Can anyone advise me on this please?

I have found a newspaper article that could possibly relate to a ancestor, the name, area and age are correct but it is a common name so I would need more info, the details given in article (Northern Echo 1879)are not sufficent to connect the crime to him.
Are they any records that would give more detail about the person, address/family, ect therefore enabling me to connect/discount the record?