The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-V.ESTE RFLAY

(BEFORE MR. J. H SMITH.
SINGULAR CASE OF BURGLARY.—Detectives Laycock
and Gristhenwaite, brought up three persons named John
Moore, George Clarke, and Joseph Young, on a charge of
having broken into the warehouse of Mr. Samuel Gardi-
ner, provision dealer, ship chandler, and spirit merchant,
Bath-street. Mr. Snowball appeared for the prisoners.
The case was a curious one, so far as the evidence given
to connect the prisoners with the offence, and in the affair
the officers showed the greatest tact; for out of Cie most
trifling things, they succeeded in bringing home to the
prisoners, in the clearest'manner, the commission of the
offence. These two officers have frequently proved their
superior intelligence, by the manner in which they have
succeeded in arresting criminals, and it may be remem-
bered that recently they succeeded in arresting the per-
sons charged with the murder of the sailor in Chisenhale-
street, and establishing a chain of the clearest evidence,
almost before the fact of the murder was reported through
the town. In the present ease it will be seen that the
safes of Mr. Milner have stood successively.another test.
The details of the case are as follows,—lt appears that
Mr. Gardiner is a ship-store and provision dealer, and
spirit merchant, having his office at No. 2, Bath-street,
New Quay. The prisoners, Moore and Young, had been
in his employment for some time, but about six weeks ago
were discharged. Some time between Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning, the stores and counting house were
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a large " thief-proof safe," weighing seven hundred
level with the wall. This safe
ash and other valuables belong-
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ing to the house. The burglars succeeded, with great
labourer in breaking the wall, and actually dislodging the
it had
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sledge on all
large safe from its place. Having got into thee ry effort
Counting-
house, thiety,opiteow.as
They quite
battered apparent,
to force
sides, bent it in every way, but all to no purpose. It evi-
dently suffered a tremendous attack, but all in vain, for it
remained unopened, and the thieves were not able to get
at its contents, which were stated to be large
gold and notes. On Wednesday morning, the two officer
proceeded to the place,and on examination Laycock picket
up!a small piece of iron, the top of aZpoeka-knife blade,
and a button. These he took into his possession, thinking
some thing might come from the articles, thoucrii ap-
parently worthless. The officers then proceeded to a
cellar in Dickenson•struet, where Moore lived, and there
they found him in b(-d. In his pocket, Gristhenwaite
found a knife, of which the top of one blade was broken
off, and the small piece picked up by Laycock fitted it
exactly—indeed it was the very piece which had been
broken off. They also found a crow bear la the cellar, and
from the top was broken a piece—the piece also that
Laycock forma in the counting-house fitted exactly-
The button which he found was one of rather a peculiar
description, and when he arrested Clarke, he discovered
, on his vest a set of the same sort, but one was missing,
1 and this proved to be the one which the officer had found.
InMoore's cellar was also found a „Jemmy," that is a
a piece of iron made like a chisel, and used as a lever to
break open safes and drawers. In the counting-house of
Mr. Gardiner were some wooden drawers, • that
had been forced .by such an instrument, and the
blade of that found agreed exactly to
-the marks,
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were left. Moore was at once put under arrest, and the
officer found, on inquiry, that the other two prisoners,
along with Moore, had come to the cellar about four
o'clock on the morning of the robbery, and that they had
quarrelled about a gold ring which was stolen from the
premises of Mr. Gardiner. They (the officers) then went
in search of the other two, and found Young in Scotland-
place, and Clark in bed in a house in Burrows-gardens.
The latter told them that, along with Moore, he had
broken into the warehouse, and that at his father's, at
41, Frederick-street, they would find a pistol that he had
stolen out of the office. This turned out to be correct.
They also found in Young's possession another pistol that
had been stolen, and i❑ Moore's cellar was discovered
a peculiar box ofsnatches which had been in the office of
the prosecutors. The pistols and matches were identified
by Mr. Gardiner, who said that a cheese and some.
bottles of champagne had been taken from the office.
but owhig to the security of the safe the thieves did not
get any money. The magistrate said there never was a
clearer case laid before him, aad the officers had acted
most creditably in the affair. He' fully committed the
prisoners for trial at the present assizes.

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
THE CHARGE OF SHOOTING ON BOARD TILE CITY OF
2. Marquis Delfs, the cook of the American
City of Mobile, was brought up for final examina-
tion, on a charge of shooting a sailor, named John

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netaita of this case have appeared on
former occasions. Mr. 131uck appeared for the prisoner,
and said the complainant was now present to state that
the transaction was purely accident il, and he did not
wish to proceed its the case,• as the parties were good
friends. Scanlan came forward and said the.facts were
correctly stated. Th►e prisoner was then discharged.