The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-24 00:00:00

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" VIA you what ?" demanded the d0ct....01.7 in -
state of the utmost anxiety.
"Oh! wirrmetrue," cried Tim, wringing hio
hands, "but I have killed the mild lady!"
The poor doctor shook from head to foot. He
saw clearly that some dreadful disaster had
taken p/ace, but he could not for the life of him
make it out. He asked Tim several questions in
a hasty and incoherent manner, but he could not
procure a reply. He looked at Tim, and Tim
looked at the doctor, and at last he said, " Oh,
yer honour will hear all about it at the crowner'R
inquest;" and so saying he darted out of the
room, leaving the good- man in a state better
imagined than describable. Wherever Tim went
to, or what became of him afterwards, remains- as•
great a mystery as the fate of Sir John Franklin:
The remainder of the story is easily told. The'
old lady was sent home carefully and put to bed?
where she remained for some days, and when she
was at last in a fit state to "see company," her
friends gathered round her, and congratulated
her on her lucky and most fortmate escape. She
sent for her solicitor and told him tlit wholeT;
affair ; and that man of law at once commenced:l
an action for damages against the poor doctor for
having "knowingly, wilfully, and falsely given avA,
character to a man as a good, careful, and steady)
driver, contrary to the statute in that case madel
provided." The doctor was accordingly served
with a writ, and having taken advice of counsel,.
on the whole matter, he was told that damages
would certainly be recovered against him, ad,
therefore, the best thing he could do would be to
compromise the affair, which he did, by' paying &
sum of 1160 for the loss of the horses and car-
riage—and many a time and oft has he since
" set the table in a roar" by telling the story of,
"TIM O'HARA THE DRIVER!"

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAV

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
ATTEMPTED MURDER ON SHIP BOARD.

Henry Lawson, a sailor on board the American stip Loin.
bardo, lying in the river and bbund for Calcutta, VI3E, brought
up on a charge of having made a desperate attempt to la
Charles Wallace, the boatswain of the same vessel. It appeaiss&
that early in the morning the mate of th' ship went below te'
caft up the men to their work. The prisoner was in his bunk/
and reftrsed to turn out, when the mate called the boatswain
to assist hire). An altercation took place, and the mate turned'
round to get a piece of wood, when the prisoner ran at the
boatswain with a knife, and made a plunge of it at his throat*
and inflicted a large and very dangerous wound in tlw•neck•
The man fell, and is at present in a very precarious state, and.
totally unable to attend, or to be removed. These facts lx.inP
proved, the prisoner was remanded.

JOHN GAMELL'S GAMBOLS.
A very fine-looking man, over six feet high, who gave the'
name cf John Gamell, and who spoke with a strong Scotcb.
accent, was charged by Police-officer 641, for being drunk and
disorderly, and for having assaulted him. The officer said be
was in Bold-street, when he heard a noise, and =going for-
ward he got the prisoner, who was drunk and creating a dir
turbance. He advised him to go away, but he refusad',. and A
last lie was obliged to take him into custody, and when-he dad
so, the prisoner assaulted him. Mr. Ratile : What halve yen'
to say ? Prismer : I have to say that I was illegally arrested;:
the policeman exceeded his duty, and I want to know why be'
dared to arrest me ? Mr. Raffles : He says you were drank-
and disorderly, and refused to go away, and therefore he'
arrested you. Prisoner : I say he had no right to do it, and t
shall report him for exceeding his duty. Mr. Raffles: And 1•
say he had a right to take you up for being drunk and dis
orderly. Prisoner : But I say I was not drunk, and that be'
exceeded his duty. In reply to Mr. Raffles, the bridewell
keeper at Hotham-street station, said that the prisoner wasi
quite drunk. Mr. Raffles : I fine you 10s. for the assault on
the °Meer, and if you have any complaint against him, you can-
make it elsewhere.
A " DODGER" FROM WORCESTERSHIRE.

John Hughes, a very peculiar looking man, was charged•
under the following circumstances :---From the evidence of a
woman named Esther Best, who keeps a " house" at 15s•
Poynton-street, it appeared that on the 15th May he called
there along with a female friend, and wanted lodging on "
This she refused to do, when he offered her his eye-glass and
pockethandkerehief ; but, although he said the glass WO'
worth 305., she could not " see" her way through it. and she'
refused him. He then said he would be. locked out of his oval'
lodging, and made what she called a " poor-mouth" to her.'
She took compassion on him, seeing him (as she said) a respect.
able looking man. She offered to give hini a room for the'
night, but declined to accommodate his friend. The prisoner
accepted her hospitality, and went to bed. In the morning it
was ;discovered that he had taken " leg bail," and escaped
through the parlour window, as the door was fast. In (it wee
supposed) a fit of abstraction, when going away, lee made free
with nine pictures, that cost 4s 6d each ; a cloak that cost £2,
a gold brooch, and a lady's bonnet. He was not found after
until Wednesday night, when one of the females, wha was in'
the house on the night in question, saw him in Bach
Market-street, and raised an alarm, when he endeavoured
to take "leg bail" again ; but that sort of security was inter.
cepted on the occasion by the ruthless grasp of a policeman's
who, by a sort of semi-miracle, was present for once when OW
cry of "Police" was raised. Now, the reason why he watt'
invisible since the 15th of May was' as follows : He had met'
with no less than two Worcestershire " ladies," and he passed:
himself off on them as a Worcestershire " gentleman ;" but
whether that was true or not, he knew all about that county'
and a great many people there, including the famous "sauce"
that bears the name of the shire. By these means he imposed
on the "ladies," who were induced, like Mrs. Best, to give.
him the best bed in the house; and he served them just as bad
as he did that benevolent female,:by running away with their
property. In those instances, however, he was not so for.'
tunate, for he was arrested and prosecuted before the Recorders:
but got off ; and thus he could not be seen whilst in prison.'
He was now sent again before his friend the Recorder, Mr.•
Raffles remarking that perhaps he could persuade a jury s
third time of his innocence. The prisoner said he would do
that, as he could prove by his book that he was in Worcester"
shire on the 15th of May, and did not arrive here until the'
19th of May.