The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. ALDERMAN HOLME.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT WITH THE K N 'FE. —Danie!
Wherry, a dock labOurer, was charged with having made
a murderous tumult with a knife, on another dock
labourer, named Peter Lavery. Mr. Campbell was for
the prisoner. The complainant, who seemed to be suf-
fering very' much, said, he went into the shop of a per-
son named Peter Foy, Croston street, Park, where the
prisoner lodged. After some time an angry altercation
took place between them, and a fight followed ; the
complainant was put into the street, where the fight was
renewed, and then the complainant alleged that the
prisoner stabbed bite in three places in a desperate
manner. He could not say he was quite sober, as he had
taken some ale. He knew the prisoner before, but they
bad not been drinking together that night. Cross-
examined by Mr. Campbell : I can't say if I began the
fight. I did not accuse him of not fasting in Lent. I
had the prisoner down under me when I was stabbed.
He did not ask me to let him up, but another man did.
Mr. Campbell : Was not the prisoner at his supper when
you went in and took him from it out of his own
lodging? He was at the table taking something.
Surgeon Garnett, of the Southern Hospital, siid, he had
examined the complainant's wounds, and found three—
one on the right thigh. three inches deep, and slanting;
one on the right shoulder blade, very deep and dangerous.
and one on the left side—all very dangerous. He con-
sidered the injured man not at all out of danger.
Alderman Holme : Could the wounds be inflicted by a
fall on sharp pebbles ? Mr. Garnet : Oh, not at all,
sir ; they are dangerous incised wounds, and must have
been inflicted by a knife or some other sharp instrument.
Catherine Henry proved that she saw the prisoner run
after the complainant into the street, and when going out
she saw him take a jack knife oat of his pocket, and
open it as he went out, but she did not see what lie did.
She heard the complainant call to the other to let him
up, saying, '• lam done, lam done." The prisoner was
committed for trial at the asizes ; bail was refused.

ANOTHER SERIOUS CASE OF THE KNIFE.—MiIOS Stan -
ton was charged with having stabbed Michael Burke in a
dangerous manner. It appeared that the parties were
in a public house in Oriel street. They had some words,
when the prisoner drew a knife, and struck the com-
plainant in the left eye, Police officer 711 said he heard
of the affair, and after taking the injured man to the
hospital, he arrested the prisoner in a house in Oriel
street, and when he told him what the charge was, he
said," Yes, I did stab the -, and will stab you also."
Surgeon Grimes stated that he had examined and
dressed the wound. It was a very dangerous one, and at
present he could not say if the patient would lose his eye
or not. The prisoner was remanded for seven days, in
order to see what turn the wound would take.
ASSAULTS orr THE POLlCE.—Alexander Green, a sailor
belonging to the ship Rolla, was charged with having
assaulted policeman 449. The complainant was called
to remove the prisoner from Rathbone's public house,
Great Howard Street, where he was acting very disor-,
derly, and on taking him into the street, he assaulted
him. Fined 20s.

William Ormond, a young thief, was charged with
having given police officer 352 " a dig in the Fye" that
closed it up. The prisoner and two other thieves were
on the Bootle road, and the officer, suspecting they were
on no good intent, spoke to them, when the prisoner
acted as described. He was fined £2, or to be imprisoned
for two months.

Patrick Purcell was fined I Os for having tripped up the
heels of officer 442, in Scotland Place, out of a " lark."

CORRECTING A MISRFPRESENTATION:—Mr. Alderman
Holme said, before the gentlemen of the press retired
from the court, he wished to make a remark in regard
to a case that was decided before him on Friday. In
that case, it was a stolen ham, and a boy who gave
evidence in the case stated that he was dismissed from
the service of Mr. Gee for having attended to give
evidence. From a very long acquaintance and
knowledge of Mr. Gee, he was of opinion that he
would not discharge the boy for attending to further the
ends of justice, and from a letter which he had received
from that gentleman, it would appear that the boy was
discharged from quite a different cause. He would hand
the letter to the reporters, and he had no doubt these gen-
tlemen would give it publicity. The following is a copy of
the letter:—" Bootle, Feb., 28. My dear sir, Perceiving
in the police report of the Daily Post this morning a case in
which a late office boy of mine gave evidence, I must
beg to contradict his statement, that he had lost his
situation in consequence of attending the court to for-
ward the ends of justice, he being, whenever required
thereby, allowed to do so ; in addition to which his
withdrawal from my service was at his own request,
under the plea of having obtained a better situation,
which I believe not to be true, as he has applied for a
character within the last three or four days. Trusting
tills Hill I.ll.atruao
.youi total], aoa LIM,t of you' colleagues
Upon the bench, yours, &c., W. H. GEE."
MORE KNIFING.—John Howell, described as a " bully
in a bad house," in Banastre street, was charged with
having stabbed a man named William Griffiths. From
the evidence of Lynch, officer 142, it appeared that, about
three o'clock on the morning of Friday, be heard that a
man bad been stabbed in a house, and on enquiry he
found the complainant cut on the neck with a knife, by
the prisoner, and the wound was rather serious. The
prisoner was fully committed for trial.
ROBBERY BY AN OFFICE KEEPER.--James Butler, the
keeper of Briscoe's Buildings, Oldhall street, was
charged under the following circumstances. Mr.
Bluck defended the prisoner. From the evidence
of detective officers Patrick and Horn, and also
that of a warehouseman in the employment of Messrs.
H. Mottrarn and Co., ship store, provision, wine,
spirit, and ale dealers, whose office and stores are in the
the buildings, it appeared that for some time past the
cellars were entered, and quantities of liquor, ale, &c.,
stolen. lip to Saturday night the thief was not discovered,
but on that night Patrick and the other persons watched,
and after eleven, the prisoner came down to the cellar,
opened the door with a key, and filled a jar of ale out of
a cask. He was then arrested. Horn said the prisoner
lived on the premises, and had charge of all the offices in
the buildings, and on searching his place he found a
variety of property, consisting of cigars, stationery, and
other things, that had been taken f«om offices in the
building, to which the prisoner had access. Mr. Black
cross examined the witnesses at some length, and then
addressed the court, stating that it was a sad case, as his
client was a respectable man, and had been a long time
in the army. The prisoner was sent for trial.

SERIOUS °CRARGE.—John Robinson, late the third mate
of the ship James L. Bogart (so notorious of late), charged
Winifred Dalton and Michael Dalton, of 24, Banastre
street, under the following circumstances. Mr. Campbell
appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Black for the pri-
soners. From the statement of Mr. Campbell, and the
evidence given to support it, it appeared that the com-
plainant is a chief witness in the case of Peter Campbell,
who was second mate of the ship, and is at present in Ches.
ter Castle on a charge of manslaughter. On Wednesday,
complainant was passing by the prisoner's house when
they were standing at the door. The woman had a knife
in her hand, and swore she would " do so and so" to the
black who was prosecuting a white man ; they used
other threats towards him, and he was afraid of his life,
and he added the threats were made use of towards him,
in order to prevent his giving evidence at Chester. Mr.
Bluck cross examined the witness at some length, when
his worship remarked, " after your vet), able cross
examination I shall only order the prisoners to find bail
in two sure- ties of £lO each."
A. DRUNKEN BEAST OF A MOTHER.—EIIen Owens was
charged with having attempted to strangle her boy, a fine
lad of eleven years old. The prisoner was a haggard
looking spectre—a drunken demon —and the case was one
of those frightful curses of drink, particularly in woman.
The history of the case was as follows : The prisoner's
husband went to sea a long time ago, and never
heard of since. She has three children, and she receives
4s a wick from the parish, and the grandfather of the
children used to send her 7s or 8s a week, besides sending
them plenty of food once or twice a week. She became
a desperate drunkard, and went into the wildest extremes,
selling everything in the place for drink. On Saturday
night, she very nearly put the boy to death, by strangling
bin], because he would not sell a bed stocks and his shoes
to get drink for her, and but for the fortunate circum-
stance of a female coming up, the boy would certainly have
been strangled. His worship characterised the prisoner's
conduct as brutal in the extreme, and sentenced her to
three months imprisonment, the children to be taken care
of at the workhouse.

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A mine accident, involving the loss of three lives,
occurred at Crich, Derbyshire, on the morning of Thurs-
day.

DETERMINED SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE.— On Sunday
morning, at an early hour, an elegantly dressed female was
observed pacing up and down the north bank of the Serpen-
tine, near the bridge, as if she was waiting for some person
with whom she had made an appointment. Being early,
but few people were in the park ; suddenly, however, an
alarm was raised that a woman had thrown herself into the
water from the bridge. S .me of the Royal Humane
Society's officers hastened from the receiving-house, and
with the drags they got her out, but life was extinct. The
body was taken to the workhouse, Mount street, Grosvenor
square, to await an inquest. Nothing was found on the
body to lead to identity. A piece of paper, on which was
written " Lydia Swaley," was picked up near where she
had been seen walking. The deceased is about thirty five
',oars of age.