The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-13 00:00:00

d men, named

street, appeared to charge two well-dres
John Mc Green, and William Gib'so
down at half-past'eleven" Oa' Thursday nignu,
end, of Elliott-street, and making an attempt _to rob_ hin
He said, they:Walked deliberately over to' him, and that 'h
we them no provocation Whatever. Whilst down, he felt
'ends on He never saw either of the men

7, with .Ic.llQcl4

their h
before

person

bah the police and some people came -up imme-
diately after, .or he believed he shou.ld have been robbed.
McGuffen, in defence, stated that the provocation had been
given to them by the Complainant, and he denied attempting
to rob him. lie had known complainant all, his , life, and
had often met him in company, and on one occasion, saved
his mill from being
was not the case tc
either of the prisoi

. ,
Complainant -swore such
. The first time he saw

s was during

in Elliott-street
fendants were resp
charge, as made, was a most singular one ; but 1

Mr. Clough ,st

both the de-
fazistrato said,' the

Wed. th
The

ectable men

clear that there was no intention of "committing a robbery.
The prisoners would be discharged, .and Mr,

might

'amnion for an assault

VELONIOUSLY ENTERING. A DIVELLING-ROUSE.--Patrick
Kelly was brought forward-by officer 142, who said, that at
twenty minutes to eight 'on Tuesday ev'ening,' lie arrested
prisoner in the ..use of a lady named Booth Cross,
d with being found by the servant girt in one of the

bedrooms, having u bundle of wearing apparel ready made
up ,to, take away. A gentleman stated that he saw the
prisoner outside on the same evening with a regular, gang of
young thieves_,- evidently making the " The magis-
trate said, the: prisoner was, convicted of a most
offence, and must be imprisoned for three months.-
- YOUNG BEcarrxins.—.Tatnes' ilierlcalf, Thomas 'Kellard,-
Willeam Buckley, and George Price, four .little boys, not of
'had appearance, were put forward, from remand,' charged
with stealing clothes from a line at the back of Upperliaker.,
street. An officer stated that he had taken three of them
out of the gallery of the Adelphi Thokre. The mother
of one of them was also there drunk.: The mothers
and sisters here entered the court in tears. They were all
respectable looking persons. The magistrates said if they
allowed and encouraged the boys to go to theatres and wan-
der about, they would effect their ruin. It was i sad thing
to witness such depravity. The prisoners were: dischargd,
the magistrate requesting their parents to take care of them.
CIIARGE or STEALING MONEY • AND Goons.--,Tames
Hamlet, a respectable looking youth, was charged, by his
own family, with stealing from their residence, Kirkdale,
road, a quantity of valuable wearing apparel, a :watch, and
eight sovereigns. The case, which was a very painful one,
was remanded for seven days.

serious

CLAIM FOR SEAMAN'S AGES.—Mr. Bluck, instructed for
William Gibbs, seaman, claimed about 'EH wages from
Donald Gunne, captain of the "Ayrshire Lassie," returned
from Nova Scotia. Against this was-a set off by the captain
£3 Os., and £7 19s. 4d. for cash and tobacco: It appeared
to the magistrate ,that the fines were legally imposed, ac-
cording to the letter of the Act, that the offences and direlic-
tions of duty had actually occurred, that the bill for cash
and tobacco was fairly due. The case was dismissed. •