The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-21 00:00:00

A RUFFIAN.-CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

A slim-looking fellow, of peculiar appearance, who
gave the name of George Woodhouse, was charged by
James Thomas, who said he was a schoolmaster in
London, under the follovving circumstances. The
prosecutor said, —Last night, about seven o'clock, I
went to the Lime-street Railway Station, to look after
Sortie ftlends that I expected from London, and whilst
there I obseri;ed the prisoner following me about for
some time. He came up id did dt last; arkl said he was
in distress, and asked me to give hini a iltiss di' ale: I
consented, and 'took him to a public house, and asked
would he take ale or porter ? He replied, rather
abruptly, " rum." I paid for a glass of rum for him,
and went out, when he followed me, and.asked me for
sixpence. I asked why I should ,crive him sixpence ?
and ,he replied, "you know as well as I do—l can
swear as well as anyone else." I desired him to go
away, when he said lie would accuse me. -He here des-
cribed the nature of the accusation, and continued,--
The prisoner said he would follow me, and annoy me
unless I gave him sixpence ; but I refused, and said I
would send for, an officer, When he went for a policeman
and Ja'e, me in charge. Inspector Carlisle said the
parties were brought to the office and when I heard the
whole story, I found the prisoner's statement untrue, and
then Mr. Thomas charged him for attempting to extort
money from him by means of an infamous threat. The
prisoner gave a false account of himself, but Mr.
Thomas gave his name and address, and we find he is
all correct. We found a ticket of a watch on the
prisoner, and he said he got it from a friend in War-
rington, although it is pledged in Manchester. No
doubt we will get an owner for it. I wish to remark to
your' worship that, during the last winter, we were
greatly annoyed by two persons who went about at
night to places of public convenience threatening gentle-
men, and extorting money from them by making
infamous charges. 'We did all we could to apprehend
them, but we were not successful. They actually
obtained £4O from one gentleman who lives over the
water. They watched the gentleman into a cigar-shop,
end there found out his address over the water, and
followed him there; one of them said he was a detec-
tive, and sent by Mr. Clough ; and by threats they got
the gentleman to meet them at the bank • next day,
where he drew £4O and gave it to them. When he
found he was swindled he told us, and I went with him
for many nights after to places of public convenience,
but we could not meet with them. If your worship
will remand the prisoner, we will be enabled to make
some inquiry about him, and perhaps make some dis-
covery about this gang of villains. The prisoner was
remanded for a week.
ANOTHER "FLARE UP !" _ . _

A tall, wiry-looking young fellow, named Austin
Tyler, was charged with having attempted to pick a
lady's pocket at Clayton Hall. Mr. William Dowse
stated that he sawthe prisoner with his hand in a lady's
pocket when coming out of the hall on Monday night.
He caught hold.of the prisoner's arm and held him. A
smart struggle followed, when the prisoner struck him
on the eye. The struggle continued, and both went
down, and the prisoner kicked him in the leg, hurting
him much. lie held him, however, and after some
time (a policeman could not be got for over fifteen
minutes) the prisoner became very quiet, and witness
wondered at it, but his astonishment was much increased
when he found the prisoner's hand in his (Mr. Dowse's)
pocket, endeavouring to pick it. (Loud laughter.) At
last the policeman did come up, and the prisoner kicked
:ind cuffed him furiously, and broke his hat. It was
shown that the prisoner was sent to gaol in July last,
for three months, for a similar offence. Mr. Raffles
(after complimenting Mr. Dowse for his conduct) said
Let the prisoner go to gaol for three months now. The
prisoner, on leaving the bar, exclaimed : " Well, when
Femme out I will' have another flare up." (lie may
flare up on the "mill" for the next thirteen weeks.)
CHARGE UNDER THE EXCISE LAWS.
Naney Redfern, the keeper, of a dancing-room in
Williamson-square, was summoned at the suit of the
Excise for having sold a pint of beer without a license,
whereby she incurred a penalty of £2O; and, on another
information, she was charged for selling wine without
license; whereby she incurred a like penalty. Mr.
Tyndall appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Cobb for
the defence. Mr. Tyndall opened the case, the details
of which will be found in the following evidence :---
Mr. Barton, supervisor of. excise, stated that on the
20th of September, about eleven o'clock, he went there
with two officers, and saw the defendant in the bar ;
asked for a small bottle of porter, and she asked for
three pence and said she would send for it. A waiter
left the room and• returned with six small bottles, and
gave witness one, which contained a glass. The defen-
dant has a license for tobacco, one for home-made wine,
and one for refreshments. On cross-examination by Mr.
Cobb, the witness said it was a woman who attended on
him, and the lefendant told him she had no license. He
had no fault to find with the quality of the porter. David
Light, an officer of customs, corroborated the statement
of the last witness, and said,—I got a glass of sherry
from the defendant, and paid sixpence for it. In half-
an-hour after I got a glass of port wine and paid six-
pence for it. The defendant served me, and Mr. Barton
was present. I then went out, but returned again. In
reply to Mr. Cobb, he said,—l should say the wines
were British wines. Mr. Cobb :. Is there any law to
prevent her charging half-a-crown a glass for British
wines ? Not that lam aware of.
.John W. Spencer,
the manager of the Free Trade Vaults, (as he said, in
the absence of Mr. Spurgeon, which caused loud laugh-
ter), stated that the defendant's waiters used to purchase
porter at the vaults. They paid threepence for the
bottle, except they brought a bottle, and then they paid
only twopence. They always brought me bottles, and
I charged them twopence. Mr. Cobb: Will you swear
they did so on the 20th September ? I will not. • Air.
Cobb said the defendant had a license to sell home made
wine, and the proof was that it was home made wine.
Mr. Tyndall said, under the act, the wine, when sold as
foreign wine, must be taken to be foreign. Mr. Cobb
said it was a regular case of trapping the.defendant ; she
ought to have been cautioned before such proceedings
were_r taken. He argued at some length on the ease; but
M . Raffles said the words of the act were so strong, he
could not go out
and cosin
ts them.eauethocfase . He fined the defendant £5

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday a man named Priestley
died in the Royal Infirmary in consequence of injuries
received at the Edge-hill station of the London and
North-Western Railway.
DEATH IN THE HUNTING FIELD.--°n Friday last a
gentleman, George Neville .Booth, Esq.' formerly of
Glendon, Northamptonshire, died most suddenly while
following the Cambridgeshire hounds. Shortly after
they had left Toseland Wood, Mr. Booth fell from his
horse and died immediately, suffering, no doubt, from
disease of the heart. The unfortiinate gentleman was
cousin of Mr. Barnett, the well-known master of the
hounds. He was also a friend, but not related, to Sir
Williamson Booth, of Paxton-park, who was erroneously
stated by one of the local papers to have been the
gentleman who died so suddenly.
Tirr. VACANT BISHOPRIC OF WORCESTER ...—SpeCtl-
latioll is rife in ecclesiastical circles as to the fortunate
clergyman to be selected to fill the vacant see of
Worcester. As usual, several names are mentioned, and
although probably nothing will be positively known for
a day or two, it is tolerably certain that the 'chances will
fall to the lot of one out of three or four. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer, it is well known, is strongly in favour
of the Dean of Westminster, who is a high churchman
of the Bishop of Oxford stamp ; while Lord J. Russell
has a strong partiality for Dr. Stanley Rogers, professor
of ecclesiastical history at Oxford. Dr. Jcune, the
master of Pembroke College, Oxford, is confidently
spoken of in some circles, as is also Dr. Hessey, head
master of Merchant Taylors' School, a gentleman upon
whom the Bishop of London has recently- conferred a
prebendal stall in St. Paul's Cathedral. Mr. Champneys,
vicar of St. Pancras; Mr. Miller, rector of Birmingham;
and Dr. Peel, Dean of Worcester, are also spoken of.