The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-13 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

Upon going up he saw Mullens running after Williams, whom
he knocked down. He went up to them, and found them
struggling on the ground together, He caught hold of Mullens
who was drunk, and No. 18 caught hold of Williams. At
IsTIFORE W. BROWN, Esq., m.r, that time Mrs. Mullens and a number of women came out of
EXCHANGE IS ROBBERY. A fine looking girl named her house, and tried to get Mullens away, but the policeman
Mary Anne Rice, was charged under the following circum- being determined to stick to him, kept his hold, and they were
stances. It appeared that about five p.m., on Thursday the both dragged in together. Then came a regular row, in the
prisoner entered a beer house in Hacksall Alley, kept by a course of which Mullens several times kicked the policeman,
Mrs. Whittle, when she called for some ale, but said she had and once missing him kicked a little boy in the stomach. This
no money, at the same time offering a quantity of wearing statement was
apparel, which she had in a bundle, in exchange for the beer. of whom statedpartially corroborated by several witnesses, one
that she was present in the first instance, when
It turned out that these things were stolen by the prisoner from
Mrs. Mary Rylands, of Marybone. The prisoner said she was Mullens said to Williams, "If you will have a fight with me,
I will pay for gloves." Mullens then knocked the man down,
tipsy and did not remember what happened. She was sent for and his friend fell to kicking him. The police hearing the
trial, as she had been convicted of a similar offence pre- noise, came up, and, after a reat struggle, succeeded in taking
viously. them both to the lock-up. Mr. Roby, who appeared for Mullens,
WHAT ABOUT THB PIG P—Hamlet and Jones, who stood
contended that the police had an old grudge against Mullens,
remanded on a charge of stealing a "porker," belonging to
and that the truth of the case was, after he had done business
Mr. Thompson, brewer, were hum.ght up. Mr, Buck appeared for the day a friend called in. and they had supper together,
for the prisoner. Mr. Thompson said the dead body of the after which they went to a public house, where they had some
pig was his property. Iu reply to Mr. Block, he said he gin and water; when they left, and before going home, he
would not swear positively to the "body." A witness from went by the side of a house, where three men went up to him,
the slaughterhouse was examined, and on cross-examination by
Mr. Block, he caused much laughter by his graphic sketches of and offered an indignity which caused him to say it was not
gentlemanly conduct, but seeing that they were " roughs," be
the profile, and full face of the BonnAeen.. How do you ran away, and, just before he got to his own door, fell down,
know the pig ? It had a peculiar bright eye. What else ? and before he could get up again, the police came, and then
A very long and handsome nose. Go on. It had pretty the row took place. Several witnesses were called to prove this
Mr. Bluck : Pigs generally have eyes and nose and version of the affray, but their evidence was very contradictory,
Yes, all of them that I have seen. And pigs have and the result was that Mr. Mansfield fined Mullins 40s and
r.„... ;,-, ,1.f.11. of navment ordered him to be committed for

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL

nomy ? Oh,

two months ; observing that there had bee❑ hard twearinz on
each side, but the probabilities of the case rested with Wil-
liams's statement, and he was consequently discharged. The

Would you k

w that dead p

g amongst four

tot, but here's the head (Lhe head was
id loud laughter). Another witness

fine was paid,

fjrward to identify the pig, and he said the baste

was very white and " most remarkably dirty" (load laughter).
Mr. Block made a clever defence for, the prisoners, who
were by his ingenuity acquitted, but soon. after
HAMLET APPEARED IN ANOTHER CHARACTER I—THAT
OF A " BQOTISAB.."—I-Io was again put forward, charged
with haVing stolen a pair of boots whilst in the cell, from the
feet of a person who was confined in the same cell on a charge
,of drunkenness. Mr. Campbell, the bridewell keeper, stated
that, a sailor was locked up for being drunk. He occupied
the same cell as the prisoner, Mr. Hamlet. The " inky
cloak" of night having fallen on the sailer, he went—if not snug
—to bed. Certainly, " fast asleep and 'snoring," whilst the
namesake of the " Prince of Denmark" remained as broad
awake as' one of Joe Grivaaldi's grins. There was nothing
very remarkable about the sailor going asleep, nor about Mr.
Hamlet stopping awake ; but there was something excessively,
remarkable about other things, that happened. Mr. Hamlet
had a pair of " ould treeheens," (shoes) that by a terrific
effort of benevolence on the part of " a gather-up man," (and
these gentry are not remarkable for that peculiar quality,)
might have realised twopence three farthings, whilst the sailor
had a pair of boots that would have "fetched" 7s. 3d. in any
brother of his father's—(" uncle's" they call them)—in ,
Paradise street or Park-lane. A police station, or bridewell,
or watch-house, or coal-hole, or lock-up ; or, whatever else it
maybe called—is decidedly a bad place to have a 78. 3d. pair
of boots on your rushes (feet). Oh ! you were never in a
station house;—were not you ?,, Then you are a lucky
fellow, and take a friend's advice, and still try to
remain in your state of blissful ignorance on that point
—as long as you can ! It would have been well for the sailor
if he had never been in such a place, and it would have been
tenfold better for. Mr. Hamlet, that his knowledge did not
extend to the " lock-up." When. the sailor awoke in the
morning, instead of his 73 3d boots, and a fine pair of warm
twenty-penny stockings, ho found his feet incased in a pair of
old cotton socks, that might have been new about the original
portion of the past half century, and a cobbled up pair of shoes,
that all the surgeons (that's what they call shoe renovators
now) in Scotland road could'nt mend a rib in. Mr. Campbell
ranged all the prisoners in a row before the sailor, and out, oh,
alas ! the lot fell upon Hamlet ! There they were, boots,
warm stockings, and so on. A pikestaff is said to be very
plain—so it may be, for all we can tell ; but if- the aforesaid
article could be made " plainer" than the case before the
court—we give it up. Mr. Hamlet was asked the usual
question—that dernier resort left by the glorious humanity of
our law—" What have you to say ?" Now, many persons in.
Mr. Hamlet's position, would have probably felt like a certain
young gentleman, who, as described in "immortal verse,"
went out a courting and said—" nothing at all." No, but
Mr. Hamlet being a different manner " a man," did'ot wish
to go off by a tangent of that description. Here is what he
raid, and a very remarkable saying it was top : " I went to
sleep with an old pair of socks and tattered old shoes on my
feet, and when I awoke, I got a found a good pair of boots
and warm stockings on, f3r which I felt peculiarly thankful
to the unknown donor—l think it was the fairies that
helped mo, good luck to them !" (A. loud burst of laughter
followed this " free and easy explanation.") Mr. Brown,
the magistrate, being a legislator in " another place,"
becatne very sceptical about the story, and, therefore, be
or aorod /VIII. hamlet to wolk oo o ..a toilm 0....o ....r 1...,........ti0..,
called a' "mill," for and during the space of two months, and
SO ended the performance of Mr. Hamlet for the present.

MORE DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT ON THE PART

OF THE POLICE

Yesterday, a gentleman, by the name of John Smith
a contractor, appeared -before Mr. Mansfield, at the.
Police court, to answer a charge preferred against him
by Police Constable
_No. 317. Mr. Snowball conducted
the case for the defendant. The facts of the case, and
the result, will show the conduct and character of the
constable,, and, therefore, need no comment. Police
constable 317, on being sworn, stated :—About 10
minutes past -two o'clock yesterday afternoon I saw the
defendant. He was very drunk, and was driving a horse
and'shandy on the. West Derby road. I. stopped the
horse and told him he was drunk. lie swore at me, and
said he was sober. I kept bold of the horse when he got
out of the shandy, and told me he should go about his
business, and that I might, take the horse and shandy
and go to hell with it. I kept hold of the horse, and he
got into the shandy again, and a labouring man with
him. They had each of them hold of the reins, and one
pulling one way and the other the other • the defendant
whipping his horse all the time. I kept hold of the
horse. The men got out, and then the defendant made
a stumble out and knocked against 'me, and, by some
accident, my fist knocked against his mouth. He then
struck me two or three times with the whip, and he fell
down. He behaved very violently, and at last I got
him into Austin's yard, .but had to send for
assistance and the stretchers before I could take him to
the bridewell. (The constable was cross-examined at
same length by Mr. Snowball, but persisted in the truth
of his assertions, and most positively denied that he had
struck the defendant and knocked him down, or that he
had illused him on the way to the bridewell ) Police
Constable 575 said : I went to the assistance of the last
witness when I saw him kick him. He was very violent.
Police-constable 330 sa'd : I went up to render assist-
ance, when I found the defendant very violent, and I
said we had better get the stretcher. The stretcher was
got, and we handcuffed him and put him upon it, when
he kicked me in the face. He did it as he was trying
to get off the stretcher. Mr. Snowball addressed the
bench on behalf of the defendant, and in so doing
strongly condemned the conduct of constable 317 for
stopping a man in his gig when he was going quietly
along, then ordering him out and then telling him to
get in again, and after that knocking him down several
times. It was true, he said, that the defendant had had
a little drink, but he had drove steadily and quietly from
West Derby, and would have gone on quietly had the
constable not interfcrred with him. He severely
animadverted on the policeman's conduct in taking a
respectable man to the station on a stretcher,
when he could have easily ascertained his
name. He' then called the following witnesses, all
of whom stated they were perfect strangers to Mr.
Smith, never having seen him before—Mr. John Jeffery,
said : I did not see the commencement. When I got
up, I saw the horse and gig standing about twenty yards
from Mr. Austin's yard. There were two men in the
snanury. rue uerenuant naa tne reins in one hand,
and the whip in the other, and the policeman had hold
of the horse by the head. The defendant told him to let
the horse go, but he would not do so, when the defend-
ant struck the horse with the whip across the loins. The

WHO'S TO LOSE THE MONEY ?—CURIOUS CAS E.—.
Jeremiah Bergin was brought up by a police inspector ❑amed

Pearce,

from Halifax, in York4iire, tinier the

fullow•ing

cnrious circumstances. The history of the case was as follows.
In the month of June last the prisoner called on the inspector,
and informed him that he had found a draft for £2O on the
Bank of Ireland, and asked if he heard of any one who lost it?
He said he had not heard of the loss, and asked the man to let

defendant after that got out of the gig, and agiin struck
the horse with the whip, when the constable let go the
horse's head, and, running at the defendant, struck him
in the eye, saying, " You will fight, will you? " and
then again struck him. The defendant was then taken
into Mr. Austin's yard, where he was kept for twenty
minutes or half an hour. They put him on a stretcher,
when 575 went and put his foot on the man's body. The
defendant went along Low hill between two women,
thinking that he was going home ; but, after he had
crossed the top of Prescot street, the police again
attacked him, and insisted upon taking him to the
station house. The defendant's wife came up, and one
of the police pushed her on one side. He said, " HOW
dare you push my wife ?" when ha became violent, and
threw himself down ; then it was that they sent for a
stretcher and put him on it. By constable 317 :He did
not strike you with a whip. You squared at him, and
then you struck him. He did not strike you first. Miss
Jane Harvey fully corroborated the above statement.
Mrs. Rhoda Rimmer saw the policemen go across the
road, and take hold of the horse's head. Tee de-
fendant was driving steadily in the middle of the
road. The defendant asked him three or four times to
let the horse alone, but he made no answer.
Joseph Seciden, a retired shipwright, spoke to the treat.
went the defendant received at the hands of the police ;
and went up and told them they would murder the man.
At that time they had hold of his necktie, and he was
black in the face, and blood was issuing out of his
mouth. He told them he was sure that if Mr. Mansfield
knew about it, he would severely punish them. He was
a respeeable man from his appearance, and what they
should do, was to take his address, and send him a surn-
mons. They told him to mind his own business ; but he
said,he could not help interfering,when he saw a person
so brutally treated. They then let him go away with two
women, but afterwards again attacked him. Police-
constable 575, said he saw the defendant kicking about
—but Mr. Snowball objected to the police being allowed
to patch up the case by after statements. Mr. Mans-
field said : It appeared to him, that Mr Smith had been
most improperly interfered with. He was going al ,ng
the middle of the road, and was capable of driving,
when the policemen stopped him ; and if he had struck
him a blow with the whip, it was little more than he
descried for holding the horse!k.heed, when told to let
it go. This was a gross interference. Then cane a
'Scuffle, and from the marks on Mr; Smith's face, in was
clear etia,e lie had had the worst of tt ; for, he was not
only streek, but was nearly " Garotted" into the bargain.
The case must be dismissed. I shall not, he said, now
punish the police, because they came up to give evi-
dence, and perhaps, may not be prepared with their
witnesses ; but I shall leave Mr. Smith to act on his
own discretion, ::s to whether he will take out a sum-
mons against them, for the assault that was committed
on him. Before the rising of the court, Mr. Smith
obtained a summons against the policemen, and the
case will be heard at an early day next week.

him see the draft. This he refused, saying he could keep it
hia:self, and if any one called about it, he knew where
I find him. In about a month after ho called again, when
same sort of conversation took place. Tue plisouer called
time, ard asked if the inspector had heard anything of
? Ho replied he had not, and asked for the
the prisoner refuse! to give it up oil the ground
sil

aiready stated. Nothing more was heard of the affair until a
few days ago, when the prisoner called on Mr. David Hill, of
this town, and offered the draft for change. Mr. Hill said lie
did not know him, but if he left the draft with him ho would
get it cashed through his bankers. The prisoner left the
draft, but said he had a son going to New York, and
that lie wanted a few pounds to pay his passage. Mr.
Hill kindly advanced him £6. In two or three days
after the man called, and Mr. Hill, not having heard
flora be bankers to the contrary that t:ie draft was
not all right, concluded it was so, and paid over the balance to
the prisoner. Two days after this, it was found by Mr. Hill
that the draft was lost o❑ the 29th of May (the day.of general
rejoicing) by Mr. packbourn, a brewer at Huddersfield, and
that a duplicate of it lied been long since paid to the rightful
owner. The prisoner was then given into custody, but the
bench could not deal with the case, there being really no
charge against the prisoner, and he was set at liberty. The
Halifax officer then applied for his expenses, but Mr. Clough
said he would not allow him any, as he ought to know better
than take the man, when there was no charge against him.
The officer was, however, subsequently allowed half his
expenses. •

THE LATE Loan SCARSDALE.—The late Lord Scarsdale
was very eccentric and exceedingly retired in his habits.
Ho seldom ventured beyond the walls of his secluded hall
of Faruah (five miles distant from Derby), mixing with no
society. His lordship died without a will, but gave direc-
tions for various sums of money to be paid to his domestics
after his decease. He was also most particular in leaving
directions respecting his interment, which he desired might
be strictly private, His lordship expressed a particular wish
that he might not be interred in the family vault in Kedles-
ton Church, but in a secluded part of the churchyard, in a
plainplain oak
marble ci
sib thegraadvdei
addition
to
o his b ean
name, to bear the
ordinary
depth; and a
following inscriotion :—ss Into thy hands I commend my
spirit, for Thou hast redeemed me, Oh Lord, Thou God of
Truth."—Post.
coffin
in
Tire MINT.—A new halfpenny. has been issued by the.
Mint, for currency in Nova Scotia, which strikes us as
deserving a word of commendation. It is, we believe, the
first coin ever issued by this Government in bronze, which
is not only harder, aid therefore capable of receiving a
sharper impression, but preserves its colour better than pure
copper. The Queen's head is pleasing, after the Wyon
model, but the reverse is a native flower, graceful and
characteristic. t specimen has also. been struck of the
medal which is intended to be conferred For Arctic I)is.
coverics.' Here again we have something of novelty.
The medal is an octagon, and not an oval. It bears on the
obverse the head of tier :, with ".Victoria Regina,"
on the reverse a ship stuck fast between icebergs, with, on
the foreground a sledging party just about to start—and
1$ 1818-1855."

A BISHOP'S NIECE CHARGED WITH OBTAINING 1 ACTION AGAINST A MILITARY OFFICER FOR

MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES,

On Thursday Mary Ann Murphy, a respectably dressed
Irishwoman, was placed at the bar of Guildhall police court,
before Sir John Musgrove, charged with obtaining various
sums of money and goods by means of false pretences. Mr.
Buchanan, of Basinghall street, appeared on behalf of the
prisoner. A clerk from Mr. Hyatt's office said he appeared to
prosecute on behalf of John Trent, of Elliott square, and
Benjamin Gardener, a provision merchant, of 35, Clerkenwell
green, but in the course of the investigation other charges
would be preferred by persons who had bees

mpnsed

upon by the prisoner's misrepresentations. inn r 115U1lci
I am the niece of the Bishop of Cloyne and Ros
John Trent ; I first became acquainted with the
about fourteen weeks ago, when she came tc
house, No. 4, Elliot!s square, Old Bail
came she said she bad been to consul

When
Mr. I