The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-26 00:00:00

MURDER IN BOND STREET

Yesterday morning great excitement prevailed in the
_locality of the above street, in consequence of a report that e
All sorts William Rea had been murdered by a woman,
sorts of rumours in reference to the affair prevailed, but
from authentic sources the following facts will be found
correct :—The deceased's name was William Rea, aged
a!)out thirty years. He was in the police force, but left
'pout two years ago, in order to take a situation in a spirit
/atilt in Great Howard-street. He remained there for
bSometime but was discharged. He then took a porter's
badze,
and has been engaged about +I--
tIP to the present time. It would appear that
!?I'med an improper intimacy with a female of loose reput
don) named Mary Elizabeth Green, and that on Wednesd
Leek they went to live together in a house situate in 22
olirt, Bond-street. On Saturday night they were d
cud on Sunday morning they were not quite sob,.
gotne re ison, not stated, they quarrelled on Sunday, b,
7.°111d appear that the deceased wished to make up th
laerenee, and went out for some ale. The quarrel was
afterwards renewed, and in a fit of passion the woman took
up a penknife and struck the deceased a terrible
1141°' in the left side over the region of the
_cart. The man fell, and must have died immediately.
The wretched woman then ran into the court and gave an
aolatm, when she was arrested by an officer. Sur;eon
.aYers, from the Vauxhall Dispensary, was at once sent for,
titud was in prompt attendance. He found the deceased
blood
on his back in an upper room. There was a pool of
'f''ed under the body, and the wound was still bleeding.
examininz the wound, he found it was only about a
i:111411er of an inch long, but the depth he could not ascertP:
h
after he had made em examination
but he :ated
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FURTHER PARTICULARS,
Dit appears that the real name of the unfortunate woman
—natlY Mason, and her age about 26 years of age. She
World
Wa• native of Bath. The real name of the deceased is
*oote, a native of Kendal, in Westmoreland. The
circumstances of the parties were poor. On the
zyma:,r arresting the prisoner, he asked her where the knife
tam and she replied it was down stairs, and then a man
ed Duffy, who lives down stairs, produced it, at her
e quest. It
is a common pwket knife with two blades—
Zune Mailer than the other. The prisoner pointed out the
kalal blade, and said, ,4 that's the blade that done it." She
telig.Dr• Sayer if the deceased was dead ? and he rep'ied
to e— taffirmative. She then fell on the body and began
d I'7
uitterlY at the same time cutting off a portion of the
eceased's haiL

EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.
At half
the a Past eleven, yesterday, the prisoner was placed in
idznelt before Mr. Mansfield. She is about the ordinary
e'
Roo of females in general, and has a peculiarly mild appear-
rpt,_e and rather pleasing countenance. She wept bitterly.
r'sues ~,e e
to first witness was a man namfd Patrick Duffy, who
the same house in which the deceased resided.
of ale about seven o'clock the deceased went for a quart
e' and the prisoner and deceased seemed at that time
rdn .qiet and silent ; in a short time the deceased
bleedlnt° ul'f room, up stairs, and cried out he was
froo,',,°F. asked him from where ? and he sal.
toe ",c8 toe. I looked, and said it was not from his
zite then said, " Oh, it is from my heart, and
do 'ma done it with a knife ; I am done," and he then fell
40ewtontand4ied at once. I ran for the police and also the
Ivea ab Mansfield: What was he ? Witness :He
?oh auge-porter lately, but wan formerly a policeman.
on her 112 said : When he went in the prisoner was
bar knees kissing the body of deceased. She said she
the dtlne it. Mr. Mansfield (to Duffy) : Had you heard
1,01
n quarrelling ? No, Sir ; they were quiet at that time.
fficer said when he was taking the prisoner to the
elation,he she said the knife belonged to the deceased, and
t4bien.d
,been cutting tobacco with it, and it was on the
struck ,zie had struck her several times, and she said if he
did her again, she would strike him with the knife. lie
her a blow on the cheek, and she took up the
obse
anEvatid stabbed him. The prisoner did not offer any
on, and murders of deceased. he was fully committed for trial for tha

wife of LATEST PARTICULARS.
The •
police Duffy states,
theirtha whilst he Nvs out. for the
deeeas) the prisoner entered oom and. said, before the
Berry P actually died, " that slie did
.it,
.and” was very
Rra_,
ior it, as she did not intend to kill him. A telte-
lettPcli%le met,isage wa.3 sent to the father of the deceased e,
expeeteta whom it is stated is respectable, and he wa
dee,„ 7to arrive immediately. Mrs. Duffy says the
titi-41,,a9 the prisoner were very quiet, and if they
Will b eu, it An inquest
must have been very silently.
e held on the body this day.

THE OWNERS OF THE EUPHONIA V. THE LIVERPOOL
STEAM-TUG COMPANY.—This was an action to recover com-
pensation ter the damage done to a yeses], through, as was
alleged by the plaintiff, the neglectful and careless conduct of
the servants of the defendants. On the 22nd of October last,
a vessel, the Charlesworth, employed the steam•tug Victoria to
ry, I tow her into the rives

About six o'clock she passed the
light, and came up the river. At that time there were two
vessels lying in the river. The pilot on board the Charles-
worth hailed the pilot on board the tug, telling him to go astern
of the second vessel, the Euphonia, but, instead of doing so,
he starboarded his helm, and passed between the two vessels,
the result of which was that the tide drifted the vessel into the
bows of the Euphonia, and was the cause of the injury for

damages were sought. On the part of the defendants,
it was argued that the order given by the pilot was not under-
stood. A great number of witnesses were called, and the case
lasted the remainder of the day.

NISI PRIUS COURT.
Mr. Baron .BRAAIWELL entered the court at half past nine
clock, and proceeded with the special jury cases.
HARRISON AND ANOTHER V. ELLis.—This was an action
L policy of insurance effected on a vessel and cargo
ng to Messrs. Thomas Harrison and Thomas Rogerson,
ants, of this town. The defendant was Mr.
London underwriter. Mr. Aspland opened the
Hugh Hill, Q.C., stated the case. It
from the statement of the learned counsel, that the
were about to send out a ship called the Grand
he African coast, with a cargo of such goods as
ordinarily send out there for the purposes of barter.

.nd Mr

:o sending out the ship, tho plaintiffs entered into a

policy of insu-ance, which was time policy for one year, bear-
ing date the 30th of July, 1852. The action was brought to
recover the amount of a pai tial loss, calculated by the plaintiffs
at 65 per cent. The vessel sailed on the 17th of January,
1853, and got outside the bar of Benin on the 24th of Feb.
The anchorage at Benin is about ten miles to the seaward of

the bar, where such vessels as the Grand Bonny, being about
700 tons burthen, might safely lie. The learned counsel
stated that the usual mode in which the African trade was
carried on was, that an assorted cargo was sent out, of such
classes of articles as were most fit for the purposes
of barter with the natives on the coast for palm oil and other
articles of African produce. In such a place as the Benin
river it was necessary to have a factory upon the coast, and a
trader and agent there ; and as the vessel on arriving could not
go over the bar, but must anchor outside, the goods which the
vessel had brought as her outward cargo wero taken by the
agent out of the vessel in boats from time to time, and con-
veyed up to the factory, where they were exchanged by the
agent for native produce, which was conveyed to the vessel,
and loaded on board her. It sometimes happened, the learned
counsel stated, as a necessary incident in carrying on the trade,
that goods might remain for a few days, or even weeks, at the
factory ; and it sometimes happened that, before the vessel
arrived, the palm oil, or some other produce, had been
obtained from native traders on trust, and when the vessel
arrived out the articles stipulated for were given in exchange
to the natives. The factory of Messrs. Harrison and Co. was
about four miles up the river inside the bar, and was construct-
ed of the hull of an old vessel called the Marquis of Abercorn,
which had become embedded in the mud on the side of the
river, was roofed over to protect it from the weather, and had
some sheds constructed at the back. The trader, or agent of
the plaintiffs, a person named Henry, procured a certain
quantity of palm oil for a portion of the cargo of the vessel. A
portion of the palm oil, seventy-eight puncheons, obtained by
this barter, had been sent on board and loaded in the vessel;
470 puncheons of the same oil were lying in the factory, with
310 puncheons of oil obtained at other periods. A fire took
place on the 29th March, at the factory, which destroyed the
470 puncheons of oil, and at the same time destroyed
a certain portion of the cargo, which had been
brought out by the vessel, and which had been conveyed
in boats to the factory for the purpose of being bartered. The
learned counsel stated that this fact being essential for the

carrying on of the trade, the essential question in this part of
the case was whether the terms of the policy covered the goods
which were in the factory. The policy contained the words
" wi.h liberty to load, re-load, exchange, sell or bartar, all
or either goods or property on the Coast of Africa or the
African islands." Another portion of the case had reference
•_ • •

jury sustained by the vessel herself, which prevented

her from bringing home a full cargo. The learned counsel
stated that on her voyage out she struck upon a rock, but glided
off immediately. After she left Benin she had to proceed
to the Bonny river, where Messrs. Harrison had a factory.
Here the captain thought it prudent to consult with others, as
to whether it wouid be safe to have a full cargo, as it was
thought probable that she might have received some injury to
her bottom, in consequence of touching on the rock. And as
there was no means of having her hauled up and surveyed
there, it was thought prudent that the vessel should at once
proceed home, and that she should bring only 580 tons of oil,
whereas she could have brought 150 tons more if she had
been in a perfectly safe state. It was found when she came
home that the fears regarding her condition were justifiable,
inasmuch as she had lost part of her keel, and the worm had
began to do her much mischief, Tho plaintiff, therefore, also
Claimed to recover for the loss sustained in the vessel not being
able to bring home her full cargo. Mr. Attorney-General
wles and Mr. Wild, Q.C.. appeared for the defence. On
tu° S part of the plaintiff, Mr. John Jackson, Mr.
mined,
and Mr. James Aspinall Tobin, were exa-
lrtion Their evidence did not fully bear out some
and a of
the Opening statement of counsel, with
to the custom of receiving palm oil on trust for the
a previous
to
ortabove, the
earrval of vessels, As the object of
,es was, that the legal questions involved should be
Y the it was agreed that a verdict should
.tae defendant, with leave to the plaintiffs to move
entered for them.