Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before J. K. BLAIR,' Esq., Judge.)
His Honour, at the sitting of the court, proceeded to-
dispose of commitment summonses. Few commitments
were made, as some of the parties had previously paid
into court, and fourteen or fifteen had not been pro-
perly served.
GRIME v. SALISBURY.—EXTRAVAGANT CLAIM OF A.
MUSICAL CLOCK REIAIRER.—The plaintiff was a musical
clock repairer, and worked in Basnett-street, and the
defendant kept a spirits and beer vaults, and carried on -
husifiess in Scotland-road.—Kr. Blackhurst appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Rime- for- the defendant.2--The-
action was brought to recover the sum of £5 9s. ld. for
repairing a musical chick, the-property of the defendant;
in the months of June. and July las`,.—The plaintiff
stated that the claim was for work and labour done, and
did not includeUny outlay lie-had been at in purchasing
the material suited for the repairs in question. He was
fully two months in making-the clock a good, ob. After it
was finished he took it home to the defendant, who refused
twiny him the sum now sought. The plaintiff told the
defendant if he did not pay: the account, he should. take
the clock back with him, whereupon the defendant drew
his and said he would "knock the bloody head off
him."—Defendant : That is false.—Plaintiff : I swear
it and I would not swear an untruth.—Judge : Let
there be no more interruptions-of this kind—let the case
proceed regnlarly."—The plaintiff, in continuation, said
the clock was in a very bad state—the bellows were out
of order, and the pipes were out of 'time. (Laughter.)
By the repairs he (the-plaintiff) made, and the care and
attention that were bestowed upon the clock, it was now
worth between £l6and £l3. -It -took him. fully two
months to repair the article, and during that time he
attended to little else.—Mr. Himb : Your honour, we
have paid £3 intei;.court on account of this monstrous
itch iasr gfea;r andtoo wohl
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eh. dlneern:palnlyptloe Mremr. ulTritrnaet,ionwl—mincrfoasest-,
examined, the plaintiff stated that the clock was.played with
abellows,
reowa,paar,
nid,
theanu woodenermibnetronfal
machinerywas a
pes; Whelnl
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and} parts of it broken. He huh° get chains
•for the-weights, leather for the bellows, and fittings for
the pipes. (Renewed laughter.) , His first account was
£9, as r made• out in his (the plaintiff's), book ; but to
prevent any grumbling, he had only furnished the de-
fendant with an- account for £6. The present claim
was a balance Of that £6.—Mr. Salisbury, the defend-.
ant, was then examined : He stated that the plaintifr
had been recommended' to him ; but before he had the.
clock a week, he (the plaintiff) wanted a sovereign from
him: _ The defeadatit. stated 'to him peremptorily that
he would give him no money until the clock was re-
paired.—By the Judge:- And mbat -did you_ want with
the sovereign so soon -after : I wanted to
purchase materials to repair the clock with.--Judge:
How was that ?—Defendant Your Honour, the only
materials he 'used was putting a piece of leather
on the bellows 'to prevent evaporation. Plaintiff :
I did 'more than. that to her insick. (Laughter.)--e
Mr. Heron was next called for the defendant. 2-Jd
stated that he was an organ-maker by trade, and
n'ew, might have cost
tchhaatrgehedhfaord rdepoinairsothwase saxm3e clock ibh.eifo,or,•howeTvhere suns
was
some years ago. The clock, when
harder to mend.
fourteen years'
the alatiothtiedp:reAsennat
the worse it got it was
to have taken your'
time : And you seem your
(Laughter.)—Judge
Did you take any other work in
time in doing it.'
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for
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but tiitt
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trifling, your
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repairs oeb
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business.—Witness;
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sides, he could come to no other decision than give a
verdict for the defendant. He considered the money
paid into-court was ample remuneration for the trouble
cithe ue s
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also in' ns.
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thata i.ring
the tchlea
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plaintiffscoTmwansßaAmpEßs._ Theostextrav 6oagaunrtt wasone.
nder of the day in hearin some Scotch mwhalich excited nooc occupied
et he the
eases,
public interest, '

Friday, February 3,-

LICENSED NICTUALLEIS ASSOCIATION. ,
- • -
This association held its monthly mseting yesterday, .
in the board-room of the institution, West Derby-road.
The chair was occupied by Mr. Lumb ; the other mem- _
'hers of the committee present being. Messrs. Coward,
Jones' Howe, Hornby, Batten,; Thornton, -Porter, Cur-
wen,- Calderbank, Allinson, Tarbock, and Atkinson.
The Secretary submitted the draft of a bill about to .
be introduced into Parliameht by Mr. Scholefield, of
York. The subject of the bill was to protect publicans
from liability for the loss of money, securities for money,
jewellery, or precious stones, above the value of £lO,
contained in portmanteaus, carpet-bags, &c., left in..
inns and public-houses, when the.value of the property
was net declared to the landlord of the house. A meet-
ing of the Trade Committee had been held to consider
the bill, and it was determined to forward the suggestions
to Mr. Scholefield. - : -

The CH4rear/of said it was the unanimous opinion of •
the meeting that licensed victuallers sbould give all
the support they possibly could to the bill.
The SECRETAMY read a memorandum in reference to
the late ball, shelving that it had been a decided suc-
gess. The committee was not prepared to state how
much they-would be able to hand- over to the charities,
But they confidently expected that it would be a large
•
sum.

Mr. ATKINSON gave an account of, the interviews •--
which a deputation of the association had with the
Members for the horough,•ati the subject of the want of
:unifOrmity in the decisions of the magistrates regarding
the granting and removal of licenses. It appeared that
the deplitation had mentioned several instances of appro..
site'decisions by the magistrates, at-which the members
had expressed some surprise, suggesting. that the asso,-
ciation should communicate with the Mayor, with w
view of having a meeting of the magistrates called, at}
which the views of the association; might-be stated.
The secretary, added that that, suggestion would be-
taken into consideration at the same time as the pro
posed bill for the protection of the publicans.
The resignation of Messrs. Rash and Rowe, as mem-
bers of the trade committee having
,been accepted,
Messrs. Curwen and Coward were appointed as substi-
tutes. • -1 '
This coueluded the proceedings.-