The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-24 00:00:00

THE WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.

The usual weekly meeting of this body was held yes-
terday, in the Board-room, at the Workhouse. Mr.
lieges presided, and the other members present were
Messrs. Pilling, Woods, Roscoe, Haigh, Roberts, J.
Edwards, McConnel, Rainford, Medealf, Wareham,
Abrahams, Whalley, Garratt, Jeffries, Shaw, Smith,
Whitby, Wensley, French, Webster, and Clarke.
Mr. ABRAHAMS moved that a sum of ,E2O allowed to
Dr. Nevins for visiting lunatic paupers, chargeable to
the Union, in the different lunatic asylums, be discon-
tinued for the future, and that the duty be undertaken
)3Y a deputation from the Board.
Mr- WHITBY said the latter was the legal course,
and which he thought they were bound to take.
Mr. J. Edwards seconded the motion, which was
agreed to.
The number of inmates in the Workhouse was
reported to be 330, seven belonging to Toxteth-park.
la the corresponding week of last year the number
chargeable to the West Derby Union was 256. From
the Hospital returns it appeared that the number of
ttlnaates is 76. During the week there had been
,tdbaitted nine, discharged seven, and two had died.
9-rhe number lit the corresponding weekit.st )eat
----Cheques for out-door relief were granted as fql-
- :—Lythgoe, £22 ; Roberton, £37 ; Potts, £ll5.
Mr. WOODS gave notice that he should, next week,
Dove that the salary proposed to be given to the medi-
'eat officer for the Garston district should be raised from
£l5 to £25. The reason was that they could not obtain
4llledical officer at all at the sum proposed-115.
There were two tenders for the plumbing required at
the Workhouse and the Hospital for the ensuing- year.
That of Mr. Joseph Holden was accepted. The routine
business was gone through, and the board adjourned.

CRUEL TREATMENT OF A CHILD IN

LIVERPOOL.

Ellen Balmer, a rather decent-looking female, about
!6_ years of age, was brought up yesterday before Mr.
7Mes, at the Police-court, by Inspector Moore, on a
14 ar6r..° of having cruelly treated her child, Hannah
altner, about eleven years of age. Mr. Dodd defended
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prisoner. The prisoner is the wife of a man who
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a coachman to Mr. Thompson, but who is in jail
4°W, on a charge of felony.
Miss Mary Jane Britton, who resides at 72, Johnson-
%Net, Walton-road, said the prisoner lived next door,
44c1 for the last nine months she had a great many
,11)Portunities of seeing the treatment of the child.
The prisoner used to beat the child, and witness saw her
beat the child in the petty, and saw her pull the child
13ot by the arm ; she had hardly anything on her body at
the time. The child used to cry out, " Oh, don't beat me
With the poker." Prisoner was a drunken woman, but she
Was sober when she used to beat the child. On cros-
Zaniination by Mr. Dodd, the case was not altered, so
as the prisoner was concerned.—Thomas Balmer,
the' brother of the injured child, stated that the prisoner
beat the child with a cane, both on the naked body and
tver the clothes. The child is now in hospital. The
prisoner
used to knock her down and kick her, and beat
her on the head with a poker. She cut her head one
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"'le) and then pumped water over her ; she had nothing
13111 but her night dress. The witness detailed a most
horrible act committed by the prisoner on the child, by
Rutting filth down her throat, which sickened her all
day, and yet the prisoner made her work. The prisoner
t the child in the face, and blackened her eyes and
...etit her face. There was no cause whatever for such
"atzent. The prisoner used to be drunk some imes
and sometimes not. He went away to an aunt of his.—A
,'ti named Mary Hughes said she saw the prisoner knock
'clwri the child with a poker, and when down, beat her
°O the head with it.—Mr. Kehoe said he had other
Witnesses to prove to the same facts.—Anne Hughes
Itsted that the prisoner neglected to give the child food,
and witness often gave the girl food.—Surgeon Nevins
taid the child had a compound fracture of the arm, and
4:llse Would have to be operated on to remove the bone.
e 3". in a fearfully filthy state. and was suffering
4from want of food. She was greatly emaciated. She
told him she fell one day and broke her arm, and it was
never attended to. In a fortnight or three weeks, she
might be able to sit up.—Mr. Dodd said be would not
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any observation on the subject. In reply to Mr.
'silica, Dr. Nevins said the child was small, but very
intelligent, and quite capable of being examined as a
Witness. Mr. Raffles said he would remand the prisoner
situ the child could be present, and she was remanded
for a week.

I'IVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YgsTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
A BAD DAUGHTER.

An old woman., named Anne Hayes, who lives in Trueman-
itrtot, and who is a dealer in sacks, charged her daughter,
5. Porter, for haying nearly cut her eye out, with come
idi4l) instrument. The complainant said the prisoner was an
I.ee arunken person. When in drink she was in the habit of
atiug her mother, and on Tuesday, whilst in a state of
it,t azieation, she struck her in the eye with some sharp instru-
i:ent, and nearly cut the eye out of her. The complainant
b,,,gg,n the magistrate to do something with the j:trisoner to
teet her, as she was in danger of her life. The prisoner
reraanded, until the result of the injury could be ascer-

WHERE MR. O'CONNOR SLEPT.
4 gentlemanly-looking person, named P. H. O'Connor, was
tged by Mr. Robinson, of the Liverpool Arms Hotel,
i'ater-street, for being drunk and disorderly. Mr. Bluck was
the prisoner. The complainant said between one and two
eloek in the morning the prisoner went to the door of the
Ire', and began ringing the bell in the most violent manner.
e Was re:used admittance, and then he commenced ham-
:arrn:ag the door with a stick, and kept kicking at it in the
t furious manner, and kept it up for over an hour, to the
41:1aYance of all the people in the house and neighbourhood,
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as he would not desist nor go away, he wc,s given into
LL.`l)% Mr. Bluck elicited that the prisoner had been stop-
the* the hotel for some three days, and that Lin luggage is
rho at present, and then Mr. Bluck said the defendant
h aught he had a right to go there to sleep, but in place of that
e Was ltcked up ali night, which, he contended, was pnnish-
eat enough. The prisoner was fined ss. for being drunk.
BARGE OF ENTRAPPING A MAN FROM THE NAVY.
'Captain Seery, of the American ship Weymouth (now out at
laeai,was summoned under the 10th and 11th Vie., c. 62, see. 11,
Whaving entrapped and detained a man, named William
tali on board his ship, at the time that he was serving on
hoard H.X.S. Majestic. The penalty in this case is £2o.' Mr.
art aPpeared for the complaint, and Mr. Squarey was for the
captain; who was not present. Wray, the man alluded to, said
he 'lain! ashore on the 11th, and went to Whitechapel abou
tonne clothes that he was getting washed. He alleged that al
"t, once he became insensible, and next day found himsel
°4 board the Weymouth. After some time he told the captain
that he belonged to the Majestic, but the captain did not believe
km, and he threatened to put him in irons, when he was put
Itp a room, but he broke out and hailed the Rock
etr), • oat, and then the master said he would
N ashore and have the matter investigated. Sent
Word by a Selman to the ship; and the ship's boat came
for him. Has no recollection of how he got to the ship ; felt
ivy in the morning, as if he had been drunk. Went ashore
In the evening, and found himself on board the ship in the
l'4l,,,°,rtLing. not
by Mr. Squarey : Went on shore,
-"‘ canna say on what day; it was half-past eight in the
hislling when he went ashore, and went to Whitechapel for
clothes. Slept in Presten-street, and was going on board
421 morning at six o'clock. Did not work on the jibboom of
the Weymouth, but the mate sent him up the mizzen, and
-..`en he went and told the captain he belonged to the Majestic.
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tjsr• Squarey then addressed the bench, and said the essence of
1,-``e offence was, that the defendant should haVe the man on
bard knowingly, being aware that he belonged to the navy at
the time. He denied that American captains wished to take
men from the navy, i
although the American captains paid and
ed their men better than the English, yet they had no nclina-
It, all to entrap men; and he repudiated any such insinuation
"laMst the American ship-masters. He then called witnesses
to show that the man went deliberately and shipped in the
the American vessel'in his perfect senses, but no one could
ell if he belonged to the navy or not, as he had only on
t flannel shirt. He said his name was Geo. Harris.
aktuel Martindale, a boatman, proved having put the man,
was quite sober, on board the Weymouth. Mr. Rolands,
"e Pilot, who was on board the Weymouth, stated that he
law the man come on board, and saw him work on the jibboom,
sad a stupid or drunken man could net do that work. The
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&told him the naan Ras the best on board. He tc,ld the
mate he had served in an English ship before.:, The man had
thing;ti on him to indicate that he belonged to the Majestic.
e next morning the man told the captain he hadoteumatics,
'44 would not go out in the ship. The captain said he would
probably work them out of him. After that, the man said he
belonged to the Majestic, and the captain said he would go on
-ore and inquire about it. Mr. Parr contended that the con-
duct a the man before he went on board had nothing to do
Withb the case, and submitted the charge was proved. Mr.
41fies did not think the evidence sufficient to convict the
rsalnain, as the evidence was all against the man, although he
01t• Raffles) did think that he was improperly taken on board;
'at be captain had nothing to do with that. The cdmplaMt
vac therefore dismissed.