The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RArnts.j

THE OLD HUSBAND AND THE YOUNG WIFt.

A female named Bedelia Embleton, who appeared to
be about 17 years of age, was charged for having
assulted her husband, Thomas Embleton, a man about
60 years old, She was also charged for having assaulted
police-officer 617 with a poker. The difference of the
ages of the huslrand and wife caused much surprise.
The husband said he was afraid of his life from the
violenc'e of the prisoner, Who *as in the habit of beating
him and about font' in the morning;
she came into the
house in a state of intoiicationi and thrashed him with
a poker. He Was obliged to call the officer to protect
him, when she " licked " him also with the poker. The
officer said the prisoner was a very violent person, and
annoyed the neighbourhood. When he arrested her,
she struck him with a poker. The husband begged his
worship to do something to protect him from the
prisoner, as lie had had her up before for assaulting him.
The prisoner said if she wee let out this time, she would
never heat her " old man again. His worship fined
her 10s. and costs, for the assault on the officer, or one
month's imprisonment.
Tyto iYNECES ANTi ONE WA'CIt.

Thomas Jones, deseribed as a itiaster plasterer, in
Mount-pleasant, charged a young woman Mimed Mary
Jones with having stolen a gold watch, value about 4CI,
from him.„ The prisoner is rather an interesting looking
female about 20 years of age, and was said to be a ser-
vant up to about two months ago, but since that time
she was said to be an " unfortunate." The prosecutor
is a respectable person, about 50 years of age ; and he
stated that on Friday night last, about 9 o'clock, he was
in Bold-street, *hen he met the prisoner, who put her
hands about his neck, and in the embrace she cut the
guard of his watch and got away with it. Mr. Raffles
—What is the value of the watch ? I do not know
exactly, as it was a present to me. Mr. Stankey, pawn-
broker, of Oldhall-street, said the watch was worth £35

or £4O. The prisoner offered it in pledge to him, but
suspecting it was not got rightly, he gave her into cus-
tody to detective-officer Graham. In answer to the

elarge, the ptisonet said Mr: Jones took her to a public-
house and gave het a gittss of gin! and it had an effect
on her, and she confessed having taken the rrateh, Mr,
Raffles said it was a serious offence, and if the prisoner
had been known to the police, which she was not, he
would have sent her for trial, but he would sentence her

to the longest term in his power, and that was six
months' hard labour.

THE PLUNDER OF WHEAT.

James Walsh; late lii the employment of Messrs. Tay-
lor and Tipper, Was brotight tip on remand on a charge
of stealing twenty sacks of wheat, the ptolletty of Messrs.
Taylor and Tipper, and Mr. Peter Marrow and Robert
Hull, a miller, and Thomas Kennedy, were brought up
on their bail, charged with having received the wheat
knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Bluck appeared
for Walsh, and Mr. Cobb for the other two prisoners.
The details of this case were published two or three

times lately. The facts were these. On the 12th of
Decamber Walsh was superintending the discharge of a
ship, and amongst the cargo was wheat. It was stated
that Walsh Wok twenty sacks, and detective officers
Eaton, Layeoelr, and Patrick traced the corn to Ken-
nedy and Hull, the latter being employed in his brother's
mill in Great Howard-street. The value of the pro-
perty was about £3O, and Hull purchased it for over
£l9. Several witnesses were examined and cross-
examined by the learned gentleman for the prisoners,
after which his worship decided on discharging Kennedy,
as the evidence was not sufficient to convict him, but
the other two prisoners were sent for trial.

(Before Messrs. RANKIN and S. G. RATHBONE.)
STEALING TOBACCO.

Detective-officer Patrick, brought up a person named
John Gorman, who was in the employment of the Lon-
don and North Western Railway Company at the Goods
Station, Park-lane, charged with having stolen some
leaf tobacco and cigars. The officer stated that from
information he received he went to the prisoner and
asked Mtn if he had any tobacco in his house that he
could not account for, and he replied he had not. He
then went to the prisoner's house in Kent-square, and
in a top room he got a quantity of leaf tobacco, and
down stairs in a cupboard he got a quantity of cigars.
He then asked the prisoner where he got them. He
said a man left the tobacco at his house before Christ-
mas, but he did not know who he was. He subse-
quently said there were some bales of tobacco at the
station, and the end of one broke and the quantity now
produced fell out and he took it. Mr. Creus, the
superintendent of the station, said a large quantity of
tobacco came through their stores to consignees, and the
prisoner had control of the store where it was. There
was no complaint of any missing. In reply to Mr.
Parker, who appeared for the prisoner, the witness gave
the prisoner a good character. The magistrates dealt
with the case under the non-accounting clause of the
Act of Parliament, and fined the prisoner £5, or in
default of payment two months' imprisonment.