The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-20 00:00:00

COUNTY COURI:-YESTERD.

The: court , sat at ten o'clock on yesterday, and several
trifling actions for debt were disposed of.
JONES V MCKEE. —This. was an action brought by
Messrs. Jones and Co, woollen drapers, of Lord-street, to
recover X 9 13s Id, the value of goods sold and delivered to
the defendant. An assistant in the employment of the
plaintiffs, appeared to prove the debt.—Court: How do you
know: the_ amount ?-.-Witness': Froin the books.--Court :
Have .you the books here ?—Witnesi : No.—Court.: I can-
not allow you to speak from the books unless the books are
produced here. Did you deliver the goods ?—Witness : No,
the porter did.—Court : Is the porter here ?—Witness: He
is not.—Court : This is really a thing which ought not to be
allowed; persons coining here and bringing an action with-
out being prepared with their proofs. Poor people may be
excused, and ignorant people, but there is not that excuse
for sending you hero to-day with a piece of paper, which
you are not allowed by law to use, upon which you have put
down something that you know nothing about. Persons
who do these things should pay the cost of their folly. The
amount of time which: is
.thus unnecessarily occupied pre-
vents a ,neat deal of important mercantile business . being
attended to, which ought to be attended to, and obliges me
to put off a great
.number of people who have their cases
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prepared. You take out a suirmAins.against a man for goods
sold and delivered, and you must prove the delivery. Bring
your proofs here at some period of the day. The case then
stood over until about three o'clock, when evidence of the
delivery of the goods, and the amount was produced, and
the Court gave a verdict for the amount claimed, less is 4d,
which was not proved. _ _ _

LANGAR v bEANE.—Mr. Hughes appeared for the plain-
tiff. Mrs. Langar, who claimed £1 18s 7d from defendant,
for.dainage done to a window in her shop, hy a cart belong-
ing to him. Mr. Hime appeared for the defendant. Police
Officer, Joseph, Edmundson, *- deposed, that on the 4th of
August last, he was on duty at the Waterloo-road, and at
the. south-west gate of the Clarence-dock, he saw a cart be-
longing to the defendant, the wheel of which caught against
the pillar of the gate, and the driver backing the horse
carelessly across the road, dashed .the back of the cart against
the window of Mrs. Langar's shop, the frame of which was
completely, driven in. The witness deposed that in his
opinion the damage done was wholly owing to the negli-
gence of the driver, who might, if he had been careful, have
backed the cart up a street at the corner of which the house
stood, and thus have avoided doing any injury. On thepart
'of the defence, it was alleged, that defendant had sent a man
to repair the injury, but that Mrs. Langar sent him away.
It appeared, however, that the defendant only meant to have
patched the old frame, instead. of getting in a new one.
Evidence was given by the plaintiff to show that the amount
of her claim was reasonable, that the work.had been done,
and was necessary. The Court gave a verdict for the full
amount claimed.. •

ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On Saturday, John Brozier,
master cooper, Kent-square, whilst going up the stairs in
his house, slipt his foot and fell backward, fracturing three
ribs. He died of this injury on Monday.
DEATH FROM BURNING.—On the 2nd inst., a
little girl named Elizabeth Kelly, living at James's Place,
Worrich-street, was left by her mother in the care of a blind
lad whom she had at nurse with her. During her absence
she heard screams, and, on retiring found the child was very
much burnt, of which injury it died on Tuesday -in the
Southern Hospital.
Six casks of pickled pork, and six of beef, sup-
posed to have been stolen from. the docks, were yesterday
discovered by the police in a coal yard in -Back Beau-street.
Four parties are in custody charged with the robbery. •
ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE.—Yesterday about One
o'clock, a respectably-dressed young man threw himself into
the basin from George's pier-head, and was nearly drowned
before being rescued. Two Men put off in a boat from the
stage, and succeeded in catching the unfortunate individual,
but he made great resistance, and swore he would destroy
himself. He was, however, prevented, and • taken to the
station at the Prince's dock-&•ate, and given in charge to the
police. He refused at the time to tell his name. He was
tipsy, and was apparently labouring under delirium tremens.
The police took charge of him for the present. •
• THEATRE RorAL.---Last night, Mr. Baker took
his benefit, and an exceedingly crowded house fully testified
the favour in which this now veteran and justly popular
actor stands with the public of Liverpool. The play
selected for the occasion was the favourite• comedy of the
" Game of Speculation," and in witnessing the acting of
Mr. Charles Mathews, who performed the part of Mr.
Afable Hawk, one had very little difficulty in detecting
the charm which obtained for this comedy so pre-eminent a
success on the London boarils. Mr. Baker sustained the
part of Earthworm, and his pourtrayal of the character of
the old miser, whose cupidity makes him more than once
the victim of the cajolery of the arch-speculator Hawk, was
frequently applauded. Miss F. Baker played the part of
Julia Hawk, in her wonted manner, and was also deservedly
applauded. The other characters in the piece were like-
wise well sustained. The .farce of " Little Toddlekins"
concluded the performances. This piece has been written
by Mr. C: Mathews, but we confess that, in our opinion,
its success is solely owing to the finished acting of its
author.

THE RIGHTS OF `MIEN.-A day or two ago, the
magistrate at the Lambeth police office, (the Hon. Mr.
Norton's Court) received a letter from a lady, suggesting an
alteration in the law of husband and wife, which would
seem, to be a subject well worthy of consideratipn. The
writer laments that, under the present law of England, a
woman, who is separated from her husband, ,is unable to
exercise any trade independently of her, husband, so as to
secure to herself the profits. The husband may, at any time,
upon finding his wife in a prosperous way, of business,
pounce upon her, appropriate her savings, and overthrow
ll her meritorious endeavours to maintain herself and her
family. This is an injustice in our law, and an alteration
would tend to remedy the hardships suffered by married