The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-04 00:00:00

SHIP DESERTION.

Mr. Murphy, of the Local Marine Board, brought up a
sailor named Thomas Smith, charged with having deserted the
ship Earl of Derby. It appeared that the prisoner had signed
articles to go in the ship on_ Saturday morning. De was down
at the pierhead, but refused to go on board. Every effort was
made to induce him to go, hilt all to no Use, as he ran away,
thus putt'ng the ship to loss and inconvenience. lie had
received £5 advance, and got the note cashed by a boarding..
'honse keeper, who would now lose the amount. The prisoner,
in reply to the charge, said he was drunk, and did not know
what he was doing. Mr. Rallies said it was a bad case, and
sent him io jail for ten weeks.

BREAKING AN ARM.
Thomas M'Dona was charged by Patrick Boyle, for breaking
his arm. The coniplainant is one of these lads who " shine
your boots," and makes Dale-street his beat. On Saturday
evening he was along with sonic comrades looking out for a
job, when the prisoner passed, and some of the other lads
began to jeer annoy him. lie turned odd Struck corn-
plabitint, knocked hint dowri, and broke his arm. The priscaer
said he was Much annoyed by the boys ; and 'When he region.
grated' With than, due of them (he was told the prisoner).
struck him on the back of the head with his block. The com-
plainant ran away, and he followed him; but before he reached
him the lad fell, and broke his arm. He denied having struck
the boy, and sent for witnesses to prove this statement ; and
two persons having proved that the boy fell without being
struck or pushed by the prkoner, Mr. Raffles said he believed
them, and discharged the orisoner.

"MiIRDER" AND ." POLICE."
Police-officer 751 charged a young man, named Martin Foley.
with having assaulted him. The face of the prisoner, and
also that of the policeman, seemed to have come in contact
with something harder than Water. The officer said the pre-
vious night he heard loud cries of " Murder " and " Police"
front the brickflehls at Milford-street, South Docks, and on
hastening forward he saw the prisoner holding a young
woman, who was crying out. When he came up the prisoner
struck him a blow on the eye which stunned him for a second
or two, and then the prisoner caught him by the stock, twisted
his hand into it, and nearly strangled hint ; at the same time
poun ling him en the forehead and head with a stone which he
held in his hand. • At last he got quite exhausted. and both
fell ; and he called " Murder" twice, and then a civilian came
and pulled the prisoner off him and struck him on the face.
Mr. Raffles: Where is that man! Officer: I don't know, sir;
he Went **ay when he pulled the prisoner off me and struck
him. Mr. Raffles : Where is the woman ? . Officer . She ran
away, sir; as he was attempting to ill-use her, and she was
glad to get away. A police-officer, who came to the assist-
ance of his brother official, s cid he found him'quite exhausted,
and be took some time to recover. Mr. Raffles said if the
prisoner had not received some injury from some one he
'would have dealt More severely with him. He fined him £2,
or two months' imprisonment.
ROBBERY IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE.
•

Alexander Judson, a butcher, and Patrick Irvine, a labourer,
were charged for having stolen £29 103. from a man named
Thomas Clough, in Gibbs' public-house in Warren-street, on
Saturday at four o'clock. Officer No. 93 said, a cattle-dealer
named Thomas Clough told him that he was robbed hi the
public-house of Mr. Gibh, Warren-street, and that a men
named Judson had robbed him. He went in search of Judson
and found him, and told him the charge, when he said he
knew nothing of it. lle subsequently took him to the station,
and asked him if he had any money !• and he replied he had
14s. On searching him he got £2 16e. 6c1., for which the pri-
soner could not give any account. The prisoner also told him
• he had purchased the carcass of a cow that afternoon from a
;lien named Hynes, and gave .£3 lOs. for it. Cross-examined
by Mr. Cobb for Sitelson : I found what he to'd me about the
cow was correct. The' prosecutor was not quite sober at the
time. Mr. Muck (for Irvine) : Why did you take up my client,
then? Because the prisoner Judson told me that Patrick Irvine
had the money. Thomas Clough, a cattle-dealer, was then exa-
mined, and he said he had £29105. in his pocket, and went into
Gibbs' public-house from 13 to 1 o'clock, and saw the prisoners
there. He had a glass of ale at the counter with Judson, and
sat down before the bar, and then he felt stupid and fell
asleep. In an hour or more he awoke and discovered his
money and the prisoners gone. Mr. Cobb cross-examined the
witness at length. He said there sere other persons there,
and persons came in and went out. In reply to 'Mr. Kehoe
he said he sought Judson, and taxed him with taking his
money, when he replied "Oh, it's alt right, a lady in
Cop-
peras-hill has it." He afterwards said Pat. Irvine had the
money; and that was the lady in Copperas hill. (Laughter.)
Miss Gibbs, the daughter of the owner of the public-house,
was examined, but her evidence did not push the case further.
Some other witnesses were produced, but they did not throw
any light on the affair. Mr. Cobb and Mr. Bluck contended
1 that the evidence utterly failed to connect the prisoners with
the robbery, and his Worship agreeing, ordered them to he
discharged. At the same time Mr. Raffles said it was very
strange that the persOns in Gibbs' public house should not
know more about what took place on the occasion•
(Before Messrs. J. B. LLOYD and. HUTCHISON.)
IS A POLICEMAN A PASSENGER ?
Mary Sheridan, a lady of a certain age, which of course
means a very uncertain age, who patronises Virgil-street with
het presence, was summoned by a police-officer, under the
Local Act of Parliament, for "uslng obscene language in the
street, to the annoyance of passengers." The officer having
repeated the language, which we shall not mention, Mr.
Wybergh asked him to whom she was using that language, and
he replied, To me, sir. Mr. Wybergh : Was there any one else
there at the time ? No, sir. Mr. Wybergh (to the magistrates)
The act says it must,be to passengers, and it is for you to say
if the police-officer be a passenger, in the meaning of the act.
The magistrates consulted for a moment, and then dismissed
the east, thereby deciding that the officer was not a passenger
in the legal sense.

• "PITCH AND TOSS."
Several boys were brought up. by the police, charged with
playing " pitch and toss" in the streets, and other public
places,: on Sunday. They were fined 2s each..

FATAL AFFRAY ON BOARD THE AMERICAN SHIP
LOMB/MD.—Some ten days ago, the American ship
Lombard was in the river Mersey, when the boatswain,
Charles Wallace, went to the forecastle to take out the
men to their work. One of them quarrelled with him,
and struck him in the neck with a knife, inflicting a
desperate wound. He was conveyed to the Northern
Hospital, where he died from the effects. An inquiry
will be held on the body to-day.
SP/DIMING ENTERTAINMENT.—Last evening, at the
Cornwallis-street baths, Professor Poulton gave his
swimming entertainment in presence of a large and
respectable assemblage of gentlemen. The professor
has been so often in this town, and his fame is now
so well established, that nothing we could say would
either add to or detract therefrom. Suffice it then to
say that the extraordinary feats of eating, drinking, and
smoking under water were performed with more than
ordinary ease, and were loudly applauded by the
delighted spectators. At the close of the exhibition
an interesting contest took place for a silver medal,
given by Professor Poulton to the fastest amateur
swimmer. The race was open to all competitors
residing within 20 miles of Liverpool. There were
fourteen starters; , the race was divided into heats, the
distance being four times the length of the baths. The
fled heat was cleverly won by William Cholertoa after
a stout contest with the winners of the preceding heats
IL Cass, J. B. Whitey, Pike, and Nicholson.
The medal was ,presented to the successful competitor
amid the well-deserved plaudits of the spectators ; and,
after a few other aquatic diversions, the entertainment
we brought to a close.