Carlisle Patriot 19 July 1844 19 July 1844 Magistrates Office

19 July 1844 Magistrates Office

TOWN HALL SATURDAY, JULY 13.        After a "drunk and disorderly" case has been disposed of. Matthew GILLILANDS, weaver, and formerly sexton of Trinity Church, Caldewgate, appeared to prefer a charge against his wife, Susan.        On being asked the nature of the complaint he had to make, he cast a wistful eye at the Bench and said - "If you please, Sirs, I have come to see if you can make my wife l'ave off drinking! (Laughter.)        The Magistrates informed him that they were very sorry their jurisdiction did not extend so far, but if he had any specific complaint against her, or feared his life was in danger from her proceedings, the would bind her over to keep the peace.        The disconsolate grave digger, in an accent that appeared to bespeak some relationship with the "Green Isle" and with a candour and kindness that enlisted on his behalf the feelings of all present, then proceeded to disclose his griefs. Being a weaver, he said, his earnings were but small, yet for eleven long years scarcely a week had gone over their heads without his "better half" getting drunk and disturbing his domestic peace. On the Saturday night previous, in particular, she had followed him in the street, and demanded from him a great part of the "cut's price," with which she had gone off, and after forming a too intimate acquaintance with "John Barleycorn," had reeled home, annoyed the neighbours, and been so very uproarious that he was not able to get a wink of sleep the whole night. He did not wish to go "Till the outside of the law" he said, and if she would only promise the gentlemen present that she would give over drinking, he would be satisfied.        The Bench, readily believing that a drunken wife must be one of the worst evils that ever issued from Pandora's Box, sympathised with the poor man, and after due advice, put the question to his frail partner, who, after hesitating a while, gave the required promise; and the parties left the hall, Matthew apparently well pleased with the prospect of her repentance. **        -John RICHARDSON, of Dalston, was charged with using abusive language and assaulting Joshua VIPOND, a carder in Mr. BLENKINSOPP's mill at the place.        The offence was proved, and the offending party (who was very noisy and violent during the hearing of the case) having refused to enter into his recognizance to keep the peace, was committed to prison for a week. ****** MAGISTRATES OFFICE, TOWN HALL SATURDAY, JULY 13.        After a "drunk and disorderly" case has been disposed of. Matthew GILLILANDS, weaver, and formerly sexton of Trinity Church, Caldewgate, appeared to prefer a charge against his wife, Susan.        On being asked the nature of the complaint he had to make, he cast a wistful eye at the Bench and said - "If you please, Sirs, I have come to see if you can make my wife l'ave off drinking! (Laughter.)        The Magistrates informed him that they were very sorry their jurisdiction did not extend so far, but if he had any specific complaint against her, or feared his life was in danger from her proceedings, the would bind her over to keep the peace.        The disconsolate grave digger, in an accent that appeared to bespeak some relationship with the "Green Isle" and with a candour and kindness that enlisted on his behalf the feelings of all present, then proceeded to disclose his griefs. Being a weaver, he said, his earnings were but small, yet for eleven long years scarcely a week had gone over their heads without his "better half" getting drunk and disturbing his domestic peace. On the Saturday night previous, in particular, she had followed him in the street, and demanded from him a great part of the "cut's price," with which she had gone off, and after forming a too intimate acquaintance with "John Barleycorn," had reeled home, annoyed the neighbours, and been so very uproarious that he was not able to get a wink of sleep the whole night. He did not wish to go "Till the outside of the law" he said, and if she would only promise the gentlemen present that she would give over drinking, he would be satisfied.        The Bench, readily believing that a drunken wife must be one of the worst evils that ever issued from Pandora's Box, sympathised with the poor man, and after due advice, put the question to his frail partner, who, after hesitating a while, gave the required promise; and the parties left the hall, Matthew apparently well pleased with the prospect of her repentance. **        -John RICHARDSON, of Dalston, was charged with using abusive language and assaulting Joshua VIPOND, a carder in Mr. BLENKINSOPP's mill at the place.        The offence was proved, and the offending party (who was very noisy and violent during the hearing of the case) having refused to enter into his recognizance to keep the peace, was committed to prison for a week. ******

 

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