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

lIEFORE MR. 130LTnN

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half crown, at the spirit vault of Mr. Corpe, Vauxhall.
road. It appeared that, on Saturday night, she went into
the vaults in question, and in payment for something
tendered a half-crown, which turned out to be a base one,
whereon she instantly tendered half a sovereign, saying she
had the half-crown in change from a Mr. Smith, in Scotland..
road. She was given into custody,. although she strongly
protested her innocence ; and, on enquiry, her story was found
quite correct, and she was discharged.
ATTEMPTED STREET ROBBERY.—James M'Connell and
Henry Savage, two young fellows of the Jack Shepperd
school, were charged with having attacked and attempted to
rob Henry Johnston and Mary his wife. The complainants
were passing over Burlington bridge on Saturday night,
when the prisoners attacked, knocked them down, and
attempted to rob them ; but the complainants struggled
with them until the police arrived. The prisoners, of
course, said they were as innocent as that unfortunate child
that never was born, but his Worship being sceptical on
that point, sent them to jail for one month, with hard
labour.
" THE DANCING PAIR."---The dancing pair; that simply
sought renown, according to our friend Oliver Goldsmith's
description in the " Deserted Village," were nothing to
James Berry and John Walsh, who were brought to great
renown by the polite attention of officer 112, who charged
them with creating a riot in Vauxhall road. It app
from the officer's story, that theeared,
prisoners challenged each
other to dance fora wager, and that, after going through a
variety of wonderful evolutions on the " light fantasticer the
,"
they began to try, in the most innocent way, wheth
tops of their clop or their shin bones bore the greatest
resemblance to marble, when a furious fight followed,
which was ended by' the officions interference of 112. The
prisoners were sent to gaol for one month.

BIRKENHEAD.
BEFORE J. 8. JACKSON AND It. DKICANS, EBGOI.
A BEAST.—Bernard Hughes, a man of 50 years of age,
dressed in the garb rf.a sailor, and who said he was in the
employ of Mr. Laird, the ship builder, was brought up on
remand from Saturday last, charged with having indecently
exposed his person to, and assaulted a c-mple' of litt g i rls
named Ramber and Van'han, aged 9 .and, 13, in Church-
street, Birkenhead, on Wednesday and Thursday last. The
particulars of the case were wholly urfit for publication.
The case, however,
was fully proved, and the wretch was
ordered to Dal

and costs

VAGRANCY:—Patrick McArdle, a boy aged 13, was
charted with vagrancy. He was brought up on Saturday
last, but from what transpired then, be was ordered to be
put down until to-day, that enquiries might be made about
him. Mr. Gleave, the bridewell keeper, stated that he had
made enquiries at Liverpool, and found that the prisoner
had been in custody there for stealing a watch ; be had.also
ascertained, that the boy had neither father orroot her. The
magistrates thought it one of those cases coming within the
meaning cf the Reformatory Act, and that it would be a
mercy to the boy to send him away from his bad associates.
lie was, accordingly, sentenced to one calendar month
with
hard labour in the Knutsford House of Correction, an!, bt
the expira-ion of that time, to be sent to the R •
School at Mount St. Bernard's, near Loughboron

)rmatory
, for five

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