The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-16 00:00:00

BOROUGH SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY.

The Borough Sessions owned in the Crown Court, St.
George's Hall, before his Worship the Recorder, Gilbert Hen-
derson, Esq., at ten o'clock yesterday. The following gentle-
men were sworn as a Grand Jury ;
James Brebner, merchant, Water street. foreman ; Tyndall
Bright, merchant, North John street ; Ellis Martin Brodie,
sharebroker, Tithebarn street ; Michael Bricker, broker, Ex,
change Buildings; Henry Barnes, merchant, Rumford Place;
Henry Case, insurance broker, Exchange Botldi!-.gs ; Wm.
Kay Cowbrough, merchant, North John street; Wm. Henry
Dixon, merchant, Rumford Place ; Alex. Morrison, merchant,
Tower Buildings; John Murray Gladstone, sailmaker, Everton
Road ; John Gouldie, broker, Exchange street, east ; Edward
Hatton, merchant, Mersey street ; Richard Johnson, coal
merchant. South John street ; Win. Kilgotr, balker, Sweeting
street ; Wm. James Lampert, merchant, Water street ; Wm.
James Paton, sharebroker, Castle street ; James Rape, shares
broker, Dale street ; L. Rayner, broker, Exchange buildings ;
M. Strains, merchant, Sandon Terrace; F. Thornley, cotton
broker, Harper street ; R. 11. Wilson, merchant, Old Hall
street.
The Recorder said : Gentlemen of the grand jury, the
calendar on this occasion contains the number of 55 persons
charged with felony, and 20 persons charged with misdemen-
our. Of that number, there is not one who is at large before
the expiration of a sentence under a license, or what is com-
menly called a ticket of leave. You will find no charges for
breaking into warehouses, or stealing merchandize, or other
offences seriously affecting the commerce of the town. There
is a case in which a watchmaker's shop in Parker street was
broken into and plundered, the thieves having entered by
removing part of the wall of an adjoining building which was
unoccupied. There are several charges of embezzlement, only
one, however, of a serious character, in which the alleged
deficiencies amount to about £l4O. There are several cases
in which houses at the outskirts of the town appear to have
been entered during the absence of the family. There are
several chafges of picking pocket', the scene being the pit-
door of the Amphitheatre. In one of those cases, it is stated
that the hand of the thief was seized in the pocket, and that
some tnoney fell back from the hand into the pocket. If you
should think that there is a seasonable evidence for enquiry
on the subject, you will do right in finding a bill for the
felony, and then if upon further investigation here
the jury should think that it is doubtful whe—
whether the off...nee was completed the accused may be found
omilty of the attempt on the same indicts/rust. Tire misde-
meanours are rather numerous. The offence of passing had
money seems to be on the increase, but the list is chiefly
swelled again, I regret to state, by acts of violence, and in
several instances the police have been the sufferers. In one
case, a policeman's hand was wounded by a stone or some hard
substance thrown at him. In another case, a policeman was
wounded in the attempt to secure a prisoner, and in a third
ins'ance a policeman's leg was broken. The jurisdiction of
this court has been considerably extended by one of the user-
chant stripping acts which passedin the last' session, enabling
this court to deal with offences committed on the high seas, so
that every ship sailing under British register not only carries
with her the protection of British law, bnt those who navigate
that ship may appeal to this court to enforce those laws, on
their arrival here. In two instances, at the last sessions' this
court was appealad to, and in both cases the offenders were
made responsible to justice. In one case, a sailor had been
cut and wounded by a shipmate. In the other case, the mate
of a vessel, presuming, probably, upon his authority, and
hoping on that account for impunity, had broken
open and plundered the chest of another seaman. He was,
however, brought to justice here on his arrival, and is now
suffering the penalty due to his offence. I trust that this
act will be useful by checking, in the course of navigation,