The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-28 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL BOROUGA SESSIONS:

The general quarter sessions for this bormigh
commenced, in St. George's-hall, yesterday, before G.
Henderson, Eso . the recorder, The calendar contained
the names of 46 prisonera charges with felony, of wt.c"lll.
19 conld read an,d write imperfectly, 16 could neither
read dor ,Write,,, 10.todid read; and one could read and
Write *el' Of the 10- charged iiii4derneanoiifs 8
could read and write imperfectly, 3'Conla neither, read
nor write, and one could read only.
The usual legal formalities having been disposed of,
the Qlerk of the Peace, for the first time, read the revised
proclamation against vice and immorality, after which
the following gentlemen were selected as

Tlts GRAND JURY-
It W. Ronalti; 'tool broker, Dale,street, foreman.
Joseph Armstrong, cotton broker, Scatt)i Chapel-street.
Janies Barnes, ship broker, Canning-place.
IsTeil Cameron, merchant, New,tiudy.
Robert COltart; timber bruiser; Park-rOad,
Richard J. Lockett, merchant, Iting-strait.
Daniel Pilkingion; triercliant,,Water-street.
John Parratt, rice Miller, Seel-street.
William Paton, merchant, Brunswick-street.
William Reid, ship broker, ChaPel-walks.
Thomas noose, wine merchant, H6pe-street.
Hugh C. Rae, merchant, SotithJohn-Street.
John Senior, metal broker, Sweetinplatieet.
James Shell, merchant; Water-ittreet.
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tiidr4iii, hide faetor, telthOgielit@o.
William J. Tomlinson, merchant, RUmford-street:
Henry Tate, sugar refiner, James-street.
Henry T. WilSon, merchant, Water-street,
Percival Witherby, Merchant, Thirifercl:place.
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The Itecordertheri delifereti his usual charge. He
said :---Gentlenien of the grand jury, yod will She T 4 the
calendar that there have been 56 PersOng, sent fOi trial
in the course .of the month. his number is
chiefly composed of thefts and robberies, such as are
generally brought before this court, and require no
comment from me. But there is one case of an unusual
character, to which I will briefly direct your attention--
By the regulations Of the navy; any boy under 16 years
of age, entering hit board diii; of 114 AfajestY'S ships
require the consent of his father or mother, or his -1
nearest relation, and in order to ensure that consent
there are regular forms used, which are required to be
signed by such parents. Now; there is a charge against
a prisoner that he so filled up such a certificate, thus
taking away from the parents their idice in sdch an
important matter, repregenting that the parehts weih
dead, and that he was the bey's uncle. He attempted
to get the boy entered ou board the Hastings, by.that
means depriving the parents of their privilege, and
making the whole regtilation of no effect. When the fact
became known to the conimander of the Hastings he
used every effort to discoier, and bring to justice, the
Offender. This, I am happy to say, is a very different course
to that adopted in manning our navy in the olden times,
when commanders of ships were not so scrupulous in the
manning of their vessels. Gentlemen, you are aware
that the recent alteration in the licensing system will
give great facilities for the opening of wine and refresh-
ment rooms, in which wine niay be sold and drank in
then'. Ido hot think that these alterations will have
much effect on that class of the conimunitY who frequent
spirit shops and public-houses, where they get drunk,
and then all sorts of crime follow ; but still I do think
that it is most essential that the magistrates should, in
dealing with these increased powers in granting licenses,
be , very careful ; and I will take this opportunity of
saying, that I do seriously hope that the magistrates
of this town will continue to exert their power in resist-
inc the sptead of drunkenness, and that they will dis-
criminately and sparingly exercise their licensing pours.
The grand jury then retired, and the trial of prisoners
was proceeded with.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.--YEsniRDAT.

Otruto Mi. ridak
DARK DEEDS!

John Solomon, a black man, was brought up on remand
charged with having violently assaulted another black man
named Marine. Mr. Bluck prosecuted, and Mr. Cobb defended.
It appeared that on the night of the 3rd instant, the parties
had a quarrel, when the prisoner struck the complainant with
a sling-shot on the head, inflicting serious wounds. A surgeon
from the Northrit hospital stated that the life Of the injured
man was in imminent danger for many days ; his hearing at tine
'ld° was gone, and for some time one of his eyes was sightless.
The • latter is now restored, and the complainant is much
better. Mr. Cobb said he had five witnesses to call in the case.
Mr. Raffles : You may call them, but I will send the case for
trial.
Mr. Cobb : Then I shall not call them. The prisoner
was sent for trial at the sessions.
STABBING BY A FOREIGNER:
A Peruvian sailor, who wive the name of Charles Sntith,
was charged
With having stabbed a female named Jane Themp-
tan• The complainant said she met the prisoner in Park-lane
on Saturday night,
and they proceeded to a house, when they
quarrelled about some money, and the prisoner stabbed her on
the nose with a knife that he drew from his pocket, inflicting
a smart wound. The prisoner was sent for trial.
MORE STABBING.—THE TAILOR AND WINE COOPER.
Michael Molloy, a wine cooper, charged James Moffitt, a
tailor, and Small Barber, his daughter, the first for haying
stabbed hint with a pair. of scittois, bid the latter for break-
ing his head *lth a poker. Mr. Cobb defended. It appeared
that the tailor is married to the wine cooper's sister (his second
wife), and lives in Dwerryhouse-street. On Saturday evening
the male prisoner was in his daughter's place, and he sent for
the prosecutor and told him his sister (the prisoner's wife)
was a had character. This, of course, led to a row ; the male
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prisoner, with a scissors which he had in hands, stabbed the
prosecutor in the side and ann. The fcrimle, as he alleged,
gave him .a blow on the head with a poker. Mr. Cobb cross-
examined the complainant, With the view of showing that he
was in the fault ; but he denied h 9 was to blame. A surgeon
froth the Southern Hospital stated that there was a slight scalp
wound, one punctUred wound in the side, and another in the
arm of the prosecutor. The latter would be likely to result
from a stab 'of a scissors. To mr: Cobb The wounds are not
dangerous. Mr. Cobb laid his client (lid not deny having used
the scissors, but he did so in self-defence. He called the son of
the female prisoner, who put rather a different version on the
case, and the woman was discharged. The man was fined £2
or two months' imprisonment.