The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

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SMUGGLING TODACCO.—..-
linEvitt, convicted of smuggling
4-enced, the male prisoner to pay 18s., Y and
imprisoned for a month each,
PICKING POCKETS.—Jacob Cadman, convicted of picking
the pockets of Anue Felton, on Thursday, at \Vhitechapel,
was ordered to be imprisoned for three months.
A COCKNEY FLEECED IN LIVERPOOL.—EIIen Porter and
Eliza Myers, were charged by Robert Barnby, with rob-
bing him of 28 sovereigns from a canvass bag, in one of the
classical purlieus of Williamson-square. The prisoner,
whose jaunty manners and rapid utterance, joined to an

pppect c

wn quietly

i(argaret C

and Patric)

Ss., or to be

caused

merriment in the (

stated that he was a mathematical instrument maker, from
London, and walking about Liverpool for the first time on
Thursday evening, thought he would just spend half an
hour with some of the very respectable-looking females he
met in Whitechapel. He encountered a lady in black, whom
he really thought a highly proper person, and this good-
natured individual introduced the simple denizen of Cock-
aigne, to her two lady friends, who now figured at the bar.

He brought the modeit t: io into a public house, and treat
them in the most liberal manner. But as the lady in bla
soon after levanted, the Londoner became suspicious, a
thought he had better cut the company he was in, and
did so. He walked ruminating about for twenty minut

mgratulating himself on having got rid of his friends s
isily, but suddenly recollecting that he had not tried if hi
Et, he felt his pocket, and found he had got rii
his money also.
The Magistrate said as twenty minutes had elapsed site

Ihw- as rig

he had parted from the prisoners before he missed his

Id as no money was found on either, he should dismiss I
se, with a warning that Liverpool was just as danger(
place for gentlemen with loose cash, as the great metropc

ATTEMPTING TO ROB A llousE.—Mary Ann Dienleary.
was charged by Thomas Rogerson, of Great Howard-street.
He saw her go up his back stairs late on Thursday night,
and on following her he found on her person a quantity of
wearing apparel, cloaks, coats, and shawls, made up and
ready for removal. She was ordered three months' impri-
sonment.

NUISANCE BY PIGS. —A number of persons, over twenty,
were summoned for keeping pigs in many of the worst
localities in the town, and fined in sums varying from is. to
10s. each.

17NwuoLEsomE —Archibald Rice, for exposing for
sale unwholesome oysters, was fined twenty shillings and
costs. Harriet Higgins, for a like offence, forty shillings,

and costs. G. Aikin, for having unwholesome fish in ill
market, five shillings and costs.
THE FRUIT-STEALING CASE IN GREAT CHARLOTTE
STREET.—The magistrates were engaged yesteday from nom
till three in the afternoon, in the further investigation of this
singular case. The prisoner Riley had been remanded fo:
the evidence of the two police officers, who were present a
the time the market officer, Lloyd, arrested him.
Yesterday Sir George Stephens appeared for the defen'
The same attorneys on for both sides.
Police officer Francis O'Neill, TA
Charlotte-street, near the fis,
past twelve o'clock. Lloyd, the market constable, had 1
hold of prisoner against the rails, on the footway.
to witness, " lay hold of this man." Ac in as I
taken prisoner, Lloyd ran down the fish avenu and IN

to Grc

O. deposed that I
market, at

He sal(

9 soon as he h

" It's all right now. Witness looked at trait baskets
with Lloyd, but they did not find from whence the fruit
was taken.

By Sir George Stephens—Knew prisoner to be privat
watchman for five years, during which time he bore a goc
character; deponent was a witness in the case of Greenfie]
v. Sykes ; that case has caused much annoyance and disturl
ante in the neighbourhood; knows Mr. Luya, the superir

for Sykes, and

lent of the market; heard
's employment through being a witne
iat he had watched for Mr. Reeves up to the time that tti
breaking of Mr. Svkes's windnwa occurred.
o iti r. Almond : Was witness for Sykes all through the
three trials.

Mrs. Reeves was re-examined, and deposed that there
vas no property of fruit on either side of Great Charlotte-
treet on Wednesday night but theirs. No wholesale dea-

lers but themselves had fruit of a similar description to the
pears produced. Riley has been dismissed since the window-
breaking case was tried. Knows some of the gentlemen

Int frequent Porter's house by sight; knows Mr. Sorton,
Mr. George Taylor, and Mr. Boyce.

Sir George 'Stephens then addressed the Court for the
defence. He said : He should unfold facts which would
prove this charge to be wickedly, vindictively, maliciously,
cunningly, and spitefully concocted. Got up, in fact, to
damage his client, and defeat his evidence in another Court.
The learned counsel in continuation referred to the case
of "Greenfield v. Sykes." in which the prisoner was the
principal witness for the defendant. A verdict had been
given in favour of the defendant at the County Court, when
he received damages to the amount of £4O. The matter
had been removed to the Conrt of Queen's bench, and a rule
nisi, for a new trial granted. The prisoner would be re-
quired as a witness, and he (Sir George) contended that the
present proceeding was the result of a conspiracy to prevent
the prisoner from giving evidence. The learned counsel
further stated, that Mr. Luya

, the market superintendent,
He had

was a party concerned against the prison(
been the cause of a man named Smith and the prisoner beine
dismissed for the evidence they gave in the case of "Greenfield

v. Sykes." the consequence Orwhich was that a complaint
had been made to the Market Committee of the conduct of
Mr. Luya, and an investigation was about to take place, in
which the prisoner would be a principal witness. This fact
further proved a conspiracy, and a desire to prevent the
prisoner from giving evidence. The learned counsel having
spoken at considerable length in support of the alle-
gation of a conspiracy on the part of the prosecution,
called

Mr. Sykes, publican, Great Charlotte-street, who deposed
to the investigation which was about to take place before
the Market Committee, in which the prisoner would be the
principal witness against Mr. Luya. Other witnesses having
been examined, _ _ _ _ .

The Magistrates said that the case against the prisoner

seemed to be a very clear one. Fruit to a considerable
value had been missing from time to time, and nothing had
transpired to shake the testimony which Mrs. Reeves had so
consistently given. Lloyd, the market constable, it appeared
to them, was the natural party to be employed on such an
occasion, and his evidence was unshaken, and he had caught
the prisoner in the fact. They had given a great deal of
attentive consideration to the matter, and they might per-
haps be inclined to deal with it summarily, but as a case of
conspiring had been endeavoured to be set up, they could
not think of finally disposing of the matter, but believed
they were acting more justly to alliparties by sending it for
trial by a jury.
Riley, the prisoner, was subsequently bailed to stand his
trial at the sessions, himself £2U, and two sureties in £lO

PUBLICANS' CASES.
üblicans, and twenty-nine been:

house keepers

summoned by inspectors Siermer and Chew, and sub-
constables Wilson, Thompson, M'Grain and Southwell, for
Sunday trading. The following were fined:—
Joseph Conevile, publican, Marybone, is. and Is. costs.
Margaret Edwards, publican, Fazakerley-street, Is. and
is costs.

t, 10s,

Ann _Lough, publican, Button-street, ls. and ls. costs
Ann Wilson, American Hotel, Washington-st
and 4s. 6d. costs

Ur. Ar

them t