The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

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BLACK PIIDD•NOR,

A. well-known thief, named Jane
stPalintr nine black pliddinvl
, Cleveland square. The
"viands," availed her:ell

I from the stall of Mrs. Kell
zirl hallos/ eyed the c.mottna

of an opp)rtonity, and darted off with them, hut was
eapttited. She *as sent to gaol for two mnn.hs.
Srp.m.ivo a PORT-OFFICR OariP:a.-4 man, named
Thomas Gannon. was char!.;•ed with stealinz
order for .5s , which bclon,,ed to a youth, n
Garrity. The complain

11 Martin

le wac workinz in a

ie priconer wl9 there :Owl

The order Wits in
the complainant's pocket. ont of which it was stolen,
and was pres.pted for payment by the prisoner. hut was
stopped. The prisoner was remanded for a week.
`• TFTII J iLt.Y BUTCH,;II." —A voting- man, named
Frerleriek Lawn'nee, who said he was formerly a butcher
an board the Great Britain, and now holding a similar
tuatien on hoard the Royal Charter, charged an artless
'vit.! named Catherine Fitzpatrick, with having
.os. in gold from him. The parties met In
and after a short conversation, the girl
took the " jolly butcher's" pnrse, containing the money.
Two remarkable features attached to the cote. The
first was, that the money was all recovered safe in the
girl's pocket; and the second (though not the least),
was, that the prosecutor sent a person to the reporters'
table, stating that he (the prosecutor), would pay the
gentlemen handsomely if they vvould just he good
enough not to publish his ease in the papers. How the
latter was met the present report will tell. The
prisoner was sent to gaol for two months. The money
was r-stored to the owner, who received a who'esome
le.:ture from his worship, which made him look very
sheepish, even for a butcher.

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CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY.
FRAUD.

On Saturday. at the morning sitting at 'the
court, before Mr. Charles Chaloner, Laurence Rorke
was brought un in enstndy, 'charged by a young woman
named Margaret Callaghan. under the fella% ine stranea
circumstances. Mr. Campbell appeared for the pro.
secution, and stated that a woman named Margaret.
Callaghan, a native of the provihee of Connaught. in
Ireland, came to reside in Liverpool some years ago
About three weeks since she died. bet some time before
her death she had deposited a snm of £BO in the
Saving's Rank. When from illness she was not able to
leave her house, in Spitalfields, she retained her bank
Iwk, and in order to keep it safe, tied it round her
body with a silk handkerchief. The person who
attended her, had a conversation with her, and the
deceased said she would certainly leave all her money to
her child (the present complainant). After the decease
of the woman, the complainant could not find the hank
hook, and she accordingly applied at the Saving's Bank,
where she ascertained that the money had been drawn,
when the whole case was laid in evidence before the
bench, he, Mr. Campbell. should ask for a remand, in
order to have it perfected. The prisoner he must
mention, had been living with the deceased as her
husband, and it would be shewn that whilst the woman
was in a state of insensibility, the prisoner took the
book from her body, and had entered into a conspiracy
with another woman to draw the money from the bank.
Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the prisoner, said he had
listened with great attention to the statement of his
learned friend, but he could not find out what the
charge realty was.
Mr. Wvbergh, said as far as he saw, it was a charge
for obtaining money by fraud and fake pretences.
Mr. Campbell then, in support of his case, called the
following witnesses.
Anne Callahan. the daughter of the deceased, proved
that her mother died three weeks ago. The prisoner
lived with the deceased. Her mother had money, and
saw the handkerchief round her waist, but did not see
the banking book. Cross-examinnl by Mr. Muck
lived with my mother a fortnight before her death. I
am twenty-two years of age now, and was al•andoned
by my mother in Ireland, when she ran off with the
I have been in Liverpool six years: I kne
ter was not married

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to diet soner, she
said before her death she shouldh easy if hebecause married
her. Some one wanted then to go to a clergyman at
copperas hill, but the prisoner refused.
Eliza Smith, a woman who attended the deceased as
norQe, was examined, and corroborated the onening part
of Mr. Csmpbell's statement. relative to the hook.
Mr. Charles James Leeders, a gentleman from
the savings hank, proved the payment of the money to a
woman, hut he said he had never seen the prisoner to
his knowledge.
Mr, Campbell asked for a remand, to procure
additional evidence.

•• innutt (mimeo, and said there was not a partical
of evidence against his client, who was therefore entitled
to his discharge ; and contended that the nrisnner ouebt

been given into custody at all

facie case

•• •••.• ••4,4 111 tJUI
The enquiry 'cr.-kg nriered by the bank

as the only means

or ascertaining the facts.
The bench did not think, in the present state of the
case, that the evids;nce was sufficient, and the prisoner