The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-14 00:00:00

(lIRTORE MR. J. H. SMITH.)

ROBBERY AT PBE3COT.—Bridget Cassidy, was charged
with stealing £2O, and a quantity of wearing apparel,
from Mathew M'Dermot, from a lodging house at
Prescot. The offence having been committed in the
counts', the prisoner was transmitted to Prescot, to be
dealt with there by the magistrates.
TUB SHOP LIFTING CASE.—Anne Shanghnesey and
Jane Nuttall, who were remanded on a charge of shop
lifting at Mr. Rogers's, St. James's-place, were brought
up, and the evidence being perfected, the prisoners
were sent for trial.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE—"NEW LAMPS FOR 0LD.”...„,
The story in the Arabian Nights, about " New Lamps
for Old," has been outdone in reality, by a woman
namfid Jane day, SY`AO was charged with having robbed
her father, William Guy, a man nearly 80 years of age,
of £63 in gold. The prisoner was in custody of detectis'e
officer Laycoek, and from his statement, and the..
evidence evidence given to support it. it appeared that the old
man formerly resided in the house. 11, Bridport-street,
and that alyiut eighteen months ago he went to reside
with his daughter, who is a married woman, (the
h stand's name i; Guy,) and apparently about 40
Ett the time he went to reside with her
had 43 severeiL!

TS of age

Is in a leather hag, which he kept in a
box in his room, wider double lock. He is the owner
of some houses in Preston-street, and he used to send
the prisoner to collect the rents, and when he got a
pound in silver, he used to get a sovereign for it, and add
that to the hag, and in this way the amount increased to
£63. He determined, on Toes lay, to lodge the money in
the: hank, and with this view he proceeded to Mr. Clegg's
public•howe in Ilyrom_street, who was in the habit of
changing silver for him, and asked that gentleman to go
with him to the hank. On turning out the contents of
the bag, Mr. Clegg found to his surprise, and the horror
of the old man, that the sovereigns were not sovereigns
at nll, but " real Californian" coins, worth on the whole
about sixpence. roe police were then informed of the
transfer of the prop-qty, and the ingenuity of Laycock
discovered in tiio possessitin of the prisoner, a key that
unlocked the box of the old man, and it was then
strongly suspected that she was the manipulator on the
occasion. Mr. Black appeared for the prisoner, and
made an able defence, and in the course of the enquiry;
he had some good sovereigns mixed with the spnriond
coin, and handed to the prosecutor; but he could riot
select the good from the bad pieces. Mr. Bluck con-
tended that there was no evidence to cf!minate the
prisoner, and he argued that any one else might be
guilty—perhaps in the change of the silver the old ma:
was deceived, as he could not tell a good from a bad

His Worship did not think the
evidenco sufficient, and ordered the prisoner to be dis-

sovereign

charged.
A " BR; FEED !"—A young fellow, named Francis
M'Cullocl), was charged by Mrs Griffin, a lady residitist
in Ashton-street, under the following circumstances.
A few mornings since the lady Cline down as usualo
and prepared to get ready the morning's repast, but oh'
going to the safe she found her bread, cheese, meat,
and other articles of food gone. About a fortnight
before that, the safe was stripped of a quantity
of like good things. On the last morning in question,
about five o'clock, a police officer saw two boys—the
prisoner being one of them—going down Islington, with
a very suspicious looking bag on his back. He asked
some questions, when the boys ran away, the prisoner
dropping the bag. On examination,tbe contents proted
to be the eatables—and very good these were—that had
been stolen from the safe of Mrs. Grifin. The prisoner
was secured, hut the other boy got away. The prisoner
was sent to jail for one month( with hard labour, and
theca is every chance that his fare on the " mill " will
not be of 'that delicate sort, which he purloined front
Ashton•street.

ItonnEßY paom THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL.—Eleove and
Mary Walker were brought up by detective officer Eaton,
on a charge of having stolen a quantity of knives and
forks, from Mr. Whiteman's, Brunswick Hotel, Claytolv
square. The male prisoner was stopped in Byrom..
street, when offering some of the articles for sale, and
he said the female prisoner had given them to him for
carrying a parcel. He was discharged, and the woman
was remanded.