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

ROYAL OAK BURIAL SOCII

44.7 affairs of this society were yesterday again
..,. _
iagarB 're the Judge of the County Court. On this occasion
plaintiff
, instructed by Mr. Hull, appeared for the plain Ai Brett, instructed by Mr. Martin, for the defendants, a
th*lrenlner appeared to watch the case on behalf of one
teetai":dre earers.—Mr. Seagar, in opening the coP-
rtieeti all the circumstances, the result
I, ngs for the election of the officers, and also to argue,
°rf!rs
Parj'atn he
judge was invested with under the recent act
nt, asking his Honour to call anotiser meeting, he
eZ`g'ng °
aPPothe time and place for the holding of such meeting, and
inting a chairman. Mr. Bremner submitted that the
fbreeat point to be decided was, did his Honour conceive that
oetrin
the ther
Bd meeting was a legal meeting, if it was not, then all
objec,ions were not worth going into.—Mr. Brett,
aft" a lengthened legal discussion, then went on. to contend
that
Order,t act did not give the Judge the power of issuing any
be served, for, in fact, there was no person on whom an order could
at ti7ved ; for virtually there were no officers, if those elected
siooderneeting
on the 7th witchee elected illegally, and the society
none in this position that ad no officers, and by the rules
for.eould be elected before the 21st of July next, therefore,
~,,hot,ttae_ interest of the society, he thought that those c.,..',ws
wetitn_itli been elected be permitted to fill the offic'es. He then
had _°o to
largoe that the clients for whom. Mr. Seagar appeared,
July: ig . dispute the legality of the meeting of the 7th of
113_7
fils,
eprrloorrdteorsthaotf day, they had gained all they deserved by
iecaFitnn g, sttohmatetho,f:y the,
court. He also contended that
Ipidaerties had taken a part in that
had adopted it as an adjourned meeting.he
tne"ieg," `Yine length explained what he conceived to be t
or iss *.g of tile act, he denied that this court had the power
not ah4lng any orders. His Honour wished to know if he had
paid, --,1 Ntver, what tribunal in the land had ? Mr. Seagar
the"ere was no doubt but that the Court of Chancery had
heldPowedr of directing the time and place for a meeting to be
Aft: and
for the attendance of an officer to take the votes.
that r setne
a, further legal arguments, in which it was admitted
had
not
society as it present stood had not any officers, and
th cbt the power of electing any, although the judge had
°Power of ordering that no more funds should be collected
t°iti!lBPersedo which would tend to the total annihila-
e:- °f the society. His Honour said he could not
f
.4.0 himself see how the meeting of the 7th o.
its "at Could be considered as possessing any validity,
there
Ineetin was no proper authority for calling the
Aet be g, and he did deeply regret that some arrangement had
en come to by which the annual officers had not been
elected. The society hadgot into such difficulties that they
'el3tould uot get ottofthem. The question was how were they
gett6inet out of the difficulties ? They had not the power of
ho g out of them by themselves, then he had to consider
bei! he could assist them. He then went on to say that lie
h leived he did possess the power of making an order, and he
Sztt--"'d therefore on that day week direct a meeting to be convened
0 4 convenient place within the borough, and for the purpose of
s'hreovuelAntinagv persons from being present who had no right, he
bo ' h e the 114th rule carried out, which prohibited any
rlon from attending exeept adults, who bad been members
azotw..entY-six weeks, and who were not in arrears. He sl—
__ my-six
scrutineers to be appointed, and ale
*regards the chairman of the meeting, the tel
scrutineers, he hoped that each party would decide on so.
nt:111:°eso and submit them to him, if not he should appoin
ein
hi and
Having expressed his determination how to
act under the circumstances, which appeared to gi I‘, ^
,lion' the parties all left the court.

f the t-wc

so teller

ers, and

CSALYCS Itt
—The w lOU NORTEI SEA.—SniELDs, Thursday night.
eathe,
three
the past two _ has been exceedingly rough at sea during
prevented getting o days, and the herring boats are
in the offing thisg, out to the fishing.Pßlt is very boisterous
the bar. The, h'irrling, with a strong sea running across
putting back this
,I,o"yanee, coal laden, which was
away, grounded on the Wing
with her sails partly blown
be discharged. The schno:and, and her cargo will have to
has not been recovered, aecier Lively, sunk in the fairway,
siderable trouble to the con_ ahe is likely to occasion con-
laden brig was observed in ;
herevators of the river Tyne. A
her foretopmast gone. The pihTnll this afternoon with
y hayaetebarner has gone to sea
to look after vessels that rna
faun REVENUE.—We learn from a ;,en disabled.
hatTanaentary paper
paid ineutoure
just printed, that the net produce of t
Irish revenue for
e exchequer.
1855 was £6,056,272, which was
It Was made up of £1,919.108 collected
customs, £2,308,125 of excise, £441,300 stamps, under the heal of
Property and income tax; £26,000 post (~:31,049,808
branches of the hereditary revenue, and 0311,62900 small
laneous, including the repayment of advances. me is
Thscel-
Parliamentary return also contains an account of am
he
expenditure (.e5,78,1,689) for the same period ; but it adds, that it does not show the whole expenditure for the
ualted kingdom on account of Ireland.
" LovE LEVELS RANKS."—No fewer than three eloping
couples have been in custody in Enniskillen within about a
week, and in each case the master's daughter had eloped
bwet k,
the servant man. In one of them there was a fine
utt. A girl, named Maguire, from near Trillick, eloped
Ilwith her father's servant, came to Ballinamallard, and
r_al.lsed the train ; posted into this town, thence to Maguires-
%::ghtidge, Lisnaskea, and Newtownbutler. Constable Moor
t them in Newtownbutler before the luckless lover Iv
Illise.to snatch a kits. He recovered a sum of money t'
r_ lad bad appropriated from her father's store.
,oevBetOred it along with the fair penitent to the:9wner. ...
I,'
err, alas, is to be prosecuted for leaving his work !—.
managh Reporter.

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I SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.-YESTERDAY

CROWN COURT.
(BEFORE ➢IR JUSTICE WILLES.)
This morning, at half-past nine o'clock, his Lordship took
his seat on the bench.

THE BOLTON MURDER.—Betsy M‘Mullen, who was
found guilty on Saturday, of having caused the death of
her husband. by administering a drug, termed at Bolton,
" quietness," was then placed at the bar to receive sen-
tence. As on the trial, she was dressed in very deep
mourning, but did not evince any particular exhibition of
feeling that prisoners usually placed in her position have
shown. The court was crowded by a number of respectably-
dressed persons, amongst whom were several females, rela-
tives of the prisoner, who sobbed Utterly. 114. Lordship
said--Betsy M‘Mullen, you have been indicted for the wilful
murder of your husband, by administering to him continuous
doses of a sickly and poisonous drug with intent to kill
him. The jury has found you guilty of manslaughter.
They were not satisfied that you had the wicked intention
in your mind to murder your husband by giving him that
drug. They have found their verdict on the facts before
them, and they could find no more. It appears that you
were in the habit of administering a drug at various times,
and up to a time shortly before his death. There are strong
facts to show that, even when the doctor was coming to him
daily, and even when he was within three days of his death,
when his life might have been spared by your word—when
the doctor asked you whether you had not been in the
habit of administering a powder to him from time to time,
you refused to acknowledge the fact, although by the ad-
mission of the facts he might have given him such
nedicines as might have produced his recovery, I there-
'ore cannot think that you had any charitable object in your
nind. or that you did it with a good motive. The jury
guilty of manslaughter, that is, that you
no intention of murder, and I shall act on their verdict,
not believe that you did it with any good motive.
-- given it to him to save yourself trouble

found yc

trom him, for the purpose of preventing him from doing
acts of violence, perfectly reckless as to the consequences,
and to the effect it might produce on his constitution. I
can only repeat what I said on Saturday, that a wife adminis-
tering any drug to her hnsband is in my mind most obnoxio❑s,
hateful, and quite inconsistent with the duty a wife
owes to her husband—it is most reprehensible, and one that
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not cn!y interferes with the social duties, but is one that
must be punished by the law. You have been guilty of a
grave offence—you have not only caused the death of your
husband by poison, but you have broken the social ties of

life in the most important aspect; but I think there is
another reason why I cannot pass this case over without
inflicting on you the utmost penalty I am allowed for the
crime of manslaughter, as I am afraid from what has come
out in the course of this trial that there are women who
are in the habit of administering drugs to their husbandQ,
and that that practice exists to a great extent. I think it
necessary, therefore, not alone for the offence you have cam.
!flitted, but to put an end to such a dreadful system, to pass
upon you the extreme sentence. I have thought over this
case in my mind—l have looked over the notes taken at the
trial, and I cannot find any grounds by which I can do
otherwise. I have also consulted wiser heads than my own,
and I have come to the conclusion that I cannot pass any
other sentence upon you than that you shall be transported
for the term of your life. The prisoner was then removed
from the dock. This concluded the criminal business.

CIVIL CASES.
(BEFORE MR. JUSTICE IVILLES.)
MILLIGAN AND On-MRS.—This was an
to recover compensation for injuries sustained,
e plaintiff alleged, by the wilful carelessness of the defen-
's servant, for which they were responsible. Tho defen-
pleaded not guilty. The claim was for £3OO. Mr.
;east Wilkins, in opening the case, said the plaintiff in this
was a porter, who hail been employed for a number of

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years in the town by various merchants, and the defendants
were merchants of eminent standing in the town. The evi•

t he should adduce to prove this case would be—that on

7th of June the plaintiff received a certain injury, for
h he claimed compensation, Toe plaintiffs occupied as
houses a portion of a building called Berry's Foundry,
on that day he went into one of the warehouses occupied
le defendants, when a bale of cotton fell upon him, and he

•ceived such injuries that had prevented him from ever
arsuing his avocation again. 'Witnesses were called to prove
and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.

HUGHES V. TONES.—This action was called on, but was