The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-08 00:00:00

THE CHARGE AGAINST THE POLICE-
OFFICER.-THE CORONER'S INQUEST.

The inquest on
_the body of Maria Haywood was
resumed yesterday, at three o'clock, before Mr. Curry,
the coroner. Mr. Black appeared for the husband of
deceased, and Mr. Cobb for PoliCe-officer Radcliff, 667.
In addition to the ,evidence given on. Thursday, and
which was published in ottr paper of yesterday, the
following persons were examined:—
Esther Sheilds said the officer told the sister ofeased
to go away, or he should lock her up. She was not
quite drunk then. She went into a vault, and the
policeman dragged her out by the hair. The deceased
fought with the pliceman to get her . sister loose, but
witness did nbt see her strike the policeman. He struck
her on the head, and blood fib fled instantly. She fell
and said, " My God, I am killed."
Mr. Cobb said, that he represented the officer, and
wondered why.the sister of the deceased was not called,
as she could tell all about the affair;;
The
would
was tipsy, an&
w therefore, her evi-
dence oild be of no value.
Mr. Cobb contended that other witnesses should have
been called, and argued that, there was no charge, either
of murder, manslaughter, or even assault, produced or
sustained against the officer, and he must go out of that
court free as he entered it.

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Some short discussion followed between Mr. Cobb,
the Coroner, and Mr. Bluck, relative to calling wit-
nesses, and then
Theophilus Denny, a lithographic Writer, of 28,
Warren-street, N.vas examined, and ssid,—l saw the
transaction, and read of the investigation this morning
in the papers. I was standing at the corner of Rupert-
street and Warren-street, and saw the transaction : I
saw a woman with red hair (deceased's sister), in cus-
tody of Radcliffe, at the door of the spirit vaults at the
opposite corner, by the side of whom the deceased
woman stood. The officer appeared in pain, and blew
his whistle once, and then deceased assaulted him, and
I saw her strike Radcliff three or four blows in the face,
and knock his hat off; he told her to go away, and hi
drew his staff and threatened- to strike her if she did
not desist; in a few moments she azain attacked him,
and he struck her with thestaff.
Mr. Cappsr, medical student, of the Royal Infirmary,
said the deceased was brought there on the evening of
the 13th August, with a severe scalp wound on the right
side of the head, bleeding considerably, a contused
wound on the left arm, and her right leg was injured.
She remained nearly two days, and then she insisted on
going out, but was warned not to do so ; she said she
had a baby at home. Her case was then dangerous. On
the same night I saw the officer, who appeared hardly
able to walk. The officer told me what she bad done to
him. I examined the policeman, who had a largerecent
rupture on the right side, and a small one on the. other
side. Very possibly a kick or a blow might produce
them.

Surgeon J. W. Cavanagh, of the Southern Dis-
pensary, said the cause of death was pressure on the
brain from a quantity of pus, and the vessels of the
brain were congested, but that might be from othei
causes; the first was the result of external violence.
Surgeon Cooper; of the police force, said he examined
the policeman when entering the force, and he was not
then ruptured. In reply to Mr. Cobb, 'lie said
attended the man lately, and 'found him suffering from
that-disease.
Mr. Bluck then addressed the jury.
Mr. Cobb then proceeded to address the jury for the
officer, and pointed oi4 what the witnesses had sworn—
that the officer's life was in danger.
Mr. Johnson, of the Watch Committee, gave the
policeman a good character.
The jury, after_ consulting for an hour and a, half,
returned a verdict of "Chance Medley," thereby acquit-
ting the policeman.
The case did not teriiinate until nearly nine o'clock.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

• • • (Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
A RAMBLER FROM BALTIMORE.
A well-dressed young Yorkshire girl, named Adelaide Ward,
was charged for having stolen a purse and E 7 10s. from a
respectable-looking young gentleman, named William Harvey.
Mr. Cobb defended the prisoner. A police-officer Said at a
quarter to twelve the previous night he saw the prisoner go
sharply out of ,Ilathew-street and turn up Cook-street, and
immediately the prosecutor came and inquired if he had seen
such a girl pass ? He replied in the affirmative; and both ran
after and caught her An George's.-crescent. The purse was
found in her pocket and all the money in her hand, and
amongst it was a foreign coin, which the prosecutor identified.
In-reply to Mr. Cobb the officer said the rirse contained some'
studs and a couple of rings, the latter being claimed by the,
prisoner as her property! There was not a bad sovereign
amongst the coin, but. there was one or something like it in
her pocket; which the proSecutor gave her as' a pUzzle, or
counter: The prosecutor said he was stopping at the Angel
Hotel; Dale-street, and was standing at the door, after coming
frOm some place of amusement, when he was accosted by the
prisoner, who asked him to take a walk. He went with her,
and showed her some counter puzzles that he got at the
Crystal' Palace, and she asked him for one. * He said they;
were no good (they resembled soviieigm) ; but ghe wished for
one and he pore it to her. They walked down Mathew-street,
Where She stopped foi:a moment, and then two men suddenly
appeared, and she ran away, and he then' missed his purse
and ran after her with the policeman. Cross-examined by
Mr. Cobb : My real name is William Harvey. Mr. Cobb
Have you anything to do with the Ranger? I. don't under-.
stand you, sir. Mr. Cobb : Where do you' come from ?
;From America. Whit part of it? From Baltimore. What are
you ? ' A clerk. •In whose heuse ? My brother'S house. Mr.
Cobb : Are you connected with any trotting match in this
country? ' Not at all. Were
you in many public-houses?
Yes, we were in two taverns, and had a glass of beer. Mr.,
Cobb : Now, did you not give her the purse as a liberal Arne.:
rican? No; you ought to know better than that. Mr. Cobb
said he would leave the case in the hands of his worship, as
he had no further defence, and he would be sorry
to say any-
thing against the resgeetability of Mr. Harvey. In reply to
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KNIFING! KNIFING'.
There was several- cases of stabbing brought before the
court yesterday morning, and amongst them the following :
Thomas Dodd, a shoemaker, living in Birkett-street, was
charged with having stabbed John Halpin. It appeared that
the mother of the complainant and the prisoner had some
argument, when the prosecutor came up and an altercation
took place, and blows followed. The prisoner, as alle
tged, had
a knife, with which he struck the complainant on he fore-
head and cut him in three places, the wounds being rather
serious. The prisoner denied that he used akn
of iife, but
said
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his son had cut the complainant with a piece ron.
prisoner was sent for trial.
STABBING ABOUT RELIGION.
Pat Riley was charged with having stabbed Michael Brennan The.
Both are dockmen, and Roman Catholics in
religion.
wife of Brennan is (a Protestant, and it seemed the prisoner
and that woman had a quarrel about religion, he calling her
an Orange profligate. She Old her husband when he came
home-, and he went to demand an explanation from the
prisoner. This led to an altercation, and the prisoner had a
knife in his hand, advancing towards the prosecutor, when
the letter struck him, and then he (the prosecutor) discovered
that he was stabbed severely In the right breast. The prisoner
alleged that the complainant had rushed against the knife
knfe
when striking him. Mr. Raffles said there was a probabil
of such being the case, and in consequence of that he would
not send the prisoner for trial; but he fined him £2 and costs,
or two months' imprisonment.
Two or three women were also fined for stabbing others o
their sex

THE YORKSHIREMAN'S RAMBLES.
Elizabeth Agnew, who stood remanded on. a charge of
having robbed William Buck, a Yorkshire farmer and butcher,
of El 5 10s., was brought up again. The case stood over until
the prosecutor became sober, and he now entered the box in a.
different state from that in which he appeared on Thursday.
The case was heard de novo,. when the girl .denied having.
taken the money, but his worship considered the charge
proved. He asked the prisoner Where she lived before she
came here, and she replied, "at Rnabon." He then gave her
the usual caution, and she said she would plead guilty order
der
to have the case settled at once. His Worship sentenced
to three months' imprisonment. [ln reference to some obser-
vations made by Mr. Raffles in this case on Thursday, regarding
the carman whose honesty he lauded, it appears he did not
desire to cast any reflection on the honesty of other men of that,
class. His wish was :that all carmen, under similar circum-•
stances, would act as the man had acted in the present instance.]
(Before Messrs. J. B. LLOYD and HUTCHISON.)
PUBLICANS' AND BEERHOUSE CASES.
Harriet •
May, publican, Ranelagh-street; was summed
for refusing to admit the police on Saturday night. Mr. Rymer,
for the defence, showed that the people in the house did nut
- hear the demand, and the case was dismissed..
Catherine Moore, beerhouse-kee per, Charters-street, was
charged with Sunday trading, and fined ss. and costs.
John Jones, Gascoyne-street, was charged w,th Sunday
trading, and fined 10s. and costs.
Elison-street, charged with Sunday trading,
waTshtinomeadsiWo;.latner d,
James Kershaw, Luther-street, for Sunday trading, was
fined ss. and costs.
John. Crowley, Downe-street, was lined ss. and costa for
Sunday trading.
Several other cases were dismissed.

THEirE GEORGE GILFILLA.N ON RELIGIOUS
E mE
%ride Dundee Courier says that on Sab-
bath afternoon the
Rev. G. Gilfillan preached a sermon
xcll7.
.
the close, speaking 0
on the text, on The nlrothnes tmheaatnsfohrgyetwGhioedh."menToawrearrde!
of Gtohde,
oldhe soanieds_: —re"aTdihnegbtesh
et
calledmeans toi n 'ah
irseocpo recollection
Bible, careful -meditation, by the aids and ap-
pliances of modern culture_:-earnest prayer, and diligent •
and conscientious attendance. on the ordinary means of
excitement had done good, was 111
it did so only when
grace. He had no great faithin. excitement. ii
doNinogdgoouobdt,,
and might do, more good ; u
combined to
pernicious. attended by solidl t
drovetrut h.
many
mMbaedrtle 'excitementt g avgave
7) nwasot most,at.
ew
sleepless nights and miserable days, which
was
spi
forma scarcely milder madness. It generateridtr:pdiriissteuna!
pride, bigotry, uncharitableness, party
which
sions, and controversy. Its effects were generally short-
lived—those of a winter mountain-torrent
sure by-and-bye to subside and leave a dry bed biehirtu
it. Some people might say that excitement had now
changed its nature and effects. It might be so ; but if
it bad it was contrary to all past experiences and to the
testimony of all genuine philosophers and most divines.,
Worst of all, undue religious excitement was sure to
create a reaction. The thoughtful had within the list
few years been resigning their scepticism and coming
back to Christianity. Physical convulsions and excited;
and exaggerated statements were to his certain know-
ledge changing the tide and repelling many intelligent
persons from Christianity, and would do so soon, he
believed, to a frightful. extent. He would leave his.
people to balance the pros and cons of the subject for
themselves, and he would advise those who were disposed
to stand aloof from present movements to be so diligent
in
ndt circumspect—as
ordinary means-250 thoughtful, prayerful,
sto set those who might be disposed
atomhee use
clirtheoinccot—aldand indifferent in the Christian cause
and to judge them uncharitably on that account, at
defiance." •