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THE MERCURY. Wednesday, May $34, 10 3 ejse51.1337' day she was walking. Mrs Bilison was taken assistance. These last few months had been GRETA BRIDGE POLICE. home in a car by a minister and vas dead a very difficult time for defendant, as busi- CRICKET. T URBAN when seen by a doctor. She had bruises ness matters were not going too well, and on her right shoulder and right hip, and in he had expenses and rent to meet, and he WEDNESDAY.-Before Dr. C. H. \Velford Time Old Barnardians has 01, SHORT the centre of the back. The right side of used the money not with the intention of following team to meet the (presiding), Mr A. A. Marriner, Mr James stealing, but hoping to pUt it back when he Peacock, and Mr H. M. Lingford. the skull was fractured-Cross-examined : (Wednesday), on the Ballot Si A VE They walked on the left so that the traffic had redeemed his position. He now realised T. C. Boardman, C. D. Jacksett'''. Three. Offences. from the rear could pass them with safety what his conduct meant. His aged mother, F. H. L. Wellman, 11. \Vatse who for so many •years had been in the k ig o rsday Thomas Finlay, coal dealer, Copley, on the right. She did not 'agree it would J. Allison, j A. C. Hempsall, Iir . 11.1eetio Butterk-nowle, for failing to carry a weigh- have been safer to walk on the right side post office, had determined that the G. Guyll, and W. Stott. ing machine on his motor lorry, having no and so face oncoming traffic. It was obvious department should not suffer through the e loerSMessrs• v fault of her son, and she would re-pay all Pratt ; scorer, Mr J. Storey. P I- metal tabs on the bags. of coal he was that the accused intended overtaking them o A the wi hawking, and not carrying a weighing on the left-hand side. the deficiency out of her scanty means. machine, at , contrary to the Mr Sykes : If he- had attempted to pass on Referring to the previous character of v. CONSERVos North Riding by-laws, was on the evidence the road he might very well have collided defendant, Mr Dawson said that Heslop Played at Startforth on Th e;u of P.C.'North fined 15s. He pleaded ignor- with you ? joined the army in 1915, and was discharged eta it:toIlerrs1: in 1921 with a very good character. He had 1.1.p)eao ance of the by-laws. Witness did not reply. • Conservative ask ' r dtpc:Tt Cross-examination continued : She did not risen to the rank of sub-sergeant,- and was J. Johnson b Down. oetasill Dog Licences. 'lteflO-ne7irt l agree that if the deceased had not jumped granted a pension on discharge. That pen- H. Thistlethwaite b Down ieplh"fa , The following were summoned for having sion would automatically cease with a con- lette rmels statno_rtledCo,r the accused would not have mu into her. Clarke run out ... C;•1;fee She dogs without licences : George Edmond viction. It was difficult to ascribe the cause °_1 ;auNrIr-- Worley, Hutton Magna, tined 5s.; Edgar She denied having expressed the opinion to G. Duffy c Kicks b Down r e- mr ego:t s .e, ati anyone that the occurrence was accidental. of defendant's guilt-he was neither a R. Watson run out ... Coui Lee, IMmingham, fined 5s.; Reuben Sayer, drunkard nor a gambler. He was paid £11 cust'',":e0it1:;„cilae , fined 5s. She did not tell anyone that Mrs Batson N. Morrell b Down .. had stepped in front of the cyclist. odd per month, out of which he had to pay N. Morton c Thistlethwaite An Error of Judgment. P.c. Butcher, Mickleton, said he examined aim assistant. provide an office, and meet seill F. Minnikin c Taylor b Thistletlis thehe abeCou tnh Elsie G. Wilkinson (20), London, pleaded the road on the morning after the accident other expenses. But that was no excuse L. Musgrave lbw b Thistlethws-- matter for the falsification of his accounts. Mr the guilty to a charge of carelessly driving a and found a skid mark 20 feet long start- A. Langstaff b Thistlethwaite to fie' motor cycle at Mickleton on April 14th. ing one ? yard from the grass verge on the Dawson asked the bench to take all the J.. Ashmore not out ... H. Cyril C. Laverick, Norton-on-Tees, said he left-hand side of the road, extending in a circumstances into account, and appealed Extras ... was driving a motor tai-car from Mickleton for leniency. curve five feet from the verge before return- Use to Middleton when the defendant collided ing to the verge. About two feet front the The Chairman said the bench had unani- Total with him at Lonton Corner. far end of the skid nnu .k•there was a side mously agreed to a fine of £5 for each lleed uill CiNtle: file, jile gdr re; aatiste.ttkhfeet1. s P.C. Butcher said when he interviewed skid to the left. Witness found a blood spot offence, payment to be spread over a period Startforth. the defendant she said that she cut the three feet from the end of the skid mark of three months. Defendant had let him- W. Wilkinson c Morrell b Wats- e Eel)" Ascoug corner thinking the road was clear. and six feet from the grass verge on the self in for a very great deal of trouble, J. Allison b Clarke ...... '- aided Defendant, who expressed regret and said left. 'rile motor cycle, which was damaged, and the justices had taken into account EL Down c Clarke b Watson _. she had taken too wide a bend. was fined was in top gear. The year tyre was of the that the postal authorities were going to W.•1'. Kicks atson b ... -... El 13s. grass track type. The brakes were in good receive the money back. They hoped Wilkins° c Minnikin b ClaS• Publ ic H Shoulder Bone Broken. order. Witness invariably walked on the defendant would not lose his pension. 1'. Thistlethw ite run out Officer Thomas Basil Bractc, Winston, was sum- left side of the road, and he did not agree Mr Dawson said the pension would auto- W. flews not out ... moned for carelessly driving a motor cycle with the Highway Code on the subject. matically cease. with a conviction of that T. Bartlett not out ... l47d8.4tihme-ak nF• ils Extras ...... • ilotyselicase.. near OVington and for failing to report an Mr S'ki's submitted that the accused could kind, but if the bench would send a recom- Fou d not on the evidence adduced be committed mendation not to have it taken away it accident on May 2nd.-Defendant, who was Apri l,I butntonfoe defended by Major T. B. Heslop, repudiated on the charge brought ,against him of driv- would most probably have a good. deal of Total ••• •-• effect. toot 7:h21ter e the tirst charge, but admitted the second. ing to the danger of the public. There was Rain stopped play. E. Down. years Thomas Nelson, Newsham, late of Hutton nothing to suggest grossly excessive speed The. bench to do so. and E. Taylor did not bat. Magna, said he was riding a pedal cycle and it was evident that if the accused had On the application of Mr Cadle. the bench %For Startforth E. Down took 3 tried to pass the women on the right hand allowed £2 lls. 3d. witnesses' -expenses, and en • toward Ovington when the cycle ridden'by 8 runs. • occurred the defendant came behind him and struck he would have struck Mrs Walton instead £5 5s: cost Of the prosecution, to be paid births aspd ig:vs out of the county funds.. r s n Tdtwhoi ee ru2ebior8 r him, causing him to fall off. His shoulder of Mrs . Would any Grand Jury both being boysy s was injured, a bone being fractured-,by the reading the evideuce agree' that there was HUTTON MAGNA v. COTHEP e was nothing e a case for a true bill, and would any petty fall which followed. The defendant also Played at Hutton Magna on S report. fell off his machine.-Cross-examlned : A jury convict on the evidence given ? He POLICE COURT. lorry which had approached him had -passed submitted it would•be wrong - to commit the Cotherstone. H. Thistlethwaite' c Cole b Stars e \Vorks Commit when he was struck. The motor..cycle threw defendant on the evidence, and he asked nituAy.-Before Mr H. L. Fife (Chairman), the bench to say .there was no case to G. Clarke d and b Cole ... two semi-detached him off his balance and caused him te fall. and Air Valentine Hodgson. Mr W. P.C. Dale, Greta Bridge, said the accident answer. F. Hodgson b Cole- . Bond for was. not reported until May 4th. - The Chairman said the bench were Triple Charge. C. Chipchase b Stanwix Concerning Defendant said that he was riding his •unatihnously of opinion that there was' not Albert Young, Stainmore, was summoned J. 1'. Raine c Fenwick b Sias°. for three offences at on May e following. appe motor cycle along the road and when he sufficient evidence on which to send , the' J. Walker (jun.) lbw b Stanwix Works Commi 11th-failing to °stop a motor lorry when J. B. Young b Cole • was nearing the pedal cyclist, intending to accused for trial, and the case would be rted Itehdat a a r odouble pass him, a motor wagon came suddenly dismissed. requested by the police ; driving a motor E, Thompson b Cole ... the lorry with inefficient brakes; and not having P. Draycott not out ... into sight from round a corner of the road. Sub-postmaster's Offences. side of Vane no He knocked the other cyclist on the right his reflecting mirror properly fltted.-Sergt. T. Oliver b Cole ... mile road; presum arm and as a result of the collision he fell Hilton Heslop (39), sub-postmaster at :Shock proved the offences, sayinssaying. he had J. Walker (sen.) b ..Cole Committee recomi on to the road. Mr Nelsen also fell and he Cotherstone, was summoned for three to .follow the . defendant from • Extras ... instructed to write t stayed to pick him up. He did not report offences-s-falsification of accounts, stealing Bridge to before he could his attention to the the case to the police at once because he i.-27 between October 1st, 1932, and March overtake him: Defendant's reason for not Total ... avention of sectio thought it was not sufficiently serious, as 21st, 1933, and stealing £23° On. or about stopping wt's that as the sergeant did not Hutton Magna. 195, and other Acts March 21st, the property of his Majesty's get off his bicycle he did not think it Mr Nelson told him he was not much G. Hind c Hodgson b Clarke t be removed, and Injured, although his arm was hurt.-Cross- Postmaster-General. Mr Cattle, DurhaM, necessary for him to stop. Witness had to Durham County E appeared for the prosecution, and Mr J. take a motor car from Staindrop to Barnard W. Kirtley lbw b Clarke .. examined : He was 90 feet from the corner J. Beadle c Thompson b Thistle. be written to, to • when the accident occurred. Ingram Dawson defended. - Castle. The brakes were faulty and the seine other persons Mr Cadle said that in the course of his mirror was not set at the proper angle and M. Green lbw b - Clarke ... . Defendant was fined '30s. for the first 13. Cole b Clarke ... aBank offence and 10s. for the second. employment as a sub-postmaster the defend- did not allow of a view to the rear of the ant was entrusted with a stuck of licence's, vehicle. Defendant had a load of straw.- P. Stanwix lbw b Thistlefinvais 'e Surveyor had ha Councillor's Car Crash. postal orders, etc.,. for which he had to The bench fined defendant 10s. in each case. A. Cole c Chipchase b rictSuEngineer of the Eleanor M. Wilson, Appleby, admitted account weekly. On March `21st a deficiency No Licence. G. Hodgson b Clarke ... hi Railway Comp having carelessly driven a motor van at of 15 10s. 8t.l. was discovered. Further S. Fenwick b Thistlethwaite the roadway over Startforth on May 6th. Harry Smith, Cockfield, was summoned R. Bowe not out ... deficiencies were discovered later. These for usint , a motor lorry without a licence being damaged by Mr M. S. Welsh, lioldron. said lie was the defendant had endeavoured to cover up S. Hind b Thistlethwaite grass verge, evident s driving a motor car at Bridge End. Start- at Cockfield on March 16t11.-Sergeant Glover Extras ... by borrowing from friends sums of money gave evidence, saying defendant had no Of horse-driven boa forth, when the defendant's van came to meet them when the accounts were Engineer had been round the corner at excessive speed on the licence for the March quarter. He had Total examined, afterwards returning them to the 'refused. to pay the mitigated penalty of ice was being c, wrong side of the road and dashed into lenders. cnikI ntiiiipt.loyees lead him. Defendant said she would pay for the £6 10s. to the local taxation authority. an Mr William Morton, head postmaster, Defendant told the sergeant that he had d roads ha darnage. ,to his machine. said defendant As appointed CRICKET FIXTURES Mr Tarn Bayles, Osmond Hatt, •La•ting- 'lost his registration book and thought that as sub-postmaster at Cotherstone in' 1922, at not having that he would not be able to Wednesday (to-day) : ton, said he passed Mr Welsh and met the a salary of ill 18s. 4d. per month. He I defendant coming in his direction on the take out a licence.-William Hall, a clerk lid. Castle School v. Dr. I: checked time accounts on April 19th this year from the local taxation office, said the wrong side of the road at excessive speed. and found that on April 15th there was a Saturday : Inspector Smithson expressed the opinion licence amounted to £5 10s. Defendant sum of money due to the •Postmaster of could have obtained a duplicate registration Barnard Castle vsBilli I 1\a:;:titl that the defendant might have been agitated 1390 14s. 8d., together with £5 received for 13p. Auckland G.S. v. Isl. Cas icifeletalatilmuieSiSlteetr:lua:gin:rteat‘eddai okewseiresfynlastym:1:11 5 while negotiating the awkward corner, book. V. O. savings bank deposits. Cash, stamps, and The bench ordered payment of the licence, I tarnard Castle School especially as she was on her way to Dur- vouchers accounted for 13301s. gd., leaving v. Northern h.h,. orks Committee ham prison, where her husband- was await- i5 10s., for the March quarter, and fined tic Write a deficit of £65 12s. 11d. Licences defendant £1 with £1 costs in addition. to the ing trial on a charge of manslaughter. had also been issued for the week ending . Defendant, who said this was the first April 15th amounting to £26 18s. 6d. Without Mud Wings. time she had been over the road. was fined Harold \V. Smart, executive officer in the Era acts A. A. Crowther. Chilton Buildings. 11 Accountant General. Department of the was summoned for using a motor lorry GOLF. Cyclist Acquitted. G.P.O., said lie examined the accounts in without mud wings, at Staindrop on April 261h. He pleaded guilty. James Blacklock (29), Lunedale, was the Cotherstone Sub-Post Office, which BARNARD CASTLE t'..11'1'1 summoned for driving a motor cycle to the showed unissued licences amounting to P.C. Gargett, of the motor patrol, proved 'I" ':!-' danger of the public at Lunedale on April £102 lis. 6d. on April Stli, and a week later the offence, Saying two of the wheels on At Barnard Castle on the defendant's lorry had no protection 8th. He pleaded not guilty, and Mr E. G. £101 ls. 6d. making the value- of licences Barnard Castle. j. V. Sykes, barrister, instructed by Mr J. issued £1 10s. The return to the taxation whatever. 1 1'. K. Bell Ingram Dawson on his behalf, said he department was £26 18s. 6d. Defendant said lie had removed the mud 1 H. R. Jackson T. tic 5101: elected to be tried by a jury. Harry Ames, sorting - clerk and tele- wings because they were damaged and 1 F. Kellagher J. V° Mr E. S. Rickards, Northalierton, appeared graphist. Darlington, said he checked the ineffective, and in order that they might 1 S. H. C. Jackson for the prosecution. The case arose_ of accounts on March 21St, and defendant be repaired. He intended to replace them 0 H. M. Lingford the fatality which occurred at Lunedale on produced cash to the value of £29 4s. 4c1., on reaching home that night. 1 J. H. Brown T. 1 April 8th, when Mrs Norah Bilison, of and during the progress of the check he The" bench fined defendant 5s. . 1 J. Garbutt Middleton-in-Teesdale, was run into by the produced a further £23 in notes. Defendant A Family Party. 1 H. A. Finch accused, knocked down, and received explained that the £23 was in a separate Joseph Iceton, St. Helens, Auckland, was H. Atkinson injuries from which '. she • died the same cash box, the key of which was then in the It 13. Pearson summoned for driving a motor lorry which ...... night. It was suggested, said Mr Rickards. possession of the assistant. His check was not insured against third party risk. i T. B. Heslop . Plbs ...... that the accused was too near the deceased revealed a deficiency of £5 10s. 8d. He admitted the offence. P.C. McDermott and her sister-in-law When he sounded his Colin Crosbie, travelling officer attached said. the defendant had eight passengers in 9 .... • .. , . . horn. to the Secretary's Office of the G.P.0:, said ...... the vehicle and he was not insured against ...... Mr Heber R. Harvey, assistant surVeyor, ■ he was instructed to make inquiries into a third party risk, his lorry being licenced 13.1,11taNyAeRdDoCnAsSaTituf.daL.y DI ES Northallerton, put in plans of the road. on reported deficiency at Cotherstone. On May only for business purposes. • Defendant ..... which the accident happened. 4th he had an interview with defendant, brought a party of eight persons on the ...... Mrs Eleanor Walton, East Park. Lunedale, and told him that a deficiency of £65 12s. Barnard Castle. lorry to Staindrop. He did not produce 11 told how she and Mrs Bilison, her sister-in- was reported, and defendant replied his insurance certificate but was ordered 0 Mrs Leishman ...... law, were walking along the road from ...... that he knew there was a deficiency, but to produce it at West Apckland. ' He .did 1 Miss Rickinson ...... Middleton to Bowbank about 10 P.m., when lie did not know exactly how much. He not do so. When seen by SergeantoShillaw 1 Mrs WorMald . they heard the sound of a motor horn thought it was about £50. Heslop further , at West AuOkland, defendant. said he was 1 Mrs Field • coming from the rear. They were walking said that the amount of licences was over- only taking a • family for an outing. The 1 Miss \Velford ...... on the left-hand side of the road, witness stated.-Cross-examined Mr Dawson, 'Jerry belonged to his father. Defendant (1, Mmirsss r11{0.6.eliklmer being on Mrs Billson's right-hand side. The Witness said defendant had 'given, all the• was fined £1.' Sound of the horn seemed quite close. They assistance he could and did riot try to put 0 Mrs Marrift , both looked round and saw the accused five any obstacles in the way': Defendant had. W. ;Mem EltYiOgNlio i-san,igShot..-uth , for 1 Mrs -Bainbridge '2 or six yards behind . them. Witness jumped been 'sub-postmaster for eleVen years, and riding a bicycle Without a. light was on the to the right-hand side of the road. and Mrs his father was , there before him, making evidence of P.C..Sisterson firied 5s. 6 • Bilison to the left, and when Mrs Bilison altogether a service of about 32 year's. a Teesdale was only a, yard from the -grass verge Mr Dawson, for the defence, said the' she was struck by the accused's motor had heard about 'a nuMber, of involved .cycle and carried by•-it some distance along accounts, and had defendant chosen to please Insert the road before the machine came to a adopt a 'different-course-it' might have been ° standstill on the grass verge. It was a very diffiehlt for the prosecution. Defendant bright, moonlight night, and the road was Wished to be .dealt with surnmaray. He quite dry, and there was so other traffic. pleaded guilty, • 'and placed himself un- LI NG FORD'S OF After the impact Mrs Billson was lying on reservedly at themerey of the magistrates._ the centre of.the road, having been thrown He did not try to hide anything, but yave BAKING POWDER FAME front the left-hand side of the road on which those who had checked the books 'every siss-Askantesa-i . 0,SESts<