The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.

AN EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OP SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.--At
the Manchester City Police Court, yesterday, a young man
named John Cavanagh was brought up, on remand, charged
with having, on the 25th of October, stolen two boxes con-
taining a large number of silk handkerchiefs and 50 mufflers,
of the value of £lOO, the property of Mr. John Jacombs.
Mr. Jacombs, the prosecutor, was called, and stated that
lie was a silk merchant, living in Portland-street. On
Tuesday, the 25th of October last, as he was standing at the
shop-door of Mr. Marsh, in Portland-street, he saw the
prisoner near the shop window. He called him to him, and
asked him if he knew of a lad who would come to him for
a day or two, to carry some goods for him. He said that he
wrs out of work, and should be glad of the job, and prose-
cutor then engaged him to carry two tin boxes which he had
at Mr. Marsh's. He carried them to his lodgings, where
witness met with him. He then carried them to a customer
to whom witness sold some of the goods. The cases were
again packed up, and the prisoner put them on his shoulder,
and again walked along with him. Witness stopped a
moment or two to speak to a friend in Great Ancoats-street

and the prisoner went on with the cases.
quick, and witness had certainly to check hula
fast. He got some distance before witness In
and there was a crowd of people in the sl
public house. "Whilst he was following the
sight of him near the crowd. He made inq
that he met, whether they had seen the prisons
him to Stevenson's-square. He had prat,
pnsnner strict injunctions to go to the hot
from if he should happen to miss him. "Witness
place they started from, but the prisoner was
he never saw him afterwards until he was '
gave information of the robbery to the
some hand-bills printed, giving a des(
prisoner, and an account of the
sustained. The next day he saw the, cases
station, and upon examining them found !b'
mufflers and twenty-five silk handkerchi
from them. He could positively swear to
parcels were worth upwards of £lOO, and t,
from them were worth £7 15s. 6d.

William Turner, a police constable, stet
nesday, the 25th of last month, the prisone]
to the police station, and in consequence
tion she gave, he was directed to go with .
Accordingly he went with her to her
pointed out to him two tin cases, contail
silk handkerchiefs. She told him that her s°ollo,
employed by a gentleman to carry the cases, but u„htol
lost sight of him in the street, and that he then bor°oo,,
home. Witness took possession of them, and tO, 4
the station. On Thursday last the muffler proaloP
.iven up to witness, by John Thomas Tassiker,
Mr. Slater, pawnbroker. t to 10
J. T. Tassiker stated that he was an assistan ,11 of
Slater of Great Ancoats, pawnbroker. On the 26besi, 11°
month, the muffler produced by the last wit°olo
pledged by a young man who called himself jo'eP
He gave it up to the last witness on Thursday last_ohA
Mr. John Grantham, stated that he was a P et,
•
and that his shop was at No. 11, George Logh-st re
the 27th of October last the handkerchief and rawicio !t1
duced by Inspector Duckworth, were pledged with De~'i
young woman named Mary Smith. On the 2941
them up to the Inspector.
oath .04
Inspector Duckworth stated that on the -- Olt
up the handkerchief and muffler produced We Olf,
up to him by the last witness. He showed thenle,
Jacombs, who identified them as his property inlueldtl,
upon seeingthem. John Fry, apolice-constable stst. 000
the 29th of last month the prisoner came to til`s,,rll
station and said to him, " I believe the police 113 i;
looking for me ?" witness told him they had, and,,,000
" For what ? " He told him that it was for
with a quantity of silk handkerchiefs he had been lot
to carry. He replied that he did not ; and stated o.
lost the person who employed him to carry them, The e
then he took them home until he could find him. itoi
ness then took the prisoner into custody. Conlin
to
take his trial at the sessions. kt •
ROBBERY OF SHEET LEAD AND LEAD PIPING
police court, yesterday, Joshua Robinson and Tain‘.B
were charged with having, that morning, broken nil 010
entered the shop of Frederick John Ratchford, and pips
therefrom four pieces of sheet, and twelve yards of le
,4
ing, of the value of £2 the property of Mr. flat
,`iet,i/
The prosecutor stated that he was a plumber and P:01.0°
' 122, Great Ancoats. His shop was a lock-up one. 1014
Saturday evening last he locked it up and secured
everything at that time safe. He then went hernsio,
that (Monday) morning he was called up by John
chop
police-constable, and upon going with him to his ;
discovered that his shop had been broken open, all f gl,
trance effected into it by the breaking of a square ° ostf
in the back window. He missed from the shop a fit 001
of sheet lead and a bundle of lead piping, measuriag,tb
twelve yards in length. He then went to the station T'ipalk
constable, and there he saw the missing lead and lea"
The articles produced were his property, and they W ebou
about £2. John Sims, a police-constable, stated thationYt
half-past one o'clock that morning he was on duty in .0
street, Great Ancoats. As he was going down an entry ill
street, leading to the back of the shop of the proseen°ol;t4l
saw the prisoner, together with another man, in thse card'
and they were each carrying. some lead. Smith `cu
ing a bundle of lead piping., and Robinson was carr)l,,liie;
pieces of sheet lead, the other man also had sonv,i
ltehaodtwoWphreisnonthersey
ran into
him
othpeeytttyh,rienwtod,oviwiththbeeliefobtliTeetooll
and captured them. The lead was picked up, and nt
it and the prisoners to the station. He then lre,:spro'
called up tire last witness, who identified the lead as ul
perty. Committed to the sessions.
HousE ROBBERY.— Yesterday, at the City POl.O,
soda
a young female named Ann Hayes, was charged Wit
ing, on the 12th of November, some dresses, sliirT,:pr()"
yards of muslin, a pair of scissors, and a visite, t'o'f the '
petty of Thomas Christian. Mrs. Christian, wife 0,0,
prosecutor, stated that she was a dressmaker, living:. 00;1
Charles-street. The prisoner had lodged with her oult°l, ant
weeks. On Friday night last she went to bed as 10°010
the next morning upon getting up, witness discover ,a the
the prisoner had gone. She found the door locked, 31de r tht
key was in the inside, as if it had boon pushed li!lc„,dres'
door. She then searched the house; and larticle4
bodies, two shirts, five yards of muslin, and 00° c"
—e safe tli
altogether of the value of 30.., wnrevrshe had. se-1;e of the
night ' before. She gave information to the Pelha bad
robbery. The articles produced were those that "hat be
lost. William Woodley, police constable, stated oroing
received information of the robbery on Saturdayucr
last, and that on the same night he apprehended the Po she
in an entry off Whittaker-street. He asked her 11,,1e aor
was doing there, upon which she gave him a bunu
taming the dress-bodies, and other articles now prod°
she
He told her she was charged with stealing there, an fig,
made no reply. On the last witness being shown the th
she said they were hers. Committed to the sessiots. court,
ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—At the City Police , with,
yesterday, a female named Ann Watson, was, charge", of
having, on the 12th instant. stolen from the pas° rillo
Samuel Heath, a pocket-book, of the value of 2s. 61 on
prosecutor stated that he was a small-ware manufaet
living at Stretford. On Saturday night last, about tv;et,
minutes past ten o'clock, as he was going up Brown-ske a
the prisoner came suddenly up to him, and without saYliSoi
word threw her arms around his neck. As she had ho Der
him, he felt her hand at his breast coat pocket, and felt Les
taking the pocket-book out of it. As soon as she had tabo
it out she left hold of him. He then told her she,Der
robbed him of his pocket-book--at the same time seizino bat
by the wrist. She had his pocket-book in her handy 01.
immediately upon his seizing her she threw it on the gr°oo.
He picked up the pocket-book, and took her to the 80 bat
The pocket-book contained a few paper memorandums,
no money. Committed to the sessions. ,
CHARGE OF OBTAINING GOODS ON FORGED ORDEL''',Oa
John Woods, a respectable looking young man, was cha!,b,,,•
with obtaining goods, the property of his employers, g'
Seddon and, Co., 7, arlton-street, on forged orders. eer
Mr. Clough stated that on the 16th of September Prinar
had presented, and himself filed in the office, a forged or tr
purporting to be from Messrs. Jackson and Sons, for. tithe
bales of cotton, he had endorsed this order ; thirty-two os4e
had been delivered, and now the prisoner knows nothing n'the
matter, neither the real destination of the goods nor
carter's name.
On the 7th of October he presented an order for el.o'et:'
bales with precisely similar results, as he now affeet4
know nothing whatsoever of the goods.
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On the 29th of last month, he received notice to Vl'? "bar
on that morning he put in another order for fifteen 01',0t
bales, to which he attached his initials. This, for the '!ii;
time, excited the suspicion of the Messrs. Seddon. 011 eels
to the warehouse, they fond fifteen bales taken from •ct
general pile, near the door, as if for the purpose of he,,„i
carried away. He had also employed a man to patch to
mend these bales, which he had no business whatsoever
do.
John Turner, clerk to Jackson and Co., proved to the
orders being forgeries ; and the warehouseman of Me •
p eMst eTrEt.
Seddon, proved to seeing prisoner file the orders, and also •
the initials being in the hand writing of the prisoner.
Cori"
CIoughSTEALING
ucA evidence,s HrequestedßwTi.tl Iceehm as
thenodxbfwoonraeshsseenNno-
ntn
ridaysetdri a tol
to
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sessions, on a charge of stealing a shirt from the shop
of Mr. David Turner, draper, Whitechapel. ry,
THE S WELL MOB. —Benjamin Johnson and Thomas Ca
.„1,1
two well-dressed rogues, were charged by officers 216 "t,
384 with being in the company of prostitutes in Lime-Well),
Bold-street, and Gloucester-street, on Sunday morning `11,,e
the intent of committing felonies. lhe prisoner Johusonl;
not previously known to the police,-and he was there°lo..
discharged, but Carr had been twelve times before o°o,
mitted, and was now sentenced to three mouths impris°
ment.

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A SELF'Acdustn..—The young man, Jerrat' who ga,v6:l
himself up to the poliee some days since, and who Al',
that he had shot a man who had seduced his sister (the 13‘oi;
ticulars of which have already appeared) became illsalifige of
the night of Friday, while confined in one of the 0'1;1r
the Sackville-place station-house, Dublin. Towards 10°"c.,
ing he became more furious, and was attacked by a 611;
siou of epileptic fits. He was taken before Mr. OC
te-
ghan on Saturday, when it was clearly shown that the str3eii
ment originally made by the unfortunate man was en irro'
the result of the madness under which he was labour;av,
The magistrates ordered him to be discharged from east keu
t.;;
and sent on to his family in Liverpool. On his being „a
clown to the steamer he became most violent, and assnio
the constable, in whose charge he was at the time. area
was brought back again before the magistrate, who °r
him to be committed for swan days, for the purpose of
...,yer,
ing his relations an opportunity of coming over from 14'
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
pool to convey the unfortunate lunatic
—W hothe
understan. d
far as present appearances go, the state of the money very
ket and the prospect of war are likely to produce? .so
great dearth in Parliamentary bills for the next seasTueers,
great, indeed, as to render a famine among the englwest-
attorneys, and barristers very probable. The Great with
ern are said to go for but one bill, the. amalgamation
Shrewsbury lines. —Herapath
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Printed and Published by CHARLES WILLAIE,", ? per,
Oxford Street, at his General Printing and Statio
Establishment, 19, South John Street, Liverpool.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 15, 1853.

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