Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

lIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
mate ON SHIPEOARD.--Charlet Stephens, the second.
atte of the American ship Ariel, was charged with having
of
tliliipted to shoot John Franklin Latham, the first mate
Prisooe sarae shin. Mr. Bluck appeared to prosecute. The
beaeer'S bead and face presented an awful appearance,
sIY much swollen and bandaged up—his eyes were
oftheiftwsed up---he had a desperate cut on the right side
to ace, another on his head, and, altogether, he seemed
stateive„gone through some deadly conflict. Mr. Blue
said ease, and then called the prosecutor, who
la,
aodi_ onTuesday the prisoner struck and bent him,
t°naded
a pistol to shoot him, and that he was obliged
tivoawaY from the ship in dread of his life. Some
cori.o°l. three persons from the ship were examined, to
4re °orate the statement, which they partly did. In
.31. Worship, the prisoner said, all that
Witt
d,-..."°r11 a..ainst him was perjury of the
WitnA -btee• The fact was that the complainant and h
Way had nearly murdered him, and left him in th.e
own uis at present, and then, in order to cover their
a 001111, .fliquity, they gave him into custody. He produced
Woottrate from the Northern Hospital, describing the
laid• ifs:Land stating. that these were severe. His Worship
complains
prisoner had been beaten, as he stated by the
Ivoll'cie'Lliallt and his friends, it was not much
himself, that he took a pistol to protect
he Ile had suffered, certainly, from some one, and
ould therefore discharge him.
the Isßnie'Es'r SERVANT.—Mary Fagan, late a servant in
PittzeinPloyment of Mr. Hoffman, of the Vine Hotel,
a eliasto,reet; was brought up by detective officer Inskip, on
toaster of, having stolen some property belonging to her
hottsorf: he prosecutor said the prisoner lived at his
toroe•ta four months, and she recently left, when he missed
her iod !Igs• He told the police, and Inskip, on searching
off Scotland-road, found a table-cloth, with
whirl haw'sa name on it, and also a valuable brooch
kre sue taken. Mr. Hoffman said he had missed a
I_,at deal of property, and asked for a remand, in order to
7 after the things: The prisoner was remanded.
na:er:',,T-PICKING IN A CHAPEL. - A well-dressed female
PairfeClary Carey, was brought up by detective
containoeer
4 108 • n a charge of having stolen a purse
Mrs.
Costello In geld. and 3s Gd in silver, from the pocket of
Ch ,19f Dublin-street iri St. Augustin's Roman Catholic
ureat Howard- sireet, on Wednesday morning. Mr.
tlfn) defended the prisoner. From the statement made
ar atriek, and the evidence of Mrs. Costello, it appeared
amt. an
liredneAda morning the latter went to chapel,
pt as she said, theprisolier knelt beside her. The
proarer went out and returned again, and when the
twiantrix went home she missed her
.purse, which co_n-
tinallned .Ple money, some small religions medals, and a
_ionian coin. Subsequently Patrick got the
;"„ei.r in a lodging-hcuse in Stewart-street, kept
to-44-"Pra • Kelly, and in her box the small lonian coin was
Itoi". The prisoner gave some small medals to Mrs.
children on the morning that Mrs. Costello's
that was picked, and the prisoner stated to Mrs. Kelly
that she had received money from her people at Carlow
u
: niorn. g Patrick, on searching the box of theocc
Oiler morning,
a. receipt, issued from the Bank of Ireland
In Carlow, dated the 23rd. April, 1857, Issued to
ecr am and Kate M'Assey, for the lodgment of SlOO. Mr.
sheo cross-examined the prosecutrix, in order to show that
Owas mistaken as to the identity of the prisoner. She
itted that the woman who went out of the chapel did
tract her attention, but the prisoner did, by kneel-
otTroso close to her, and asking her if there was to be
a o,"aer mass. Mrs. Costello swore to the small coin,
thes' said one of the medals given to Mrs. Kelly's child by
,prisoner was very like one she had in her purse.
tifats itnesses were examined, and the above were
t Patrick caused some laughter by stating
she when he arrested the prisoner, she said
all °old never go to chapel again, but to church, where
eou (tent people went. Mr. Cobb then addressed the
to on the whole case, and said the prisoner was going
tivenaerica, and that all the doubts of the case should be
te t 0 her. His Worship said the circumstances were
4_7 stroll..
" for against the prisoner, and he therefore sent
Tlit
P°ol' P"lt 130X.—Ilis Worship received £1 for the
it
k_ .13;
aowledged in the NORTHERN TIMES. quested it to be

CA' ~-,----
-41. GE AGAINST A SURGEON
SON.
A SCRIPTURE READER) AND HIS
(WHO IS ALSO
police court, two Mr.
•
Jet before Mansfield rose on Saturday, in the
rought 'up by
Mr Cozens
were put .
o , the detective officer of the
to the bar, who were
Post-office, on the 101144'11s h rge : The names of the
parties were James and i cansmpson
1:.!y clerical-looking Edwardpersonwith white eck-tie, &c. the
—the latter a
4,ti,lleF, a boy about thirteen years of agentiis son. Cozens_
t`tiuli!l: arrested the prisoners by direction of AY;
stolen agi the post-master, the boy on a charge of having
1,,....
.. etter containing a ten pound note, belonging tto.
Cl 7, Alfred Frith, fruit-broker, of No. 1, Temple Court ,
tigo:ihe bors father of having received it with a gully
lit I edge. The officer said, the boy was in Mr. Frit s
P o
letter Yrnent, and for some time past a great number of
the half had been missed—all containing money—one had
fn alf of a hundred d in it, and the boy con-
vssedb... .
pound note
and
'laid, the destroyed it. Mr. Frith was examined . _ Used tf,"e lad was in his office, and had the keys ,he
sad lai, °Pea the office and get the letters every morning,s
With the half
he missed a great number of letters—on
eollf " half of a hundred pound note, which the lad
had eased to.
He destroyed the half, but he (Mr. Frith)
he hgriot the other half. confessed to him that
the f' taken raoney out of several letters. He thought
an:ther much worse than the boy for receiving it. Mr.
Plate field ' What is the father ? Cozens : He has a
am h°ll his door with " surgeon and accoucher," upon it,
doe, he i a scripture-reader also. Mr. Mansfield : Where
%I e live ?
I, At 113, Wellington-road, Park. Mr. Fp h
and the
boY had stolen a letter that morning,
note it
and contained £lO ; the lad changed
.n the
of it: gave 42 16s. to his father, spent the rem' d..,
to the and Ivhen he was taxed with it, he gave
half
Pa
I.oontnas, h keeper. He had destroyed the o_t-e
-e d h Scotland for £6 7s. W-
in fact lan a c eque from
t missing.
ge a , he could not tell the amount at presesn
of thgabl said he thought that the father wa the worse
boy could, for he must have known very wellthat the
hould
liare, not have got.the money honestly, and he s.
d ot
Wish attoraled him (Mr. F.) of it. However, he di n
ilf.r, to press the charge against either, for the sake of theirt
ell ltanate family, who were in great distress, consequen kat,'" bad conduct of both the father and son.
reader
Mr.
147,4,e1d: Who emplos this man as a scripture read?
b vioun.l.
614 : The Liverpool Church of England Scripture
44eaclerie S •
F Frith again said he would not.
preBs , ociety. Mr. ri
Of tk the charge, on account of the ,_
_r
family and the wife
M Mansfield
•4e elder who kept a school. .
..
said he prisoner,
14 Lao best thing to be done with the boy was to send
al t
both to be
teth, 13 a reformatory. He then . ordered
dispose
-gilded this•order to consider how to
,:q. to day,
in
ule affair.
e°tIsTTY MAGISTRATES' COURT

11ZPOILE W. lIALL AND T. D. ANDI