The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-10 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY.

Mr. Conway presided in this court yesterday, in the
absence of Joseph Pollock, Esq., judge.
IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY COMPANIES AND THE PRBLI6
—LAvCASTER AND ANOTHKR v. THE LONDON AND NORTP/
WESTERN RAILWAY CO.—This was a case which involte'd
a question of considerable importance, both to railway
companies au() the public—namely, the right of com-
panies to levy tolls on pigs or other live stock. Mr.
Hitne appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr Blenkinsopp
for the defendants. The plaintiffs, Thomas Lancaster
and Son are pig dealers, and in March last, they pur-
chased a number of pigs which were standing in the yard
of the defendants, in Great Howard-street. The
defendants mane a charge of 61 per head per diem
on the pigs, and refused them to be allowed to be driven
away until it was paid. The plaintiffs paid the sum, of
£5 16s, under protest, and they now brought the present
action to recover that amount. They contended that
the charge, even if the company were entitled to levy
stiel; a toll, was excessive—that they had never paid
any such sum ;;?fore, and that the charge in Manchester
was only id per head pt! diem. The defendants on
the other hand contended that, t!:,.y were fully em-
powered under the new Carriers Awt make the charge
by a bye-law, and that at the time of the traZisaction iII
question, notice that such a charge would be leviej was
printed and posted up in the yard. They had bee:,ll
much inconvenienced by the overcrowding of the yard,
and they had accordingly resolved to make a charge of
6d per head per diem. Considerable discussion took
place as to the posers of the company's acts, and also
the Carriers Act. At its conclusion, Mr. Conway inti-
mated that he would consider the question, and that
the decision of the court would be given on a future
day.

POLICE COURT

-YESTERDAY,

(BEFORE Mit. MAXWELL.)
CHILD STRIPPING.—A young woman, named Janet
Pugh, was charged by a woman named Mary Bath, 'with(
stripping her little boy of his clothing, on Tuesday, 'tear
Bootle, and pledging them. The little boy, though si
most intelligent looking child, was altogether too young
to give any evidence. The prison r was committed for
two months.

ROBBERY Or PALM Orr. —William Noyes and Anthony
Smith, who were remanded on a charge of illegally
taking and disposing of a quantity of palm oil, the
property of Messrs. Horsfall, and a further quantity, the
property of Messrs. Hatton and Cookson. The robbery
was carried out in the most cool and business like
manner. On the 2Sth inst., a man named 'Samuel D.
Smithson, engaged George Baker, a carter, to take from
the King's dock to the Clarence pierhead, five casks of
palm oil, for shipment to William Prescot, soap manner
facturer, at Douglas, Isle of Man. On the way to the
dock, they met the owner of the cart, a man named
Lloyd, and he took charge of the horse. At the King's
dock they met Smith, and he helped them to place the
casks in the cart, Noyes standing by the while. The
casks were carted to the pier, but in the meantime,
Hatton and Cookson, to whom three of the casks
belonged, missed them, and communicated with the
police. They found and retained the oil before the
boat sailed, and this led to the arrest of the prisoners.
Mr. Clough applW for a further remand, and stated
that they had traced ten other casks belonging to Messrs.
Horsfall, Hatton and Cookson, Douglas and Stewart, and
other firms, in acidl,ion to those with the robbery they
now stood charged. Mr. Black appeared for the
prisoners, who were again remanded.