Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1889-10-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE FAILURE OF A MIDDLESBROUGH MAGISTRATE.  of age _ deceased and Tuesday night , and tearing her . when one from her sisters. -ist to bed in • highly exalted Ma* at te.. It three on Wednesday moruing got up, instead oi going to clean up a I -'s house for him she went and laid on the t 'witness and hie wife. About six o'clock Jirs to her, but the did not answer. Witness _AI asleep again, and on waking at eight o'clock he found his daughter laid dead alongside him. Deceased's mother pawned her jacket on Monday in consequent:e of witness and his son being out of work.— Ellen Connor, mother of deceased, said on the 30th ult, she asked her daughter if she would let her have her jacket to pledge. Deceased declined, but witness took the jacket and palmed it for 34, and with the money she bought some meat. Deceased would not take any food alter witness pewned the jacket. On the let inst. on witness going to her married daughter's house she found deceased lying on the bed, and she roused her up, when she commenced screaming and tearing her hair. Her married daughter brought deceased home about ten o'clock at night. Deceased went to bed, and MA Bull screaming, but on Niiillollll going to bed shortly alter deceased was sleeping soundly. At four o'clock on the morning of the 2nd inst. witness called deceased up. She went down stair', but instead of going to clean a publichouse bar, as she should have done, she returned to witness's bed, and slept with witness with her clothes on. On witness awaking at eight o'clock she found her daughter laid dead by her side. She did not know that her daughter WAY in the hahit of taking landanum.—Mary Melia, widow, said deceased complained to her that she felt very sleepy, and lay down on a bed, falling I asleep. She corroborated her mother as to the deceased screaming and acting in • strange manner—Annie Cutler, living in Marsh-road, who heard the screams, gave evidence that she asked what was the matter, and was told it was only deceased's bad temper; but the girl said, " You will know what it is in the morning."—Wm. Haworth, assistant to Mr Matthews, chemist, Cannon street, gave evidence that deceased purchased twopennyworth of landau= from him, saying she wanted the laadituum for toothache. Witness gave her eighty drops of laudanum and eighty drops of water.--Dr. Malcomson said he male a postmortem examination of the body. He found the bottle produced in deceased's dress pocket. There was no evidence of death by natnial causes, but he believed that death was due to coma consequent upon deceased having taken a earcotio pot-on—Mr Stead, Borough Analyst, said he could not detect any peculiarity about the stomach. Death resulted from an overdose of landanum.—After hearing the evidence the during agreed that deceased had committed suicide • fit of temporary insanity.  row •4 on  ~.11 was last June. _ - 1 her ao 4h. that he saw crying and enresching • hair. st was when she came Deoessed went to and at half-past morning she got up, but a publican's ho, bed against he spoke fen  her That  own st of be  On Wednesday morning at the Stockton Bankruptcy Court Mr Geo. Watson, of Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, wharfinger, a Justice of the Peace or the borough of Middlesbrough, was examined in bankruptcy by Mr Greenbank, Deputy Offieisl Receiver. The debtor's stittemeot of affairsshowed gross liabilities to the amount of £17,076190 Id, of which £14,966 13s lid was expected to rank against the eidetic His emote were estimated at ./999 4. 7d, and allowing .£.38 lfis 2d therefrom for sheriff's charges under an execution his deSciency amounted to £14,006 7s 6d. The debtor said he commenced business in 1842 as a grocer, with a capital of £.300, and 20 years WO he added the business of a wharfinger. Par four years he had carried on the business of whsrfinger only. Mr John Omerod Whitehead, mortgagee of the Deckliam Hall estate, near Newcastle, had obtained judgment, and issued execution against him. The causes of his insolvency were his being surety for others, and !liability under his covenant to the Deekham Hall Estate Company and the Commended* Brick Company. He was liable to the York City and County Bank, the National Provincial Bank. and Mr Thos. Pigg, of Bishopton, for considerable sums, and in some instances Mr John Dixon, of Skelton, Mr Christopher Moses, Mr W. A. Hutchins, and Mr Win. Longstejle were jointly liable with him. He was liable to Mr Sowerby, of Stokesley. for £5OO on Mr John Dixon's account. lfe bad met an acceptance for £OO, given by Mr W. Brayshay, solicitor, in conuectioa with the Commondale Co. Ile was liable to Mr Whitehead for £lO,BOO on account of tile Doekhain Hail Letate. He was a shareholder in the Docknam Hall Co. Altogether he bad a ivaaced over £6OO for the Deckham Hall Co., and over IE4OO for the Commoudale Co. He had received I no personal benefit from his becoming surety , for others. Ilia own business liabilities, amounted to £lB9 lit 9d only. But for I the liabilities he hal incurred on behalf ; of others he would now have been perfectly sotvent.—By Mr Baraley (for the debtor) : Ile bed invested nearly £2,000 in the two companies. But for his investments in, liabilities for and advances to toes companies he would now have been worth nearly £5.001. He asked Mr Whitehead to realise his security, and be would make up the deficiency, hut Mr Vi'hitehead issued a writ against him instead.— The examination was adjourned.  von Gotinj  *OO4 04141, aid Wing milie 'll to rein%  S. Cate kwe lad I un now "—Rev. C. 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