Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

upon her statement that shc—was refa-secl relief

said solo her if she',had told me that
g to visit' hef husband. I told
'power to pay me, and that he
I think the

I would not hay
Mr. Heath was comic,
them it was out of the
would not recover.

was some con-

.ef sation about t

man. being removed

I do not know whether it was

onlitlea,Gra person to srippose 'that h(
fluence of drifik. Any excitement 'To

ans breaking a blood vessi

t he mus

sked what was

ae matter with my

before. I told him :where we
what 'rent we paid, and w

you ar

soniethifi

he ga v

;£2O

;year, an(

piooa yqssei
d, and he then

id he would see "my husband befog

guardians had been sitting. He came: to, our. house
about six o'clock in the evening, and gave a . dreadful
loud knock at the door. The door was wide open at
the time. On going 'towards the door I met him corn-

said yes. By that time he had goi into the room where
my husband was in bed. lle asked my husband how

it-was that I

painter

3e was applying for relief, as he .was, a malt

1 had b,

.made.answer that my

the Southern HOspital, on the 24th January, 1859. We
could not afford to pay for a doctor. Mr. Heath asked
how it was that he was not in a sick club, and why we
kept such a 'house as that if we were destitute ? •My
husband said my landlord will not turn me on' the street,
or where will I and my little chililren go. He said he
was_ net able to answer any more. I then said I would

Any questions

he liked to put to m

he would hive my husband to answer. l‘ly husband
said, for God's sake go out of the room, I wilL not
answer y=ou any more. The relieving officer said "You

'ood mi
At ti

e of the proceedings, Mr. John WilSon
rove and said he observed one 'of the reporters was not
inlis proper place. There was a seat for reporters, and
he thought it was right they should sit in it.
Mr. Main Waring could not see, so long as they had
sufficient _room for their business, what matter it was
where the reporter sat.

Mr. Moss• said he thought it would be as well for the
reporter to leave the chair he was then in, as he observed
Mr. Bremner address himself to him occasionally. I

iitir removed. vI wTote her aprescription

was next

She said she ,was
ifo of Edward Maher, journeyman saddler, residing
Pleasarci Hill-Street.'. Her evidenca was corrobota-

rho inquiry was then adjo-

COUNTY COURT.

--YESTERDAY

LIABILITY _OF _1411.44,A1.-EXCIJIISION MANAGERS
APHENRY .I.lA.nous.--.—The plaintiff in this case

George WlTenry, of 31, renibroke-place, and the de-
fendant Henry R. Marcus, of Leigh-street; the amount
claimed gin," i7l: fcir bteaell of contrail, under the fol-

excursion trains from Birkenhead to various places in
Wales. These trains were entitled " Marcus's cheap
and the ticket *as available by certain
trains from the Saturday to tite,yednesday. The plain-
tjff purchased one of the tickets,-.And on a certain Wed-
nesday he was returning home; and reached the Conway
Railway Station at 2.5 p.m. In the railway bills,issucd
by Mr. _Marcus, it was_ stated that 'there would be
three trains daily, bylyhichOe excursionists could
return, namely, 6.50 a.m., 21.P.,6 p.m., and 7.45 p.m.
The plaintiff wished to return b_ythe 2.26 p.m. train,
but he found that there was nu such train ; and he and

excursions.

others wishing to get to Egpuma that night, which
they could not do if they waiifedi for the 7.45 p.in.
train went into an express train at, Conway. When he
reached Chester, the railway officials refused,to acknow-
ledge the return ticket, and he (the':idaintiff) was
obliged to pay 17s. He applied to Mr. Marcus for the
17s. ; but that gentleman said the was not liable, being
only an agent of the Railway Company, and the action
was accordingly brought. M. Marcus (the. defendant)
was examined, and stated that.,the bills and plaeards
were issued by him, after being revised by "the Railway
Company. He paid all the expenses of advertising, pla-
cards, &c., and received a per- tentage on the sale of tickets.
He was only the agent of the Railway Company, and not
the principal. lie had no control over the carriacres,
He did not personally know whether a train was started
from Conway at 2.26 p.m. on the day *tr. M'Henry re-
turned, but he, thought that, there must .ha've'been one.
The plaintiff had called upon him (the defendant) and
stated the circumstances, and he was referred to the
cashier of the Chester and;Holyhead Railway. The
plaintiff here stated that he had called upon the de-
fendant upwards of twenty times, and the latter stated
to him that the cashier of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway was ou his weddingtour but .when he returned,
he (the defendant) .had_no doubt the 17s. would be re-
funded. • This ,Mr. ,Narcus strenuously denied. His
Honolir said that he certainly was of opinion that' Mr.
Marcus was the iiriheipitl and not the agent--if only the
agent of the railway company, then why were the trains
entitled “Mgcus's •Oheap: ;Excurst9ns ?" He would,
however, coniider th-casje,.and deliver judgment on the
28th of November. "•

Mr. Bremner said he bad a perfect right to do so, if
he choose ; and further, he had a right to have a short-
handwriter present on his own account, if he thought
proper.
' The Reporter explained that he had a severe cold, and
'had taken that position for the purpose of hearing better;
'bit he left, and took the seat allotted to him. •
Mr. Moss then passed round the table, 'and took up
the seat the reporter had vacated.
Mr. Bremner objected to Mr. Moss taking that seat.
. . Mr. Moss (striking the table with full force) :—Sir,
you are impertinent. Am I, a legally appointed guar-
dian, to be dictated to by this individual, where I
shall sit in my own room? You are here as a solicitor,
and, if you interfere with me, I will have you turned
out. I have a right to second the suggestion of my
friend, Mr. Wilson, inasmuch as I do not think it pro-
per to allow the reporter to sit there.
Mr. Bremner.—l am not come here to have any alter-
cation with anybody.
Mr. Mainwaring.—l am always glad to see legal gen-
tlemen present. He (Mr. Bremner) is attending here
to assist his client, and I am sorry. at this difference:
After some further remarks, the examination of •the
• .
*witness was continued as follows :—Mr. Heath said he . THE. VIRGINIA INSUipscnoN.—On this business the
would give ..me a medical certificate if I came to ' his Neic Ydrk Tribune says :—" There will be enough to
office. It is about ten minutes' walk from my house to heap execration on the memory of these mistaken men.
his office. I got the note, and took it at once to .Dr. We kip this work to the it hands and tongues of those
Finnigan, who came to see my husband that night or who and the fundamental axioms of the Declaration of
the next morning. I believe 'the doctor came every Independence as ‘glitterink generalities.' Believing
day, till the day of his death. He gave me prescrip- that the way to universal emancipation lies not through
tions to take to Mr. Hughes, the druggist, in Mill-street. insurrection, civil war, and bloodshed, but through
He ordered no nourishment, until within two hours Peace, discuSsion, and the quiet diffusion of sentiments
sonic before he died. He ordered beef for beef tea, and of humanity: justice, we deeply regret this outbreak;
brandy, which I got, but he could not take either:; Mrs. but, retiienthering that, if,. their.' fault was grievous,
Maher was present when the conversation- took place grievously have they answered it, we will not, by one
with the relieving officer. He said, three times, my reproachful word, distitrb the bloody shrouds wherein
husband was drank. MY husband was vexed, and John BroWn and his compatriots are sleeping. They
spat blood afresh. The relieving officer did dared and died for what they felt to be the right, though
not ask me if I was in immediate want in a manner which'seerns to us fatally wrong. Let their
of relief. He said he would give me an order for my epitaPhs remain unwritten until the not distant day
husband to go the Workhouse Hospital, and I said he when no slave shall clank his chains in the shades of
would Monticello or by the graves of Mount Vernon."
could not goo there ; add if he went any pl,
be to the Southern Hospital. I was examined a CURIOUS CASE OF BIGAMY:—A very curious case of
;is
anliile bi.iarny has been brought before the magistrates
a committee of guardians, and my
ievidence was then
taken down in writing, which have signed
' A. seaman, named Gray, deserted his wife
correct. The relieving-officer did not ask Me and 71% IL
thirteen years ago, leaving them no
od but the interest of £ 300. Believing
if I was in want of relief till the Monday follow- means jliab°2-hat',l
, the wife and some members of the
lug. Mrs. Maher, who was , present, eall d the. him to bev
Gray
_changed her name to Richardson.
relieving-officer a scoundrel, and some other names husband's family went went into mourning for , him, and
that I cannot recollect. I told him he was no gentleman, , eventually Di
his wife's' Control, and that no
enaei,i,smoeq-atirg could enable
or he, would not have behaved so_ to My husband. . Mr. A year ago Gray returned, and •
finding that the £3OO
Heath's manner was not civil or respectful when he was unde.r,
called. If it had not been for the,. benevolence of Mr. amount at threatening' or
h- t
Barnes and other neighbours, my children and myself in
1 ° on ach • • Mrs Richardson
must have been without food. I• told the officer that to b I -e apprehendedcharge of bigamy, There
was considerable cross-swearing about Mrs.
got 6s. 3d. from 'lodgers for rent. •Gray's
knowledke. other husbaad's existence, and the
To Mr. Bremner : I came up to these offices on the
from time
morning of:the 15th instant, at ten, o'clock, and I asked a was adjourned . , Wednesday a
Pauper woman who would give me a doctor's note, and third ranee very unexpectedly person put in an appearance y to
amateriallyaltered the aspect of the
.
she said the relieving officer gave them, and Mr. Heath, Grab an •than case.
ther an a second wife of
was pointed out to me as the person. I did not make any This third person was no
.o
application until all the paupers had beensattehded to. Gray's, whom he had
When the guardians went away, I went to Mr. Heath's before he returned to Berwick. Virtuously..indignant
beside hLs wife,
He and I told him I had come for a doctor's Rote: Mr. Gray was placed, in the dock , ,
He said with the very offence at whose commission by
if I would come down stairs he would speak to charged
abhorrence,
for then. He was then civil. He took out his book , his better half he had expressed so much
for trial.
~
for the purpose of entering my application. Re asked i and the magistrates committed both of them tor trmi
me questions, and wrote down my answers in the book. 1 —Newcastle Daily Chronicle.

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