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

POLICE COURT.- ZN E STE RDAY.

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
STREET OUTRAGE.—A respectable married woman, named
Catherine Jones, charged a well known young ruffian, named
Michael Darley, with having assaulted and attempted to rob
her. The complainant said she resides in Robinson-street, and
on Wednesday evening was passing along by a pile of timber
in Warwick-street, when she was suddenly seized on by the
prisoner, and another person, who attempted to take from her
a valuable shawl. She screamed, caught hold of, and struggled
with, the prisoner, whom she held until a policeman came up ;
the other person got away. The prisoner was sent to jail for
six months with hard labour for the assault.

(BEFORE MR. ALDERMAN TURNER.)
THE ASSAULT BY A MILITIAMAN. —Michael Manning, one
of the Lancashire Artillery Militia stationed at the new fort,
who hail been remanded on a charge of stabbing police constable
Hix 635, was brought up. The facts of this case appeared in
our paper of yesterday. Mr. Moore, the surgeon to the
Liverpool police force, was examined, and described the nature
and extent of the wound. The prisoner was fully committed
for trial.

POCKET PICKING.— Margaret Moore and Mary Moriarty,
were charged with picking the pocket of a Mrs. Carroll, in
Cleveland-square market, of six sovereigns. The robbery was
discovered soon after it was committed, and the money was
found upon the prisoners, who were committed for trial.
THE BURGLARY AT AIR. PEnCIVAL'S SHIP STORES
Margaret M'lntyre and Bridget Findlay, were brought up by
officers Scaife and Thompson, on a charge of being concerned
in the burglary that took place at Mr. Percival's stores, in
Strand-street, a report of which appeared in our paper of yes-
terday. Amongst the property stolen out of Mr. Percival's
store was a trunk belonging to an emigrant named Mrs. Rob-
son. This trunk contained upwards of £6 worth of the poor
woman's wearing apparel; and it was traced by the officers to
the house of the prisoner Findlay, where they found it, but its
contents were gone. It appeared that the prisoner Findlay is
sister to the woman and aunt to the boy who were remanded on
Wednesday on the same charge. The officers found a brooch
belonging to Mrs. Robson upon the prisoner M'lntyre. Mr.
Clough said Mr. Percival had behaved in the kindest and
handsomest manner towards the poor emigrant, Mrs. Robson ;
he had procured her a passage in another ship; had paid for
her maintainauce here, and done all in his power to
make up for her loss, although, of course, the loss was not
his fault, nor would ho be liable for a farthing. He thought
the conduct of Mr. Percival should be thus mentioned, as it
deserved, with praise. Time prisoners were again remanded.

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.i
JUVENILE OFFENDERS,— Two lads, who gave their names
as Callaghan and Jones, were charged with a series of robberies
of tills, in the locality of Great Crosshall-street. It appeared
that on the previous morning, the two offenders, who are in the
habit of " hunting together," went into the vaults kept by Mr.
Worthing, and finding the bar unprotected, they jumped upon
the c renter and stole a two-shilling piece and a shilling. In
the af,ernoon of the same day, they again visited the same
vaults, and asked for a drink of water, when they were identi-
fied and given into custody. Callaghan was ordered to be
imprisoned for three days, and to be well whipped, and Jones
was committed for three months, he being an old offender.
CAUSING SAILORS TO DESERT.—William Milluck, the
keeper of a boarding-house in Queenstown, Cork, was
charged with inducing some of the sailors belonging
to the steamer Assistant, to leave the ship, whereby
he had incurred a heavy penalty under the merchant
seamen's act. Last year the ship was chartered to go to the
Crimea with troops and baggage. On Thursday last she
returned to Queenstown, Cork, when the crew demanded their
discharge, but were informed that it was not the final port, and
therefore they must go to Liverpool. Upon this the master of
the vessel, Captain James Blow, took the crow on shore, and
had the case heard before the magistrates, who, after reading
the signed articles, told the men they must go on board. One
of the sailors who had thus been induced to leave the ship,
gave evidence that the defendant had induced the sailors to
leave the vessel, and bad taken them to his own boarding house
in Cork, and had afterwards prevailed on several others to
desert, and had paid all the expense;. By this conduct, it was
alleged that the ship had been detained upwards of twenty
hours in Queenstown. In cross-examination, it was elicited
that they all went ashore for the purpose of taking advice,
but should, after having heard the opinion of tho magistrates,
have returned to the ship, had they not met with the
defendant, who took them to Cork. Mr. Parr appeared
for the owners of the vessel, and Mr. Bluck for the
defendant. The latter gentleman addressed the bench,
and contended that there was a discrepancy in the evi-
dence for the plaintiff, and there waa no bona jida
proof that his client had persuaded them to absent them-
selves from the ship. In this speculation the defendant had
expended upwards of £4O, and had come over to Liverpool to
receive the money when the crew was discharged, and was
served with a warrant for persuading the sailors to leave the
ship. The case having been fully gone into, Mr. Mansfield,
while admitting that the defendant had inflicted a deep wrong
on the master, by seducing the men from the ship, could not
afford him any remedy, as it was a ship belonging to her
Majesty, .and such ships did not give him any jurisdiction,
therefore lie was compelled to dismiss the case.

A despatch from Plymouth says, that the Esk, which
was fitting out for the South American station. has been
ordered to proceed with the Archer to Halifax. It is
added, that a squadron of screw despatch boats is to sail
for the same destination.