The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

TEE QUEEN V. LOWE.

This was an action on the part of Mr. K. Tyrer, of this
town, against Mr. John Lowe, for an alleged libel, sail'
to have been contained in certain placards published by
the defendant, Lowe.

Mr. Watson and Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff.
and Mr. Wilkins for the defendant.

Mr. WATSON went briefly over the fac's of the case
from which it appeared that the defendant had some inte-
rest in property in this town, in the year 1843, on whicl
the plaintiff had advanced money—that various letter,
had passed between them relative to it—and that after-
wards the defendant had a number of placards printed
and posted on the walls of the town. The placard war
headed "to capitalists," and contained several of the let-
ters that had passed between the parties, relative to du
abovenamed property; reference was also made to soup
party who was charged with " fraud, forgery, falsehood
Sic.," which was printed in large characters to attract th,
attention of parties reading, which it was alleged was in.
tended to apply to the plaintiff. The only object sough
by the plaintiff was (observed the learned Conned) t,
remove any impression that might have been made preju
dicial to his character, and to prevent further annoyanc,
from the same party.
The defendant pleaded that the placard did not refer tt
the plaintiff.
Some conversation then took place betu- n th
sel with the view of effecting an arrangemen. Mr. Watson
requiring, on the part of the plaintiff, an a mission that
the language referred to was not intendeu „ Mr.
Tyrer, and an assurance that he would not publist,

placard, or annoy him in such a way for the future, eitbel
by writing letters or in any other manner.

Mr. Wituctrcs said, the defendant could not plear
guilty to the charge, but he would make the assuraricf
that had-been asked by his learned friend.
Under these circumstances the assurance was enterer
into, and a verdict of acquittal taken.
This was the last case for trial in the Crown Court an,
the learned Chief Baron left for London on Wednesda)
morning.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—TvEsimy.
CRIM. CON.-WOOD 11. MONK.

At the sitting of the Court this morning the hearing of
this case was resumed.

Four additional witnesses were called on the part of th
defendant ; and they proved generally that the plaintif
bad frequently assaulted his wife, broken her teeth, an'
blackened her eyes, and that he had upon one occasint
said he should put a halter round her neck, and sell be:,
at the " Obelisk," in Preston. Evidence was also give,
to show that the plaintiff had made an attempt upon hi
sis'er.in-law's chastity on two occasions, and that she wa
obliged to get married to escape from under bis roof. Wher
the examination of the fourth witness bad been concluded.
Mr. KNOWLES, on the part of the plaintiff, intimate(
his desire to withdraw a juror, as he said no good coult
arise from any further discussion of such a case.
The JUDGE, who was of the same opinion, consented
a juror was accordingly withdrawn, and the case was thu:
brought to an abrupt termination, at ten o'clock.

WILLIAMSON V

PAGE.

In this case the plaintiff was William Williamson, ane
the defendant William Page. The declaration set fortt
that the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in th•
sum of £46 for work and labour done, and money lent
The defendant pleaded that, except as to £ls, he ha,'
never promised to pay.
Mr. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Murphy, and Mr. Robinsor
appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Watson and Mr
Webster for the defendant.
It appeared that the plaintiff was a ship-owner at Bel
fast,_tind the defendant .a.gentleman who lives at Scarbe.
rough, and the owner of a vessel called the Adventure
and the action was brought to. recover a sum of £4':
money advanced by .the !am' WI to Captain Allin, th
master of that vessel,a in the month of November last
The ship had been on to Gl,raltar, and brough
home a cargo from that plZeg{: Mr. Sims, of Belfast
She arrived at Belfast towards°trhae lattter end of October
and then the captain endeayourv,d
aufo,
dpti riinoncb ueir,
reo
cancrhi
ta:
for the ship. The: plaintiff succeeded
charter for her, to convey a cargo.,
to be used in the mines there. When the timritfeo Cardiff
timber was
o.
board, and the vessel ready fir sep,, the :captain
£46 from the plaintiff to pay-the necessary expenses a.
the Belfast and the cost ,of tonvisions
the voyage. Tile captain then drew a bill for.theamouut
which was Transmitted to the defendant ..for •aeoientanee
and, after some delay, the defendant wrote 14c:k to th
Plaintiff to •ay that the.captain had no auth,rity to ilea.'
bills, and that Lc had no Pcr.asin to Yai'S 9,19,1,-(2T, ' he

had the amount of his freight in his hands; and from
that time to. the present no settlement was made: The
defence.was similar to that stated in the letter written to
the plaintiff—namely, that the captain had no authority
to draw bills, and had no occasion .oi:borrow money at
Belfast.

A verdict was returned for the plaintiff for £25.
DICKSON V. "WYNNE.

In,this case the plaintiff, a coach-proprietor and inn-
keeper in Yorkshire, sought to recover a sum of £46 from
the defendant, who was another coach-proprietor and inn-
keeper, at Ashton-under-Lyne, being the amount of cer-
tain disputed accounts between the parties for running a
con called the Tantivy, between Manchester arid Shef-
field. After the case had been opened by Mr. Baines, a
verdict wos taken for the plaintiff, by consent, subject to
a reference.

NVIT.LOCK V. GREEN.

In this case the plaintiff was Richard Willock, and the
defendant William Green the younger. The declaration
was for an assault, to which the .defendant pleaded not

Roebuck and Mr. Cardwell appeared for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant. _ _

It appeared that the plaintiff was.an old man in humble
circumstances, a drover of cattle, residing at Skipton, in
Yorkshire, and in the employment of Mr. Slinphy, of
Moston-hall, in this county. Mr. Slingsby and the de-
fendant were cattle-breeders, and in the habit of exhibit-
ing cattle at agricultural exhibitions. In the month of
October last there was a cattle show at Tuttington, at
which the defendant happened to be the victor, and after
the show was over he repaired to an inn at Fishpool,
where the plaintiff was stopping at the time. The plain-
tiff had been the whole day in the company of a man
named Windle, and was perfettly sober, and in a most
unlikely state to cause offence. Some conversation then
took place between the plaintiff aad the defendant's fa-
ther, which ended in a blow being inflicted by the former;
but after an apology had been given, and matters satis-
factorily arranged, the defendant, who was a young man,
rushed into the room, seized a candlestick which was
standing on the table, and threw it at the plaintiff, thereby
inflicting a severe wound upon his mouth, knocking out
two or three of his teeth, and preventing him, by reason
of the haemorrhage, from going to sleep. The next
morning the defendant appeared •to feel that he had in-
flicted an-unmerited injury, and accordingly he said he
was exceedingly sorry for what he had done, and that he
was willing to pay for the damage. "This offer, however,
had never been fulfilled ; and the jury had to consider
what was a fair and reasonable amount of damages for
such an assault, inflicted as that bad been by a young and
wealthy man upon an old person in indigent circum-
stances.

Mr. MARTIN, for the defence, contended that mild and
temperate conduct was not to be expected from cattle-
driver, they being generally rough, coarse fellows, who
were willing to give and receive injuriesin a blunt man-
ner.

The JUDGE said that the learned counsel's argument
reminded him of the well-known line—" He that drives
fat oxen should himself be fat; " and he thought in the
present case the line might be rendered—" He that drives
tame oxen should ,Ilimself be tame." (Laughter.)
A verdict was returned for the plaintiff—damages £lO.