EPITOME OF NEWS. (News items from this Penrith Herald, having to do with Lancashire) THREE MARINES belonging to H.M.S. Caledonia stationed at Liverpool, have been charged before the Birkenhead stipendiary magistrate with having committed a most brutal assault upon a man in Tranmere. The prosecutor was unable to appear, and the prisoners were remanded. ______________ GAROTTING IN LIVERPOOL – At the Liverpool Police-court, JAMES WILSON, a tall, powerful ruffian, well-known to the police, has been charged with being in company with two women, not in custody, and garotting and robbing JOHN BROWN. Early in the morning prosecutor was crossing the footbridge over Lime-street Station, when he met the prisoner and two women. The former seized him with the garotte hug round the neck, injuring him severely, while the women robbed him. They then ran away, leaving Brown almost insensible. Prisoner was shortly afterwards apprehended. He was remanded. ________________ AN INQUEST HAS BEEN HELD AT LIVERPOOL on the body of a girl aged eight years, who resided with her parents in Crown-street, and whose name was LYDIA FRINDLANDER. The deceased, it appears, drank about a noggin of brandy, from the effects of which she died. A verdict of “Accidentally poisoned” was returned. __________________ A BOOKBINDER, named LIVESEY, has been charged with having violently assaulted EDWARD NELSON, tailor, at Preston. Because NELSON refused to “toss for a gill”, defendant struck him in the face, and seizing him by the collar, dragged him down the lobby of a public-house to the street-door, where he struck him a terrible blow under the left eye, knocking him down the steps. The prisoner then kicked him seven or eight times about the legs and body as he lay on the pavement. LIVESEY was sentenced to a month’s hard labour. __________________ AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, JOHN BOOTHROY HAGUE has been charged with committing an assault upon ROBERT BOOTH. The complainant had been left in charge of the Crown Inn, Mossley, and in July the prisoner and others came into the house and commenced playing at cards. The complainant spoke to them, when the prisoner struck him, and knocked him down, and afterwards gave him a “spring” kick in the ribs. The complainant was rendered insensible, and was conveyed home, and has been unable to follow his employment for four weeks. The Bench said the prisoner would be committed to the sessions for trial. __________________ DEATH BY DROWNING – An inquest has been held on the body of a man unknown, which was found floating in the river opposite Brunswick Dock Liverpool. The body appeared to be that of a man over 40 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches in height. It was much decomposed, and nothing was found upon it which could lead to its identification. An open verdict was returned. _________________ THE ADJOURNED INQUIRY into the death of ANN WORTHINGTON, who died at Wigan from injuries inflicted upon her by her husband, WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, a boatman at Liverpool, has been held at Wigan. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of “Wilful murder” against the prisoner. ___________________ barb, ontario, canada.