Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-15 00:00:00

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD,

" OH, OH, MRS. M'LOUGHLIN !" —Margaret 761,Lottglin,
a fat, fair, and forty looking lady, described ',Ls a boarding-
house keeper, in Fulton-street, had Margaret Walker, a
resident of the same street, and of similar ',,ccupation, brought
up on a warrant, which charged her Nv;ith having
'committed
divers assaults, misdemeanors, batteries, and other offences
against the statute in such case', made and provided. Mr.
Bluck defended from this catal,.ogue of misbehaviour. Mrs.
Margaret M'Loughlin stated -that, some days ago, Mrs.
Walker flung a hatchet, some scalding water, and other
"implements," at her, She detailed a variety of such glar=
ing offences, and 'worked herself into a rage of a most
alarminr, description, which caused a good deal of laughter.
Mr. Gluck : Do you know her husband ? Here Mrs.
Walker looked a bucket or two of scalding water at Mrs.
M`Loue,ill;n, and cried out, "Hah, hah, my lady !" Mrs..
M'Loughlin replied with a smile, in which all her rage
see':fied to vanish, that she had the felicity of the gentleman's
aequaintance. Mr. Black : Did you tell that gentle Man
that you would forget and forgive his wife ? The witness
again swelled like -a balloon with rage, and created
sheets of laughter by her gestures and language.
Mr. Black : Well, did you drink A drop of whiskey with
him on Saturday ? Witness : That's my affair. How
nighty inquisitive you are. If (you knew everything, you'd
make a fine doctor. Mr. Bluck : But did you drink
whiskey with him on Saturday ? No, it was on Friday
night r did. Mrs. Walker : Oh, ho ; oh, ho ! I knew it
would come to that. I did, Vdid! Mr. Bluck : I was of
that way of thinkino. myself. (To witness) : And did you
not, after tasting the "barley bree" with the husband, go
and give the wife into custody ? Witness : That's my
affair, I tell you, sir. Mr. Black : Oh, but you must tell
me. Did you do so ? Another fit of rage came on, and
then the lady admitted the fact. Mr. Bluck on this
founded an argument fin favour of Mrs. Walker,
which seemed to have an effect on his Worship, who
said Mrs. M'Loughlin seemed to him to be the most
perfidious of her sex. After partaking of the
beverage that should have acted like the waters of Lethe,
she went and gave the wife into custody. He discharged
Mrs. Walker, and Mrs. M'Loughlin, having worked her-
self into about the twenty-first fit of rage, left the court
foaming like one of the "flaming O'Flanagans ! "
PLUNDER AT A RAILWAY STATION.—William Cheatam,
a porter, employed at the Waterloo-station of the London
and North Wester n Railway, and James Johnston were
charged with having stolen 4 ingots of copper, value £4 10s,
the property of the company. Several witnesses were
examined, and it appeared that on Friday 578 in-
gots of copper came in -a van from St
Helen's, awl on Saturday, police-officer, 202, got the'
two prisoners leaving the station, one having three and the
other one of the ingots in their possession. Cheatam got a
key and opened the truck where the copper was; and took
it out, giving a portion to the other prisoner. His Wor-
ship said it was of great importance, both to the company
and the public, that the porters and people about the
station should be honest. He thought for the better ad-
ministration of justice, he would send the prisoners for
trial, instead of disposing of it in a summary way. The
prisoners were accordingly committed for trial.

STABBING BY A FEN'IVLB.—EIIen Millington, the keeper
of an improper house, in Norbury-street, was charged with
stabbing Charles Clarke, a sailor, belonging to the ship
Uncle Joe. It appeared that there was a fight iu the
street, and that the prosecutor, along with other persons,
broke in the prisoner's door, and in a row that followed, it
was alleged that she stabbed him on the forehead with a
knife. The prisoner admitted that she struck him with a
key, but denied having used a knife. Surgeon Bennett,
proved that the wound was incised, and not contused. The
prisoner was sent for trial.

Several natives of Wales were bronght up, charged for
being drunk, disorderly, and fighting; when his Worship
remarked : " Why, you Welsh are such firey brutes that
a couple of glasses of ale set you all frantic. I never knew
of such people." Ile fined them all in various sums.

THE LIME-STREET Hops.—Robert Templeman, the
owner of a supper room, in Lime-street, was brought up by
Carlyle, one of the detectives, on a warrant issued and
signed by the Recader, on a charge of keeping a disorderly
house in Lime-street. The officer proved that the warrant
was issued by the Recorder for the arrest of the prisoner, and
and that after the absence of prisoner for some time, he
arrested him. Inspector O'Brien proved that the houie
was one of a disorderly description, and that the prisoner
kept it. Mr. Mansfield said that was all the evidence he
required to commit the prisoner, as the warrant from the
Recorder was of itself sufficient. The prisoner complained
of the conduct of the police. He went to the office about
other matters to make enquiry, when lie was at once
arrested. He had laid ont over £BOO on his house, and it
was too bad that he should be arrested in this way. • He
was committed, but his Worship agreed to take two solvent
bail in £25 each, and himself in £5O for his appearance.
ASSAULTS ON BOTH SIDES. —James M`Canu, and Pat
M'Teigh, were charged with having broken the head of
officer 258, and the said officer was charged with having
smashed the skulls of the aforesaid persons. From all
appearance the " Macks" had very much the worse of the
encounter, for their heads were bandaged up,- and they
were covered with blood, while the officer did not appear
to be the worse of the row at all. It appeared that, on
Sunday morning there was some " fun" iu Athol-street, in
the shape of breaking into cellars, by way of matins, and
the prisoners being the chief actors, the officer went to
disturb them, and the fight followed. Whoever was in
fault, the prisoners came off worst, for they were fined £5
each, or two months' imprisonment, for the alleged assault
on the police.

ASSAULT.—James Dalziel, a respectable looking, and well
dressed young man, was charged with having assaulted
Edward Rigby, a waiter in a supper-room in Lime-street.
It was stated by the complainant, that the prisoner went
into the supper-room on Sunday night in a state of intoxi-
cation, and he was ordered out but refused to go. Some
altercation took place, when the alleged assault was com-
mitted. The prisoner was fined .£1 for the assault.
BEFORE MESSRS. CASTELL UN AND HOUGHTON.

How " A FOOTING " ENDED. —William Atkinson, an
engine-driver in the employment of Messrs. Tornassy, brass
founder, Henry-street, charged John Roder, Thomas Steel,
James George M'Gowan, and Henry Parry, copper smiths,
with having committed a violent assault on him on 4th March.
Mr. Cobb was for the prosecution, and Mr. Bluck for the
defence. From the opening statement of Mr. Cobb, it ap-
peared that on the night of the 4th instant, about ten
o'clock, he was in the public-house of Mrs. Hughes,
Suffolk-street, and itseemed that there was some one paying
a "footing" in the house, and he asked Mrs. Hughes
might he go up stairs to have a peep at the room ? She
replied he might go, and on reaching the top of the stairs
a man, nam3d Robinson, pushed him, and then the four
defendants seized him, kicked him in the face and head.
He caught hold of the stairs, but they loosed his hands,
flung him down stairs, and beat him severely. He got to
the bar, and there they attacked him again. He got into
the yard, where they followed, and pulled his legs from
under him, and again kicked and beat him. He Was
bruised on the body and head, had his lip split, and one
tooth knocked out, and others loosened. He was ill, and
threw up blood for some days after. The complainant was
examined, and fully proved this statement. He
said Roder and M'Gowan were the worst of
the four. On cross-examination by Mr. Black,
the complainant said Steel was not so bad as
the other three; and that he (complainant) flung a glass, in
self-defence, at one of the defendants at the bar, when they
attacked him there. Mrs. Hughes was examined. She
said the complainant was worse of drink on the night in
question. There was a private supper upstairs at the time,
and no one had a right to go there except the parties. 'She
said the prosecutor said he would not leave until he broke
some of their heads. Her evidence, generally,:was rather
against the complainant than for him. To -Mr. Bluck, she
said the complainant was partly served right for his con-
duct. Roder's duty was to stand at the supper-room door,
to prevent any one going in. She did not see anyone kick
Atkinson. Mr. Hall, surgeon, proved that there were
several contused wounds on Atkinson's head and body, and
he had been roughly handled sonic way. To Mr. Bluck :
He could not have got the wounds by tumbling down; they
must be from severe blows—most probably from
kicks. . Mr. Bluck then addressed the bench,
and called complainant a " pestilence," for having
attempted to get into the room where there was a pri-
vate party. He said the complainant might have committed
a diabolical murder on one of the men, at whom he flung
the glass, if it had hit him. He called the defendant
M'Gowan, on behalf of the others, and he swore that Atkin-
son struck Roder first, and that was the first blow that
was struck. They did not use more violence than was
necessary to put him out. The Magistrates thought it.
was a general fight and dismissed the complaint.