The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-09 00:00:00

ASSAULT BY SAILORS.

Henry Chapman, Charles Mohan, and Joseph Fieidena,
three sailors belonging to the American ship Champion, lYius
in the Stanley Dock, were brought up by Officer Bridge, 00 3
charge of having violently assaulted and threatened to stab
William James Merry, the chief mate of the ship. It appeared
that the prisoners, in a state of drunkenness, went on board
the ship the previous day, and called for the chief mate. lie
came out of the cabin on deck, when the prisoners at once
attacked him, hit him with a spike in the eye, and then Char
man drew a knife and swore he would stab him. They were
however arrested before they could put theirthreats into
execution. A youth, the son of the captain, proved that be
saw the men act as described. The prisoners said the mats
was in the habit of beating them with brass "knuckles," an.;
they were only defending themselves. 'This was denied, and
the men were.remanded in order to produce further evidence.

AN INGENIOUS CROSS-EXAMINATION.
Mary Bluff, Margaret Sweeney, and Anne Christy were
charged with having picked the pocket of a female named
Sarah Newton. The prisoners were all well-dressed young
women, and well known to the police. They were in a crowd
at a fire that took place the previous evening, in Denison-
street, and the prosecutrix was there also, when the prisoners
picked her pocket of a purse containing sevenpence and some
pawn-tickets. They got away at the time, but were subse-
quently arrested, and the pawn-tickets were found where they
stood. The most remarkable feature in the case was a cross-
examination of a witness named Crawford, by Mr. Cobb, who
defended the prisoners. The witness, in reply to questions put to
him, answered as follows: I saw one of them put her hand in the
woman's pocket. I am a porter, or a labourer, at anything
else you like. My hands are very fine. I live with rny mother,
off Brunswick-road. I would have "legged" the prisoners
if I had been in uniform ; but I wanted more proof. I know
something about "proof," because I was in the police. I was
"sacked" from the force for being " beery." I don't know
how long it is since I earned an honest penny, but I think
about March last, at the Railway-station at Wapping. 1
"sacked" myself from that place. I don't think I went for
any purpose to the fire, except to look at it. / know a
good
deal of dodgerY, and am up to " snuff." Mr. Cobb dealt with
much severity on the evidence of this man, and said he did not
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know anything about him when he commenced to crass-
examine him, and he was only enabled to elicit the facts from.
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ingenuity. The prisoners were remandedc."l
the prisoners'
tße fa:grewr.
complimented on his
Messrs.
A cooper named ThomasWlF
was charged by his wifewho lives in Skelhorne-street.
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Elizabeth
with having violently
assaulted her. The peculiar features in this case were, that
poor woman is blind
tage of this , and
the husband used to take
privationadvan-
and beat her violently. It was proved
that on the present
the poor creature, "ca6ion the man behaved meat brutally to
beat her very severely, and altogether hia
conduct was most unmanlyand savage. The charge being
fully established, the prisoner was sent to gaol for six months
with hard labour.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.---A desperate
attempt at self-destruction was made on Tuesday morn-
ing, at an early hour, by Mr. Pellatt, an. old gentleman
of reputed wealth, carrying on the business of a grocer,
in Harrow-road, London. It appears that about seven
o'clock a.m. the unfortunate man was seen to throw up
a top room window, and immediately
first looked up and down the street, apparently to sheies
afterwards--having
if he was watched—spring from the window•
ininfint
descent he came in contact with some iron reds
of a lower window, for the protection of flowercl:n7e
which broke the violence of his fall, and from_
which
he
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he fell upon the spikes of the iron railing, one f
he broke, and from there to the pavement.
the full extent of his injuries have not been a c I'l'
yet they are not expected to tesult fatallY•