The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL CRINOLINE CASE.

This case, which has caused much excitement in
Liverpool, was again resumed on Wednesday at
the police-court, which was densely crowded. The
name of the defendant is Mr. John Huntingdon,
corn and flour merchant ; and that of the com-
plainant Miss Hayes, 32, Rodney-street. A sum-
mary of the case appeared in our paper of Monday
last, and to-day the governess, Miss Marsh and the
complainant, were examined.
Miss Marsh stated that on Saturday last she, in
company with the two Misses Hayes, left Rodney-
street for the purpose of going to the Princes Palk,
for a walk. They had proceeded as far as the
Princes-park-road, when they observed the defen-
dant leaning against the wall. "On their approach
he came towards them, and when passing stooped
down, took hold of Miss Mary Hayes' clothes in his
right hand, and with the left, which contained a
knife, commenced to cut the hoops of her crinoline,
saying, " These hoops, these hoops, these hoops will
cut." However, he was unsuccessful, as the hoops
were made of steel, and offered no further
violence, but walked on, accompanied by a large
black dog. On information being given to the
police, detective Horne proceeded to one: of the
defendant's stores in Mill-street, and there saw a
dog, which the governess identified as the one she
noticed with the prisoner ; and on the prisoner
being called in she also identified him, and he was
consequently arrested. The defendant was identi-
fied by all the ladies, who swore most positively
that he was the person who accosted them so

roughly.
For the defence, Mr. Deighton, barrister, put in
an alibi, and called witnesses to show that Mr.
Huntingdon could not be the person who committed
the offence.
As the case occupied the court until late in the
evening, Mr. Mansfield reserved his decision until
yesterday, when the proceedings were brought to
a conclusion.
For a long time before the time appointed for
hearing the case the c crowded by the
elite of the town and. neiourt wasghbourhood.
In giving his decision, Mr. Mansfield said that
he had never known a case of such a nature being
brought before the public, and it would be impos-
sible for him, when the vast amount of conflicting
evidence was taken into consideration, to adjudicate
upon the matter. The case, however, in itself was
a strange one. The offence with which Mr. Huh-
tingdon was charged was of a trifling nature—there
was no assault—there was no injury done—and,
but for the alarm caused to the young ladies, the
matter might be simply called a humorous freak.
He regretted that he felt unable to decide, and the
case must go before a jury at the next sessions,
but, of course, all that would be required of Mr.
Huntingdon would be to enter into his own recog-
nisances for £5O to appear when called upon.

THE LORD`RECTORSHIP OF GLASGOW UNIVER-
SM.—Lord Gleneorse having withdrawn his name as a
candidate for the Lord Rectorship of the University, the
Independent Committee of Students have, we learn, brought
forward Mr: Charles Dickens as a- candidate. The election
takes place on Monday,- the candidates now _in the peld
being, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton (the present
rd
Rector), the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Mr. Dickens tit
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