The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
STABBING BY A WOMAN.—A good-looking ° uuanrS
,
woman, named Jane M'Cartney, was charged with "ties
ing stabbed a woman, named Anne Nairn. Thep ar
re
resided in St. Martin-street, and it seemed that there
was an ill feeling between them, in consequence of and
Mickey Fe an, On Tuesday they met in the street,
a row followed, in which the prisoner, as it was allqe9
stabbed the complainant with a knife in the riedt
thumb. A medical gentleman proved having dvessend
the wound, which he stated to be an incised one, an
of some severity, though at present there was no sYnll3l;
toms of tetanus. Three witnesses proved having se e
ed,
a knife in the prisoner's hand, and one of them stata
an.
that the instrument had been pointed out to a Three
who was asked to take it from her, but he refused• d not
witnesses for the defence, swore that the prisoner
u'
ha
a knife, and that the complainant had as
wa_
prisoner on the head with a quart jug, which ton
broken by the force of the blow, and that the cu
the thumb was inflicted by a piece of the broken theln reply to Mr. Bluck, who defended the accused,spch
surgeon said a piece of broken jug would not inflictffine
a wound as the woman had received, a piece Mr,
Mr.
glass might do it, but nothing else except a knl'c' his
Bluck addressed the court for the prisoner, en"
worship observed, that there must be gross perjerYtre
one side or the other; at present the evidence fnrula
complainant looked most like the truth, but hew°,,,ao
remand the prisoner to this day, and have the PnuceTuid
spoken of present, and hear what evidence he e-re.
give in reference to the case. The prisoner was
inanded accordinglA
well dressed person, named %-;
Down, was charged with having broken a winanZ'ott°
destroyed property to the value of 10s, in the cook -I,llle
of Mrs. Catherine Doyle, No. 36, Bath_street• ro•
prisoner went up to the window, and. without atlY
vocation, broke it, and also the other property' hat a
prisoner said a man flung him into the window, tbe
police officer stated that this was not true, as he _sanb it
man walk deliberately up to the window and sw—the
in with a blow. The prisoner w ordered to 1: -
amount of damage and costs, or to beas imprisoned for one
month.

(BEFORE MR. ROMILY.)
A LODGER ! —William Thompson, a sailor, was
a the
under the following circumstances : It appeared
prisoner went to the house of Mr. Chalk, John's-1,0
and engaged a bed for the night, desiring to be Cabo' t
at six o'clock, as he was going off by a train At 43aQ
twelve o'clock it was discovered that he had pee' who
some wearing apparel belonging to another person
lodged in the house, and also other propertY ;he ,Pras
them under the bed, with the intention, as it the
alleged, of taking the things away with him in wee
morning. On taking the prisoner to the station, 111)1aA
of snap, and a pot of pomatum belonging to a -0,
tha.tanr,
servant girl of Mr. Chalk, were found in his Pessesfri
The prisoner said he got the soap and polite"' i°o;
the black girl, whose name is Margaret Jones, for ha as
treated her to some ale in the bedroom. Titt,ien
denied by the girl, but she admitted having ta'e-
into the room to the prisoner. The prisoner Was c°
mitted for trial.
ligg Ore'
ONE OF THE MYSTERIES OF LIVERPOOL.—E"--
who keeps an improper house in Freemason'e'r°"'„ro,
charged with having stolen a coral necklace, the rra
perty of a little girl, named Mary Ann
the charge itself there was nothing remarkable, [vital'
following facts transpired : A fair haired girl, beteia-vie
sixteen and seventeen yeass of age, who said her aser
was Elizabeth Reed, was called as a witness in the fmm
and her appearance caused some attention ;
sde
questions put by Mr. Wybergh to her, she
,I,l3her
the following statement. Her father was dead, al: 3„.
mother kept a lodging-house for gentlemen at Plf)3o
Woodland-terrace, Birkenhead, and she (the girl)
, got
resided with her up to about a year ago, wheelue that
married to a man named Sabbath Oakes. Bre
ot,
her mother told her she must say that she was a serva,ity
and not her daughter, and she had acted in the callao:ise,
Reynolds.
the
of a servant for some time in her mother's b;he
However, Mr. Oakes found out the truth, "",, 1,1
insisted on her leaving the house, or if not, he 17,-o:tie
leave, c
and go to Australia. She was, in consal
obliged to leave, and came to Liverpool. She Met oiee,
girl Reynolds in the street, and asked her for ,
bread ; she brought her to the house of the Prie°cAend
and that woman succeeded in procuring her ruin:, log
she was obliged to support herself on the streets, it
the
with the prisoner ever since. Mr. Clough said.
prisoner kept a house for entrappin., girls and bringin,
them to destruction. All her familyb had been tra-tst
ported from Liverpool. She was one of thew t:;ij
characters in town, and he trusted his worship w 1 ate
mark his sense of her vi
conduct in this case. In reP'erf
questions put. to the girl, she said she would be v-fgr
glad to go into an asylum, and would feel most grategt,
to any one who would get her admission there. or
Clough was directed to take charge of the girl at
months
ctud the prisoner was sent to gaol for two loony.
stealing the coral necklace.

CASES. IW
Henry Baragon'BEERHOUSE snag
Harding Street, Windsor, -
trading ? dismissed. 63
James Pentland, 56; John Street, Park ; fined 'g
and costs.
Richard Moss, Vauxhall Road ; fined 2s 6d and 0:5
Henry Kelly, Sawney Pope Street ; fined I°s
costs.

John Alliard, Paul Street fined 2s 6d and costs. ~,
Hugh Lareny, Grenville Street; fined lOs and cost'
Thomas William Denny, Upper Hall street;
ac
Johnte WC' Is 6d a

_ ...;rackton, Bevington Hill, fined -4,
costs.
tight
There was only one charge against publicans, br°
by the police, it was that of , 015
George Shand, publican, Peter-street, w" rs,
charged with selling ale on Sunday at prohibited h°ll
and fined lOs and costs. patricic
CAUTION TO UNLICENSED EMIGRANT ECNNEES.-7, „nder
Ellliott, who resides in Stewart-street, was charged "with,
the emigrant act before Mr. Mansfield yesterdah the-
having acted as an emigrant runner without
necessary license and badge. The case was proved
an
a fine of £5 inflicted on the defendant.