The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-09 00:00:00

ROBBERY FROM A SHIP.

James M'Coy and John Malone, two dock porters, with their
wives, Catherine and Mary, were brought up, the men charged
with having broken into a bale of goods, on board the ship
Lucy, in the Salthouse Dock, and stealing thereout a quantity
of stockings, printed cotton, handkerchiefs, knives, and other
property ; and the women were charged with having received
the property with a guilty knowledge. Mr. Bluck was for the
men, and Mr. Cobb for the females. From the evidence of
police-officer 91, it appeared that he was informed that a bale
of goods had been broken open and the goods stolen, and be
arrested the men as they had been seen on board the vessel.
He then proceeded to-the house of M'Coy, in Chadwick-street,
and in a box he folnd half dozen pair of stockings, some silk
handkerchiefs, and ginghams, and the wife of the prisoner
said her husband had purchased them twelve months ago: In
a box in the house of the prisoner Malone he got a quantity of
flannel, and on the person of his wife; in her apron, he got
some prints (calico), stockings, and knives, but she did not
say anything about them. A gentleman belonging to the
firm of Messrs. Murray and Locksdale proved that the property
belonged to the firm, and had been stolen out of a bale on
board the Lucy. The mate of the vessel said he. saw the male
prisoners open the hatch of the vessel and go into the hold,.
and soon after he found the bale of geode broken open. Mr.
Cobb submitted that there was no case against the women, but.
'Mr. Kehoe said he would ask for a remand of the prisoners,
and after the witnesses were cross-examined by Mre Bluck,
the prisoners were remanded for further inquiry.
CHARGE AGAINST THE MATE
,OF A SHIP.
Mr. Murphy, of the Local Marine Board, brought up a man,
named Thomas Connell, who had shipped on board the ship
Tapley, for Africa, and was to be on board on the 6th inst.,
but in consequence of drink he did not appear on board, and
the ship s" Bed without him, so they had to get another mate.
He had received £l4 advance. Mr. Murphy stated that the
prisoner bad formerly been one of the most respectable cap-
tains that sailed out of this port. In the Crimean war, he was
captain of a steamer that served at Sebastopol, and he got
great credit for his conduct. Unfortunately, he had lately
commenced drinking, and lost his ship in consequence ; and he
had been brought before the Local Marine Board, and his cer-
tificate had been cancelled. Since then he had gone a voyage
as mate, and had conducted himself properly, and he (Mr.
Murphy) had no doubt that, had he continued to keep himself
steady, the certificate would have been restored to him again.
Since he had received the £l4 advance in the present case, he
had not been sober, and, no doubt, his absence from the ship
was all the fault of the drink. The prisoner made a rambling
statement, which was not at all understandable, and he was
evidently labouring under. the effects of drink. Mr. Raffles
regretted to see a man like the prisoner in. his position, end
said he was worse than a common. sailor who did a thing is
ignorance. He sent the prisoner to gaol for ten weeks.
(Before Messrs. BOOTH and HUTCHINSON.)
A SHIP'S REGISTER.

Mr. Thomas Scott summoned a person named M`Farrin for-
detaining the register of a small vessel called the Helen. Mr..
Harris was for the complainant, and Mr. Cobb for the defend-
ant. It was a squabble between two parties about a vessel,
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tatbhoeutretgwisotehr shourso'uqdrgibte mei, the magistrates made an
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up,
or in default £lOO
line. Mr. Cobb gave notice of appeal. as he had three days to
do so, and said he would show that the vessel and her register
had been obtained by a brother of the complainant (Mr. Peter
Scott) by undue means : so the case stands at present.

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APUST 9, 1860,