The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-02 00:00:00

POLIO.

MOST IMPORTANT TO LABOURERS.—Henry M'Gratb, a
brick-maker, working at the north end of the town,

charged a man named Stephen O'Hara, and a female
named Anne M'Cune, with having assaulted him. The
prisoners were defended by Mr. Block. It appeared
that the husband of the female prisoner and some other
men, together with O'Hara, had been employed at brick-
making by Mr. Cubbin, who had discharged them, and
in their place employed the complainant and other per-
sons. On Wednesday, the two prisoners and a man
named Murphy, went to where the complainant was at
work, and after threatening him, the woman struck him
and cut his head with a spade, and the man heat hiM
with his fist, at the same time threatening to t +ke his
life if he remained at work there any longer. The wit-
ness was cross-examined by Mr. Bluek, and he answered
as follows : I did not see the woman coming With a can
of tea to her husband. Mr. Bluck : Is she not within a
few days of her confinement ? Mr. Mansfield : He need
not answer that as he is not a medical man. (Laughter.)
Witness : If she is, she had no right to knock my skull
off, with a " lick of a spade," (laughter); her confine-
ment has nothing to do with that. (Renewed laughter.)
Mr. Bluck : Did you tell her to go to - after hei• hus-
band ? Witness: No, for he was there present
(Laughter.) Mr. Mansfield: Then she had no need to
go so far for her husband? (Mote laughter) Several
witnesses were then produced for the complainant, and
amongst them was a man who said he was at work in
the fields, and when he saw the danger coming he ran
away like a brick. (Great laughter.) Mr. Black : On
the principle that

" He who fights and runs away
Will live to fight another day

(Renewed Laughter.) Mr. Mansfield : And very proper
too, on this occasion. This is one of those combination
cases, that unfortunately come before me too frequently.
It is an attempt to prevent men from using their labour—
a commodity that every one possesses—to the best ad-
vantage. It is a most abominable and atrocious system,
and, as I have hertofore done, and will
always continue to do, in such cases. I will now
inflict the heaviest punishment that the law permits.
I trust this will be a warning to other people not to
interfere with the labour of any one. Let the prisoners.
be committed to gaol for three months each, and kept
to hard labour. The complainant then applied for a
warrant against a person named Murphy, who had
threatened to take his lila if he remained at work. The
warrant was at once granted.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A Wire,—William Eves, a
carpenter, residing at No. 17, Margate-street, was
brought up by officer Whitston, 779, on a charge of
having committed a deadly assault on his wife. It
appeared that on Monday evening the assault took
place, but the police were not informed of the transaction
until Wednesday evening, when the prisoner was
arrested, and a surgeon called in to see the injured
woman. Surgeon Wark stated that the woman was
dreadfully injured. She had been beaten in a frightful
manner all over the body; he never had seen so bad a
case, and the woman was in very great danger front
erysipelas, superinduced by the injuries. The officer
said Mr. Wark was entitled to great credit for his con-
duct on the occasion. The prisoner was remanded for
seven days, in order to see how the woman would get
on in the meantime.

OVERSHOOTING THE M. kIIK.—A person of rather respect-
able exterior, named William Perryman, was charged
under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that
at two o'clock in the morning. the prisoner, along with
another person, entered a shooting gallery in Murray-
street, where they had " divers " shuts, and after that,
by way of "desert," two shillings worth of oysters.
When asked for payment, instead of " forking out,"
they created a disturbance, broke a clock, some chairs,
and a mahogany door, the damage of all amounting to
16s. In reply to the charge, the prisoner said he was
very sorry for what had occurred ; he supposed it did
happen, but he did not remember anything about it, as
he was quite " over the line." He said he would send
for the money and pay the damages, and he was
remanded for that purpose.
A BREASTPLATE OF WHISKY.—Ttro labouring men,
named Edward Dunne and Jo!in Mullin, were charged
with attempting to smuggle a quantity of whisky from
the Blenheim steamer, from Belfast. The prisoners
bad .4 breastplates" of tin made, and these fitted half
way round the body, and in these the whisky was found.
upon them as they left the vessel. Although the apparatus
did not increase the bulk of the prisoners, yet they were
construeted so as to hold upwards of a gallon of whisky
each. They had other things made of tin also that fitted
to their backs, so that in point of fact, the prisnnera
were regularly cased in whisky. They were ordered to
pay a fine—one of £3, the other of £2 8; the value of
the whisky, or to be imprisoned for one month each,

(BEFORE MR. LAURENCE.)
"A Foot. AND HIS MONEY"—Patrick Whetan, Mar-
garet Whetan, and Mary Walsh, were charged with
having stolen £ll 14s from a man, who said he was a
sailor and gave his name as Evan Jones. He stated that
he had come from Australia in the ship Beemah, and
had been paid the above sum at the Sailors' Home on
the previous day. He strolled out in the evening, and
at some place of amusement be met the prisoner Walsh,
He did not rightly know his way home, and he hg reed
to treat her if she showed hint the way to 122,5 boarding
house. Instead of conducting him to his lodging she
took him to the house of the prisoners in Peter-street,
where he was locked up and threatened with death if he
made any noise. The parties then took his purse, which
contained the money, his discharge and two certificates.
They kept him locked up till morning when he con rived
to get away. The purse and the documents' were found
in the house, but, of course, the money was gone. Mr.
Bluck, for the prisoners, cross-examined the witness at
great length, but the man adhered to his statement, and
said he was left without a penny on earth. The prisoners
were fully committed for trial at the sessions.
THE ASSAULT AND ROBBERY IN OLDFIALL-STREET.-4.
-day or two ago, we published the particulars of eta
assault and robbery that took place in the publiehouse
of Mr. Earle, Oldhall-street, and then stated the remand
of a man named Bremen on the charge. Yesterday
morning two more of the prisoners, alleged to be impli-
cated in the affray, were brought up by detective officer
Eaton. 'their names are Richard Davis and Thomas
Gihnore, and the latter was identified as the person who
ran off with the basket belonging to Airs. Bradshaw,
which contained £2 10s, and Davis was recogni,ed as one
of the persons who was engaged in the assault. The
prisoners were remanded until Wednesday next, the day
on which the other man will be brought up.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.— Mary Co:it:Xoy, form (rely
servant to Mrs. Davis, a grocer and provision uealer„
residing at No. 23, Soho was brought ue, by detece
tive officer Laycock, who arrested her in Cial%'vay on the
the prisoner lived with the prosecutrix,
following charge. Tt appeared that on the 2nd of
in question, whilst Mrs. D
andS mbeptaentieler last, the
at eharch, she absconded, takit

in cash, and a considerable q
She was not heard of until lily
had been arrested in Galway.
Davis, 4114 brought the prisoner I
committed for trial.

tv of wearing apparel.
ek got a notice that she

nt over with Mrs.
She was fully

SOBER TAILORS, &

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir, Advertisemen ts are now very common, headed " Sober
Tailors Wanted," and allow me to say that I admire the man
who will boldy put forth an advertisement in which the
truth is insinuated respecting the working class of tailors ;

but why tailors should be alone selected far advertisements
of this description, I do not know ; but as the ice is broken,

I suspect we shall have

hese sort of advertisements pretty

frequent ; for instance, sober clerks wanted, as well as sober
men in all branches of business ; and as tradesmen, and
others, fee: the difficulty in getting sober men generally;
they will perhaps lend a helping hand to the great
temperance movement—the various societies for the spread
of total abstinence principles meeting with little encourige.
ment from tradesmen generally. A SOBER TAIL 93!..

PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRIAL OF WILIrtAM PALMER.
—The Central Criminal Court will undergo some eon+
des able alterations preparatory to the trial of the Rageley
poisoning case. The Old Court, where the trial will be
held is not capable of giving accommodation to more than
five hundred persons, a capacity totally inadequate to the
requirements of this occasion. In order to give more
accommodation to tht 'oar, the circular table around which
the barristers 'usually sit has been removed, and in its
stead cress benches and desks will be erected, and these
will Word accommodation to about thirty additional
barristers. It is also intended to erect seats by the side
of the dock, similar to those that were put up on the
occasion of the trial of Oxford for shooting at the Queen,
and that of the Mannings. The fact of the trial being at
present fixed to come on in the midst of an ordinary sea:-
sion will very much increase the inconvenience, and it is
earnestly hoped, for the sake of the public convenience,
that the arrangements may be altered. Messrs Stone
and Rose, the under sheriffs, have, it is understood, been

in communication with the Lord Chief Just

subject, but

3 find arran

tine are counsel for the prisoner

upon the

1 come to

in reference to it. The Attorney-general, Mr. Edwin
James, Q.C.. and Mr. riuddlestone, are retained to con-
duct the prosecution ; and Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Ballan.