The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

CORONER'S COUR 7 -Y-.-V ESTERDAY

SUDDEN DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS OF PASSION AND
DRINK.—On Thursday evening, a woman named Mary Anne
Houghton,. residing at 42, Gildart's-gardens, being slightly
under the influence of drink, quarrelled with her husband.
She went to bed in a state of great excitement, and shortly af-
terwards got up to get a rope to beat one of her two children;
not being able to find it, she got into a violent passion, and
suddenly fell forward with her head against a box. Directly
after her fall the husband struck her with a rope, (he being
also drunk and believing her asleep at the time,) when the
poor children lifted their mother into bed they discovered
that she was dead. At the inquest, held yesterday, Dr.
Kemp deposed that her death was caused by apoplexy, no
doubt set up by drink and excitement.
FATAL ACCIDENTS—A schoolmaster named Wm. Holmes,
residing in the Park, was coming down the Pit steps leaving
the Park Theatre, on last Friday night, when he fell and
broke his arm, he was intoxicated at the time ; he was
taken to the Southern Hospital where he died yesterday.
An inquest was held on his body, and a verdict .of accidental
death from a fall returned.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—A seaman who gave his name as
William Lawson was admitted to the Southern Hospital on
the 27th ult:, he said he had had a fall, but did not say
where. He had received a scalp wound, from which he
died on Thursday. It is supposed he belonged to a ship
which sailed on the day before the accident.

POLICE CO URTS.-YESTEFCDAY

LIVERPOOL

COMMITMENTS.—John McKensie, was convicted of steal-
a jacket from a cart on the Quay, near the old Church, on
Thursday. He cooly took the garment from the car, and
it was found upon his person. He had been twice before
committed, and was now sentenced to three months' impri-
sonment. Patick Baines, for stealing linen, from the yard
of Mr. John Gilmore, 6, Hope-place ; was committed under
the vagrant act, for three months. William Grimes, an old
offender, who had been ten times before committed, was
now imprisoned for two months, for having in his posses-
sion a horse cloth. James 'ogee for stealing two valuable
counterpanes and a quantity of bed-linen from off a line in
the drying yard of Mr. 'Alfred Ackerley, Rose-dale, was
ordered to be imprisoned for one month.
PICKING Pociarre. —A well-dressed young thief, who
was detected at half-past twelve, yesterday, picking the
pocket of a gentleman named Augustus Miller, of a silk
handkerchief, at George's Basin, and who had been five
times before committed, was sent for trial to the sessions.
William Robinson, James Ross, and John McGregor, three
sleek well-dressed boys were charged by two of the detec-
tive force with attempting the pockets of several old ladies on
Thursday afternoon. The officers saw them busily plying
their vocation in Elliott-street, and followed them along
Lime-street Brownlow Hill, and Islington, to London-road.
They were not successful in any attempt they made, and
finally the officers arrested them in a beer house at Copperas
Hill. Ross escaped, and running up a court in the same
street, drew a knife, with which he swore, he would stab the
first officer who laid hands upon him. The other prisoners
were very violent. All three are-well:known to the Police,
and wer esentenced to three months' imprisonment.

THE GAROTTE ROBBERY IN GREAT ROWARD-STREET.--
Thomas Colville and Patricia Jordan were charged with being
two of the parties concerned in garotting an Irishman
named Richard Feely, in Great Howard-street, on Thursday
the 27th ult., and robbing him of £29, in Bank of Ireland

notes, as mentioned in our paper at the time. The evidence
against Jordan did not sustain the charge, and he was set at
liberty, but it being sworn by two witnesses that Colville
was seen with'the prosecutor, at the time he called for help
he was remanded for one week, in the hope that the notes
might yet turn up.

Sarah Russell; a gay-looking lady, was charged by an
apparently respectable young man, who gave his name as
William Stanley, a merchant's clerk, with stealing his
watch yesterday morning, at about two o'clock. He unfor-
tunately brought the fair frail one to his lodgings, and while
entering, she took his gold watch. The property not being
found, she was remanded to this day.
A PITEOUS CASE.-11fary Hill, a very young and inter-
esting-looking girl, was charged wish having in her posses-
sion, and wearing, a shawl which two months since had been
stolen from her mistress, Mr. Tippett, with whom she at the
time of the robbery lived in service. The lady said that she
had found the prisoner artful and deceitful, but did not sus-
pect she was a thief. She had complained to her aunt, and
they were thinking of sending her to the penitentiary,
as she had evidently got into bad company, when she
suddenly absconded. Though she subsequently missed
several articles, this shawl amongst the rest, she still did not
think that prisoner was the thief, until another servant told
her, she had seen with the girl a copy of "The Vicar
of Wakefield," which Mrs. Tippitt had lost. The magistrate
said it was, a pity, the girl was now con, p_ote_y ruiuud,
although sllp might have been saved at the time. Her
mistress first thought of getting her into the penitentiary.
She was remanded for seven days.

ROBBERY .BY PROSTITUTES. Rose Ann Crosbie and
Ann Jones were charged with, on Thursday night, robbing
a very decent looking man, who gave his name as Asprey
Davies, of the Potteries, of £lB in gold and notes, a silver
watch chain and pencil-case. Pruseeutur salU mac lie liad
unfortunately fallen into the company of Crosbie, and
having visited more than one spirit vault, and liberally
treated her, he finally came to Shakerley's vaults, where,
upon calling for a glass of Sherry, he found he had no
money to pay for it. The smartness of his loss did not,
however, bring him to his senses, and he accompanied his
amiable friend to her residence, a brothel kept by the
prisoner Jones, in Spitalfields. On awaking in the morning,
he was presented with the pawn ticket of his coat; but the
chain, pencil case, and money were gone ; and to crown
all, he was told he was in debt seven shillings and six-pence.
He wrote a note to his brother for money, and the ladies
very condescendingly undertook to find a messenger, and
shortly afterwards, Crosby handed him his chain and pencil
case, which she said she had only held as security for his
debt. The magistrates said they could do nothing for
complainant. lie choose to get drunk in bad company,
and should bear the consequences. The prisoners were
discharged. -

STREET ROBBERY WITH VlOLltßOE.—Richard _Edwards
was charged by a seaman named George Pierce, of the ship
"Boomerang," who said that on Thursday evening he met
the prisdner in a public house, and having got into conver-
sation with him, and treated him to a glass of ale, he was
persuaded to take a walk in his company; when at the top
of Water-street prisrmer made a grasp at his watch and
plucked it away, When arrested no watch could be found.
Remanded for 7 days.
STEALING COTTON'—John Broaclburn and _Honor Kelly
were remanded till to-day for having a large bundle of clean
cotton, for which they could not account, on their persons,
in Love-lane.

CLAIM FOR SEAMEN'S WAGES,—William Taylor, seaman,
summoned captain lames Levens, of the barque "Mary,"
for £3 15s. Od., wages alleged to be due upon the voyage
from BaltiMore to Liverpool (30 dols. for the run). Mr.
Campbell appeared for the plaintiff, The only point at
issue seemed to be the statement of the captain, that he had
paid the amount to some person in Baltimore, on account of
Taylor, who he also stated was in a very destitute condition
when he shipped. The plaintiff's name did not appear in
the ships articles. No proof of payment having been pro-
duced, the magistrates gave an order for the amqunt claimed,
with costs.