Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-07 00:00:00

COUNTY DI AGISTRA.TES' COURT. —SATraDO

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SERIOUS CIIARGE OF ARSON ON THE PROPERTY -Pale/
Sanuer. HOLME.—A. man, named Samuel Fair,b;„l7ooll
was placed in the dock, charged with having Ins,"el-elteee
set fire to a barn on the property of Mr. Samnele.7olol
Mosley-hill, Wavertree. The prisoner had been e'lseter
for about a year back by Mr. Samuel Holme, 111-r, II;
upon his farm at Wavertree. George Foden, fare—eenieliv
the employment of Mr. Holme, deposed that on t the
of the 30th of October, he saw that all was right The
yard where the barn was built before going to beu'., 10.
stable where the cart-horses, of which the prison—tepee
the care, were kept, was in the same yard, and the Pr'h-fid
had a key which admitted him into it; no one else
key to get in. About five o'clock on the morning-rd:f
the
31st of October, witness was dressing, when he heada the
prisoner call him, and on coming out into the r
blO-
prisoner told him the barn was on fire. Sawa ark
cornine out of the bare door, which was about eig"peer
off. On opening the barn door, the flames did not ae Tee
to have been lighted more than quarter of an boor.. ore,
prisoner helped witness to throw some water on tu°be
and then said ho would go and call the coachtnans:bse•
went away, and did not return. Assistance was s
quently obtained, and the fire was got under. with
witness deposed that he never had had a quarrel chit
the prisoner, but that the prisoner had been always,— „n
or
and sharp in manner towards him. Wee the ors,bet
d
being put out, witness went to the stable and fouo Ave
the two cart horses were there with their gear on- heard
Foden, wife of the last witness, deposed that she 01
somebody cross the yard between four and five 0 ei,`"it „
the morning in question. Peter Browne, serges.sideie
police, deposed that he arrested the prisoner on 'Vise"' 00,.
the 3rd of December ; prisoner said it was harwesi
he and his wife should be blamed ; witness aske" ediSj
was his wife blamed for, and prisoner answered for se-no
threatening letters to him—meaning, as witness suPj,;oo
and understood, Mr. Samuel Holme. Inspector "i'd
was-examined as to an examination made of the Ys:ieseu
him, and the demeanour of the prisoner when Cues
sole
on the sebject. Mr. Samuel Holme deposed ths"„tle,
time ago, his farmer died, and he was looking %rt.( •
another man to fill the place ; prisoner, who was ahwei
and farm servant in his employment, asked him ,770114,
fixed upon any one for the place ? witness said, lave'
d p
Sam, you'll not do for it—you have got a very good It
and be content with it," and added, "I r din
with anybody, to keep the farm-house We'
who has children—l must have a man and eve'
without children." A few days after witness recietest
through the Aigburth post an anonymous,. Or
which unfortunately he threw into the fire, as :eoril4
always in the habit of doing with anonymous teat to
which he frequently received. It contained a thr,i 040
the effect that the curse of God rested upon a. 00%
objected to children, and that he would find sore. Aug
worse than children upon his farm before long. Thf
about six weeks before the fire. On the morning °AO,
fire witness examined the place, and finding that the ^oo‘,
of the back of the building was solid without any 01'1'40
and that there being only thrashed and unthrasheu eas it
there, fire could not have smouldered all peel
might in cotton, he suspected that it had ntoetel
accidental, When the prisoner came in, he said "er la
Sam, this place has been set on fire." Tne piesone gre,,
stantly averted his eyes, anl said suddenly, " I been fre.
you do not think I did it ?" The farmyard hadereeel,l3`
quently plundered of poultry before, and tbero` e
rAtlerSecteqh Pult.ra With- tveliniettilaakilizg

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DARING ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FRO—
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DERBY COUNTY GAOL.
At the last sessions a man, named Amos SOP et
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sentenced to one year's imprisonment for housebleo
A short time ago he was placed in the refractolgolei,
misconduct, where he remained until six o'clock 00 i,itee
evening. About five o'clock Mr. Sims, the governor' lAt
Jaques in his cell, at which time all was safe• stelq
o'clock Mr Sims, in accordance with his usual 1,011
mustered the whole of the prisoners and counted the told
found all right. Shortly afterwards the servant matti
Mr. Sims that she had heard a noise in the area ; 'ewe/
round, and on coming opposite the solitary cell 11%0;
white linen cloth suspended from the roof. lie ita,i ?att.
tely placed the officers on duty in the lodge in ",,f,
positions, and sent for the turnkeys who had ,wseArcP
goal off duty, and who commenced a vigilant the
throughout the various yards and wards. On enteruffebil
refractory tell, M. Sims at once discovered that tilf°
had made a most ingenious escape through the Wei bf
breaking off the pivot to the bell crank, the prisall oor"
fashione a weapon for the purpose of scraping the of the
away from the brickwork in the roof in a corner
cell, and was thus enabled to make an aper,,tg,raebbst
enough to admit of his body passing through. "Pl'up
he had torn up and tied together, and then rolled bbl
el
bedding and turned it upside down. He was thus i
to get through the roof after taking some slat-3s eu_tcientir
by securing one end of the sheet to the warming eI3Y-24, estl4,
he quietly let himself down into the yard. It Pi"
that a portion of the aperture was made on Saturdslio
had then, in order to avoid detection, smeared a dyebe
brown paper with limewash, and pasted it overt hey
with his grhel. After a search of an hour en`, A
„,-thiPw
Mr. Sims and the officers fancied they saw scniis tep
about the size of a eat, moving along the gutter 0'0142
of what is called the wheel-house over the 0,°Z,010171
They immediately ascended the building, and ittS,Al'
Jaques creeping all-fours along the gutter; the cm—eclir;
his head being above the gutter leading to his ira„rd 109
discovery. In order to get to this position, he Tr°,7 take.
to scale several walls ten or eleven feet high, at rh-eif
which rows of cheveux de frise are placed, anuotai:it
managed to escape injury is almost a miracle. dart' „/
remaining
remaining obstacle to his escape was the bout:tales"
30 feet high, and how he meant to overcome this'
is a matter of conjecture.

„plow'
The launch of the Leviathan is expected to b 3 ea- 0
on Tuesday or Wednesday next. fed
A stoppage has also taken place of Messrs C, JOlO
and Co.. general merchants, who have been broug.ollo
by the recent failures in the North of Europe.
supposed about £lOO,OOO.
DEATH OF Ma. SAMUEL TURNER
announce, with regr,t, the demise of this gentleni”— icis
took placa at an early hour en Saturday inornilA the
residence, 2, Gambier Terrace. From the positi°olo°_,re
Mr. Wins'anley occupied in the North of Engbil or IP-Da
adjoining districts, few men were better knovifsi3fide
respected than he was. In a busindas point t'od
stood very h'gh, and his character as a patron ttl o
of the fine arts had few equals. He was esteeTll-06 fir
relations of life, and his loss is deaply deplored:
comparatively a young man, being in his filL;7os leaffet :
s
but for some time past his health failed, yet a Y
period he was not confined t 3 his house. Ile tre fr°
interesting young family to mourn his deP3l—
amongst them. hash/ tllO
On Wednesday evening, a meeting of the 140 e ---am of 00
electors Association was held in the lower r°,,,h-e- re It
Public Hall. Alderman Livssy presided. '14(10 0,10
upwards of 300 present. A discussion wag r 3.12%
forthcoming Reform Bill. Some of those pre".
nuou s
they ought to send a delegate to the conve- of the
to be held in London. It was at this stage row,„,.
proceedings intimated that a number of 1, adept-4,1
class reformers were holding a meeting Purpo0,;01;
Von was thereupon appointed for theof fora
consulting those gentlemen, and for the pnvPc'se be jlec,.
their co-operation in any steps that might the,ir4l4
adopted. The middle-class reformers prono,e4o/1 saves,
operation, and it was then agreed that a requisi.-eatiog
_he
be got up and circulated for signature, rectutirig of the
Mayor, R. S. Heaps, Esq., to call a public 131".0 tooe
inhabitants, to see if they would sanction a Pei'
r
House of Commons for a large measure of refo wed°
to na11.6003.
Mayor hag expressed his willingness
and in a few days wain to that effort will be listed'

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