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

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT..—YESTERDAY.
CIVIL CAUSES.
[Before Mr. aung WATSON.]
His Lordship took his seat this morning at nine e".clo6k.
BOYLAN V. GODFREY.

This case, which was au action brought to recover
41 a wages alleged to liiVe beep m3tained by the plaintiff, 'by

ney, in the man- aiement •,f some business entri
him, was resumed this merniAg. The jury ret

6tCd to
rued a

IELLOR V. LEI

This was an action of ,ejectment. The plaintiff wea
James Mellor, town councillor ; and the defendant M.
Lee, a tenant of one of his houses. Verdict for 'the
Tla intiff.
711 E RIVAL BURIAL BOINITTIES.—HUGHES V. LAIi7RE3IE

'OTHER

In this ease, Mr. Overend and Mr. Brett appeared
for the plaintiff, -Michael Hughes, the manager of *the
Imperial Burial Seeieti; and Mr. Aspinall f*r tthe
defendants, one of whom, John Lawrence, was tale
secretary of the Liver Burial Society.

The action was bronght to recover damage,
alleged to have been written by one of the di
31r. Lawrence, gndto have been printed by his an
and to have been ribli6ly circulated by persons in their
employ. The libel •appeared in the form of a hand-(hill,
'headed, " Notice to the members of the Royal Liffey
Friendly Burial Society;" and it stated that two :col-
lectors had left that society, and had joined the Imperial,
which was held at the-corner of Crosshall-stroet, :arid
which had no money to pay for their funerals.
Persons were aAetE to go to the savirc,
Bold-street, to inquire the truth of this statement.
-was further asserted that they had no money elsewhere,

t3io*ty,

bank in
It

and that the men were not fit to conduct any society.
Then came the sting fzfil,the libel, " Especially beware of
Michael Hughes." 'Tile name of John Lawrence, and
the words, "by.
order :of the committee," were appended
to this statement..

The President of thelLiver Burial Society stated that
after the notices were minted, they were ordered to be
destroyed.
Verdict for the defendant.

rzol

BY FIR

BUNBURY V. THE LIVIIRPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND

IN/kV/RANCE COMPANY

Mr. James and Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff;
and Mr. Overend and Mr. Temple for the defendants.
The plaintiff is a greaer and provision dealer, and for
three or four years kade.shop in Park-road. The goods
in that shop had been insured with the defendants during
the . past three years. iTast year the plaintiff opened
another provision shop oin Athol-street ; but he did not
effect an insurance on Alto stock and fixtures in it until
December, 1858, when,iires becoming more prevalent
in Liverpcol, he thonghtfit prudent not to neglect the
matter any longer. Tier:went, on the 22nd December,
1858, to the office a tila defendants, and proposed an
insurance of £3OO on hiftgoods and fixtures. The pro-
posal was accepted, and •on 27th December the plaintiff
paid the premium. A firovoccurred on the night of the
12th of January last, when the stock and fixtures were
destroyed. The plaiutiff:gave information at the office
of the defendants, and haxl, a statement of his loss made
out by an attorney, amounting to £247 Ss. 2d. The
defendants then required ~the plaintiff to produce the
invoices of his goods. He aecordingly took them to the
defendants' office, and gave .411 the additional informa-
l. The Attendants then refused to
the ground that the plaintiff had made

tion they req
settle the loss,

an exaggerated and friudalonte claim.
The representatives of sevet al wholesale houses were
then called as witnesses ,ontlie.part of the plaintiff ; they
gave an account of the quantity and value cf the gro-
ceries supplied to him for .alteut six weeks before the
fire, and they also stated that, they had seen the goods
in his shop shortly before aho occurrence.
For the defence, cvidente.svas given to show that,

althongh the place
the fire, there was

had been examined immediately after