The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-12 00:00:00

(BEFORE 'MESSRS. HARVEY AND EARLF:.)

A :,WATscri "CASE." - James Cuddy summoned James
Hely a pawnbroker under the fallowing circumstances :
In May 1855, the complainant pledged a watch for £2 ; it was
worth £7 as ho stated. In the mean time, the defendant
transferred his trade to Mr. Woodruff, and, some how or o'her.
the watch could ❑ot be found. The defendant contended that
his liability was transferred with his business and stock, but
the bench held a different opinion, and ordered him to pay
£4 in adrlition to the two poundsialready lent on the watch.

ASSAULT —A Captain Jamieson sunlit-to:x(1 Mr. Cargill
for an assault. The facts were these .—The Captain brought
home a ship, and tendered hie account to the defendant, who
charged him (the Captain) with the passage of his wife home.
The Captain then wanted to get hack the account, saying he
would furnish a new one, but the defendant refused to give up
th,,, account, as lie thought the Captain wanted to " cook" it.

followod,

allezod assault Was coll.
1 a rizitt to

The ben

(BEFORE MR. T. RATISBONE.)—MONDAY.
POCKET PICKING —For some time past St. John's and
other markets have been infested, particularly on Satur-
day's, by well-dressed females, who derive a good business
from pocket-picking. On Saturday, one of the constables
at St. John's lklarket, watched a well-dressed and appa-
rently respectable young woman, who gave her name as
Mary Anne Forbes, whose movements attracted atten-
tion. He saw her at a stall, where there was a lady named
Stone, the wife of a livery-stable keeper in Heath-street,
Park, and he observed the accused pick her pocket of a
purse, and he then seized her, when she dropped it. An-
other constable picked it up. It contained 9s. The pri•
soner was sent to gaol for two months.
Patrick Doyle, alias Hoffman, was sent for trial for
stealing a coat from the door of Mr. Hayes, Park-lane.
A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN. WillaM Brown was
brought up on a charge of having attempted to pass a base
half-crown. It appeared that some Yedxs ago the prisoner
was sentenced to transportation for burglary. He subse-
quently obtained a ticket-of-leave, and returned some
time since to Liverpool, and it appears since that period
he had been taken up two or three times, on charges of
having passed base money. On the last occasion the
police communicated with the authorities at the mint, and
in order to have their directions the prisoner was re-
manded. He was kept for 14 days, but in consequence of
" routine " and "red tape," there was no reply made from
the mint, and ultimately the prisoner was discharged.
He no sooner got out than he turned to his old trade again,
and on Saturday he was stopped in a public-house, offer-
ing a base half-crown. He was remanded for seven days.

CHARGE AGAINST A BROKER.—John P. Kelly, a broker,
painter and plumber, residing at No. 34, Foutenov-street,
was brought up by detectives Thompson and Scaife, on a
charge of having a considerable quantity of stolen pro-
perty in his possession. Mr. Bluek was for the prisoner.
It appeared that early in May last, the house of a Mr.
Duck worth, in Breck-road, was plundered of a consider-
able quantity of valuable brass materials, and that these
articles were found on Saturday, concealed in the pris-
oner's premises. Mr. Bluck endeavoured to show that
the prisoner was innocent, and that he was engaged in one
branch of trade, whilst his wife carried on the brokery
business, and the prisoner knew nothing of her transac-
tions in that way. He said the prisoner bore an excellent
character. Ho contended that the most that could be
done in the case, was to proceed against the prisoner for
not being able to account for the possession of the pro-
perty. Mr. Duckworth identified the property, and said
none but a tradesman, a plumber and glazier, could have
removed the taps &c., in the manner that they had been
removed. The prisoner was fined 40s and costs for not
being able to give a satisfactory account of how he came
by the property.
DARING ROBSERY.—Thomas Moran, Anne Donnelly,
Bridget Kane, and John Lavell, were charged with steal-
ing a gold guard chain from the person of Mr. Chaffers,
at his public-house, South-street, in the Park. On Sun-
day, the prisoner went into the house, and after some
time created a disturbance. Mr. Chaffers went to eject
them from the premises, when the prisoners, in the most
audacious manner, fell on him, and tore his chain off,
with which they got away, but were subsequently can-
tured. Mr. Bluck was for Lavell, who, Moran said, hid
got the chain. All the prisoners were remanded.
STREET ROBBERY.—John Thompson was charged with
having stolen a watch from Joseph Roberts in the street.
The complainant was standing in Roe-street, listening to
the eloquence of a " pill puffer," when the prisoner quietly
unscrewed the watch from the guard, and made away
with it. He was observed by a boy, and was subse-
quently captured. The prisoner was remanded for further
inquiry.

(BEFORE MESSRS. HARVEY AND BARCLAY.)
ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN.—John Dixon, a labourer,
whose head was bandaged up, and his face covered with
blood, appeared to charge police constable 277, with hav-
ing assaulted him, and officers 397 and 117 were charged
for aiding him. The facts of the case appeared to be as
follows :—About seven o'clock on Sunday morning, the
three officers were going off duty at the south end of the
town, when they saw the complainant beating a woman.
They took him into custody, and brought him to the south
dock station. The complainant said, after they took me
to the station house, and entered my name on the books,
they took me inside and knocked me down, beat me, and
kicked me desperately about the bead and time, and at