The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

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Lovz ANDOICIDE.—A Prussian sailor, who gave his
name as Christopher Miller, was charged by Police Con-
stable 449, with having attempted to destroy himself at a
boarding house, 125 Stanhope Street. From the state-
ment of Miss Maitha Bruce, it appeared that the sailor
went to their house on Wednesday last, and commenced
asking for a voting woman, with whom he was acquainted
on d former visit to the port. He was told that she had
got married, and this information seemed to affect him
very much, and lie said he would destroy himself. On
dattirday afternoon, he appeared more than usually
depressed in his spirits, and when he ltft the kitchen,
the young woman watched him into the back parlour,
where lie secured himself by locking the door. Shortly
after, she went and looked in at the window, when she
saw that he had hung himself to the gas lamp. She
Immediately gave an alarm, and the door was forced
open, and he was cut :town before life had gone. In
hdaiver to the m.- .tsfrate, the offender said, " I did it in
a hurry,--I inave4been shipwrecked and lost all my
clothe• and upon coming to Liverpool, I was told that
tb-
_d girl had got married, and that was a blow to me.
but I am Sorry toi it, and I won't do so any more."
lis'e magistrate " Oh, you can easily get another
,ship and another sweetheart," It being understood
;that .the poor fellow was a very honest and hard work-
ing man, he was ordered to stand down. .
UNJUSTIFIABLE. CONDUCT OF A POLICEMAN.—A re-
spectably dressed young man, who gave his name as
'Michael Seggar, was brought up by police constable 218,
on the following charge : —I was, said the policeman, on
duty on Saturday afternoon, when I saw the prisoner
standing at the corner of a street, and I told him to go
along, when le turned round, gyve me some sauce, and
I locked him up. Mr. Mansfield : What do you charge
him with ? Policeman : With loitering about. The
young man said—He had just left his work, prior to
which, he and several of his shopmates had agreed to go
and see the " Route to India," in Lime street, and that
they shonld wait at the corner of the street until they all
got there. He was there first, and was standing waiting
at the corner of the street, with a pipe in his mouth.
when the policeman came up and gave him a push off
the parapet. He asked him what it was for, when the
policeman took him into cus'ody, and locked him up.
He never spoke an insolent word to him, or made the
least resistance. Mr. Mansfield (to the Policeman) : Your
conduct is most unjustifiable and abominable. This
man was doing nothing at all when you interfered with
him, and had him locked up for forty-eight hours. The
young man was then discharged.
CHILD DESERTION.—John Welsh was committed for
one month for leaving his family chargeable to the
parish. Mr. Hughes, from Brownlow hill, appeared to
substantiate the charge, and in doing so said, he had
before been punished for the like offence.

BIRKENHEAD

3. BRYANB, B Q

A. GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.—Martha Trueman, a prosti.
tute, and who bad been before this court on eighteen
previous occasions, was charged with having robbed Mr.
Abraham Nicholson of four or five sovereigns. It

appeared from the evidence given in support of the
charge, that the prosecutor, who lives in Ash field Terrace,
near the Woodchurch Road, and is a clerk in some'
office in Liverpool, that on Saturday evening last, he
crossed to Woodside Ferry by the nine o'clock boat, and
that when he arrived there, he had between £ll and
£l2 in gold and silver in his right hand trousers pocket,
that he had had nothing to drink till he got to Birken-
head, when he stopped at one of the taverns near the
ferry, with a male friend, and had one glass of gin and
water. That from there he went to the Market Inn in
Market Street, where he.had more drink, and while
there, be became quite insensible, and recollected nothing
more until he found himself in the police office, and
that he had lost betvi een £4 and £5 of his money, and
in all probability he would never have heard anything
more of it but for the very praiseworthy conduct of two
other persons who happened to be witnesses of the com-
mission of the robbery by the prisoner, and which will
be best told in their own words. Hannah Turner, who
gave her evidence in a very straightforward manner, stated
*that her mother kept the Crown spirit vaults in Market
street, and between 9 and 10 o'clock on Saturday night
last, the prisoner, whom she knew, came to the vaults
dragging the prosecutor in with her, who appeared to be
quite insensible, and having seated him on a form in
the snug, near the bar, called for something to drink,
which she refused to serve her with, saying —" No, I
shall not, for I am sure the gentleman cannot drink it,"
to which the prisoner made no reply, and she (witness)
went to attend to other customers. Shortly after she
heard a scuffle in the snug, and on kneeling on the
counter to look into the snug, to see what it was, she
observed that the gentleman had slipped off the seat
on to the floor, and the prisoner was on her knees with
her hand in his pocket. She (witness) asked her what
she was doing, to which she replied, I am looking for 6d
to pay for a glass. That she immediately went rouud
the counter into the snug, and when she got there,
prisoner drew her hand out, and she could see that the
prisoner had some money in it ; she then seized the
prisoner's hand and tried to take it from her, but could
not do so During the struggle to get the money from
the prisoner, a young man, named Joseph Radley, who
happened to be at the bar, came to her assistance, when
the prisoner said she would go and fetch a car to take
the gentleman home. Ridley, however, happened to
have seen her with her hand in the gentleman's pocket,
and said he should not let her go until he had sent for a
police officer, which he did, and gave her in charge.
Inspector Thomson said, he received charge of
the prisoner, and while she was in the police
office, he observed her to lift her hand up
towards her mouth, which he immediately seized hold
of, and in it he found two sovereigns and a half, and
13s 21c1 more was afterwards found on her when at
the Bridewell. The Inspector also added that he and
a brother officer went to the Crown Vaults, and there
found Mr. Nicholson, who, to all apeparance, was
dead, and some whitish matter was oozing out of his
mouth, over his coat, as if he had been drugged. They
removed him to the police office, and, upon searching
him, found £7 in gold and 12s in silver and copper on
him,' which very nearly made the amount the prosecutor
stated he had when he left Liverpool. The prosecutor

distinctly denied having been with the prisoner, or even
seen her at the Market Inn or any other house, The
prisoner, who pretended to cry, declined asking the
witnesses any questions, and, in answer to the charge,
said, " I never took the money," was then committed
for trial at the next Cheshire Quarter Sessions.
A SNIP .tan TYPO IN TROUBLE.— James Maher, a
tailor, who gave his address, 27, Field street, Liverpool,
and Charles Maelcsn, a printer, who gave his address
as 63, Cheapside, Liverpool, were charged with being
drunk and disorderly, and assaulting Catherine O'Reilly,
on Saturday night last. Catherine O'Reilly stated
that when near the market, on Saturday night, she was
suddenly attacked from behind by a person who placed
one arm round her neck, so as to nearly choke her, and,
with the other hand he held her hand, and she recollected
nothing more. When she recovered herself, she found
they had gone away, but had not taken anything from
her. Their conduct was witnessed by a young man who
atternred to secure them, but they got away. Other
witnesses deposed to having seen them knock a man
and boy down; in fact, their conduct was like two
madmen ; they were, however, secured, and, upon being
called upon to answer the charge, said they had had
some drink. The magistrate, however, said it was such
ruffianly conduct that could not be encouraged; drink
was no excuse, and they must each pay lOs and costs, or
go to prison for 14 days.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE; OF MONEY LOST

AND POUND

The details of the following curious case, were beard
yesterday before Mr. Benn, the presiding magistrate at the
police court. About eleven o'clock on Saturday morning,
two boys, named Green, who resides at 41, Banister street,
and\John Finerty, living at 35, Greenland street, oflthe
respective ages of 12 and 14, were in Lord street, and
when nearly at the top, in front of the Crescent, the lad
Green picked up (in the centre of the street) a bundle of
paper, and on examining it be saw it contained £45 in
Bank of England notes. He asked a gentlemen if they
were good notes ? and he replied they were, and said,
" take them, my lad, to the central police office, in Dale
street." The boys went along Castle street, on their
way to the office, when at the top of Castle street,
entering Dale street, a young fellow named William
Riley, (who had followed them from the place where they
picked up the notes) came up, and snatched the notes
out of Green's hand, saying, " come, my lads, I will
show you the .owner—they belong to Mr. Robb." Ile
then took them through several streets, tip and down,
and at last they were taken into a passage, 23, Basnett
street, where there was a Working jeweller's shop, kept
by a man named James Mortimer. He then told the
boys to wait on the stairs until he went to ascertain if
the notes were goad. He then entered the shop of
Mortimer, and the lads remained for nearly half an
hour, when Mortimer came to them and told them to gn
away, as the notes were bad. The lad Green (who is
most intelligent) thinking all was not right, said to his
companion, " do you watch here, and I will go for an
officer." He accordingly went, and subsequently returned
with officer Hess, No. 600, who searched all the work-
shops in the passage, but got nothing. At last he came to
a small place off Mortimer's shop, which he found locked,
and on looking about he discovered the prisoner inside,
who refused at first to open the door, when the officer
threatened to break "it in. The prisoner then opened
the door, and he was at once pointed out by the lads as
the person who took tfre notes. The officer then took
him into custody, and on searching the place he found
four £5 notes concealed. It appeared from the evi-
dence of an apprentice of Mortimer, that the prisoner
(who "was one of his workmen) entered the workshop,
and exhibited the notes to him, and after some conversa-
tion, Mortimer told witness that he might go tgphis
dinner, and at the same time he locked Riley in the
place where he was found, and passed out with £25 of
the notes, saying he would ascertain if they were good—
he went, bat had not returned since. It appeared that
during the time the boy Green was out for the officer,
Mortimer got away with the notes. Whilst all this was
going on, Mr. Sharp, a merchant, having an office in the
Goree, called at the Central Police-office, and described
a loss of £45 in notes, which be had had, under the
following circumstances :—A short time before the boys
found the notes, Mr. Sharp had drawn 145 out of
Barned's bank, he crossed the street, and in the centre he
put his hand in his pocket, to take out a sovereign which
he wanted to pay in a shop opposite, and in withdrawing
his hand he had no doubt he pulled out the bundle of
notes. He had taken the numbers and dates of the
notes, and he at once identified the £2O found by officer
600 as a portion of those he had lost. The prisoner Riley,
when before Mr. Benn, did not deny the facts, but said
Mortimer had gone to the Town-hall to ascertain if the
notes were good, but he had not since returned. Mr.
Benn said, there never was a clearer case placed before
him. The boy Green, got due praise for his honesty,
intelligence, and smartness—' indeed he elicited the
admiration of all who heard him, and whoever has
brought him up deserves much credit. He is a boy worth
looking after. The prisoner was remanded, with the
view of giving the police an opportunity of looking after
M orti mer.