The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-01 00:00:00

BEFORE MR. F. A. HAMILTON.

Pocxrr PICRENG.—A young lady, named Priscells
Picksgill, an excursionist from Huddersfield, charged a
well dressed young " swell," named John Gallagan, with
having picked her pocket. The complainant and some
friends, were coming from the Birkenhead boat, when
the prisoner managed to get the purse out of her pocket,
but he was seized with it in his possession. The prisoner
was well known to the police, but as the young lady Wai
obliged to go home, he was dealt with summarily, and
sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
STREET ROBBERT.—henry Brown, a duffer, was
charged with attempting to rob a sailor, named Vincent
niah, of .£5 14s Id. -time other

The prisoner anl
of .11

persons were at the corn

iblin-street on Saturday
night. The prosecutor was passing, and the prisoner
ran at, and with a knife, cut the string pf his purse from
his neck, and pulled out the purse which contained the
but it was recovered, and the prisoner was
arrested. He was remanded.

money

A Vicious Gum. —A girl, named Mary Lyons,
apparently about fifteen years of age, was charged with
stealing two shawls from Maria A. Brown, of the fish
market. The shawls were left by the owner at the stall,
from which the prisoner sto!e them. She had, although
so young, been twice committed for trial, and five times
in custody for felonies. The prosecutrix begged the
magistrate to let oft the prisoner, but his Worship said

he could not do so, in co

quence

having been

so often before

the court.

He sent her to gaol for two

months

Do YoU WANT A DOCTOR I—A well-dressed, and
genteel-looking young Scotchman, named John
M'Donald (as given on the sheet), was put forward on
a charge of having obtained 5s 6d from Sarah Bennett,
who resides at 19, Garden-court, Mann• street, by falsely
representing that he was " Dr. M Donald, of No. 60,
Great George's-street." Mr. Pemberton appeared for
the prisoner. The case excited some attention, and the
details created much amusement. Mrs. Bennett, who
who seemed a smart intelligent person, said her husband
belonged to the light ship, and on Saturday, between
one and two o'clock, the prisoner called at her house,
and asked if she was quite well ? She replied, that she
was quite well. He asked if they were all well in the
house ? She replied, that her husband was not quite
well, and then the prisoner said, " I am Dr. M'Donald,
of No. 60, Great George's-street, and I am come to cure
him." He then went into another room with her
husband, and they remained there for some time. He
then came out with her husband, and both looked very
mysteriously at each other. (Laughter.) "I will cure
him as sound as a tront," said Dr. M'Donald. (Laughter.)
" You will, doctor, dear ? " asked Mrs. Bennett. "My
head for a halfpenny if I don't," responded Dr.
M'Donald. (Renewed Laughter.) Give me two bottles,
said the man of medicine, and I will settle it all. But,
added the doctor, did I not leave a medical bill here a
day or two since ? " " I have got no medical bill what-
ever," replied Mrs. Bennett "No matter," said the
doctor, "I will make it all square." " Providence bless
and reward you," said the simple Mrs. Bennett. " With
the assistance of Providence, I will cure your husband,
and then I will take the reward from you," meekly
responded the doctor. (A. burst of laughter
followed this announcement.) " Give me the
two bottles," " I have only one bottle in the
house," said Mrs. Bennett. " Well," said Dr. M'Donald,
" I only want one, as it so happens that my servant is in
the street, and he has one bottle of the very thing I want
for your husband, so I will go home and bring the other
bottle." The doctor then went off, and returned in
about a quarter of an hour with two bottles of "stuff."
"The bottles didn't look exactly handsome," said Mrs.
Bennett, " but as I was sure they had the real cockshin
in them, I didn't particularly mind that. (Roars4sof
laughter.) I asked him the price? and he said 2s 9d
each, so I paid him 5s 61 for the two bottles." Mr.
Hamilton : Where are the bottles./ Policeman No. 411
said—l took them to the South Hospital, but the doctor
there said it would take some time to examine and test
them. Mr. Pemberton : Then the bottles are not here ?
Policeman: No, sir; they are undergoing anny-lize-
a-shin ! (Screeches of laughter.) They are very wicked
looking bottles. Mr. Pemberton (to Mrs. Bennett) : Did
you not think,, madam, it was the celebrated' Dr.
O'Donnell who called on you ? Mrs. Bennett : Upon
my soul, sir, I didn't think anything of the sort? Mr.
Pemberton . Why not ) Mrs. Bennet : Because he said
he was Dr. M'Douald, of No. 60, Great George's-street,
and not Dr. O'Donnell. Mr. Pemberton : Very well,
ma'am, you may go down. Mrs. Bennett : And so may
you. (Laughter.) Mrs. Bennett's husband was exam-
ined, and the amount of his evidence was this :—" Are
you ill ? " says the doctor. I have been very ill for several
years. I'll cure you as sound as a trout, said the doctor.
You will ? Yes, I will, and I won't charge you much
either.! I'll give you any amount of money if you do it.
111 take the money, said the doctor, but it's more the
honour of curing you I want. He then brought me the
bottles, but after they were paid for, and I found out
there was no Dr. M'Donald at 60, Great George's-street,
I didn't take the par-a-gho-ricks. Mr. Pemberton:
I suppose you thought you were poisoned ? Witness :
Well, I thought it might have been soamueot.
ferP)almßeics
poison, only I did not take it. (Laughter.)
Hamilton : Well, I think you all must have been exceed-
ingly green indeed, to be imposed on in this way. I
cannot deal with the case, and the prisoner must be
discharged. He was set at liberty.
ALLEGED STEALING or W00D... WilliaM Hughes,
Fardy Callaghan, and Samuel Audley, were charged
with stealing some lathwood from the Brunswick dock,
the property of Mr. Challoner. Mr. Pemberton defended
the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. P.
Owen, who is in the employment of Mr. Ch4lloner, that
there was a sale of the wood in question, and that it was
purchased by Mr. James Elias. Hughes. is the foreman
of Mr. Elias, and on Saturday be went with the other
men to remove the wood, and the allegation was, that
they took more than they had a right to. Mr. Pemberton
contended that there was no felony in the case, and Mr.
Hamilton agreeing with that view, discharged the
prisoner.

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