The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-21 00:00:00

(BEFORE MR. AIKEN.)

THE WATCH THAT " WENT ! " A pretty-looking young
woman, named Isabella Reed, who was not previously
known to the polies', was charged by David Price, who
described himself as an upholsterer, living in Upper
Frederick-street, with having stolen his watch. The
complainant expressed great moral indignation at the
offence, but on being examined by his Worship and
Mr. Wybergli, it appeared that his conduct was not as
orthodox as he would make believe it was. In fact, he
was freely censured for his impropriety. The watch
however ." went," and was found in a bed in a house in
Stanhope-street, and it was stated that the prisoner in-
habited the bed, but how the watch managed to get
there, from the place it was stolen in the street—a long
way from the aforesaid bed—did not appear, but it was
strongly suspected that it " went" there, because the
article was made to " go." After a lecture to Mr. Price
in reference to some copper half-pence spoken of by
him, the magistrate ordered the prisoner to be discharged,

and restored him his 'time-piece."
THE TRAVELS OF ANOTHER WATCH.—Edward John-
ston, described as a master baker, having a shop in
Great Howard-street, and another in the same neigh
bourhood, was charged under the following circum•
stances. It appeared that in March 1835, a person
named William Roynane, who resides in Hunter-street,
was robbed of his watch in the neighbourhool of Lon-
don-road, whilst he was in a state of intoxication. The
article did not turn up until a day or two since, when a
man named Chambers purchased the ticket of
it (it was pledged) for about £2. The watch
was worth about £7, and there was a sum of £3 lent on
it. The man Chambers got the ticket from a person
named Wakefield, and it seemed he had it from the
prisoner, who was arrested on the allegation that he
could not give a satisfactory account of how he got it.
Mr. Bluck now appeared for the prisoner, and showed
satisfactorily far him that he came by it legitimately,
but the person from whom he got it had been since
transported for watch stealing. This being the state of
the case, the bench had no hesitation in discharging Mr.
Johnston. A question arose as to who should have the
watch, and Mr. Clough said he did not think the osner
ought to get it without• paying something, as he was
drunk when he lost it. Mr. Wybergh said. Mr. Clough
was a " Court of Equity" in himself in such matters,
and therefore the settlement of the question would be
left to him. The parties then left, under the superin-
tendence of the " Equity" lawyer.
STRIPPING CHILDREN.—A woman named Elizabeth
Johnston was brought up charged with having stripped
several children of their clothes in the streets. The
woman is well known to the police in this line of busi-
ness, and several cases having been brought clearly home
to her, she was committed for trial.
(BEFORE MESSRS. AIKEN AND CROSTHWAITE.)

ASSAGLT.—A female of extr►ordinary large dimen-
sions, named Ellen Rider, alias Mooney, was brought up
on a warrant, charged with having committed a violent
assault 'on a Mrs. Malin, who keeps a beerhouse, in
Chadwick-Street. Mr. Chilton appeared for the com-
plainant, and Mr. Dodd for the defence. The details of
the case occupied a considerable time; the facts, how-
ever, were these:—On the 9th June, the complainant
and five other persons, among whom was a Mrs. Tay :or,
foregathered in Vauxhall-road, and entered a publichouse
in order to look for Mr. Taylor, as his wife alleged he was
not " himself at all !" They found him in the house sky-
larking at cards and skitting with some ladies. Mrs.
Taylor could not endure this, and she told her spouse
that he cared nothing for her. The complainant then
said to Mrs. Taylor, " Never mind him, come away out ,
of this, and when he buries you and three others, he
will then love you ! This was very consolatory, no
doubt, but the amity produced by such exceeding good
advice was broken by the prisoner, who rushed into the
"snug "—it must have been a snug, indeed, that
admitted the capacious body of Mrs. Mo rney—shouting
out, in a voice ot• thunder, "Do you mean me ?'' The
complainant replied that if the compound of calico and
lace called a cap fitted her, she was at liberty to don it.
The prisoner then used a very unladylike expression,
and wound up a sentence by informing Mrs. Malin
that only for fear of the law, she would by some
process (not mentioned) knock her two eyes into one !"
'rhis would have been a feat of manipulation not to be
equalled by Bosco, had it come off. The prisoner added,
" If she could not do it herself, she would get some one
that would ;" and on this she gave a signal, when tw o
other ladies entered the " snug," and fell on the com-
plainant. They did not exactly knock her two optics
into one, but they succe.ded as near as might be in
knocking the two out altogether; and this was the sum
and substance of the charge. The complainant, on
cross-examination by Mr. Dodd, admitted that the
prisoner did not strike her, and thereupon the learned
gentleman contended that his client must be discharged,
and their worships taking the same view of the case, set
Mrs. Mooney at liberty.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLIES. There were a considerable
number of this class brought up yesterday morning.
There were only a few charges against beerhouses
yesterday. The details were void of interest: