The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-27 00:00:00

TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

servant,. His lordship then went through the evidence of
Lydia Barnes and Sarah Bond, contet ding that they
entirely born out the truth of what she said.
At this stage of the proceedings, the court, as usual,
adjourned for a short time. Af. er an absence of about
twenty minutes duration, the judges resumed their seats,
and the jury having returned to their box, the summing up
was proceeded with:
Lord Chief Justice Campbell resumed his arduous;
anxious, an painful duty, by directing the attention of the
jury to the evidence of Mr. Jones, the surgeon, at
Lutterwortb, upon the port;.on relating to the consulta-
tion about the medicine which Cook was to. tale, and

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the proposal that Dr. Bamford should prescribe for the de-
ceased, and also that relating to the missing betting-hook.
His lordship having gone through his notes of that evi-
dence, and having done so directed the evidence given by
Dr. Jones, as given by him before the coroner, to be' read,
and said that he did not think there was anything differ-
ing from what he had stated in this court which could lead
them to think he was not the witness of sincerity.- and
truth. His lordship then went into the evidence- of New,
ton, the assistant' to Dr. Salt, and said the jury would
have to consider the demeanour of the prisoner when he
was purchasing the styrchnine amongst other drugs, at
Haw..ilas' shop, and his conduct upon seeing Newton.
They then came to the interview, upon the 23th of Nov.,
with Newton, about the amount of strychnine to kill a
dog, and the effect it would have upon the stomach. New-
ton's evidence before the coroner was then put in and read,
and his lordship said it was for them to consider whether;
from that conversation which he made, they were to think
he had wilfully told a wieltgA lie. He was not shown to
have any to the prisoner; and he did not see that
he could have any motive for making the additional state-
ment which he had done. lie then went through the
evidence of Roberts, the assistant to Hawkins. The cross-
examination had not attempted to deny that evidence.
This brought the prisoner into the possession of the
strychnia., Which they would couple with the circum-
:stances and symptoms of Cook's death. The learned
counsel had not favoured them with any explanation or
opinion, or given anything as to what had become of the
strychnia, or what had been done with it, and if they
came to the conclusion that the death of Cook was
caused by tetanus from strychnia he should be shrink-
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POLICE COURT Y _ ESTERDAT,

(BFFORE MR. EARLE

red John Callaghan, and Thomas
stpriclOUS CHARACTERS.—BANK TIFFERs."— Two
well dressed young von.
si.: strong Scotch
Brooks atlas
aCcent, were brought up by deteetiVe Carlyle on the follost!ng,
-chat ge i—The older Said he Saw the ririsbneiS at the Sorrier of
Brdnawick-street, near. the Di-trict tank, on Saturday, and,
knowing them before, he kept an eye on them, There was a
bagpipe performer idaying at the corner of the street and a crowd
had collected. The officer observed .a gentleman ler.ving the
hank and put something into his pocket, and then the prisoner
Wilson, who had been watching the people leaving the bank,
drew up quite close to the gentleman, on the side where he
had deposited something in his pocket. The other prisoner
then covered the operations of his " ally," but after a step or
two witness seized them both and took them to the station.
Wilson had a splendid gold ring, and the ether prisoner a fine
gold pin, for the possession of which they could not account.
They also had money and other property. Bridewell keeper
Campbell said Wilson was " up" on the sth of the month on
a charge of being a suspicious person, and on that occasion he
had hardly a rag of clothes on him, (laughter) but it appeared
he had made a "raise" at some place. Carlyle said he had them
in custody before, and he knew them well to be "bank tip-
pers," and a portion of an extensive gang of thieves, of which
the town is at present very full. Alf. Mkt for the pidsoners,
argued that there was nothing to warrant the detention of his
clients. The prisoners said they were going to Glasgow where
they were engaged in a factory, and begged hard to be let off.
Mr. Earle was not satisfied with the character of the prisoners,
and he remanded them to this day to have some enquiry made
abont them. Carl; le asked for a remand until after the day of
rej,ic'ng, for certain reasons he had. The remand, however,
Was only to this ?ay.
" Ifs NOT MYSELF AT ALL l"—John Bright (what's in a
name?) a comical looking fellow, with a face, comparatively
speaking, as sharp as a hatchet, was charged with attempting to
steal a coat from the shop door of Mr. Redman, an outfitter,
residing at No. 18, St. James's-street. An assistant in the
shop said he saw the prisoner at the door on Saturday night,
and observed him take a coat from a string. The prisoner was
about walking off With it when the witness caught him. On
being stopped with the property, the prisoner said; "Oh, I want
to buy it; what's the price ?" In reply to the charge, the
prisoner made the following statement, which caused some
laughter. He said: "I had some (Link on Saturday night,
and, as I was going down the street, this man arrested me
instead of my brother in law, who is the living dead image' of
me, so he is." Tho witness said there was no person with the
prisoner at the time, so there could be, rio mistake about the
man. The prisoner was remanded.
RoBBERY.—A young man, named John Arrad, was brought
up by Bateman, a Manchester policeman, on the following
charge. It appeared that the prisoner lodged at the house of
a Mr. Joseph Wright, Blackburn-street, and that about three
o'clock, yesterday morning, be left the house, taking wills him
a gold watch and some money belonging to a brother of Mr.
Wright. A telegraphic message was sent to Manchester, and
the prisoner was arrested by the constable at the railway sta-

tion in that city, early in the morning, as he arrived by train
from this town. He was then conveyed back to Liverpool.
The watch was found on his person, and some money ; the
former was identified by the owner, and the prisoner was sent
for trial.

CAUGHT.—A shoemaker named Charles IWCarthy, was
charged with stealing three pairs of boots, two pairs of shoes,
and an odd boot, from his employer, Mr. Leatherwaite, No.
16, Castle-street, Kirkdale. The prisoner had been working
at prosecutot's shop in November last, but in that month he
absconded, taking the property with him. He has not been
seen from that time up to Sunday, when he was observed in
Vauxhall-road, and given into custody. He was committed
for trial (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
A NORTH-END Row.— James M'Evoy, Richard Keenan,

(BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.)
LEWIS V. YOUNG AND OTHERS.—This was an action
brought by Mary Lewis, as the widow of William Lewis,
deceased, • and the defendants wera Thomas Young,James
Johnson. William Brown, and William Briggs, trustees of the
iverpool Shipowners' Friendly Society. Mr. Roby appeared
-lantg." The plaintiff claimed £lO as the amount
•he death of her husband, who had

foi the

tiff deposed that sh,

titip an !
been a member of the siieiefi. Tit"
received intimation that her husband, i;itc3
had died on. the coast of Africa; upon which she applied for
payment of the burial moneyj and was told by the secretary
of the society that she must produce her marriage certificate,
and the club Card of her husband's . membership. This she
did, but was still refused paythent, and accordingly brought
this action.. On the part of the defence; it was contended that
the plaintiff had left her husband after having robbed him, te:d
that she was openly living in criminal intercourse with a man
named Moore. It was also contended that the deceased
Lewis had becOme a member of the society solely
for the purpose of securing to a woman, named Hor-
ton, the payment of a sum of money which she had
advanced to him to procure an outfit, when the misconduct of
his wife had left him destitute; For this purpose it was stated
that he had left his card of membership with Itks. Horton, and
that the present plaintiff had obtained possession of the
by means of a stratagem. Evidence was called to -'
the plaintiff lived with a person
had in other respects miscouducted herself towards her husbatn
Among other things; it was stated that when Lewis was goin
to sea, he came to biti wife and said be Wi,lied tai he reconcile
to her before leaving, upon which she

named

.hin-joinur,

nt on her kreo, and

prayed that he might nevrr return. For these reasons, as
well as the loan already mentioned it was contended that the
deceased man desired that Hrs. Horton, and not his wife,
should receive the money. Several legal objections wire also
urged by Mr. Roby• His Honour said his present impression
was, that the plaintiff must be taken as the legal representative
of the deceased man. It was probably better in a mora'
point of view she that a wife, under suer
should be presumed not to I.
appear in the position of her husband's representative atte
his death, and that if, for any reason, the husband wisher
that any other woman, not his wife, should receive after his
death money to which he was entitled, he should declare his
intention, according to the rules of the society, by a written
nomination, winch was' in point of fact, equivalent to making
a will. He stated, however, that he would consider more
fully the question involved in the case, and give his judgment
finally on Tuesday (this day) week.

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