The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-14 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY,

(BEFORE MR. 4'. 11. SMITH.)
A BAD Box.—A boy named Thomas Craffs, alias John
Singleton, only 13 years of age, was brought up on a eharge
of thieving. He denied strongly that he had ever been
brought up before. Campbell, the bridewell keeper,
however, produced the following record of his delingnen•
cies :—June 9th, 1853, stealing brass taps, five days
imprisonment; 21st of July, same year, stealing a sack,
discharged ; 27th of August, same year, stealing two sacks,
seven days' imprisonment ; tried at October sessions, same
year, for stealing silver plate, sentenced to six mouths'
imprisonment, and one month solitary confinement ; 30th
of August, 1855, sentenced to three months for picking
pockets. The prisoner was again committed for three
months.

THE £2O ROBBERY CURIOUS CONFESSION. -James
Jackson and Anne Wilson, who had been remanded on two
former occasions on a charge of being concerned in the
robbery of a £2O note, from James Wilson, marine store
dealer, Prescott-row, were brought up for final examina-
tion. The details of the case were published on two former
days. The only thing new that transpired was a confession
made by the male prisoner, who was asked by the policeman
(when he arrested him) where he got a sum of more than
£6, which was found upon him ? The prisoner replied that
he won it at rabbit hunting, horse racing, cock fighting, dog
mauling, cricketting, and duffing—(laughter)—and that he
was a " professor" of one and all of these modes of " ele-
vating the zephyrs." (Renewed laughter.) The constable
said he had no doubt the prisoner told the truth in these
respects, as he knew him to be connected with all the
" legs" and " cracksmen " of Liverpool. The magistrate
did not think the evidence in the case sufficient, and there-
fore the prisoners were discharged.
HOUSE ROBBERY : Detectives Horne and Povey brought
up two femalas named Mary Smith and Mary Williams,
the latter a young and interesting looking person, on a
charge of having broken into the house of a person named
John •Stnith,-who resides in a terrace off Llewellyn-street,
Park, and for having stolen £6 worth of wearing apparel,
and £1 13s in cash thereout. In the absence of the family
on Saturday evening, the prisoners broke into the house
r:nd committed the robbery. They pledged the clothes at
several pawnbrokers, and were identified. The prisoners
were sent for trial.

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
SAMUELS V. EDWARD MORRISON.—This case had been
before his worship on Friday last, and a full report of the
matter appeared in our publication of Saturday. The
defendant was then allowed out on bail to attend on Friday
next, but the case came before the court yesterday, for the
reasons which will appear in the following report.
Mr. Bardswell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Charles
Pemberton for'the defendant. Mr. Bardswell addressed his
worship, and said that he was attorney for Mr. Samuels,
but that on Friday last, when the case came before him, he
had been obliged, unfortunately, to be out of town, or per-
haps the case would have taken a different turn from what
it did on that day. On examining into, and a thorough
investigation of, the case since that time, they were per-
fectly satisfied to the fullest extent that there had been no
intention of any criminality on the part of the defendant.
There was some misunderstanding, or mistaken notion,
between the parties, about their legal rights, and hence arose
the matter. However, on investigating the case, Mr.
Samuels was perfectly satisfied that there was not the
slightest criminal intention on the part of Mr. Morrison in
the whole case. Finding, therefore, that there was no cri-
minal intention, and, of course, no charge to press, Mr.
Samuels at once:thought it right and proper to come for-
ward and state so, and not to allow the matter to be kept
open a moment longer after he had been satisfied of the
conduct of the defendant. He would, therefore, at
once withdraw the proceedings, and let the bail
of Mr. Morrison be forth with discharged. Mr. Mansfield said
he was very glad indeed to hear that the case bad taken
that turn ; he was glad for the sake of the defendant, and
also for Mr. Samuels, as it was very creditable and
honourable on his part, to come forward so promptly to
discharge the case when he, on inquiry, found there had
been a mistake. Mr. Pemberton said he had stated on a
former day, that he should he enabled, when the case came
to be fully investigated, to put quite a different construction
on the whole proceeding. He was glad, however, that the
case had taken this turn, as he (Mr. Pemberton) knew that
it was a mistake, in reference to a legal right. He trusted
Mr. Morrison would leave the court free, and without the
slightest stain or imputation on his character. It was
chiefly the fault of a young detective. Mr. Mansfield said
what had taken place in that court would not make the
slightest impression on his mind—the defendant left it as
clear as he entered. Mr. Bardswell said, on consulting Mr.
Samuels, they at once came before the court to have the
defendant discharged from his bail. Mr. Pemberton : I
mu-t say that Mr. Samuels behaved in the most
honourable manner. Mr. Bardswell was the solicitor
for the assignee, in the case alluded to, and had he
been in town before the recent charge was preferred, it
would not have come before the court at all. Mr. Mans-
field : I am very glad to find the case has terminated so
satisfactorily to all parties, I discharge the bail of Mr.
Morrison. The case then terminated.
THE Errecrs 01 BEE R.—A person named Thomas
Boardman, dressed as a sailor, but having the perfect
appearance of a girl, was charged by constable 117, who
said he saw the prisoner drunk and breaking windows in
Stanhope-street. The prisoner said it was all the effects of
beer. He was fined ss.

A GUTTY PIPE. —A young lad, about 13 years of age,
named Luke Newell, was charged by Airs. Latham, of No.
78, South Castle-street, with having stolen a box of fancy
pipes from the shop. The prisoner went into the shop and
asked for some fancy pipes, but the lady thinking all was
not right, told him the pipes he wanted were from 6d to 8d
a piece, and thereon he took up a box of fancy pipes and
ran off with them. T►he prisoner, who was captured with
the box in his possession, was remanded for a week.

THE ADV.

'TUBES OF A " TICKET-OF

LEAVE" MAN,

The life of Thomas Jones—if any knew the " ins and outs"
of it—would make a fortune for the bookseller who deals in
the " Jack Sheppard" style of romance. About six years ago
he (Jones) was seized with a fit of abstraction, during which
he committed a burglary, and the felony of a quantity of goods
belonging to certain parties in Liverpool. This escapade
ended in a trial, Thomas having put himself on a jury of his
country, and that jury came to the conclusion that this country
would benefit considerably by the absence of Thomas Jones ;
and, in conformity with that resolution, a certain learned
judge sent the aforesaid Jones to one of her Majesty's colonies
for the space of ten years. From that time up to the 24th of
August last, the history of Thomas Jones is a blank to the
officers here. On the latter date, however, he was found to be
a sailor on board the British ship Berkshire, in the French
port of Pondicherry. On the night of that day Jones deserted
from his ship,
,but wishing to make himself comfortable
on his travels, he made free with the captain's cash
box, from which he begged leave to extract 146
sovereigns, 25 half sovereigns, £7 in other
monies, and a diamond ring, value £lO, all belonginz to
Captain L 0. Legg, the commander of the Berkshire. The
next place he turned up at was Madras, where he was arrested
by the police in October last, on a description which had been
received of him. His next appearance was in the police court
yesterday, where he was brought up by police constable Car-
lyle, to whom he was handed over on a warrant signed by Mr.
I lliott, the chief magistrate and superintendent of police at
Madras, who gave the prisoner into the safe keeping of Cap-
tain Huskins, of the ship Rangoon. The latter brought the
prisoner in his ship from Madras. When brought up yester-
day, Mr. Clough said he had received a communication from
London, for transmission of the prisoner for trial in the metro-
polis. The prisoner was sent there accordingly.