The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

AN OLD OAKEN CHEST.

Charles Lewis, a sailor, was charged with having
stolen a chest, containing some small articles, belonging
to Michael English. Mr. Cobb defended. It appeared
that the claimant was mate of a steamer that plies be-
ts eert this port and Spain, and the case was elicited
from hint by Mr. Cobb on cross-examination, when it
seemed that the chest belonged to a man who went out,
but Ito deserted ; and then the mate took possession of
the chest, although the prisoner alleged he _bought it
for 2s. 6d., and took it to his boarding-house. Mr.
Cobb, on this state of facts, contended that there was
no felony; and his worship being of the same opinion
discharged the prisoner, but ordered the chest to be
given up to English.

(Before Messes. TORR and SHAND.)
A SLAUGHTERING CASE ALTOGETHER.
A yottO, named George Fisher, charged Martha
Antibus with having assaulted him; and Ellen Fisher,
the mother of the youth, had the same defendant sum-
moned for using abusive and insulting language iu the
struts, contrary to the statute in that case made and
provided. Mr. Cobb appeared for the two complain-
ants, and Mr. Campbell for the defence. It appeared
that the parties live in George-street, and half the inha-
bitants of that favoured locality were in court, being
partisans of either side. ' It seems that as well as these
lieges of our sovereign lady Queea Victoria, who breathe
the' free air of George-street, it is favoured with a
slatighlet-house ; and besides depriving sheep of life
there, the poopio made many attempts to slaughter each
other with ate, sword, and bowie-knife, to take each
other's precious lives. On the 4th of October the boy
was in the slaughter-house, and the defendant, who is
the servant of a butcher, was there also. The boy was
!' legging" a sheep (whatever that operation consists of),
when some dispute took place about some things called
" heads and plucks " (?) and then they commenced
"plucking" each other's " heads" in prime style. The
bitsiness in which they were engaged, being of a
sanguinary description, seemed to have had an effect on
the pugnacious qualities of the several operators, and
they boxed into a hen? of sheepskins and carcasses of the
same quadrupeds: Bullocks' tails were in great demand,
so that ox-tail soup will be scarce and dear for the next
fortnight. Cow-heels and tripe flewr about like balls at
Waterloo, and cows' horns and skins were freely used.
These facts were collected from about three dozen of
witnesses, whose ages ranged from twelve to fifty, and
belonged to either sex of the biped how) creation. The
magistrates complimented the learned gentleman, who
conancled the case, at its conclusion—which was some-
thing under' three hours' duration—one of the worthy
justices remarking that it was lucky the case did not
last, at least a fortnight, from the number of witnesses
called, and the number who were in court that were not
called. The contending parties Atm& buckets of blood,
and buckets of water, and knives, and sheepskins, and
cows' heads, and cows' • tails, and cows' heels, at each
other's beads and heels, and the witnesses made such a
confounded jumble of the whole affair, that the magis-
trates could hardly make "head or tail" of it; but at
last they came to a conclusion to dismiss the charge of
abusive language, but fined the defendant 2s. 6d. and
2s. 6d. costs for the assault on the boy.