Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR MANSFIELD.
CARD SHARPERS.—John Jordan, William Campbell,
Patrick Sheridan, and Edward Borroughs, " c trd and dice
sharpers," were harged with having swindled a person,
named George Bream, a youth of eighteen, a native of
Oxfordshire, and for attempting to:swindle John Rielly, of
Kirkdale, a joiner. Mr. Block was for the prisoners.
Inspector Wilson said he was called into a public house in
Crosshall- street, where two of the prisoners were with the
youth Bream, and under a seat, where they were sitting,
he Lund some cards, (marked) and also a loaded pin (" a
teetum tootum,") dice, and " Californian sovereigns."
The prisoners had been " doing" the y Dung man out of
half a sovereign. The youth, on cross-examination by,
Mr, Bluck, said he never was from his mother's apron-
string ; he was on his way to America, and his passage
had been paid. He only got a little money and what paid
his fare to Liverpool. When he ventured his money. he knew
he was liable to loose, but he expected to win. Rielly stated
how one of the prisoners acccosted him is Whitechapel,
and he was induced to g into a public house with him,
where they were joined by the the others, and he then
suspected what they. were, and in place of being bit, he
succeeded in biting them, for he managed to have them
arrested. Mr. Bluck cross-examined this witness at some
length, and created considerable merriment, the wit-
ness admitting that he told the prisoners lies, in order
to entrap them ; that there were several ways of choking
a dog besides feeding him with plum pudding. He wound
up by stating that it was for the benefit of public society
that he had acted, as he had heard and read of such
sharpers, and he resolved to trap them if he ever fall in
with such fellows. Mr, Block :In order to accomplish
your very praiseworthy object of benefitting the public,
you told them a lie ? Yes. Mr. Block : Then you are a
liar ? On that oerasion I was. Mr. Bluck : Then you
are a contemptible fellow, for no matter what a man's
motive may be, if he tells a lie to obtain it, he is a
scoundrel. He then argued that there was no nee made
to prove a conspiracy against the prisoners, and asked for
a remand for that purpose. The prisoners were re-
manded for a week.
UNLICENSED CARTS —James Hartman, the driver of a
spring cart, was charged by George Barton, an excise
officer, for not having a license for his spring cart whilst
carrying passengers from the races. The prisoner was
fined in a mitigated penalty of £2 10s.
Tua SUSPECTED AMERICAN MOBSMEN.—James James,
and Thomas Lee, who were remanded on suspicion of
being American mobsmen, were brought up by Inspector
Murphy for final examination. Mr. Snowball was for
Lee. The details of this case appeared in Tuesday's paper,
and there not being any additional evidence they were
disct arged.
HOUSES OF ILL-FAME.—lnspector Grace brought up a
tall " clashing" looking female, dressed in the first style,
whose name was given as Mary Lawson, on a charge of
keeping a house of ill-fame at 28, Belgrave-street, Erskine-
street. Some police-officers were examined and proved
the case, and a Mr. Smith, who keeps a beer house in the
street, and another inhabitant of the street also gave
evidence, and the prisoner was sent for trial.
Adelaide Eccles, a female not more than twenty, ele-
gantly dressed, was charged by the same officers with
keeping a similar house at No. 36, in the same street, and
the case being proved, she was also committed for trial.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT —William Pettrell, who was
remanded on a charge of embezzlement of £1 4s , belong-
ing to Miss Inch, music-seller, South Castle-street, was
brought up. A report of this case appeared in our paper
two or three days ago. Mr. Goodere appeared for the
prisoner, and contended that there was a doubt in the
case, and the prisoner should get the benefit of it. The
prisoner was discharged.
ROBBERY OF COTTON.—Thomas Palmer, who had been
in the employment of Mr. Joiwon, of Oldhall-street, was
charged with having stolen three bales of cotton, the pro-
perty of his employer. The prisoner was in custody of
Detective-officer Eaton, who said when he arrested him
that he did steal the cotton, and sold it to a man named
M'Cabe, at one of the arches of the railway, at Athol-
street, but had only received £1 or 303 for it. It appeared
that the prisoner was " telling" off a cargo of cotton, and
in the course of his work he passed out the three bates
that were carried to Mr. M'Cabe's. The latter sold the
cotton to Terrance M'Gee for £39 4s, and M.Gee sold it
to a person named Holt, at Radcliffe-bridge, for £46 12s.
The prisoner was sent for trial
THE LARGE DRAPERY ROBBERY.—SamueI Freeman, late

in the employment of Mr. Bagot, Ranalagh-street, was
brought up on remand, charged with having stolen about
£-100 worth of drapery goods, the property of his employer.
The full details of this extraordinary and mysterious
affair appeared, two or three day's ago, in our paper. The
evidence being perfected the prisoner was fully committed.
FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—A Frenchman, named
John Frishman, was charged with having attempted to
murder a sailor named John Rowan, who belongs to the
ship Beaming. The c3mplainant was passing along
Frederick-street, the previous night, when the prisoner,
whom he had not seen before, and to whom he had given
no provocation, rushed at and stabbed him in several
places, but particularly just under the shoulder blade.
Surgeon Pope, of the Southern Hospital, said it was the
worst case of the sort he had seen; it was a perfect miracle
that he had escaped with his life. The breadth of a hair
more and the man would have inevitably been killed on
the spot. The knife went in at the back, and came out
right through the front of his chest. The prisoner was
reman ied to this day, in order to prodace a witness who
saw the murderous attack.
ROBBERY OF HAMS. —Clement Wrightson, William
Crowley, and William Smith, were chargad with having
stolen 16 hams, value £lO, or thereabout. Detective
Sullivan traced the matter, and found that on the mrning
of the robbery the prisoners hired a cart and took a sack-
full of hams from an entry adjoining the stores, to the
house of a sister of one of the prisoners, in New-grove
Park Some of the hams were recovered. The prisoners
were sent for trial.
BEFORE MESSRS. LAWRENCE AND R. SHEIL.

INTERESTING TO TRADES EN —Joseph Gillderbanks, a
foreman anchor maker, in the employment of Messrs. H.
Wood and Co., was summoned under the Act of Parlia-
ment for leaving his employment contrary to agreement
Mr. Almond was for the complainants and Mr. Blair for'
the defendant. The facts were simply these :—ln 1854
the defendant entered into a contract with Messrs. Wood,
the stipulation being that two months' notice was to be
given on either side. On the 13th June the defendant
gave fourteen days notice, and went into the employ of
Messrs. Hengley. After a goof deal of discussion the
magistrates said that the defendant should return to his
work, which he preferred to imprisonment.

BIRKENHEAD.
BEFORE It. BRYANS, ESQ.
ROBBERY AT THE CATHOLIC CHSPEL.—Tohn De Suesse,
a coloured man, was brought up on a charge of having
broken open the charity-box, and a box in cne of the
private pews in the chapel. It appeared from the state-
ment of the Rev. J. Rogerson, that between 10 and eleven
on Friday morning he happened to enter the chapel of the
private entrance, and no sooner had he done so than he
discovered that the charity-box had been broken open.
At the same time he saw the prisoner, and called to him
to stop, instead of which ho ran out of the chapel.
He however, followed him, and when in Grange-lane
he called police. At this moment the gardener employed
by the trustees of the chapel came up, and the Rev.
gentleman having told him of the robbery he (the gardener)
gave chase. Sive the prisoner turn down Hampton-street
into Oliver-street and then up a court there. Being then
joined by the A police officer, they went up the court but
could see nothing of the prisoner. Having, however,
inquired of a woman standing by if she had seen a man
that way, she replied that she had, and that he bad gone
into a house close by, whither the constable and gardener
went, and upcn looking into the lobby, there sat the
prisoner as if he was one of the inmates. Being taken into
custody, i zd. was found in one of his hands, and upon the
officer feeling his pockets and saying there was more
money there that he had stolen from the chapel, he (the
prisoner) said "that dii not belong to the chapel, only
what he had in his hand," He was then taken to the
police offi^e, and upon being searched there, four shillings
and a penny was found upon him, and two prayer books,
the latter from one of the pews, and a large nail about six
inches long. The nail correspon led with the marks on
the boxes. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said
that he was steward of Vie ship Samuel Williams, which he
left about a month and a half ago, and that it had gone
away with all his clothes on board, since which time he
had no one to give him anything besides what he got by
begging ; that he went into the chapel, being a catholic,
and from being Tory hungry he broke open the box and
took the money and what the witnesses had said was quite
true. Committed for trial.
DESERVEDLY PUNISHEI).—Thomas Thompson, a stuedy-
looking fellow, who said he was a labourer, was brought
up by Mr. M'Nerney, the relieving-officer, charged with
deserting his two children, who had become chargeable
to Birkenhead. It appeared, from Mr. M`Narneys
statement, that the prisoner had taken up with a married
woman, and had sold off all his things to go away with
her, leaving his poor children to do the beat they could
for themselves, and they had become chargeable. A young
child of the prisoner's corroborated his statement, and,
during the inquiry, another daughter, who is in service,
came into court, and, with tears in
.her eyes, confirmed
her younger sister's evidence. Committed for one month
with hard labour.