The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-07 00:00:00

-LIVERPOOL' rotfcE- CULUIT.---YEsTEIt

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(Beforef MfAtArAigi) 4; '
- A bilOtTxpLEss Clarke;---f,
the employ: of lasers. Taylor and' SOP; coat mere.
Oldhall-street was charged with having obl
£lls4g.• by false pretone,es. The charge was sugj
by the stateinent jrhat. the prisoner had obtaini
Money for Mrs. solme, publican, by teprosentia
he liras authorised to callect it, and that this Ardent&
was not trtie, but on'e of tbe witnesses said that '
prisoner went there fd p'et a glaSs- of a,le, and, that
had previously received 'money for' Mr. Tatylor, _
Holme,insisted on his receiving the raartcy,i—T-Afrltafft
said there was no case, and ordered die- nail •
discharged.
ACTING AS' A. PAWNBROKgd WiTtiOrT A LICEI4;
Michael Keating., broker, Limekiln-Lire, was summ.
for Navin acted as a pawnbroker without a license.
Mr. Tyndal dppeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Cobb
for the defence. ''he` fell penalty of .£5O was inflieted:
Cobb, in his defencei 'Ash:Mated that parties were
1, induced to ,prosucute these eases &Met the impression
• theLlinWciAbtain some part- 'Of
Rattles-Trffiealnalif-co'wlifialito •Ttleln•-triffide
c 5,
any portion of these rientilliesitTagif6ally the Witnesses.
Mr. Cobb: I have_ often endeavonte_d to' alsc,eitain ,whether -
it is the ease. or not,' but .1 cannot do so, and 1 knoW
that Mr. Mansfield tried to ascertain whether they
received a portion of the penalty.—Mr. Tyndal: As, far
as tUm concerned always, give them: to uncletstinid-
that they will 'receive nothing but a half%47crOvvii or so
for their loss' uf tints. Mr. Raffles :Ifwrong, they receive
and it
a
reward fromExcisd I think it is very
would Make me much mole' unwilling to convict if the
Excise paid any portion of the penalty fo the *farmer.
A gentleman from the Excise-offlet said' thait, n'eireral
rule, that was not the case ; but on tWo ci&aerolklio*eS
sustained by parties on account of having given infeknid.;
tied Were made up. There was never anything paid as
a reward to ady (hie, eiceipt in those two instances.
SiextrbiaLET-rette.---A young man, formerly in the
employ of llcrees. Win'gate-* Johrtscm, was brought. up
by. Detective Couseus, sutpition• of having etolen a
number of letters. The letters, Wlied placed through
the letter-hole in the door, fell into blig which was
hooked on the , inner side to catch them. Ori Btatt ,lay
morning tiw,wqmati who cleans the ofßces was engaged
in that occiipatati before the arrival of the clerks, when
the prisoner entcreel, and litOfded per a letter for ageritte-
man • employetdt hi the oftW. A S.'ooll
.as he left she
missed. Li ~ in ex,bag,;_lad_shortly.aftealtrdel he4riljg.al
rustling as if among pap r, she went- tkilook, and Oa
that the bag had been replaced.: For the last six weeks
lit. Johnson-had been-in the--inzintofreceiving between:.
thirty thia fatty' /*diets dvtly iikiliine.,:bfit; on Saturday
he Only got fink; acid rediarked Old they were very few.
He afterward,s; rgccivec Opfieitionis trout gltafit live of
his correspondents :respecting
ileac s which Ito been
Posted on Friday nigh-1,; and as it Wageficlent 014
act tiec sl.l4lCi* fell' upon the.PriOner, Who
was convicted at the ets`elo'n.s.in 1557, and sefiteliced to
nine months' imprisonment, Rif stealing letters, and
Was discharged by the prosecutors ill'consetitiWfies' of a
letter containing 4 check,
,having been ope'ned, detained
for a day,-, and then re-sealed and :delivered. The
prisoner, who denied the'eharge, was 'remanded.

iiißKE>ffitAD COMMI6SIONERS.

The usual monthly nicpiffialc4 e Birkenhead. tout-
, in,"#.sioners Was held
.yesterday Morning A th'e rublic
Thinilion-square; ME Hind the chair', 'Phe
other members preeent were Messis. Aeightley, Gough,
Walker, •M‘Gill, Barnett,i Peck, Baylis,
Whittle,..and _
THE WOODSIDE FERRY PURCHASE.—THE DOCK kit,
The' iiiinutes of the cliiiril'showed that during the
past month theieliad been held two special meetings, at
one of which ,it was agreed that Mr. Beloe and Mr.
Chambers should be employed to negotiate a latin -of
£103,328 on security of the commissioners' tionds, for
the purpose of completing the purchase of the WOod-
Side Ferry, from Mr. 'Prtce's trustees. At the second
speciali meeting it was agreed' to. petition-Parliament
:against the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board
ticrirrima AND WA4CIIING -COMMITTEE.

This committee recomiteuded that the salary of Mr.
Jeannette,- police' surgeon, be increased in toirseritience
of the trygnientation of the • •lice-force: On then:lotion
of Mr. Tlalker tlle probe:, co.; Were con&nred.
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• , MR ARETS, COMMITTEg.
It was recommended that the salary of Mr. Sht'Veron,
the Auperintendeut of the market, be increased td
a-year.
On the motion of Mr, Barnett the proceedings were
,confirule4.