The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
HORRIBLE DEATHS ON PAPER A FIGHT ! riefl
Marsh and James Burns, two very able looking men, were
charged by police officer 702 with fighting in Great Howatd-
street. The officer said the prisoners are persons who go
about at night crying " catch pennies." On Tuesday night
they were bawling out " The awful death of twelve young
fetual,s at V..e Liverpool Infirmary, for a half-penny."
(Laughter.) One was at one side and the other at the
opposite side, each trying to out shout the other in the
" horrible death" way. They at last met in deadly con-
flict, and, but for the interference of the officer, one or other
might have formed a suhket for at other " horrible death"
tale. They thumped each other for the bare life. The
papers wl ich the prisoners were trying to
"put off" were
of the most abominable description, and of course void of
truth. The prisoners were fined 103 each, or to be impri-
soned for one month. .

A " SWELL" IN TROUBLE.—Charles Goff (supposed to be
a fictitious name), who was dressed in the first style of ton,
was brought up on remand by detective Carlyle on a charge
of being concerned in robbiag Mrs. Newman, of Birkenhead,
of a twenty dollar gold piece, in Bold•street, on the 4th
inst. On the day in question the lady was robbed, and soon
after the prisoner, in company of another person, changed
a eeld piece at a bullion office, and this was identified as
he one stolen from Mrs. Newman. The man who
had actually changed the coin got off, but the prisoner,
who was with him, was arrested, and Mr. Clough along
with Carlyle, asked for a remand to this day, on the ground
that the lady was not able to attend. Mr. Goodere, for
the pr's mer, in the wildest language (he was labouring
apparently under some peculiar excitement) and most fierce
gestures, opposed the application. His manner caused
much laughter. He shouted about the " Liberty of the
subject," and discanted larzely on the great respectability
of his client. Carlyle said, the respectability of the
" client" consisted in his being the most notorious, and,
probably, the most accomplished thief in the United King-
dom. (This produced another burst of laughter.) After an
almost indescribable scene, which must have put the
patience of the worthy magistrate to no ordinary test,
the prisoner was remanded to this day, and Mr. Goodere
left the court, tapping the crown of his hat a la drum
majrr, oily rather more fiercely.

BEFORE MESSRS BERN AND SANDS,

LEGAL AND ILLEGAL FEACASI—Cii; -experience, and it
is of some standing, cannot furnish our recollection with
a richer scene than that which we witnessed in the police
court yesterday. It would seem, from the number of a
certain class of females that crowded the court, that
they had agreed to have a " field da)" of it ; and
certainly they succeeded tolerably well in the object
they had in view. The parties were, however,
the aristocratic tribe of their class, and their fine clothes,
the profusion of jewellery, and the apparent plenty of bank
notes produced, when they were fined, helped out this idea,
Of course they could not do without "legal assistance," to
show forth each others "illegal acts ;" and, in a wonderful
case that took place between K. el and Coil, Mr. Goodere
was retained for the latter. The " learned advocate" was
about making some observations in a loud and irregular
manner, when Mr. Wybergh reminded him that it was not
yet time for him to proceeded. Mr. Goodere (in an excited
manner, with a thump of his fist on the table): Sir, I don't
care a rap about you. Mr. Wybergh : You must conduct
yourself properly before the bench. You must not import
the manners and customs of the low tap-ro m into thin
court. Such conduct mutt not be permitted in this court,
and I must call on the magistrates to interfere, if yot;
continue in such courses. Mr. Goodere : Magistrates—
magistrates ! Who are the magistrates here? If you are
the magistrate I shall be happy to address you (another
thump of his fist on the table.) Mr. Wybergh : You must
conduct yourself with propriety and decorum, and not
' interrupt the business after such fashion as you do—the
public business must be proceeded with. Mr. Bluck : I
hope so. Mr. Goodere : I don't care what you hope.
Mr. Wybergh Sit down sir. (He sat down.) At a more
advanced state of the great case of Keel and Coil,
Mr. Goodere jumped up and said he would not
proceed any further, as he observed the magistrates bad
already prejudged it. Mr. pluck : tI hat is a most insolent
and outrageous observation. Mr. Sands : I will not sit
here and be insulted after this manner. lam here to dis-
charge the public business, and if you attempt such obsere
vations again, I shall hand you over to the custody of an
officer. Mr. Wybergh : I must say that the business of this
court is carried on very irregularly when Mr. Goodere is
engrge3. Mr. Sands . If he does not conduct himself pro-
perly, I will hand him over to an officer. Mr. Goodere :
Sir,
sir. The learned gentleman made several violent plunges,
bet the end of the case woe, that his clients were fined £5;
and as they were marched into the adj lining court, he made
a furious rush after them, beating the bottom of his bat
with extraordinary vigour. in a few seconds, there were
loud cries heard from the next court, and Mr. Lloyd, the,
usher, with Mr. Thomas, end " divers other," entered. There'
were ab ,ut 60 persons, chiefly females, collected at the far end
of the court, and these appeared engaged in very illegal prat.,
tires, viz., beating each other in the most approved fashion}
of pugilistic sk,ll. Lloyd shouted silence, with a voice that
awed the combatants into quiet, and Mr. Goodere was seen
making his way out of the crowd, amid a roar of laughter.
He again appeared in a cross case arising out of the last
disposed of, when, amongst several fl Ish females who were
called, was one whose name did not transpire, except in the
following way :—Mr. Goodere stood up to cross-examine her;
the first question he asked was : " You are called Manx
Anne, I believe ?" \Vitnes; : No matter what lam called,
I wish you would pay me what yen owe me, Mr. Goodere 1
(An immense. burst of laughter f dlowed, and the learned
gentleman did not- ask her any more impertinent questions.)
The uncle of the whole play was, that all the parties were
fined £5 each, and so ended the performance of yesterday.

BIRKENHEAD.
BEFORE J S. JACKSON, EsQ,
A DISHONEST SERVA NT. —1:110M,S M,Arttn, lately in }ho
employ of Mr. Thomas 03tfi,ld, of Grang3 lane, bottle beer
merchant, was charged with embEzzling the monies of his
employer to the amount of £2O. Detective officer Hodgson
applied for a remand, as he had only apprehended the
prisoner at four o'clock this morning, on board the Samuel
M. Fox, lying off New Brighton, preparing to proceed to,
America, and had not had time to get the necessary
witnesses in attendance. The prisoner was ordered to be
remanded until Friday next. _

HAWKING WITHOUT A LlCENSE.—Patrick Day and
Michael Gannon, two ill-looking fellows, from Liverpool,
were brought up charged with hawking brushes for sale, in
Tranmere, without a license. In this class of fellows who,
under the pretence of selling their goods, manage to get
into the kitchens of respectable houses, and if they find no
one there, they lay their hands on anything that MI
happen to be within their reach. The constable said, th:tt
several complaints had lately been made of such ;ono;
The magistrate cautioned them, and said if thkry were again:
found on this side of the water, doing the same thing, hi
should, mast assuredly, put the law in force, with that
caution he, this time, discharged them.