The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-11 00:00:00

ANOTHER WILD MAN !

Police-officer 466, brought up a young fellow named William
Hamilton, a painter, who said he lived in Scamper-lane,
(there is no such place), charged by James Peat, a French
polisher, for having assaulted him. The complainant said, I
was going home this morning in Church-street, and at the
corner of Tarlton-street the prisoner came up to me, and
without saying a word, struck me a blow in the chest, I never
saw him before ; I ran away, and he ran after me ; I did root
give him the least provocation. The officer here produced a
formidable looking dagger, and said he got it in the prisoner's
jacket, and on asking him about it, he said he kept it because
he was au orangeman. Mr Raffles: Was it open 1 Yes air.
Mr Raffles : Was he drunk! Not very. 31r Ratites spoke iu
strong terms of the conduct of the prisonet, and the great
impropriety of his cayryiug slich a dangerous weapon. Hu
naked the prisoner where he came from, and he replied from
Belfast. His Worship tined him 103 and costs.
CAUTION TO UNLICENSED CARTERS.

Mr. George Barton, supervisor of Excise, charged a boy,
named John Moran, about twelve years of age, with having
driven sixteen persons from the race-course on Monday, in a
cart, without having had a license, the penalty for which is
£2O. Mr. Cobb was for the defence. Twu Excise officers
proved that the lad solicited them to ride in the cart from the
races, and they, along with about fourteen others, rode in the
cart from the course to Scotland-road. They paid 6d each,
and saw the others pay also. On asking him for his license,
he had none, sad they then put up the cart at Brumby's,
Scotland-road, as the act enabled them to do so. The super-
visor said a license for one, two, or three days could be had on

application at the Excise-office. Mr. Cobb cross-exanPied the
officers at length, but did not disturb their statement. He then
contended that the act did not contemplate fining a boy like

:he prisoner; but not convincing his Worship of this, he said

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the cart was taken out with ale and other things, and the
driver went on the course, leaving the boy to mind the horse
and cart ; and in the absence of the driver, the lad was induced
to take the passengers. The boy's fatherLhad a licensed cart
at the races. Ilis Worship said he could not get over the evi-
dence, and fitted the buy £2 10s., the lowest penalty he could,
inflict. The boy's father said he would pa,y the fine.
DEFUSING T.) SUPPORT A WIFE.
A respectable-looking person, named William Benson Story,
was brought up by Relieving-officer Wood, on a charge of
refusing to pay 9s. which had been expended on the prisoner's
wife. The prisoner was described as a draper in Patadise-
street. It appeared that the prisoner and his wife did not live
happily, and that the wife applied for relief to the parish,
which was given to her to the amount stated. The prisoner
laid all the blame on the wife, and said it was all caused by
her intemperate habits. The prisoner was ordered to pay the
amount, or go to gaol for a month.

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(Before Dirmre. LANyRBNcE and HovcinTa(.)
SHOULD OLD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT? THE

VALUE OF A lilsS.

ALE'S Anne Stonely, a very pretty young lady, about eighteen
years of age, summoned John Parker, a respectable-Looking
young man, for having assaulted her. Mr. Bluck was for the
defence. The young lady, when put into the box, seemed to
feel very much, and her fine bright eyes shone more brilliantly

through some pearly tears that seemed to steal out from the
charming lids, shaded with long dark and silken lashes.
She said, on Sunday, the let of July, I went to Richmond-fair,
Fox-street, to see a friend, when the defendant with two
others came up ; he was drunk at the time, and laid hands on
me. I went into a friend's house, when he followed and
caught me about the waist, and threw me down ; he threw me
down again, and I said, if be would let rue up, I would sit on
his knee. I then told him not to be so silly and foolish ; when
he said, am I a fool? and 1 said, yes; and then he caught me
round the waist and assaulted me, tearing my dress. Cross-
examined by Mr. Block : Did you know him before? Oh, yes.
You arc an old acquaintance then? Yes, I lived there before,
and knew him for a good while. Mr. Bluck : He did not
insult you improperly, or offer you any indignity in that way ?
Not at all. Mr. Block : Now, was it not all a joke? It did
not look like one. Mr. Block : Did you say, " let me ait on
your knee?" No ; but to get away from him, I said " let me
up and I will sit on your knee as you ask me." Did you give
him a slap in the face when you got up 1 Yes.. Was that in
good burnout or bad temper? In bad temper. Did you giCe
it him hard? yes, as hard as I could. Mr. Black : quite
right. What house was it in? In Mrs. Pollard's,a fiend of
mine. The young lady then said she. had summoned a wit-
ness, who did not attend. Mr. Block then addressed the Bench,
and said the parties knew each other for five or six years, but as
defendant had not seen the young lady for some time, he did
joke with her, having had a glass on board. If, however, he
had given the young lady a strong goocCiiffectionate kiss,
which he did not, very likely there would be no more heard of
the matter. Young gentlemen who were slapped in the face
)y young ladies deserved it; but really this case had no right
•.‘.) be brought forward at all. The young lady was highly
7espectable, and she did not say there was an 7 indignity
>tiered to her; nor would his client do so, as at, was ,one in a
oke, and he trusted the tnagistra.tea would take that view of
he case. Mr. Lawrence said the defendant had Acted most
tupropery and inciiereetly, and therefore they would tine him
103. and costa for the assault,

Yesterday, Messrs. Curry, Bellock, and Co., ship-
brokers, sold the fishing sloop Princess Charlotte, lying
in Wellington Dock, for £420. The pti,rclA,scx was
Mr. Isaacs.

A CHILD SEVERELY RURNED.—James Murphy, a
2hild tv?el\-e months old, 'was taken to the Northern
Hospital, last night, !laving been very much burned.
It was stated that the child's clothes had caught fire,
and that the mother was asleep in the room at the time.
STABBING AT AINTREE.—Jas. M'Carthy,, ;A labourer,
living in Limekiln-lane, wecl alt tie races at Aintree
yesterday, qua7lle4with another man, and, during the
received, two severe wounds about the body-
opponen!. was taken into custody, ar,dt will be
brOught before the county inagi,straies to7day, The
sufferer was taken, to 'the );orithern tiosp4al, but
refusing to remain, was removed home by his friends
in a cab.