The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-14 00:00:00

LIVER-POOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Refore Mr. RAFFLES.)
• musiitl OP CORN FROM A SHIP.
A person named James Walsh; who. lives in Coiling-
wood-street, and who was descritNed as- the confidential
porter of Mr. Ralph Tipper, master- porter, of Union-
street, was brought up by detective officer taton, on a ,
Charge of having stolen 20 sacks of wheat, value £l6.
Mr. -tin& defended the prisoner. SeVeral witnesses
were exaMltta,
,bat they did not throw much light on.
the matter—indeed the further they went into the case
the more mystery thet flung around it. As well as
could be collectea from the confused state into which
the witnesses got the case, it appeared that Ralph Tipper
was engaged in discharging grain front the ship " Lizzy
Southard." The ship's husbands were Messrs. Taylor,
TirPer, and Co., and the cargo was consigned to several
persons -and amongst others to Maxwell, Peter Marrow
and others. The prisoner was engaged as the counter
off" of sacks. On Monday night a certain quantity of !
sacks were left on the quay •t and next day twenty were
missed', and these 'were traced to the prisoner, who
offered a man named John Parker, who is in the em-
ployment of Mr. Marrow, a sovereign to say nothing of
it. The prisoner also waiited the ereight clerk to make
it right, but he refused. Mr. Mick cross-examined
Parker, and said his conduct in the case was very loose.
titan named James 'Walsh said he was called by a man
nain'etf John Rily, the weigher, to load a float of sacks
from fl;ie* ship' at the Bramley-Moore Dock. Thomas
Sinnott, LatirehVe Murphy, Denis Gillfoy, and John
Rily loaded the goat ;; but witness did not know how
many sacks were put on, the float. The prisoner was
not there at the time. Mr. Ouch Then the prisoner
knows nothing about the affair.
Peois Giallt,fonspt7ld
that there were about 20 sacks on the boat,
prisoner called witness to load the float. To Mr. Blocke
the Witness said everything was done openly.. Ifr.
BHA said there must be some one else connected with
the case and Mr. Raffles said there was little doubt
about that, The prisoner was remanded.
EXTRAORDfgAiIkY:QASt.—CHARGE OF PLUNDER

AND FORCiER'Y AGAINST A LADY.
A case that caused an unnsued amount of attraction,
came on for hearing yesterday. The complainant was
Mrs. Isabella Harris, the owner of a Ladies' Outfitting
and Baby-linen Warehouse, No. 4, Berry-street, who
charged Mrs. Mary Anne Cotterel, of Stafford-street,
with having stolen a quantity of property from her shop;
and also charged her with having forged her name to a
post-office order for 13s. 4d., and for having received
and embezzled the same. The prosecutrix is a person
of very superior appearance ; and the prisoner a most
ladylike and very handsome person, about 32 years of
age. She was seated in the dock, in consequence of not
being in good health ; and, it seems, she was in custody
of detective officer Redman in her own house in Stafford-
street for the last fortnight, but was not able tube removed.
The state of her health, together with her position and
appearance, made the case even more attractive than it
otherwise would be, although in itself it was sufficient
to bring a large number of persons to the court, all of
whom listened to the details with the utmost attention,
and apparently deep interest. Mr. Bluck appeared for
the prosecution, and Mr. Cobb for the prisoner. Mr.
Block, in opening the case, said the prosecutrix was Mrs.
Isabella Harris, who kept a ladies' outfitting and baby
linen warehouse, at 4, Berry-street, and she employed
the prisoner to manage her business, and paid her £4O
a' year. Some time owe, Mrs. Harris had occasion to
thiiik that the prisoner wag not acting honestly, and his
client imagined she had lost several hundred pounds
worth of property. Mr. Cobb : This is very outrageous ;
suppose she had lost millions- worth, what has that to do
with my client ? Mr. Vluck said he would prove that
the prisoner had sent parcels of goods from the
shop to her lodgings in Staffordestreet, and that on
one occasion a post-office order came to' the shop, and
that the prisoner forged the name of Mrs. Earns to it,
received the money and kept it. After entering more fully
into the details, which will be fonnd in the following
evidence, Mr. Bluck proceeded with the case as follows.
=Mrs: Harris was then examined, and said, I employed
the prisoner in July last, at £4O a-year ; she was to
_partially board in the house. I had suspicions of her
_about Octobete I missed a variety of things. (Identi-
fied some things now produced as her property) —Mr.
Cobb said these were not traced to the priserner.—Detee-
tive officer Redman said the things were found in the
prisoner's house.—Witness : I always sign post-office
orders myself ; this order is not signed by me. The pri;
saner has not accounted to me for the amount (13s. 4d.)
There is no entry of it in the book. I never
authorised her to sign my name. I believe the
signature is in her handwriting. In purchasing goods
in London, she has charged me £9 10s. that I never
got.—Cross-examined by Mr. Cobb : I do not owe
her any money, but she has made a demand on me
for £75, but Ido not know what it is for. Mr. Cobb :
ton soon will.—Witness : We were on intimate terms.
7-1-liad cue acceptance-to meet in August, and the • pri-
soner lent me £2B for goods she had had, and money
borrowed.—Mr. Cobb Do you know anything about a
gold watch—did you pledge any goods to meet the bill ?
No.—Did you not -send her with silks and velVete to
pledge at Critchley's, London-road, and when they
would not lend you enough, did' she not lend you her
watches and rings to make up the amount ?—lt is the
first I lidard of it. I did not ask Mr. Mackin, an iron-
monger, to join her in a bill for me. Did not ask her
husband to put his name on a bill for me, to save me
from ruin.—The witness was examined at some length,
in reference,to het business transactions, but she denied
haiing got any assistance from the prisoner to meet
bills. She admitted that the prisoner got the £2B, but
she did not know where she got it. The witness again
alleged that the prisoner owed her more than that.
e-f Mr. Cobb : Did you ever send your bay with silks and
velvets to her house ? Witness : Neeer.—Mr. Cobb :
Did you ever pledge,any ? Never. The, prisoner never
said to me that she could only get £l4 on silks and
satins. The witness denied in the most positive terms
that the prisoner ever assisted her to take up bills.—Mr.
Cobb : Has she been kind to you ? I consider she
had.—Mr. Cobb : Do you consider the oath you have
taken binding on your conscience ? Most undoubtedly..
—Mr. Raffles : Are you a member of the Church of
England? No, lam a Catholic. I have sworn on the
New Testament, and that is binding on my' conscience.
The prisoner proposed to borrow £3O for me, and I was
to be security. Never sent the prisoner to my sister,
Mrs.: Ste Wart, to become security. I never asked her
to get her husband to be security. She never asked me
for a settlement of an account.—Mr. Cobb : Mrs..
Harris, have you ever asked the prisoner to make false
entlies in your books? Never.—Mr. Raffles : That is a
serious charge unless you have good_grounds for it.—
Mr. Cobb : There is something in the back-ground here.
Did, you (to witness) ever send goods to the prisoner's
house to conceal them from your creditors ? Never.—
Mr. Cobb : Did you ever sell goods under value ? No.
—Mr. Bluck : That has nothing to do with this
case.—Mr. Cobb : It has, for there is a deficiency,
and she wants to lay it on the prisoner.—Mr. Bluck :
She is not going through the Bankruptcy or In-
solvency Court.—The witness, in continuation, to
Mr. Cobb, said : I never wanted her to send goods to
Mr. Tingay, a pawnbroker in London. I never heard of
the postoffice order, but the prisoner said she put the
amount in the bill. That young lady (pointing to one
in the court) is named Mcßride, and I swear she never
-packed up things to take out to a pawnbroker's:, Did
not say that the things packed up were going to
Australia, and that they belonged to my nephew. Never
directed a letter to be sent to Mr. Tingay, at the Pantech-
nethican, Tottenham-court-road, London.—Mr. Cobb:
Look at that young lady, and tell me if you did ? Never.
—Miss Mcßride : Why I wrote the letter for her myself,
by her own directions.—Witness, in continuation : I
have lost a petticoat similar to this, but I. will not swear
to this one. This cap belongs to a lady in Parlia-
ment-street. It was part of the prisoner's duty to take
out things to get cleaned, and she might have forgotten
it at home. (Some other things produced.) Mr. Cdbb :
I will tell you where she bought these.—Witness :
Mine 'is a lady's outfitting establishment, and perhaps
there are plenty of the same sort in Liverpool. The
prisoner had the marking of my goods. A small petti-
coat was handed to the witness, and she said the marks
on it were hers ; but in reply to Mr. Cobb she admitted'
that she did not know what the cost mark was, alleging
it was done by the prisoner, who would not let her
know what it meant. To Mr. Black : There is no foun-
dation for the questions put to me by Mr. Cobb. To
Mr. Raffles she said the prisoner might buy things in
London for herself, and put them in witness's invoice;
but she was not aware if she had done so, and she ought
not, without her knowledge.—Miss Mary Latham was
examined to prove that an article found in the prisoner's
house belonged to the prosecutrix; and in reply to Mr.
Cobb she said such an article might be in other shops.—
Thomas Jones, a boy in the employment of Mrs. Harris,
stated that he was sent by the prisoner with a post-office
order, and he saw her sign it, and he got the money and
gave it to her. Ile had taken soft parcels to the pri-
soner's house from the shop. To Mr. Cobb : Miss
Mcßride was present at the time when I gave the
money to Airs., Cotterell.—Mr. Thomas Perrott,
from the Post-office proved the payment of the
post-office order .`Mr. Bluck asked for a remand.—Mr.
Cobb asked
his Worship to hear his witnesses first. He
cilled Miss Emily 31‘Bride, who said : I was in Mrs.
Harris's employment as assistant saleswoman, and knew
the private marks on the goods. (An article produced
selling mark
,markr,: This is not Mrs. Harris's at all ; her
week on is " Manchester." (Laughter.) I left a
Saturday last, of my own accord, without
notice. Mrs. Cotterell was ill, and I left to attend on
her, I never had any quarrel with Mrs. Harris, nor
was I charged with stealing anything. I was in the
employment from rom September, and often heard them
the latter abouttold the
t pressure on Mrs. Harris for bills, and
he prisoner she must do as before to raise
money—that was,
to pledge goods to raise money. The:
prisoner then, in
to pack up the presence of Mrs. Harris, told me
goods to pledge, and I did so, and they
went. The
only bring xleirisoner told Mrs. Harris the goods would
lend her 'maw!' and the prisoner also told her she would
have the money and chain, as Mrs. Harris said she must
Tottenham some way. Wrote a letter to Mr. Tingay,
cirt-road, and read it for Mrs. Harris.—
What thewere-
can't allow th contents of that letter ?—Mr. Riffles : I
that letter. The
: Mrs. Harris got a reply to
but was ; parcel was sent to Mrs. Cotterell's,
.nsenthteb.esbop all day from the time it was made
up, until
rending in the afternoon. I remember the pri-
soner
October it was
the lad for the post-office order, in
Gregory, of Pai:l3s for 13s. 4d. The order was from Mrs.
in bed for four ole, in Dorsetshire. Mrs. Harris was ill
I should say er five days at the time the order came.
gave the money to the
writing is Mrs. Cotterell's. The lad
—Cross-examined to the prisoner, who put it into the till.
duced ene to MileV bY
Mr. Bluek.: The prisoner intrb-
sir (to Mr. Raiff Harris.—Mr. Cobb : I now ask you,
assuming this • es), would von remand the prisoner,
think there is is a witness of truth ?—Mr. Raffles : I
to good bail. a Prima fade case, but I will admit her
is in very bad li
The prisoner was then remanded. (She
let het. be visiten(illth, and it was ultimately greeda to
would take two bail a surgeon.- His worship said he
p in .tEo,, 0 eon
(Before Messrs. T -ls ' e )
T. —elm C LLY, and Bneeineen.)
Richard I3err MEASLY POR.F.:.
Brunswick-road Y' a butcher, carrying, on business in
Read for exposingwas Summoned by Afarket Inspector
not,being fit for bun. measly pie's carcase for sale, same
the defence. The Tan food. °Mr. Cobb appeared for
minus the head ;
it was
said lie saw the pig's body,
for human food. ITN:as all full of measles, and not fit
a jury, who condemned ook it to John's Market ; called
In answer to Mr. Cobb it, and he therefore destroyed it.
was a respectable man the inspector said the defendant
would have exposed the and
witness did not think he
then it was very caw pig if he knew it was bad; but
should know it was unfit to forf: food. He said he had sold
it was bad!" •Itr. Cobb truostreit, when witness told him
d that 'as the defendadt
was a respectable man, and acted •
so fairly when he heard

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the pig was bad, that the magistrates would not fine
him, as he had suffered the loss of the pig already. Mr..
Wybergh said the law was, that any one exposing un-
wholesome food must be fined—no matter how respect-
able he might be. The inspector again, in reply to Mr.
Cobb, said he did think it was an oversight on the part
of defendant ; but still, if he had examined the pig, he
must have seen the disease. Mr. Cobb said his client
was evidently not "up " in pork butchering. The
magistrates said it was his duty as a butcher to know
that he did not expose unwholesome meat for sale.
There were mitigating circumstances in the, ease, and
they would, therefore, only fine him 10s. and costs. The
penalty was paid.