The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
LICENSE TO STEAK.—A NV:IE POlNT.—Henry Carpenter,
cook on board of the ship Shamrock, arrived here from New
York, was charged with attempting to smuggle 7/lbs of tobacco,
contrary to the statute in that case made and provided. Mr.
Black defended the prisoner. An officer of excise said he
found the tobacco in the prisoner's galley, in two parcels. Mr.
Block : How do you know it was his tobacco ? Officer :
Because he came on board, and ran off with his clothes, and
we did not see him afterwards until last night, when the captain
gave him up to us. Mr. Bluck Well, if this be not a satis-
factory reason for the prisoner being the owner of the tobacco,
I don't understand English. The witness said. "Oh, yes, sir,
it is quite satisfactory. (Laughter.) Mr. Bluck : Very !
Now, had any one else access to the galley ? Yes, but the
prisoner had the key. Had not the carpenter a key also ? I
am not aware of that; Here a person at the table started up,
and slid : Oh, no doubt, the prisoner is the guilty party. Mr.
Bluck : Who are you, sir? A tidewaiter. Mr. Block ; Then,
sit down.. Mr. Tidewaiter. Tidowaiter : No, I won't. Mr.
Block : You must, sir; and, what's more, you must not speak
here—l have a license, and paid for it, to enable me to speak
here, and you have not; so sit down, sir. The tidewaiter,
with evident reluctance, and a couple of convulsive efforts to
speak, withous a license, eat down, but immediately jumped up
again, and essayed to speak without the privilege. Mr. Bluck :
Sit down, sir. The learned advocate then contended that there
was no evidence whatever to convict the prisoner ; and a though
the officious tidewaiter had pronounced the prisoner "guilty,"
his worship would, nd doubt, pronounce him not guilty, and
discharge him. His worship was of that opinion, and slid no
matter what suspicion might be attached to the case, he must give
the benefit of the doubt to the prisoner. He ordered him to
be discharOad. Here, again, the tidewaiter jumped up, and
opened his mouth very wide, with the intention of" speaking,"
but a motion from the hand of one of thO clerks of the court
stopped the " effort" to talk without license, and the tide-
waiter left the court amid laughter, thinking, no doubt, that it
is a misnomer to say that England is a free country, where a
man must have and pay for a license before ho is allowed to
speak. twhen the prisoner was leaving the dock, several
persons in the body of the court cried out, loud enough to be
heard, " Bravo, Rluck —more power to you !"1
Tins CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—AIfred Rolfe, who
stood remanded on a charge of having caused the death of all
old woman named Sarah Woods, was brought up. From the
evidence of Mr. Roberts, surgeon, it appeared that s'x ribs of
the deceased were broken, and that death s esulted from that
and other injuries, with hernorhago in the abdominal cavity.
The prisoner was sent for trial on the charge.

BEF,RE MR. DIXON.
HAMLET TURNED PIG JOBBER. John Hamlet and
Thomas Jones were "put up" by detective officer Sullivan,
on a charge of having stolen a pig, value £3 83., from the
brewery of Mr. John Thompson, Prescott street. The
case was rather comical,and excited some laughter, particularly
when the ears -of little " porkey" were taken out of a nicely
folded handkerchief, and laid with becoming decorum on the
table. These portions of the anea3tus of the Bkonnheen were
produced as evidence of the identity of the whole carcass,
which appeared to have been metamorphosed by a peculiar
process, only known to Mr. Hamlet, into bacon, with real
Wiltshire flavour, in a shorter time than it takes this planet
to move round its axis. Mr. Wybergh was of opinion that
if the ears of the grunter were taken ai evidence, the head
altogether would be much more desirabletestimony on the point.
To this it was replied that the oars was of a peculiar cut and
shape, and that few other pigs could have boasted such "beauti-
ful things." Mr. Hamlet being an imitator of his namesake
—in philosophy—was walking (according to his own account)
up Church street when he saw the "little darling" roam-
ing (a highly paetic idea is that of a pig roaming) about, quite
" like an orphant," and he concluded its mother was not
aware of its absence. Thinking it his bounden duty to offer
whatever protection he could, he took charge of the " stray
baste," until he happened " promiscuously," to meet with Mr.
Jones, to whose tender care he confided the " hanimal," not
before he had taken a piece of metal called a sovereign in
exchange for it. Both parties then proceeded to a slaughter-
house, (but this secret they kept from the knowledge of the
pig), when the body was turned into the bacon aforesaid, by
help of a post mortem process, and in this state the "nose" of
Sullivan discovered the " body anl bones" of the quadruped.
The case caused a good deal of laughter, at the end of which
the prisoners were remanded, as it was supposed there was a
certain cooper, who had a finger in the pie, but who was at
present non est.
A " TEA" PARTY RUINED.—Henry Fearnes was charged
by Thomas Doran, a person in the employment of Mr. Wood-
all, wholesale tea dealer, with having stolen a parcel containing
121bs of tea. The complainant said he was delivering parcels
of tea in Waterloo road,,and whilst engaged in taking a parcel
into a house, the prisoner went to the van and ran off with
121bs of tea. Ile was followed and captured in a passage in
Regent street. The prisoner said he came into the scrape in
this way : A man ran into the passage with the tea, and he
caught hold of him, when he dropped the parcel, and just as
he took it up, he was kotehed. This very ingenious defence
did not avail, and he was sent to jail for two months.
A LOVER OF THE FINE ARTS.—A rather respectable look-
ing young man, named John Lawton, was charged with having
stolen two pictures, value £1 10a from the King's Arms
Hotel, John's lane. One was an oil painting— a Scotch pedlar
on foot driving his horse ; the other, a print called the
" Independent Challenge," by a butcher's boy on horseback
to William IV. when Duke of Clarence, to " trot him for
a pot of beer." It appeared that on S iturday evening the
prisoner w,,s in the smoking room of the hotel, when ho had
a glass of ale. There was no one in the room at the time except
the prisoner, and after he went away the pictures were
missed. On Monday the prisoner sold one of the pictures to
a dealer named James Moran, who keeps a shop in
Great Homer street, and this was found by detective officer
isenthwaite, and on 'Wednesday the prisoner called again at
Moran's with another picture, when he was given into custody.
The prisoner admitted having stolen one picture through want •
Bridewell-keeper Campbell said, at the winter sessions of 1855
the prisoner was convicted, arid sentenced to nine months' im-
prisonment, for stealing pictures. He was committed for
trial.
PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT.—There was a fine looking lad
brought up, charged with some offence, when he expressed a
desire to go to sea. Mr. John Decosta, s hipping master,
who happened to be in court, said he would procure the lad a
ship next day. The magistrate said it was very kind of Mr.
Decosta, and advised the boy to conduct himself properly, and
no doubt lie might get on in the world. Mr. Clough said Mr.
Decosta had acted very kindly on many occasions, and had
taken several boys from them. The magistrate thanked Mr.
Decosta for his kindness.

THE LEEDS WIZARD.

At the York Assizes, on Wednesday, Henry Harrison
was charged with having, on the 18th of May, 1846, at
Leeds, married one Sarah Ann Brown, he having a former
wife then alive. Mr. Blanshard and Mr, Johnston prose-
cuted ; Mr. Maule and Mr. Greenhow defended the pri-
soner. The prisoner, known as the " Leeds Wizard,"
rendered himself notorious in reference to the extraordin-
ary influence which he possessed over the murderer Dove,
convicted at the last assizes. After hearing the evidence,
the jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a
verdict of " guilty," a decision which apparently was
approved of by all persons in court. The prisoner was
then further charged with having, on the 14th of October,
1850, at Wakefield, married Maria Steel, his former wife
being then alive. Under the direction of his counsel the
prisoner pleaded guilty to this offence. A previous con-
viction for felony was proved against the prisoner, and it
was also shown that the prisoner had been convicted of
an indecent assault, and as a rogue and a vagabond, in
being a fortune teller. His Lordship, in sentencing the
prisoner, observed that he had been found guilty on clear
evidence of the crime of bigamy, and on his own confession
he stood convicted of another similar offence. It appeared
that he had also been imprisoned for felony, and he was
now undergoing punishment for a felonious assault of a
very serious description as disclosed by the depositions.
He had been leading a life of unparalleled profligacy, the
crimes of which he had been convicted being of an aggra-
vated character. The sentence of the court was that he
be kept in penal servitude for four years.

Since the National Gallery was closed in the autumn
many pictures have been hung on the line, and, therefore,
are more advantageously seen. The change, in several
instances, is a material improvement'.
THE SHOCKING MURDER AT BOLTON-UPON-DEARNE,--
On the bodies of the murdered couple were con-
signed to their final resting-plaee in the parish chu.chyard
of Bolton, followed by nearly the whole of the inhabitants
of that village and the neighbouring townships. The shops
were all closed, and the appearance of the village was one
of general mourning. The coffin having been lowered, the
respec ed vicar read the burial service in a very impressive
manner, being at times wholly overcome by his feelings,
which at last found vent in tears. The whole scene was
one not easily forgotten, as the greatest ptirtion of thet large
assemblage was so powerfully affected that scarcely a dry
eye was to be seen. The ceremony being concluded, the
sad cortege moved slowly away from the grave, many
lingering behind to rem irk upon the sorrowful fate of the
aged couple who, inseparable in lite, were not parted even in
death. Bee, who was apprehended, was again set at liberty,
having proved that the stains of blood on his clothes ware
the result of a poaching excursion, in which some rabbits
were killed. Since the inquest, no further trace has been
obtained as to the perpetrators of this diabolical tragedy,
which has caused so much consternation and alarm in the
Barn-ley and Doncaster districts. I\lr. Thomas, one of the
new officers appointed by Colonel Cobbe, has been stationed
at Bolton, but despite. the greatest exertions made by him
and the local authorities, not the slightest trace of the guilty
parties can be found.