Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-16 00:00:00

GLASGOW IRON MARKET-JULY 15

The na;110t-Wirreixilar in tone, the following being the
prices quoted:-No. 1, maker's iron, and No. 3' 525. 3d. to
525. 6d. Warrants, 525. Gd. to 525. 9d. per ton.

BELFAST PORK MARKET.—JULY 15.
There were only 60 pigs at market to-day, which sold
A 38s. to 465. per cwt.

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No SHIP SHOULD *GO TO SEA without one of Saunders
and Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and
fitted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address,
SAUNDEA'S and Co., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool.

GEEERA CASTLE ACADEMY, DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—
This is the most delightful and beautiful spot any where to
be found on the lovely island, and is universally acknow-
ledged to be the healthiest. Few schools can offer so many
advantages of situation and comfort as the above. It will
be found in every respect suitable for the residence and
education of the sons of the gentry. First-class masters
provided for each branch of instruction. Prospectuses, with
copper-plate engraving of the castle, may be had on appli-
cation. The midsummer vacation will terminate on the
30th July. Pupils conducted to and from Liverpool by one
of the masters, and to their residences, if required, tts

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT-YESTERDAY

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD,

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A` IRISH- itolv.—Three persons, two males and a :
male, made their appearance in the dock. Their nan
were John Fallan, Denis Daily, and Mary Daily, the Litt
being husband and wife. They were charged by Jan
O'Neill, with violently assaulting him without the sliehtA

provocation. In answer to Mi. Bluck, who appeared for
the prisoners, the complainant stated that he was struck
three blows, but he could not say who struck him first; but
the whole 'three prisoners were beating him. He was
knocked down and dragged into an entry, where he was
found by an officer and taken to the dispensary to have
his , head dressed. He did not strike the prisoners;
but. they .were .after him ,day and night, and he could
not live for them. There were three pokers
came on him all at once. Mary M‘Dermott preferred .a
similar charge against the prisoners. Officers, 69 and 18
said they saw theui fighting altogether. The surgeon who
dressed the complainant's wounds said, he found three large
contused wounds on the head of the male prisoner, and from
the nature of the injuries received, it would be three or
four weeks before he Would be well. The woman had re-
ceived two contused wounds on. the back of the head.
The injuries were very severe, but the man was worse.
Ann M'Nally was called and stated, that she saw the pri-
soners beating O'Neill. They had pokers and tongs, and
all sorts of weapons. Mr. Bluck—Have you been here very
often ? . Yes, I have, but not as a prisoner. I come when
I have business. What is your business ? Anything at all
that I have to do. Mr. Bluck—l see you are a bright
ornament to society. Mr. Bluck said there was a feeling of
spleen among those people. His clients were very hard
working people, and had saved some. money, and his client
had been deliberatelY struck by the complainant first, when
his wife came to his assistance and got a blow of a stone on
the head. It was quite usual fur. people to come to the
police court with their heads bound up with large pieces of
calico, resembling ,a draper's shop, like this. Mr. Bluck
called two witnesses who proved that the complainant com-
mitted the first assault. Mr. Mansfield said it seemed to be
an Irish row, and as it had been clearly proved that . they
were fighting, and if the complainants had been in the
dock he would have served them all alike. The . prisoners
were fined 40s. and costs each, or two months imprisonment.

CHARGE or Munpun.—A sailor named John Mclntyre
was brought up on a charge of having caused the death of
John Maxwell, on the 26th February last, on board
the barque "Faith," at • New Calabar. Mr. Bluck
was retained on behalf of the prisoner. James Lam-
bert was. the first witness called, he said—l recollect the
26th day of February last; I was on board the ship or
barque Faith, belonging to Messrs Tobins ; we were lying.
at New . Calabar, in Africa ; I know the prisoner ; I also
knew a man of the name of John Maxwell; he and I were
on deck washing, our clothes on a Saturday afternoon; John
Maxwell was a cooper ; he went across the deck,..and said.
to the prisoner, " You count yourself the bully of the ship,
and lam your man." I did not see a stroke struck good or
bad ; I did not see anything, but went on with my washing;
they went down into the forecastle, and I soon after heard
Maxwell call out "He has stabbed me, he has stabbed
me." I went down and took the knife out of the prisoner's
hand ; I went down into the forecastle when I heard the
cry of murder. [The knife was produced and identified by
the witness--the knife was very much bent.] • The knife
was bent in that way when I took it out of his hand. Mr.
Mansfield—When Maxwell spoke to the prisoner as you
described, had the prisoner the knife in his hand, or did he
strike him with it then ? IVitness—No ; he went to his
bunk in the forecastle for it. After deceased was stabbed
the only words I heard him say was, when a man called Yates
spoke to bins and said " What is to do with you ?" De-
ceased said "He has stabbed me." That was all
lie said. One stab was below the lower rib, one was about
an inch below the nipple of the breast, and another a little
further. round. All was done in about fifteen minutes. The
man was brought up a corpse. To Mr. Bluck : I did not
come to this court yesterday. I know a man named James
Boyle. I did not knoW that there was . a quarrel about
grog, I did not see Yates fight with. the prisoner. I did
not see any fight on the deck, as I was washing my clothes
at the other side of the deck. ,The only thing I heard was
a rush, and then the deceased calling out murder. The.
knife was in the • prisoner's hand when I went down
below. The prisoner .was down on his knees when I took
the knife out of ,his hand. I went on deck and gave the
knife to the captain. I never told a man named Grimes
that I did not get it in the prisoner's hand. I know a man
called Boyle ; he and Yates are both in Africa now. I
never saw a stroke struck that day. When I took the knife
out of the prisoner's. hand, I told him to go on deck, and he
said he would. He went to the captain, but though they
talked I could not hear what passed between them. James
Coad was the next witness. He said : I belonged to the
ship " Faith "• on the 26th February last. I was a seaman
on board, and the prisoner was also a seaman on board. I
knew John Maxwell, he was a cooper, he might be from
32 to 34 years of age ; I think he was an Englishman, and
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themselves, and the prisoner came to get some tobacco of
of his box. James Boyle Fsiia

ociau w 'au pribunur anu inn LIM
he would give us a glass of grog. I said I would not take
any, and the prisoner he would go. Thoy went on deck
together. I saw soon after, the prisoner and deceased
fighting. Maxwell knocked the prisoner down. The car-
penter came to take the prisoner away, when some others
that were there, told the carpenter that it was no business
of his. The carpenter then let them alone. The prisoner
was on his lefts again_ niid thn

anu
tacuutt,,eu tiLTUCK aim
knocked him clo-wn again. The prisoner said, " Don't
strike me, Jack ; I have no quarrel' with you.". The
prisoner then went away. The deceased was drunk, and in
a very excited state. The prisoner went into the forecastle
and the deceased followed. When I went down into the
forecastle Maxwell was alive—ho was laid on the
mainhatch. I saw three wounds : one on the left breast,
and two smallei ones on the right side. I heard Max-
well cry out " Help, help, I am stabbed, I am stabbed?'
That was not more than three minutes after they went
into the forecastle. I know that knife; I saw several
of those knives on board; they were got from a wrecked
vessel; I saw that knife in the possession. of the
last witness ; I would call that a trade knife ; when I first
saw it I would not say that there was blood on it ; I could

not say whether that knife would likely make such wounds
as those I saw on the deceased. To Mr. Bluck—All the
coopers were drunk ; Yates and Boyle are both in Africa ;
Boyle was the worst that day, but every one was against
the prisoner ; Maxwell knocked him down twice in my
presence, and then made a run forward and run into the
forecastle. The prisoner was the first person who went into
the forecastle; Maxwell went down next ; Yates did not go

down till there was a cry for help ; when Maxwell got to
-the bottom of the ladder he made a shove at the prisoner;
it might be about half a minute from the time he went
down till the cry for help was heard. When I was in the
forecastle there were several people there ; I saw Lambert,
the last witness, there ; he went down before me ; I saw the

Kane in ins MUM 1111A:1 maxwell dud not
say who it was that stabbed him. There were lots of these
knives on board, some of the sailors had as many as half a
dozen of them. Mr. Clough said he had the depositions of
the witnesses before the council in Africa, Mr. Bluck said
he understood that one of the witnesses died last night, and
of course his depositions could not be taken in evidence.
Mr. Mansfield thought the depositions of the witness who
died the night before was perfectly admissible, as they were
taken before the Consul, and in the hearing f the accused.
John Lewis, a Sandwich Islander, was brought forward as
a witness, but his English was so imperfect, that a full
statement of what he saw could not be gathered. He
told in a tolerably clear manner that he was sick
and in the forecastle at the time when Maxwell was
stabbed, and that he was the only one that could say
that he saw the act committed. The clerk of the court
then read the depositions of the' deceased witness, whose
name was Charles Franklin. These were taken before Mr.
Joseph Hutchinson, her Majesty's consul, and certified by
him to be correct as given. According to the depositions
of this witness, he was in the forecastle and saw the man
stabbed. Witness then called out for fear that the prisoner
should kill him, too. Mr. Bluck addressed:the court on
behalf of the prisoner, and said that if the witness Coal
was to be believed, and he thought he was the only person
worthy of notice, the person who was his client, and the
prisoner at the same time, had done nothing very far out of
the way. The coopers were all against him, and there
could be no difficulty in coming to the conclusion that this
was simply a case of manslaughter if it was anything. Mr.
Mansfield said, taking the worst view of the case they could
not say it was more than manslaughter, but even on that
charge he had strong doubts whether a jury would find him
guilty of it. On this charge, however, he would send him
for trial.

BEFORE MR. TORR

THE BlLLErrixo SYSTEM.—Nathan Conce, publican,
Maddox-street, was summoned for refusing to provide proper
accommodation for two soldiers who were billetted on
Officer 391 stated, that a militia officer came to him and re-
quested him to visit the house of the defendant, and inspect
the accommodation that was provided for two soldiers. lie
visited the house and found that the bed was a very bad one,
and not sufficient to accommodate the men. Officer 261 said,
that the bed was not fit for , a pig to lie down on, it was
" both filthy and dirt y," and no blankets on it. The defend-
ant stated that the bed was a good flock one and in a very
good room. The soldiers stopped one night and never com-