The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

THE LATE ROBBERY AT THZ COBL'HG DOGS.—John Law-
port, James M•Callister, and John Gibson, the three persons
charged with stealing two anvils from the above dock, the
one on the 21st September and the other on the 16th inst.,
were again brought up, having been remanded for 7 days, to
enable the officers an opportunity of getting up additional
evidence, for further examination. The prisoner Lawport
was a chain maker, employed by the dock trustees as a chain
maker ; M'CaLlister was his striker, and Gibson a carter ;
Edward Edwards, an employed in the docks, saw the prison-
ers, at the time the anvil was missed, concerting together,
after which the anvils were gone. The property not having
been found, and there being no additional evidence, the ma-
gistrates, feeling there was some enspicion, but not sufficient
to STOLEN
a committal, the prisoners were discharged.
STOLEN PROPERTY IN POSSESSION OF A MARINE STORE-
DEALER. Thomas Linstergate, a marine store-dealer, War-
wick-street, and Mary M'Barren, were charged with having
lead and other metals in their possession, supposed to be
stolen. Prom the evidence of detectives, Poney and M'Cul-
lock, it appeared that they last evening visited the marine
store occupied by the male prisoner, and in an up-stair room
they found a quantity of lead piping, and copper bolts. The
prisoner, on being asked how he became possessed of the
articles, said he had purchased them of a man, but could not
tell where he lived, or what was his name. There was no
entry of the article in the book. While the officers were on
the premises, the female brought a quantity of old iron, and
offered it for sale. This iron she said she had received from
a carter. As no owner for any of the property had been
found, the prisoners were remanded. The male prisoner,
although a regular licensed broker, has been twice tried and
convicted.
ROBBING UNINHABITED HOUSES AT EDGE-HILL.—ItI
consequence of the numerous complaints made by the owners
of uninhabited property in the locality of Edge-hill, of the
depredations there being carried on, the detective officers
were on the alert, and last night they succeeded in appre-
hending Mary and Thomas Blaudy, who live in Preston-
street. The two prisoners were husband and wife ; and last
night the female went to Mr. Tiplot's marine store, in
Minchull street, with a large quantity of lead-piping,
hose-taps, &c., which she could give no account of, and was
given into custody by the lad left in the charge of the shop.
The prisoners' house was searched, and a large quantity of
keys, copper wire, and other articles were found, none of
which could he account for having in his possession, but
there is scarcely a doubt but that they are a portion of the
property stolen from the house, and the keys afforded them
admission. Remanded for a week.
ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF TOOLS.— Robert Bar-
ton, who was formerly a member of the Liverpool police
force, but who has since been convicted, and sentenced to
transportation, from which he has returned, was charged
with stealing a large quantity of joiners' tools, the property
of various persons. It appears to have been the custom of
the prisoner, on a Saturday night, to go and break into the
joiners' shops in various localities, and take every article he
could place his hand upon. and then pledge the articles at
the pawn-shops in the locality. The other evening he was
stepped with some tools in his possession at the shop of Mr.
Cntchley, Park-lane, and given into the custody of the
police, when inquiries were made, which led to the -discovery
that many shops had been thus plundered, The prisoner
was committed for trial on two charges, the evidence in each
being perfectly conclusive.
AN Istrosnnt.—Michael Callagan, was charged with
breaking a window and stealing a cake. The prisoner said,
" I know I did it. I did it so that I might be taken up,
rather than go into the workhouse." He said he came from
Dublin, and wanted to get back again. The magistrates
assented to his being passed home, hut the officers refused to
let him go, as he had been passed home three times already,
and was a regular impostor.
'ROBBING A Lonona.--/ohn Riley, the owner of a house
in Albert-street, was charged with stealing a quantity of
wearing apparel, the property of one of his lodgers, Mrs.
Susan Mitchell. The prisoner said he would admit that he
took the articles, but intended to return them after he had
had them washed. Some portion of the property was found
in the shop of a pawnbroker, in Brownlow-hill. The magis-
trates had no doubt that the prisoner intended to steal the
articles, and committed him for two months.
Snor 'Arnim-44ms McGowan, a women with a child
in her arms, was committed for one month for stealing a
tint dress from the shop occupied by Messrs. Rose and Co.,
Scotland-place.

PUBLICANS' CASES.
John .Neville, publican, Addington-street, was summoned
for a violation of the act, on last Sunday.
Police-officer ;Wilson, 165, stated that at twenty-five
minutes to twelve o'clock, he stopped a woman coming out
of the defendant's back door, with a bottle containing rum
in her hand. She became very violent when stopped, and he
had to threaten that he would take her to bndewell, be-
fore she would give up the bottle.
Mr. Bremner appeared for the defendant, and ad-
mitted that what the officer stated was true ; but called
Ellen Dickson, the woman referred to, who stated that she
was a charwoman, and had gone to ifx. Neville's at five
o'clock on Sunday morning for the purpose of cleaning.
When leaving, Mrs. Neville gave her a piece of bun loaf
and a little rum, which she was taking to her husband when
she was stopped by the officer.
The defendant was acquitted.
Mary Parry, publican, Grafton-street, was summoned for
having in her house a drunken person.
The defendant admitted the fact, but stated that the party
had been let in by mistake. She had a lady and gentleman
from Hull, lodging in the house, and when the knock was
heard at the door the servant, conceiving it was the
lodger, let in the drunken party whom the officer subsequently
found.
The servant having corroborated this statement, the de-
fendant was acquitted.
William Robinson, Banfield street, Derby-road, was sum-
moned for having parties in his house beyond the legal
hour.
In answer to Mr. Dodd, who appeared for the defendant,
the officer stated that up to the present the house had been
conducted properly.
Mr. Dodd said it was true that the officer had found the
parties in the house, but they had entered against the will of •
Mrs. Robinson' (the defendant being in bed) and were
served with no drink.
The defendant was acquitted.
BEHRSELLERS' CAMS.
The following were fined for violation of the act :
Edward Snipe, Virgil-street, 20s. and costs.
John Godfrey, Hatton Gardens, 20s. and costs.
Robert Parry, Prussia-street, 10s. and costs.
Patrick Mulligan, Charlotte-street, 2s. 6d. and 2s. 6d.
costs.
Peter Greene, Sawney Pope-street, 40s. and costs.
James M'Donnell, Chisenhall-street, Ss. and costs.
Patrick Cannon, Addison-street, on one information, 40e.
and costs, and on a second, 10s. and costs.
John Dickenson, Vauxhall-road, 20s. and costs.
Catherine Stinson, Charter-street, 10s. and costs.
William Shepherd, Limekiln-lane, 10s. and costs.
Mary Anne Elliott, Duncan-street, Park, ss. and costs.
John Shannart, Bedford-street, Park, ss. and costs.
lama Rook, Upper Luke-street, ss. and costs.
John Smart, Fletcher-street, 53. and costs.
Thomas Glasgow, ss. and costs.
Lawrence Donovan, Paul-street, ss. and costs.
Antic Stether, Woolfe-street, 40s. and costs.
John Rooney, (night and table-beer house), Naylor-street,
40s. and costs.
.Tohn Cusack, Sawney Pope-street, 20s. and costs.
Peter Mooney, Bridport-street, 2s. 6d. and 26, 6d. costs.
John Cannon, School-lane, ss. and costs.
WHAT NEXT ? Towers, keeper of a beer-house
in Kirkdale ward, was summoned for selling beer after
hours.
Police-officer 314 said that he saw a girl coming from the
house after the proper hour with a jug of beer in her hand.
The defendant's wife denied that it was past the hour,
and charged the officer with kissing the girl instead of
attending to his duty.
Margaret Myers, a rather pretty young. girl was then
examined. She said : As I was coming from Mrs.
Towers' with the ale, a police-officer took me by the shoulder
and said " a pint of ale ? hah!" and he then kissed me.
I would not know him again as it was dark, but I told my
mother.
Officer 314 positively denied that he was the party.
Mr. Mansfield said that whoever the officer might be he
had taken a most unwarrantable liberty, and if he could
have been identified, or spoken to positively, he (Mr. Mans-
field) should have instantly suspended him. He conceived
it was a case of very gross misconduct.
The defendant was fined 2s. 6d. and 2s. 6d. costs.
Acquitted :—Thomas Jones, Hornby-street; John Smith,
Standish-street ; John Pritchard, Mile-end ; Richard Wil-
son, Ash-grove; Michael Bell, Paul-street; William Briggs,
Carruthers-street; Thomas Roberts,-Grafton-street ; Mary
Clarke, (table-beer-seller), Preston-street ; John Elliot,
Raymond-street ; John M'Manus, Clive-street, Park ; Wil-
liam Cropper, Bolton-street, Copperas-hill ; John Scott,
Rupert-street ; and James Bowan, Mount Vernon-road.
Robert Casson, keeper of an eating- house in Warwick-
street, was acquitted on a charge of harbouring prostitutes ;
as was also Jane Wilson keeper of a cheap wine shop, Wil-
liamson-square, on a like charge.

The Roman Catholic chapel of Frankford, King's Co.,
Ireland, was broken into on the night of Sunday last, and
robbed of 30s. in money, and two silver altar vessels.
A woman named Kelly, was suffocated at Dungannon,
Ireland, on Christmas night, by the firing of the bed-clothes
around her.
TnE &mum—WIGAN.—It is said that the Messrs.
Eckersley, cloth manufacturers, and the largest employers
in Wigan, have acceded to the terms of the operatives as to
the advance. Those gentlemen were giving the advance
before the coalition of the masters and the "lock-out," and
they have always had the confidence of the workmen.
INCENDIARISM IN SALFORD.—A reward of £l5O has been
offered, by various insurance companies, for such informa-
tion as will tend to the apprehension and conviction of
some person or persons who set fire, the other evening, to
two separate rooms of the Springfield Mill, Salford, occu-
pied by Mr. George Lowry, flax-spinner. The: fires were
happily discovered and extinguished, but not before con-
siderable damage hsd been done to the mill and machinery.