The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE W. RATHBONE, EF.Q.

GAROTTINO IN BASNETT7+STREET.—A well dressed young
fellow, named Charles Challoner, was charged with
having garrotted Mr. George Moxton, and with assisting a
woman to get off with a gold watch, value 50 guineas, the
property of that gentleman. . Mr. Muck defended the
prisoner. The complainant, who was stated to be a
gentleman of high standing, said—On the night of the 18th
inst., about a quarter past nine, he was passing along
Basnett-street, and, when turning into Leigh-street, he
stopped for a moment at a passage where there was an
iron gate. A woman came up and spoke to him, when he
told her to go away, and at the instant she seized on his
watch, and made off with it. He turned round, and would
have caught her, when she cried out " come along," or
words to that effect as near as possible. At that instant
the prisoner rushed on and seized hold of him, putting his
body right across the passage, and supporting himself by
the iron gate, so that the woman escaped with the watch.
He caught hold of the prisoner, who, when the woman got
off, endeavoured to get away, and kicked witness
furiously, but it was uo use, he was resolved to hold him,
and hold him he did, until the police came up. The
watch was a duplex movement, and made by M'Cabe, and
cost him 50 guineas. Cross-examined by Mr. Biuck : It
was a dark night—at least it was dark in the passage
when he was robb:d. Were yoa in a publichouse before
that ? Witness : Yes, I was in Mr. Hunt's Star Hotel for a
short time. Mr. Bluck: Was tile woman with you
when you wens into the passage ? Witness: No,
she came up, and I told her to go away. I did not speak
to her first; she spoke to one. Mr. Block: Did you see the
prisoner in company of the woman, or did you hear them
speak together ? Witness : No, I did not. Mr. Bleck
said he was instructed t 3 state that his client knew
nothing of the matter, so far as the robbery was con-
cerned. He merely went into the passage without any
intent to do wrong. The prisoner was remanded, as it
was stated the watch would most likely be found.

CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY 17NpEn. FaLsn PltE•
TENCES.—Charles H. C. Smith, a young man of decent
appearance, was charged with having obtained 12s by
means of false representation from Mr. John Marsden, of
23, Duke-street, Edge Hill. Mr. Black defended. The
facts were these :—The complainant is an agent for a
large publishing house, and he employed the prisoner to
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orders on commission for him. The prisoner
returned orders from certain parties for books, and corn.
plainant paid him 12s commission on the orders, but when
the books were sent, it was alleged that no such persons
were to be found, and that the orders were given by the
p"isoner for the purpose of obtaining the commission. Mr.
Block said he was at a loss to know what the charge really
was, as he had instructions to state that the orders were
correct, but there was an error in the address of the
parties. The prisoner was remanded in order to ascertain
whether such was the case or not.

" How Tair.oils' GEESE FLY. 7—The "wild" goose that
belonged to King O'Toole, at the_ seven churches in fhe
county of Wicklow, and which the legends say, was cured
(after it died) by Saint Kevin—who, if report speak true,
did " quarer things than reviving dead geese—was
nothing "at all, at all' to the geese, or to the goose,
that flew away—without wings, too—from the premises
of Mr. Littler, of Lord-street. It appeared that
for some time past, the " geese " belonging to the
establishment alluded to had taken strange flights—geese
do gambol as well as gabble about sometimes. Every one
—that is every one that can read—must have read the
story of the " fink" that saved the " capitol,' and such
as cannot read must have heard of that wonderful cir-
cumstance. There were six fine " birds," it is not stated
if they were of." Polish breed," belonging to Mr. Littler's
place, but by some freak (of course unaccounted for),
these hanirnals were not satisfied to remain in the •• quiet
of private life ;" no, they must " get out of that," by
" hook or by crook." Now "Hook''—not Th odors—and
" Crook'—not Toni Crook—were not half so scientifia as
a young gentleman who delights in the patronomic of
Ennis—William Ennis. This decimal (if a ninth propor-
tion can be called a decimal) fraction of humanity, not
content wilh the "quiet tenor of his way," came to the
conclusion that, if a " wing and a piece of the breast" of
goose conatitu,ed "a good thing," that, ergo (Mr. Ennis
knows the meaning of ergo), the legs, head, shoulders—in
fact the whole corpus of the aforesaid biped—for a goose
is biped—would be very much superior to an octagonal
por.i:ot of, the winged felicity, and, therefore, he took the
" boly and bones" of a la7ge "goose" not having the
fear of the going before the judge of asiz before his
eyes. In point of fact, as the "geese" belonging to the
house had taken such a bad habit of flying, Inspector
Horne was put on to watch, and the tesuit of his " look-
out" was, the capture of Mr. William Ennis, with one
of the finest birds belonging to the " house" in his posses-
sion, and what " was more," it was "screeching roaring
hot," so hot, that when the inspector took hold of it, a
lasting impression " was left on his digits, and probably
" lime water and oil ' will form a portion of the inspector's
toilet ingredients for a fortnight or three weeks to come,
Mr. Ennis declared he was taking home the " goose " to
"press " (he did not mean the newspaper press) a
"navvy's" jacket, but this assumption being repudiated,
he was sent to live on " bread and water "—cold water,
too, at this season—" for and during the space of seven
days," in default of paying a fine of lOs for taking the
goose without liberty."
BEFORE MR. AIKEN.

TIIII SAILORS' HOME.—A young woman, named Martha
Hamill, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at
the Sailors' Home ; and it appeared, from a statement
made by Mr. Parkinson, the governor of the bridewell,
that the prisoner had been forty-nine times before the
court. Mr. Aiken said the scenes about the Sailors'
Home, caused by unfortunate females, were disgraceful
and disgusting, and had grown to such excess that they
must be put down. He was resolved to punish females
and others who were brought before him from the Home,
and he trusted the police would attend to this place. He
sent the girl to gaol for one month. [We can bear
evidence to the troth of the observations made by the
worthy magistrate. The scenes are frightful, and it is
really astonishing that the police are so utterly careless.
We trust, after this notice, that the officers will attend to
their duty in this respect.—En. N. T.]

DISGRACEFUL CASE OF WIFE

DESERTION

William Ducker, a watch and chronometer maker,
appeared before Mr. Selfe, at the Thames Police eaurt on
Tuesday, on a summons, charged with refusing to maintain
his wife, Susan Ducker, and leaving her chargeable to the
hamlet •of Mile-end Old Town. The prisoner, who had
been arraigned about a month back upon a charge of
bigamy, in answer to the present charge, said that his wife
had been cohabiting with another man, and called several
witnesses to prove his statement. The following. is a
sample of the evidence :—John Docker, the prisoner's
brother, who said he was a watch finisher, was called.
It was soon apparent he was partially intoxicated,
and he nodded his head and repeatd the words of
the oath when it was administered to him. He said
that the prisoner left his wife two and a half years
ago, and (hiccup) she was the most disreputable
(hiccup) that is in the word e Mr. Selfe ; Now tell me
what she did ? The witness, who could scarcely keep an
upright position in the witness box, said that Mrs. Daeker
was residing with a sister of his in Salmon's lane, Lime-
house, after her separation from her husband, Ile went to
see her there—yea, it's all right—he went to see her there
—one Fairlop Sunday; yes, he recollected it well; Fairlop
Sunday ; all right. Mr. Selfe ; Attend, sir ; was it after
your brother parted with his wife or before ? Witness :
After, sir, after ; well, sir, I slept with her, she wanted me
to do so. Mrs. Ducker : Villain, scoundrel ! it's false.
Witness : Yes, I slept with her on the hearth rug
all night. She wanted me to commit adultery with
her. Mrs. Ducker : Infamous liar l it's false. Wit-
ness : Duty bound to tell the truth; all right; I know
what I am about. Mr. Selfe indignantly ordered the
witness to leave the box, and said his conduct was most
disgraceful, and he ought to he ashamed of himself to come
into court drunk, and swear he committed adultery with his
own brother's wife, lie asked the prisoner if he had any
further evidence to produce. The prisoner: No, nothing
further than that. Mr. Selfe said the prisoner had left his
wife and married another woman; and, supposing the
evidence of the last witness to be true, it would
not absolve the prisoner from the obligation of main-
taining his wife. A more disgraceful case he had
never heard of. The prisoner must pay 7s. per week
for the maintenance of his first and only wife. The
pr'soner said he would rather go to prison than ply her a
farthing. Mr. Belfe repeatedly urged on the prisoner to
come to an arrangement for an alto mance, but he obsti-
nately refu-ed. Mr. Selfe then said : The prisoner is
sentenced to ten days' imprisonment, and hard labour ; and
if he does not maintain his first wife when he comes out of
prison, lie will be sent to prison as a rogue and vagabond
fora much longer period.

Tim NEW MARITIME LAW.—The Government of Holland
has given in its assent to the principles" of maritime law
which were laid down by the Congress of Paris,

THE GREAT NORTHERN RATI.WAY FRAUDS.—Leopold
Redpath 'and Charles J. C. Kent.will be again placed at the
bar of Clerkenwell Police Court to-mot-row, when Mr.
Giffard, who is at present conducting the prosecution, will
lay hare a series of frauds of a different character to those
whioh have already undergone investigation. It will be
remembered that ou the last occasion one witness, who
had been engaged in examining. the e -mpany's hooks,
found £IO,OOO deficiency in a few transactions, and it is
understood that there are a large number of similar cases
which could be established against the prisoner, Mit which
will not be gone into, as 'it is only desired to take as many
as will justify the magistrate in committing the prisoners
for trial. Up to the present time the only cases proved
(with one exception) have been those in which Red path has
placed the figure one before the original figures in the book,
a proceeding by which he netted £l,OOO on each transa-
action. He did not operate exclusively, but resorted to
more ingenious artifices which yielded far larger returns,
and which will be found fully to bear out the extraordinary
statements with regard to his defalcations when the case
first came before the public. It will also be the object of
the prosecution to show that in more of the frauds than
those which have been mentioned the younger. prisoner,
Kent, has been implicated. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine has
been retained to conduct the prosecution when the two
prisoners are placed at the bar of the Old Bailey ; to
which place they will be committed for trial as soon as the
depositions at the Clerkenwell Police Court are completed.