The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

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EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER,
At the police court sittings, before Mr. Grant. the • vol+
Boner, who is a well-looking man, about T 6 years of aved
was brought up by Inspector Stewart. Mr. Bluck apPeaiiiis
for the accused man. The inspeotor said; on going the
rounds about one o'clock that morning, he was "in the
Bramley-Moore dock. He heard a noise on board He
ship City of Mobile, and thenthe report of a pistol. a
hastened in the direction, and heard voices on board,t3o"ot
heard a person say, " Cook, Cook, why did you
the man?" He called an officer, and both went on I)°,;ed
when he found the prisoner being held by a man niTi,,a
Thomas Lang, belonging to the ship. Witness as,,j
Lang what the prisoner had done ? and he roplied 0,
shot a man with a pistol, at the same tim' giving hill'
weapon. (A rifled pistol produced.) He then t0.,1
prisoner to the dock station, house, and order('
wounded. man to be put into a car by the constable,
at once conveyed him to the Northern Hospital.
viously, however, agt the station, the wounded non I`.l-r.hc
titled the prisoner as the man who shot hiro•
inspector aided that he called at the hospital afterv,k:_,,,
and the surgeon said the ball had entered the wou,l"
man's hip, and was lodged in his abdomen.
Mr. Muck : Do you know whether it was by ac'i/
or design that the man was shot ? Witness '
sir.

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Mr. Clough said it would appear that the prison
the wounded man had been on shore together, a
gone on board apparently very good friends.
Mr. Bluck : That is so much the better for my
it shows he had no,malice against him, no matter li
unfortunate affair took place. I hope the poor in
recover, and then we shall be able to get the troll
him. AI present I know there must be a remand,
therefore, think it better not to offer any remark:
the whole matter comes to be fully investigated. .one of
Thomas Lang, the man alluded to, was called, "L' not
the officers said that he was so drunk that he v"Q„ber•
fit to be examined. The man declared he was quite .01 the
He was sworn, but a second or two in the box pro con-
onstable's statement. He could hardly speak tw° Th d
rho WO
s, and he was ordered to stand down.
„Tile

prisoner was then remanded for a wee
man, it was said, lies in a serious state.

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IMPERIAL PA RLI AM E

HOUSE OF LO

The LORD CrlA:Ncil
at five o'clock.
The Rve.►,,...___ -""'

--,ucquer 15,11
time, and the standinr
the purpose, it wen
time and passed

throug

AN
On the motion for the

Earl GR

EY deprecated

L Ile public expenditure
°overntnent had resorted to: C
f(lr Military purposes, nearly t
bY an increase of the National I
After some conversation the b
and afterwards passed through

NT.

on the woolsack

I a secon

suspended fo

read a third

the Annuities

extent

7. money

outlay of £46,000,000
Lirds had been raised

and time,

i the Turnpike Trusts
and agreed to.

The report of the comthitte
Arrangement Bill was brought ul
The
Consolidated Fund £1,631,000 was read a third
a" Passed.
Their Lordships ros

at seven

NIONg

ROUSE OF
o 'cloc he
T SPEAKEIL took the cha
k.

kr• Ror

bees Rent.

400 toe
fremier.

h"t °E. a 14
rOOl, or luck
l‘tr• WILSON
udillts referred
"alnined, and th,

hortly before four

'or the com

e°,uutissione.
lcm, to inquire tb..
Treasury
there was any
4reasury or the Board :of t
ilbtotdiate attention. 1-
(311,14 be one of the
tne government
blea at thT
a°l'e had been done for thi.
111 e long room had been rev',
the clerks had been increased.
fat, as The hon. member must, at.
it"" as he had the documents before him.
at 2r* ItousrALL said, as he could not reply to the
'‘eutent of the hon. gentleman, he should bring forward
the subject on an early day.

If complaints

Leads of

bundation, were made to the

would receive

t all it

'l' port

[Mr. Horsfall shoot

in to know

Gro_ • ,-,OwAN asked w
Yerantent, during the present ses
f71.48.11re affecting Life
ItY with the recommendation of ti
'nett reported u
Mnon that subject in IS
the
r,r ,-,• N., r
asori s: he was not to say whethe
cvernmentad intended to bring in any bill on the
sub-
"et Or not.

LIFE INSURANCE

her it was the intention of the

to introduce any

Insurance Companies, in con_

select committee

111 answer to an hon. member,
tio._ • LORE said the motion for a committee on the ques-
-044 the
14thLocai Dues on Shipping, would be brought forward
nst.

t
a. • ALL asked NA hether it is the
3estY's Government to introduce a bill, giving power
to th
aboard of Trade, in case of any line of railway that
IY be reported unsafe by their, officers, to order all
Ittethethe
elPense of such railway corn
to i Levitt said it was not the int(
lltroduce such a bill.

UNSAFE RAILWAYS.

CENTRAL A

Mention of her

of the public

n of Government

la reo
L r`Y to Mr. BAXTER,
the °4l PALMERSTON said it was not possible to prepare
aster relating to Central American affairs before the
,er holidays.

RICAN QUESTION

LETTERS FROM AUSTRALIA

shed the Secretary of the Treasury

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