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

e resided

fire-station in Hatton-garden.
there to the fire. He carried a

lie went dir
mp with him.

he got to the house,
the shop, and on the same flow
Coyne there, and a number of

standing in

She was

He then went up stairs,

Ler than the fi

and he did not get any
landing, Ile was then on a level with some room
The police stopped him. The police were putting out

a a much

rst pl.

)roduced who (

spoken

,tie company, if they thought
!stablish this serious and

rooms. He then went"into the street. He went on
duty to the house at six o'clock the next morning to
take charge of the furniture for the salvage committee.
He had full charge of everything up stairs. He ex-
amined the house. He began at the bottom, and
examined upwards. He examined the front bottom
room, where it was said the fire originated. _ _ There was

.ore easy on the part of

vas the' defendant

that set

He contended that it was for t

mining

by so doing,

in the room a tailor's seat, much like a
about three and a-half feet wide: He saw in connexion
with that the remains of a drawer. He made a minute
examination through the room, to see if there was any
remains of coats or trousers or other articles of ready-
made clothing. He could find nothing of this sort. rue police.
He found pieces of clippings of different colours, plaintiff was in the habit of keeping boarders, who There are 15 intended applicants for spirit licenses at
such as were generally found in tailors' shops. were mostly captains,_and had often exceedingly valuable the present annual licensing sessions, and for the in-
He examined the back bedroom, There was a property lodged with him for which he considered him- formation of the magistrates with regard to the question
bed there, and some mattresses, and some dirty flock liable in case any accident of this sort occurred. The of eligibility, I have laid before them table No. 10,
knocking about the floor. The part of one mat- amount claimed (L 43) was largely disproportionable to showing the situation and dimensions of each house for
tress was burnt. There were neither sheets, blankets, the amount insured for, and so paltry as to be totally which the application is made, with the number of
pillow slips, nor anything like beddin -4. on the bed. insufficient to induce anyone to 'think that the plaintiff public-houses and beerhouses in the same township, and
There was a wash-hand stand in the room, and a few had set fire to his house • and yet his honour was also the average population.
other articles. There might be some bedding, but he asked upon such a trifle as that to find the The total number of public-houses in the division are
did not see any. He did not observe any chairs in the plaintiff crudit of such a foul offence. The language 68, and of beer-houses 110. There is an increase of 4in
room. There was a trunk but it was empty; it was of the declarationb made at the office, as regarded the number of convictions inst licensed victuallers
not burnt, There were a' few small pictures on the time, was not in the language of the plaintiff; as compared with the yearn ding July, 1858 ; this
wall ; they were not burnt. He saw no carpet on the but he put 9.30, which every body did not understand, in- includes 3 offences committed at Aintree races by vie-
floor. There were a few little images on the mantel- stead of half-past nine. It was impossible to recollect tuallers not residing in the division. None of these con-
piece, not of much value. He then went to the top to the moment when a man left his own house at a time victions have been of a serious character; and, generally
room. There were two beds there, but no bedding, past. Ile then alluded to the crowded state of Pitt. speaking, the public-houses throughout the division are
except a piece of old blanket, such as they would put street on a Sunday night, and said that no sane man Conducted in an orderly and respectable manner,