The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-16 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

ASSAULT.—Joseph Bartlett, a respectable-looking man,
was brought up, charged with having threatened to take the
life of Mr. Ashton, his brother-in-law, and with having as-
saulted police-officer 292, who had been called in to protect
Mr. Ashton.
The prosecutor said—The prisoner lives with me, and I
keep him and his family, and he comes home repeatedly drunk
and disorderly, and threatens my life, and drives his wife out
into the street in her night-dress, with a little child in her
arms. His violence is so unrestrained, and his conduct and
language so shocking, I have not words to describe it. In
the morning, when perfectly sober, he threatened he would
have my blood, and I gave him no cause of offence whatever.
In the evening he came home drunk, rushed into the parlour
with a poker, and I ran out and sought the protection of the
police.

- Officer 292 stated that when he entered the house, at the
request of Mr. Ashton, the prisoner struck him with the
poker, and cut his ear.
Mr. Booth : How comes he to live in the house with you ?
Mr. Ashton : Unfortunately he married my sister.
The prisoner denied that Mr. Ashton kept him and his
family. Some 12 months ago he was in a constant situation,
which he left to join Mr. Ashton in business ; but Mr. Ash-
ton had since thrown him out, and of course he was then
dependent on him ; and then he turned round and said he
ke-at himself and his family.
Mr. Booth : What do you say to your violence ?
The Prisoner : I am very sorry for it.
Mr. Booth : I am afraid you are a very violent fellow.
You must enter into your own recognizances in £2O and
find two sureties in £lO each to keep the peace; in default
to be imprisoned for two months.
STEALING A WATCH.—A young German named Kaspar
Warner, who had surrendered himself to the police on a
charge of stealing a watch, was brought up in custody. It
appeared the prisoner stole the watch from the house of Mr.
Henry Vesper, Nash-street, in which he had been twice.
The watch was not missed, and nothing was known of the
robbery. He was remanded for seven days.
VIOLENT ASSAULT.—john Hart, a carter, was brought
HD on a warrant, charged with violently assaulting George
Price, the driver of a timber waggon.
It appeared that a few days since Price was conveying a
load of timber to the yard of Mr. M'Elroy, shipwright, &c.,
and the passage thereto was blocked up by the prisoner's
cart, which Price and his assistant removed. The prisoner
then came up and asked Price why he removed the cart, at-
tempting at the same time to take his whip out of his hand.
Price remarked if he assaulted him he would have to pay
for it, and the prisoner then struck him in the mouth and
split his lip. Price had to go to the hospital and get it
sewed up.
The prisoner in his defence, said Price struck at :him first
and that the springs of his cart were nearly broken by the
way in which it had been removed.
A fine of 10s. was imposed, and in default of payment
14 days' imprisonment.
STEALING A TOY.—Mary Cannolly,was charged with
having stolen a wooden horse, from the shop of ;Madame Le
800, a French lady, who keeps a toy establishment in Lime-
street. The prisoner went into the shop, and asked the
price of the toy. She was told it was sixpence - she offered
fourpence, but paid no money, and quietly walked off with
the horse. She was pursued, and given into custody.
The prisoner alleged she paid a boy in the shop ; but this
was negatived, and she was sent to gaol for 14 days.
DEFRAUDING BY A SUOPMAN. —Owen Williams, a
respectable young man, about 24 years of age, was brought
up in custody of officer Cooper, charged with defrauding his
master. Mr. Wm. Henderson, draper, Church-street, of
several sums of money, by making out false accounts.
From the statement of Mr. Henderson, it appeared the
prisoner brought a check bill to his desk, together with
2s. 6d. The bill was for 7-Id, and this was placed on the
file on the desk, in the usual manner. He then went to the
boy who was there, and looked at the parcel, and he found
instead of a quarter of a yard of the article as the prisoner
had stated there was half a yard of a more, expensive article,
• and which came to ls. 7d., so that the prisoner had put ls.
in his pocket. He then charged him with being dis-
honest, and the prisoner confessed he had taken the shilling.
A similar case had taken place a few hours before.
Mrs. Mudge stated she was a customer at Mr. Hender-
son's, and that on the previous day she purchased stockings
and other articles to the amount of 16s. She paid a sove-
reign and the prisoner handed her as;change 4s. back.
Mr. Henderson stated that the bill which came to his
desk in this instance from the prisoner was for 13s. 6d. only,
so that he had pocketed 2s. 6d. by that transaction.
Mr. Booth : Has he been long in your employ ?
Mr. Henderson : About three years.
Mr. Booth : This is a very clear case.
Mr. Henderson suspected there were a great many more
cases, but he could not prove them.
Mr. Booth : This is a very serious offence indeed. There
is no protection for shopkeepers unless in the honesty of
their assistants. What wages had he ?
Mr. Henderson : He had £4O per year, and there were
perquisites which made it up to £5O, and he lodged in the
house in addition.
Mr. Booth : You must go `for trial at the sessions.
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magistrates by the officer of health, for keeping pigs in their
yards, and other nuisances. The parties wifh one two
exceptions, were convicted and fined in eaclaor 2s. 6d. to ss. case from
SEAMAN'S CLAIM.—A seaman named Hugh Armstrong,
summoned the captain of the Nugget for one month's
wages. He stated that he shipped en board the Nugget
at Quebec, on the 9th of last November, having been first
previous to that wrecked in the Arcadia within 120 miles of
that port. He signed the articles for £l5 a month, but
when they reached Liverpool the captain alleged that he had
received £7 10s. in advance. He had received no advance,
and he therefore refused to take the amonnt that was ten-
dered him.
Captain Gimber was examined. He said that he had
shipped the complainant at Quebec for £l5 a month, but
that there was every reason to believe that he had received
an advance of £7 10s., his name being marked off in the
articles as having received that amount.
The articles were then produced. The name of the com-
plainant was scratched, implying that he had received an
advance, but there was nothing to show that the mark had
been either subsequent to, or on the occasion of, the signing
of the articles.
The complainant positively :denied that he had received
the advance, and called one of his shipmates, William Jones,
who swore that he heard the complainant state to the clerk
in the office of the owner at Quebec that he required no
advance.
Mr. Tibbett, the owner, was then examined. He stated
that several advance notes had been given to the crew, and
that he felt positive, though he could not swear to it, that
one had been given to the complainant and subsequently
cashed at the office. If the case were adjourned for six
weeks or two months, he would communicate with his clerk
at Quebec on the matter.
The case was accordingly adjourned for six weeks, to
enable the owner either to produce the advance note, or
to otherwise prove that the advance had been paid.
A man named Robert Brooks, a ship carpenter, was
charged with being drunk and disorderly, at one o'clock, on
Wednesday, in the office of Mr. James Jack.
A gentleman from Mr. Jack's establishment said, that
they were so annoyed from their men coming into the office
at mid-day drunk, and demanding their wages, that they
were resolved to put a stop to the nuisance, and so had the
defendant taken into custody.
The defendant said that he had merely called at the office
for "a settlement of his which were three weeks' due,
but the truth of the ota,ement was denied.
He was fined ss. or, in default, to be committed for three
days.

James Smith, cha:c;od with passing a bad shilling in a
public-house in Union-street, was remanded for seven days.
ROBBERY.—,Tohn Hughes, who stated he was a striker,
was charged by officer 86, with stealing 551bs. weight of
horse shoes. The officer said that he stopped the prisoner
in Banatre-street, with 551bs. of horse shoes before men-
tioned, and for which he could not satisfactorily account.
He subsequently made inquiries, and found they belonged
to one Mr. Lennon, in whose employ the prisoner had been
at the time the robbery was committed. He was sent
to
gaol for two months.
PASSING BASE COIN.—A lad named John Drake, was
charged with attempting to pass a base shilling. •It ap-
peared that the prisoner went into Mr. Bell's public-house,
William-street, and called for a glass of whiskey, he laid a
shillino, down on the bar; the barmaid instantly detected
it, and went out the back way, brought in a police-officer,
and gave the prisoner in charge. The prisoner who has
been committed several times before for the same offence,
was committed for trial.
REMANDS.—MichaeI Brennan, charged by John Murphy,
with'stealing a bundle, was remanded for seven days. Ann
Trignall, suspected of stealing a mantle, remanded for
seven days. Mary Cosgrove, keeper of a stall in St. James's
market, charged by Thomas Porter, No. 100, St. James's-
street, with stealing a monkey jacket from the shop' door,
remanded till to-morrow.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—A youth named John Price, an
apprentice to Messrs Neil and Martin, merchants in this
town, was charged with stealing five notes. It appeared
that the prisoner was sent to Heywood's bank, with five
£5 notes, £29 in gold, 255. and 4s. Bd. The prisoner laid
the money down on the counter of the bank, and Mr. Hen-
dcrton the cashier marked the notes and laid them aside, the
prisoner in the meanwhile received a credit note and abrupt-
ly left the bank. Shortly afterwards the cashier missed the
notes, and information was given at the police-office. The
prisoner was apprehended that day, with the notes and some
silver in his possession. The prisoner made a statement to
a young lad who had accompanied him, that he forgot to
leave the notes.
Mr. Martin stated that the lad was in their employ for
six years, and they always found him to be a very talented
and intelligent boy, they placed the utmost confidence in
him, and did not wish to prosecute. Remanded till to-
morrow.

ASSAULT.--)fary Harris, whose husband is a lodging-
house keeper, was charged by Patrick Lyons, lodging-house
keeper also with assaulting him on the 9th of December.
Mr. Owen appeared for the defendant.