Widnes Examiner. — 1891-11-07 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

LOCAL CASES AT THE LIVERPOOL COUNTY SESSIONS.  The following local cases were disposed of at Liverpool County Sessions, which opened on Tuesday  ct'illiam' Bell (45), baker, stealing, at Sankey, on the 14th and 15th of July, a lock and whitewash brush, of the value of BS., the property al Josiah Furness, two months.  James Hope (35), machine fitter, stealing six shirts, of the value of 163. Od., the property of William Coates, of Warrington, on the 28th July, nine months. John Lally (16), labourer, three months, and Patrick Costello (17), labourer, one day, far breaking into the shop of Bernard Augustine Dromgoole, at Eccleston, on the 27th May, and the 3rd August, and stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel, valued at about £l2. William Thomas O'Neil (24), labourer, stealing at Sankey, some time betw n the 21st and 22nd of August, a silver watch and clia'n of the value of ES, from the dwelling-house of Edward Smith, fox!. months Thomas Shea (29) labc,urer, stealing a goose, of the value of 65., the property of William Rigby, at Sutton, on the 29th of August, three months. . .  „ Patrick M'Creese (25) labourer, stealing at Widnes, on the sth of September, two pairs of trousers, the property of Horatio Syred, and a coat and vest, the property of William Miller, six months.  Patrick Inrauns (35), glassmaker„ inflicting grievous bodily harm on John Friar, with a blow pipe at Parr,on the 9th September, and attempting to comnbit suicide the same day with a knife, six months.. Catherine Matthews (30), no occupation, stealing at Widnes, on the 7th ult., a sheet, the property of Martin Weir, nine months. Joseph Waters (43), labourer, stealing a purse an £3 at Widnes, the property of John M'Kew, four months. James Lynch (25), labourer, stealing at Widneson the 4th September.. 481bs. weight of rags, the property of Samuel Eyes four months. _  John Cobb (23), labourer,. obtaining at Warrington, on the 7th July, by false pretences, a silver lever watch and chain, the property of Abraham Cohen, one month.  Harry Oldham (50), labourer, stealing on the 17th October, at Widnes, a horse,.gig, basket,and four fowls, the property of Richard Naylor, six months. James Holden (25), traveller, was sentenced' to one month, and James Conroy, (X), traveller, to two months, for obtaining various sums of money by false pretences at Widnes. John Rourke (30), labourer, wounding William: Rudyard with a knife at Warrington on the 28th October, three months.  John Gannon (40), plasterer; indicted for havilig stolen or received a purse and R.Sbelonging to. John M'Kew, at Widnes, on or about the 10th Octotrer,. was acquitted.  William Winstanly (34), labourer, charged witlathaving at Haydock, on the 12th October, stolen watch. and two. chains, of the value of 305., front the person of JONI Heaton. acquitted. Patrick Martin (on bail), two months, for wounding John Kelly, at Widnes. on July 25,, Ann Farrall, (39), charwonvin, one month, for wound ing Rose WCarthy at Prescot, on the 23rd August. Michael Mannion (32), collier, three months, for maliciously wounding Bridget Mannioa at Prescot„ oa the 12th September. _  Michael Connelly (21) and James Deary (28), labourers six months hard labour each, for attempting to steal a letter from a Government postbag,. at Windle, on the 27th September.  Bridget Hughes (47), no occupation, and Michael Hughes (20), fireman, each six months, for wounding Martin Hughes, at Widnes, on October & Martin Mulhall (53), labourer,, six months for stealing 29 stone bottles, value 2s. 11d.,, the property of William Gallop, at Warrington, on 22nd•and 23rd ult. Patrick Devereux (20), labourer, nine calendar months, for having wounded Jacquetta Mayne, at Widnes, on September 19. Thomas Joseph Masan (27), labourer, six months,, for indecently assaulting a girl named Rachael Dixon, at Windle, on August 26. Charles Wood (37), collier, two months, for placing a hack upon the London and North-western Railway, and thereby obstructing an engine; at Windle, on May 10'. Domine Dovitch (21) and Charles Martin Kevitch (21), labourers, were acquitted of a charge of wounding Ann Surman, at Widnes, on September 6: The grand jury ignored the bill submitted to them in the case of Eliza Anderson, 29, who had been charged with stealing, at Widnes, on the 21st October, a purse and 10s. 6d. from Timothy Mason.  Aw mentioned Imot'week abeawt chep concerts— nod knowin' as Warrington were hevin gond una at a penny—aw' said aw'd tell yo' wod a little place like IDurwen hed V th' way o' penny lecturer, through As generosity o' one mon. These series were sterted moon nor seven year sin' through th' kindness o' Mr; W. B. Huntington—a local gentlennon—an' durin' thad time thr Darrnners lies hed sich alien as Sir Robert Ball, Rev. J. G. Wood, Richard A. Proctor, Norman Lockyer, Archibald Forbes, Fred Villiers, Charles Marvin, Commander Camermyßev.. H. R. Flaweis, Harry Furniss an' Henry Blackburn lecturin' to 'em. Thrlectures cost fro' eight guineas to twenty guineas apiece, an' aw darsay th' room,. printin," an' extrys 'R mek th' series cost fro!. a hundred peawnd uppards every year. Aw see in a papper last week as- one or this year's lectures-isdeead, an th' Committee tried toged Harry Furnissl: They were freetened his figure wod be too high for Mr. Huntington (thirty-five guineas) but he said th' fooak enjoyed him. afoore, an' they should hey him ageean. Onyway his dates 'II nod fit in. There's abeawt 260 tickets issued at two an' nine th' lot (reserved seeata). an'. abeawt SOO at sixpence. an' there is some feightin'fbeem, aw con tell yo'. Yo' see bein' a little room, they con but issue this number, but th' lecturerwod' cherge no moore to a ' audience as big ageean;: an: a audience just as big ageean wod meean a hundred an' twenty peawnd fro' th' sale o' tickets; an' thad wort dear exes."  Neaw then! Id nobbut wants, stertin' i' every teawn an' every teawn possesses men woith a lot o' brass—an' brass as hes.bin medlin.t9il leatrn.  But mooast o' t h' men prefer spendtin', th' brass on booze, bosses, etsettra,! Aw know 'em (th' men) an' aw blush for 'em.  * *".  A tooathri week sin' aw promist a little tooth°, ditty as soon as th' seeason were ir far swing, an, accidents sterted ; aw consider th' time ripe neaw, sooa here yo' are