The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-12 00:00:00

POLICE COURT

-YESTERDAY

h.THBONE

A SWTNDLER OAUGHT.--Detective Scott brought up a young
man, named Edward Lyon, on a charge of having swindled

)nd charge of haring committed a site
Morrish, and Co., Comptei
obtained a carpet and hearth rue. The cat

waistcoats, and on a a,

ar offence at Messrs. Jeff

house, where

of the prisoner bore the following :—" E. Lyons and Sons,
oil and tallow merchants, It tinford gardens, Whitechapel,
Liverpool ;" and on the back of the card was written,
" Bootle Hall, Bootle," which the prisoner said was his
country house. From the statement of Scott, and the evidence
of Mr. Pierce Morris, (foreman of Mr. Hope,) Mr. Plant, an
assistant of Messrs. Jeffery and Co., and two porters—one
from the latter house, and one from Mr. Hope's—it appeared
that a short time ago the prisoner ordered a coat and two vests

,o be sent, on Saturlay

nt out with the goo

at Mr. Hope's, and ordered the pod
last, to Bootle Hall. The porter was
and he was ordered not to leave them with

Shortly after, the prisoner called at t

shop, and., found the

things sent- out. -He followed the porter, and got
the parcel, containing the property, from. him, repre-
senting' that he' had been to the shop, and
paid far the goods. The porter thinking, as he said, the state-
ment was all true, and as the gentleman lived in such a grand
as 13;etle-hall, had no hesitation in giving up the
In reply to his worship, Scott said there was such a
place as Bootle hall, but there was .nothing whatever known
there of the prisoner; nor was there such a house in Rainford-
gardens as. that lot "E. Lyons and Sons." The prisoner
ordered a carpet, hearth rugs, and other things,"from Com?ton-
house, and went with the porter who took the goods, by
prisoner's orders, and left them -at lkfr. Hope's, the porter
thinking all was right. The prisoner had a vehicle, in which
he took the things away. The success thus far gave him

done a" roaring trade"

in the swindling line, t
him on Monday nigh

'lto custody

laving as

,he officer,

m of th

h© had obtained at Mr

prisoner

last the bridewell keeper happened to come in, and saw
the constable 277 kicking me. He cried out "step—that's
enough of this sort of game." The complainant further
said the other two men struck him, but not so severely
as the officer 277, who kicked him whilst down, most
brutally. George Gerard, the keeper of the
south dock bridewell. said when he had booked the
charge against the complainant, and had him taken inside,
he turned to ouc of the drawers to get out a book, when
he heard a great noise inside and he hastened there as
quickly as possible. He found the min down and con-

v. He

" this

work will not do here; I must report this case." • He did
so. All the three officers were together, but he did not
see the others kick the man. The officers cross examined
the complainant and the bridewell-keeper. but the gene-
ral statement was not shaken. Maj Greig said he
attended there to watch the cas•:!. He was very cautious
about his men, and careful of them $f they were violently
used. It was very rare, indeed, that he found any of his
men guilty of extreme violence whilst in the discharge of
their duty. He took every care of his men to make them
as efficient as possible, and at the same time to make them
perform their duty with -good temper, moderation, and
civility. When he found a man that could not exercise
those qualities in the discharge of his duty, he got rid of
him as soon as he could. In cases where his men were
used badly, he would take every care of them, and in
cases where the police acted wrong towards the public,
he would show the public that the police should be
severely punished. It was, he was very glad to say,
extremely rare indeed, to find a police officer acting with
extreme violence. This case was an exception, and Whet/
:he heard of it, he at once determined to take it
'before the magistrates to have it openly dealt with, and
let the public see the result. The magistrates consulted
for a short time, and at length Mr. Harvey said, police-
man 277 must be dismissed from the force, and we will
give the complainant a free summons against him for the
assault. The, other constables, we hand over to Major
Greig, to be dealt with by him as his discretion may
direct.
s fo-iegan met I MORE ASSAULTS.—Thomas Stewart

lied officer 554 in R

vas charged with
reet, and a fine of
was fined
.'rescott, on the

I on him ; and. Thomas Rainford

having assaulted John

&AnnumNo.—John Sullivan was fined Ils 3d, the value
of a quantity of foreign manufactured tobacco, which he
attempted to smuggle from a ship in the river.

B A.NKRUPrcY COURT.—YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY.)

In re CiTHARnis HunFlES.—The bankrupt:, grocer and
draper, of Holly well, pissed this day her last examination.

M3NDAY

Ix RE WM. SIIERRAD.—The bankrupt was a victuallef
and grocer, at Crewe. He was adjudicated a bankrupt in
Januaryy, and now a petition was presented by him, and
signed b the trade assignees, praying that it might be
annulled. Mr. Shepperd, of Stoke-upon-Trent, appeared
both for the bankrupt and trade assignees, to support the
petition. His Honour observed that he thought, in such
case, the bankrupt ought to be represented separately.
Mr. Shepperd replied that as the petition was also signed
by the trade assignees, and as they were favourable to it,
he thought there could be no objection to the same party
representing both them and the bankrupt. His Honour
said that there were circumstances in the case which
called for very great discretion on the part of the court-
He :found that the messenger had made no less than
eighteen seizures upon concealed property in the case ;
and as the concealment of property was an offence for
which the court might be called on to direct a prosecu.
tient, he could not assent to the annulling of the adjudica.
lion until the last examination took place. Mr. Shepperd
said that the concealment was wholly without the batik•
rupt's knowledge, and was effected during his i lness. His
Honour: The bankrupt's property has been sold at a.
much less price than it probably would have fetched. Mr.
Shepperd : I am nut aware that the creditors will receive
a less dividend than they otherwise would. His Honour:
HoW much has the property been sold for? Mr. Shepperd :
I really do not know. His Honour : Surely as attorney
representing the assignees, you ought to be able to state
what it sold for. Mr. Shepperd: The fact is that the
creditors have accepted £470 from a friend of the bank.
rupt, to cover the dividend, pay all expenses and in liqui-
dation of all debts. I believe the trade assignees have
received .230. His Honour : Let the trade assignees
then hand ov,-.r the money, and furnish an account to the
official assignee. The property must be protected for all
the creditors, and Certainly under the circumstances of
the case, I will not sign any order for annulling, until
after the bankrupt has passed his last examination, Mr.
Shepperd : I am quite ready to give the court every infor.,
mation touching the concealment. His Honour : Yon
must understand that you cannot be a witness and advo-
cate at the same time. Mr. Shepperd The effect of the
money being paid into court, will be that I shall have
it out somewhat diminished. His Honour t In
answer to that observation, which is not a proper one,
you must know that it is the imperative duty of the trade
assignees to pay over whatever money they receive to the
official assignee, and that they here must do. Mr. Shep-
perd And, failing that, the official assignee has his
remedy. His Honour: Am Ito understand that you,
representing the bankrupt and tha assignees, intend not
to pay over the money ? Mr. Shepperd : Certainly not;
but I wished to point out that the o' Pet of this court Is to
facilitate arranaerocnts between bankrupts and creditors.
His Honour : Certainly; such is the object of the court,
but where there is a concealment of property, I owe it to
the protection of the community at large, to have the
fullest explanation. The petition was then ordered to
stand over until the bankrupt has passed his last exami-
nation.

TN RE GEORGE Moss.—The bankrupt, coal-miner, of
Wrexham, obtained an immediate certificate of the second

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