The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

DANGEROUS ASSAULT.

Au old woman, named Mary Travis, charged a
young fellow, named Thomas Muldwon, under the
following circumstances. She stated that on Sunday
evening the prisoner came to her house, and without
any provocation seized her by the arm and tHrew her
down stairs, dislocating her arm. Surgeon Evans said
the injury was very severe, and taking into account
the age of the woman, and the nature of the injury,
be did not think sbe would ever fully recover : at
least some three months must elapse before she could do
anything with her arm. The daughter of Complainant
was 'examined and proved the assault. The prisoner
said, in reply to his worship, thst it was all spite because
he would not marry the old woman's daughter. He
admitted having taken the old woman by the arm, but
said she got the injury by a fall down stairs. The
priSoner was remanded for the present.

THREATENING TO KILL.
A desperate looking fellow named Michael Owens,
described as a "north end black balder," which being
put into English means a fellow who would rob when
he got an opportunity, and would not have much objec-
tion to go something farther, was charged for having
attempted to kill Mr. Francis Donnelly, a clerk in the
shippinG, office of Mr. John Decosta, Waterloo-road.
Police-officer 564 said—l took this man into custody on
Saturday evening in Waterloo-road, for threatening to
stab Mr. Donnelly. He bad a knife in his hand and
was running with it, swearing he would have the bowels
out of Mr. Donnelly. The officer gave a very bad
general account of the prisoner's conduct, and said lie
was going about all day annoying the neighbourhood.
Mr. Raffles : Was he drunk ? Not very, he knew well
what he was doing. Mr. Donnelly said, on Saturday
this man came into Mr. Decosta's office, and asked was
the ship Manhattan full? One of the men in the office
said not, and he went down to the end of the counter to
ship and sign articles. I was then speaking to Mr.
Decosta at the time, and when he saw me he cried out,
Is that you, you —?" He used very foul language.
I went round the counter and put him into the street.
lie came back again, and used most outrageous and
threatening language. He was put out again, and soon
after I heard he was coming again with a knife in his
'hand. He carne running with this knife (a very for-
midable looking weapon like a long dagger) swearing he
would run it through me. When he was coming on,
this man here tripped him up and lie fell, and then this
man (another) took the knife out of his hand whilst he
was down. He was not drunk at the time. The two
men referred to were called, and proved the statement
made by Mr. Donnelly. The latter, in reply to Mr.
Raffles, said—l did not strike him at all ; I pushed him
into the street in the first instance when lie used the bad
language. Mr. Raffles (to prisoner)—What have you
.got to say r Prisoner—Oh, a poor sailor has no chance
amongst them at all when he gets drunk. They kicked
me about like a dog in the street. Mr. Raffles—You
may call yourself very fortunate that you are not stand-
ing' there on a charge of wilful murder. You appear to
be a desperate fellow, and the least punishment I can
inflict is, to fine you the full penalty of £5 for the
assault, or two months' imprisonment in default of pay-
ment. The prisoner was committed.