The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-24 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY

(BEFOILY MR. DIXON.)
CAUGHT AT LAST.—A person of gentlemanly exterior,
whose name appeared on the charge sheet as William Stacy,
of No. 2, Melbourne-street, Netherfield-road North, described
as a commercial traveller, was brought up by Povey and
M'Culloch, of the detective police, on a charge of having stolen
several sums of money from Mr. Greenwood's public house,
Renshaw-street. Povey said he received information from
Mr, Greenwood that some one was in the habit of robbing
him of considerable sums of money, and that from certai❑
circumstances which transpired, he suspected the prisoner, who
used to come every night to the bar. Mr. Dixon : What took
him there ? Povey :Ho used to go there every night as a
customer of Mr. Greenwood's. Mr. Dixon : What is he?
Povey : He is now a commercial traveller, and was formerly
in the employment of Messrs. Jeffrey, Morrihh and Co, of
Compton House. The officer continued to say that he told
Mr. Greenwood to mark some money, and so did he (Povey)

also. A watch was then set on the bar in the evening, and
on Thursday evening several persons saw the prisoner take
money from the cash box, which was in a cupboard in the bar.
Povey watched and saw
,him take something out of the box,
and put it into his pocket. The officer followed and found
six half-crowns that he had previously marked in the
prisoner's pocket, and also a shilling. In the
prisoner's waistcoat pocket he found four half-
crowns that Mr. Greenwood had marked on the
previous night, and which had been stolen on that night. Mr.
Greenwood sail he had missed sums of money, and told the
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and to look after her. He had the greatest confidence in the
prisoner, and never suspected his honesty, until he was told by
a person who saw him take money from the cash box. He
had know him for about five years, three and a half of which
he was employed in Messrs. Jeffry and Morrish. He used to
come every evening to the house, and he, the witness, would
have left any sum at his hand, so great was his confidence.
He had, however, found him out now, and as well as in the
money taking, in two falsehoods ; he had represented himself
as an unmarried man, and that lie was about to get married to
a young lady with £4OO a year, both of which stories were
untrue. Tire prisoner, in reply to the charge said he came
from Manchester, and had first rate testimonials as to character,
and that ho had done business for Messrs. Jeffry and Morrish.
Mr. Dixon said it was clear that the persons who gave him
testimonials did not know his character. Ho was fuily com-
mitted for trial.
THE WRONG MAN.—A well dressed woman named Amelia
Woods, about 30 years of age, was charged by police officer
James Munchie, 772, under the following strange circum-
stances. It appeared that the officer was on duty in Hotham
street the previous night, when the prisoner accosted him,
and told a very pitiful story, the amount of which was this :
Her hu.band (she said) was in the Crimea, fighting the battles
of his Queen and country, she came from Dublin and was on
her way to join her husband, whom she resolved to see, but
she was in a sad condition, as all her money was spent, and
she did not know what to do until next day, when she had
resolved to apply to the officers of the Patriotic Fund for
assistance. She told so doleful a tale, and with such apparent
sincerity that the constable believed her, and took out his
purse to give her a sixpence to get a lodging. The moment he
did so, she snatched the purse and ran away with it, shouting
previously for the police. An officer came up and stopped her,
and then she tore her dress, saying the policeman
772 wanted to take improper liberties with her.
The officer they. charged her, and at the station,
the female searcher there, found the purse of the complainant
which contained 18s., concealed on the prisoner. In reference
to what the prisoner alleged in regard to the policeman, Mr.
Clough said there was attention paid to it at first, but after
a thorough investigation of the case, it was found that the
story of the officer was quite correct, and there was not the
least foundation for hers. Mr. Anderton, one of the clerks,
looked over the records of the court, and said the prisoner
was a well known thief. Committed for trial.
ROBBERY OF WATCHES.—lnspector Murphy brought up
a person, named James Brown, who keeps a shop in Peach•
street, on a charge of being concerned in a robbery of
twelve silver watches. under the following circumstances. It
appeared that a dozen silver watches had been invoiced
from Mr. G. Healey, in London, to Messrs. Henry Dixon
and Co., of No. 9, Rumford-place, and that on the night
of the 14th the office of Messrs. Dixon was entered by
means of the window being broken, and a case, which con-
tained the watches, stolen. The inspector was on the look
out for the property, and he was called on Thursday even-
ing, by Mr. Hutchinson, a pawnbroker, where the prisoner
was offering one of the watches for pledge. The prisoner
told the inspector that he lead purchased the watches
from a man named McDonnell, but that he
knew nothing more of the man. The inspector then proceeded
to his shop, and in a drawer there he found eight of the missing
watches, and subsequently he got three more, pledged, so that
he recovered the entire lot. The prisoner said, in reply to the
charge, that he bought the watches, very early one morning,
from a man named M'Donnell, who told him he lived at
No. 16, Eldon-place ; that he agreed to give him £5 for the
a job," and that he did pay him £4 12s 6d on account, but
that M`Donnell did not come for the balance. Remanded.
CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.—In a case where a sailor
prosecuted a woman of bad repute for robbing him of his coat
and some money, it appeared that the coat was pledged at Mr.
Wood's pawnshop, in Whitechapel, Mr. Clough said lie
wished to inform the bench in this case that there were
numerous and serious complaints made by the police of the
conduct pursued at Mr. Woods. It was in the centre of all
the bad houses in Peter, Preston, and the adjoining streets,
which were full of vile persons. Robberies to a large amount
took place there every hour of the night, and what he had to
complain of was that Mr. Wood's shop was opened very early
for the purpose of taking in stolen property. The people
in the shop must be well aware that the characters
of the females who pledged the property was of the worst
description, and that they could not have come by it in any
other than a dishonest manner. Ile would now warn Mr.
Woods to be cautious in future, as there was a sharp look out
kept on him. A young man who attended from Mr. Wood's
shop, said they never took in stolen preperty. If they had any
doubt about it they always required the person that owned it
to attend or send a note. The magistrate said, in consequence
of what the superiutendant had stated of the house, he would
order the coat in the present instance to be given up to the
owner, and let Mr. Woods be at the loss. He cautioned him
as to future conduct.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—A young man of highly
respectable appearance, named Joseph Lee Bell, a collector in
the employment of Messrs. Higgs and Jones, Lord-street, was
brought up by inspector Horne, on a charge of the above
nature. From the evidence it appeared that some days ago he
received a sum of £1 19s 6d from Messrs. Hill and Co.,
Water-street, and that on the same day a youth in the estab-
lishment of the complainants, received,a sum of £1 15s from a
Miss Young. The latter was entered in the book, but it was
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The unfortunate young man said he was
now aware of his position, but that he was not
conscious of what he had been doing for the previous
fortnight, as he was labouring under delirium tremens. Ile
would pay the money, and do all in his power to make atone-
ment for the offence. He was remanded for seven days.

Money.

Mr. Mansfield, in his court, dispased of the night charges,
and after doing so, observed that some days since a foreigner,
a teacher of languages, had boen charged before him with an
assault on a girl. He (Mr. Mansfield) on that occasion dis-
missed the complaint, without hearing any evidence for the
defence at all, as there was clearly no case against the accused.
He was informed thas the publication of that case in the news-
papers had done the gentleman considerable injury; he was sure
the gentlemen tf the press who were now present would do the
man the justice of stating that he (fir. Mansfield) considered
at the time, and at present, that there was no foundation what-
ever for the charge. Ho trusted, for the man's sake, this
would 'et the matter right with the public.