The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-10 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
WHO IS RIGHT?
A gentlemanlv-looking young man, who gave the
name of James Bullen, and was described as a V.S., was
charged by police-officer 755, who said—Last night this
gentleman was in a gig in London-road. He was drunk,
and driving furiously. He drove furiously through
Daulby-street, and ran into a cart, and it was wonderful
how he escaped. There was great danger to the public
and to himself from the furious manner in which he was
going. Mr. Raffles : At what rate was he going ? From
ten to twelve miles an hour, certainly. The prisoner,
in reply to his Worship, said, I admit I bad too much
drink, but I was not driving furiously. Mr. Raffles :
How can a man who was drunk know whether he was
driving furiously or not ? I must credit the police
officer, who was sober. Mr. Bullen : The horse was not
able to go eight miles. I was trying to sell him yester-
day to Busby, but he would not purchase him as he was
too slow. My father-in-law was with me at the time.
Police officer 145, said I saw the gentleman driving
most furiously—nearly twelve miles an hour at least.
He was drunk, and it was most dangerous the way he
was driving. Mr. Raffles : I fine him 40s. and costs.
The fine was at once paid.
HOUSE ROBBERY.
Two girls, named Elizabeth Wright and Mary Oran
were brought up by detective officer Rigby and consta-
bles 752 and 772, on a charge of having broken into the
house of Mr. Thomas Banks, 14, Vine-street, and steal-
ing therefrom a gold watch, value £l3, a gold ring, and
a quantity of shirting, wearing apparel, &c. It appeared'
that, on Monday last, Mr. Banks and his wife went to.
Bootle,:leaving about one o'clock. They returned about.
six, and found the back door open, and a square of glass
broken in the window, by which an entrance into the
house had been effected. The property named was taken
from the house. The officers traced the watch to a
watchmaker's, where the girl Wright had:left it for sale,
and subsequently they got a portion of the wearing
apparel pledged at a pawn-shop by the two prisoners.
The girl Wright said she got the watch from the other
prisoner. Both were sent for trial.

STREET ROBBERY.
William Harrison, who said he was a shipwright and
came from Whitehaven, was charged by Mr. Thomas
Thornley, of Copperas-hill, under the following circum-
stances : The prosecutor said, about half-past twelve the
previous night he went up a passage into his backyard,
to get out his shop !shutters, and, when coming out, he
met the prisoner, who asked to be shown a watercloset.
Witness told him the place was private property, and
that the prisoner had no right to be there ; whereupon
the prisoner seized him, and caught his watch chain.
He struggled with the prisoner, when two females came
and held him whilst the prisoner took his watch and got
off with it. He raised an alarm, and the prisoner was
followed up Copperas-hill by Police-officer 562, and an
Excise-officer who was passing, and they captured him.
They saw him throw the watch away, and then they
picked it up off the street. The prisoner pleaded guilty,
but said he was drunk. He was not known to the police,
and therefore, his worship sentenced him to six months*
imprisonment with hard labour.
(Before Messrs. LAMPORT and CHILTON.)
THE AFFILIATION CASE.
The case of Sarah Lloyd against Andrew Peacock,
flour merchant and biscuit manufacturer, of Great Ox-
ford-street and Scotland-road, was brought on again on
Saturday, having been adjourned from the previous
Saturday for the purpose of producing evidence on
behalf of the defendant. Mr. Bluck now appeared for
the young woman, and Mr. Cobb for the defence. The
claimant was again produced and subjected to a search-
in.- cross-examination by Mr. Cobb, with the view of
showing that she was a person of improper character,
but she utterly denied that she had ever been immoral
in her conduct before she met with the defendant. She
was asked about several persons, amongst the rest
if she knew the Rev. Cecil Wray, of Saint
Martin's Church, and she utterly denied ever having
seen him or a person named Simpson, a flour dealer,
in Scotland-road. She denied ever having been in prison,
but was one night in the " coal-hole " for an assault
on a girl who was beating her mother, but she was dis-
charged in the morning. A respectable married woman,
named White, gave the complainant a good character
for over six months. Mr. Cobb, then, in a speech of
some length, addressed the bench for the defendant, and
then called a married female, named Mary Ann Belly,
who admitted that she is on the streets and her husband
away. This witness gave the girl Lloyd a bad character.
This witness was subjected to a furious fiery cross-ex-
amination by Mr. Bluck, and she admitted that the
defendant had called upon her to tell what she knew.
He came to her on Friday night, along with another
man, and asked her all the particulars about the young
woman. On further examination, it appeared that it
was a man belonging to Mr. Joseph Bates, of the "Pri-
vate Inquiry Office," who was employed to find out this
witness. He treated her to wine in a public house.
Another witness was examined, after which Mr. Bluck
asked the defendant if he had spoken to any policeman
about the case, and the witness admitted that he had,
and offered him half a sovereign to find out anything
he could about the girl. Mr. Bluck then addressed the
bench for the complainant ; and he dwelt with great
severity on the conduct of the defendant, and his pro-
ceedings in the whole case. The magistrates were of
opinion that the case was proved, and ordered payment
of ss. a week for the first six weeks after the birth of the
child, and 2s. 6d. a week after. The defendant gave
notice of appeal against the decision.
ANOTHER CASE.

Rebecca Greame, of 16, Gerard-street, summoned
Robert Rees, 2, Jamaica-street, to affiliate her child on
him. Mr. Bluck was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cobb
for the defendant. The complainant said she went with
the defendant to Denbigh, where the intimacy took
place. The child was born in November. The defen-
dant is now a married man. The claimant was cross-
examined at length by Mr. Cobb, with the view of
shaking her evidence. Some other witnesses were ex-
amined, and Mr. Cobb produced some letters to disprove
the allemttion. The bench made an order for the pay-
ment of a week.