The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-25 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.

A CURIOUS TASTE.—Edward Hart, was charged by
police constable Hodgson, with falsely representing
himself as one of the Birmingham detective force, for
the purpose of endeavouring to obtain money. The
prisoner in charge, certainly bad the appearaace of a
policeman, and it was sated had 'formerly br-en in the
force, but was now a labourer, working in the Albert
docks. Hodgson stated that on the previous morning,
the prisoner called at the police office, and represented
himself as a Birmingham detective. He said he had
come there after three men who had absconded--one
for having forged a bill on his own father, the second
had robbed his employer of £45, and the third had stolen
a gold watch and chain, and that one of them had been
several times convicted for felony, and was a returned
transport. He gave a description of three men, and the
consequence was that Hodgson and the prisoner went in
search of the offenders. As Jones stated, they found
three persons answering the description he had given,
but one of them was absent. From what took place
there, Hodgson began to have his doubts as to whether.
Hart was really what he had represented himself to,
be, and asked him to prove that he was a police-
man, by showing his ticket, or anything els-3. After
making several evasive answers, he attempted to make
his escape, but was soon captured. In answer
to the magistrate—the prisoner said he was in drink at
the time and did not what he did. Hodgson and several
other witnesses said he was perfectly sober at the time,
with ughr hethe had be
en
hallinking for several days before
r, wobut recently returnA from a
foreign country. The magistrate
after admonishing the
prisoner for such simple conduct, ordered him to be dis, charged for the present.
STEALING IVORY lIAN DLEi.-- A rough-looking elderly
man, was brought up on a charge of having stolen a
quantity of ivory handles for umbrellas, &e., the property
0 Mrs. Ann Kennedy. The complainant stated that
she was the manufacturer of the articles. Having
occasion to be at Seacomb, she stayed at the prisoner'
house where she left the bundle containing the articles,
while she went to Egremont. On her return, she went
to Manchester, taking as she thought, all the goods with
her, hot to her astonishment when she got there, she
missed a large quanty of umbrella handles. Informa-
tion was given to the police, when it was proved that
the
cpealar
isposed of such articles at various
therefore apprehended. The case
pi,saoender
he
ead was d
was clearly proved, and he Was committed for trial.
STEALING SKEWERS.—Henry Smith and William
Williamson, were charged vkith stealing 30,000 skewers,
the property of John Leicester, of Liscard. The prison-
ers were remanded.

NAVAL COURT MARTIAL. —At Portsmouth a court
martial was held, on Wednesday, on board the Victory, to
try a seaman named William Wyatt, of the Sidon, steam-
frigate, for stabbing John Weed, a seaman, of the same
ship, with intent to take his life. He pleaded guilty, and
was sentenced to forfeit all his pay and prize money, and
to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years,
and to be dismissed from the service with disgrac,-,

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