The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-29 00:00:00

OUT-DONE i

A few days ago, an American builder, named Shed
Ceghran, was robbed in a house of ill-repute in MIA,:
street, of over £7O. The house was kept by a woman
named Hayes, who with three other females were taken
up on the charge. The details of the case were pub-
lfsted a few days ago in the Daily Times. Early in the
morning Wier the robbery; the woman Hayes absconded,
but was sit'bsegliteiftlt afreeted in Birkenhead. She had
locked up her house, not tea-bine ayorfe in it All the
accused parties were broUght when it
appeared that the man who lost the niolle", .ta'di on
Tuesday, got a broker, broke into the house, sold VP' alt
the things that were there, paid hiniself the money he
lost and bolted off to' the "Land of Liberty," baying
done the "trick I" On this state of things, the other
Wordert accused were , discharged ; but Hayes, on the
prosecutiOn of. tire police, was sent, for trial, on
a charge of keeping an imVfoper house.- Mr. Bluck
appeared for the three women Aim' Were discharged,
and complained • loudly. of the hardsTfif? they had
been subject to by the man who had .rasnosed, which
was interpreted to mean a Greek verb' signifying
" walking." His worship said he could not prevent the
man walking,, but he supposed Mr. Bluck's clients
would be content at his havingdischarged them. Mr.
Mr: Cobb then, on behalf of the. woman Hayes, com-
plained of the illegality, in fact, the burglary, that had
been committed by the American builder in her house.
He lead entered; and, with a broker, sold off all her
goods and Chattels, real and personal .estate, and all the
appurtenances thereunto belonging. His worship said
he had nothing to say to or do with that. M. Cobb
said if he could catch him he would make him sing
Yankee-doodle to. a different tune. A policeman
Politely informed Mr. Cobb that it was by do means
likely he would catch Mr. Coghran, as he had sailed in
a stearrier for New York that morning. Mr. Cobb
asked his worship if be would take bail for the woman
Hayes, and be replied he would—two sureties in £25
uacli.
CURIOUS CASE ABOUT A BILL OF EXCHANGE.
A person of respectable appearance, named Henry J.
Willett, was charged under the following circumstances.
Mr. Cobb appeared for the proseCution, and Mr. Bluck
for the prisoner. Mr. Cobb said he was not in a position
at that moment to complete the case,' bat he would ask '
for a remand. Mr. Raffles said there was ne charge. at
present before him, and he must have some evidence to
warrant a remand. Mr. Cobb said, he would produce
sufficient evidence for that purpose ;
,but the reason he
was not able to finish the case at present was, that
seteral other charges were pending against the prisoner,
and he' was not fully instructed in them. He did not
know e±acEly the shape the charge would take at pre-
sent, but the charge on the sheet was for having obtained
a bill of exchange for I;2'i odd, by means of false pre-
tences. .If the evidence was not able to reach
him on that charge, he would proceed against him
under the 2nd section. of the fiaUdulelit trustee
act. The prosecutor was Mr. Raphael Imhoff, a sculptor,
and the prisoner was a person carrying on some business
at Birkenhead: On the 22nd of August the prosecutor
put an advertisement' in one of the newspapers for a loan
of £l5 for three months; offering as security a policy of,
insurance. In reply to that advertisement, the prosecutor
got a letter from the prisoner, stating, that he could get
his bill discounted. Two or three letters passed between
them, and at last, after two or three interviews, the
prisoner said'he could get a £25 bill of exchange dis-
counted, with the policy of insurance as a security. The
bill was given along with the policy, and soon after the
prisoner wrote from St. Paul's-square to the' prosecutor,
aaknoWledgine•b the bill and policy, and agreeing to
return all if he could not get the bill discounted.
Mr. Raffles: What is the prisoner? I don't know,
air. Prisoner lam a timber mid coal merchant.
Mr. Raffles What do you call yourself? Prisoner :
I- call myself a timber, and coal, and general dealer.
Mr. Cobb : I shall now proceed to call 'witnesses who
Will show a case for a remand. Prisoner : No, Ido not
want to be remanded. It is a very hard case on me,.
when I earl show it's all a bottle of smoke. Let "the
.case go on now. The prosecutor, Raphael Imhoff, was
then examined, and stated that he advertised for £l5 in
August, and received a reply from the prisonerat Paul's-
square, who said he could get him the money next day,
but that ine bill must be for £25 as £l5 was too small.
He gave him the bill to get cashed, and the policy of
insurance. Did not owe the prisoner any money. Got
a letter from him stating that if the bill was not cashed,
he Would hand it hack with the policy 'of insurance that
Lie gave as security. Met the prisoner afterwards on the
Exchange flags, and he said he could hot get the bill
discounted, and the best thing to be dope was to tear up
the bill. He then gave bitn back the policy of insurance,
and tore up a document that looked like the bill, Never
got any money at all from the prisoner. Gave him
the bill to wet discounted; thought the prisoner tore up
the bill, and heard no more about it until he got a letter
to pay it. Mr. Bluck cross-examined the witness, but
there was nothing material in the evidence. Mr.
Griffiths, of the firm of Griffiths, Bettison, and. Co., of
Dale-street, said: The' prisoner owed us about £BO,
and brought us the bill to discount, but we refused.
He had a policy of insurance with him, but we refused.
'He left the bill, and I told my partner to put. the bill
against. his account. The prisoner called again and
asked for 30s, as he was short of that. We gave it to
him, and then he went away, and we did not see him
since. Put the bill to his credit. He came for the
Policy of insurance, and said lie would bring it back, but
he did not. To Mr. Bluck : *The witness said the
prisoner would not have got the 30s. unless he left the
bill, as lie owed them too much money already. The
prisoner was then remanded to this day.

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Messrs. JAcisox and CAsE.)
A GANG OF IRON STEALERS.
Bridget M‘LOughlin an J
d ane Burns were charge
with stealing a quantitv of iron. the property of Mr. d
M'Cormack, contractor, Ilirkenhead Docks ; and Henry
Saddler, marine-store dealer, and Edward Lee; foreman
to Saddler, were charged with feloniously receiving the
same property. Mr. Moore appeared on behalf of Mr.
M'Cormack ; Saddler and Lee were defended by Mr.
Rymer. It appeared that in consequence of a great
quantity of iron having been stolen from the works, Mr.
Hodson and Bernard M'Namee went on Monday to-
Saddler's, marine-store dealer, and found in the cellar a
large quantity of iron, bearing Mr. M'Cormack's name.
There were no entries in the books of the purchase of
the iron. It appeared that Lee could neither read nor
write;". the books being kept by his master. About half
a ton or more was stolen from the works in all. Another
charge was then entered into. Mr. Hodson found forty-
three bolts, produced, in Saddler's cellar, amongst the
old iron. He saw Lee who told him that he bought the
iron from the woman. with the exception of a small
quantity bought from Burns. George Evervriss, black-
smith, Thomas-street, Birkenhead, employed by Mr.
Peter Bennett, contractor, under the Commissioners, for
the erection of a new tank at the Gas Works, identified
'the bolts as the property of his master. He valued each
bolt at sixpence on an average. He
.made and altered
some of them. The bolts were deposited within an
encloled yard. Joseph Stokes corroborated the last
witness's evidence. On both charges the prisoners were
committed for trial.
Harriet Davies, on a charge of stealing, and Catherine
Flynn, for receiving stolen iron, the property of Mr.
M'Cormack, were remanded until Friday.
Thomas M'Gowen, described as a marine-store dealer,
residing at Seacombe, on a charge of stealing, and Mr.
Brown, marine-store dealer, and clerk to Mr. Craven,
house-agent, for receiving stolen iron, the property of
Mr. M'Cormack, were remanded until Friday.

SUCCESSFUL EXTRACTION OF A RIFLE BALL FROM
THE HEAD OF A CRIMEAN VETERAN —Mr. Ferguson,
her Majesty's Veterinary Surgeon in Ireland, recently
extracted a bullet from the head of a brown charger,.
received at the battle of Balaclava. It had entered the
lower part of the forehead between the eyes. The ex-
ternal wound shortly healed, but occasionally there was
a fetid discharge from one nostril, always preceded for'
some time by a whistling noise in accelerated breathing.
Eventually one side of the face swelled, as in a case of
glanders and farcy, and the upper lips became partially
paralys3d. Mr. Ferguson extracted the ball through
the nostril of the affected side ; to accomplish which he
made 'a passage for its exit through some of the thin
bony structures within the nose. The paralysis of the
lips rapidly disappeared, as did also every other symptom
of dise4se and inconvenience to the animal.