The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-16 00:00:00

POLICE V COURT.- YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. ALDERMAN TURNER.)
A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE.—A young lady,.named
Mary Copeland, who described herself as a milliner and
dressmaker, residing in the Park, charged two very well
dressed young women, named Jane Child and Alice
Traynor under the following circumstances. Mr.
Block defended the prisoner Child. The complainant,
who from appearance was respectable, said she
was at the- theatre along with another lady, and when
leaving, they were stopped in the street by the prisoners,
who asked for a treat of drink. They refused, and then

pi,soners attacked leer friend, and attempted to take
a ring off her Eager. The complainant went to her
assistance, when one of the prisoners. put her hand into
her pocket and took out her purse, which contained
13s 4d. She caught hold of the prisoner, and called for
assistance, when both prisoners seized on her, but
she held them, and then the prisoner who had the purse
dropped it on the ground, The police then came up,
and arrested the prisoners. Mr. Bina cross-examined
the complainant, and, as he said, he was instructed to do
-so in reference to the position of Miss Copeland and her
friend, but there was nothing elicited to throw any die.
credit on the character of Miss Copeland (Jr her friends
although Mr. Block said it was Fiegular to see young►
ladies at the theatre without any protection, and to find
them in conversation in the streets at eleven o'clock at
'fight, with strange females, speaking about drink. He
made an able and ingenious defence for his client, but
the case was dearly established by the evidence; and
both prisoners were fully committed for trial at the
sessions.

THAT BLESSED SPRING CART ! —Richard litignalii &
carter, was charged for having stolen a siring care
belonging to Mr. Bromley, under the following eirenin-
stances :—lt appeared that a young woman !lauded
Mary Lennon, who resides in Summer-seat, rented
a cart (.it 6s a week) from Mr. Bromley, and that
on Friday morning last she wanted to use it, but
on looking for it she found it had taken wheels to itself
and rolled off, no one knew whith2r. The police failed
to discover where the vehicle had gone to, but on Mon-
day evening, the complainant, on passing up London-
road, saw the prisoner driving the " identical blessed
spring cart" down tile road, and it seemed that be had
taken it to Wigan under a quantity of fish. She then
gave him into custody on a charge of felony. Mr.
cluck, for the d .fence, showed that the son of the
owner of the cart had hired it to the prisoner for 2s for
the run to Wigan, and this being the case, he was dis..

charged.
Illiam Games, the black man
whoTR BWalisli'relLenTls.o—n a ehi:"..e of having stolen L 6
from a " brother black," was conalitte‘.l for trial, as the
case was fully proved.
THE ADVENTURES OF TIFCi W etcHvg ..-FAXTRAORDI
NARY CASE.—Louisa Deaker was charged with having
stolen a gold watch, the property of Mr. Andrew Robert,
son, described as a resident of 33, Mount-pleasant ; and
i.
an elegantly dressed young man, named Alfred Pota, *as/
charged with having the watch in his possession. The
case was one of an extraordinary description, and a
short narrative will more fully explain it than to go
through the evidence. It appeared that Mr. Robertson
had been enjoying himself, and had imbibed too much
" ardent spirits," or something else that caused him to
repudiate the mathematical rule, namely, that the
shortest distance between two given points is a straight
line. In Litre-street he met the female prisoner, and
after some conversation, he agreed to avail himself of
Wet. offer to see him safe home. Instead, however, of
seeing him up Mount-pleasant, sbe brought him in
another direction, and on entering a house, he put his
hand in his pocket and missed his a a.ch, and then
he gave her into custody on a charge of steeling it. It
would appear, that police officer 764 took the female to
the station house, where she was searched, but nothing
appertaining to a watch was discovered on her person.
Whilst the operation of inspection was going' on in
reference to Miss Deaker, the male prisoner was brought
in on another charge, and on searchin7 him, Mr.
Robertson's watch, two gold rings, some flash notes and
other things were found with him, This was a curious
discovery, and caused some surprise, but it was ex-
plained as follows : —James Rummer said, he was art
Orangeman' re
and had been out walking with the brethren
during the
day; about twenty minutes past two ho
went to a lodge in Lime-street to meet some friends ;
none but the brothers who could give the sign were
admitted ; there was a crowd pushing into the lodge,
and amongst the persons who pushed in was the male
prisoner. He pushed up against witness, but would not
be let in, and then witness felt something at his watch,
and on looking, be saw the prisoner trying to get away
the article, which he had got out of the pocket, and was
pulling oil by the guard, when the witness seized, and
gave him into custody. Office 195 said, when he
searched the prisoner at the station, he found Mr. Robert-
son's watch and two gold rings on him, together with
the flash notes and other things. Detective officer Povey
Said, the prisoner was quite a new importation „into
town. The prisoner said he bought the watch
from a man in Lime street, for £6 10s, but
he could. not tell who, or. what the, man was. The
female prisoner said she was quite innocent of the
charge, and cross-examined Mr. Robertson. as to
whether he had flat been, previous to her meeting him,
in a cab with two females ? and he said he was very
drunk, but he remembered being in a cab with one
female. The magistrates said there was no case against
the woman, and therefore discharged her. The man
was committed for two months.
endangered cart, was a ptphree lltievnedse:,lf
several
FURIOUS DRIVING.—Robert Jackson, the driver of ti
ev fnogr
ah anvairnsge
of
partiesthe bpyodl police
at a furious rate along Whitechapel. The policeman
stated that lie saw th 3 defendant going at a furious rate,
and called upon him "to ease his pace ;" but instead of
so doing, he beat the horse, and made him go faster. the
result of which was that he got locked between a
ahaudry and a lorry in Whitechapel. There he was,
after a desperate scuffle, apprehended. Mr. Mansfield,
after admonishing the defendant for driving furiously
in a crowded street, ordered him to pay los and the
costs.

BatrrAL Asstivizr.—John Smith, a fellow dressed in
the garb of a sailor, was charged with assaulting a
young woman, named Ann Forester, without the slightest
provocation. The young woman, who appeared respect-
able, stated that about six o'clock on the previous even-
ing she was going along Kent-street to meet a private
friend, when she saw the defendant, who asked her to
go and have a glass of ale, which she refused to do. He
then told her he would spend five shillings with her,
when she told him she did not want either him or his
ale, and to go about his business, upon whichhe
turned upon her and kicked her very severely several
times in the back, from the injuries of which she was
then suffering. Mr. Mansfield said that this was one of
the brutal and ruffianly assaults that he always punished
most severely. In this case he should fine the ruffian
£lO and costs, and in default of payment, three months'
imprisonment.

THE RESPIICTABLE ENGLISH AND THE STUPID
Four men, who gave their names as Graham, Kelly,
Williams, and Robeits, were charged with creating
a disturbance on the previous night in the Scotland-
road. From the evidence of the police, it appeared
that there was a great row, but how it arose
he could not tell. The defendants Williams and Roberts,
were then called upon to state what they traced of the
matter, and their statement was, that on the previous
evening they were passing along Scotland-road, and hav-
ing orange coloured handkerchiefs on their necks, the
other two defendants with many others, attacked them,
and they had all that they could do to keep them off—
each of them picking at the handkerchiefs like flies. Mr.
Mansfield said lie would not permit respectable English-
men to be insulted as they passed through the streets
by stupid Irishmen and their faction fights —he should
fine Graham and Kelly 40s each and costs ; the other
two were to be discharged.
ASSAULT.—Hugh N.l'Guideo was committed for three
months' imprisonment, for assaulting the landlord of
the Empire Vaults, Great Howard-Street, without any
provocation. ..

- PICKING POCKETS —A little girl, who has been
remanded on several previous occasions, for picking the
pocketbr of a female in a shop on the Scotland-road, was
again ought up—when Mr. Mansfield ordered her to
be imprisoned for 18 days, and then to be sent for fire
years to Clifton Reformatory.

THE CALEDONIAN BALL.—The result of the grand
Caledonian ball, of. the 20th ult., at Willis's Rooms,
under the patronage of the Queen, has produced a net
sum of £720 3s 6d, in aid of the admirable charities
towards which it is annually held.

.P.;ABLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.—On Friday evening a
crowded meeting took place at Exeter-hall, Strand, for the
purpose of promoting a restriction in the hNirs of labour of
the milliners and dress makers. Lord Robert Grosvenor,
M.P., presided ; and in opening the proceedings, said that
which none of its promoters
had d
the association was formed twelve or fourteen years ago, and
ithadaraccomplished
the great employers of labour
who had adopted its suggestions had not only succeeded in
securing the good feeling. of those who depended on them
for their livelihood,
of Put had absolutely been pecuniary
gainers. The Earl Shaftesbury, having entered into a
variety of details, showing the evils under which the objects
of their solieitude were suffering, moved a resolution setting
forth that the meeting found with sorrow that notwithstand-
ing the appeals made to the customers and principals of
houses, the young persons employed as miliners and dress-
makers were still disgracefully oppressed. The Bishop of
Oxford seconded the resolution, which was heartily adopted.
Other resolutions, pledging the meeting to use every exer—
tion to suppress the late hour system, and calling upon the
lady customers of the dressmaking establishments to allow
reasonable time for the completion of their order, and to
support those firms which acted with becoming humanity to
those in their employment, were spoken to by Mr. S. C.
Hall, Mr. R. D. Grainger, the Rev. Mr. Landells, and Mr.
Tarlton, and were carried by acclamation,,

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