Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

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>es of dirences into which the retu

2. Offences

with
B. Offence

against property comraittt

against property committed

witho-it violenoe
4. Melkious-offeepes against property
5. (sffences against the currency

6. Other; offences

3-TDI-401

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0'75 ;Q52
,706 1884

-"There is•Fdso a considerable increase in the number
of -summonses. They amount; fer theVialfter to 6,135
against 6,193 for the previous, and. 5,259 for the corres-
ponding; quarter of last year ; this -is crWing, in part, to
a large numter of summonses for 'nonpayment of rates,
which are usually taken out at this •period of the year,
and to. au increase in the number •of drunken cases and
:common assaults.

The return further showed that the iiumber of appre-
liensions forthe quarter ended 30th September last, was
:2;319, of which there were 162 -eemmittrients fdr trial,
1,606 summarily 'Convicted, 551 discharged. There
were. 2,62.6 persons summoned by the police, of whom
12;353 were summarily convicted, 211 ,dismissed, and. 62
did not appear--=for all of whom warrants were granted.
The number summoned by the parish authorities was
.;509,-of whom 1,848 were summarily .convicted, 1,212
of the—cases were settled, 308 were disinissed, 141
persons -did not appear, and warrants were issued
against O'fi of them. The total number summoned lay
the police and parish authorities was :6,135, and appre-
hended-and summoned, 8,454..

This, concluded the general business before the court

Th# trial of the prisOners commenced to-day. There
are 'thirty names in the calendar—one of superior edu-
cation,.one read and write well, eleven read and write,
loniread, and'twelve neither read nor write.

E,STRIORDINARY BRITTALITY,r—There is now in
'custody, at ~Wednesbury, a man named Joseph Hill,
who has been guilty of the most revolting brutality
upon -an Irishman named John Maloney. Hill nd
Maloney, with others, had been .drinking together in
Mr. Woodward's public-house, in High-street, before
they -proceeded together to the house of one of the
party,,,in a court at the rear of Mr. Woodward's.
Here a previously-commenced dispute was resumed,
and ?Hill, • seizing Maloney, struck him, and thee
held -down his head before the fire, with one hand,
whilst with the other he took from the grate
a kettle of boffin.. water. He first tried to pour
the water down Maloney's throat, ,but was unable, and
the scalding water ran over Maloney's face. Hill then
poured the .water into his victim's ears, and over the
other. Portions of his head and face ! Despite his
screams and his struggles, Hill continued to hold him in
front ,of the fire, and thus greatly .increase the other-
wise intense torture that he was-.suffering. Here be
held him till the poor fellow became burnt as_ well as
scalded. When at length Maloney was released, he
seemed to have little vitality remaining in his system;
the hair came off his head, and his countenance was
shockingly disfigured. A surgeon was sent for, and was
soon in attendance, but expressed grave doubts of the
man's recovery. On Saturday, a local-paper reported
that the ease had had a fatal termination, but from sub-
sequent information this appears to be premature ; that,
though still in .a 'dangerous state, and suffering great
agony, yet the injuries have not so alarming an appear-
ance as at Ist they had.

Tux FASLLIONABLE LIE, " NOT AT 11031 E,"
"I never," says a lady, "sent that message to the door
Nit once, and for that once I shall never forgive my-
self. It was more than three years ego, and, when I
told my servant that morning to say, Not at hoine,'
to whomsoever might call, except she knew it was some
intimate friend, I felt my cheeks , tingle, and the girl's
look of surprise mortified me exceedingly. But she
went about her duties, and I about mule,' sometimes
pleased that I kid adopted a convenient fashion
y which I could secure time to myself, sometimes
painfully smitten *ith the reproaches of consciences.,
Thus the day wore .away; and when Mr. Lee came
home he startled me with the news that a yew dear and
intimate friend was dead. 'lt cannot be,' 'was my reply,
' for she exacted of me a solemn promise that I
would alone sit by her dying pillow, as she had some-
thing of great importance to reveal to me. You must
be misinformed no one has been for me.' Here
suddenly a horrid Suspicion crossed- my mind. ' She
sent for you, bt.t you were not at home,' said Mr.
Lee innocently ; then he ,continued lam sorry
for Charles, her husband ; he thinks her, distress much
aggravated by your absence, from the fact that she
called your name piteously. He would have sought for
you, but your servant said she did not know where you
had gone. lam sorry. You must have been out longer
than usual, for Charles sent a servant over here three
times,' Never n all my life did I experience such
loathing of myself, such utter humiliation. My servant
had gone further than I, in adding falsehood to false-
hood,- and I had placed it out of my, power to reprove
her by my own &In' vocation. I felt humbled to the
y dust; and the next day I • resolved over the cold

lay of my old friendthajt I would never again, and
under any circumstances, say Not at home,' "