I found this entry for 1844, does not give name of wife or address:

England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892
Name: Mark Sherwood
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1789
Date of Trial: 31 Jul 1844
Trial Year: 1844
Location of Trial: Northumberland, England
Sentence: Death
Crime: murder of wife
Date of Execution : 23 August

Other sites about Mark Shewood :

http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1837.html

http://www.britishexecutions.co.uk/execution-content.php?key=5386

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/execution.html
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Carlisle Journal, 16 Mar 1844 - Inquests / Accident / Murder / Inheritance

SHOCKING MURDER IN NEWCASTLE.?A shocking murder was perpetrated in Newcastle on Thursday morning. The victim is a poor woman named SHERWOOD, and her murderer believed to be her husband Mark SHERWOOD, who had been a soldier and enjoyed a small pension. He was addicted to habits of intoxication and frequently quarrelled with his wife. The last time she was seen alive was on Wednesday evening, by her niece, Ann SUTHERLAND, to whom she had said, in the presence of her husband, that he had been threatening to do something to her, but had made her take an oath that she would not tell any one; "so," she added, "I can't tell you." SHERWOOD then went on his knees and said God would bless his niece if she would bring peace between him and his wife. SUTHERLAND left the house, and did not return that night, but on the following morning (Thursday) she called at eight o'clock, but found the door locked, and was told by SHERWOOD, who was inside, that his wife was in a neighbour's house, and had the key with her. She went away and returned at eleven o'clock, but the door was still locked. She then borrowed a key from a neighbour, and on entering the house was horrified at finding her aunt lying on the floor, in her usual dress weltering in blood, and quite dead. SHERWOOD was within two yards of her apparently dead; and she raised the alarm. Assistance was instantly at hand and it waa found that in the wife's throat there were two deep gashes, from which much blood had flowed, and there were two other wounds in her jaw. The doctors gave it as their opinion that she must have been dead about two hours. On a table was a bowl containing water in which the murderer had washed his hands. The husband was found to be alive, but insensibly drunk; and on the stomach pump being used an incredible quantity of whiskey was taken from his stomach. He at length recovered his senses, and looking where his victim lay said "there she is!" Two razor blades were found in the fire, and the outer door key hanging on a nail in the kitchen. In the adjoining room was a still, with all the apparatus for making spirit: a small quantity of whiskey was there, and thirty gallons of wash in the course of fermentation. About nine o'clock SHERWOOD was conveyed to gaol, to await the result of the coroner's inquiry.