The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-22 00:00:00

(BEFORE E. SAMES, ESQ., Q C., ASSESSOR.)

This court sat at nine o'clock this morning

HUGEIFS AND WIFE, v, WALKER.--This was a claim
for damage sustained by the female plaintiff, who,
through the negligence of the servants of the defendant,
had her arm broken in Hattan-,garden, by some boxes
falling upon her. The facts were not disputed. The
plaintiff had been disabled for seven weeks, from pursu-
ing her calling as a wash woman. The jury returned a
a verdict for the plaintiff, and laid the damage
£lO.

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POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. GLADSTONE.)

PURE ENJOYMENT !—A fine-looking fellow, dressed as
a sailor, who gave his name as Charles Radford, was
charged by a police constable, who said—At half-past
six on Saturday evening, he saw him run towards the
Union Dock, and, before he could stop him, he jumped
into the dock and attempted to drown himself. In reply
to Mr. Gladstone, the prisoner said—l was a long time
at away

from my native country. Mr. Gladstone : Where
were you ? In the Crimea. Mr. Gladstone: Where do
you belong to ? To Liverpool ; so being a long time
away, I thought I would go on a spree and enjoy myself.
Mr. Gladstone : That was one way of enjoying yourself,
by putting an end to your life. Prisoner : As for that,
I don't know anything about it; but I think a good deal
about that life, as I have carried it through some rough
scrapes in the Crimea. His Worship cautioned him
4trongly as to his future conduct and then discharged
him.

THE WHOLE OF THE FAMTLY.--John Leech was charged
with being drunk in Simpson•street, and with intercept-
ing the police, who were conveying. some prisoners
t) the station house. An officer scud there were a man
and woman fighting in the street, and when he took them
into custody, the prisoner, who was drunk, attempted'to
rescue them, and so did a young woman, not in custody.
The prisoner said the persons taken by the police were
his father and mother, and he naturally interfered for
them. Mr. Gladstone : Father and mother, and sister
and brother, must behave themselves properly in the
streets. I fine you 2s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. costs, for your
coniuct.

A BRUTE PROPERLY PUMS ED.—A tall powerful
looking fellow, named Patrick Foy, was brought before
his wqrship charged with having committed a gross out-
rage in the Prince's-park. From the evidence of two
respectable ladies, who reside in the Park, it appeared
that the prisoner got into a garden at the rear of a
house, and there acted in the most abominable and
disgusting manner. They (very properly) called an
officer and told him, and the constable having gone at
once in search of him, discovered him coming from the
corner of the garden, and he partly corroborated the
evidence of the ladies. Two policeman stated that, about
three years ago, there was a similar complaint lodged
against the prisoner, and another about twelve months,
but the police could never find him up to the present.
His worship spoke in very strong terms of the brutal
conduct of the prisoner, and sent him to gaol for three
months, with hard labour.

(BEFORE MR. E. CROPPER.)

A FOOLISH SAlLOR.—Benjamin Watt, a sailo," charged
another s n of old Neptune, named John Clarke, with
having stolen £lO from him. The complainant had gt.'t
paid off, and was at the railway station about proceeding'
to London, when he met the prisoner, who induced him
to go to his boarding house, kept by a Mrs. Jane
Nl‘Entire, at 26, Denison-street, and whilst there, be
stated that he got laudanum in tea, which set him asleep,
and whilst in that state, he alleged that the prisoner took
the money out of his pocket. In reply to Mr. Bluck,
who defended, the complainant said he was asleep in the
parlour from four o'clock in the day up to eleven at
night, and no doubt several persons had been in the
room during that time. He did not see any one take
his money, but he was told by the landlady of the house,
that she saw the prisoner at his pocket. This statement
was utterly denied by the landlady; and Mr. Black
contended that there was not a particle of evidence to
inculpate the prisoner. The magistrate agreeing, the
prisoner was discharged.

rHE RECEPTION OF Mn. JOHN SMITH, OF BOLTON.—John
Smith, one of the "everlasting family," who said he
came on his second visit to Liverpool at half-past eleven
on Sunday night, from Bolton, charged Margaret
Thompson and Margaret Nicholson, with having stolen
£5 10s. from him. The complainant said, on' his arrival
in town, as above, he did not know where to go for
lodging. He met one of the prisoners and asked her fot
a "highly respectable" lodging, as he had some money
about him. She told him she could bring him to one of
the very first class houses in England,—(laughter)—and
suggested a cab ; this he agreed to, and they proceeded
to that very highly respectable street called Banestre,
where he was introduced to the " other lady," to whom
he related the important fact, that he had money and
wished to be safe and respectable. She assured him, Sd
far as his money was concerned, it was as safe as it
deposited in the vaults of the Bank of England, in
Threadneedle-street, London, and as to respectability, tha
Hotel de Lille, at Paris, could not equal it. (Loud laughter.)
Being satisfied ou these points, he went to bed ; but
when he awoke between five and six in the morning. he
found his c!othes " afloat" on the floor and the money
e I cone. M

Bluck, who defended the prisoners, cross-
examined the complainant at great length, and kept the
court in a roar of laughter, but, from the nature of the

evidence

we cannot indulg

the public in this respect.

The learned gentleman contended that Mr. John Smith,
if not " served'right," deserved what he got, and there-
fore he argued that his clients ought to be discharged.
The prisoners were discharged - and Mr John Smith, of
Bolton, vowed he never would pay a third visit to
" respectable and safe houses" in Liverpoll.

PLUNDER BY A SERVANT.-Sarah Mullaney, late a ser-
vant to Mrs. S. Alsop, the wife of a car proprietor, re-
siding in Christian-street, was charged with having stolen
a considerable quantity of wearing apparel and other
property, belonging to her mistress. Tne prisoner got
up about five o'clock on Saturday morning, packed up
the property, and went off to Manchester with it. She
was followed, and apprehended with all she had taken
in her possession. She was fully committed for trial at
the Sessions.

PLATE STEALING nit A SERVANT.—Sarah Williamson,
a housemaid in the service of Dr. Chalmers,
of Everton,
was charged with stealing three silver forks and three'
ladles of the same material, the property of her master.
It appeared that the family of Dr. Chalmers are at
present in the Isle of Man, and that on Saturday evening
the prisoner was stopped at Mr. Byford's pawnshop,
Dale-street, where she was offering the articles for
pledge. Alexander Hill, coachman to Dr. Chalmers.
proved that the property belonged to his master. The
prisoner said she had a boy to support, and being in
want of money, she took the articles to raise a
temporary loan, but she intended to have taken them out
of pledge in a day or two, when she got money. She
was remanded for seven days.