The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

DEBT.

Risimaa v. Oorrxrz.—Thisw as an undefended action,
for the recovery of £6 is. 6d., the value of wood sold by
the plaintiff, Mr. Rimmer, timber merchant, to the de-
fendant, who is a joiner and builder in the town. Verdict
for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.
ANOTHER ACTION FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
BYRNE V. WCARTEN.—In this case Mr. Littler
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. 'Russell for the de-
fendant. The plaintiff is a journeyman cooper, and the
defendant a master cooper, carrying on business in Bond-
street in this town. The plaintiff was formerly in de-
fendant's employment, but was dismissed, without his-
wages or tools, on the 4th of -November, in consequence
of same casks having been spoiled. He was forbidden
to come upon the premises again ; but he returned on
the Monday morning to claim his wages and take awayhis took The defendant ordered him off, and, seizing
him by the collar, dragged him to the gate. He after-
wards gave him in custody of a police-officer for "annoy-
ing him, and creating a disturbance at his place of busi-
ness." He was taken to bridewell, and was kept there
for four hours. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff,
damages £5.
COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURIES.
BROWN v..Jouxsox.—This was an action to recover
compensation for personal injuries sustained by the
plaintiff, in consequence of the negligence of* me of the
defendant's servants. Mr. Williams appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. It
appeared that on the 4th of October last, tile plaintiff, a
girl eight or nine years of age, was walking down Love-
lane, out of Great Howard-street, when a lorry full of
bales of cotton came up, and halted close to the parapet,
when a bale of cotton was suddenly thrown off the top
of the waggon by the carter, and struck the deceased to
the ground, breaking her legs and inflicting other in-
juries. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £l3.
, A CHEAP GOLD WATCH.
OLDFIELD V. THOMAS.—In this case Mr: Conway
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bolton for the
defendant. The plaintiff is a journeyman ropemaker,
and the dekndant a pawnbroker, carrying on business in
Lime-street, in this town. In the early part of October
the plaintiff, with some others, went into a public-house
in Dale-street. There a young maa was offering for
sale the ticket of a watch which was pledged with the
defendant for 20s. He wanted 10s. for the ticket; and
having satisfied the plaintiff that he had a right to
dispose of the property, they went together to Mr.
Thomas's shop, where the watch was shown, the 10s.
paid over, arid after payment of the interest, the watch
repledged in Oldfield's name. Shortly afterwards the
plaintiff wanted to release the watch, when he found
that it had been stopped, as it is technically called,
as the property of a young woman named Mary Smart,
residing in Yorkshire. Miss Smart was called for the
defence. She had come from "Wisconsin, in the United
States; and not having money enough to carry her to
her friends, she had given the watch (which was a gold
one, and worth £25) to her uncle to pledge for her. He
had got 20s. on it, but finding that not enough, she had
given the ticket to the young man referred to, to get the
watch pledged for a higher sum, but he had sold it, as
stated, and she had seen no more of him. A verdict
was returned for the defendant, but a bill of exceptions
tendered.

MELANCHOLY DEATHS OF A MAN AND HIS WIFE.—
On Tuesday morning a painful sensation was excited in
the neighbourhood of Thomas-street, Bristol, by a report
that two persons, a man and his wife, had been found
dead in their bed, in a small tenement in Hamilton-
court, near Messrs. Garton and Stone's yard. This
report proved, unhappily, correct. The names of the
deceased persons were William and Caroline Saunders.
The bodies were lying in a perfectly natural position,
apparently asleep, the countenances of both being calm
and composed, and there was no evidence of struggle or
violence previous to death. It appeared that gas had
escaped into the room from a pipe passing underneath
it, and suffocated them.