He, however, et that tim3 refused o stir, but left about half-anhour afterwaals. On entering his own house he locaed the door, and then made an attack on witness, kicking her on Mil. rout parts of the body. He was perfectly sober at the time, Ewa she added that he had previously assaulted her.—Prisoner, *ho, in answer to the Bench, said he had nothing to say, was fine 20s and costs 9i 41, or in default one month's imprisonment. A DIEORAOE TO HER Sztc.—A disreputable character named Ellen Burns. was charged by P.C. Reay with being drunk and riotous on the previous night. The prisoner, whu lies made the acquaintance of the police in various parts of dee country, was before the magistrates a week ago on a similar charge, and she then was ordered to leave the town. She, however, did not carry out her promise, and on Monday night she was found by the officer in a state of intoxication. He took her into custody, and while in the police station she sulashea a window, and did damage to the extent of 3s. For being drunk and disorderly she was committed to prison tor a month, and /for doing wilful damage she was ordered to be imprisoned for a further period of 14 days.