The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-25 00:00:00

POLICE COURT. -YESTERDAY, --ESTERDAY,

BAD COMPANY.—A young lad named Henry Hillier
was brought up along with James Smith, the latter a noted
pickpocket, charged with having been seen picking pockets
in Basnett-street, and in a public house in Williamson-
square Hillier who had never been charged before, stated
that his father kept a house called the London Tavern, and
that ha hinself did not know what the character of his com-
panion was. Inquiries were made by the police, and it was
found that the story was correct ; that Hilliers' father who
appeared in court is a very respectable man, keeping the
London Tavern,in North John-street,and was greatly grieved
at the bad company his son had lately kept. The court sen-
tenced Smith to a month's imprisonment, but discharged
Hillier with a caution, that he might have an opportunity
of retrieving his character.

Mary Gray was charged with stealing a quantity of
wearing apparel from the house of the Rev. W. Mathias,
Roscommon-street. The prisoner had been in the service of
that gentleman, and was also charged with obtaining in his
name, a quantity of tea, sugar, soap, &c., to the amount of
7s. 3d., from Mr. B. J. M‘Gowen, grocer, Low-hill. *The
prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned for a month.

Ellen Shaw was charged with. presenting a forged decla-
ration,:purporting to bear the signature of Mr. Mansfield. It
appeared that she came to release some clothes from a pawn-
office, and having lost the ticket was told she must make a
declaration to that effect before a magistrate and bring it
with her. She accordingly went away, and returned with a
declaration:signed with Mr. Mansfield's name, but which
was manifestly not written by him. She stated to the pawn-
broker, that she gave the declaration with two-pence to a
policeman, who got it signed for her. The case was re-
manded,

James Foster was charged by Mr. Cowen, superintendent
of the Albert, Duch, with having a lame quantity of tobacco
secreted in his box.

Mr: Cowen stated that..the prisoner held a very responsible

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situation in the dock. Three-and-a-half pounds of tobacco
were found upon his person, and upon subsequently searching
his box, a very largo quantity was found secreted there.

The prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment.
Margaret 31-along was charged with attempting to pass a
base shilling at the shop of Mr. John Molyneux, where, it
was stated, she had upon a former occasion offered a base
half-crown. The prisoner was remanded for seven days.

David Hogan was remanded upon a charge of Waling
wool.

Elizabeth, Moore was charged with robbing a seaman, at a
place called the Shakspere singing-house, of £lO, but for
want of evidence, was discharged.
Anne Sheridan was brought before the court, having in
her possession a large quantity of cotton, for which she could
not satisfactorily account. There was not sufficient evidence
to proceed with; the case ; but Mr. Clough complained of the
conduct of parties who bought cotton from such persons as
the prisoner, and who were thus the principal cause of the
offence.

&mous ROBBERY.—Charles James, a seaman, who ar-
rived yesterday in Liverpool, from America, in the IsaaeWebb,
appeared to prosecute Robert Blaekburne, Emma Williams,
and Ellen Walsh, for robbing him of about £37, in British
and American money. His statement was to the effect, that
he was taken by the women into a house in Banastre-street,
where he went to bed. He had the money in his possession
when entering, the house. He was awoke in the morning by
a police-officer, and his money was then gone. The prosecutor
stated that he had drank somo beer the night before, but did
not think he was intoxicated. He appeared, however, con-
siderably stupified. The evidence of the police-officer who
arrested the prisoners was, that they saw the man and
woman coming. through the street last night very fast, and
having ascertained that they came from the house in Ban-
nastro-street, they went there, after questioning the prisoners
as to where they were going, and receiving a reply that they
were going to their supper. In that house they found the
prosecutor asleep in bed, and so stupified that they could not
succeed'in thoroughly awakening him. They then followed
the prisoners, and succeeded .in arresting them in another
house, when they, found in their possession about £24, in
British and American money. The prosecutor identified
some of the coins, and also a knife and some tobacco which
was found, as being his property. Mr. Black defended the
prisoners... _
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- Dr. Mellor; -Of the Vauxhall dispensary, was examined,
and stated that he was called up by the officer to see the pro-

secutor, whom he found in bed, wholly insensible. Th
pupils of his eyes were contracted in a very peculiar man
ner ; his breathing was obstructed, and he had the appear
ante of having been drugged. He at once administered an
emetic to the prosecutor' who threw up something which
had the smell of beer, but did not recover until the stomach
pump had been applied, and cold water thrown into his
ears. The doctor stated that he could not discover that the
man had been actually drugged.
Court: Do you think his condition might have been
caused by beer
Dr 11

eller : I think it would require a very great quan-
tity of hoer to leave him in such a state.

Have you ever known beer to produce such effects
as you describe in his appearance, such as the condition of
the pupils of his eyes ?

1 never knew it to produce such an effect

Mr. Clough : Did you examine the glasse.
Dr. Mellor : I did. There were two glasses iu the room,
In one glass there appeared to be the remains of beer, the
ether glass was dry at the bottom, but there appeared to
have been some sticky stuff in it, and there were some black
specks at the bottom. I could not discover any smell.
The prisoners were ordered to be sent for trial.

in the room ?

ROBBERY or",L6o.—Two women of the town, and a man,
were charged by a gentleman named M'Lewer, with robbing
him of £6O on Thursday night last. The prosecutor stated
that he was accosted by the two female prisoners in Hano-
ver-street, about a quarter past eleven, and during the time
he was conversing with them, the above amount in g4ld,
wrapped up in brown paper, was abstracted from his trowlers
pocket. He did not miss the money until the prisoners had
gone. Information was given at the police-office, and the
prosecutor described the two female prisoners. The pri-
soners were apprehended in Warrington, on Saturday last;
and the two female prisoners were fully identified by the
prosecutor as the persons who robbed him. Ho could not
recognise the male prisoner. A sum of £2 was found in the
possession of the person whom he lodged with, belonging to
him, and which he could not account for. When the pri-
soners were apprehended, they had new clothes on them.
The two females keep a house of ill fame at No. 7 Court,
Banastre-street. Each of them was sent for trial.
DETENTION OF PROPERTY.—George Stokes summoned
William Baker, with detaining three trunks, the property of
the complainant. It appeared that complainant lodged with
the defendant for three weeks, paying him £1 ss. a week ;
and when he was leaving, the defendant detained thkee
trunks for one week's lodgings, alleged to be due. The
magistrate said the rent was paid very regular—unusually
regular—and he would order him to return the property,
with costs.

ASSAULT.—A woman named Robertson, charged by An
Barden with assaulting her on last Thursday, was fined 11th
and costs—in default, to be imprisoned for 7 days.

ROBBERY or £620. —On Monday evening, a little girl,
ten years old, named Mary Ann Ritchie, was placed in the
Police-office under the following circumstances. It appears
she was a servant in the house of a man named James
M'Alister, a slater, residing in Mill-street, and that yester-
day she went into the shop of a person in that neighbour-
hood, and oflered to give him a £lOO bank chaque for
£lO, alleging she had received it from her mistress for nurs-
ing her child. The shopkeeper thinking immediatelly that
she had not come by the money honestly, handed her over
to a constable, when it was discovered that she had robbed
M'Alister of two bank cheques, one for £520 and another
for £loo.—that for £520 was found also on her person.—
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