The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

LIVERPOOL.

13F.PnRE MR. ALDERMAN ROLME.

CAUTION To APPRENTICeS.—John Giadv and Stephen
Knight, two apprentices to Mr. M'Keeken, cork cutter,
Cooper's row,were charged with behaving very badly, and
absenting themselves from their work. Mr. Snowball
appeared for the proecution, and from his statement,
and the evidence of two men in the employment of the
prosecutor, it appeared that Knight went awny about
seven months ago, and was in Dublin and Belfast, and
represented himself as not being an apprentice. He came
back on the 28th ult., and behaved in the most disgrace-
ful in Inner. Grady had been before the magis!Tates in
November last, but was let off on his promising
that he would behave better in future, and one. of the
witnesses said his conduct was a hundred times worse
since. The conduct of both prisoners was proved .tp be
of the very worst description, and their language horrible.
It appeared that they acted as described, with the view
of getting rid of their indentures, as they were of use to
their enip!oyer. His worship said he had had a good deal of
experience in regard to apprecriees, and man, of
the apprentices who served their time with him
were now filling respectable positions in society.
He never knew an apprentice who conducted himself
properly and soberly, who did not get on well in the
world, whilst, on the contrary, such as were idle and
ill behaved, caw, to disgrace and ruin. He had never
heard of a worse conducted pair of apprentices than the
prisoners. lie sent them to jail for three months with
hard labour.

AssAtrurA &c.—John and Michael Brady, labourers,
were fined £5 each for an assault on the police, in West-
mo-etand etvet, on the night of the Ist Febru9ry. James
M'Cabe, an ill looking fellow, was charged with having
assaulted his mother. The poor woman, who seemed a
decent person, detailed a variety of outrages committed
on her by the prisoner, who was a worthless blackguard.
lie was sent to jail for six months, in default of finding
bail to keep tha peace.

SERIOUS ROBBERY—CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS.—
Arthur Cunningham, Patrick Egan, and Mary Cunning-
ham, were bronght up by detectives Carlyle and Horn, on
the following serious charge. Mr. Clough said, on the
night of the 24th January last, a bed room in the house of
Mr. Shaw, a publican, residing in Scotland road, was
broken into, and fire gold and silver watches, some silver
spoons, and other things stolen thereout. That was on a
Saturday night, and the case was reported to the police,
and on the Monday following, early in the morning, bills-
were printed and distributed to the pawnbrokers,
describing the property, and yet, notwithstanding that
notice and caution, it would be proved that a certain
pawnbroker had received two of the watches. Another
of the watches was stepped by a person to whom it was
offered, but he did not make the least effort to have the
person who offered it arrested. Now, the publican very
justly complained of the conduct of the pawnbrokers.
The tickets of the pledged watches were found on one
of the prisoners, and the case would be brought home to
all three, and he did not know if he would not be able
to prove that the prisoners were seen at Mr. Shaw's
house on the night of the robbery. He (Mr. Clough)
had intended to have brought up the pawnbroker in
custody, on the charge of felony, but he was sorry to say
that in consequence of a flaw in the evidence, he was
not able to do so. He mentioned this for the information
of the pawnbrokers concerned in the case, and that it
might act as a caution to others. Officer Carlyle said,
from information he received, he arrested Cunningham,
who told him that a man named Egan and himself were
working in a ship called the, Flora M'Donald, and that
between the decks they got a bag with five watches and
some silver spoons, and that he pawned one of the
watches at Mr. Shewhill's, Great Homer street, on
the 7th of February, and that he had released
it that morning, and he then produced it.
He (witness) then went to the pawnbroker's and asked
for the notice bill that had been served on him, and he
produced it off the file, and it had the number of' the
watch, "42," on i,. He • sked the assistant why he had not
stopped the watch ? as he had the number. but he denied
having the number. although the printed bill was before
him. He then asked to see the bag in which the watch
was, and the assistant, in producing it, attempted to tear
the ticket off it, and did tear a piece off it, when witness
took it up, and found it was" No. 42." Mr. Holnae : Who
did that ? Witness : The pawnbroker's assistant. He
(witness) subsequently went back to the same pawnshop,
and found a second watch pledged there. Hethen went to
the Bramley Moore Dock, where he arrested the prisoner
Egan, wig told him the same story as Cunningham. He
then took him to where he lived in Charles street, and
where the female prisoner lived also, and Egan said the
woman had pledged one of the watches. On geieg into
the house, the prisoner went up ataiss, fellomoil by the
witness. and on going up, the prisoner snapped a guard
chain off his neck and pulled out a watch, which he
endeavoured to hide under the bed, hut the officer seized
him. He asked what wisin a box that was in the room ?
and :he prisoner replied "nothing." On searching it, he
found four silver spoons, which would be identified by Mr.
Show's daughter, as portion of the property stolen, and Hr.
Shaw would identify :he watch as his property, and one of
the five which had been stolen on the nieh: of the robbery.
offiyer Horn said he g.)t a ticket of a watch on the
woman, and went to the pawn office, where he got one of
the watches pledged in the name of Cunningham. and on
the bag was the name of Cunningham; but no C, in

court, he said the pawnbroker's assistant told him that
was not the watch at all. He said the conduct of the
pawnbroker all through the case was very blameable, to
say the least cf it. Mr. Birrick, of Great Howard
Street, said he stopped one of the gold watches when it
was offered to him for sale. He told the persons who
offered it that it was stolen; Horn said, when he ques-
tioned the last witness why he did not stop the parties
who offered the watch ? he replied because there was no
reward offered for their apprehension. Mr. Shaw iden-
tified some cf ae watches as those stolen from
his bedroom on the night in question, and Miss
Shaw proved that the silver spoons, found
by Carlyle, were part of the spoons stolen
that night out of the house. Mr. Shaw was of opinion
that he saw the prisoners in the house on that night. He
had certainly seen them some time at the house. Mr.
Clough asked for a remand, as there was a material
witness absent. The prisoners were remanded accord-
ingly.

STEALING WITEAT.—George Swift, Charles Brown,
and 1 homas Sbeilds, three carters, were charged with
stealing a quantity of wheat, whilst removing it from the
ship to the store. The evidence was not perfect, and
the prisoners were remanded.
CAUTION TO HousEKßaretts.—Ellen Benton, a char-
woman, was charged with having s'olen a watch, value
from the house of Mr. Lee, paper stainer, Russell
street. The primer was engaged as a charwoman (out
of charity) at the house, and on Saturday evening she
stole the watch and pledged it at Mr. Gregson's, Copperas
hill, for £l. On Monday, when the watch was missed,
Nit.. Holt, one of Mr. Gregson's assistants, found out the
prisoner, as the woman who had pledged the watch. She
was sent Coe trial.
A COURAGEOUS OLD LADY.—An old lady, named Sarah
Martin, who resides at 10, Atherton street, charged a
young fellow, named Patrick Kearns, under the following
circumstances. She was awoke some time in the night
by a noise in her room, and on getting out of bed, she
saw the prisoner She grappled with him, and held him

for some time, bat ultimately he got out through the
parlour window, which he broke. Sbe, hawever, seized
him by the tail of the coat, as he was getting out of the
window, hut the portion of the garment tore off, and
remained in her hand. The prisoner was arrested in
the street by an officer, and some property belonging to
the old lady, which he had removed, was found in his pos-
session. He left his cap behind in the room. It was sup-
posed that he had managed to conceal „himself under the
bA. His Worship complimented the old lady on her
courage, and sent the prisoner for trial.
CURIOUS CASE, VERY ! A nice-looking young woman,
named Mary Wright, who said she kept a small grocery
and sweet shop at 68,-Upper Mann street, Park, charged
Alexander Mackenzie, described as a g over, keeping a
shop at the corn:>r of Cornwallis and Frederick streets,
with having stolen a purse, cant iining 9s 6d, and
some ribbon from her. The story narrated by Miss
Wright was as follows :—She went out to make some
purchases, and then called on her aunt in Kent street,
where she remained some time. When she was going home
she saw a woman with a baby that looked very cold, and out
of pity she took them into a public house to give them
something warm, where they were joined by the prisoner
and they had some drink together. Mr. Holme : Did you
know the prisoner ? No, sir, but be ev,s very benev,lent
—very. In reply to his worship, the officer wbo had the
case said it was after one o'clock in the morning. The
complainant said when she went out of the public house
she asked the prisoner to show her the shortest way
home, and, in doing so, he took her purse and
the ribbon, which were fount, by the officer, on
the steps of the prisoner's cellar. The prisoner
repudiated the charge, and sail the " young lady" was
very drunk, and rolled about like a ship in a storm—that
she fell several times in the street, and that her basket
tumbled about, and a quantity of eggs that were in it got
smashed, and its other contents scattered about the street.
In fact he never saw such a foolish, and, at the same time,
such a loving young lady in all his life time ; but he did
not want to tall in love with her at all. lls worship
censured the conduct of the complainant, and discharged
the prisoner.
DISCIRACEFUL,—Bridget Carrol was charged with
having stabbed Susan Lloyd. Mr. Campbell appeared