Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-01 00:00:00

A lIEAVY BILL FOR SHAVING.

At the Cork City Court, the following case was reel'
tried :
Richard Neville Parker, appellant, v. William Piriet

Respondent.
Mr. Clarke, Q C., said that the process was brought fcr
sum of £26, due for works, labours, and services render;
by the respondent. It was an action brought against
Parker, who was executor of Mr. Edward News°l2
deceased, in his representative capacity for works rendsl'
to Mr. Newsom in his life time.

His Lordship : What are the services? '
Mr. Clarke : The process does not state, but I think
for shaving. (Laughter.)
His Lordship : Shaving! £26 for shaving !
Mr. Clarke : Yes, my lord ; he'd shave you lordshiP
Mr. M'Carthy, counsel for respondent, having enter°
the court,
His Lordship inquired for what was the action brought
Mr. M'Carthy: Tne evidenc.o will show that my lord'
His Lordship : But we don't want to know anytb''
about it. The process doesn't state what it is for. „Is
Mr. M'Carthy : He was sent for by the late Mr. Nevily
nearly four years ago, and employed principally—
His Lordship : To do what ? for
Mr. M'Carthy : To shave him. He shaved him
nearly four years.

His Lordship : And he got £5 a year for shaving. ai
Mr. M'Carthy : Principally for that. Ho was engstl'
in other capacities also.
His Lordship : Is he a barber ? (To respOndent) ..
you a barber ?
ta
Respondent: No, my lord, I served my time
weaving.
His Lordship : To everything ! He served his time to
everything. (Laughter.)
Respondent : To weaving, my lord.

His Lordship : Oh, weaving
Mr. M'Carthy : I believe he is a watchman, my lord. a
His Lordship : Then he sent for the watchman to shad°
him. (Laughter )
The respondent was then sworn, and deposed that
April, 1853, he was was passing by Mr. Newsom's 44,
one day, and Mrs. Newsom called him and told him that .3,ta
Newsom wanted him; he went up to him, and asked 111
would he shave him ; witness replied that he would, 8..,11,
did so; he performed that service up to the period of AP'
Newsom's death, nearly four years after.
Mr. Clarke submitted that it was an attempt made aftafd
Mr. Newsom's death to extort money. They were will:Ivo
to give £5.
His Lordship : I'll reduce the decree from £2G to £lo'

EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE.—A young mai, who hag
been for saveral years a salesman in a respectable Glasgo/
warehouse, was recently suspected of having embezzled al
appropriated a quantity. of goods, the property of bt
employers. He had obtained leave of absence for a fe"
days, and proceeded to Helensburgh on Friday. Froro
circumstances which afterwards transpired, a petition we
presented to the sheriff, and a warrant granted for bl 9
apprehension. II? was taken iuto custody at Helensburgh
on Saturday morning, and when the steamer was approach'
ing Greenock he suddenly threw himself overboard. 1
was rescued from the water in a few minutes by some boat
men, who at once proceeded to his assistance. They haat
however, scarcely got him into the small boat, and were
proceeding towards the west quay, when he cut 110
throat. When brought ashore he was conveyed to 010
Greenock Infirmary. The windpipe was found to hei
severed, and a large gash inflicted, though the principal
arteries, it seems, have not been cut. He lies in a very pre
carious state. The Greenock correspondent of the Nortli
British Mail gives the following account of the matter
" On Saturday afternoon William Wood, late salesman to
William Gilmore and Co.. of Glasgow, was apprehended
at Helensburgh on a charge of embezzlement, by Mt'
Miller, messenger-at-arms, Glasgow, and conveyed to
Greenock in the steamer Alma. While the boat was pag;
sing West Quay, Wood jumped overboard, but was rescue,'
by two Norwegian seamen who were passing. Who!
taken into the boat, however, bo drew a razor from bl'
pocket and cut his throat. He was remitted to the infit'
mary, where he lies in a critical state.''