The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-03 00:00:00

duty it

was to make known any apparent defect, when it would
be remedied. He had been more particular in this inquiry
in consequence of thc engineer (Green) having used the
expression in the hospital, before his deli •
of " Ob. that engine!" but this, it
the suffering of the moment, as h

came on.

ad made no complaint

that the engine was a good one; that it was the duty of

i (Green) to supply it

/lion, the exr

,se from wa►►t of

sufficiency of

water. It was for them to say whether Mr. Hartley was
to blame—a gentleman who, from his long standing, re-
spectability, and knowledge of such matters w
coroner) thought, the last nian who would en
lives of any of his men. His foreman, too, stated that if

, he (the

any suspicion of defect arose the engineer ought to have
named it to him, and it would be rectified. The case was
a melancholy one, and had naturally excited much painful
interest out of doors, and they would give it their best
consideration. They had the power to lay a deodand on
the engine if they thought proper.

The jury, after consulting some time, returned a verdict
in both cases, to the effect that the deceased came to their
death accidentally, in consequence of injuries received by
the explosion of the flue of the boiler, and that that ex-
plosion was caused by want of a sufficient supply of water.
The survivor (Holywell)• is still in a very precarious
state. Little hopes, indeed, are entertained of his reco'.

DEFECTIVE WEIGHTS, SCALES, AN
On Thursday his Worship the Mayor held a court in th,
Sessions-house, for the purpose of adjudicating in the
cases of parties summoned by Mr. Atkinson, inspector of
weights, &c. No fewer than thirty-nine individuals, bit
all, were on this occasion called upon to account for de-
fective weights, scales, or measures; also for selling coals
by measure, and similar offences against the bye-law re-
gulating the dealings of traders. In every case a defence
was set up—such as " accident," " ignorance," or the
like; though it is somewhat strange that the accidents
are never in favour of the customers. It must be admit-
ted, however, that soate 'Pr of the parties, from their long
standing and good repute vere probably ignorant of the
defect charged in one pt cular weight amongst many
which were correct, and s. is but fair to assume that in
some of these cases the defect was attributable to the
carelessness of servants—for which they, being amenable,
were not excused, though the fine was mitigated. It is
but justice, too, to state, that it. did not appear that the
parties had before been found to be at fault, though their
premises had been frequently visited. The Mayor pa-
tiently heard every case, and remarked upon each accord-
ing to its character, in a most impartial manner, strongly
cautioning the parties, and taking the part of the poor,
who were the principal sufferers by such defalcators. The
following are the names of the parties, with the fines, &c.,
imposed :—Thamas Graham, provision-dealer, Canning-
street. St. James's, a scale 1 oz. short; fine 2s. 6d., and
costs 2s. 6d. John Newall, Marlborough-street, coal-
yard, scale 41b. wrong ; ss. and 4s. Gd. costs. Thomas
Smith, provision-dealer, scale requiring loz. to balance,
ss. and 4s. 6d. Jane Addams, stall St. John's-market,
scale 2oz. to balance • 2s. 6d. and Is. William Tilburn,
do., scale 3 oz. to balance; ss. and 4s. 6d. John Herne,
potato-scale with a loose balance of 21b. (lc- '••hts to
balance not being allowed) ; 2s. 6d. and 1
Carr, shop Brownlow-hill, a looP
lance a scale; ss. and 2s. 6d. Wm. Robinson, a potato-
scale 311 b. short, and balanced with a loose piece of iron;
2s. Gd. and 2s. 6d. Alexander Sowerley, coal-yard, Pa-
radise-street, scale t equiring 71b. to balance, but the weight
to balance it taken away at the time to drive nails ; 2s. Gd.
and Is. Matthew Cotham, shop in Mill-stye' ''.lf
penny found under the scale to balance it; 5s
Edward Williams, yard Nash--

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oose wei
Ca

piece of 21oz. to ba-

grove, sc

requiring 31b

to balance ; 2s. 6d

-and is

:e, provision-

:Ifpe-nny under

dealer, Warwick-street, two scales wan a ......_,
each to balance, 10s. and 4s. Gd. Mary Jones, yard in
Newhall-street, scale requiring 41b. to balance, 2s. Gd.
and Is. N. Ilingley, iron cable-manufacturer, Wapping,
four 561 b. weights more or less short : defenda. t said
these weights were not under; ss. and 4s. Gd. (The
weights, in all cases when short, were forfeited.) Henry
Pearson, shop Renshaw-street, one weight loz. sghuoarrtt;
2s. 6d. and Is. John Marsh, shopkeeper, Gt. Howard-
street, a small scale 2 drachms short ; 2s. Gd. and Is.
Martin Stafford, shop Stewart-street, three' small weights
short; 4s. and Is. Peter Murphy, shop Canning-place,
a weight 4 oz. light; ls. and la. Elizabeth Coglan, stall
Pownall-market, a quart measure for cockles, &c. short ;
ls. and Is. Francis Jones, shop Great Crosshall-street,
dabeiuifidyliuesistt ;
John
luts,
la.l
rraitntdn : let si,
ia..seunrA:
;n.oiri
2s.Jseo inl
aiends
g:
-:n inch uart
inrn
St. John's-market, a quatt measure short ; Is. and Is.
edaesputrhe ; fori
o s
. fruitan d
4wsi
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Gd.a false
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rbtobtat bottom of
Clayton,of t
stallhs o
Elizabeth Power, do., a quart measure half. a gill defi-
cient ; Is. and Is. John Stringfellow, shop Sidney-place,
.asa,tneBrnd: IseluasPsr.u: wrsEehnlaizirolatt.bn:seta2talreim.ke Buckley,teid. - un al k e t ,
coals by measure instead of by weio '
2s. Gd. and Is. Edward Forre,'.

do., in a yard ;.:4

Gd. W

Godwin,
, for the
;. Mary

same, was acquitted, acquitted, a.

nn Taylor

stuck on t c ;:ottom o: eat:ll7 2s:6ci:;nd Is. lanies
Ileyworth, St. John's-mark-t, for obstructing the, inspec-
tor in his duty, was fined 2s. Gd. and costs.