The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-27 00:00:00

Cornelius M'Cann, and Peter Lynch, were charged with a
riot, and for having assaulted police-officers 731 and 109.
Mr. Gluck defended all but Lynch. About a quarter past
one o'clock on Saturday night, in Clay-street, off Great
Howard-street, the officers heard a row, and on going to ascer-
tain the cause, they found the prisoners were fillting along
with others. The officers interfered, when they were assaulted,
and constable 731 received on the head a serious contused
wound, upwards of two inches long, and as deep as the bone.
The prisoners were identified as the parties who struck the
constables. It appeared that the row originated with Lynch,
who called M'Cann a " black sheep," because he would not
join some society. It was not stated what the society
was. Mr. Block produced a witness for the de.-
fence, named Margaret Walsh, and she swore that the

women in the ruckshia were worse, and did more harm to the
police, than the men. (Laughter.) Mr. Block :So they
generally do, more harm than the men. (Renewed laughter.)
She said the policeman 731 was drunk at the time ; but the
medical gentleman who dressed his head stated that he was
quite sober. Mr. Block addressed the bench on behalf of his
clients, attaching all the blame to Lynch. His Worship
characterised the assault as brutal, and ordered each of the
prisoners to pay £2 fine, or, in default of payment, two

months' imprisonment.
SERIOUS ASSAULT ON A WOMAN.—EIIen Brennan, a poor
woman, residing at No. 4 cellar, Wright-street, Scotland-road,
charged another female, named Jane Thomas, who resides in
the same street, with having committed a terrible assault on
her. On Sunday morning, at an early hour, the complainant
went to look for her husband, who had not come in during
the night ; she met the prisoner, and some angry words having
taken place between them, the latter struck her several blows
on the head with a poker, inflicting three serious wounds on
different parts of the head. The prisoner was fully committed
for trial. The complainant is enciente, and, whilst in court,
had several fainting fits, and seemed in a very precarious con-
dition. She was attended by Mr. Thomas, surgeon, who paid
every attention to her.

SATURDAY.

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)

ASSAULTING A WlFE.—William Drysdale, a powerful
looking mau, was charged with having assaulted his wife in
Hanover-street. It appeared that the parties had been
separated since September last, and that the prisoner was to
pay his wife 5s a week, but he had not performed his contract.
Her brother furnished a house for the complainant, in order
that she might make out a living by letting lodgings. The
prisoner was in the habit of calling at the house, and abusing
his wife in a shameful way, and on Friday he paid her one of
these visits, got her into the street, and beat her severely.
The prisoner alleged that he was as quiet as a lamb, but his
worship, not crediting the story, scut him to jail for two months
with hard labour.

(BEFORE MR. SANDS.)
BURGLARY.—SaraI, Brannan, Bridget Flynn, James
Connolly, and Michael M'Mormen, who bad been remanded on
a charge of burglary and robbery in the house of Margaret
Parkins, a washerwomon residing in Queen street, were brought
up. The details of this case have already been published. Ou
Thursday night week the house of the prosecutrix was broken
into, and eighteen shirts, with other property, stolen from it.
. . .

The shirts were traced to the prisoners (except the
Flynn), and they were fully committed for trial. Flynn was
discharged.
THE CHARGE AGAINST FORD THE BEERHOUSE KEEPER.
—This case, which stood over for the production of witnesses
for the defence was again called on, and Mr. Bluck produced
two witnesses who fully corroborated the evidence of the
defendant's servant woman, and Mr. Sands said the officer
in the case must have made a perfect mistake, and he would
therefore dismiss the complaint.

FRIDAY.

BEERHOITSB AND PUBLICANS' CASES.—Jobn Ford, beer,
house keeper, Peter street, was summoned for selling ale a
illegal hours. In reply to Mr. Bluck, the officer (Southwell)
who had the case, denied that he asked to be served with ale.
Mr. Bluck produced a woman who swore that the officer and
his comrade, who were in plain clothes, asked for two glasses of
ale, but were refused. Mr. Wybergh said it would be a serious
thing, if the charge against the officer, of asking for ale, was
established. The officers swore the very opposite of what the
witness swore, and said that the woman was a prostitute and
bred in a brothel; The woman distinctly swore that she was
not bred in a brothel, she was the servant of the house, and
also an inmate of it,- and paid by the year. Mr. Wybergh
asked the officers how they knew the woman to be a prostitute,
and that she was bred in a brothel. They said they did not
know. Mr. Bluck dwelt with some severity on the swearing
of the police, and the case was adjourned in order to produce an
additional witness for the defence. There was a second charge
of the same description made against the same defendant. This
case was also adjourned.—Henry Barrigan, *Windsor, was
charged with Sunday trading. Case referred.—Henry John-
ston, publican, Crosshall street, was charged for refusing to
admit the police on Sunday morning last. Case dismissed.—
john Elmes, beerhouse keeper, Hampton street. was charged
for selling ale at half.past one o'clock on Tuesday
night. The officer, 693, who complained in the
case, said he succeeded in "dispersing" two women
who were fighting in the street, and came out of
the defendant's house drunk. This caused great laughter.
Fined 2s 6d, and 2e 6d costs. Thomas Thompson,
beerhouse keeper, Chadworth street, was charged far selling ale
at illegal hours. Dismissed. William Harrison, beerhouse
keeper, Hunter street, was charged for doing business at pro-
hibited hours. Fined 5s and costs.—Edward Forres►, beer-
house keeper, Isaac street, Edge hill, was summoned for sell-
ing ale at twenty minutes to twelve o'clock on Saturday
night. The defence was that the ale was given as a present to
a charwoman. Fined is, and Is costs.—John Shaw, beer-
house keeper, Lodge lane, was charged for doing business at
prohibited hours. Case deferred for witnesses.—Sarah
Heavyside, beerhouse keeper, Windsor street, was charged for
Sunday trading. Case dismissed.—Owen Herd, beerseller,
Birkett street, for Sunday trading, fined is and costs.—Bobert
Parry, beerhouse keeper, Brook street, Sunday trading, fined
Is and costs.—William M‘Mullen, Sand street south, beer-
house keeper, Sunday trading, fined Is, and is costs.—Thos.
C. Cooper,. Park road, beerhouse keeper, for not having his

name painted on his premises ; fined lOs and costs.—James
Seward, heerhouse keeper, Upper Luke street, was charged
with doing business at illegal hours fined I2s and costs.—
Wm. Bean, beet house keeper, Trowbridge street, was charged
for selling ale at prohibited hours on Sunday. In this case
the defendant complained that the police officers, Langan and
Southwell, had been very outrageous. Mr. Wybergh
said if the.officers had conducted theniFelves as stated, a com-
plaint should be lodged against them. The defendant was
acquitted.