The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YEsTERDAT,

(Before lily. CASTELLATN.)
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS.
Two very well dressed persons named Charles,Heury Ilatu-
Mood , and Ellen 'Hammond, Were charged_ by pOlice-officer
tiktise, fib, as eunfiieiotts peteons. ' Black was for the
Plkonets; Who apPeared rci* h about J 7 3-tars of age. 'The
0?-rieer eirid, at a thkarthr to tbree in the Morning he salt them,
it 13 tle.stredi, taking iiboit iu ,i sispir4iPtis Marfriei. Pig
watched them goingto several doors, and at laA he With them
into custody under the 'Vagrant Act.' In reply to Mr. Birieliti
the officer said he knew nothing about them, except that one
time befor'e he had them at RoSe-hill station. Mr. Pluck : For
what? For being suspicious persons. Mr. Pluck : And were
they loCked up on that occasion? No; there was no charge
against them; They.were not booked. Mr. Tilnek : What
afro that' doing lit right Lurking aboutthe streets. Was
therli anyclrie ci e iti. the sti•ett, Pieritt; XJIFI At4y:' did you,
not take up some one else ?' Becanse no one: else looked sus-
picious. Mr. Buck : Did they break into a house ? No ; but
they stood at doors. How do you know they were not making
love to each other' (Laughter.) Mt. Castellain; Man and
wife don't make love to each other at 3 o'clock in the morning
at street doors. Mr. Bloek : But they are not Man :Ind, Wife,
edritrinded that there ttaii'ret case Whateter tirade out
the prisoners, and therefeire his Worship could'not
deal with them trader the Vagrant Act, and must discharge
them. His Worship agreeing, discharged the prisoners.
THE kilibr LIFTING CASE.
Michael and Mary Murray were brought up on remand
charged with having stiiitri a qtraneitY de goods from the
Liver Howe, Church-street: Mk. Block defended. The same
evidence as given on Tuesday was repeated, and in addition
Detective-officer Seacfe said he got a pawn ticket in the
Prisoneis' room, which had reference to property.stelen on a
(outletday froni pre Liver, ind, pledged in Copperds.:hill.
Minian 4tAted that sklitii property 415 okl, the tickets
were taken off by Ore assistitet in the shop. Mr. Block (to
Mr. Aihn.,,,): Witt you swear that that property is yours, and
that it lei!. :sold by some one in your employment? Wit-
not. Mr. Pluck : Suppose the property was taken
out of a gentleman's house, would you say that it was stolen?
Witness : That would depensl very much on the circumstances
of the ease. Mr. Bliick ; Suppose the goods were taken out of
my house, isould ydu saY they were stoicn Wltiress :If the
property was taken out of
your house under the same circum-
stances that it was taken from theprisoners', I would certainly
suspect it was Stolen. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Block : Thank
You. Witness : WAIL you ask my opinion, and I give it to
You. Mr. Block then addressed the bench, and dwelt on the
respectability of bit 'clients.. Mr. Allman, in reply to Mr.
&hoe, said the pfOperty itas Ntortlf fits or six pounds. Mr.
Block then called Anne Creighton.,
.the wonian in whose house
the prisoners lodge. 'and she gate them a good character ;
bat she coalcl not say that they h.-d any of the prdpertyin the
house for any time past. A MrS. Marsden was es:antirred, and
she Provid haying el, en a few small
.things to the priseners,
but her evidence was not material to the case. The prisoners
Were again remanded. - •
THE ALLEGED SON OF NAPOLEON THE FIRST.
Henry Sea.comb, the alleged ion of Napoleon the First, was
brought up on remand. The only charge again the poor fel-
low was the unpardonable one of being destitute. Mr. Kehoe
said he had written to Cornwall, and found the statement of
the poor fellow to be quite true. lie was in great distress,
and hig tiyd littla children had been sent to he Workhouse.
He 4earited to get beck to Frinee, but the Frerieli CeiriSul Must
do that. lie stated that his wife died four years ago, add he
carried her shawl about under his arm ever since. Mr': Cas-
tellain ordered him some relief from the poor box-, and advised
him 0 !t.ply- to- Or:FTcPsll col?Stil. •
( Rofore Messrs. goLtiIITV And L. rur.
INFoRMATioNs UNDER THE Filth AC7I!I,

Ric.han:,tlte t?dildingi siirteydr, suninicatcd. Mr. Min-
iiorice ,m6rchant, of Lydia Atlliest,iitti unttet tfie fire
act, for bottling t)orter in a eater, oz warehouse,
.where other
goods were stewed; contrary to the act, the place not being
ht prtior, it :tppegc:d that, there Isar corn sto.ceri in the same
place, kiild as the provisions of the,act were not eouiplied with,
the suriirrians wasissued. , The &feriae:lit said the owner of
the corn had promised to give hint possession of the whole
place, and that the corn would be removed in a few days.
There was no danger of fire, for he had mere porter in the
phee than would' put out any fire. (Lau;hter.) 17c •,,,s
fined los. and Costs.---John story was summoned at the suit
of Mr. Risliton,
for neglecting to have a chimney that he was
erecting in a hotire tit MiAntsts's»lano pdpVelltd—plastered, so
ue to prevent fire. The work was. however,- done as soon as
it was pointed out to defendant, and he was fined only is.
and costs. „ . , ,
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Livnuroor;, Eicit llOUNT-
rLuisi.—Conutting Surgeon, Hugh Neill, Esq. -
Surgeons'_ Dr. R. liibbert. Taylor, Dr. Nevins, T.
Bickerton, ,Esq. i Assistant .SUrgenn; Robert Batty,.
_;
•TrAnsurer,- - G vin_wt,..l, —.Rat - Disport
fot We' week ending 'Sept. 22,. 1860 :—\ car- cases
Eyes, 96 ; Ears, ,22. t'rescribed for, and received
surg,icalassistance i Eyes, 391 ; Ears, 121.
LIVEIWOOL DIgPENSARIES.—New eases received
advice and medicine at the institution: North, 290;
South, 173; total, 463. New cases Visited at their own
'houses and stipplied With ntedieAne : North,lo2 ;. South,
52 ; total, 151. Rev: ReCtor Campbell, A.M., Pre-
sident ; Major Bourrw, Vice-President,
,Of ;,North
DispeniarY; Mr. It. A. rayne, Vice-President of South
Dispensary ; Mr. Francis Mill, Treasurer ; Mr. .IL
Lahgley, Secretary.
VALENTINE VOUSuEN.-Have you heard Vousder.
Jfnot, go and see hint; his Larry Doolan, Photogralli
Song, French. Dancing Master, and BrooM Girl are if
pbssible more amusing than ever; and his ma Time, in
which character he sings his beautiful ballad of
Know Thyself'," is a picture, worth any artist's inikatiot.
We understand 'he intends prolonging his visit.
gives a day entertainment on Saturday,. at half-patt
two, instead of the evening. at eight, two performances
in one day being-too fatigum,":
A " " Po ItTEß..—A°FAcr.—ln shop Wind° v
in one of our fashionable streets, a day or two since
might have been seen a card with " Wanted a Ligir
Porter" written on it. During the afternoon, a ti-di

well-dressed, imbecile-looking young man, entered nit.
place; he had a large candle burning in his hand, and thi
ailing with his pethilinr appearance attracted mei
attention in the shop. He enquired for-the manager
and on that gentleman coming forward, the strange
addreSsed Mtn thus-,-" Do you think'', will answer
To this interrogatory the gentleman,
.Hibernian-like,
replied by asking " What do you want tt
light porter," replied the itpplicant, " tuid I see you
want ope 1" The gentlenum seeing the youn'.; man ‘.r;i.
evidently demeated, directed him to the West Derby
Board of Guardians, at the nearest Lunatic Atylum.
811OCKING Accinnsr.—At half-past four o'clock ves.
terday afternoon, a shocking accident occurred at the
Junction of tlliot-titrect and Lime-strCet. .The thoto&gh•
fare was rather crowded with .vehieles, cart.s,, ain
pedestrians. A gentleman awned Mr. J. Meredith, o
Wine Cottage, Gar.it:).l, drove up at rather a rapid rate
and accidentally struck down Mrs. :Ind Miss Ireland, o
11, St. Vincent-street. ,Witiva great, effort Mr. Mere
dith drew in the reins, and succeeded in" stopping th
horse before the cart ran over either of the lathes, wilt
• were immediately conveyed to a chemist's _close by
Mrs. Ireland Was slightly bruised in two place, 'on, tlit
face and nose. Miss Ireland received a very sever.
wound on the forehead, above the left eye. Bah tOO
ducted themselves heroically. They neither screame
nor fainted, but allowed the chemist to dresS thei
wounds, after which.they rode home in a cab. Therei
no blame Attached to lg.r. ;Meredith. •