The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-06 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT—YEsTEupIy.

[nEPORE JOSEPH POLLOCK ESQ., JUDGE.]
THE court sat at ten o'clock. One hundred cases were
disposed of, but few of them possessed much public
interest.

ACTION AGAINST POLICE-OFFICERS.
DUNNE v. DUGGAN AND SCAIFE.—In this case the
plaintiff, Michael Dunne, of Sprainger-street, described as
a cotton seller, sought to recover £5 from the defendants,
two detective officers, for damage caused by breaking into
his premises, forcing open a chest containing some china,
and taking away some pawn tickets, an invoice, and two
sheets of brown paper.—Mr. Grocott, solicitor, appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr. M`Gowan, the law-clerk of the
Health Committee, appeared on behalf of the defendants.
The plaintiff deposed that, in April last, the defendants
came to him and charged him with having stolen cotton
in his house. They took him before the magistrates, by
whom he was discharged. After his return he received
from the defendants two pawn tickets, which he was in-
formed had been taken from his house.—On cross-exami-
nation, the plaintiff admitted that he had hear in some
difficulty previously in regard to some cottoe. He had
kept a marine store, but his license was not renewed. A
fine of £lO had been imposed upon him for trading with-
out. license, but the fine was remitted, because his license
was in the Town•hall to be renewed, end the :noney for
the renewal was paid in.—llls Honour : Were you ever in
custody before in Liverpool ? Yes, sir, for being under
the influence of liquor.—His Honour : I don t mean
that ; I mean for any charge against your Ivieesty ?
Plaintiff: No, sir.—A female servant of the plaintiff de-
posed that, on the day in questinn, she saw an old man
run p:'st the door and drop there. Her master
was standing at the do _ 'molting his pipe,
and looking at a wedir• down the street.
She saw the decenda• emediatelyafter
with the old man ~ reel. Duggan
said, " Well done • :.;thing of this,
and you must corn. he never saw
anything of the pate After Dunne
was taken away, Dugga.. e and searched
the house. They turned up no baskets, opened.
a box containing china, and tusk ..way the pawntickets,
the invoices, and two pieces of brown paper, in which they
wrapped mornething up. Witness asked Sc2ife what he
wanted, when he said, " I don't want to take anything."
She said, " I'll take good care you don't, torn] watch you
(
well." (A laugh.)—This evidence was confirmed by the
wife of the plaintiff, who said that the sheets of brown •
paper had been used before, but would have done again as
samples. Another servant was called, and Mr. M`Gorran
was proceeding with the examination of the witness, when
His Honour asked of what use it was to prolong the
inquiry.---The case for the plaintiff being then closed his
Honour said :—The facts of the case seem to be that this
ex-marine-store dealer was standing at his door, smoking
at a pipe, and looking at a wedding in the street, when an
unknown person dropped some stolen property into his
house as he passed; and when a policeman, who came up,
said, " Dunne, you must know something of this." The
ex-marine-store dealer, who was standing close by the
parcel, said he did not know Anything about it, as he was
locking down the street at the time. The police wrapped
up two sheets of brown paper, which were afterwards re-
turned to the owner, and an invoice which did not seem to
brown
a thew should
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have occasioned any loss. This was all the offence that
the men bad committed. They had no business to take
taka w aeyn thes oi n e "o.of t shi ei ei
re tos viol fi
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o r shoui ci paper;
for it. That was all the wrong they had done, conse-
quently he should give a verdict for the damage that they
had inflicted, which was a farthing damages and no costs.
LEAVING PICTURES AT HOUSES.—Frederick Carl, an
Italian artist, resident in Hunter-street, sued Mr. Edward
Chaloner for £1 ls. for three small pictures supplied,
painted upon ivory.- One was a view of Birkenhead (the •
only feature in it being a wooden shed); another cottage
with water about it was marked " Blackburn ;" and the
third was a likeness of Cardinal Wiseman. It appeared
that the pictures had never been ordered, but that the
plaintiff had left them at Mr. Chaloner's office, and in two
days afterwards sent in his bill. His Honour explained
to the plaintiff that that was a mode of business which
could not be sanctioned in this country,—a statement
which the plaintiff appeared quite puzzled to comprehend.
Mr. Grocott said that the pictures had been offered to him
in return, and is. 10d. which he had paid for a summons, •
but he claimed compensation for two or three months' loss
of time. Verdict for the defendant.