The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

(BEFORE MR; T. BOLTON.)

4913P1NG-,445 EsttGR4NT.--.,Thomas Cunningham, an
Irish-..emigrant, hound: for .Melbourne, charged Mary
DOnnePy, 'a servant 'the '.boarding-horise of John
M6'll, Stewart-lereetdii siiipicion of having stolen
43, from, him., It appeared that the complainant and
biS wife stopped at the house in question, and on Thurs-
day iriOrtiiiim be Went out, leaving. this purse, Which
coritained,the ,money., under the pillow of the bed.. The
prisoner during his absence made the bed, and in an
hour after,-the Mari missed his money, arid returned
Vie,,Kisoner said she heard something like •a.
Witch under-the' tied when making it, but She denied
having seen the money. Mr. Illuek, who appearedyfor
the priSaner, cross-exatnined the Witness, -aneelleited
the fact, that, be• wae, out late at night at singinghopses,
and this s.tiewested that he might have lost the- money
out of the house. - Mr. Black also proved-thai:the other
personspyrother and sister) emigrants, sleptin.theToomf
and that other' persons had free: • access to, the 'apart-
ment, and such .doubt was raised in his Worship's mind,
that he discharged the prisoner. •

INGRATITUDE.—CharIes 'Williams, a mason, was
charged with having itolen a dozen bottles of peculiar
and valuable sherry wine,from the cellar of Dr. Formby,
13, -Pilgrim=street: Detective Sullivan said he made
inquiry, when he heard of the loss of the, wine, and he
fopiid the iiriSciner had been working in the doctor's
stable; stopping •nitholeS, and wanting some old glass,
he went into theltellar; Whereshe found a hamper con
taining_ sixteen 'bottles of wine, that had ibeen,,sent in
.from the country for Christmas. He took just a dozen.
One.of the bottles half full, Was 'found in 'the stable,
and in his house in a cupboard,
.t 4 ofqcer- discovered
tWo more. The prisoner then 'confessed having taken
it. The wine was at once recognised by.thedoctor, as
his' properly; .trom its .peculiar quality, He (the doctor)
thelprisenier's; wife had,formerly resided as servant
in his family, and the prisoner had worked for him for
some years ; he_ should be very sorry. to have the man
punished; although he .had acted very ,wrong indeed.
Mr. Bolton said,•ttle ingratitude of the prisoner was only
equalled by the kindness and forgiveness of the • doctor.
The prisoner was ordered to be remanded.
'Ton SitAnP.—John Sharp, who described himself as a
cattle dealer, residing in Low-hill, charged a respectable
looking young man, named Thomas Bainbridge, with
having broken into his shippon, and for having stolen a
cow tbereout. Mr. Pemberton appeared for the prisoner.
shippon
\ hvruiiyaise
)obrptne:ee,rrngr. prosecutoriiltbo ;broken
Witness:
ffikxielndnocoe,oseypislnooe: commenced
anyna,oy men:
yesterday.
previous
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whatever,va sco.touoewsry y a
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liexsna,cegl fein,onpllgtls wao
away.
tt ;brae.
th"alttl t
I 1 sold
him the ccivv 'on Saturday last. (Loud. laughter.) Mr.
Pemberton : And von had not delivered it to him before?
No.; Then ,you aretoo sharp by half. Mr. Bolton: If
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its,- court.

you have any dist

1 must g

Discharge the prisone
A .10AD LITTLE BOY.

about t

, named Edward Skis

keeper

lii-rodd, w

th''whiCh he went tq

anchest

Wiwi. said 10 to

five weeks the 1

was very good—

in the la

to his .book and religious dut

unfortunately

his praye

almost brc

•, and had

Was in ga

The bny said hE

mtlis, for stealin

apples:': His father ,Ns'as advised to lake more care of
hiin in fv.tpre, and he was given up to.hirn.

THE ;VALUE Or A BAD CHAitacme
person, named James Brown, was ch

—A well dressed

constable

Jing from

545; who said he heard a noise in a passage liqt,
Scotland-road,to, Ben4Ohnson street,:and .on searching
the *place he found the prisoner concealed in a dirk
door-way ; two doriFsin the passage were open, although
a. short time before they,were, fastened safely. He knew
the prisoner to be a. very bad character and had no
'doubt he was about to commit. a felony. Mr. B_ luck
Was for the-prisoner;.an4 said he was instructed to state
that the prisoner was out at a ", wake,". and that he was
going home through the passage, smoking a pipe. Mr.
Wybergh said the prisoner had been six times coin-
mitted;.arid twice. discharged; He wished to know if
the prisoner &mild produce any witness to show be was
at the " wake ?" but this could ,riot be done. He was
sent to gaol for three months.

Bnmtuous CAS S.—'l.le following were disposed of:—
Jane 'caln,.tewart-street, for illegal trading, acquitted.
George Aspinall, Atkinson-street, for Sunday trading,
;fined 2s 6d, and 2s 6d
,costS. William Ashton, Coiling-
wood-street, Sunday trading, acquitted. Edward Cope,
Albert-street; for doing business on Christmas day.
4.cquitted. John Boyd, Lower garrington-street, for a
like offehce,. acquitted: ,lUmes Yates Brown, Great
Horner-street, for Sunday trading, fined .10s and costs.
John Dixon, Vauxha.ll-,road, for. refusing to admit the
palice, fined' 2s 6d and '2s 6d costs. Bridget Hugh,
Wolfe=strcet, Park, for trading on Christmas day,
acquitted. Margaret blinston,•Duncan-street, for Sun-
dayvading, acquitted. John 'Elliott, Bond-street, for
Sunday trailing, acquitted. John Rorke, Webster-
street, fined 5s and 'costs. PeLer. Cattrell, Park, for
Sunday trading, fined 5s and costs. Margaret Rowell,
Dryden-street, for Sunday trading, acquitted.

(BEFDIVE MR. MANSFIELD.)

IPU,B-LICANS!, CAsEs.--The following were disposed of :
r-•-George Shand, Peter-street. for Sunday trading, fined
etigtS.; Munriee D'Alton, Great flOward.:
'ktreet, for doing busines at. prohibited hours on
Christmas day, fined 10s and lOs costs. Richard Stizaker,
CreSshall-street,,eharged for selling beer at illegal hours,
dismissed. • ' • '

. . ..
We are informed that the East India .Coal Company
obtained its certificate of complete registration under the
Limited Liability Act of .1855, on the 27th ult. The
steam engines 4nd machinery for working the mines on a
large scale are now in course of shipment to Calcutta.

The receipts of the London and Blackwall railway for
the half year are 35,1927, against 38,3291 for the correspon-
tlitig period ' ending Christmas, 1854. It is stated that
this decrease is in a great measure due to the transference
to Portsmouth of much of the business connected with
the government transport service. The traffic arisinz
from the New Victoria docks Is regarded with hopeful
anticipations by the shareholders.

THE EMBEZZLEMENTS BY A SUPERINTENDENT OF
PoiacE.--The late Superintendent of Police at South
Shields, named Buglass, was tried at the Durham Sessions
on Monday last on a charge of having fraudulently em-
bezzled divers sums of money, the monies of the mayor,
aldermen, and burgesses of South Shields. The jury, in
returning their verdict of guilty, recommended the pri-
soner to mercy, on the ground that "he had previously
borne-a good character,-and that he had fallen into diffi.-
c4lies.” The. Chairman sentenced the prisoner to one
year's hard labour. •

Dirnot.Ani:—On Tuesday night the housekeeper of Mr
sland, stationer and engraver, Nos. 1 and 2

John (

retiring to rest, discOvered three men in the Cell

immed

I one of them, 1'

le commenced, during which

uost a(

blows were
,give

of murder now began to a

one of whom w

about t

delivered blo

ot heavy

him to the

but have slue

Peen taken into eustod

ruffians decamped,