The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-17 00:00:00

BEFORE MR. CROPPER

UNFOUNDED CIIAItGE.--7-s:ni'rantisco Toniaso,
the Spanish interpreter. was charged by a p-rson named
Henry Hines, who said he was a watchmaker,
with having obtained 105. from him under false pretences.
Mr. Goodere said be was " instructed" to appear for the
prosecution. The complainantsaid on Friday night fortnight I
met the Signor in the "George and Dragon " public house
in Renshaw Street. We were tossing for' glasses when the
defendant said he had no mare money, but that he had a
magistrates order for 30s. for the payment of interpreting
in some cases. He produced it, and I lent him 10., on it,
but it turned out rn be of no use (the order was pro-
duced), Signor Tomaso said the charge was very false, and
the complainant had made it all out of spite. He was at
the public house in question, when the complainant chat•
lenged him to toss for glasses. They tossed, and he (Signor
T.) lost, and paid. The complainant challenged him again,
but he said he had no more money, but that he had a
receipt of his own, f r 305., which be was going to receive
the money for. It was stamped (the receipt produced) and
written by him in Spanish, and signed by himself. He was
going to get the amount from the person who owed it to
him, and he said if the complainant lent him half a sove-
reign on it, be would to's him for more glasses. The
complainant did lend him the half sovereign, and he
(Signor Tomaso) did not see him from that time on to the
previous day, when he came up to him at George's
Hall, and gave him into custody: Complainant—l offered
to let you go if you paid me, when you snapped your
fingers in my face, and said the paper was not worth
a d—. and that yon did not care a fig for me.
Signor Tomaso—Why, your Worship, I imagined
he had received the 305., and that he was coming to
give me the balance, but instead of that he gave me into
custody on this false charge. The receipt is good for
the 30s. this moment, as it is not yet paid, and any one
presenting that receipt will get the money. Mr Wybergh
(to the complainant)—You must have seen that this was
not a magistrate's order for the payment of money, but a
receipt signed by himself. Witness—He told me it was a
magistrate's order. Mr. Wybergh—Did you know him
before ? Yes And often met him? Yes. Then you
must know this was was not the order of a magistrate.
How could I know that, when I don't understand
Spanish. Mr. Wybergh—You know his name ? Yes.
Then you saw it signed here to this receipt, and you
knew he was not a magistrate. Signor Tomaso—lt is
all a false charge, and spite, because I would not assist
him to tout for Mr. Goodere. Complainant—lt is not;
I never touted for Mr Goodere. Signor Tomaso—You
did ; I can bring plenty to prove it. Mr Goodere (to
his worship)—The question is, sir, do you think 'there
was a false pretence in the case ? His worship—l am
sure there was not, and I therefore at once discharge
him. There is no case whatever against him. He was
then discharged, when he remarked that he had been
so badly treated by the complainant that he would leave
Liverpool.
COUNTY COURT. 17" —_ESTERDAY.

BEFORE J. POLLOCK, ESQ., THE JUDGE.
JUDGEMENT.—WRIGHT V. DANTIC.—In this case, his
Honour said—Since the day of hearing, the s'h instant, I
have taken time to consider this case. It is an action brought
by the owner of a fishing smack (the Prince of Wales)
against the owners of a steam tug (Sampson) for damage
done to the fishing smack in a collision, on the 8 h of Oct ,
off tha Prince's Pier. It appeared that, and I recollect
well that I made a strong point of it at the time of the
trial, the -sailing vessel had only exhibited a single light,
and that light was held in the hands of one man. I have
always thought, and I do now think, that in a port like this
that great precaution should be taken by vessels in eemieg
up a river like this. It is quite clear that one light exhibited
in such a way is not sufficient, even according to the rules of
the river, or the rules laid dawn by the admiralitv ; and I
shall insist in all cases that come before me of having boats
coming up the river exhibiting a light, and that that light
shall be a proper light, and permanently fixed to some
portion of the rigging. I have availed myselfof the oppor-
tunity I have had of communicating with several nautical
gentlemen, and they fully concur in the opinion I have
formed on the point. I am disposed as far as I can
to insist on the rules of the admiralty being carried out
in sailing vessels, arid insist on having a permanent fixed
light in such boats. It is absurd to think that a single
light, held in a man's hand, at the time of danger, is
sufficient. While holding that view with regard to sailing
boats, I expect that the steam tugs will take the same
precaution. In this case lam satisfied that the plaintiffs
did not take the proper precaution, and exhibit a light in
a conspicuous part of their vessel keand, therefore, are not
entitled to rec)ver. I shall, therefore, give a verdict for
the defendants.
BUSINESS OF TAE COURT.—Wednesday, December 17th,
121 cases ; Thursday, the 18th, 120 cases ; Friday, 19th,
170 cases ; Tuesday, 30th, 121 cases ; Wednesday, 31st,
121 cases ; total for the present court, 660 cases. There
will, also, be a court held for adjourned cases on the 22nd
and the 23rd instant.
FRAUD SUMMONS.—There were a great number of persons
summoned for not complying with the firmer orders of the
court, and, in some instances, the parties were ordered to
be committed for imprisonment, unless they paid the
amounts due.
INSOLVENTS—Edward Johnson, late a pnbliean, of
Waterloo road, supported by Mr. Fenwick, instructed by
Mr. C inway, was ordered to come up for his final order on
the 27th of January. John Edward Smith, a corn broker,
was opposed by a creditor who had entrusted him to effect
an insurance on some goods to go by an American vessel,
which he did not do. His Honour severely animadverted
upon the conduct of the insolvent, who had nearly been
guilty of felony in fact—obtaining money of a friend, and
appropriating it to his own use. He had been guilty of a
double act of fraud, and he would mark the opinion he felt
of such a contemptible transaction by ordering him to be
imprisoned for nine months from the date of his vesting
order. Isabella Wallace, the keeper of a house of ill fame
in Hotham street, Finch street, and other places of a similar
description, was opposed by one or two creditors, and was
supported by Mr Grocott. The final order was directed to
be made in the March c•)urt, the insolvent to have protection
during the time. Several other irsalveut cases having been
disposed of, the court adjourned.

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT..--YESTSRDAT

BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER

IN RE WiCrii:;i7.fieoN.—ln conformity with the decision
of the Lords Justices the bankrupt again presented himself for
examination, in order that he might par, and a day be fixed for
the certiflca'e meeting. ' Mr. Lowndes appe,ared for the
assignees, and Mr. John Yates, jun., for the bankrupt. His
Honour said : The Lords Justices deem to have been of opinion
that a question or questions were not properly put in the course
of your examination, and that therefore you may have
misapprehended such question or questioni, I therefore think
it right now to 'call upon you to state yourself precisely what
passed with reference to the mortgage transactions with Mr.
Humphreys. After some objection from Mr. Yates, who
urged that the examination should be taken by question and
answer and not by narrative, the bankrupt proceeded with his
statement. He said : I cannot say that I can give any further
statement than I gave before. I was seeking to effect a
mortgage, and I applied first to Mr. Rodick. Mr. Humphreys
heard that I was seeking to effect a mortgage. and said he
would let me have some money, £3,000. It was agreed
upon, and Messrs. Francis and Almond were instructed to
prepare a mortgage. They did draw one, and it was executed
on the 14th April, 1856, and I then received four cheques,
two of £l,OOO each, and two of £5OO each. It was then
stated by Mr. Almond_er Mr. Ilumphre.,s that if I would
bring the two large cheques I could have the cash to-morrow.
I think I went with the cheques the day following, or the day
but one after, and I received 1:1,000 from, I think, Mr.
Francis, and the day following I Ti cei ved another £l,OOO
from Mr. Almond for another cheque. One of the
£5OO cheques I paid into the Borotigh Bank, the
other I got discounted at Barnva's I took the first
£l,OOO to 341 r. Humphreys—l think the same day
I received it, to lay against the bills that were running ;
another £lOOO I took in a few days, or in the course of the
same week, also .to Mr. Humphreys, for the same purpose as
before. The first £lOOO I took was the same money I received
from Messrs. Francis and Almond, but I cannot say whether
the second £lOOO was so or not, because I had it a longer time
in my hands To Mr. Lowndes : The property was the property
of Bromborough, and was subject already to another mortgage
for £3OOO to Mr. Rodrick. I did not obtain any valuation
myself, nor do 1 knaw that 'Mr. Humphreys obtained one. I

had toll Mr. Humphreys what it had been valued at before by
Mr. G. e —that is, £4OOO to £5OOO, and what I had exvended
upon it, having built another house at a cost of several hundred
pounds, and that I considered it of much greater value. I
believe Mi. Humphreys saw Mr. Gee about it. I believe
Mr. Humphreys told me so. Mr. Lowndes : Mr. Gres only
makes it £4200 even now. To the Court : That is the best
account I can give of that transaction, and it is a tree account.
I have nothing to add to my balance sheet. This account of
this transaction was in substance the same as that given by
the bankrupt in his previous examinaaons bef,..rd the court.
Mr. Yates : I may here state that Mr. Lowndes himself is
aware that a very satisfa.tory explanatio❑ could he given,
though not perhaps in cour., of the reasons why this £3OOO was
so generotisly lent to the bankrupt. His Honour—l suppose,
then, that after the recent decis:cn of the Lords Justices the
bankrupt must pass. Tho last examination wan then passed,
and the 13th January fired for the certificate meeting.

CLEVER CAPTURE OF THREE SWELLS IN
LIVERPOOL.

On Monday evening, detectives Patrick and Eaton
made a capture of three "great swells" in town, and no
doubt the arrest and the discovery consequent thereon,
will lead to interesting results. It appears that for the
past week, complaints were frequent of robberies from
the persons of ladies and gentlemen in busses, and
several churches in town, and the police were therefore
on the alert, as they suspected some " new hands" had
visited the northern metropolis, and probably intended
spending the Christmas here, and patronising, to a
considerable extent, the inhabitants of " Modern Tyre."
I The ofileers were not leng before they got on a trail,
and this they improved considerably by vigilant atten-
tion. They found that three persons (two females and
a man) had recently arrived here, and had taken rather
expensive and elegant lodgings at 19, Clarence street.
On Monday the officers having all their plans matured,
got into an Old Swan 'bus, where they saw two females
upon whom they fixed their serious attention. These
they subsequently arrested, as well as the man, and
yesterday they were brought up before Mr. Cropper at
the police court, when the following facts were given in
evidence :—The names given by the prisoners are John
Rivers, described as a "railway surveyor;" Martha
Lawler, alias Rivets, and Charlotte Qualle. The pri-
soners were dressed very fashionably, and Rivers and
Lawler are young, Quail° being rather older. Officer
Patrick said : About 10 o'clock yesterday morning I
went with Eaton to the house, No. 19, Clarence street,
as we had received information that the prisoners lodged
there, and were suspected of being pickpockets and
robbers We saw them leave the house, and proceed
down Brownlow hill ; we followed them through Church
and Lord streets. The women here separated from the
man, who walked from five to ten yards behind them.
He had this umbrella in his hand, and with it he used
to point to the women, who frequently looked round.
At 'windows, where there were ladies, they used to meet,
and the man used to point to ladies, and the female pri-
soners used then to close on the ladies. The prisoners
went up and down Lord street several times, and looked
into several 'busses that passed. At last the two women
went into a Palkner square 'bus, and the man went in
after them, all went on to the square, the officers, being
outside, watched them. They got out at the square, and
went along Chatham street, and from that to Pembroke
place, where they entered a public house. Mr. Bluck,
who appeared for the prisoner, here interposed, and said
he really must stop the respectable officer in his evidence.
He wanted to know what the direct charge was ?
Officer Patrick : That's what I am going to
prove. Mr. Bluck : And, of course, that's what
I don't want you to prove, for the benefit of my clients.
Officer Patrick : I dare say, sir, you will not like to hear
what we have to say against the prisoners. Mr. Bluck :
The less you say for their sake, the better, I assure you.
(Laughter.) Patrick : I must do my duty. He then
went on to say—The prisoners then went into an auction
I room. Magistrate : Where ? In Pembroke place, and
from that to London road. We followed them to Elliott
street, where the man went into a 'bus that was going
to the Pierhead, and left the two women there. The
two women then got into a 'bus that was going to the Old
Swan, and we got up on it; we watched them through a
hole in the top. There was a lady (sill() is present) got
into the 'bus also, and I saw the prisoner Lawler put her
hand under the lady's shawl, into her pocket. At the
corner of Gildart street, and Anson street, the two female
prisoners got out ; one went up Gildart street, and the
other Anson street. I followed the prisoner Lawler up
Anson street, and arrested her as she was going into a
confectioner's shop, and Eaton went after the other, and
arrested her. She gave her name as Quaile, and said
that her husband was at sea, and that she lived in
. Hunter street ; this, of course, was false. We then went
to 19, Clarence street, and arrested the male prisoner,
where we found the table laid for dinner. I got several
boxes in his room, and a vast quantity of wearing
apparel, all new and costly, and consisting of all
sorts of clothes. In one of his boxes I found ten five
' pound notes, and now Eaton will tell you the rest. Mr.
Bluck : And if he tells us more than you have told us,
be will be a clever officer. Patrick : you
think he will,
then. Mr. Black : I hope not. Now, was £5O too
much money for a man going to America to have in his
possession ? Well, I know people go to America with a
good deal less money. They were new notes ?- Yes.
Such as might be just had out of the bank in payment
for a bank post bill ? Yes, but they might be had for
other than a bank post bill. Mr. Bluck : Well, this is
not the business, but where is the lady who lost her
purse in the 'bus ? She is here, sir. Did you see either
of the prisoners take anything from the lady ? No, I
could not, if I had I would have caught them at once ;
I only saw Lawler put her hand into the lady's pocket.
I got 9s 2d, on my prisoner. Was the man (prisoner)
there at the time ? No, I told you already he was not,
as he had gone into a Pierhead 'bus. This statement
was fully corroborated by detective officer Eaton, who
' added as follows :—I got these keys on the man, and I
found several portmanteaus and boxes in the place, and
these keys opened them. I found this gold watch and
chain, value thirty guineas, in a pair of socks in one of
the boxes, and £4 14s 8d in the same box. The prisoner
said the watch was a present from a brother of his in
America. In another box I got this silver watch and gold
chain, and a valuable gold pin, a pair of gold spectacles,
and £57 in gold, and 19s. sd. Mr. Bluck and you took
him away before he had his dinner? Yes we did.
Mr Block—Oh, cruel detectives. Detective Horne, and
Carlyle, with inspector Murphy, sere sworn, and all
gave evidence of having watched the prisoners for some
days past, at Railway stations, churches, and other
places, and that they had seen them " feel " and " try "
the pockets of several ladies and gentlemen, but get
nothing, and therefore they did not arrest them, as they
wished them to go on until they got a" ease " against
tbem. Mrs. Seddons, a highly respectable lady, residing
in Edge Lane was examined, and said she was robbed,
the prisoners sat beside her in the 'bus, but in reply to
Mr. muck, she would not swear that she lost her purse
before or after she got into the 'bus, as she was at the
market before going into the 'bus, and might have lost
her purse there. Mr. Bluck—How much was in it ? I
do not know, but I know there were several sovereigns
and some silver. John Bierenstien. the person who owns
the house, 19 Clarence Street, where the prisoners
lodged, proved that the male prisoner took the lodg-
ings—they had a front parlour and two top bed
rooms. The man said they had came from Dublin
To Mr Bluck—They paid their rent. I gave informa-
tion to the police as I suspected them. Mr Wybergh—
You acted very properly. Mr. Clough—So he did. Mr
muck then made a long and able address for the pri.
soners. He contended that there was no case made
against the prisoners. If the police imagined that they
had a case of suspicion against the prisoners, they should
have arrested them before, but they wanted to make out
a case against them. There was nothing found on the
females, although the two female prisoners were at once
arrested in the 'bus; indeed the lady could not tell
whether she had the purse when entering the 'bus. The
man, he said, was not out on the day in question, and so
far as he was concerned, there was nothing against him.
He said the parties were going to America, and the
man had got a £5O bank post bill from his brother,
and like a prudent man, he had changed it into small
notes before going out. Be trusted under all the
circumstances, the prisoners would be discharged. Mr.
Cropper said the case was quite clear, and he could not
help saying that the officers had done their duty with
great zeal and ability, and were entitled to much credit.
He would therefore remand the prisoners for seven
days.

DEATH OF MR. DAVID DYSON, THE NATURALIST.—We
announce with deep regret the death of Mr. David Dyson,
of Manchester, a well known naturalist, at the early age of
thirty-three, which took place at one o'clock in the afternoon
of Wednesday. at the residence of his brother, Woodbine
cottage, Rusholme.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT UN THE RIVER.—On Monday
afternoon another accident, resulting in the lozs of two lives,
occurred on the Thames, rear Bupby's Hole, Limehouse.
Two youths, named Richard Callaghan and Charles Mor-
gan, having obtained possession of a skiff belonging to the
collier Vtrecor, commenced rowing about for their amuse
went, and disregarding the shouts made to them to bring
back the boat, they pulled towards Rotherhithe, it is
supposed, to land there, and in their efforts to escape the
boat sent in pursuit of them, they rowed on to a tier of
shipping. The boat instantly capsized, and the youths
were plunged into the river, the current carried they] under
the shipping, and both were drowned, their bodies not being
recovered. The lads were of tespectable parents, residing
in the Commercial Road.

WEDNESDAY.