The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-04 00:00:00

THE SUICIDE OF THE LADY IN THE

PARK.

The Coroner held an inquest yesterday on the body of Mar-
garet Phillips, the wife of a ship-chandler, who resided at 39,
South Hill-road, Park. She was confined *three weeks ago,
and had been for come months suffering from fits of nervous
derangement ; and on Tuesday evening, whilst in a flt of tem-
porary insanity, she cut ber throat with a razor in a top bed-
room of the house. There being no doubt of her insanity, the
jury returned a verdict of " Destroyed herself whilst labouring
under temporary insanity."

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN HOTHAM-

STRE ET.

Yesterday, the coroner held an inquest on the body of
George Sumner, aged about 36, who was a shoemaker, and
lived in Bold-street. and who died in a house in Norbury-court,
Hotham-street, on Wednesday night, under suspicious circum-
stances. The following is the evidence eiyen in the case :
The evidence of Elizabeth Stephenson (an unfertunate girl
from Manchester) went to show that, on Wednesday night
week, she met the deceased coming out of a supper shades in
Copperas-hill, and he asked her where she lived; and she
said at the house of John Careful, Norbury-court, Hotbam-
street. They went home together, and he Old her his name
was George gamilton, the captain of a ship, and that he had
no money then, but ;,,,,as to get some at Mr. Lloyd's office next
morning. Next morning, she, the deceased, and John Careful
went to Mr. Lloyd's office, near the Exchange ; and in Dale-
street they met with a gentleman, who said, "How are you,
Mr. Sumner ?" They went to Mr. Lloyd's office, but he said
he did not get any money. He took tke witness out every
night, and 9n Saturday last, they went to Mr. Lloyd's office
again. He was Q,,rtuking every day. Deceased went to Mr.
Lloyd's office and came 94t 4,4 d said he got 10s., and gave her
55., and said he would have to meet M. Lloyd next morning
at Mr. Morecroft's office, Clayton-square, and that he had to
settle about some property of his father's, who died six months
ago; and that he was going to receive money, and would go
to Bristol next day by train, and would take her with him.
He went out with Careful next morning, and told her to
remain till he came back. Subsequently the woman and Care-
ful went to the Raven Hotel to look for him, as he had been
there with them before. (The Raven is in Preeson's-row,
George's Church.) They got him there; and he gave Careful
half a sovereigri. At twelve oreloglt that night the woman
aad Careful went home, and found deceased there; his eyes
were much swollen and blackened, his nose and chiq elit, and
he was bleeding ; he was very ill on Wednesday, and not able
to hold up his head. Dr. Row was sent for, and prescribed
for dege4sed. She saw no money with him. lie died on Wed-
nesday-nig:4,

Mary Appleton, who lives in the house in question, said the
deceased came into the bcuie on Tuesday night at eleven
o'clock, and was tipsy, but Ale to gtfrii. He put his hand
upon the shoulder of the wife of Careful, a4d „raid " Mother,
I have had ad— good hiding." His face was all sca!reii, and
blood coming from his nose. He said his head and arms were
sere, in reply to Mrs. Citreful, the deceased said he had been
to Chil4wall Abbey, and was drinking brandy and champagne.
He sa.d l e knew who had done it, but did not mention any
name.

Mr. William Palmer Row, Krgeon, stated that he was called
to deceased; his eyes were much svol,ten vd blackened ; he.
was se ssible, and said he had fallen over a wall at Childwall ;
he asked if any one had injured him, and he replied
He had a shattered fracture of the bone of the right arm, near
the wrist, and a shattered fracture of the nose, and was bleed-
ing from the nose. lie prescribed and went for splints, giving
a very unfayeurable opinion of him, and recommended his
friends to be sent fat'. He came back in half an hour, and
found him dead ; made a ,v9O-naortem examination of the
body, and found a comminuted fracture of the radius, about
three-quarters of an inch above the wrist joir4, ;4. there was
a shattered transverse fracture of the skull, extending from
one eye to the other, that was the cause of death, and the
rest of great external violence. A direct heavy blow between
the eyes voy+ld cause it, but scarcely thinks a blow from the
fist would do it. A fall frero a high wall, if he were in a state
of intoxication, would do it.
Dr. Bickerton corroborated the above.
EdVard Lloyd, a car-owner, who lives at I, Back Falkner-
street, stated that on Tuesday evening he drove the deceased
to Childwall. Another ear-driver, named .Joseph Mathews,
sat with witness, and a mad named Thonias Traynor
was inside the car with deceased- They went to
Childwall, where they had tea, and the deceased went to play
bowls, and it was stated he fell over the green wall, and, as
alleged, received the injuries there. There was a good deal of
Mystery about a quantity of money, supposed to be about £46.
that he had on him, but only about £2 was found. Some car-
divers were examined, and one of them proved that he saw at
least some fourteen sovereigns with deceased. The coroner
summed up, and advised the jury to return an open verdict, so
that, if anything transpired aftervards, cogidsanne could be
taken of it. The jury returned a verdict of " tied in conse-
quence of the injuries described by the doctors, but how
received there was no evidence to show."
The case was in the hands of Inspector Carlisle and detective
officer Rigby ; and Inspector Carlisle, in answer to the coro-
ner, said he feared the case could not be carried further then,
6's he got all the persons who were in any way connected with
the atistqf.ous affair. The brother of the deceased (Mr. Henry
Sumner, architect) was present, and rendered all the assistance
he could to elicit the facts.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY,

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
A "BARBAROUS" ACT.

Edward Roney, a yell dressed young man, described as a
"barber was charged by William Hilton Kendall for having
committed a barbarous assault on him. Mr. Cobb appeared
for the prosecution and Mr. 131uck for the prisoner. From the
ataterneht of Ur. Cobb and the evidence of the complainant
and his uncle, it appeared that on Wednesday, the prosecutor
had two men charged for haying assaulted him, and each was
fined 299. The prisoner was a friend of ;tie two men so con-
victed, and an Wednesday night, whet} the prosecutor was
going home to whsre he resides in Brook-street, the pri-
soner came behind him knoeked4o4 down and gave him three
or four kicks when down. Mr. Bluekcroes-examined the wit-
nesses, but they adhered to the statement. Mr, Bluck then
addressed the bench, and denied that his client kicked Ken-
dall when down. He called two witnesses, one of whom swore
that the complainant struck the prisoner first, and said he
would kill him. This witness's name is Margaret Bonus, and
she denied to Mr. Cobb that she was going to be married to the
prisoner. Mr. Cobb : Is there no little affection between you ?
None wisatever. Mr. Cobb : What a pity, for you are a very
handsome girl. Witness : Thank you, sir. The second wit-
ness also stated that the prosecutor 'truck first. Mr. Raffles
said he did not believe the evidence for the defence, and fined
the prisoner 40s. and costs, or one month's imprisonment.
VIE EMPEROR OF THE ENGLISH THIEVES.
John King, alias Knobbs, alias the "Emperor," was charged
with having stabbed a girl, named Margaret Clifford, with a
knife over the eye. The prisoner was described as the emperor
oflie ahllasthe e
eEnninglni thieves,seharly au th eand
prisonsthe ikingnth
the three
Ben TOnson-street.
kingdprns,
and
was 26 times in gaol in Liverpool, for three months each time,
and served four years' penal servitude. He had been charged
with burglary, pocket picking, garotting, receiving stolen pro-
perty, and with nearly all the crimes in the law dictionary.
He kept a regular court of thieves, and sent out his ambassa-
dors is the kindred courts at Manchester, London, Riming_
ham, Chester, and other towns. The exploits of the fellow
Dick Turpin,
se,
surprised eyed ife, the detective, who said the history of
Claude Duval, and al the rest p 1 ;4Clati The prisoner and
the "Emperor's" lifev,,q9hC 711e4 Pelf' Sheppard,
when a dispute arose about something, and,
a
some of his ministers of state were ia a public-house, where
the girlsheeal
wleagseadi, h also,
stabbed her with a knife Over the eye. He
was remanded to this day. •
ASSAULTING THE POLICE.

John Johnston was charged with havingsuing athsseaaueltteiodu Ptoolitchee-
offi m
cer Tolman, 769. The prisoner cause up to the officer the
previous 14W. on Breek-road, and aware a mighty oath, that
he wanted to beat 4 policeman, and, it
word, he tumbled him with a eiceii ill the jaw, and kicked him
and bit him in the arm. Another officer carne4p, and he
knocked him down also. The prisoner, in answer to the charge,
said there was no use in saying anything against the oaths of
the policemen. He was fined £5, or two months' imprison
meAt

CLEVER C4PTURE OF A BURGLAR.
On the night of the 11th July, a draper's shop belonging to
Mr. Seimlten, 53, Islington, was- broken into, and Omit £5O
worth of ribbons, satin, and other property Stolen therefrom.
On the 14th, Inspector Price, of the E division of London
police, went to a house, No. 1, Fuller-street, Bethnal-green,
London, kept by one Henry Wilkinson, and there he found on
a bed and on a table, ribbons and other 'property to the
amount of some £3O or £4O. Soon after the prisoner Wrn.
Knight, and the man Wilkinson came in; and the former
adinitted that some bags, in which the property was found,
belonged to him. Wilkinson, his wife, and the prisoner, were
then arrested by Mr. Price, but the magistrate at Worship-
street Police-court, London, allowed the Wilkinsons to bail,
and they absconded. The prisoner Knight was remanded,
and subsequently the inspector found that the burglary had
been committed in Liverpool, and the prisoner was brought
to Liverpool. He told the inspector that all the ribbons were
his property. The prisoner Wm. Knight, who is described as a
carpenter, was brought up before Mr. Raffles, yesterday, on the
charge, when Mr. Bluck appeared for him. Mr. Price was
examined, and the above is the substance of his evidence. In
reply to Mr. Blush, the vitnese said he got a document which
purported to be a receipt for £3O for a passage from
Singapore
to Liverpool. The ribbons were found in FuUer-street, when
there was only a woman present, but the prisoner said they
were all his property, and on his way down he said he had
purchased them, but could not produce any bill for the pro-
perty. The prisoner took the inspector to a coffee-shop
opposite St. George's-hall to
get refreshments, and the
prisoner is known to the owner and waiter there. To Mr.
Kehoe : The prisoner told me he was in Liverpool about the
12th or lZtla of July last. A porter in the Islingtoh House
proved that the front hre sof t shop r' Was closed on the night of
The prisoner
proved way. There were marks on the back
wall in the morning, and one of the windows opened. A desk
was broken, and it would appear that an entrance was made
the burglary in the usual
through the back window. Peter Doran, one of the managers
of the shop was examined, and said that the place was closed
that the pro-
and, as he was known
perty pelopge. to ' : stwulasten. safe.n
of theproperty,pnsoner pleaded guilty
to haying the pogessra „ .
to the police here, he was dealt' with under the 'summary
and sent to gaol for six months with hard
act,
jurisdiction
Or the usual hour,
mairid
labour.

COURT OF PASSAGE.

(Before EDWARD JAMES, Esq., Q.C., Assessor.)

THE DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1860.

POLLOCK V. LTLAND.—The action was brought to
recover the sum of £47 2s 6d for shutters supplied to
the defendant. Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff,
Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. The defence was that
the shutters were Rot made according to order ; and
various small sums were sought to be thrown out of the
bill. The learned assessor explained to the jury that a
part only of the account was disputed, and it was for
them to say what amount should be paid to the plaintiff.
The jury returned a verdict for the full amount.

CLAIM FOR GILDING AND LETTERING.—NICROLS V.
TRUMBLE.—In this case Mr. Brett appeared for the
plaintiff, who is a decorative painter and gilder, in this
town, and Mr. Aspinall for the defendant. In May last
the defendant was employed to do some painting and
gilding in Stanhope-street chapel, and he applied to the
plaintiff, asking him for what he would gild the letters.
The plaintiff agreed to do them at the rate of 4ad per
dozen, defendant to find the gold. When the work had
been done, the gold, owing to the badness of the varnish,
adhered to the ground, and defendant wished to have
the boards re-gilded. This was done, and the plaintiff
this time prepared the boards himself. 'Upon sending
in his bill the defendant refused to pay, and the amount
of the present claim was £6 2s. Bd. Against this the
defendant put in a set off of £1 14s. Bd., and had paid
into court £2 ss; the remainder of the items being dis-
puted. The learned Assessor expressed his opinion that
this was an action which might have been taken to the
County Court, without occupying the time of twelve
j laymen. . .

JONES v. HurroN.—The plaintiff in this case was a
porter in the employment of Messrs. Macfie and Son,
sugar refiners, in this town, and the defendant is the
tenant or owner of a warehouse in Nortb John-street

'he action was brought to recover compensation for
certain injuries which the plaintiff has sustained through
the alleged negligence of the defendant. Mr. Temple
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the
defendant. It appears that the defendant let some of
the rooms of his warehouse to Messrs. Macfie, for the
purpose of storing molasses. The molasses were in the
act of being lowered into the cellar of the warehouse
from a lorry, *hen the rope broke, and a puncheon fell
into the cellar, crushing the plaintiff's foot. He was
removed to the Northern Hospital, where he remained
for eight weeks ; he is still lame, and Mr. Workman,
the surgeon who attended him in the hospital, said
he would probably remain so for life. Mr. W. S.
Wallace, .general warehouse-keeper to Messrs. Macfie
and Sons, was first called. He knew the defendant, and
went to his office about this warehouse. After the accident
took place he wrote some letters to the defendants ; he
received the answers produced. (The answers which
were put in contained a suggestion on behalf 9f the
defendant that a compromise should be effected,) Wit-
ness examined the rope after it had broken, and found
it extremely decayed in the inside. All the men em-
ployed in getting the casks from the lorry into the cellar
were in the employ of Messrs. Macfie and Sons ; but it
was alleged, on behalf of the plaintiff, that this being
the defendants rope, he was liable if it was not found
in a proper state. Mr. Brett subrnitted that there was
no cause of action, as the rope was used by peirnission
of the defendant ; and as long as he was not guilty of
actual negligence, he would not be liable for this acci-
dent. It had not been shown that he was guilty of
negligence, therefore he was not liable. The rope had
landed thirty-six of the puncheons before the accident.
The learned Assessor said they could reserve that point
for the Court of Queen's Bench ; the jury were merely
to assess the damages. Whilst the jnry were assessing
the amount the parties agreed to withdraw a juror, and
settle the case.

A PHOTOGRAPHIC STIMIQ IPf P.4nAnISR-STREET.--=
SApntii y. FOSTF;II. 41,11? ANoxnEn.—This was nn action
for trespass and conversion. Mr. Brett represented the
plaintiff, and Mr. Deighton appeared for the defendants.
The plaintiff is a photographic artist, and he formerly
carried on business in Paradise-street in this town. His
case was briefly as follows :—About four months ago,
while the plaintiff was boasting to the defendant's wife
of his great gains, she offered him a room (the garret)
of her house if he weiad teach Nr P9ll the business.
The son had not sufficient time to attend properly to the
business, and it was then agreed that the plaintiff should
remain in the room, and pay for rent 9s. per week.
In about three months after this arrangement the rent
wes in arrear, and on the 11th of June the plaintiff was
told to turn oat iminediately. He removed the cases which
were outside the door that night, nut on Ow net day his
instruments were seized by the defendant, and he has pot
since seen them. The value of the goods seized he
estimated at £lO. The box now produced was a por-,
tion of the property which was seized by the defendant.
(A box was here handed to the plaintiff, containing
several portreits of females in a state of almost complete
nudity.) He had not i.akn thove photographs while in
his place in Paradise-street; they were taken at his

formes place of business. On Tuesday, the 12th of
Stine, there was with the defendant a man named
White, who told plaintiff that the defendant had just
let the room to him, and he (plaintiff) must not go there
any more. Such was the plaintiff's case, and he now
sought to recover compensation for the loss of his goods
and the trespass 4pon his property. The defendant's
case was quite different. It stated that about three
months ago the plaintiff was allowed to occupy the
room in question in consideration of his instructing
young Mr. Foster in the business. That arrangement
had never since been altered. A few weeks ago Mrs.
Foster was informed that the plaintiff was using her
room for improper purposes, and that he was taking
females 1;q) theTe, sipping them, and taking their
photographs whilst in a state of nudity. As soon a 4
Mrs. Foster knew of this conduct on the part of the
plaintiff, she ordered him to leave, and he removed
some of his things the same night. On the following
day the room was re-let to Mr. White, and as the
plaintiff had not then removed all his things, they
were taken by the defendant. In support of this
case, Mrs. Foster and her son were called, and

they both stated that the tenancy was not a weekly
one, and that the plaintiff—aid not demur when
on the Monday he was told to leave immediately. Mr
M‘Guiness, who was the informant of Mrs. Foster, said
he was on the roof of the house in Paradise-street on
several days between the 3rd and 19th of June. He
was doing some work on the roof, and he had sometimes
to pass the skylight by which the plaintiff's studio was
lighted. On two occasions when passing the skylight
he saw females in the plaintiff's room in a state
of
nudity. The women were not quite naked but he could
said
see their legs and person. Mr. Brett, in reply,
that if young ladies liked to hoe their ankles as well as
their faces photographed, it was good reason why the
plaintiff should be turned from the premises without
notice, and his things detained by the defendant.
The
learned assessor, in addressing the jury, said, if they
were satisfied that there was a weekly tenancy, they
would find for the plaintiff, and if not, for the defendant.
In the first case they would consider the value of the
property taken (the plaintiff's estimate was £10). They
saw the box of photographs produced, and they would
put a fair sum upon that 01 well as the lenses which
were seized. The jury returned a verdict for the plain-
tiff to the amount of 14.
14,01rn v. TRAUNTON.—This was an action in which
the plaintiff (who conducted his case in person) sought
to recover the sum of 132 from the defendant. In
October, last year, the defendant took a house in Tithe-
barn-street, and let it to the plaintiff, who paid him X 32
for the goodwill and fixtures. Ile was unable to take
possession at once ; but upon endeavouring to do so, was
told that the things belonged to the landlord,.to whom
he had to give them up. The learned Assessor explained
that the consideration contemplated by the agreement
was an immediate entrance on the part of the plaintiff ;
but as the latter had not availed himself of this, there
must be a nonsnit.
After hearing another case of trespass, (which did not
possess any features of public interest,) the court ad-
journed until this morning.

THE AHHExE.—Aa can of the pupils on
board this establishment takes place to-day ; and such
of the friends of the institution and general public as are
desirous of being present, will take the Rock Ferry boat,
which leaves the lauding-stage at two &clock.
MORALS AND MANNERS IN NEW YORK.--A letter
from Boston, dated the llth of July, says The city
of New York and its neighbourhood are suffering from
an epidemic called murder. Within the last three
weeks something like 2.5 persons have been killed there.
Another murder is nursing, and was so far advanced
that it made a very fair effort to go alone on the 12th
of July, giving much promise of future success. The
circumstances of this little affair are worth telling. On
the 4th of July a New York alderman, named Genet,
and another fellow, invited a young woman named
Kerrigan to take a sail with them. She accepted the
invitation, and was accompanied by a female friend.
The sail was taken in the harbour. Being on a tune,'
Mr. Genet and his friend began to take certain liberties
with Miss Kerrigan and her friend, proceeding, finally, to
attempt to ravish them. Though it was ' Independence
Day,' and therefore sacred to liberty, if not to liberties,
the ladies resisted, and so effectually, and with so much
noise, that their would-be ravishers were glad to land
them unharmed. Mr. Kerrigan, brother of one of the
insulted damsels, vowed vengeance, and that is a sort of
vow that is mostly kept in New York. He armed
himself, and meeting Genet at noon on the 12th, in the
most frequented part of the city, drew a pistol, and in
another minute the alderman would have slept with his
predecessors had there not been a tree hard by him,
behind which he dodged, thus deranging Kerrigan's
aim. persons standing by interfered, and held the
angry brother until Genet got away. Genet then went
to one of the judges of a criminal court, and asked to
have Kerrigan arrested, and put under bond to keep the
peace, but failed, because, as the judge said, he should
remonstrate with Kerrigan, and seek to make up the
matter privately!! Genet has since inade abject apolo-
gies to one of the women he sought to wrong, and yet
asserts his innocence !"