The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

STABBING- A WONAN AT SA.LVORD

Patrick Connor (37), committed by 11. L. Trafford,
Esq., on the 21st August, 1860, was placed at the bar
on the indictment, of having, at Salford, on the- 21st
July, 1860, feloniously stabbed, cut, and wounded Ann
Battersby, with intent to maim her, The prisoner
pleaded not guilty; and was defended by Mr. Scott.
From the opening. statement of the counsel it would
seem that on the night of the 21st July the husband of
the proseOuttil and the prisoner Were quarreling in her
house in. Chapel-street, Salford, and she went down. the
stairs and endeavoured td separate theni, wbeii She *as
assaulted by the prisoner With a jai* rasp of dle;_with
which he strtioit her seVeral- blows 9a ,he arm and the
back of the head. The Parties lived in the same house,
the upper part of which was occupied by the praßtitiii
and her family, and the grottnd doer by the prisoner.
The learned ernin6el for the defence Contended that the
wounds thig,lit have been inflicted on the proseCutrix by
her falling against a sharp-edged substance in the house,
while she was in a state of intoxication. The surgeon
wbo was Called stated,that the' Marks On 114 artils and
head did not look as if they had been 'Made by such an
instrument as that alleged to have been used by the
priSdiier. All the parties were engaged in the shoe-
making business, had been drinking that night, and a
row having occurred amongst them in the house which
was occupied by them, it ended disastrously. His. lord-
ship considered .that even if the *minds were indicted
stn the protwitrii by the Prisoner, still it did tiot seem
that he had an intention of
.inflicting a grieVous bodily
harm on her. The jury returned a verdict of Unlaw-
fully wounding, but acquitted him of the charge of
felonious assault. He was sentenced tn nine ealerldar.
months' linprisoiiment, 11 r. lttills prosectited.
The coitrt Wag then adjourned till half-past nine
o'clock this morning.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT,—YEgTEADAt.
(Before Mr. RAiiritF.s.)
1. hi A YANKEE I"
Tiro well-dressed persons, named Henry E. Stephen:
Soil and Charles Jones, were brought tip by
officers 859 and 171 on the folldwidg bllat. The first
mentioned offieer stated that he heard noise in a beer-
hthise in Tarlton-street, Everton, between eleven and
twelve on Tuesday night, and alongyith another officer
he went into the house to examine it. When they
came out they separated, and he was passing entry
Close 'to. the hodse; theti .the two Prison6s rdotit
Of it, , and diked him if he were about to report the
house? He replied that he would report it, whereon
Stephenson caught him, and swearing loudly " I am a
Yankee, and if you do I will blow your brains out. I
don't care a d— about English, Irish, or Scotch, and
out goes your brains if you report the house."• Mr.
Raffles : Had he a pistol? No, sir ; there was none
found on him. Mr. Raffles t Then so far .as ,the
shooting Was epheerned it 16.4 ee idte threat Yes;
.sir, id hie 'clci else S'es, he caught
hold t 1 and shook me. Mr.. Raffles : What did.
the other man do to you ? He threatened me if .I
reported the house, but after that he offereti me 10s.
not to say anything about it. Police-officer 171 corro-
borated a portion of the ether officer's evidence, The
I'm-a-Yankee man said he was very sorry for what heal
happened; but he did not remember it, as he was in.
' liAtior.
.13.6 other prisoner defile?, having offered the
costs, and the other prisdnia losi and Costs. The fines

ROBERT STEVEN`SOX IX THE AICBAR:

TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE LivEßTiooi LtiTTSiAtORY

ASSOcIATIOM.

GENTLEMEN Much misconception having got abroad
with reference to the case of the boy Stevenson now en
board the Akbar,.cemmitted under the Youthful Offen-
der's' Act, i think it lyttt due to you that you should be
ptit iii VoSsOSion of the real facts, itt order that your,
gadi may; &S gnafded against imbibing, any impression
ealgi'latektligtiirh„Yonr etindderite in an institution
thg#.9.. P.v.PIY6 .41i O.IJ OSr d P'at,rOnA,re titit b'fere
detailing these,, you should first he made acqVainted
with the titifthekl.adOpied.* th.& Qiz i hate,as a ar*c-:
Lion' against the commitment of improper, oasis, ,FheJl
child under sixteen years.of age isicharged tiefOte,them.
with any offence not necessarily felony. She practice
has been and still is to remand it for week,, in,order
that careful inquiry may be' made into its own antece-
dents and into its domestic Condition.

The duty of making this investigation falls upon an,
officer appointed under the sanction of the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, who is also authorised
td institute proceedings against parents of committed
ehirdien fejt the ,tecovery of a certain portion of
.their
maintenance, •Orker plaged under my general
direction and supervision,_, and .is 17eiporleible, to the
Inspector Aeformatovies for the proper disAlraitge of
liis dugs.
,He ;has 14d• Ace, between, three aVct
feti:t years, and it,,a,,,but duce, to hip" ato,saih
and unvarying aectraei entitle to the fullest confi-
denee .of his employers. • , •
. The boy 'Stevenson was ,first committed to gaol wall
tyfo other boys under. a general. remand of a week on
the 2 tli Aitglsk 1050—all having been found sleeping
out at one o clock in the. nytning, The account he
gave of himself to the reeeplioli ward officer aihe
and subsequently to myself, was that he il'at*Vl years of
age (his height being 4 feet 5 inches, and weight 6
stone 0 lb.; he certainly did not suggest that he had
Otefstaleti his age) ; that ho was a Presbyterian; that
lie ea st 4 dit ttt any place of. worship ; that his
earriin'gs.ll4 a-ifeei, atd that he had
been . hefofe ihis itit'fehensirm
that he had been Ave, 41a flaY,,soliVe.k af.fd the
same time at g &kiddy sehoob and that.. Six rkotilhis
had elapsed since he attended either that his stelY-
father was then in Glasgow, and had been for *de*.
which was untrue. • In a day or two after his commit-
ment, the official referred to above (Mr. Kirkbride) was
directed to visit his home, and did' so. -He there saw
the boy's mother' who complained of the trouble he
odasioned lief by his determined propensity to absent
himself keird.hOtne difring the night. She stated that
on One.occalioh he had Veen a; fortnight front Koine;
that Oovionsly,tid..that. she, had reejtiestela fiolioe bilker
to receive hip in chargeaut that the 6,7Cer,had declined
to de so, and she. eiptesied her army* 4esice that, klie
boy might be sent, top reiefiiiatdil,:bnt Oietageoeti at.
same time her inability to contribute anything towafils
his maintenance.... On, that occasion, as it was the.first
of .his being, in: custody,. and no other reasons existed
calling' for a fdrther• restraint on his: liberty, it was
hoped that the week's imprisonment in a seVrate cell
would act as a sufficient caution, and he was Giseharged '
on the expiration of his remand. One of his companions
WAS at that time sent to a reformatory, the other was
liberated with him. The caution which he had received,
hoWeiteri and the admonition from the magistrate,
dppedied td hate had little effect in checking his impa-
-tielide df tarental,eotttfol; for iii sit': days after his libe-
tation, oil the o,tliPePtinffier, ifiisS, be Was again
charged With a siniilar offenee; hafirigyeen at half-
past fent. in the-mocning, togeth'er with five otheiliop,
de of *ho' had been tatniniitteel with hid on the first
occasion: his aegetirit of liirriSelf now: differs fidpil is
first statement • He now,represents himself di la yeAs
of age, as being a Member of the Church . of. England,'
four years only at a day school,•and never at , Sunday
school. Hustates, too, that his stepfather had gone
,to
sea in the Imperatrice, bound for China, which was
untrue. These discrepancies I merely record, but do not
remark upon. On this, his second imprisonment, his
home was not visited; but Mr. Mansfield, finding that
the boy was clearly beyond the power of his parents' infiu-
tilde or Meats of restraint, and that his former imprison-
nient had faded, domed it most prudent, in compliance
With his mothers Wish, ie.coninilt the bo/ to la days'
imprisonment, . and afterwards to the Akban for five
yegtsthesperied named iiiOerY ease. , Cfne of hit Coln-
iVas also comiriitted totAVar, at the same
time; the others Were discharged Whin gaol
letter was sent by,the goYernor to the parents infofirling
then' that they Aught see, theirbdy,p'rior to his removal
and i,113, it has been said they. never received the letter
L am at a lOss to oontectiite; with the fan befOre.me
that on the day naMeetilierein the Mother, acemnpanied:
by another woman, did 'visit the prison an ,did gee the
boy. His conduct in gaol was very bad, and more than
once he -was- punished for the following offences
Creating a disturbance, neglect of work, breaking his
cell windows, and tearing and destroying gaol property.
I am aware that the statement made by gr. Kirk-
bride, of the mother's complaint of her Mites continued
misionduct, and of her desire that'he should be sent to
reformatory treatment, has been denied. Such disa-
vowal does not in the slightest degree shake my thorough
conviction of Its truth: That he did visit her house I
hate the most daiiiiiiding,Oonfi and dm. equally cer-
tain, too.", that his report of what past is litdralli
rect. -Heis,prePared to Verify
.it on oath, sliced his
superiors Upon hint to dd SO. I have. several times
taken'tiieriAdteg th Cheek the idaiiraff cif hia'reliorts, and
have invariably foUnd hint correct, nor tan I disiover
anything to jnstify.a suspicion ,of want of faithfUlness
in this particular instance. Even had he a desire; or
were he to 'make the attempt to furnish incorrect or
garbled inforniation, elete6tion would h gdre immedi-
ately to follow, because, in every iristande df a eonimitL
ment to a reforniatory, instructions are . subsequently
received from the Home Office to call upon the parent
or step-parent to show cause why an order should not
be made upon him to contribute a sum not exceeding ss.
a-week towards the child's maintenance. On receipt of
Sifeh histruetiOns a summons is issued, signed by two
Magistrates oilier than the coMmilliny nutylati'dte, who (to
Use the words of the act), " having duly examined into,
the ability of the parent, and, oil 6ogidehtitoti of all
the eirennzstanees of the ase,"• may. Make such order;
within the unlitabove sireilied; as in their diseretiOn:
they may think fit. Mr. Kirkbride may, at that hearing,
be called upon in the presence of the parent to substan-
tiate the information supplied by himself, and on which
the first commitment took place: Every candid person,
therefore, will at once see in. these details a sufficient
guarantee against either falsehood or error. In Steven-
son's case the usual instructions were received, and a
summons; signed by Mr: Bodertgon Gladstone and Mr.
W. Itathhono „WAS issued, butriot sefied the
parent, the officer charged with its service having
returned it with the endorsement "left." No doubt the
officer, as in duty bound,, used all proper diligence, but,
as it seems, without effect.
This, gentlemen, is a faithful resume of all the cir-
ministanees connected with the two apprehensions and
the Coniniiinient df the boy Btebengon: Mr. Mansfield,
.the. committing magistrate, is perfectly competent td
justify his own acts; and it is not as his apologist that.
I address these remarks to you, but in doing so I am
influenced solely by. the desire to disabuse your minds of
any unfavourable bias which the recent controversy is
likely to create.
That the boy has been properly convicted no one
with .these facts before, him and whose „mind
.is not
alfaadY ipte:o-jetipi.kjd With, d, itrineent ,deterniation
not to hear the truth will pretend to deitY. Legdll#
he has. been properly convicted, because the act does
not require felony to have been committed by those
who are brought under its operation, the words
being "any offence" punishable by 14 days' imprison-
ment at least. I have reason to know that the word
was advisedly Used by the framers of the ant, in order
to embrace cases *lath, tlyigli not actually within the
eateioq of felons, Were 111. &too
~04.
.1.11 C.....
ntiVall# also properly cohii te or surd,- It ever
omiidd
was in danger of becoming a confirmed criminal be was ;
his parents had lost their legitimate control over him,
they were powerless to restrain him from truant
habits and from bad company, absenting himself
from the domestic roof for days together, his where-
abOuts not known, police interference sought by his
parents, imprisonment no terror to him, his
of other
his conduct
.
even in gaol had+iiaY, worse that
boys of his OA dt, I ask, eau troy a with
such propensities and such a disposition tieedind (gales
placed under more effective discipline) but a Confirined
thief—a trouble to his parents, arid a pest to society.
It will be allowed that the experience I have had has
`afforded abundant opportunities of watching the progress
Ottriminals; and of juvenile criminals in particular ;
and I could? without effort,..at this moment put my
fidget Oil g sbdie Of Cri4eS df juienilb felons Wild eari-
menced-theircourse precisely as this boy Stekeiisdfi had
commenced.
If, then, this boy has been properly convicted, it will
not be denied that he has been properly detained. It
must be remembered that when a child is sent to a
reformatory a sacred duty. is involved, and any
tier' of the ,kind, would be
,guilty, of a dereliction of
duty if it Willingly, parted with a child before there was
either a reasonable expectation that it *mild walk
honestly thereafter or a conviction that its reformation
was hopeless. I apprehend that in this y
yours; case neither of
ll
theserP,Oints has yet been alll
attained: —I ,So gentlemen,
faithfii
CAnrEit, Chaplain.
Boroiigh Gael, December 12, 1860.

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.
Joseph Hillbrow, who was lately in the employment
of Mr. Louis Selig, of Lime-street, as a traveller, was
brought np on remand, charged with embezzling two
sums of £1 Os. 6d. and 15s. 6d. Mr. Copeman appeared
for the prosecution, and Messrs. Uluck and Cobb de
seanti i tlVl
expenses,e wpwleoehyki employed
h and.st
vhaes f
rtpoormips
aoByn
se
irot
roa s
fended the prisoner. The case was. ,one into; And the
detail's published a ft* 'dais aki. The facts Were these :
.hisos
luggage
ac_oduaanyltsraoys.
traveller,The
On the return of the prisoner, the prosecutor alleged
that he was over £lB short in his accounts, The prose-
cution now produced a Mrs. :Proctor, from Durham, who
proved that. she purchased £lO 9s. 6d. worth of goo&
froth. the prisoners and he only returned, £lB td, bni-
ployer. A Mr. Taroni,, fhni Sundeilitid• 2 proof that he
paidthe priSen.er I.As. 6d. for goods, and this sum was
net 'returned at all. Mr. Copeman said these two cases
were sufficient to send the prisoner for trial. The
learned gentlemen who defended the prisoner endea-
voured to put a civil complexion on the case, and that
the prosecutor had condoned the offence. Thp prbseT
cuter denied.the latter allegation, and Mr, Raffles said
he had n 6 altetnatiVe gena the prisoner for trial.
Ite agteed, however, to take bail for his appearance.
CHARGE OF FORGERY TO DEFRAUD THE QUEEN.
John Prosser was charged with forging a document
with intent to defraud the Queen, ,It appArcd that ilia
prisoner was einployeciAo fiet recruits--boys, and others
the navy, and in case of boys a declaration was
necessary, to the effect that they Wad 'the consent of
their parents, or other guardians, to join. In August
last a lad named Bromley, from Dudley, fell in with the
prisoner, who filled up a declaration that the lad's
father and mother were dead, but at he had., the
consent of his uncle to loin the Hastings. Capt.
LUeltraft of that ship took him on the declaration.
After 'sonic five, weeks, it was found that the boy's
father and mother were alive, and they came and
claimed him ; and it further appeared that the uncle,
whose signature was put to the paper by the prisoner,
was dead upward of twenty years. Capt. Luckcraft
stated, that by the means adopted by the prisoner, he
had defrauded her Majesty out of the clothes and food
supplied to the boy for the time being. The prisoner
was sent for trial on the charge of forgery.
CAUTION TO CAR, CART, AND LORRY DRIVERS.
Mr. Bloxam, a gentleman residing at Fairfield, came
before the magistrate and said, I wish to address von,
sir, as the chief magistrate of Liverpool. Mr. Rallies :
The stipendiary magistrate—the Mayor is •the chief
magistrate. of the town. Mr. Bloxam continued to say,
I was so nearly killed yesterday evening that I think it
right to state it to the magistrate. so that some steps
may be taken to remedy an evil so generally complained
of, and which was so nearly proving fatal to me. I was
crossing Dale-street, last evening, at the early hour of
five o'clock, going out to dine with a friend. I looked
at either side, up and down, and
saw the crossings all
clear, and so I went on. Before I got to the other side
of the street I was struck with something in the side
and carried along, and I found it was the shaft of a
one-horse lorry or vehicle, and it was almost a miracle
that I was not killed on the spot. It is not long since a
respected gentleman, who was a merchant of this town,
was killed in that locality. I called out to the driver to
stop, and I took his number and name, and he said he had
called out to me;' but suppose he had, that is no reason
why he should run over and kill me. My life would he
a serious loss to my wife and family, and I hope that,
something will be done to prevent the outrageous furious
driving in the streets. Mr. Raffles said, I have, uni-
formly fined persons who were convicted before me, the
full penalty for furious driving. I was rather amused
to find a letter in one of the papers, a day or two ago,
finding fault with me for that. However, Ido not care
about it, as I shall continue to inflict the full penalty of
40s. in every case proved before me. The applicant
-then left.

The Times says that Lord Elgin at this moment Ifs]
the fate of the Tartar dynasty in his hands.

THE DAILY TIMES, TTHJRSDAY, DECEMBER 131 1860

COUNTY CO RT.—At t this court yesterday, before W,
Hulton, judge, the case of Fletcher t. Ramsden was
tried, and a verdict entered for the plaintiff ; damages,
20s. The facts of the Casa were briefly these :—Some
ti he agb the ddfendant *anted a shandry, arid applied
t
to the plaintiffs; who offered to build him one in five or
six weeks. The defendant wanted some vehicle in the
meantime, and plaintiff lent him an old one to use until
the new one was built. This old onewas, story),sadly and
abused
by the defendant (according to the
plaintiffs
when returned the shafts
were broken and the dash-
board gone. The .defendant contended that these mis-
haps were the result of the wretched state in which the
shandry was when he received it. Mr. Bremner repre-
sented the plaintiff, and Mr. Gray the defendant.
COAIMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.--
Lancashire-23rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps :
H. P. Barton, gent., to be Second Lieutenant.-15th
...
Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps
F
to be Ensign, vice Stuart, resiTied .....NH. Boult, gent.,orth Lonsdale or
37th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps: Adjutant F. H.
Suckling, to serve with the rank of Captain.-61st Lan-
cashire Rifle Volunteer Corps : The Rev. J. Stook, M.A.,
to be lionorary Chaplain.-74th Lancashire Rifle Volun-
teer Corps : Lieutenant J. Ashley, to be Captain ; A.
'
Crosthwaite, gent., to be Ensign.—
Memorandum : Her
Majesty has been graciously Pleased to.tant accept the resig-
nation of the commission held by Assis
.• RiflSurgeon Re
Volunteer
T. Lodge, M.D., in the Ist Laucasha
Corps.
THE LATE MRS. JAMEs, or VAVIII es, of Vaux-
may be remembered that the late Mrs. A.LL-itoAt
tames,
was tried
hall-road, for whose murder Thomas
and acquitted, left a will, bequeathing certain
executor. The
to her relatives, leaving Winslow as her
gWinstain property
validity of that will was disputed by herex b
who con-
Bennett, who entered a caveat. Mr. Cobb,rother, Mr.
ducted the defence (on the criminal charge
Winslow), was instructed to oose thhea against
proceedings
pp
taken by Mr. Bennett against the will, and, for some
time past proceedings have been going on in the Court
of Probate in this matter. As the case has
ca used much
public attraction, it will be interesting. to know, that so
far as the will is concerned, the litigation is
at an end.
, and
Mr. Cobb succeeded in setting aside the neat
establishing Winslow's claim to the executorship—the
and
plaintiff, (Mr. Bennett) having to pay the costs, , tthe
original will is established. The property was sworn
under £450, and of this Winslow is the sole executor, and
has the distribution of the estate of the deceased. This
affair only terminated yesterday.