Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

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a state of profound Somnambulism ut the time spoken
Mr. Mansfield asked Mr.. Burton, the chief blidewc
keeper, if the old gentleman was known to the poli

if ever he had been charged with " bibo" previously ?
Mr Burton, with 'one of his blandest smiles, and a look
of profound respect, said : The old' gentleman, and may
it please your Worship, was
being drunk. A loud laugh f

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leaned back-bilis -magisterial chair, threw up his handi,
and laughed heartily, ending in a--discharge bitn. If
the old.gentleman does- not appear for the next fifteen
years, he will, 'from his appearance, be approaching that
fabled time of age said to have been attained 'by a gen-
tleman named Parr, but it is understood he was a myth.
1)&4:m FROM THE BLOW OF A POTATO.---JOhri Sands, a
lad about 18 years of age, was charged with having caused
the death of another lad, named Nathanial Williams, 16
years of age, by striking hint with a potato on the /eft
temple. A boy, named John Dallaway, said, on the 30th
of last month the prisoner and deceased, who lived in
61 Court, nornby-street, and who worked at a cooperage,
and some other boys were playing marbles in Fleet-street.
They subsequentlybegan to-heave cabbage stalks and
potatoes.at each other. The witness ,piaked-up a potato
and flung it at the prisoner, the prisoner threw it back

at him, int it hit deceased on the temple, aiidi

he died from the effects.' In reply to Mr. Mansfield the
boy said, he was quite certain it was not a stone, and
the blow did not seem to hurt him. It was .13
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blow was made at wi

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there was

malice in it, as all the play was out of fun. Surgeon
Pope, one of the parish medical officers, said he attended
the deceased; he had not as yet made a post mortem
examination of the body. The deceased must have
received some injury to the skull ; his eve was protruding

out on his cheek

He was not called in until the boy
-was insensible, two days before he died. There mast
have been some pressure on the temple, as it 'was much
swollen. The eye was pushed out as if there was an
-abscess inside the skull. Mr. Mansfield said it was a
very unfortnnate and fatal accident, but it was, from the
.evidenc3, clearly a misadventure, as there was no malice.
He must discharge the prisoner, as no one could convict

STEALING Ifolsrry.—Bridget Cane, a servant, in the
'employment of James Fenwick, an eating house keeper,
in 159, Park-lane, was charged on suspicion of having
stolen twenty-five sovereigns, the money of her master.
The prosecutor said he went out the previous evening,
leaving a drawer, in which was the money, unloCked. On
his return, he got the prisoner lying on the floor, in arti-
en& litorties, from beer, or some other concoction of that
sort. He found the drawer open, the money gone, and
the only tidings he could get of the latter was by picking
up half a sovereign On the floor, convenient to where the
prisoner was taking her "snoose," after her " boose."
The prisoner was remanded.

A DIrUNKEN WITNESS. - Sarah Anne- Spencer and
James Martindale, were charged under the following
-circumstances : ' Mr. Cobb said, he was instructed by a
person named Henry Kynaston, to prosecute the
prisoners, and his instructions from that person were,
that he saw the woman rob a Mr. Holmes of a gold
wateh, on the night of the sth inst., and hand it to the
other prisoner. Ho (Hr. Cobb) was not able to get up
Holmes that day to prove the case, but he would call the
person who instructed him, and offer as much evidence
as would enable him to ask for a remand. Kynaston was
then put into the box but conducted himself in a very
excited and extraordinary manner. Instead of giving
evidence, he commenced accusing Mr. Cobb for being
engaged to defend the prisoners. Of course Mr. Cobb
denied this, and as his worship saw"the man was drunk,
he ordered him to leave the court, and discharged the
prisoners.

BE 'ORE MESSRS. BENN, &C,

THE AMUSEMENT OF THE WILMA MS' S. —Elizabeth!
Williams, of Price-street Soho, summoned Daniel
'Williams' of the same place, for an assault. Mr. Bluck
defended. As 'well as could be collected from, the
babylonish sort of evidence given on both sides, it ap-
peared that Mrs. Williams's child, twelve years of age,
beat Mr. Williams's child, of three years old. Mr.
Williams, the father of the latter, went and beat Mrs.
Williams, the mother of the former, and then the whole
tribe of Price-street Williams's, including the wife of
Mr. Daniel Williams, and all the children of the
big and little 'Williams's, " went at it like fun." This
sort of amusement lasted until a policeman came up, and
found the whole posse knitted into each other's hair, in
such a simple style of elegance that they nearly pulled
the heads (not to mention .the hair at all) off each other
before they were separated. The scale that was heaviest
'with the swearing was in favour of the complainant, and
the defendant was fined ss.

LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY,

BEFORE W. A. lUULTON, ESQ., JUDGE

PAUL v. TAYLOR. —The plaintiff in this case sought to
recover the sum of £2 6s from the defendant. Both men
were workmen in the same establishment, and it was
arranged by the parties there to.form a watch-club, by
paying a weekly sum of 2s. The •defendant in the case
was treasurer and secretary for the club, and the plain-
tiff had paid the sum of £2 6s, but falling ill, he asked
for his money, and defendant refused to give it to him,
arid this was the ground of the present action. Mr. Gray
appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Mine for the
"letrldant. The plaintiff; James Paul, was examined,
I,ine'id paid several sums of money, to defendant, and
entered it in a book, by which it appeared that the
rantitrewaams amount untofthese pai-ments was £2 6s. The defen-
member of the club, but withdrew, taking his
own money out of it without any reason, so far as plain-
tiff was aware. He o,,itue )
the hold of a
fell intO
vessel, and gave notice toag
defendant that he wanted to
draw his money, as he would not be able to pay ; hut the
application was not attended to. To Mr. Thine : Was
not aware whether the money had
been handed aver to
the society, but knew that when the
amount in hand was
£6, it was to buy a watch for
some
said
that he was.
member. Never
innrdie
charged the defendant with fraud, nor
getting bad watches for other members,
that he
Crow that
that
might get a better for himself. Was not awareer
was the cause of defendant withdrawing the club.
The defandant was examined, and stated that, it accord-
ance with the rules of the club, the plaintiff w:sonof
benefit, and could not get his money till all the members
had paid up their money. A charge had been brought
against him by plaintiff, of getting inferior watches for
the members, so that he might get a better to himself,
and that was the reason of his withdrawing. [lad taken
his own money, amounting to £3 10s, out.of the club at
the time of discontinuing payments, There was a com-
mittee meeting bold, at which the charge had been inves-
tigated, and the defendant had been absolved. Five
members had withdrawn their money in consequence of
ill health. Several witnesses were examined on both
aides, but nothing of consequence was elicited. Judg.
cut—That the plaintiff be paid forthwith

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