... A CURIOUS CLA4M. In the Lord Mayor's Corr$% London, yesterday a J carious claim for damages before the Assistarb f' Judge (Mr. R~oxhurgh) ann /, ?? action was C brough~t by Mfr. A, P . Woodward, a compositor, against the Improved Strength-testing Machine Company (Limited), tO recover damages under somewhat peculiar b circumnstances. The defendant company are the propri- I- tore of a patent ...

... X COUITiY COUR'ITS. 0. 1% IM IT v I1 Tol; ENC. lvdd bse ittel' !d a,1 1111 Y Ilogi ti- lire l Yll dI- Ii' ids litieh - I WAiS, tile IncleI Iples ader- ies - iian iy- Uait to Ins~tI CAIlDI F1;, T'UnSBAs.-(lIcFore lis Ilonour JutIge Ow ,, ALLE'GlED TII.SPlSS. FOTIli1ERIIr.L. Vt. ?? was given in this cat'e, whicli was Iteanr at the liast courlt, and in satitis dcitlageo were soughbt to be ...

... VERDICT IVOR THfl PLnAUNqIn . In the Probate Division, yesterday, the case of Hampson v. Guy and others was further heard. The oation, as already reported, wvas to test the validity of certain testamentary dispositions of Sarah Hatmpson, a Roman Catholic lady, of Woolton. near Liverpool, who died on the 28th September, 1889, leaving property amounting to £11,600. The plaintiff, Sarah Ann Ramp- ...

... to ~ ~ --no in.- These sessions were continued and concluded thi yeterday, at St. George's Hall, where the it nyReorde(Mr. C. HL Hopwocd, Q.C.) presided. an W. THE BURLIN GTON LICENSING fu d.; ?? .; APPEAL. CONVICTION QUASHED. all 'me Frederick Le Blond, the licensee of the Bur- tir ?? for eappeowingpotitte tod Mremain on in- for the justices. g ' The Recorder, in giving judgment in the ...

... LICENSTNG PROSECUTIONS IN LIVERPOOL. id _ el A special sessions was held yesterday iu tn, of Liverpool Police buildings for the pcrpoe cr r. bearing summonses against persons who Lawr, cr charged with infringements of the licensing aS. ts MrA. J. A Tobin and Mr. G. C. Duhbetl ;err -e the beneb. Mr. Moss, assistant Prcsecutingsiliic- to tar, appeared in sapprt of the inforuasror to George Clark ...

... LOCAL. I :A.W CASESS JONES K WILLIAMS. Ocr 'l'lurday tire Court. of Appeal, coneisiliri of tire Master of true, Rolls rind Lords Jirtices Boweni arid Fry, Ilad beore- 1corn2 tris repperi of tire plaini- tiff frora i a judlgment of Mli'. Justice ?? and Mrr.juetirce Willi, after trial beolire tire lain Air. Jrrstice Menisty it Carrmrarrthen. Tire plirin rift a Clirrerd to lie err tittled to ...

... ,SINGE-I IR BREACH Ot PROHIMSE | CASE. In the ?? Bench Division on Sat1rday, before Mr. Justice Grailthatn an -d a sp.cialjuy Miss Sarah AnFs i-uh , .Ijj7 Ann Psh brutht n action to re- c1rover from Mr. Wi]lian Young damages for breach of promise of uarriage, The defea~dant pleaded 3a den ial of the a'i eed promise. Mr. FRilan and Mr. A-. Wa31ce appeared f or the plaintiff; while Mr. Candy, Q ...

... ' ,h -- IC io BEFOsE Mi AisTRA OE ?? PFDRF OF AS RAsTATE.AOEN1r-Edwvard George L~ ; Grimdy described as an estate agent, of Lord- h a s6eet, Liverpool, appeared for his further public I Ln exaMination. In the. course of his examnination r * by tie-official recetvsr, the bankrupt endeavoured 1[U I to explain as to the disposal of his furniture. It t, appeared that the furniture had been settld ...

... :]xTmTRICTSMsNoNs. WARRINGTMNI IBridget Bnrke, wife of a tanner's laboner& admitted having stolen a shirt belonging to John Madden, of 3 Clh Hall-yard, ?? a clothesd line on which it had been hung. Her husbantd, 3 tman of good character, said that about nine weeks ago prisoner ws ed for bving aeglectad to keep her houe clean, and since thae she had been drinking heavily. As a result he and the ...

... DISTRICT _SSSIOIS. -I SOUTEPORT. John Keeley aun Mary Mnttee ?? to ive in Huekisson-street, Liepool, were charged with attempting to deframi the Lanca- shire and Yorkshire Railway Comany. Mr. P. A. Jones prosecuted. On theev of thend Dec. tbe defendants travelled by the si o'cok expres m LiverpooLto Birkdale ins at-das comatet -with2 the return halves-of thrdcli tcr-s Theae dfendat gave a m ...

... B3IONDAY,,;Y 5. 3 , Tax Munnsn or - A Sam's CnarT.-. 5i Bbagwar Jasaiwara, a Hiadoo, eged 29, was chbsrged with having on October 11 murderei RI.Peter LyaIL, mster of the Biftish ship Bucking. -J bam, in which the proner flm4n9.ployWI as crck ,% The murder is alleged to have been committed or, aJ the high seas, when. the. vessel was on a 3 voyage from Dundee to New York. At the ! ]ast ...

... ot FRIDAY. JANUARY 9. as rErOUE Men BlTUGHOcS, OcOVrrY coaoXlsEE tic At Pembertmn, on the body of a collier named in 4Uehard Wtddman. He was employed at the da N0O Jey Collivries, and on Wednesday wee in his hi torking place when a le stone fell from the pi atf sad kiled him. Verdiet, Accidental wl ?? Orre>ll on the body of George GSee op TH Be was desrending the WiumtanleyeColsiery, ztandinc ...