Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

TEE NEAVMAGIETRA.TE."-T. S. Rkilles, Esq., was in-,
troduced to this court yesterday morning, by. his Worship
the Mayor, T. D. Anderson, Esq., who said he felt it a
very great pleasure and honour to introduce Mr. Raffles
on that benches stipendiary magistrate for the borough
of Liverpool. He trusted he would long enjoy health
and strength to discharge the onerous - duties of this
office, and he did not entertain the slightest doubt but
he would always discharge them with satisfaction to the
public, to the gentlemen who practised in the court, and
likewise to theofficers of the court; all of whom hebelieved
were happy to- hear of Ms appointment to the office.
Mr. Raffles iipreply said he thanked his worship for the
honour he had done him, and tor the `very kind manner
in which he had introduced him.to his new duties. He
trusted he would be able • to occupy the position with
'satisfaction to the public, by doing his endeavour to
diScharge its duties with strict impartiality; and without
favour or affection towards any one.—The Mayor then
took leave of Mr. Raffles, who at once took, his seat on
the bench; and proceeded with the business before the
court.

STABBING.—A, young man named William Dennie
was brought .up on, the charge of stabbing a coloured
man named George Williams, in Gascoyne-street, on
'Wednesday night. The prosecutor stated 'that he was
proceeding along. the street in question on his way
home, between twelve and one o'clock in the morning, ,
when the prisoner rushed out of a court with an open
knife in his hand, and stabbed him in the thigh near
'the groin.—Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the prisoner,
stated, that he had been stabbed by a coloured man,
I(tvhich was the case, as he was suffering from an incised
wound in the thigh) and as, he was running _away, en-
countered the prosecutor and a companion also, a
coloured man, and anticipating a second attack,
gave him the blow for which- he was brought up.
T*o women Were'called, *hodeposed that theylaw the -
prosecutor stab the prisoner. .• The vicinity, however,
in which the affair occurred is a resort of coloured men,
and Mr. Raffles considered there was no ground for sup- ,
, posing that the prosecutor or his companion attacked the ,
prisoner, while it was very probable the woman and the
prisoner might mistake these black men for-the persons
1 who attacked him. He had suffered' himself; but that' ~
1: was no excuse for using the knife. The prisoner.was
accordingly sentenced to pay 40s. and costs, or in default,
two months' imptisonMent.
STEALINO,IIOId THE RAILWAY STATION.—Jane .Tones,
a girl about fifteen years of age, was brought up on #
"remand, charged with stealing a shawl from,lume-street -
:station, about ten days ago. Mr. Clay appeared for the
:London and North-Western Railway, and' Mr. Cobb
.apPeared. for - the prisoner. Mr. Cobb said his client
iwould, under the circumstances, plead, guilty, and as it
.was her first offence he. trusted the prosecution would
:not' press for the full-penalty under the summary con-
viction act. Her parents were very respectable,. and
had brought- up a large family in a most respectable
manner. In' consideration of these -circumstances, she
was sent to prison for two months..
BREACH OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT.—John r
Carmichael; captain of 'the ship POdrytham4as charged
with neglecting to deliver up the official:log-book of his I
ship on his arrival in this port. Mr. Tyndal appeared •
.;
for the Board of Trade, and Mr. Cobb forthe defendant.
Mr. Tyndal stated that the ship 'made-a• voyage from
Liverpool to-Valparaiso. On his arrival here he nog-
lected to send his official log-book to the Sailors' Home
within forty...eight hours after his arrival in port as
required ,by the 286th section of the- Merchant Ship- ,
ping Act, whereby he laid -himself open to the inflic-
tion of a penalty of £5. The 'feet. of the matter ! ••
was,- that there was no official log-book on board.
and the only record of the voyage was. the ship's' log-
book, which had evidently been filled up since his arrival-
in port. Mr. Cobb urged, in palliations Pei it was an
oversight- on the part of the owner's clerk that the offi-
cial log-book was not 'put on 'bard the ship. As soon
as the oaptain discovered this, -he gave instructions to
the mate-to begin the ship's log. The mate died abroad,
but the- book would show his handwriting. • The cap-
tain, moreover, 'on his arrival, wrote to Captain' Ainley
at the- Sailors' Home, explaining the. circumstances of
the case, and offering, the ship's and his private log
He (Mr. Cobb) hopeu that, taking this into considera-
tion,
the magistrates would inflict a Mitigated penalty. ,
Tyndal, however, pressed for the full penalty,.
which was accordingly inflicted; viz., £5.
(Before Messrs. S. G. RierinioNs and J. H. SMITH.)
A BURIAL SOCIETY CABE.AGAIN.—Geo. Thompson*
-taheVictoriashoemaker, B
summoned
Society,
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been unlawfully expelled, from the society. Mr. Cobb,
was for the complainant, and Mr. Bluck appeared on
behalf of the society. 1n stating the circumstances of
the case, Mr.- Cobb said that it was provided by the rules__ .
of this society, in the- evert c& any dispute occurring
among its members they should refer it to the decision
of the magistrates. On the 3rd of January last the oone-
plainant in this casesummoned Wm. Crowley, a collector
for the society, to this oourt, for assaulting him. which .
Charge was proved, and Crowley was fined 20s. and costs.
occurrence
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byelaws ue house,.
thehi
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exist-
ing between the parties, and when Crowley in his Capacity
refuseder
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In a few days, he again sent his
refused
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did not wish him
-to come about him. He sent his wife, however, with
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acted to the effect that Crowley, the collector, alone -
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should receive money. Mr. Thompson still refusing to"'
pay him, was, with his whole family expelled from the
society. Complainant and his wife were both called,
and deposed that it had been customary for them to pay
money to the treasurer, at his office, during the twelve
years they had-been members of the, society. The
magistrates decided that Thompson and his family should
be reinstated as members of the society, on the same
footing they occupied before the dispute.
VACCINATION or CHILDREN.—George canning, clerk
in the Parish Offices, appeared on behalf of the Select
Vestry, as complainant against six. persons who were
brought up under the " Compulsory Vaccination Act,."
charged with neglecting to have- their children- vacci-
nated within three months after birth, ac,cording to the
provisions of that act. The'charges were proved, and a
penalty in each case of ss. and costs was inflicted.

THE SCOTCH LINEN '.GRADE.—We (Dundee Adver-
tiser) understand that it is . the intention of Sir John
Ogilvy to convene the Scotch members, with the view'
of representing the importance to a.large district of
Scotland of considerable concessions being made to the
linen trade in any commercial treaty negotiatO with
France,