Barton upon Humber Family History

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JANUARY 2ND 1869

MONDAY - A female boxer, Mary Ann Jacklin, was charged with unlawfully threatening to murder her husband, Alfred Jacklin.
Mr. Mason supported the information.
On Saturday evening the defendant said some abusive language and struck her husband on the head with a poker.
They had quarrelled, the wife having given cause for jealousy by harbouring a man in the house.
The magistrates decided to bind each party (husband and wife) to keep the peace in one surety of five pounds.
The sureties were duly entered into and the parties left the court.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 6TH 1869

SUDDEN DEATH ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Betsy Chapman 16 years of age, daughter of George Chapman, a working maltster, was returning to her father’s house in Newport Street, having been to a grocer’s shop, when she fell near her father’s house and expired in a few minutes.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 6TH 1869

A TRAMP NAMED SIMPSON, was sent to prison for one month with hard labour, for stealing a pair of stockings, the property of John Nottingham, labourer, Barton.
The stockings had been stolen off a line in the rear of the prosecutors premises.
Superintendent Thoresby proved the case.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 20TH 1869

AN ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR THE ALLEGED BITE OF A DOG - Joshua Edwards, a fitter, in the services of the Railway Company at New Holland, sued Mr. George Beaumont, leasee of the refreshment rooms at New Holland, and of the Railway Hotels at New Holland and Hull, for damages sustained by the bite of a dog, which it was alleged, belonged to the defendant.
Mr. Mason was for the plaintiff.
The case was called on before the arrival of the Hull train; consequently none of the defendant’s party were present.
Plaintiff, on being sworn, stated that on the third [of] October he was passing the defendant’s Hotel at New Holland, on his way to work (he had his hands in his pockets at the time), when he saw the defendant’s ostler with three dogs; a scotch dog caught hold of his leg and bit him; he suffered considerable pain in consequence of the bite; he had also paid £1 1s for medical attendance, [he] was a month unwell afterwards; the dog had been two years in defendant’s possession.
He made application to the defendant through a solicitor, for compensation; his application was unanswered.
Jackson Garbutt, Railway Clerk, was called and stated that the dog had attempted to bite a railway porter. But had desisted on his calling him.
Other witnesses were called to make out the plaintiff’s case.
His Honour gave judgement for £10 and costs.
On the case concluding, Mr. Spurr, defendant’s solicitor, arrived in court and demanded a new trial, which was granted after an argument between the solicitors engaged on either side, the defence being that the dog was not Mr. Beaumont’s and secondly he never knew the dog to be vicious.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES FEBRUARY 20TH 1869

BREACH OF THE HIGHWAY ACT - Samuel Gurson, a waggoner in the service of Mr. Charles Burkhill, was summoned for, that he, being the driver of a certain waggon with three horses, was at too great a distance from them to have any control over them.
Police Constable Rowbottom proved the case.
It appeared that the defendant had been leading grain at Barton, and on the return journey had an additional waggon, also with three horses yoked to it.
On getting to the top of Ferriby Hill, the first team ran away, while the defendant was looking after the second team, and knocked down a wall in the village.
Happily no other injury was done.
Fined 5s and 4s costs which were paid.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES APRIL 24TH 1869

MONDAY - Levi Robinson, a tramping showman was sent to prison for one calendar month with hard labour, for stealing a cotton shirt, the property of Benjamin Whitehead, at Barrow Mere.
The shirt which was valued at two shillings, was stolen from off a hedge, where, with other linen, it had been placed to dry.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES APRIL 4TH 1869

George Bone, labourer, was charged with stealing two live, tame rabbits, the property of Robert Hannay, labourer, Barton.
At one thirty am on Sunday, the prisoner was met by Police Constable Rowbottom, who searched him and found the rabbits in his pockets, and failing to give any account of them, was taken into custody.
The prisoner had been convicted of felony at Kirton Sessions, January 1862 and sentenced to 8 month’s hard labour.
Robert Hannay, the prosecutor, identified the rabbits as his property, they had been stolen from an out building on his premises.
The prisoner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 6 month’s hard labour.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES MAY 1ST 1869

MARY SOWERBY was charged with assaulting Ann Dent at South Ferriby.
A week [ago] on Wednesday, the defendant assaulted the complainant in Kingston Terrace.
The defendant’s daughter put complainant out of the house by the hair of her head and the defendant struck complainant with a broom shaft 5 or 6 times on the head and committed numerous injuries on the face of the complainant.
Rachel Semper, a domestic servant at The Nelthorpe Arms, Sth. Ferriby, deposed to seeing the assault committed by the Sowerby’s and to Mrs. Sowerby striking the complainant with a heavy stick.
For the defence, Dinah Smith, alias ‘Fly Jack’ was called, but the magistrates refused to believe a word she said.
The Bench convicted the defendant of the assault.
Clarissa Ann Sowerby was then charged with assaulting Fanny Dent.
The case was proved and each of the defendants were then fined 5s and costs, or in default, 14 days hard labour.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES MAY 15TH 1869

A NOTED WIFE BEATER IN TROUBLE - Henry Chapman of Fleetgate, was brought up, charged with being drunk and disorderly in the town street of Barton on Saturday night last.
Police Constable Richard Blades, who apprehended the defendant, proved the case.
Mr. Superintendent Thoresby proved that he frequently caused a disturbance by beating his wife; when he was drunk he was a most outrageous fellow.
The Chairman (to the defendant) “If your wife brings you here for beating her, we will send you to prison for 6 month’s with hard labour, under The Act for the Protection of Women and Children.”
The defendant was fined 5s and costs or 14 days in default.
The money was paid.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JUNE 9TH 1869

An inquest was held on Thursday at  The Nag’s Head, on view of the body of Thomas Dawson, who met with an accident in working a steam sawmill on Monday, when a piece of timber flew off in sawing and struck the deceased on the lower part of his body.
Death ensued on Thursday evening.
A verdict of ‘Accidental Death’ was returned.
The deceased leaves 5 small children and a wife, the latter in an advanced state of consumption.
Deceased’s mother on law; upwards of 90 years old, was also dependent on him for support.
The jury opened a subscription to meet the case.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JUNE 19TH 1869

The first conviction under the Industrial Schools Act 1866, took place at the Police Court on Wednesday evening before Thomas Tombleson Esq. and the Rev. C. W. Markham, when Mary Ann Allen, an Irish girl, was brought up before The Bench and charged by P.C. Blades, with unlawfully wandering abroad and begging alms that day. At half past one o’clock.
The Magistrates committed the girl to the Industrial School at Hull until she shall have achieved the age of 16 years.
The Magistrate told the unfortunate girl that she was being sent to the Industrial School out of kindness (she being neglected by her parents).
If she behaved herself well, at the expiration of her sentence she would obtain a situation for which the Industrial School would prepare her.
One of the Magistrates said he would visit the school as soon as it was convenient to do so.
The poor girl seemed thankful to escape from the evil line of life, in which by her parent’s neglect, she had been cast.




Hull and North Lincolnshire Times Saturday 12th July 1869

‘ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER' - On Saturday a shoemaker, named John Sinclair, a man about 46 years old, attempted to kill his wife by stabbing her with a knife.
The consequences of the rash and murderous act well nigh proved fatal to the unfortunate woman, Jane Sinclair.
About two years ago Mrs. Sinclair obtained protection for her property; her husband had at that time been absent several years, and had been serving in the Federal Army during the American War.
Sinclair came back to Barton ill-used, and threatened to murder his wife.
In default of finding sureties he was sent to gaol for two months and almost within a week of the termination of his sentence he repeated the offence, and was again sent to prison.
After his release he threatened to murder his wife, and but for the timely interference of the neighbours he would have completed his purpose.’
‘The accused was brought before the magistrate at Barton on Monday. As he appeared to be suffering from illness he was accommodated with a chair. - John Todd, a relative of the prisoner’s wife, was the first witness called, and deposed as follows:
“I am a labourer at Barton, and was in the house of the prisoner’s wife (who is parted from her husband) on Saturday night, between seven and eight o’clock, when the prisoner came in, and after some conversation he said to me, ‘I want to talk with you.’
I said ‘Well.’
Prisoner said ‘You behaved very bad to me last night in shoving me out of the house, you threw me on my back.’
I said ‘Nowt but right.’
The prisoner then used foul language and his wife said, “Go out of the house, I don’t want a row.”
Prisoner pushed her with his left hand and knocked her down. I then catched him under his chin and knocked him down. As soon as he was down upon his back I saw the shoemaker’s knife (now produced) in his right hand. I then got hold of him by the throat, as I feared the use of the knife and held him down until I got assistance.
The prisoner was then dragged out of the house by the legs. As soon as I got up I found a man named Coulam, who came in and placed Mrs. Sinclair on a sofa, and she became sick.”
Mr John Morley, Surgeon, Barton upon Humber deposed that he was sent for between 8 and 9 o’clock on Saturday evening. Saw the prisoner’s wife on a sofa downstairs. Sent her upstairs with her mother and sister.
“As soon as she was undressed I followed her upstairs, examined her, and found a wound one inch long and half an inch deep on her left side, on a line with the eighth rib, and about eight inches from the spine. Fat was protruding from the lips of the wound. Her stays were cut, and there was blood on the chemise about the size of a crown piece.”
By the Bench: “It was such a wound as might have been made by the shoemaker’s knife now produced.”
The prisoner declined for the present to put any questions to the witness.
Prisoner was then remanded.
On Wednesday the prisoner was again placed at the bar.
Jane Sinclair was the first witness called. She gave her evidence in feeble accent and appeared to be very weak.
She said “The prisoner came to my house on Saturday night. I was then in the sitting room; my youngest little girl and John Todd my brother in law, were also there.
The prisoner sat in a chair and said to me, ‘I’ll have a warrant and send you to prison, the same as you sent me for four months.’
I said ‘What for? What have I done amiss?’
Prisoner said, ‘You were seven months gone in the family way when I went away.’
I said ‘You rascal, what do you mean?’
I then got up and walked towards the kitchen; when I saw the prisoner start to his feet and put his hand to his bosom. The prisoner then rushed towards me. I fell down and felt my back like to break. That is all I remember. When I came to myself I was laid upon a sofa in the room. I was not aware I had sustained any injury.”
John Todd, labourer, Barton, repeated the evidence which he gave on Monday, and also added that Robt. Brumpton came to the house, and the prisoner went through his (Brumpton’s) legs out of the door.
The prisoner here said, “ The first and last statements of the witness do not correspond.”
William Coulam deposed: “ I am a brick maker living at Barton, nextdoor to Mrs. Sinclair. On Saturday evening last, from a quarter to half past seven, I heard a scream of murder. I went to Sinclair’s house and found Mrs Sinclair crudled [sic] down on her side near the back door. Several men were taking the prisoner out of the house as I went in. I never interfered with the prisoner. I picked Mrs. Sinclair up and set her in a chair against the fire. She complained of her side hurting her.”
Prisoner; “Was it in the front room or the back kitchen where you found Mrs. Sinclair?”
Witness: “In the back kitchen.”
Robert Brumpton, a working maltster, deposed as follows:
“I was in the street opposite to Sinclair’s house on Saturday night. I heard someone cry ‘Murder!’ A woman came out and said, ‘Will none of you come in, we shall have murder done in this house tonight.’
I ran straight into the house.
The prisoner was laid on his back in the passage and I helped Thomas Cook to drag him out. I perceived the knife produced in the prisoner’s right hand, and  when we got him out I took the knife from him and put it in my pocket. I held the prisoner till the policeman (Blades) came.
John Beck, of Barton, gentleman, deposed that on Saturday morning, about eight o’clock, he saw the prisoner going past Robert Stevenson’s shop in High Street, which is fifteen yards from Sinclair’s street.
“I heard the prisoner say, ‘They have poisoned a child of mine and Mrs. Bethell, and before I sleep I’ll wash my hands in their heart’s blood.’ I never saw the prisoner in my life before. His language was very bad and he was much excited. Made me notice him, prisoner was passing his wife’s house at the time.”
By the prisoner: [sic] “You were with Franklin, the coal loader at the time. I am certain you said what I have stated.”
Prisoner: “The Lord have mercy upon your soul.”
Mr John Morley repeated the evidence he gave on Monday, and added: “The clothes produced are those worn by Mrs. Sinclair. The direction of the wound was near the base of the heart. It was a downward thrust with a knife.”
Superintendent Thoresby deposed to receiving the prisoner into his custody.
Witness charged him with having attempted to murder his wife by stabbing her with a knife.
In reply the prisoner said, “She has not received any bodily injury has she?”
Prisoner repeated the question.
Witness received the knife, which he produced, from Robert Brumpton, and the clothes from Mrs. Todd. They were marked with blood and had evidently been pierced with some sharp instrument. Prisoner afterwards said, “I am not drunk but mad.”
The witness then put in two convictions against the prisoner, on which he had suffered two month’s imprisonment for each offence, that of threatening to murder his wife.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial, for unlawfully, maliciously and feloniously wounding his wife.
Jane Sinclair

The Mrs. Bethell referred to in this story was Rebecca Bethell - Widow of Peter Bethell (the only Bethell's living in Barton at the time according to the 1861 Census and parish registers).
Rebecca Bethell died 26.11.1867 at Caistor Road (Bronchitis 3 weeks), Barton upon Humber, age 76.
Me being curious - I sent for Rebecca Bethell's will which she had recently changed revoking all other wills, and she had left everything equally between Jane Sinclair and a niece- Elizabeth Hesseltine of Hull  'except for my desk with drawers and explanation testament,' which was left to her cousin Thomas Skinner in Luds in the County of York.
Her burial is in St. Peter's Parish register 29.11.1867.
See also Hull and North Lincolnshire Times report dated 02.03.1867.
If anybody out there is related to any of these people I would love to hear from you.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JULY 24TH 1869

BARTON - All business was suspended on Thursday in consequence of the Royal Visit to Hull.
Mr. D. Cobb of the extensive whiting works on the Waterside Road, treated his workmen and their wives to Hull, paying their wages and expenses for the day.
The ‘Fast Steamer’ Hope, on Wednesday afternoon arrived at Brough Haven nearly an hour after the Royal Party had left for Brantingham Thorpe.
We trust this will be the last time we shall hear of it’s exploits.





HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JULY 24TH 1869

EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION - At the Police Court on Monday, Mr. Superintendent Thoresby applied to The Bench for advice under the following circumstances:
On Sunday night, a shoemaker in search of employment, carrying with him his tools &c, walked from Kirton Lindsey to Barton, a distance of eight miles.
He got in the town between ten and eleven o’clock and on application to the relieving officer, was refused a night’s lodgings.
He (Mr Thoresby) found the man a night’s lodgings and food and on being searched the poor fellow had only two pence in his pockets.
The reason which the relieving officer assigned for not relieving the man was that it was after ten o’clock.
The reason of the man being so late was the extreme length of his journey and the extreme heat of the hot weather.
Another case Mr. Thoresby mentioned in which a poor woman, who, with her family, had walked from Beverley, was offered a ticket by the relieving officer, for Brigg Workhouse.
It was then six o’clock at night, and the applicant sent them to a lodging house and paid the charges himself.
Another case was that of a lame man who could walk no further. He locked him up in a stable.
The Magistrate said Mr. Thoresby, who had acted with great humanity in the matter, must lay the case before The Board of Guardians at Brigg.
He might send a report through one or more of the Barton Guardians and ask The Board for instructions as to how he should act in future cases.
Mr. Mackrill supported Mr. Thoresby’s application.



HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES JULY 31ST 1869

LINCOLN ASSIZES - CROWN COURT - SATURDAY (BEFORE BARON CLEASBY) - THE POST OFFICE ROBBERY AT BARTON - CONVICTION OF THE ACCUSED. George Edward Wray (18), printer, pleaded guilty to stealing a certain post letter, containing thirty penny postage stamps, the property of Her Majesty’s Post Master General, at Barton St. Peter’s, Barton upon Humber, on the 14th day of December 1868; also to stealing a certain post letter, containing one brass ring and two gold rings, the property of Her Majesty’s Post Master General, at Barton St. Peter’s, on 20th April 1869; also to stealing a certain post letter containing one half sovereign, one locket and thirty six postage stamps, the property of Her Majesty’s Post Master General, at Barton St. Peter’s, Barton-on-Humber.
His lordship said, “Sit down prisoner, I will consider your case.”
After an interval of a few minutes the prisoner was again placed at the bar, where-upon Mr. Waddy rose and addressed His Lordship in mitigation of punishment, and produced several letters as to character - one especially from the Vicar of Swaffham, Norfolk, and another from the Overseers and Churchwardens of the same place, testifying to the previous high character of the prisoner.
His Lordship (addressing the prisoner), said that he (the prisoner) had taken advantage of the high character and trust imposed in him and had committed the series of robberies of which he had that day pleaded guilty.
However, he (the Judge) might regret personally the awful position of a youth so full of promise in his antecedents, the stern necessity of the law must be upheld in these cases, and he (the Judge) wished it publicly to be known that there could not be any mitigation of the punishment which the law provides.
His Lordship, in the most solemn and severe terms, then sentenced the prisoner to five years penal servitude.
The prisoner then moved from the dock.





HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES AUGUST 7TH 1869

PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - CRUEL ROBBERY OF THE LUGGAGE OF SWEDISH EMIGRANTS BY THE CAPTAIN OF A NEW HOLLAND LIGHTER - Thomas Dawson, Captain of the M. S. and L. Railway Company’s Lighter, Nixer; Mary Dawson (his wife) and Ellen Dawson (his daughter), were charged, on remand, with stealing a tin and a cross over shawl, on the 25th July; the property of the M. S. and L. Railway Company at New Holland.
Mr. Hayward (from the office of Messrs. Lingard, solicitors to the company) appeared to prosecute; Mr. Joseph Mackrill defended the prisoners.
For some time past there have been several robberies of luggage reported to the authorities at the Head office at Manchester, as having taken place in the transit of goods across the Humber Ferry, and on Monday, a watch was placed on the luggage which was discharging into the prisoner’s lighter - The Nixer.
All the luggage was placed on board by Mr. Maples, emigration agent, and, at New Holland, in ‘slinging’ the luggage into the trucks he saw that it had been tampered with, and Detective Williamson went on board and searched the Captain’s cabin. Where he found the articles which the three prisoners were charged with stealing, and which were identified as the property of the two emigrants who had been brought back from Liverpool for that purpose.
The officer also found some bottles of spirits, several tins, a skirt and some tooth combs.
M. Peters Lingren interpreted for the prosecution.
The case against the girl was withdrawn.
The Magistrates retired and on their return into court sentenced Dawson and his wife to three month’s hard labour each.





HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES AUGUST 7TH 1869

An old man who gave his name as Matthew Clark and said that he was 80 years old, was charged with stealing a coat; the property of George Camplin; at Ulceby on the 28th July.
The prosecutor who is a labourer at Ulceby Grange (Mr. Turner’s) left his coat temporarily in the drill shed.
He went away for about an hour and when he returned his coat was gone.
Police Sergeant Foster traced the prisoner to Keelby, where he found him trying to sell the coat.
He had offered it for sale to several persons.
The prisoner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six weeks hard labour in The House of Correction.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES AUGUST 21ST 1869

POLICE - FRIDAY - Mary Chapman was charged with stealing a bottle of brandy, the property of Henry Hopkins, Landlord of The Steam Packet, Barton.
The prosecutor and some friends went to Cleethorpes on Wednesday and it is alleged that the prisoner, who was employed as charwoman, stole the brandy and gave it to a relative of the prosecutor’s and on returning from Cleethorpes, the prisoner was given into custody and locked up on the charge.
Remanded to Monday.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES AUGUST 21ST 1869

PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS ACT 1866 - John Allen, labourer of Barton, was summoned to show cause why he did not contribute towards the maintenance of Mary Ann Allen, his daughter, she being in the Hull Industrial Asylum.
Ordered to pay 1s per week.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES AUGUST 28TH 1869

POLICE - MONDAY - (Before Thomas Tombleson Esq, and the Rev. C. W. Markham) - ALLEGED BRANDY STEALING - Mary Ann Chapman, a married woman was charged with stealing a bottle of brandy, the property of Henry Hopkin of the Steam Packet public house, Barton on the 18th August.
The prosecutor deposed that he went to Cleethorpes on Wednesday last week, and when at Grimsby Dock Station he was in conversation with his brother, Frederick Hopkin, when the coat of the latter blew open and exposed a bottle in his breast pocket.
He (prosecutor) asked for a drink from the bottle, which his brother refused, but ultimately allowed him to drink and for that purpose handed him the bottle, which prosecutor at once challenged as his property, and said to his brother, “This is my bottle, and I should say, my brandy also; where did you get it?”
Whereupon Frederick Hopkin said, “Ask Mrs. Chapman.” (meaning the prisoner).
On the prosecutor’s arrival home he asked the prisoner; who was acting as his servant, about the brandy.
She said, “I got it at The Swan.”
Prosecutor found that this was not the case and gave the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Tombleson (to the prosecutor) “You can’t swear to the brandy, and I think you can’t to the bottle. I have several bottles like that. (Addressing the prisoner) You are discharged.”



HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES AUGUST 28TH 1869

George Thompson and Charles Eris were charged with robbing Samuel Cheeseman, a youth, on the highway and stealing from his person one bottle of porter, his property, on the previous night.
It turned out a drunken spree and the prosecutor did not wish to press the case.
The prisoners were discharged.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES SEPTEMBER 4TH 1869

PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - This was the Annual Brewster Sessions, or Licensing Day for the Northern Division of Yarborough and the operation of the new Beer Bill seemed to bring great accession of business to the court.
Licenses under the old Act were granted for Ale Houses.

Superintendent Thoresby was absent on leave and although a rumour had gained currency that a general onslaught upon the ‘publics’ would take place, only one of the publications came in for a judicial wigging, viz, the ‘Queen’s Inn’ where a row had been occasioned by a drunken policeman and the landlord fined in consequence.
A warning was given and the certificate granted. The beer House License in the petty Sessional Division were granted.
DISORDERLY BEER HOUSE - Thomas Picksley (who for ten years has conducted his house without complaint), was charged with permitting drunkenness in his house on Priestgate, Barton.
Police Constable Smith stated that he went to the defendant’s house a few evenings ago, and there found a woman named Elizabeth Turner (a well known beggar living in Newport), drunk in the house.
He (witness) had to carry her out.
Fined 5s and costs.

A BRACE OF DRUNKEN TAILORS - Henry Hembrough was charged with being drunk at Barton on the night of 19th August.
He did not appear and was fined 5s and costs.

Charles Franklin - Tailor, was charged with being drunk at Barton, at half past two o’clock on the morning of the 20th August.
Police Constable Wray proved the case.
Fined 5s and costs.

Elizabeth Miller, a tramp was sent to prison (for begging at Barton) for 14 days.
Police Constable Smith proved the case.
Thomas Golly, also a tramp, was sentenced to one month’s hard labour for unlawfully wandering about and begging alms at Barton on the previous Saturday.

We regret having to report a succession of accidents this week.
Mr. John Huntsman of the Lodge Farm, was superintending his harvest operations on Friday evening, the 27th ult., the last load being led for the day, when Mr. H. went before the horses to open a gate, but unhappily slipped and fell, the fore wheel of the waggon passing over one of his legs and causing a serious fracture.
With medical attendance he is going on favourably.

John Cavell, Groom to Mr. Everatt, met with a sad accident yesterday (Friday).
The horse on which he was mounted stumbled and threw it’s rider, falling upon him and breaking his leg above the ankle.

On the same day a youth named James Crow, employed in leading stone for Mr. Jubb, of the town Cliff, was run over by a cart and severely injured about the head.
We hope under the skilful hands of our local surgeons, all the parties will eventually recover.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES SEPTEMBER 18TH 1869

PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - KEEPING DOGS WITHOUT LICENSES - Anyan Hewitt, labourer, Ulceby, was charged with keeping a dog without a license.
P.C. Foster proved the case.
Fined £1 5s including costs.
Samuel Ladby, farmer, Ulceby, was fined £1 5s including costs for keeping a dog without having a license for the same
The defence was that another person was the owner of the dog since January last.





HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES SEPTEMBER 18TH 1869

PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - PROSECUTION OF THE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH FOR SELLING UNWHOLESOME FISH - William Ferriby The Younger was summoned for selling unwholesome fish.
Sarah Jane Gadie, wife of William Gadie deposed that she bought sixpennyworth of herring from the defendant in Newport, Barton.
The defendant delivered her twelve at her house in Finkle Lane, when she found they stunk.
She tried to cook them but the stench was intolerable.
She went to the police Office with the remainder of the herrings and thence to the Magistrates Clerk’s Office and ultimately to The Local Board Office when Mr. Stamp, the sanitary inspector, ordered them to be destroyed.
Mr. Mason, Clerk to The Local Board, prosecuted and Mr. Mackrill defended the accused who was absent.
The case was proved and the defendant fined 1s and 15s costs, or 14 days hard labour.
Mr. Mason desired the reporter to make the matter public, that it was the intention of The Local Board to protect the poor ratepayers from similar impositions.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES 18th SEPTEMBER 1869

CONVICTION FOR KEEPING A FEROCIOUS DOG AT LARGE AND UNMUZZLED - Wilfred Oldridge, Sloop owner of the Waterside Road, Barton, was summoned under the provisions of the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, and the Health of Town Act (Lord Morpeth), 1848, for wilfully and knowingly, permitting a ferocious dog to go at large and unmuzzled.
Mr. Mackrill was for the prosecution and Mr. Mason was for the defence.
The prosecution was at the instance of Mr. James Morris, brewer, Waterside Road, Barton.
Mr. Mackrill opened the case at considerable length and stated that under the old law, which was still in existence, the proper way was by indictment at the County Sessions so that Mr. Morris who was a neighbour of the defendant’s, with whom he had no previous unpleasantness, had taken the mildest course under the circumstances.
James Morris was then called and deposed to the defendant’s dog, a retriever, having flown at him (witness) about the middle of August.
The dog had been let out of the warehouse near the defendant’s, it attempted to bite him, but Mrs. Morris, who wore a hooped dress, kept it from doing so.
He also saw the dog attacking his son, Charles Morris, on the 2nd September last.
His son had some harness in his hands which he held before him and the dog bit the saddle.
Charles Morris corroborated the evidence of his father.
Mrs. Hannah Hanson deposed that the dog attacked her. She had a child in her arms at the time. The dog did not bite her. She was much frightened.
It looked very ferocious and very savage.
James Newton, a little boy, 12 years old, deposed that the dog bit him on the left wrist; it tried to bite his face and he kept it from biting his face by holding his hand up. [He] Had given no provocation to the dog.
The Bench convicted the defendant and fined him 20s and costs.
The Chairman said that was a fit case in which The Bench could allow the advocate’s fee.
The other Magistrate concurred and the fee was allowed, Mr. Mackrill having made no application in the matter.


HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES OCTOBER 2ND 1869

A petroleum license was granted to Mr. Hewitt, shopkeeper, Ulceby, there being no opposition by the police.

Sarah Harmston was summoned for non payment of poor rates and two rates due to the Local Government Board.
The Bench made an order against the defendant in both cases.

W. Percival, a farmer at Barrow was fined 1s and costs for allowing his cow to stray on the highway.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES OCTOBER 2ND 1869

PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - A ST. LEGER SUPPER AND IT’S CONSEQUENCES - WILLIAM Martinson, Landlord of The Royal Oak public house at Goxhill, was charged by Superintendent Thoresby with unlawfully permitting drunkenness in his house on the night of the 23rd of September.
Mr. Mason was for the defence.
Police Sergeant David Foster, stationed at Ulceby, was on special duty at Goxhill on the night in question and hearing a great noise when within about 50 yards of the defendant’s house, he went in and saw a scene which he described to the Magistrates in his evidence.
The witness said that he found six or seven men drunk and as many more half tipsy, one man was using some very rough language and wanted to fight.
Cross examined by Mr. Mason: Told the landlord that there was a general order that all public houses in the Petty Sessional Division of Barton must be closed at twelve o’clock at night. It was between twelve and one o’clock.
Robert Staniland corroborated the Police Sergeant’s evidence - Superintendent Thoresby also deposed to seeing a drunken man - Mr Mason addressed The Bench for the defendant and said there had been a St. Leger supper in the house and people stayed longer in consequence.
Gentlemen had stayed at agricultural and cricket club dinners quite as late as that - The Chairman said if it were shown to him on those occasions that men were drunk, no matter whether they were gentlemen or not, he should fine them if they were brought before him.
The defendant was fined £2 and costs.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES OCTOBER 2ND 1869

CONVICTION UNDER THE POACHING PREVENTION ACT OF AN OLD OFFENDER - James Cook, who had given the name of James Smith, was summoned under the Poaching Prevention Act for being in a certain place with a gun then coming from lands where he had been in search of game.
Police Constable Rowbottom found the defendant in the parish of South Ferriby in pursuit of game.
Fined 20s and 9s 6d costs.
The gun was declared forfeited.

John Stothard of South Ferriby was charged with trespassing in pursuit of game on the lands in occupation of Mr. William Ellis at South Ferriby on Sunday morning - the 12th September last.
The defendant was seen in the south field at half past 6 o’clock by P. C. Rowbottom, ranging the field with a gun which he hid in the hedge bottom when he saw the policeman.
The Bench convicted the defendant and fined him 20s and costs.
In this case, which was  laid under the old Act, the gun was restored to the defendant.
It is believed the Inland Revenue Board will proceed against both defendants in these cases for killing game without first having a license.

ASSAULT BY A WOMAN ON ONE OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYORS - Mrs. Ellen Belton (wife of John Belton) was charged with assaulting Robert Newham of Barrow on Humber on the 21st inst.
The complainant was taking measures for the removal of encroachments on the Beck Lane and was placing a measuring staff near to Mrs. Belton’s fence to ascertain the width of the road, when Mrs. Belton came and struck Mr. Newham on the head with a brush.
Mr. Mason was for the defendant who was fined 10s and costs.

The Hon. E. Chandos Leigh, the revising barrister for North Lincolnshire, held his court at the County Sessions House on Saturday, for parishes of Barton St. Peter, Barton St. Mary, Barrow, Goxhill, East Halton, Saxby, Horkstow, South Ferriby. Killingholme, North and South Wootton, Thornton and Ulceby.
Mr. Mason was for the Conservatives and Mr. Cross (from the office of Mr. Goy) for the Liberals.
A point of importance was raised in consequence of Mr. John Davy, the Overseer of the Parish of Goxhill, having placed the word ‘objected’ against the name of a man alleged to be a lunatic.
The revising Barrister said that there was a material difference between an imbecile or an idiot and a lunatic, for while the former was permanently unable to form an opinion and give a vote in accordance with that opinion; a lunatic had lucid moments, in which he could not only think rightly but could act properly, and, in the matter of franchise, might be able to accurately to distinguish between the two political parties and give his vote accordingly.
The objection was therefore null and void and the vote of the person referred to as a good one.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES OCTOBER 9TH 1869

COUNTY COURT - THURSDAY - BENJAMIN HOWE v THOMAS OGLE AND HENRY OGLE - This was an action of ejectment, brought by the M. S. L. Railway Company through the plaintiff who is the last survivor of three trustees of the late John Franks of Barrow Haven, who had sold their interest to the Railway Company.
The defendant (Thomas Ogle) claimed, through Thomas Sergeant, commonly known in those days (66 years ago)as ‘Gentleman Tommy.’
Both Sergeant and Franks take title under the Inclosure Act of 1798.
Neither plaintiff nor defendant had any claim 66 years ago (1803); for the land in dispute was at that date covered by the sea, and this land was formed by the throwing up of alluvium by the sea.
The Case of Rex v The Earl of Yarborough, 91, Barnwell and Cresswell. - The law was laid down, that gradual accretions of land from alluvial deposits became the property of private individuals to whom belonged the adjoining land; but land formed by sudden irruptions of the sea leaving the land, such land became the property of the Crown.
Witnesses were called - Mrs. Sarah Franks deposed that she was the widow of John Franks, who owned the ferry.
Thomas Bell deposed that his father was 25 years tenant of the ferry under the Franks. After his death his brother had it five or six years.
Mr. Kendall succeeded his brother in 1850.
Mr. John Dannatt, Mrs. Newmarch, Mr. Robert Dannatt and Mr. James Morgan gave corroborative evidence.
This concluded the plaintiff’s case, which was supported by Mr. Laresche - Barrister.
Mr. Mason for the defence, addressed the court and called two witnesses.
The principle evidence was that of Mr. Thomas Ogle, one of the defendants.
His Honour held that there was nothing in that evidence.
Daniel Jones - fellmonger, Barrow, deposed that he lent some money on one occasion to pay rent with; but it was not clear to whom he lent the money.
Mr. Leresche then replied on the whole case.
His Honour gave judgement that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict, which must be given with costs.
Possession to be given up in 14 days.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES OCTOBER 16TH 1869

PETTY SESSIONS - MONDAY - George Thompson, farmer of Barton Lodge, was fined 2s and 4s costs for allowing his two horses to stray on the highway, in the Parish of St. Peter. P.C. Staniland proved the case.

Edward Marris of Goxhill, farmer, was fined 3s and costs for permitting his horse to stray on the highway in that parish. P.C. Staniland proved the case.

Robert Bust of Goxhill was fined 3s for allowing his two horses to stray on the highway.

An Assault Case - Sarah Ann Havercroft v William Twidale - was dismissed with costs.

HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES OCTOBER 16TH 1869

POLICE - SATURDAY - WIFE BEATING AT EAST HALTON - Furlow Petch, Farmer, East Halton, was charged with assaulting Ann Petch, his wife, on Tuesday October 5th - Mr. Mason was for the prosecution and Mr. Mackrill for the defence.
The defendant who was in liquor at the time, went into his house about four o’clock pm, and fastening both doors, cursed and swore that he would have a reckoning with his wife.
He hit her on the head, then knocked a table down and his wife over the table; he knelt upon her.
She ultimately escaped to a neighbour’s house.
The defendant had talked constantly about knocking his wife’s brains out.
He had also said that there never had been a wife murder at East Halton, but there would be this Winter.
When in drink he had insisted in taking his wife’s boots off and when doing so he had repeatedly kicked her on the legs.
The wife was cross examined at some length by Mr. Mackrill with a view of showing that she had given her husband provocation by removing furniture &c from the house.
Two witnesses were also called for the prosecution, viz Sarah Hockney, a dressmaker, who heard defendant say there would be a murder in East Halton, but he did not say her (meaning the prosecutor).
Ann Parker, a neighbour, deposed to the prosecutor running into her house. She was then marked with blood and was in a terrified state.
Mr. Mackrill then addressed the Court for the defendant.
The Magistrates retired, and on their re-entrance into Court, the Chairman (Mr. Tombleson) said The Bench had decided to convict the defendant.
The defendant was then fined £3 and costs and ordered to find two sureties in £25 each and himself £50.

ACCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY STATION - Last night, about 6.20 o’clock, Thomas Coligan, who has for several weeks past been acting as a relieving porter at the Barton Railway Station, was engaged in coupling together two goods wagons, when his left hand became entangled between the centre bars of the couplings and was crushed in a frightful manner.
The  unfortunate man was at once attended to by Mr. W. H. Sissons, the Company’s surgeon, who found it necessary to amputate the little finger at the cup joint.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES OCTOBER 30TH 1869

AN ASSAULT ON A WOOTTON FARMER - John Curtis, Farm foreman, was charged with assaulting Mr. John Wyatt Day at Wootton on 8th October.
Mr Mason was for the defence.
The facts of the case were simply these: - The complainant met the defence in the town street and said to him, “Winn’s boy has been stealing my apples and your boy was waiting in the lane and, I have no doubt, ready to receive them.”
To which the defendant replied, “If it were true I would skin him alive.”
Complainant then went home and was sitting at his fireside when the defendant came and wanted to clear his name of the imputation cast upon his character:- whereupon both parties went together to Mrs. Brown; who had given the information regarding the apple affair.
Arrived there, the complainant repeated the statement which Mrs. Brown confirmed.
Defendant then called the complainant a liar.
When, in reply, complainant said he would not stand that in his own house.
Defendant struck complainant in the face; whereupon complainant put the defendant out of the house and said, “Get away you nasty hound.”
Defendant returned with a stick in his hand.
First he (defendant) kicked at the complainant but missed him and hit the table; he then struck the complainant several times with the stick.
Wm. Brown corroborated the evidence of the complainant. Mr. Mason cross examined the complainant and his witness.
The Bench retired to consider the case and on their return fined the defendant 6d and costs.

A license to deal in fireworks was granted to Mr. George Canty - Ironmonger.
This closed business for the day.

SUDDEN DEATH - Yesterday an inquest was held at the Volunteer Arms before Mr. George Marris, district Coroner on view of the body of Mr. George Sawyer, a cottage farmer residing at Vinegar Hill, aged 55, who dropped down dead on the Caistor Road on the previous Tuesday afternoon.
From the evidence of Mr. John Morley, Surgeon, it appeared that the deceased had suffered for some time from disease of the heart and he had no doubt that death had resulted from that cause.
On the day in question, the deceased was engaged in wheeling two sacks of wheat into the town, when he fell upon his barrow and when found he was lifeless.
Over exertion had doubtless contributed to his sudden death.
Verdict accordingly.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES NOVEMBER 6TH 1869

POLICE - WEDNESDAY - ASSAULTING THE POLICE - Robert Stamp was charged with being drunk and riotous at Ulceby on the previous day.
Police Sergeant David Foster deposed to being sent for by the defendant’s wife as her husband was drunk.
When he got to the ‘Fox’ public house he heard a noise; the defendant was one of the party. He was drunk and after some difficulty he was got home.
The prisoner was then charged with assaulting the Police Sergeant in the execution of his duty.
Prisoner had returned to the public house from whence he was ejected at the request of the landlord.
He then savagely attacked the constable and struck him and bit him severely.
The prisoner ultimately was overpowered, handcuffed and conveyed to Barton ‘lock up.’
Fined 10s and costs for the first offence and £2 and costs for the second case; together £3 14s 6d.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES NOVEMBER 6TH 1869

CHARLES GRAHAM, a sailor, was brought up in custody of the police, charged under the 5th bye-law of the M. S. L. Railway, with committing a nuisance in a certain carriage on the complainant’s Railway, between Grimsby and Habrough on the 8th day of October last.
The case was remanded from the previous day to enable the company’s solicitor to prosecute, but at 11.30 no one had appeared on behalf of the Company.
The prisoner who expressed his contrition for the offence; pleaded guilty.
George Jackson, nail maker, deposed that he was a passenger by the 5pm train from Grimsby.
He sat near the prisoner and when near Habrough Station, the prisoner committed a nuisance through the carriage window.
There was a respectable person sitting next to the prisoner.
Fined 10s and costs, which were paid.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES NOVEMBER 6TH 1869

BARROW ON HUMBER - An accident of a serious character happened on Friday last week, to an old woman named Mary Lusby aged 72, who for some time has been subject to fits and who on the day named and whilst alone in the house, had one which caused her to fall on the fire and so severely burn her head, neck and arm as to char the flesh.
In this state she was found by a neighbour who at once sent for Mr. Philpott, Surgeon, who was soon in attendance and under whose care she is going on favourably.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES NOVEMBER 13TH 1869

POLICE - THURSDAY - CONVICTION OF A WIFE BEATER - George Bray, horse dealer, Barrow on Humber was charged with a brutal assault upon his wife a day or two ago.
The evidence showed a systematic ill- treatment, which had culminated in a terrible assault.
The Bench sentenced the defendant to two month’s imprisonment with hard labour in the House of Correction at Kirton Lindsey.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES NOVEMBER 13TH 1869

POLICE - THURSDAY ALLEGED INCENDIARY FIRES - A fire broke out in Mr. William Tombleson’s farm at Barton Grange about 6 o’clock on Tuesday evening, which consumed a large and valuable stack of straw, which had been lighted on the side contrary to the wind, otherwise nothing could have saved the contents of a large and valuable stackyard, the produce upwards of 100 acres, from the total destruction.
A strange man was seen in the stackyard by some children, just before the fire broke out, and about midnight, a tramp was arrested at Dockery’s common lodging house in Newport and was the next day taken before R. J. Taylor Esq., but the evidence was insufficient for the committal of the accused, who was then discharged.



HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES NOVEMBER 20TH 1869

POLICE COURT - MONDAY - SUNDAY POACHING AT WOOTTON - George Kendall, labourer, was charged with trespassing in pursuit of game on lands over which Mr. Dawson had the sole right of sporting, on Sunday November 7th.
Christopher Reedson, gamekeeper to Mr. Dawson, deposed that he saw the defendant in a field in the occupation of Mr. Daniel Mundy.
He had a gun in his hand.
There was a hare close to, when witness went up to the defendant. He run away and the witness followed him, keeping within thirty yards of him, till he got to his own cottage.
The defendant went in and the witness followed him.
The defence was that he was in search of stock doves.
The defendant was fined 40s and 10s costs or in default, two month’s.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES NOVEMBER 20TH 1869

POLICE COURT - MONDAY DAY POACHING AT THORNTON ABBEY - CONVICTION OF THE DEFENDANTS - Ebenezer Howson was charged with trespassing in pursuit of game on 5th November, on the lands of Mr. William Sergeant, at Thornton - Mr. Sergeant, on being sworn, stated that he found the defendant and the defendant’s brother, John Howson, on his lands in the parish of Thornton Curtis.
They were ranging the close with two pointer dogs, and each of the men carried a gun.
Witness went partly round the field and got before them and said to the prisoner Ebenezer, “I shall make an example of you; I have warned you before.”
Mr. Woodruffe of Hull, who was with Mr. Sergeant at the time, gave corroborative evidence.
The defendant was fined 40s and costs and his certificate declared forfeited.
Mr. Mason was for the defence.
John Howson, brother of the last named defendant was fined 40s and costs for the like offence at the same time and place.



HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES NOVEMBER 20TH 1869

THE ALLEGED INCEDIARY FIRES AT ULCEBY - EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED - Mary Ann Manders was charged with wilfully setting fire to certain stacks of wheat, barley and straw, the property of Mr. John Furlo, farmer, Ulceby, who deposed that he had a fire on his premises on the 5th of November; portions of stacks of barley, wheat and hay were burned.
It was a little after one o’clock.
John Jobson came to him and made the alarm.
The straw stack was twelve or fourteen yards from the road where there is a gate leading to the stackyard.
It would not be easy for anyone to get to get to the stackyard unless through the gate.
“The prisoner is a domestic in my service. I have had to find fault with her but not lately. On the day of the fire I had to tell her two or three times to stay in the house.
There were three distinct fires. I did not complain about her running out until the fire was lighted.”
John Jobson, labourer: On the 5th of November, when Mr. Furlo’s fire broke out, he and a boy (named William Clarke) were on the road with a cart belonging to Mr. Turner with some sheep and a plough.
The boy first saw the fire. It was between two and three o’clock.
The boy pointed out the fire and he (witness) left him in charge of the cart and ran straight to Mr. Furlo’s back door and made an alarm.
The girl, two boys and Mr. Furlo came to the door; [he] went with Mr. Furlo and assisted him to throw buckets of water on a barley stack which was then burning, the end nearest the road was burning most.
”I waited until the fire was put out. I was there about two hours. The straw stack was near the pond, above twenty yards from the stack which was first fired. There was a little c [illegible] at the end of the barley stack which I think started first.”
Henry Speck: “I am Mr. Furlo’s farm servant; I remember the 5th of November, we were getting our dinners in the front kitchen when Jobson came; we (Mr. Furlo and my brother and myself) went out together; I don’t remember the girl being there, we went through the brick [sic] kitchen door.
After turning the horses out, I saw the girl at the wheat stack. I got wet and went to dry my clothes. When I returned I did not see the girl and an alarm was made that the straw stack was on fire. Charles Ross said the straw end was on fire. We started to throw water on the straw stack. We got it out. [I] Saw the prisoner knock a bucket of water over that was standing near the fire of the barley stack and she picked the bucket up and took it away. I thought it an odd and wrong thing to do. She did not fill the bucket again.”
Prisoner: “I wanted the bucket; made me throw it over.”
Ann Richardson: “ I remember Mr. Furlo’s fire. I saw a barley stack on fire. I helped to carry water out of the ditch. The women carried it to the stack and the men put it on the stack - I saw the prisoner but I did not see her working. The prisoner was laughing and joking in the stable yard. A man named Ward said to the prisoner ‘Come my lass and help to put out the fire,’ she said she wouldn’t carry any, he might do it himself. She wanted the bucket to do her work and she emptied out the water and took it up to go away.”
The prisoner said, “It was not so big a fire as she thought it would be and not so big a fire as [illegible]-ds’s.”
“She told Ward he might carry the water himself.”
Prisoner declined to ask witness any questions.
Charles Ross said: “A little before 5pm whilst walking about in charge of the stackyard, I saw the prisoner and Mr. Davy picking out their buckets. After being in and out the stable, about half past 5 o’clock I saw the prisoner with her arm on the gate against the haystack, saw a light and thought it was Mr. Wells’s fire, but found out it was Mr. Furlo’s after they had climbed the gate. It was a straw stack. I stopped and helped put the fire out.”
Prisoner could not return to her house without his seeing her.
Tomlinson Townsend, foreman at Mr. Furlo’s farm saw her walking about the stackyard. She never assisted in carrying water or doing anything.
Saw the prisoner push over one bucket and then the other.
Henry Speck recalled: “The prisoner was between the stable door and the wheat stack when I saw her upset the bucket.”
Mary, the wife of Tomlinson Townsend, the last witness, deposed: “When the second fire broke out in the straw stack, I saw it on fire from my house. When I went from the yard I heard the prisoner come shouting across the fields towards my house that the yard was on fire. I told her she must fetch Townsend herself.”
Rylett Bailey: “I remember the haystack being on fire. I saw the prisoner standing near the haystack. I did not see any person else near it. She never helped to put it out.”
Charles Stow: “On the morning following the fire I was looking round the stack and found several matches.”
Police Sergeant Foster: “On the 5th of November, I was at Mr. Furlo’s farm. After the barley stack had been put out, most of the people went to mr. Wells’s. A second fire broke out and I returned. I went on to the haystack and met the prisoner about nine or ten yards from the stack, she was coming towards the stable door.”
After hearing the evidence of Sergeant Foster the case was dismissed, the Bench believing that there was not sufficient evidence to put the accused up for her trial.




HULL AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES DECEMBER 4TH 1869

BARTON POLICE - WEDNESDAY- ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT upon a girl named Annie Fell, at the Episcopal School Room, New Holland on the 27th ult. where both parties were at the time.
The defendant was also charged with a common assault.
Mr. Chester of Hull was the accuser.
After hearing the evidence of the girl, The Bench convicted the defendant for the charge of common assault only and fined him 5s and costs.