The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-15 00:00:00

CAUTION To DEALERS

Thonias Edwitids, deseribect as a ,dealer in old metal, who
lives in fall;niall,.Ni'aE Charge I With. having 4 cwt. of pig
iron in his card, for Which he could notjrcipprly account.
Cobb appeared for the prisoner. Police-officer 701 said,
from inforniation that- he received, he went to the prisoner's

zard,*and found, concealed tinder some rabish, the iron in
question ; and on asking where he got it, he said ha got it
,fiom some cart driyers, and pointed outfour persons, one
after each other, as the person frdm whom he got it, but they
all denied the statement. A man, who said he was a refiner
of metals, nine forward and said he was cleaning up the yard
of the prisoner, when he foudd the iron and told the prisoner,
who said, " Never mind it ; cover it up ; it came in on the
cross' (stolen) ;" and then he told the polio 7.. Mr. Cobb (to
the witness) : What are you ? Witness : A refiner of metals.
Mr. Cobb: Had you any trade with the prisoner 'W,tness
Yes; he entered into..an agreement with me, six weeks ago,
to find money, and I was to do certain things ; but he bro':e
the agreement. Mr. Cobb : And, of course, you think he has
treated you very badly ? Witness : Certainly. Mr. Cobb :
And you, are giving him a turn, now 1 Witness : Of course.
Mr. Cobb said his client purchased the iron from Godfrey's
carters (whoever they are), and that was the only account he
could give of it. The prisoner was fined 20a. and costs, for
not being Able to account for the possession of the property .

(Before Messrs. liurcnisoN and AIKEN.)
- PUBLICANS' CASES.

John O'Brien, North. street, was summoned for selling
whisky on Sunday,. at half-past ten o'clock in the morning.
Mr. Cobb, for the defence, said the persons were travellers to
whom the spirits were given, and called witnesses to prore the
statement. The case was dismissed.

William Armroyd, of 33, Strickland-street, w summoned
for allowing drunkenness. Officer d''t3 stated that he saw two
men drunk in the house at one c'clock on the morning of the
11th. Mr. Cobb, for the defence, asked the officer if the men
could walk or talk correctly, and he replied they could not.
Mr. Cobb said the gentlemen went to Rose-hill Station tothew
that they were sober. The Olen dinied that ha was told
there was a juvenile party in the house, and that the gentle-
men had remained after the juveniles went away. The house
is well emducted. Mr. Cobb said the persons in the house
were private friends of the defendant's, and he had entertained
them as he had a right to do. Two men came in and annoyed
Miss Armroyd, and the gentlemen came down to tern them
out. Ile called Miss Armroyd, Mr. Wersey, and Mr. York,
who were lathe house, and they swore they were quite sober.
Police-officer 177 said when the two last ivitnesses west to the
station, as described, they were in liquor. The ofteers were
re-called and examined, as were the parties for the defence,
and all swore very different indeed. The case was then
adjourned for the" production of further evidence.
CAUTION TO BILLIARD TABLE KEEPERS:

Simon, Rosenthal, keeper of the old Argyle-roonis, Nea ington,
was summoned by Inspector O'Brien for keeping his house open
and allowing play after 1 o'clock in the morning. The net pro-
hibits playing in abilliard-room after 1 e'el 3elr. in the morning,
and before eight. The penalty in this case, for a violation
of the law, is La. The inspector said at four on the
morning of the 7th he entered the rooms kept by the defendint,
and got two men playing and three looking on. The defendant
said it was the opening night of the rooms, and the parties
had remained longer than usual ; but they were his friends.
He was not aware of the law on the subject. The inspector
s-lid the men in the place stated that they did not know the
law ; but a woman who was present said she knew the law
well enough. The defendant s ,id he did not know the law,
and he had often seen billiard-rooms open all night, anal play
going on. Mr. Anderton (acting for Chief Clerk) : Then you
ought to tell the police ; but that has nothing to do with this
case. Mr. Hutchison said it was a very dangerous thing to
keep such houses open at improper hours, as it was calculated
to bring young men to destruction. He fined- the defendant
1 and costs, and cautioned him as to his future l conduct of
the house.