The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

;POLICE COURTY,"---Yr,sTERDAy.

A TnmsrEn TRICKED.—Dennis _newsy was charged by
police officer 292, with passing a bad half crown.
The complainant, Mary_ Burton, of Watkinsen-street,
stated that her husband, who did not keep a public-house,
was in the habit of getting in ale on Saturday night ; on
Sunday the defendant went to her house for some ale, and
she let him have some for which he tendered a bad half-
crown, and she gave him the change, when looking at the
coin she found it was bad.

The magistrates dismissed the case.
Dom ROBBERY.—Two lads were committed for seven
days on a charge-of stealing a piece of rope from a vessel
ling in the dock.
ROBBING AN EMPLOYER. —Ellen Bernard, a very genteel
looking young woman, was charged with stealing a pin, and
other articles from the shop of Mr. Strutt, of John• street.
The defendant was an assistant in the shop, and on Satur-
day morning another assistant observed that she had a pin
in her dress, and upon asking her how much she gave for it
:he could not give a satisfactory answer, and it was subse-
quently ascertained that the pin had been taken from the
'hop. This led to the prisoner's, boxes being searched, in
which were found several stolen articles similarly abstracted
from the shop, The prosecutor said he had taken the
prisoner without a regular character, as he had done five
others, all of whom had robbed him. The prisoner was
remanded.

PICKING POCKETS.—Mary Bateman and John 1117Carthy
were charged with picking the pocket of an elderly woman
in Great Charlotte-street, on Saturday night.
The detective-officer saw the prisoners attempting to pick
the pockets of at least twenty persons in the course of the
,ventng, and apprehended them after they had abstracted
ive-pence from her pocket.

The parties being well-known, were committed for arc',
months each.

James Rogan was committed to tel.c his trial for stealin, •
a watch from the pocket ‘,l- Mr Ash, a clerk, as hr
leaving the s.u.bury-street chapel. The prisoner jostle 1
vra;nae the prosecutor two or three times as he was lepvin
'he chapel, and directly after he missed Ws watch, when 3
iccused the prisoner with taking it, which charge he d( nie ,
hut attempted to makehis escape, was pursued; and a struggia
ansued, and the watch was found on his person.
The prisoner was committed for trial. '
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Sanzment was committed for one
month on a charge of stealing some sash cord from the sho
of Mr. Downes, London-road. The prisoner was deteete I
with the property upon her in the shop.

ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A COOK.— I lien MAN/en, 3
-ook at the Liverpool dining-rooms, was charged with stea,-
ing six pounds of dripping, the property of Mrs. Goodwin,
her employer. The dripping was sold at an adjoining shc
by the direction of the accused ; but as it appeared there
was no stipulation as to who was to have " the fat" when
the agreement was made with prisoner, and as she alleged
it was her perquisite, the case was dismissed.
STEALING CANVASS.—Mary ?./02/0.1 was committed for
trial on a charge of stealing a roll of canvass from the shop
of Mr. Colthorpe, Chapel-street.
Johtt Envlish was committed for seven days for stealing a
pair of boots from the shop of Mr. fill, Byrom street.

ASSAULTS. —Rose Crosbie was committed for seven days
for an assault; and Thomas Gull was committed for one
month for assaulting a police-officer, while in the execution
of his duty.
ROBBERIES BY PRosurtrrEs.—Ellen Moller was charged
with stealing 9/, from John Weston, 53, Prince Edward-
street ; Eliz ,beth Robi son, charged with stealing'.. watch ;
and Mary Ann Maxwell, with stealing a handkerchief ; were
discharged in each case, it appearing that the persons giving
the charge had been indiscreet enough to accompany the
accused in a state of intoxication. Mary 311Car,hy.-kvas re-
manded on a charge of robbing Patrick M‘Kaye of Si. 18s.
ASSAULT BY A POLICE OFFICER.—Thomas Dugdale, a
mason, was charged by officer 190, with being drunk and
fighting in Pall-mall, at half-past twelve o'clock on Satur-
day night. Dugdale's nose was much cut, and his eyes and
cheeks were considerably swollen. Mr. Bluck appeared for
him.

The officer, on being sworn, said that he heard a row at
the hour mentioned in Pall-mall, and that he hastened to-
wards the scene. On reaching the spot, be found the defen-
dant fighting with some person whom he did not know.
The defendant's nose was much cut, and on being asked who
did it, he replied that he did not know.
Cross-examined by Mr. Bluck : The defendant subse-
quently said it was I who knocked him down and cut him.
There were three or four men and a number of women pre-
sent at the time.

Mr. Bluck then addressed the bench, and said that it
would be shown that the case was as gr'ss a one as was ever
brought before the court. It would be proved that the de-
fendant was assaulted, without the least provocation, by the
officer ; and that not content with that wanton outrage, he
how appeared in court, and unblushingly charged the defen-
dant with being drunk and disorderly. The simple facts of
the case were these : On Saturday night, the defendant was
at the house of a friend of his, -,arced Mount. He left the
house a few minutes before twelve o'clock, and on reaehing,
Pall-mall, he observed some people quarrelling; and being
within a few yards of his home at the time, he sti pied to
witness the row. In a few minutes the officer came up, and
without uttering a word, drew his stick and knocked him
down. He then raised him up and asked him who struck
him; and on Du dale replying, "it was you," the officer
forthwith took him off to the bridewell and charged him.

James Mount examined : Dugdale was at my house on
Saturday night. He left a few minutes befrre twelve
o'clock. He had taken a little, but he was not drunk.

Mary Hale examined : Heard the row in Pall-mall on
Saturday night, and went to see it. Saw th' defendsr t
looking in. Saw the officer come up and knock him down.
He then took him up and said, "who has done it ?" and
witness said, " it was you did it."
To the Ma ,istrate : Is a married woman. Saw the olier r
about Pall-mall before, but never had any quarrel with hint.
Betsy Levery examined : Saw the officer come down Gr-ft -
street, run among the crowd, and strike the defendant acro,s
the nose with his stick. The defendant was not drunk ::t
the time. The officer then took him up, and having t
some coppers and keys from the by-standers, he placed the.a
against the defendant's head and neck, to prevent swelling.
His wife came up at the time, and asked if he were hur;.
The office replied that he was, and said, " shall I take hila
to the hospital." The wife said, "yes," but the officer too's:
him to the bridewell.

To the Magistrate : The officer asked him who knocked
him do•vn, and when Dugdale replied "it was you," the
officer said, "well, for saying that I won't take you to the
hospital, but I will take you to the bridewell.' I knew
Dugdale for a long time. He is a mason.
Dugdale here said that he worked with Mr. Calvert, of
Leeds-street, for 19 years.
Mary Ann Dugdale, a very intelligent little girl, about 14
years of age, and the daughter of the defendant, deposed to
the same points as the other witnesses. Her father, she
said, was within a few yards of his own house, and was not
drunk or fighting at the time. He was knocked down by
the officer.

The case for the defence having closed,
The officer said that he first became aware of the
row when he heard his inspector knocking for him at the
bottom of Kay-street. He then crossed Prussia-street, and
tapped the ground with his stick as he entered Pall-mall.
He then saw the defendant and another person shouting and
bellowing, and as he went up to the crowd some person
tripped him. He then fell against the wall of the house,
and as he did so, he saw some one knock the defendant
down.

The keeper of the bridewell, at which the defendant was
received, stated that he was not very drunk when brought
there, and that he made no charge against the officer.
Officer, 512, stated that one of the witnesses was a very
disorderly character.
Mr. MANSFIELD discharged Dugdale, observing that he
would not then try the officer as he might have been taken
unawares. However, Dugdale might take out a summons
against the officer, and it would be heard in the same way
as any other assault case.