The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-19 00:00:00

THE KNIFE

John Horan was charged with, having stabbed. Margaret
Noekelin, in a court in Adlington-street. Mr.'Bluck defended.
The complainant and her sister stated that on Tuesday even-
ing; the
.prisoner entered the house and created 601Ile, dis-
turbance, and in a row that followed, the prisoner stabbed her
in the forehead with a large pocket knife. On cross-exarnina
tion, .it was elicited that there was a quarrel between the
prisoner's wife and the complainant, about a lodger. A sur-
geon proved that there was a punctured wounddown to the
bone on the complainant's forehead. It was a imart'wo,,nd,
blit not dangerous to life. She lost a good deal of blood. Mr .
Bluck produced witnesses to disprove the case, one et whom
said the complainant cut the prisoner's wife, and the latter
cut her in return. The prisoner's wife admitted (hi the court)
that she did stab the cOmplainant. Mr. Raffles said there was
a difficulty in deeidin_
g in consequence -of the, evidence, and
therefore he would give the .benefit of
.the-doubt to the pri7
soner and discharge him.
DANGEROUS ASSAULT.
Andrew and Fatrick Kennedy, and ThoMesTOtthet (!iut on
bail) were brought up on remand, charged with having eom::
mitted a desperate assault on James Kidd, on the 11th instant,
in GrosvenOr:street. The details of tbis case appeared in our
paper at the tittle of the assault, the facts being ttiee":—On
the night of the transaction the prosecntor and his. it ite
at the house of the father of one of the KennedYs, where they
had sonic drink. The two Itennedys Caine in and were angry
at what was going on. The prosecuter then went hone, and
as he stated, the prisoners followed him, knocked him down,
kicked him in the bead, jumped ,on him, and inflicted most
serious injuries.on him: Mr.. Chiltoni- for the •prisonerryeross:-
examined the prosecutor, who said, he had a. good
„many glassels
of ale that day, but he denied
having struck old Kennedy, nor
did he use a poker orknife. Several witnesses were examined
and proved the assault. Me; Chilton produced some witnesses,
but Mr. Raffles said he would not decide the. case, and sent
. .
the prisoners for trial. He said he would take bail £4O each
for their appearanee. •

(Before Mr. SHEIL.)
A PARTY ON SHIP-BOARD.

Captain Patching, of the ship Lady Eyre,' in the Prince'ti-
dock, was summoned by Police-officer Hutchinson (714), for
having,obstrticted him in the discharge of his duty on the lath
inst. Mr. Bluck appeared far the captain. The officer said,
that about nine o'clock on the evening in question, he went
board the Lady Eyre in search of lights. He met the captain,
who asked him what he wanted ; and he said he was searching
for; lights. The captain said, "be off out of this; or I will
~tiog you on shore." He told him he was in the diScharge of
his duty, but the captain would not allow him to proceed
further. Cross-examined by Mr. Bluck : It was about nine
o'c'ock!; there was light enough from the day to see on the
deck. There was a ball or party on board, ' but I dOn'Uthink
there was light enough when they were dattcing. There Was
a large party of ladies and gentlemen on- board, and.
..1 was
going into the cabin without any permission. Heard music
and dancing on board. Mr. 23luek:Did he tell 'yealthere was
no light; in the cabin ? No, sir. Did You Want ici_be intro-
duced to the party? No. Mr. Block: • Don't you know the
party consisted of his owners and private friends? • I do not
know who they were. Did you not search the ship? I went
to the bottom of the ladder,.• but :saw no light, and I wa,
satisfied there was no light there. Mr, Bluck then addressed
the magistrate, and contended that the policeman had no right
to intrude on a private party on, board ship; no more than he
would into a private house; And that he should have sent
some notice to the captain that he was about going into the
cabin to look for lights ; but ie denied 'that there was any
light in the cabin. Mr. Sheil said the police bad a right to go
on board ships to look for light.. Mr. Bluck : But we are not
summoned here for having lights on boatel. Mr. Sheil: No,
but for obstructing him looking for lights. The police must
be protected, and I line the captain 20s. and costs. The fine
was-paid

IMBIBING'.
•
Robert Woods, described as an innkeeper, in Waterloo-read,
was charged by police-officer 778, who said, about one o'cloic
in the morning he got him in Lyndon-road surrounded by a
number of girls, to whom he was flinging money. He was
drunk, and he thought it the best plan to lock him up, as he
had £2B on him, and no doubt he would have lost it had he
not been, taken care of, The defendant denied that he Was
drunk, and said he was as sober as he was at that moment..
The bridewell-keeper.'who took the charge, said the defendant
was drunk. Mr.-Raffies fined him is.

FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS SERVING IN INDlA.—Durinc,
the year 1859 the Emigration Commissioners chartered,°
under directions from the Horse Guards, 13 vessels for
the conveyance to India of soldiers' Wives and families.
Of these four sailed from Gravesend, three from Liver-
pool, three froth Plymouth, and three from Southamp-
ton ; six sailed to Calcutta, three to Kurrachee, two to
Bombay, and two to Madras.