The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-03 00:00:00

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SOUTH. LANCASHIRE

ASSIZES.

" --, CROWN COURT.-Yp,MIRDAY. • • •
(73e:f0e'e Mr. .f./istiie Hill.).
The Court eat at tea b'clook..i r • •-
ALLEGED PERJURY AT LivehPoor..---Thomas Powell
weal:indicted for ,leaving,' at 'Liverpobl, onithe 2nd Of
January last, committed wilful- and corrupt perjury.--
Air. Tempi@ was • for the prosecution, and Mr, Tope for
the'prisoner,7--The prosecutor, 31r Miller, is a whole-
sale provision dealer in Liverpool, having also, a retail
establishment in Mill-street, ToxtethLpark, which was
placed- under the -chttre ,of the priSotier. 'The stock-iii=
trade? &c., at,Ahe,retail.b9use, was insured in the Liver-
pool and Louden Insurance Company's office for the
sum of X4OO. On the 31st of October last, the premises
were • dainagedl by tire, and Miller elainied .000 from
the Insurance Office. Powell. accused hit eruployir of
having set, the premises, ork fire,
,ands, Mr. i\filteri Was
charged with arson, liVtlie magistrates dismissed the
case.' Isow'ell-ival' the piihaipal witness on that occasion,
and his evidence was flatly contradicted en many points.
The, evidence, of the Iverious :witnesses to-day. was so
contradictory, that the jury acquitted the prisoner.
' PEamick kri3OLTON.---Nicholas Hayes, a respectable--
looking man, said to be a broVer at'Bolton, was charged
with
urY at the ,POlicelcohrt:in borofigh. !Mr.
4-Liggins was for the prosecutor, and . Mr. Sowler, Q. 0.,
for the defence. The case rose out of kcharge aainst
a beerhonse keePer; Min-led-Smethurst, for sellingg 'beer
during the prohibited hours on Saturday. His dLord-
p said , .
the
,case evidently arose from the very enlii-
dieious of the prisoner =that is, by putting
leading questions to him so as to draw' certain answers.
rdnct Not guilty."—Mary Gallagher and Elizabeth
taeYland, who were carged, with, perjury in the Same
pleaded not guilty, and no evidence heing offered
againsttheni*they were acquitted., .
- • a.-aILIURT AT WA:ititn4oTo:3.4-George Whitehead was
411.1'neted for perjury on the hearing of a bastardy inform-
'3ll at Warrington, on the 14th Or December last.
fr. Rissell was for the prosecutor,. and Mr. Pope for
the defence. The details-ere utterly' unfit for -puhlica-
Z. The jury found h Verdict of guilty, and,the.prifo-
re'vaa sentenced te 1$ mouthS! imprisonment. ,
„ oissPritikcY Ti) DEFRAUD A 31111:1AL SoCIETY.H-
petso
ratricklcearni was indicted for 'a coUspiracy- with
_a
uhkeown,..__te defraud ,the Royal. Oak Burial.
Socie y of
the prt. • Mr. Deighton and .Par.. Brett were for
osecution M Aspinall and Mr. Temple for
the dofenee. r.
there w • Itappeared that on the 21st of November
who
a collector of the Royal Oak Society named
to that transfer
o called upon Kearns, who proposed to
asocietfa friend of his named-Thomas; Brown—
baY,„iaug ,nian. in good health and a member of another
oatr-:4,eletY. Ellis said hecould not transfer a man with-.
Az in-e'ug and •it was ag-reed that he should call
feet— On the 28th .of Noveibber he called again, and
Thomas koduced to him a man whom.he said was
and rir -Drown, and who appeared to be young, strong,
bei, of th.the Z,• thereupon, that_ man was admitted a ein.
ifoyaf Oak gociety.by Ellis, who received Ins
Puon from the prisoner. On thesth of' December
scri,s4;again•saw the prisoner, who paid the weekly Sub.
dab. or " Thomas Brown;" but on the, following
---`4""aa went the 'Office of the society, presented a
'certificate
the Live a,ed .29 at
of the death of Thomas Brown,
kid,„1:".9901 Worklikise, frOni Bright'S, disease of the
aue t`r,1,9.14 ,the..4tk of *Deceniber mid claimed ,C 8 as
for the death of Brown: It turned eut, 134
vollairy that the Thottids Brditn- who he'd' died' in tilt
liebui °use bag
.been for many, weeks previously in,:so
bed tated a epidition; that he could not rise from his
.4.''''aad that he Was not the ;mail whom Kearns' hail
esented to Ellis as' " Thomas Brown," on the-28th of
_ol'/ober previously: . The- money was therefore not
""41,-.aad
spit. to prisoner was proceeded against for -con,
Inanacw;i:° defnnid.:l Mr:Ellis said he saW the identical
ofthem4° as introduced to. him as Thomas Brown,
,on,
zu'orl'D4c6mber,'neai KearnS's house, but'he tad
S 4-11" U nitu 'since • The prisoner was found, guilty.,
e,
rrtd.
court then adjourned'
NI:

SI PRIUS COlTRT.=l7Esrenrms. •
/Xtt rye`l3 -Jusike idackburn.) •
11141,11 e REkELATIONB OF A FRAUDULENT
Put
ti • ~• • BANKRUPT. •
This „,,,n --`l4l, • Otiiiiats• LEVI' AND ANOTHER.-
morrii resumed at, the'sitting of the court this
c
/41.4111mure.1 vi:/v-' Ostrecalleci. erosi-examination
14,ch,„,,,,i1b said be was first introduceEl to,
Sam "Y' M'Clure calling at his place.' Sanipecni
Was " did net introduce ,to him. He
Sini„u:other-in-law' to Mr. Sampson Sampson and to-Mr.
Bampson, and he,was a brotherof Elias Levy's.
aeter'-°°k 'a 'share in the transaethins with At'clure
befo, M'Olure had Made his purchases, and not
1,,h,j• The first transaction was for a quantity of greys,
In Were invoiced to them this defendants) for 'Llfit2.'
his 0' 'eases the invoices Were made out by M'Clure in
out thwil c'ice, and he was.never paid tilt he had ma*
"6 Invoices. Ile paid 31Thire once aby Cheque,
and on
note. all other occasions he 'paid
_down money—bank
_
he e -4441 gOVerision - -Witness kept -no-eash-boek; bat
44. W
t'ePt ;a tank book. He had not brought his .bank
ith him, although he was a defendant in the
Neeeli,P ePty on the list, in which these.yery transaqiont.
ealfed qu'stieal.' He had brought is day book;-
d invoice book. He'usually kept hundreds of
tle in his cash-box.- 'lle Meant td tell/the jury that
dept ne book in which he entered the payments in
-esPect.b.t of the purchase, of goods. In the transaction
ti3f 6th Of luly, the goods invoiced to 'him. at
101:2 were again, by him fOr 19r—in fact, at a
r ' On the. 7th, he -purchaied- some- 'More greys
„r 0,...
b.' the, bankrupt, , which were iii*oieed-nt !118116s,
previous
a shilling a piece .more than he hadpaid on the
vions day, and which -he had.sold at,a TheY
were the same
'whether the kind of goods, and he •eould.not say
y were broader than the greya.,he,p4 relia4d,
On the previous tidy, He sold the
and stelme°tlllale°ta tsee).'s
for xl7B and a penny farthing; By the Jury--These goods •
Inc
for nett cash. were sold and bought by
CrosS.:exaniination resupaed—We don't` gain b all
goods We deal ll many cases we lose- bglitlhe Y
actions. *, On` the ,2fith,.,lfuly ;trans-.
we.botip;ht some more ore greys,
whichwere invoiced to us at £l5l 10s. •
By the Court—ldid not 'know whether M'Clure was
acting for himself or for his uncle.
By theJury---I'did not know the uncle.
Crose-exam.
rnation resumed----I sold the greys I pur-
tliased for XISI 10s. on the following day . for
was 9 16s. 4d, On the 16th September Simeon Sampson
present When we bargained with M'Clure for goods,
coonsisting Of silks, merinos; &c. The ' goods on this
ceasion were invoiced from Samuel Levy to Elias Levy
41(-1' SiMeon Sampson at £Ol 3si per cent. off,
ibis' cash, reduci the nett to 11A 2s. 6d. I
veiced the reds to Sampson'- and Elias Levy at an
advan, e over What I paid to 31,`.01tire. the same, day. ,
ZuPsOri _was . present at the barniaing with M'Clure
i‘t'the 16th of September; but he did not take any
in 'it ; and it was not 'an understanding • that
-Y Were to Share %AU' profits of the transae-
,, -Len between them. I only sent for ,the vied§
7.4;1'4 froin M'Cliire on two or three occasions; 7.4;1' all the goods were sent to me by .M.Olure.
was.saidsabout the goods just referred to being
ia10•1,, I°l,- • Simeon• Sampson and Elias Levy•paid me in
I not gold, and I paid M'Clure in notes and.gpid.
receiPtsfor those goods. Ido not enter the
receive for goods. Ido not balance my profits
1,7.•
I'e-opt an account every year ; but in our trade we
01
37' go far into debt, as the. transactions are for cash
Cash By,
„the Jury .The words on the invoice;,' "prompt
de d
.ineaiat the-precise full sum I was to pay, without ,
b_uetlon for its being cash., . .
ap,'"e;examined by • Mr: Overend—There does
.riot.
the en rm. any of' the invoices from • M'Clure to myself
acti h.„.4ds Prompt'eash," except in the two lasttrans- .
The words "prompteash," in the invoices to
uo
the meant nett cash down.
,I was examined before
doe rnraiisioner of Bankruptcy; but I did ;not pro-,
lanstalne Y hank book. MY business is a ready money.
day All my sales of goods' were entered ,in the
°ll th-o°%; , Althou.gh I !Oat on the greys which bought
the aitla of July, I gained on other portions of
Pures.°"B-„ [Witness went into further details, for the
trinisr.,ol showing that he often made a profit •on his
boaosae,.(i_imis -with 'the bankrupt M,Clure.] I always
butiC,u7 the pieces, and often sold them by the yard ;
dinar:l.:l-As the usual practice—there is nothing extraor-
i alu7 41 it. I have been in business rseven years, and
noi,"aYs Conducted the business: iu the same way as,
Makiand With the same books. lam in the habit of
is large Purchases of bankrupts' stocks. My business
12ty Mr. 'W
Warehn.._
e. fide— My business is carried on in a cellar,.
BY
;Lir. Overend—The rent is £6O per annum.
or eaohue Jury- -q kept. no record of my cash paymetits
receipts. - •
4`CII he Court--I did not know whether it was James
earryliii "Jun., or: lames ,M'Clure; the uncle, who was
chases 13 on the business when I made the first pur-
firm wa, , made 110 inquiry, and I, never heard that the
sir had. peen changed. • • , . . Ave
oar,,ue°n ,Sanipshri, one' Of the 'defendants,. sal
war-2_ll business iu High-street, Manchester, as general
tliae,,7llBernen: We have a number of credit accounts,
it ollt.'evy takes no part in thebiiiiness, 'and I* 'manage:
41)014 troy'l I have, known M'Clure, the bankrupt,,
Years, as anacqnaintance, but-the first brim-
14ss alp years,
I had with him was' in Augnst; when
Llore came to :c My office, and. asked in if I would
r• ehase some greys and silks from him. M'Clure's
on
-rut I believe, was respectable.. When he called
n
• n'e,l went over , to . his' : business place,
I hole showed. me a lot of croydons, 'and grays.
to -"gilt them t-cr "129 qs., and he desired 'me
10. send for them.. I sent
i1:,(31131it to my oh M.Olure .broitA-t
War 011 Se- ale the
foT 40, and they were
of ..oiee, and the!wOid "jolts"_ Was' written in 9°71,
bat bY had not bOtight them as a job
48 a lot to clear. I did riotinstruct M`Olureim..taury_
walda's t° the mode of 'making out the invoke. Ilteof
about *old ibis lot for
.1320 25., 2d., tieing.
vii.i.l‘ £6l on the bargain. I ;have a dayll' book° in
lee:en:. I enter all sales; and cash received, have a-
to ge °NCI). cOntains Credit acconiap,*ith' customershe_
eont:' or country, I haVe 'also 'a ce:o4 14.04
balance • receipts reeciPts and payments for each day.- W
26butt a}
vee stock once si-year., an'inveice book,
(Julthe
f no banking account -for the firm.
e.
btinkru°,-,..-ngusq, I had another trusaetion.
5' ang bOught goods which were invoiced with that ,
tWitnes,7
re
llafteiivards Sold at-1478 5a.-Bd.
similar natrirent t'larough..seVeral..othei transactions pf!a:
rnPt, witnessel When purcbasine• goods from the bank_
the sieek „„,iaci.- no idea thatlte W*Plirelinslqf
bard,, for 'IT,— A-% some occasions they t 4 bargaipecl
all
1114.k.,eoltreeth. ae-e-e ge°49. He never .knew.,at the time of
„or, 7here they had'conie *mei* what they
f_Zsris.whom r'Ltheey.4hea,tiver 6W the ih*oicea .(of" the parties-
volt, the trausaotionswith
cross-examination examination been purchased by, M'Clure.—ln
been
stated that in the year pre-
'M'Clure the total.amonnt
histransactions amounted to. nearly £5,000 but
,Luoullitg, the year of
1,"1- y
,the
to abouti.Xl2,4o"rausactio_ '-transactions the purchases.
B
”Usine, was the )„ of their
to 100 111 e course.
ilsaa* k out for
Xeept at the' 0114, e asSedin-that "job lots," and silks were
A Y. They never
'balanced their
Y nas part end 01' the year. were eu
alnohfDer in defendant's firm to the ;other for .the
g 00475: Zhicy they severally advanced in, purchase . of
anefihtns: LirY could'hat-e. no.. 'Opportiimity Pf .„ ceipg
liesA-.9.10:•5, as .they,ha4 all been destroyed.
kr.A-1,..,,,,evY was recalled, and in eioss-eXamination by
vas account his o- he stated that he had a separate business on
in Market-stire,et, Manchester. and he
heoan° u/k• t owithdraw frOirillie.busin'es's.in High-street,
d ue did not like it; he did not wish to have his
Perplexed with the two buoinesses Ile only exa-

~' it: ,
Ff t

mined the books at sigh-street once or twice' a-year, as
lie had sufficient confidence in Jeis brother.

By the Jury—He kept no cash-books ; he paid what
he owed, and put the rest of his money in his pocket..
Mr..Overend,und Mr: Wilde addressed the jury again
• .at some length on behalf of their•respective clients.
His lordlhip, in summing,, upthe, evidence,, said this
case itivotved" a point of great importance to•the coin-
,mercial world. A considerable sum of money was at
{stake between the parties: But the pOint that was of
,the greatest importance, 119, dOltht, was the point of leer-
' laWrinvelved. He need not remind them that in
• former times there used to 'be a • great deal of kW for
;preventing people doing what they pleased with their
;property; but it inhat now .be • taken that' 'the law had
;certainly attained this' position, that in tines of mercan-
tile pressure a trader might laWfally raise money as' he
thought fit, proyidiug he did it for the purpose of carry-
ing on his business. It would not, therefore, neces-
sarily be illegal,, or an act of bankruptcy, if a•merchaat
.in a time pf ..peessure raised' a sum of money upon, his
• goods, either by bOrrowing.at au extravagant interest, or
by selling the goods at a low4rate. The best business in the
world might be sacrificed for want of a small sum ,of
money at a pinch; and :therefore-it might be,. necessary
and proper to raise money on terms which,might other-
wise seem extravagant. Of .course, by the law, the
party- whO purchased goods under such circumstances
was still' more entitled, to say that he might' make the
purchase as long as he had no reason to believe or-to,
know that the • transaction did not take.'place for the
purpose of,defrandingthe creditors. But, evenif. they
hought a trader got .goods .on credit for the express
purpose of immediately selling them for ready- money to
'carry on his trade, he (the learned judge) did not consider
that morally wrong ; that would net be fraudulent in such
a sensensto make it Linnet of 'bankruptcy.' • If, however,
a man was thns• raising 'Money; not for th'e purposeur
carrying
,on .the' Ihe intention of
snaking a struggle, ,hoWever hopeless, to carry on his
business—but if he was contemplating that 'he would
become insolvent, and was turOng ;the goods into
money With the .purpose, , not of. carrying on the busi-
ness, but of cheating his 'creditors; that would be an act
of bankruptcy beyond ell doubt.: r If a 'man' so sold his
goods to another, Who was aware,, either by being ex-
pressly told or judging from the nature of. the transaction,
that.ths man was not selling his goods to-enable him, to
struggle and Carry dttlig.bnapess, but that he Was selling
them with 'a fiwldiglent intention, then the transaction
would be void against,the purchaser, and the assignees
might recover from the purchaser the full value of: the
goods, and of all' ;.,,.socals sold, after the act of bankruptey
had. been committed. .:His lordship, in carefully going
over the evidence, gave it. as his' oriiiiien that if the
bankrupt had 'been charged with stealing, And ttio
defendants had been' Chirgecl with receiving the stolen
goods, knowing ,them to -be stolen,- he •would have
attached much importance te theeyidence as against the
defendants. 11i, however, cautioned; the jury to look
at all the eircanastenees of the case.

The jury, after a few moments' considerationi, gave, a
verdict for. the plaintiffs, for £2,672„ the full cost at
which the goods were invoiced to M'Clure by the-manu-
facturers.:
Mr. Overend—Surely, we should have the benefit of
the money we haVe;paid.
His Lordship--Not alarthing, Mr. Orerend. If .a
man Will d'o as tWe jury have found the defendants have
done,
,he Must take, the. consegnenees.
The court rose at about half-past five o'clock.

. . .
SHERIFF'S JURY COURT.—YESTERDAY.
. -.!. ••, -
,(Before-Mroulgrox)
SAUNDF.RS V. THE LONDON :AND' NORTH-WESTERN
AILWAIr CoMPANT.—This Was a case in which Mr.
aunders, of 'Manchester, barrister-Ea.:law, sought to
recover damages' from the defendants for injuries received
by him upon. their line of tcsilWay: Mr. Edward James,
Q.C., and. Mr. Spink were for the, plaintiff, .and Mr.
Simon, for the defendants. The liability of the defendants
was not denied ; and, - being admitted, the 'question of
damages only was left to the decision of the jUry.—A.
verdict vas returned 'for the plaintiff;. damages, .L 2,600".

LIVERPOOL PO,LICE . COURT:-Y ESTE RDA Y.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES;)

.0r: Aoo:—An old grey-
headed-man, of-sixty or sixty-five- years, named Joseph
Vaughan, who trembled
.under Ihe Weight of years, was
brought up. on' a charge of, haiing been drunk. On
Saturday-inght it, appears he _was booked . in -the bride--
well for safety. Mr. Raffles : Is there anything jrnowo
b;efrot-the,prisonef?'' :- Yes; sir he
was fined in thisTAirt fatty years ago,ifor drunkenness
This announcement, remarkable as it is, on account- of-
the tenacity-of the-memory .of .the .officers of,-,,instice,
'cfeAtetlitaucli surprise in court. The prisoner was dis-
charged.
gyTTIMI: AND WOUNDING_—John Lacombe, a mart
of colour, was charged with cutting and wounding
a.womantbf 'Cage t•haratter, named' Sarah Thompson,
ssiding in. a, brothel, at 16; Mtiguird-street. The pri-
sillier stopped at a boarding-house its the Park. On
Priday and Saturday morning he visited the. brothel,
--and on Satutday 'night,he'went there again; and after'.
a;few words about a £s-note, he took out a razor from
his pocket, and inflicted two incised' wounds on the
wbmait's breast. 'One of the-Wounds was two inches in
length and half an inch iu depthy and the other was a
sliin wound- of about an inch and a•half in length.
Neither was, howes'er, of, a dangerous nature, The
Oisoner, who pleaded druukenne'ss and extenuating eir-
cutustan Cefli was sentenced to four months' imprisonment
with hard labour.

A CIIIRGE OF STEALING AND akCEIVINO ORANGES,

—James ,Donnelly Was charged with stealing, and Joseph
Ashton with felommisly receiving, a quantity of oranges,
worth 15.,, Di:mildly :was employed by a Mr. Adams as
wiitehman over a cargo of oranges slyin,o. in Salisbury
Decks, and Ashton is a letter-reamer at the Post-office..
Or Sunday morning an officer'smet Ashton with the
oranges in his possessidn. Mr. Adanis awarded Donnelly
a good character,: Enid stated that it was apractice among
the watchthen to take 'Oranges from opened boxes. He
did not wish
_to charge the prisoners with stealing them.
Mir. Cobbinquired of Mr. Raffles- whether he considered
th'ut any imputation 'could be cast upon Ashton ; . and
-Mr. Raffles stated that-there was no imputation of guilt
attached to him, foroinder the circumstances stated by
Mr. Adams, he might- have received the orangeswithout
entertaining any felonious intention. A gentleman who
attended from the Custom-house said that he would
represent Mr. R.affies's view of the case on behalf of
Ashton at' the right quarter. The prisoners were dis-
charged.
P0cp31.7-P,rthuao.--A man, named James &Leman,
was charged with picking the pocket of Mrs. Amelia
Glipe, 130, Rathlione-street, of a purse containing 3s Gd.
On Saturday nig;tt, about eleven o'clock, the prosecutrix,
accompanied by a friend, visited St. James's Afarket,,
and, having made some purchases, went., into - a
shop in Nilestreet, where• they:Were folloVied by the
prisoner, who bought a pennyworth of biscuits, and
went away. Immediately afterwardi MrS. Gape missed
her purse; ran ' after and caught the
.pris'Oner with the
purse and money in. his possession., The . prisoner
alleged that he found the purse at the prosecutrix's feet.
'Sent to the sessions for trial. . , '
:ALLEGED RUBBERY ..11i.!A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.=—
Thomas Rowan was-charged with stealing a purrie eon-
laining £5 15S. from the person of 'John Warr.:,s..Thi.
,parties are discharged Indian soldiers; and on:Saturday
they travelled, in company with several other discharged
comrades, from Louden to LiverpOol; 'carrying with
them half a dozen or more bottles of spirits. The pro-
-seeutor had the money in a purse; suspended from his
neck by a string. On the, road hither' they drank the .
i
spirits, which put all in a„ partial, and prosecutbr n a
beastly, state .icif intoxication ; Ao...mach so that he could_
give nz, amnia of himself, or anything which hippened
on the journey. A Man named Holland swore that the
'prisoner,, about five minutes before they arrived in Lime-
street, cut off the string frostthe,prosecutor's neck, and
pdeketed. the, purse and its contents: The witness did:
lidt check hint bedause he thought 'the parties were inti7',
mate comrades, and that the purse Was taken for Safety..
Other witnesses were examined, who impugned -Hol-
land's -character,, stating that he had been imprisoned
for three months previous to his receiving his discharge,-,
and denied the truth of his statements, adding that the
prisoner paid a portion of the prosecutor's cab-fare from
thh station to a lodgingrhouse. Holland handed in his
discharge, from which it appeared that •his punishment
Was forsieeping on his post. On the prisoner's person
were fouad £8 ids: 9d:- He liadreceived a on leaving
bill regiment, and. had sold some things for 'X2 Os. to
parties in the ship which conveyed them -from India.
The amount- which be had spent couldrnots be,• Eiseer-
tained.-ftemauded. , , .
'CHARGE AGAINST SEAMEN.—TWO seamen; named
Williains'and Corcoran, were charged with refusing duty
catlsea and embezzling ship's stores: Mr. Carr appeared
fot the prosecutor ;- and Mr. Cohb-for-the prisoners, who
sh,pped at Savannah, on the 7th of March, in the Bravo,
Cdptain Prioux master, for :eighteen dollars a month.
Thirty dollars having been advanced : them, -and the.
v sel'having made the- passage in twenty-five days, they
w re now in the owner's debt. . The charges were not.
su stanliated. , It appeared, howeVer, that the prisoners.
on many occasions had shown disinclination to obey ,
orders, but they:-had not refilsed,,any positive' ednimand.
With regard to
.the other . charge, it was proved that a
ehiese, 451bS. in weight, had been missed from the cabin,
but the 'offence was not brought hOme to the prisoners.
Out two occasions Williams abstracted h number of hot
pies from the oven in.the galley; and struck the cook, a
eoioured, man, who submitted :that; he
,was offending.
against the laws of the ship. The prisoners were dis-
charged. , ,', - . • - ..
A' CHARGE' OF FELONIOUSLY' DETAINING
.GooDs4—
James Pennington; a respectably attired- elderly - man, ,
residing in Great . Howard-street, was brought up- on a
charge of feloniously detaining ' two chrenometers,
intrusted to hint by Mr. Woods, " of Lord-stria, for.
the pnrpose!'of repairing. It-- appears—that -the,
'chronometers, and money to 'get articles necessary fOr
,the repairs, 'were given to the; prisoner eight -months ag,o,
and he had been paiiLl6 or £8 on account. He got into
debt, and some of the things Were seized hy,order of,the
'County Court. PrOsectitOr appliedlo hiM several -times
for the chronometers, but could not obtain them. A
summons was at last taken out against the prisoner, but
betook no notice of and now he was brought -up
Under a warrant. The prisoner stated that the" Chron-
ometers were given_to him to .be repaired in his leisure
hours; rind it' the'bench would, allow - bini a day or two
lie. would complete the work ; otherwise, he was willing
to return the goods at once.—Arr:offieer t
was orclored to
accompany the' proseentorndthe prisoner il 'the `;latter
person's,weileshop ancfreceivel.tliechronemeters. In a
few minutes, hoWever,. the prosecutor, said- he was not
satisfied with the -prisoner's ' story, and Mr. Raffles
di#cted him to 'talee . the
,ordinary steps, to regain his
godsp. from the County Court, and dismissed the prisoner.
MTRALTNO 'A -COAT. 'FROM .A.' SHOP DOOR. John
Brown'was 'charged with stealing a coat from' 5;
'Byrom-street,.-o,draper's , shop kept...by a -Mr:. Lazarns.
.The offence :was committed at twelve-o'clock yesterday,
observed by a manruamedJoseph Young.: Remanded. ~
: • DESERTING A VEssEL.,--John Bollaild, seainan, ,wasi
cbarged with deserting from the Manzanetta,3tEr. Kelly
Blarton;_ master.. The prisoner signed articles at Bristol.
on the 25th of November to proceed to St: John's (New
BninsWick)' and back: At St. John's he deseit(4l and.
the owners had been put' to an 'expense :of 18 6s. Bd. to
supply his place: The- prisoner's wages.were forfeited,
anal he was sent to goal for fourteen days. - ;,.. '
A C*Aupig OF yORGERT 'AGAINST. A MERCIIAR'T'S
CDERIC,---JiMell 1:),.411n50n% junior clerk in, the empley.
'lif i Mr. James Bird, merchant, • Lartncelot-hey,. . was
-*Ought up under 'a walitint, Ogled 'With- committing'
forgeries. to the• amount of £BOu. . The pi ioner is
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twpty-twe yells of age, and has been unwell for some;
years. He'has a wife mid tWo,ehildrer4.4.lld iesides.in a'
very Well furnished house at Irentsq4are. Mr. J'aiiea'
Bird stated that the prisoner hid been employed'by him
for two years, He (Mr. Bird) had =stamped bank and

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cheque-books, and he invariably transa9ted his monetary
'business with the Union Bank personally... • The bank-
book was genetallykept at the bank; but since February
the bank and cheque-books were missing. The prisoner
had access to both, but he had no authority te.do bank-
ing business at any time.' ,A short time since, on inquiry
at the Union Bank, he found that £5OO had been drawn
in his.name on the 15th of November, and £3OO on the
i3rd-of February. The signatures on the cheques Were
in the prisoner's handwriting. The signature on the
cheque.of,the 3rd of February was so good an imitation
;of witness's handwriting that he at first believed it to be
genuine. Mr. John Mewburn; cashier it the Union
Bank,. proved cashing the £5OO 'cheque on the Isth
of November, and Mr. Alexander Robertson,' the
sub-manager. and, cashier,- proved castling. the £3OO
'cheque on the 3rd of' February but neither. of
these gentlemen could say,to whom the money was
given. Mr. Cousens, inspector of police, stated that on
the 31st of Marchinformation was laid by Mr. Bird, at
the PolideJoflice, respecting the forgery and he proceeded
;to the prisoner's residence. at Kent-square( where he.
found the prisoner; and Charged 'hitt' with the offence.
cfle immediately admitted his guilt,, and stated that the
money was received from the bankers by the warehouse-
man, Andrew M'Sheen, who, however, was labouring
under the impression• that it was an ordinary office
transaction. Prisoner th@i took him to the cellar, and
drew hiS attention. to .some loose bricks in the wall,
behind which were secreted £350- in Bank of' England
Notes.. Witness was afterwards taken
,by the priseneT
to his bedrObin; where he found two notes of £5O each
and a paper, being a security.for £42 lent to a Captain
liuchins on a gold watch and some.spoons, and prisoner
also handed him a ticket, having on it a memotanduni of
1.0, purported to have 'been lent 'on a gold watch and
ph ain to some other person. The cashier at the bank
examined the notes found in the cellar and in the bed-

room, and stated that all but one had passed at'somb
time or • other' through the bank. The prisoner was
Cautioned in the usual viay,..and committed to take his
trial at the assizes.
A citrAtton' U11):)ER TAE' PAASENOtit •Adr.—Willfam
M'Donnell, boarding-house .keeper,:residing at No. 22,
Regent-street,.appeared in answer to a summons taken
out by the emigration officers, under sec. 75 of the Pas-.
sengers! Act, charging 'him' with 'acting as a runner
without a license. Mr. Lowudes appeared. for. the.pro-
secutors, and Mr. Bluck for the defendant, against whom
four summonses had beers taken out. Inspectpr Samuel
Poe stated" that' the defendant,' whose badge he had
repeatedly asked to seer booked. four
passengers on
Saturday for New York, by the Lucy hompson, at
Meisrs. Sabel and Searle's. -These passengers . were
Irishmen;-but "sure enough" they turned out to be inti-
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mate friends of the deletidant's:who had known h:

and his wife and his family'for years' and years previOus
to his coming to Liverpool. They went sto him to
lodge because he was an honest and industrious man;
and it was at their desire that betook them. to MesSrs.
Sabel and .Searle to 'be boOked for New York.—Dlr.

Afalichi Hannigan,. clerk .to Messrs. Sabel and Searle,
stated that the defendant brought the four men to their
offiee on Saturday,. On anount of their being his trieMls,
but received no commission.—A, printed, sheet of paper
and a Card . containing the defendant's address were
banded to- one -of the witnesses on his behalf.—Mr.
Lowndes : Did you get 'a sheet and a card similar to
these-?—Witness, -without looking. at-them-r-NoTsir.
Mr. Lowndes :—Open them, man.—The Witness opened

the papers, !remained •looking at. theta' for sometime,
and then said such papers were not given to him.—Mr..
Lowndes:., Call:. you.. read.J?—Witness' :, No, sir:—
(Latighter.)--7,11r. Lowndes: You can leave the box.—
The second witness,was then ealled,aucl th.g sa.inerpers
were handed to Bluek Can .yo,u read ?--.
Wittie.sa:.. No, , sir ;. or at least very Black :

But you have common sense to go io a respectable man
to • lodge, have you not ?—Witness: Yes, 'sir.-7.11r.
Bluck : Yes, you have ; and I. appreciate thoroughly
your common sense. Raffles thought that there was
not the slighte3t riroor of guilt, • and dismissed the
defendaiat.

GARSTON LOCAL BOARD
OF HEALTII.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

At a meeting of the board yesterday morning the state'
of the poll for the election of members was declared as
follows : No. of votes.
• * Charles Chaloner, Aigburth Hall . . 301
* John Abrahatn Thine, Briarley . . 303
• * Louis Henry Macintyre, Riversdale . 281
* John Lightbody, Grassendale . . . 304
' Arthur Sinclair, Dale House . . . 223
Rev, John Gibson.' . . 194
Charles Castle . . . 79
The five first-in the list 'were therefore elected, those
marked * being re-elections ;" and Mr. Sinclair being
elected instead of Dr. 13evan. • .