Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-07 00:00:00

CORONER'S COURT-Y E'TERnIT.

The coroner held an invest yesterday, on the body of
William Evans, a gun maker, 57 years of age, who worked
at Messrs. Williams, and Powell, South Castle-street, and
who lAgel at 53 Cr,,sehaP-street. It app aced, from a
large mass of evidence taken in the c Ise, that on Saturday
night the deceased (who was rather an habitual di unkard)
w nt home somewhat the worse of " drink;" some time
of er that he went into a pub! c house, where he met with
a young female, nam3d Agn e Gallagher, described as a
violent pers n, anl one who is able to oppose herself in
paglistic encounter to moat m -n in the locality where she
resides. She wanted the deceased to give her some drink,
but he refused, and then she aleged he owed her 3d , and
asked him for paym-nt. He denied owing her anything,
she then knocked him down, and beat him into the street.
He c mplaii ed n-z' da", and wan not able to get up on
Monday or Tuesday. fie got a small qn intity of laudanum
and whisky from his son on Tuesday, and after that he
sank, ant died on Wednesday shoat 4 o'clock. Surgeon
Brown, who muds a post mortem exam nation of the body,
said the death was caused by imfl.m.tion of the lungs, but
whether set up, by natural causes or vi dence he c, uld not
tell. The jury found a verdict ace irdin2lv. brit censurd
',Lie UlllO 1,1 ,Ile woman ke,i,aguer very wuen, anti toe
coroner told her if the jury had found another verdict, be
would have sent her tor trial for mansiangh'er. Mr.
Blake, the beadle of tlse court, said she was a very violent
person, and the terror of the neighbaurhood.

MANCHESTER BAKRUPTCY COURT.—Nor. srx.

IN as WILLIAM SRIPSITILDICR, &c.
This was an adjourned last examination Mr Wor-
thington appeared for the petitioning creditors and
assignees, and Mr. 88. C3bb3tt for the bankrupt.
The case had been adjourned for the production of a
witness, named Marsden, from Liverpool, touching the
transfer of a ship by the bankrupt, which, it was alledged,
was a fraudulent transaction. The examination of Marsden
was read th;s day in the presence of the bankrupt, and
he deposed to witnessing the transfer of the ship Millicent
from the bankrupt to Messrs. Wilson, Brown, and Co., in
a sponging house at Liverpool. The bill of sale was
signed on the 7th of March, a short time before the adjudi-
cation in bankrun'ey. Ttie cnnsideration for the vessel was
stated to be £1,301 is , and au undertaking was
entered into by Wilson, Brown, and Co , to pay £4OO- nut
of this sum to Mr. Peak, of Prince Edward's Island, who
was one of the bankrupt's creditors. As the firm of
Wilson, Brown, and Co., were also creditors to a large
amount, it was urged by Mr Worthington that this
transaction was a fraudulent proceeding, and an undua pre-
ference without pressure from creditors. Tne petitioning
creditor and assignee is the bankrupt's uncle, and was
formerly in business with bankrupt and snot her uncle in
Prince Edward's Island. The assignee's claim is fora con-
siderable sum, but the bankrupt disputes the claim.. Mr.
Cobbett went carefully through the whole facts of the case.
Hessta-ed that something mare than two years ago the bank-
rupt was in partnership with his uncle and the petitioning
creditor, Francis M.Gill, another uncle. Of late the peti-
tioning credit, r ha i been taking advantage of that court
for extremely improper purposes. He urged that the
bankrupt, when abroad, had made an arrangement with one
of the firm of Wilson, Brown, and Co. to make over the
Millicent to the firm ; and that in the transfer of the vessel
he had only carried out that agreement, and had acted
throughout in a bona fide mannes. When the bankrupt
came to England, his uncle, the detaining creditor, caused
him to be apprehended as an absconding debtor ; but
when he discovered that the matters were about to be
inquired into in due course of law, he liherated his nephew,
and made him a 134, krupt. With regard to a point made
by Mr. Worthington, which was that the bankrupt had
improperly destroyed a letter he had received from Mr.
Peak, acknowledging the receipt of the £4OO, Mr. Cobbett
submitted. that this was not material to the case, as
Wilson, Brown,''and Co. prored that they had fulfilled
their part of the undertaking, and had forwarded the
amount to Mr. Peak. The petitioning c-editor h.d really
no interest in the bankrup 's estate, as the claim was
against the joint estate, and the uncle in Prince Edward's
Island was able to pay the debt and costs. He contended
that the petitioning creditor had persecuted the
bankrupt, and had brought him to that court merely to
gratify his feeling i cf vengeance —His Honour in
giving judgment, said, with regard to the lette- alleged to
be destroyed, he did nc•t think tb t material to the case,
:herefore he should dismiss the complaint, as far as that
was concerned. Wish regard to the transfer of the ship,
a month before the adjudication in bankruptcy, he did
consider it was a fraudulent transaction, done without any
pressure from creditors, and therefore it came clearly
within the fourth clause of the section of the act referring
to fraudulent conduct on the part of bankrupts. He
hoped there would be not hing further done gainst the
bankrupt, and he would award him a certificate of the
third class, suspending it for six months lie granted
protection fur twenty-one days, to allow Mr. Cobbett to
consider whether he should appeal against the judgment of
the commissioner.

BOW CLOTHIN-11 M %DE WITH GRE 'CT TASTE AT LEWIS and
C')MPANI'S, Itanelagh-street

VOTING BY TBLEGRIPII. 0 I M ,nday morning, during
the natthieipal election at Prestor, s v,,ter for Oil ist
Church ward, bpi' g been compelled to go to ClArlis'e,
despatched thence a telegraph message stating that his vote
was to be recorded in favour of Mr. Howitt, one of the
candidates for the representation of that ward. The
message was delivered in due course to the p-esiding
atierman ; but the: gentlcrinn shook his head et the
bearer of the message, and declined to receive the vote

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!rely for CLOTHING BOYS from Six to Tireatzr years
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