The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-25 00:00:00

(BEFORE MR. T. D. ANDERSON

THE WRONG SORT OF PRULT.--JOhll Goodwin, a young
man who sells fruit in the streets, was charg al with stealing
12s. from a gentleman named Patrick Driscoll, under the
following circumstances :—lt appeared that complainant
had imbibed too much fermented liquor of some sort, and
that, whilst in this happy state of oblivion, he made an
unaccountable mistake, by supposing that a door step in
Fontenoy-street was a downy pillow, and on this he lay
down and fell asleep. Whilst in this state the pi isoner
came up, and, with another person, commenced searching
his pockets; a female saw them and gave the alarm, when
the other got away, but the prisoner was arrested. The
complainant said he lost 125., but be did not wish to punish
the prisoner for that small sum. The prisoner was remanded.
A PIECE or BEEF —John Quinn, a limper, who was at
work on board the Cleopatra (s.s.), was charged by the chief
steward of that vessel, with stealing a piece of beef. The
steward said, there were a number of men at work on board
the ship and that their conduct was outrageous, as it was as
mech as he and the storekeeper could do to prevent them
from stealing everything they laid hands on. They broke
into the store where the porter Bald ale were, and stole it ;
and he caught the prisoner taking a piece of beef, 8 lbs, from
the vessel. The prisoner said the beef was given to him by
another man ; he had good wages and had no occasion to
steal. He was sent to jail for a week.
THE ROBBERY OF ANCIENT COINS, &c.—Mary Anne •
Edmondson, William Murray, and James Davidson, who
stood remanded on the charge of being concerned in the
robbery of Mr. Bennett's collection of valuable gold and
silver coin, were brought up. Mr. Snowball was for the
girl,,and Mr. Dodd appeared for the prisoner Murray.
Detectives Horn and Cozens, who had charge of the case,
produced some more of the coin stolen, (which they had
found), and amongst these there was a Greek coin 2178
years old. It is larger than a shilling, and about douhle the
weight of that coin. It is in excellent preservation, reed is
of the reign of the Greek King Sirnechus, who flourished
322 years before the birth of our SS Jiour. There was also a
coin (gold) of Martin Luther, (very rare), and a variety of
silver coins of the reigns of Charles 1., James 1., and
Elizabeth. In ale, there were 66 gold coins, and about
1,000 silver, consisting of Roman, Greek, and English, with
a few Indian and other coins. The collection was extremely
rare. The intrinsic value of the coins stolen from Mr.
Bennett was about £2OO, but, as curiosities, the value would
be at least ten times that amount. The following facts
transpired yesterday in addition to what we have already
published :—About six weeks before the robbery, a carpenter
named Lloyd, who resides in Mansfield-street, was employed
by Mr. Bennett to make the cabinet for the coin. Mr.
Bennett found the prisoner Davidson a lodger in Mr.
Lloyd' house ; and he told them he was a soldier from the
Crimea, and he excited the compassion of Mr. Bennett, who
gave some money, and was about to get him employed, as a
groom, by a friend. When the cabinet was finished, Mr.
Lloyd sent the prisoner home with it, and he left it in Mr.
Bennett's library, and that gentleman gave him some money.
By this it would appear that he knew the place. The mys-
tery, however, was how the place was entered, as there was
no violence used. Mr. Royle, from Messrs. Franklin's,
bullion dealers, Crescent, proved that on the Monday morn-
ing after the robbery, he purchased £lO 158 worth of the
gold coins from Murray, and took his address. The pri-
soner called again in the afternoon and sold him £3 7s 6d
worth of gold and silver coins. He said the coins belonged
to a fireigner and he must give the full value for them.
Me. James Bell, the keeper of au hotel in Great Charlotte-
street stated, that he purchased a silver crown piece of
Charles 11. from Murray, who came iu in the usual way ;
this coin had the name " J. Dean" engraved on it, and this
coin was identified by Mr. Bennett as one stolen from his
cabinet. Mr. Snowball addressed the court on behalf of
the female prisoner, and contended that there was no evi-
dence against her. He said she was very respectable, and
called some witnesses who accounted for her time, from the
period when she loft the house until her return, when the
p'ace was found to have been entered and robbed. The
girl was discharged and was admitted as a witness; but the
only thing important stated by her was, that the story told
by the prisoner Davidson was totally untrue, The other
witnesses, who were formerly examined, were again pro-
duced and examined. Mr. Dodd addressed the court for
Murray, and contended that his conduct was open, and not
that of a guilty person. Ho said Murray had actually got
the coin from a foreigner, but, unfortunately, he was not
able to bring evidence of the fact. The prisoners were there
fully committed for trial,

(BEFORE MESSRS. ANDERSON AND SMITH.)

A VERY BAD WIFE —Officer 504 brought up a woman,
named Mary Anne Jones, the wife 3f a rigger, on a charge
of having stabbed her husband, John Jones. The constable
said he heard a great noise in Gore•street, is a house where
the parties lived, and after some time he heard the man
exclaim " Oh, you have stabbed me." lle then ran up stairs
and found that the woman had hold of her husband by the
throat with the left hand and striking him with her right,
but he could not see what she had in that hand. He found
the man bleeding desperately from a wound on the Prehead,
and he took him to the Souther-a Dispensary and got his
head dressed; he then went back and found a knife (pro-
duced) on the 8 or, with blood on it, and he then arrested
the prisoner. The unfortunate husband said he came borne
at night and gave the prisoner his day's wages, 4s. 6d.,
keeping sixpence for himself. She was not satisfied with
this, but made a furious attack on him with a knife. She
had stabbed him once before and was imprisoned twelve
months for it, but she had been worse ever since, and he could
not live with her. Mr. Campbell, one of the bridewell
keepers, said, in August, 1854, the prisoner was convicted,
at the sessions, of having stabbed her husband, and was then
sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment. She had been
committed no less than twenty timei. The complainant
said he had gone to North America in order to avoid her,
but he left her £2 10.3. a month and that was not half
enough to support her in drink. It was a had day for him
that he ever saw her. A medical gentleman from the
Southern Dispensary, who dressed the Wounds of complain-
ant, was examined, and gave evidence as to their extent,
but he did not think there was any danger of the man's life
at present. Tice prisoner made a long rambling st aenaeut
She was sent for trial at the sessions.

(BEFORE MR. R. GLADSTONE.)

VIOLZNT ASSAU ,T.—Laurence Burns, a shoemaker, was
char-lied with having assaulted George Jennings, and with
having broken his ribs. The complainant resides in Hygeia-
street, and he had employed the prisoner to work for him.
On Wednesday week, some dispute arose between them
about a silk pocket handkerchief, when the prisoner took up
a wooden mallet and struck the complainant on the ribs,
breaking some of them. In reply to the charge, the prisoner
made a long speech, in which he introduced the war, Gene•
ral Williams, and several other personages. He was fined
£5, or, in default of payment, two months' imprisonment,

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