The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

POLICE COURT

-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. T. 1). ANDERSOIkL)

CAUTION
involved the ch
yesterday morn of the case were these—
On Monday nig Jd John Braithwaite, was
robbed, of his watch, in a publichouse in Whitechapel.
FIVM inf inflation received by the police, it wad ascer-
tained that a man named Fleury Charles Howard, who
• hr•street, had pledged a
' Deverill's

TO PAWNBROICEP

, which
aracter of a pawnbroker, was investigated
ing. The fact
:ht a man nat

lodges in a house. in Pet,
watch at Messrs. Critchley ant, pawnshop,
Park-lane. The man was taken into custody, and he said
he got the watch from a woman named Mary Dodd. She
was also arrests iA The officers went to Messrs.Critch/ey'sf
and described the watch to Mr. Deverill, who denied
(according to the sworn testimony of the police), all
knowledge of the watch, though it appeared that at the
time he had the watch in pledge. The police sUbsequently
left a printed notice at, the pawnshop, describing the
watch. On thiS odcasion, Mr. Deverill also denied that
he had the watch, but said, if it was offered, he would
stop it. Yesterday morning the police, the miller of the
watch, and the man Howard, went to the shop of Messrs.
Critchley, and then Mr. Deverill stated that the watch
had been pledged there, and produced it. He then came
to the court with the police. Mr. Clough addressed the
bench, and also Mr. Deverill, and said, if the police had
had time to have procured a warrant, they would have
had Mr. Deverill in custody on a felonious charge. If
the present had been the first complaint against this
pawnbroldng establishment, it might have been perhaps
forgiven, but there had been frequent and serious corn
plaints made by the police, of the ob,
had received there. Other pawnhrokk
of justice, whilst that house did all they could to fruStr.
it. Be (Mr. Clough) thought it right to make the
remarks, in order to caution Mr. Deverill in futu-
Wybergh said, in the present case it looked v
receiving stolen property with a guilty knowledge, in
consequence of the conduct of Mr. Deverill. Mr. Wybergh
asked if he was in custody ? Mr. Clough said if he had
got a warrant, for which he had applied, but was refused,
he Would certainly have Mr. Deverill in custody. Mr.
Deverill said his character was well known ; he did not
remember having seen the police at his place before that
morning. Mr. Clough said most of the pawnbrokers
were in the practice of sending to the central police office
when they received notices of stolen property, that they
had received such property in pledge, and if an article
was offered after notice served, it was stopped, and word
sent to the office. In this case, even after the notice was
served on Mr. Deverill, and when he must have known
that he had the watch, he denied it. Mr. Deverill declared
that he could-bring evidence to show that the police had
not been at his house at all. Mr. Anderson said the case
was clear enough. It was rather extraordinary that Mr.
Deverill could not recollect the visits of the police.
Pawnbrokers instead of frustrating the ends of justice,
should assist, in detecting felonies. From the observa-
tions of Mr. Clough, it appeared (said his Worship) that
this was not the first occasion on which Mr. Deverill had
been there. He (Mr. Anderson) trusted he would be
more cautious in future. At present they would not pro-
ceed further against him, but the woman must be re-
manded, and the order in reference to the watch would
await the result.
UNLICENSED EMIGRANT RUNNERS.—Lieutenant Prior,
one of the Emigration officers, complained at the instance
ofpolice officer Darrow, 375, of James Corcoran, No. 20,
Charters-street, for acting as an emigrant runner without
license. The defendant took some American passengers,
for whom he acted as runner without a badge or license.
He was fined £1 and costs.
(BEFORE MESSRS. ANDERSON AND DIXON.)
BEERHOUSE CASES. —The following beerhouse cases
were disposed of Ambler, Dalton Street, acquitted.
Mary Colley, Crown Street, acquitted. William Clegzs,
Argyle Street. acquitted. Jane Cane, Stewart Street, £2
and costs. Mary Owens, Upper Beau Street, 5s and
costs. John Munz, Henderson Street, lOs and costs.
Edward Cope, Albert Street, £l. Anna Windsor, Upper
Pownell Street, 5s and costs. John Caddock, Spitalfields,
ss. Agnes Simpson, Cambridge Street, ss. Sarah
Edwards, Northampton Street. ss. James Walsh,
Sawneypope Street. ss. Philip O'Donnell, Circus Street,
acquitted. Margaret O'Brien, Lower Myrtle Street,
2s bd and costs. James Bourke, Garden Lane, '.£s.
Christiana Sudley, Frederick Street, ael and costs.
Edward Roberts, Abstinence Street, ss. Thomas
Gouldson, Ilughes's Street, 5s and costs.
PUBLICANS' CASES.—Harold Lumb
2s 6d. Edward E-

ion which they

ry like

Gore-street, fined

.ans, Pete

1 and costs

(BEFORE MR. J. H. SMITH.)
CHARGE OF' MUTINY AT SEA.—TWO sailors, named
William Barton and John Yates, late belonging to the
ship John Millar, were charged by Captain William Bell,
master `of that vessel, with a mutiny :at sea. Mr; Almond
appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Tindal Atkinson
attended as counsel for the prisoners. From the
opening statement of Mr. Almond, it appeared that
on the :4th December, 1855, the ship left London for
Mobile, the prisoners being part of the crew. On the 12th
January, the vessel put into Apalachicola for orders,
where the captain went on shore. In his absence the
chief mate, Mr. Kelly, had charge of the vessel, and it
seemed that some of the men mutinied and refused to work,
and amongst these were the prisoners, and two others.
The captain was called and examined at great length, and
the whole case will be found in the following portion of
his evidence. He said, I went on shore at Apalachicola
on the 12th January, and the ship was ready for sea, on
the 21st January. I left the shore on the 17th, but could
not get on board till the 20th, as the weather was heavy,
and the distance 30 miles. Sent the mate to tell the men
to return to their duty. Barton came aft, and I asked
him if he was going to his work ; he said he would not do
any more work; he said the mate wanted him to work in
the rain and he would not ; I told him it he did not, I
would put him in irons ; he said there was not a man on
board could do it ; he threw me oe " -
and the mate hauled him off.
swing mallet, and called to the crew, " come
boys." I had a full crew of twenty men ; Yates,
Hernar and White, then came running aft to his assistance.
I drew my pistol and threatened to shoot the first man
that interfered. They then turned and ran into the fore-
castle on deck. I followed them in a few minutes, and
told them to come out, and that if they did not I would
shoot them. Barton cried out "fire away." I then
snapped one barrel of my small pocket revolver without
a cap, and that had no effect; I then pointed the pistol at
and struck him (Barton) in the leg ; I then pointed at
Yates, but he said he would not come out; I then fired at
and shot him in the leg. The other two men came out
and held their hands up for the irons. I examined the
wounds which were flesh wounds, with balls about the
size of a pea in the fleshy part of the thigh. I got the
doctor to examine them in Mobile, after which they were
put into hospital; I attended to the wounds before that.
I produce the log book with the entries in it. Cross-ex-
amined by Mr. Atkinson—The weather was rainy and
cold. Barton said he had been unwell, and would not
work in the rain. I told the mate to bring the irons,
whilst I collared Barton. I did not hear anything about
oilskins. There were four barrels of the pistol loaded,
and I had put it in my pocket that morning; the wounded
men were put in irons, and had bread, meat, tea, and
coffee. They were kept on bread and water for five days
before that. I went to the consul and gave him my
official log book. There was not two inches of water
under them on the half deck poop. They were not
tied up with elects they spoke to me about
the hardship, but I did not say I would
put another ball into them. I won't swear that
they did not ask to see the consul. I believe Barton has
got the ball twelve inches into his leg, and that it is there
still. I believe the other prisoner has the ball in his leg
also. Mr. Smith :Do you mean to say that both men
have the balls in their legs ? Mr. Atkinson : They have,
sir. The witness, in continuation, said the men were
facing ,him when he fired. I said, " Come out, men ; if
you doiFt I will shoot you, but I don't want to shoot you."
The prisoners were brought home in irons, and lived in a
house on deck. To Mr. Smith : The ship was in Mobile
Bay, about thirty miles from Mobile. Nicholas Kelly,
the chief mate, was examined, and stated that four of the
men " knocked off " work while the captain was on shore.
He corroborated the evidence of the captain, and was
cross-examined by Mr. Atkinson, but the facts were not
disturbed. The captain, in reply to Mr. Atkinson, said
Barton had a good character from his former ship. Mr.
Atkinson hoped the case would not end there, as the chief
object was to get a decision from the court to prejudice
the case before another tribunal. He trusted, therefore,
that his worship would not give any decision in the case
there. Mr. Smith said he would not give any decision in
the case, and the prisoners were therefore discharged.
THITRSDAY.--(GEFORE MR. BENN.)
A BAD DAUGHTER.—Mary Fields, was charged by her
father, Samuel Bretherton, who resides in Sand-street,
with having broken a quantity of glass in his house, and
with being drunk and disorderly. The complainant, an
old man, seemed much distressed at the position of his
daughter. He stated that she was a confirmed drunkard,
and was in the habit ofgoing to his house when in a state
of intoxication, and breaking the windows and furniture.
He had pardoned her several times, but all to no purpose.
About a year ago he had been obliged to take her before
the magistrates, and she then made a premisenot to
offend again, and she was then forgiven. Since that
time, however, she had fallen into the same offence
several times. She was a widow and was at one time in
a high respectuble position, but lost all by her vile habits
of drunkenness. The prisoner begged hard for forgive-
ness, and protested to her father she would amend her
life. Her father again forgave her, and she was dis-
charged with a strong caution as to her future conduct.
(BEFORE MR. T. D. ANDERSON,)
Saor LIFTING.—Two girls, named Mary Jones and
Mary Anne Brady, were brought up by detectives Carlyle
and Povey on a charge of hailing stolen two shawls,
value 2/ 28, from the shop. of Mr. Thomas Porter, St.
James's-street. Carlyle said the prisoners went into the
prosecotor's shop under pretence of purchasing a bonnet,
and whilst there they succeeded in stealing the shawls.
They then went to the shop of Mr. Richards, pawnbroker,
at the corner of James and Parliament streets, where
they pledged the property. When he got information of
the robbeiy he went in search of the prisoners, and found
them in company of a sailor, who informed him that they
had.stolen a gold ring, which was discovered on ono of
the prisoners. A young lady from Mr. Porter's shop
identified the shawls, and also the prisoners, who had
been in the shop just before the property was missed ;
and a person from Mr. Richards identified the prisoners
as.the petsons who :pledged the shawls. Mr. Anderson
said the pawnbroker ought to have been much more
cautious than to take such articles from girls of the
descirption, as be must naturally know they
could not have got them properly. The young man
said he asked the prisoners where they got the shawls ?
and they said they bought them for £1 4a each. Mr.
Wybergh : That is certainly a very improbable story for
you, to; believe. Mr. Anderson said the pawnbroker

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