Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-BAnunA7.

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. R. &MIL.
MORE INFAMOUS HOUSEKEEPERS.—Inspector Hough
brought up, on a warrant, Mary Evans, charged with keep-
ing a house of ill-fame at No. 6, Montague-street, and
having proved the case by some witnesses, the prisoner
was sent for trial. Elizabeth Farmer, who lives at No. 8,
in the same street, was charged by the same inspector for a
like offence, and, proof being given, she was also sent for
trial, (This proceeding, on the part of the police, is highly
commendable, as the suppression of such dens of infamy
will preserve many thoughtless young men from destruc-
tion. Why do the plied authorities not visit the houses
in Hotham-street, which have caused the ruin of many,
and will destroy more, if not put down by the law ?)
CAUTION TO MARKET CARTERS. —Denis M'Allister, a
market gardener, residing at Sefton, wag charged by officer
764, who said he saw two persons in Queen's-square
veg-table market obstructing the way with carts of
vegetables. He put them away, when the prisoner pushed
his cart into the passage, and refused to remove it ; he
became very disorderly, and used foul language to
him, at the same time caught him by the
arm and acted most disorderly. The prisoner said he only
wanted the privilege of other markets. Mr. Sheil said
he could neither allow the thoroughfare to be blocked up,
nor the police to be interfered with, and he fined the
prisoner 103. and costs. The fine was paid, as the pri-
soner had about £2O in cash on him at the time.
CHARGE OF EMS, ZZLEMENT.—WiIIiam B. Pettrell, who
was engaged in the mu,ic-shop of Anhu and Inch, South
Castle-street, was brought up by detective officer Smith,
on a charge of having embezzled several sums of money
belonging to his employers It appeared that on the 2nd
April Ihe prisoner received Xi 4s. 6i. from Mr. Drink-
water, of Church-street, and it seemed that he had not
accounted for it to his employers. Mr. Drinkwater proved
having paid the prisoner the money, and Miss Inch proved
that he had not paid it over, nor had he accounted for it.
The prisoner said be received the money, but Bs. of it
belonged to himself. Smith asked for a remand, as there
were other cases against him. He was remanded to
Tuesday.
EXTENSIVE PLUNDER BY A SHOPMAN.—A well-dressed
young man, named Samuel Freeman, who had been en-
gaged in the drapery establishment of Mr. Bagot,
Rauelagh-street, was brought up by detective officer
Sullivan, on a charge of having stolen about £4OO worth
of goods, consisting of silks, cloths, and all sorts of
drapery goods, the property of his employer. The case
was singular and mysterious, the following being a nar-
rative of what has been at present elicited. The prisoner
was in the employment of Mr. Begot for some four years,
but nothing wrong was suspected of him up to a recent
period, when he got leave of absence for a week. It
seemed that he had made a claim on Mr. Clamp, an agent
for Messrs. Kempton and Co., carriers, for damage done to
some goods, to the amount of £l7. It appeared that he
was in the habit of forwarding goods by Mr. Clamp to
Halifax, to his mother, and the claim was for alleged
damage done to some goods so sent. This led to an in-
quiry by Mr. Clamp, and it was found, then for the first
time, that he was Me. Bagot's servant—as he never gave
his residence or told anything about himself, except his
name, to Mc. Clamp. This, of course, roused the suspi-
cions of Mr. Begot, and the police was communicated
with, and detective officer Horn went on the scent.
He found that for some time past the prisoner
was in the constant habit of sending parcels to Hali-
fax, as described. He proceeded there, and found
that a day or two before, the prisoner's mother had sent
a large quantity of bales, &e., to the house of a friend at
Howarth He went there, and found that the goods had
been removed to an empty shop in Keightly, in York-
shire. And after a good deal of manceuvering, and
offering a high rent for the shop, which (he said to the
owner) he intended to open as a shoemaker's shop, he got
into the shop, where he four., d about twelve hundred
weight of goods, worth nearly £4OO, and the greater
portion were identified by Mr. Begot as his property,
having his private marks, and he swore he had not sold
them. In the meantime the prisoner did not return to
his place, and Sullivan went in search of him, and after
nearly a week's chase, he arrested him on Friday near
Ormskirk. The officer said when be arrested the pri-
soner he said, " I have taken the goods, and I will plead
guilty." He was remanded for further evidence. [The
mystery about this case is, that Mr. Begot did not know
of his being robbed all the time, and how the prisoner got
out the goods is another secret.]
"BETTER FAR THAN ANY LAWYER !"--A. person named
John Wignall, well known as a " hanger on" about the
Police Court, was charged by James Walker, a gardener,
living at Kirkdale, with having obtained 5s from him by
means of false.nrstAnr.a.
some legal business to transact—Prisoner : Speak up, man,
and let me hear you. Mr. Walker went on to say : I had
some legal business to transact, and I came down here
with the intention of engaging Mr. Goodere to do it for
me. I met the prisoner, and he spoke to me outside the
court, I told him what I wanted, and then he told me
that he could do the business betterfar than any attorney—
(leughter)—in fact, that he was better far—twice as good
as any lawyer in Liverpool. (Loud laughter.) Mr.
Sheil : And did you believe him ? Mr. Walker applied
a couple of his fingers to his head, and made rapid
movements of the digist through his brain, amid consider-
able laughter, which was greatly augmented when he
replied, very lamb like, " I did." He went on to say : He
issued two writs for me, one against the keeper of a certain
house in Hotham-street, her name is Margaret Trouton,
and he charged me 5s for that. He also issued
judgment against the house, and charged me 5s
more, and I have since discovered that the whole
proceedings are quite i legal. (Laughter.) Mr. Garnett
(Chief Clerk) : Did you know he was not an attorney ?
So, I did not. Mr. Shiel : Did he tell you he was an
attorney ? No, sir. Mr. Bheil : I don't see the false
pretence here. Had he told you that he was an attorney
it would alter the case. Mr. Walker : Well, he told me
he studied for a long time as a lawyer, and that he might
be one, only he wasn't—(great laughter)—and that he was
in a lawyer's office, and done great service there
—(renewed langh•er ; that he was ten times far and away
better than any one I could employ. (Laughter). Mr. Shiel :
And you believed him—did you ? Well, I think so. Mr.
Shiel : There is no false p'etences here.. Mr. Walker :
Bat I came to engage Mr. Goodere, and that fellow (the
prisoner) told me that he was twice as good—in fact, he
was the best lawyer in England, Mr. Bhiel : Discharge
the prisoner. [this Mr. Walker is the person who
charged Buckley a day or two since under similar circum-
stances. The toleration of a set of the vilest ruffians in
Liverpool about the court and main bridewell, entrapping
all who they can lay claws upon has rendered the name of
the court and justice a farce—" A. mockery, a delusion,
and a snare ;" and we have no hesitation in saying
has brought the magistrates into public con-
tempt for a'lo wing such scoundrels to prowl
about so. A complaint of this description was made a short
time since to Mr. Strong, one of the presiding magistrates
at College street Police Court, Dublin, and he made a
peremptory order to have all such rascals who were found
in the precincts of the court taken into custody by the
police, and when brought before him he would deal with
them as they deserved. Now, has our worthy stipendiary,
Mr. Mansfield, or the borough magistrates, less power than
Mr. Strong, of Dublin ? If they possess the same authority
—which no doubt they do—they ought to exercise it with
prompt energy, and wipe away a standing public disgrace.]
. SERIOUS CHARGE —Mary Jones, who resides in St.
Anne is. terrece, Richmond-row, was brought up by detec-
tive Kennedy, on a charge of having caused the death of a
child named John Garry, aged three years. It appeared
that, some days ago, the child was near the house of com-
plainant, and it was alleged that she threw it off a window
stool, and that its head was much hurt. It lingered up to
Friday, when death ensued, and, from the evidence of
Surgeon Thomas, there was no doubt death was the result
of injuries on the head, and whilst the ceild was alive he
said, as well as he could speak, that the prisoner hid done
it. The prisoner was remanded, in order to procure the
evidence of a woman who sells fish, and who was the only
person who saw the whole of the transaction.
STRANGE Case —George Burke, Anne Wall, and Bridget
M'Bride, were brought up by detective officer Smith, on
the following charge the 27th of February last, the
tailor and drapery shop of Mr. Schwarniskey, of White-
chapel, was broken into and robbed of a quantity of clothes,
five pounds in money, a brooch, and other articles, and the
week after, a second robbery took place in the same house.
Burke was a tailor working in the shop, and on Friday he
entered the place, when the owner recognised some of the
stolen clothes on him. He was at once given into custody.
&Leith then went to the place where all the pris4ners lived,
in 121 mm-street, and there he got with the females other
things il'eat had been stolen out of the shop. The husbands
of the woneen are at present in jail for being concerned
in other robbries. The prisoners were remanded.

OXFORD ELECTION,—Lord Monck has issued an address
concu:ring in the principles of civil and religious liberty,
extension of popular rights, in the reform of an electoral
system, and of municipal and educational establishments,
emancipation of trade, and remission of taxes pressing
heavily on industry. Lord Monek's opponent 15 Mr.
Thackeray, the novelist. On Friday evening he Addressed
upwards of a thousand persons at the Town Hall. Ire
advocated vote by ballot, extension of the suffrage, the
social happiness, the knowledge, and the power of the
people, and, if elected, he would use his best endeavours to
Populerise the government of this country.