Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-27 00:00:00

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plaintif

and Inconvenience ai
r. The defendant d

plaintiff 7was entitled to the

of the plaintiff's premises was co
I leased; by the defendant, over` wl

Gap &ill,

19:e into the

a ditch ••w

o culvert being

'as made to carry away the drainage fallin;,)
defendant's land. He carried on a lark

s premises we••e

00 or 300 yards

from•the',,plaintiff's.- In the spring of 1858, there Corn-
meneed coming from the defendant's works an enormous
quantity of cheMical waste ; and in three or four months
so much was aceumulated as to constitute a permanent
embankment in. some places eleven feet in height, totally

!ig the .drainage across the laud, and throwing

upon the,;pLaintiff's premises. This permanent
embankment consisted of sulphuretted calcium, which
was a combination of alum and sulphur ; in fact it was
the alum used in the process of purification, was highly
ehargeil,with sulphur, and evolved large quantities of
sulphuretted hydrogen. The drainage thus obstructed
fell back into theplaintiff's cellar, who had in it at one
time as much as 7;000 gallons of liquid, highly impreg-
nated with sulphate of calcium, of which there was as
mueh as two cwt. or three cwt. held in solution. If there
had been any rainfalls it would have been a serious in-
jury, but the health of the family was affected. Medical
men said that the:nuisance produced a most serious in-
jury to the health of the neighbourhood, and, considered
in any sense, was a grievous nuisance.

it bad

A gyeat-number, of witnesses were called to prove the
existence of the nuisance; and amongst them several old
men who remenibered the district for upwards of fifty
years, and said that before the construction of the rail-
way, and -the establishment of the defendant's chemical
works, there was free and uninterrupted drainage by the
brook.

Before the plaintiffs case had closed, Mr. Manisty, on
the part of the defendant, said they admitted the
nuisance ; but suggested that all the landowners in the
neighbourlical should join with the railway company
and the defendant to: remove it, by combining to effect
a good system of drainage. _ _ _

Alt
was ultimately agreed to enter a verdict for the
plaintiff, with the understanding that the drainage to
the plaintiff's premises should be immediately completed :
the question of damages to be referred.

- In three (Alm actions arising out of the same facts,
two of which wore against the St. Helens Railway Com-
pany, and the other against the defendant in the present
action, the record was withdrawn.
BINGTIA.3I V. HALL AND ANOTHER. - The plaintiff
in this action is a corn broker in Liverpool, and the
defendants are merchants in Baltimore, in the United
States. The action was brought to recover the value of
500 barrels of flour, upon which the plaintiff had ad-
vanced £9OO, on bills of lading being handed to them.
The question was entirely one of law, and under the

of his lordsl

) the jury found a verdict for th

FERNIE AND ANOTHEI

This was

action to recover a policy of insurance from the defen-
dant, as undermiter. The court rose shortly after Mr.
James, Q.C., had opened the case.

POLICE COURT,

.--YESTERDAY

[Before Mr. PRESTON

STEALING A COAT.—John Williams and Mary Moore
were charged with stealing a coat from the shop of Mr.
Holland, Byrom-street, and pledging it for the sum of
10s. The coat was identified by the owner. On refer-
ence to the police books it appeared that the man had
been imprisoned nine months for stealing boots. He had
also bean five times committed and six times discharged.
Both the prisoners were committed to the sessions.
STEALING HAM.—Benjamin Hewett, a man about

ye years of az

ham from Captain Pritchard, of the-sshi

3 Robert Parker

lying in the King's Dock. CaptaiiPritchard stated
that for the past two years the store-room had been re-
peatedly broken into. He never conld trace the thefts
to any one; but yesterday, he found that the prisoner
had broken into the store-room and stolen the ham.
The yrisoner had been carpenter on board the ship for
two,vears, and was receiving good wage& lie was com-
mitted to prison for three calendar months.
HumwAy ItoßßEßY.—Ellen Chay, a .disreputable
woman, was charged with stealing a silk mantle from
off the shoulders of a frail sister, on Thursday night, in
Oriel-street. She was committed to the seisions for
trial.
AN `IAISH DROVER " DONE."—Mary Kane and

Mary Foster were placed in the dock, cha-rged with rob-
bing one Whael Murphy, an Irish pig drover, to the
extent of .44 I ls. Prosecutor said he went out of his
loagiugs, sin Sawneypope-street, for the purpose of
nurchasing gailon of ale. After he left the puillic-
e, the prisoners got into conversation with Vim,
legexl that they stole his purse containing
the statement of the prosecutor was consi-
--.
tit), his worstip as not sufficient to go before a
and he discharged the prisoners.
N BOARD THE PERSIA.—Louisa
barged with stealing knives and

alit' he

r= ROBBERY
who was

forks, plates, &c., from the Persia, was further remanded
in the :absence of witnesses. Mr. Cobb appeared for
the prisoner, in consequence of Mr. Bluck being spe-
cially retained in an important case at Stoke.
Itoinnue LoDuEn.-,-Mary Callaghan was brought
up on remand, charged with breaking open a box, and
stealing therefrona £2 4s.,•tlae property- of a lodger; and
also with purloining a boot, belonging to the prosecu-
trix, whose name is Mary Carley. It would appear that
Mrs. Carley lodged with the psisoher's mother, in Gas-
coigne-street, and that she had been out of a situation
for a few days, and was at home with her mother. It
was alleged that she broke open a e box and stole the
£2 4s. -The girl acknowledged taking 15s. or los. from
the box, but she strenuously denied having broken it
open, She was ordered to be imprisoned for three
months,

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAIIIST A B t MA,V
Locker, barman to Mr. Mills, publican, 70,
Vauxhall-road, was charged with
the property of his employer.
Timm --- .7-Thomas
Dete stealingt tome £40,.
o cer Carlisle
said that, in consequence of information that Mr. Mills was being robbed, hleanade?"Reid to
m to
mark some money. This was done ; and on that t
ing Carlisle went to the house of Mr. Mills;ahenr-
to the prisoner, and told him that his master chargeds":ke
him with robbing him, and asked him what monevl
bad, He replied that he had between £3O and .£4ole.
He (the prisoner) and Mr. Mills went up stairs, and
the prisoner's box was searched, and found to contain
DO. On his person there was half-a-crown and a
shilling, the former being one of the marked coins.
Locker admitted to Carlisle that about one-third of the
money belonged to his master. He also told Mr. Mills
that lie stole the money, and offered to return it if he
would not 'prosecute. Mr. Mills corroborated the
evidence of Carlisle, and underwent a severe cross-
examination by Mr. Cobb, who appeared for the pri-
soner, Locker was committed to the sessions for trial.

COUWEY 4.COURT.-YESTERDAY.

[Before :V. K. BLAIR, Esq., Judge.]

'.'Ts, EL INiSUILAI2CE CASE.—COYNE V. THE LIVERPOOL
A.,Nai LONDON TEM AND LIFE INSURANCE CA33I.PA.NY.
This case,,,Aviiehvyas adjourned from the previous day,
,wagtagain on shortly after twelve o'clock. 31r.
llime,,as>before :appeared on behalf of the plaintilf„and
Mr. Dansolu,ba;crister-at-law, for the defendants.
.Mr. Danger, before going on with the case, made

same•remarks •
ducted 'the cacc

it, and hewn

from him

s to the manner in which he ha& eon-
stating that he had carefully oensidered
Jrry to know that his honour differed

d the opinion he had

seeing thenqufture of the two defencesu which 41
beisetcup.

The Jude

said he m

;ht be right, and he would wish

e examination of

Mr. -Danson said tl ,
being published in the newspapers,
nesses had come forward and volunteered their eviden
on the side of the defence.
Mr. Ilime "objected to such witnesses being heard.
The smut allowed the hearing of the witnesses.
Mr. Dans©n then proceeded to make some remarks on

.n consequence of the cas

some additional wit