The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-22 00:00:00

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ble, r.s every juvenile at least will admit, for of what use
are the most tempting dishes, if t,liq, necessary incisors
and molars are not in eicelflentorslec.
Those wishing to send an acceptable present to friends
at a distance could not do better than sit a tee r.7:teftes
for their portraits to '.Messrs. Goodwin and Beet, whose
likenesss, are as artistic .as they Are life-like; or, if
partiet pfeteti they can be taken, by Mr. Rattray, with
his new paient sOlat,Canttell Pr9COSSC , •
Mr. Tooke, as usual, mares d Millie*, display of fancy,
jewellery, suitable for presents; no; in, this Col-Medic&
shOuld we omit to notice the establishment CT 1V11.;
Promoli, in Church-street, which has just been extended
by the addition of the adjoining shop, lately occupied
by Merits. Willroer and Smith, of the Chronicle. Mr.
ThdiripioW, of Elliot-;street; We may also state, has laid
on a very tale Chid' info' t,. attractive stock of elegant
little knick-nacks arid article's of cMu, mast suitable as
souvenirs.
Ih talking of presents, however, let lid odeforget tb'c
claims which the poor have upon our sympathy iti this
certainly joyous, but at the same time bleakest and mat
desolate of seasons ; and we were pleased to observe
thatf with beautiful suggestiveness, the windows yester-
daV of both Compton-house and the Liver, displayed,
g orgeon;s profusion of decorative attire, some
Moores Of btanietgr for the pot. Benevolence, at
other tinies vi'rt'ue; is fro* a cinty ancl there is no
more genuine wof iiiyopig thristm'as than to
ItEIIIOII3sER TAE PRO O:

BIRKENHEAD) MAIffET.
Cosfr neighlmja Dislcenl?9 )la-ye been far froth
remiss this year, IP Weir ,prp:pakOona to' greet the
approach of ever-welcome Chfisttnai.;, Vfe cloUbt Tery
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much, indeed, whether, so far as the Christthas inat
are concerned, Liverpool must not yield the palni tithe
has held so long to her rapidly increasing and prosperous
neighbour across the river. The Birkenhead Market
ibis year presents an appearance worthy of the occasion
for' vi fi it has Been designed. The inventive genius
of the aniateilY decoratids has heort well nigh exhausted,
in the multifarious devices into *AA the holly and
mistletoe have been formed around the tarfda's stalls.
The illuthinatiods, foo, is on a most extensive' stale,
large arches having been erected across the Market,
each containing some ap'pr'opriate motto, as "Welcome
Merry Christmas," "'Defence, licit Deffrance,' be ever
the motto of our Volunteers," and others of a similar
character.' Beneath many of the mottoes, and suspended
from the arches, are ingenious devices, and' the illumina-
tion is altogether of a very superior character. The
stalls are all well filled with their respective commodi-
ties—the butchers, as usual. taking the most prominent
part. Outside the market and in the principal
streets of the town a similar desire to do honour
to the national holiday is everywhere evident.
The principal shops are profusely and gaily
decorated, while the " stock " in general is not
at all inferior to that which the leviathan establishments
upon this side of the river are displaying. The inhabi-
tants of Birkenhead will have no need to cross the river
td fill their larders, as every imaginable want kas been
well provided for by the enterprising shopkeepers of
their own town. Among the stalls within the market
rite niay mention, as among those Which appeared to
attract most attention; Mr: Geerge Fallard's, Mr: Mi-
chael Doyle's, and Mr. John M4theOs's, vnio eihibited
a monster pig, bred by Mr. D. Case of Poulton; and
weighing 40 score, also 19 Welsh pigs, and i/ froth
various parts of Cheshire. Mr. George Fullard eihi-
bited three Southdown sheep, the winners of the first prize
at the Baker-street Show in London; one fine calf, a very
fat six months old kid, and a four-year old ox, the win-
ner of the gold medal at Birmingham. Mr. Heathcock
had a magnificent show of prize animals, chiefly heifers.
The displays at the shops outside the market were too
numerous to he svecilled here/ although all are well
idithi oi~ notice the Visitor.

THE WINTER AS

CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY.
(Before Mr. Justice KEATING.)
BURGLARY.

Patrick Coughlan (20) was charged with having,
with others not in afstudy, committed a burglary at
Bolton, on the 26th of November' last: It appeared
from the evidence that on the night in question the they
of Mr. Aspinall, a watchmaker, carryins on business in
Bolton; was burglariously entered, and six silver watches
stolen. The prisoner subsequently offered one of the
stoielf *doles far sale at a pawnshop in Oldham, but
thel kOper of the sfroi !Aviv received information of
robbery, sent 2.poteentaa bait before he arrived
the pr.rioe ns hating b'eeti aratisedihe de-
6anip;'d; 41,*, after a:, VA Chase; deolireit and taken
to the police ofEi3e, being Charged with the
robbery, he said he had purcnased the iiaofrOhYartia-U
at Preston. The prisoner was found guilty, &lid OW:
tented to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour.

GAROTTE ROBBERY.
garildtt •Relgate ;.(24), and John Neil (23), were
charged with committing' a gar t robbery at Bedford,
near Leigh ; and Peter Cain and Tang Oats were charged
with receiving the property, knowing it to be ii,ored.' It
appears that on the night of the 7th of November, the
prosecutor, a Mr. Battersby, an innkeeper at Bedford,
was proceeding along a secluded street on his way home,
when he war seihed from behind. by Neil, and afterwards
deetal blows by the prisoner Ilolgate. The pre-
sectitor b'ecanie hisinSibleiWhen the prisoners robbed him
of £l4; the produce df he had that day said
at Leigh market,' Tnforniation *aff We'd id the polite,
who; having, seen the prisoners loitering Ann the
neighbourhood on tlie night in ciuestion, apprehended
them, and found a of the money in their Pdssei-
sion. There was no evidence agdiait the prisoners Cain
and Oats, who were discharged, and the other e.lson'eri
each sentenced to four years' penal servitude.—

ROBBERY BY A RETURNED CONVICT.
Join Massey (27), a stout-built, robust-looking
felloiv; efts MI/caged with, burglary at Pemberton, near
Wigan, on the night of the. (It
•i,9stant. Mr. James
Burton, a shopkeeper at Pemberton; fgitentl his pre-
mises as usual' before retiring to rest, but on the Morn-
ing folio-wing it was found that an ontranoe had bccn
effected by the cellar, and two firkins of butter, about
two- cwt. of bacon, and £6 10s. in small silver coin
had been stolen. The prisoner was observed re-
moving some property to the canal, and suspicion
being drotised lte *as itatehed, and eventually
after a desperate resistance; itr the' coarse of which he
discharged a pistol; he Was arrested Vy a pplic'e officer
named, Dean: On searching the prisoner's house at
Ashton-in-Mackerffeld, portio'ns of the stolen btitter and
two sides of bacon, •besides dor& gilVer money and a
pistol, were found concealed in a olodic-cse'. The pri-
soner was found guilty; and it having been pfdled that
he had been convicted, and sentenced, in 1855, to four
years' penal servitude, under the name of John Hindley,
he was sentenced to twelve years' penal servitude. His
lordship ordered that three guineas should be awarded
to Police-officer Dean for his gallantry in arresting the
prisoner,

NfG/IT VoACHING,
Ten deSperaie-lddliiiig, middle-aged men, named re-
spectively, Roger Ifilshaw (20), Isaac Kilshaw (34),
neither read nor write ; Thorns Fildes (26), neither
read nor write ; George Pennington (42); imperfectly
instructed; John Eccleston (26), neither read .nor
write ; Thomas Greenough (29), neither read nor
write ; James Wareing (27), neither read nor write ;
William Hill (23), imperfectly instructed ;. Robert
Forber (34), neither read nor write ; and John Kil-
shaw (n), ntith7r read nor write, surrendered
to take their trial it answer to a charge pre-
ferred against them for having, at Itainfordi on the 20th
of October last, together with divers other personas
unknown to the number of three or more, at night, being
then respectively armed with sticks and stones, entered
the land of one John Whalley, for the purpose of taking
and destroying game. Dr. Wheeler, Q.C., and Mr.
Nay) appeared to prosecute; the prisoners Kilshaw
were defended by earnest Jones, and the other pri-
soners were defended by Mr. Tort: Dr. Wheeler, in
detailing the circumstances of the case for the prosecu-
tion, said the charge was institutedpunder the provisions
of an Act of Parliament passed in 1828, which was pas-
sed for the more effectual prevention of persons going at
night for the purpose of poaching with offensive weapons.
The 9th section of the statute on which. the prosecution
laid the first count, enacted that if three or more persons
together should unlawfully enter, or should be found on
land, either open or enclosed, for tha purpose of taking
Or destroying game, being armed with guns, bludgeons,
or any other offensive weapons, such, and every such
person should be guilty of a misdemeanour. The second
set of counts upon which the prisoners were charged
proVided that it should be lawful, where parties should
enter upon land, for the owner of the land, or his game-
keeper, his servants, or any assistant gamekeepers,
to seize and apprehend such an offender or offenders,
and hand him over to the police ; or in case he should
be guilty of an assault and offer violence, he should be
liable to a conviction for a misdemeanour; and the last
count was for a common assault. The prosecutor in the
case was the Earl of Derby, who was the owner of ex•
tensive game preserves in this county. It appeared that
there was a field in the township of Rainford, about
four miles from St. Helens:the property of his lordship,
which was occupied by Joseph Whaley. Some of the
prisoners and other two men, named Corbett and
Kenyon, were seen at a beerhouse, known by the sign of
the Red, White, and Blue, in Whitfield-street, in St.
Helens'on the night in question, where they left at abou
ten o'clock, and, having been joined by the rest of the
prisoners, they proceeded in the direction of the field,
accompanied by two dogs. The field was situated in
Mowberry-lane, and was immediately bounded by a
plantation. Having got sonic distance over the field, a
net was set by him for the purpose of netting the game
that came out of the plantation. When they proceeded
so far they were not merely observed, but some of
them secured by the keepers, who, having got
over the fence out of the plantation, were within
four or five yards from the prisoners, one of whom, on
seeing them, called out " Go on," and the men instantly
began throwing stones, which he would prove they had
gathered before entering the field, at the gamekeeper,
some of which struck one, man named John Baines,
injuring him severely. The gamekeeper, however, con-
sidering valour the best part of duty, rushed upon the
men, who formed themselves into a half circle, and
commenced striking him with sticks, and one of
them, Roger Kilshaw, was about to strike him
with a pitchfork which he had, but he fortunately
intercepted the blow and broke the weapon. Eventu-
ally the prisoners made a retreat, but the keepers suc-
ceeded-in capturing Kenyon and Cobbett, who had been
admitted as approvers or witnesses against the prisoners,
and were consequently not included in the indictment.
The next morning the keepers made an examination of
the place where the occurrence had happened, and there
found a large quantity of stones, several sticks, a bag,
and various other things indicating that the prisoners
had come there fully prepared for an attack upon the
keepers should they interfere with them. The learned
counsel banded in a plan of the road from the public-
house in Whitfield-street up to the field, and described
to the jury the track they bad pursued, and the position
of each party, after which a number of witnesses were
called, and all the prisoners identified, independently of
the evidence of the approvers, with the exception of
Fildes and Wareing. Mr. Ernest Jones, in addressing
the jury for the defence, commented at considerable
length upon the Game Laws, which he characterised as
the cause of a vast amount of misery and
crime, and submitted that before the prisoners
could be convicted, the prosecution must not only show
that they went into the land for the purpose of poach-
ing, but that they went into that very field to poach, or
they were entitled to an'-acquittal.—Mr. Pope followed
in a lengthened speech, in which he contended that it
was usually the practice of jurors in cases of this descrip-
tion to have evidence to corroborate the testimony of the
approvers.—His lordship, in summing-up, expressed his
concurrence in Mr. Torr's observations, that it was
better for a jury to have the evidence of approvers cor-
roborated before they convicted prisoners, and they