The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-28 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPO() L.
BEFORE MR. AIKIN

BEGGING IMPOSTORS.—Two large hulking looking
`fellows, named James Smith and William Gibson, were
brought up charged as begging impostors. They were
found in Hanover street with a book, in which was the
following entry : We give it ver et lit. " This is to cer-
tify that the bearers hereof, James Smith and three
others arc authorised to call and appeal to the benevolent
of Liverpool and its vicinity, on behalf of the wives and
children of the 56 men which was discharged from this
foundry in consequence of the depressi!on in trade at
present. The bearer, James Smith, with the three men
are authorised to call on the benevolent in this district
111 the town; arid any moneys given them I can testify
Will be equally distribute e, amongst the sufferers.
Pbconix Foundry, York street, Liverpool, 25th February,
1857." The bol'jtc contained a list of subscribers,
amongst whol-O Was the name of Mr. William Rathbone,
w hich -was, of course, a forgery. The prisoners were
committed for three months as vagabonds.
DEsEeTiNo A WirE.—William Jones, a cotton porter,
was brought up by Mr. Williams, one of the r,lieving
officers, charged with deserting his wife. Mr. Williams
Stated that some time ago the prisoner made an arrange-
ment to pay his wife 3e a week, but he since refused to
pay, and the woman was left chargeable on the parish.
The pris :ner was well able to pay, and -lodged at a beer
lcuise in Virgil street. The p.isoner was committed for
one month.

" DOING THE TRICK."--Fanny Carr, a well dressed,
good looking person, was charged with stealing £2 3_Os
feem the bar of Mrs. Ireland's public house, Renshaw
street. Mrs. Ireland said the prisoner, along with a
gentleman, entered the bar, and bad a glass of ale and
half a glass of girl, giving half a sovereign in payment.
She put the coin in a glass with four others. She turned
her back for a moment, when she beard the noise of
money jingling in a glass, and immediately the parties
*vent away, whr...n sne missed the glass and the money.
The " gen tman" got away, but the prisoner was arrested.
Slier:.riused to tell who the " gentleman " was, or where
he lived.- The only thing she said about him was that
be had promised to support her. She was remanded in
order to look out for the " gewleman."
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK.—Edward Nixon, a clerk
and warehouseman, at Mr. Blackburn's, cheese ware-
house, Dale street, was brought up by detective Carlyle
on a charge of having embezzled certain sums of money.
The officer said from what he heard, he went to the
warehouse and told the prisoner that he was suspected of
something wrong. He found that in an entry of X 5 ss,
the prisoner kept is Id. He took the fyisoner, along
with the complainant, to the central office, where he
confessed that he made 14 false entries in the book, and
in three cases he sold cheese that he did not enter at all,
but kept the money for himself. The prisocer was
remanded, in order to make further enquiry.
THE CHARGE AGAINST A CONFIDENTIAL MAN.—Joseph
Rolands, who stood remanded on a charge of having
embezzled certain sums of money belonging to Mr.
Thomas, cart owner, was brought up. The details of the
ease, as far as it went, appeared in our paper of Tuesday.
Messiter appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Campbell for the prisoner. In addition to the evidence
already given, Mr. Thomas said he paid about fourteen
or fifteen hundred pounds in, wages last year, and it also
appeared that the prisoner had charged £23 Is for a man
named Roger, who did not work for Mr. Thomas at all ;
and £4 12s for another, under similar circumstances, as
well as the cases already proved against him. Mr. Thomas
was cross examined at some length, and he said be had a
very kindly fe-ling towards the prisoner, and would take
him back into his service, but not to handle cash. He
did net wish to have the prisoner severely punished, as
he had a respect for him as an old servant. The whole
ease was then gone into de- (love, and evidence produced
to show that no such man as Roger had ever worked for Mr.
Themes, and also the same in reference to the other man.
The case occupied a considerable time in the investigas
tion. The prisoner was sent for trial, but bail was
accepted. •

BURGLARIES BY TICKET Or LEAVE MEN."—•Willi3lll
Taylor, Dvaiel M-Kewen (a ticket of leave :uat) Eliza
.Mos'yn, atilt Mary Henry, were broug'„i up by Scaife
and Thompson, of the detective 1:::;tice, charged with two
burglaries—one in the del! warehouse of Mr. Shuffle.
bottom, Dean street, I!..Lit the other In toe uI irlr.
Peat, publican, P:iehmond row, It appeared, that some
time ag", the warehouse of Mr. Shoffiebottom was broken
into, robbed of some Ware of a peculiar description.
bout the same time, Mr. Peat's premises were entered
and about 100 yards of duck (canvass) stolen. From
information received by the officers, they went to the
place where thq prisoners lived in Paul street, and on
searching t2iie place, they found a portion of the delf, and
also e quantity of the duck, both ofwhich were identified
12:y the respective owners. The prisoners were remanded.
A DARING YOUNG THIEF.—A lad named Robert
Boardman, fifteen years old, was charged with the fol.
lowing daring outrage. Mrs. Barned, who keeps a fancy
shop in Wavertne road, said, the prisoner, with another
lad, entered the shop, and asked for a box of paints,
which she went round the counter to get, and whilst so
engage], the pris 'tier picked her pocket of a purse contain.
ing 27s and a post office order for lOs which he handed to
the other boy, who got away. She held the prisoner,
and a man followed the other lad, who flung away the
purse, which was picked up, but the boy made his
escape. The prisoner being an old offender was sent for
trial.

STEALING FROM A DWeLLING.—Jacob Bean, alias
Bloom, a poor Jew, was brought up on remand, charged
with being concerned in the robbery of a watch that had
hen stolen from a bedroom in Mrs. Sutton's house,
Bold street. Mr. Block defended. On Wednesday
week the watch was stolen from the bedroom ; it
belonged to a young lady named Miss Williams, who
gave £4 for it. It was sold by the prisoner, on the same
day it was stolen, for a pound. There were joiners, at
work in the house in Hold street, and it appeared they
had gone to dinner, leaving the back door open, and it
was supposed that sonic one entered and stole the
watch. Mr. Block contended that the prisoner bought
the watch, but he could not tell from whom he purchased
it. He was again remanded for the production of
further evidence.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A GENTLEMAN.— A gentleman
of large property, named Joseph Hopgood, who was once
in practice as a surgeon, was charged before the mayor and
magistrates of Tiverton, on Monday, with administering to
Mrs. Craze, the widow of an ironmonger of the same town,
and for whom the prisoner was acting as trustee, a noxious
drug, with intent to procure abortion. The details of the
case were of a most disgusting character. It was proved
that Mr. Hopgood had given Mrs. Crete two pills, but they
were not of a noxious character, and were not such as would
be likely, as stated by several witnesses, to procure abor-
tion. After hearing a number of witnesses, however, the
magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the ensuing
Devon Lent Assizes, but accepted bail of £l,OOO for his
appearance.

.DUCHY OF LANCASTER.—The accounts of this Dachy
for-the year ending Michaelmas, 1856, and continued to
the 21st december of the same year, show the following :
" The balance on hand at Michaelmas, 1855, was £4,844 ;
rents and arrears recovered, £26,730 ; dividends, £3OB ;
fiaes and renewals, £5,027 ; casual revenue, £4.048 ; total
receipts, £41,048. On the other side salaries paid to officers,
law officers, collectors, &c, £8.701; donations, &c., £1,602 ;
law and valuation, &c., charges, £876; wages, &e., £1.873 ;
payments to her Majesty's privy Aurae, £20,000; balance,
£7,993; total, £61,048." The capital account shows that
£6,108 has been received durirg the period named, on sales,
grants, &c , half of which has been expensed in improve
-
meets, and the rest in purchase of stock and land.
CAN A MORMON LEGALLY TABS AN OATH. This impor.
taut question was decided in the affirmative at the petty
sessions held on Tuesday, before a full bench of jestices, at
Hareweod's End, Herefordshire. Elizabeth Verry, a
witness in a case before the court, was about to be sworn,
when the solicitor on the opposing side objected to her
testimony being taken, as she was an avowed supporter and
follower of Vie Mormon faith. The witness admitted the
fact; but declared that the New Testament was equally
binding on her conscience with the Book of Mormon ; and
she was, consequently, allowed to give evidence on receiving
the usual oath.
ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT POISONING.—A strange rumour
is rife in the neighbourhood of Watford, relative to an
occurrence which, if true, is one of those extraordinary
instances of the iaterportion of Providence so rarely to
be met with in cases of this kind. It appears, as near
as we can gather from reliable resources, that a man (we
omit names for obvious reasons) a short time since died,
bequeathing his property to his brother's wife, who had
been suffering from continued ill health to such an extent
as to render the services of a nurse indispensable. It
also appears that a few mornings ago her husband took
up to her room two cups of coffee, one for his invalided
wife, which he gave into her own hands, and the other
he placed by the side of the fire for himself, after which
he left the room for some purpose. In his absence his
wife complained of the coffee being cold, and the nurse
exchanged her cup for the one on the hob, which the
wife drank. Soon after this her husband returned, and
drank the coffee which had been so innocently substituted
far his own, when he was immediately seized with the
riil;gt racking pains in the stomach, and, in every other
t, exhibited the Itsual attendant effects of the most
virulent poison. In five minutes the man expired, but
from what cause at present can only he conjectured, but the
inquest will doubtless clear up the mystery.