The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1888-06-23 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SUICIDE OF A BOY AT BISHOP AUCKLAND. —A boy named James l‘deNiff, belonging Sonthterraee, coinniitti.d suicide on Friday week in the Auckland police cells, where he was detained on a charge of theft. He and a boy named Charles King (1.7) were earlier in the afternoon tried by tho Auckland Magi4trates for having on Monday last forcibly entered the lawn tennis pavilion annexed to the Grammar School grounds, and stolen tire pairs of tennis shoes and seven balls, which together were valued at 12s. A boy named Vert acted as aoout whilst McNiff and King forced the door of the pavilion and gained an entrance, and then McNiff forced one of the boxes open and extracted the shoes and balls, which they subseuently hid in • hedge in South Church-lane. King was fined fie, and ordered to receive ten strokes of the birch rod at the hands of Sergeant Lewes. M.,:7oliff having previously served a month for theft was sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment with hard labour, at the end of which he was to have been committed to a Reformatory for three years. Shortly after three o'clock both boys were placed in the one cell. Subsequently King was taken out to be birched, and McNiff , was left in the cell alone. Abbnt half-past four o'clock P.C. Oxenard proceeded to the cell to take McNiff to Durham by the 5.55 train, but on entering he found the boy on the floor dead. It was then ascertained on examination that the unfortunate boy had taken a cord from about his waist, and hung himself to one of the pipes attached to the heating apparatus in the cell, and proofs were not wanting that he had proceeded about the tank in a most determined manner. The weight of his bedy had been too much for the cond, and it consequently snapped, and he foil to the floor in the position in which be was 'Guild by P.C. Oxeuard.—The ingneit was held at the Police Station lastSaterday by Mr J. T Proud, Deputy-Coroner, and the Jury after hear' lug the evidence returned a verlict to the effect that deceased committed suicide whilst temporarily insane, the dread of having to go to Durham for fourteen days having preyed upon his mind,  The trustees el Ramblall's Charity 'nave made A smolt col i=o towards the core of the proPoiled Church of St Aldan, Week Hartlepool. Dr. W. Boyd has been selected for appointimeot to the eidesmanie chair in Durham VAI7 CPuneil, w suocessicn to the late Alderman Herbert Robson.  Swarms Gum Aciarmin Casa Tama.— On Friday week a micas gan accident oa• slurred toe yoneg man, 24 yowl of age, • farm labourer, named l'hoinaa Marshall, • native of Mahon, and raiding with Mr Wilson. farmer, of Staboteunder-Whiteatomatiiffe, Thirek, whereby it is feared he will lose his right hand. He was in the act of cleaning a con out, not knowing it was loaded, when the charge Went off, oompletelx shattering his right hand. IS hrA FARMER OR NOT ?—At the Auckland Police Court on Monday Joshua Beckwith (30), described as a farmer, of Milburnstreet, Crook. was summoned for keeping a dog without a license.—Mr Teale, for the defendant, admitted possession of the dog. bat argued that the defendant came tinder the section of the Act which granted exemption to farmers, and that the Sepervie)r of the district should have granted exemption to the defendant this year, as had been done for three previous years. —The Bench dismissed the case. —Supervisor Thompson gave netiee of appeal. THE BISHOP OF MIDDLEShRoUGH AT