The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-12 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL POLICE

(BEFOIIE Ma. IL, E. HARVEY.)

WHAT IS FELONY ? —Edward Davis, described as g
ihoemaker, living at 17, Houghton street, was brought
ip on the following charge. Mr. Black appeared for the
--eution, and Mr. Campbell for the prisoner. Mr.
the case was one of a peculiar deseriptioni
when he bad laid the case before the court,
Act supported it by evidence, it would be for the bench
to decide whether the case was one of felony or not. He
said he appeared on behalf of Mr. Edward Martin,
merchant, of Manchester, who preferred a charge against
the prisoner for stealing a quantity of property, consist-
ing of cloth, linen, boots, sbo-s, and other property, to
the value of nearly £2O. The prisoner kept a shop in
Liverpool, and in the course of his business he became
indebted to Mr. Martin. Some time ago the prisoner
gave Mr. Martin a number of pawnbroker's tickets, for
property he had pledged, and these tickets were given as
security for the debt, with power to release the property,
if he wished, for his benefit. On Wednesday Mr. Martin
came to Liverpool, and released all the property, which
he brought to Kelly's hotel, in Houghton-street, where
he stopped, and deposited it in the lobby, previous to his
taking it away. In the absence of the owner the pri-
soner entered the hotel, seized the property, and took the
liberty of walking off with it, saying it was his own.
Mr. Campbell: Then that is no felony in point of law ;
the man only got possession of his own property—that's
not felony. Mr Black : I apprehend it is. Here the
tickets were given some time ago to Mr. Martin, as an
abs' lute security for debt, and so became his property.
He then pi ^dated Mr. Martin, who said be was a mer-
chant, residing Manchester. He had known the pri-
oners for about two yek;.".4
past. He then went on to cor-
roborate the statement made !'v Mr. Block, and said he
released the goods, for which he
time after, he was informed by Mrs. Kelly
£lB. He left the
property in the lobby of Kelly's hotel; d some tiw
!hat the
prisoner was taking the things away. Ile went .7121
saw the prisoner dragging away the property, and
he attempted to prevent !Ain but could not, and he
carried the property away to his own house, which was
near the hotel. He said the goods were his own. In
reply to Mr. Campbell, the witness said the prisoner did
not attempt to conceal the goods, as he said they were
his own. Witness has not a policy of insurance on the
life of the prisoner, but his attorney has one not perfected.
ampbell contended that there WAS no felony
'ted, and called for the prisoner's discharge. His

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Worship did not think the evidence sufficient to sustain
a charge of felony, and therefore discharged the

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PLUNDER OF THE

POOR KERRYMAN.—Mary Riley was
brought up on remand, charged with having stolen 24
sovereigns from Patrick Grady, an account of which
appeared in our paper a couple of days back. Mr.
Chilton appeared for the prisoner. The evidence was
repeated, and Mr. Clough said there was a man in court
who was known to have,the money, as it was given to
him by a person who had it from the prisoner, but he
regretted there was nd legal evidence of the fact. Mr.
Chilton made an able ddress for his client, but his
Worship sent her for trial for the ribbery.
Ax OLD BunoLA-a.—John Lloyd, a man who had been
transported in 1851, for having committed several bur-
glaries, was brought up by Scaife and Thompsonf
detectives, on a charge of having broken into the stable
of Dr. Burrows, and for stealing thereout a suit of clothes
belonging to his servant. The officers said, in conse-
quence of the report of several stables having been broken
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into and robbed, they suspected the prisoner, who was
an old hand at that work. On Tuesday night the stables
of Dr. Burrows were entered, and a suit of clothes and
other
Eldon-
street, where they found all the property, and a lot of
skeleton keys, and a " borer," that was used for cutting
iie ette thingsers
went belonging
through doors with great despatch, so as to admit the
hand inside to open the doors. The prisoner was sent
for trial, gtointghte to the
house se

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)

ASSAULTS.—'Thomas Webb, apparently a sailor, was
charged with having assaulted .a custom-house officer
named George Stanton. The complainant was going
up London-road, when he saw' the prisoner fling a
woman (who was drunk), out of a cab, and treat her
very badly. He remonstrated with him, when the*
prisoner knocked him down, and trampled his hat
into " mummy." The prisoner was ordered to
pay a fine of £2, or to be imprisoned for two months.—
John M'Grave, late a police constable, was charged with
having assaulted Mr. Stephen Roberts, the master of
the West Derby workhouse. The ease occupied some
time, the short facts being these :—Some days ago, the
prisoner's wife (in a fit of jealousy, as it was alleged),
went, with her children, to the workhouse, and on
Wednesday the prisoner went there, swearing he would
have the life of any one who would attempt to prevent
him taking her out. He rushed into the door, and as
complainant attempted to stop him, he knocked him
down. The prisoner made'a long statement in defence.
and at the conclusion his Worship fined him lOs and costs
for the assault,

CAUTION TO lIARVESTMEN.—Fatrick M'Mahon, a
harvestman, was placed in the dock charged with de-
frauding the London and North-western Railway Com-
pany, by travelling on their line from Derby to Liverpool
without a ticket. When the train arrived at Liverpool,
he was found by the ticket taker concealed under the
seat of the carriage ; and on being arrested, offered the
officer half a sovereign to let him off. Mr. Berry, who
attended on behalf of the company, said that this was a
common practice with harvestmen, and that the com-
pany found it difficult to detect theta. The prisoner
was fined 27s and costs, or one month's imprisonment.