The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELTJGRNCE.--YEs rERDAt.

LIVERroOL
(BEFORB MR. MANSFIELD.)
ASSIULT BY A FEMALE.—An ulfortunate girl, named
Martha Gray, was cla ged with baying assaulted a respect-
able young woman, who is in the employment (in the shop)
of Mr. Barlow, of Cl,-yeland-sq:l4e. Tie prisoner entered
the OAT of Mr. Barlow, v. herd -the cOmplainant wad
engage.), and without any provocation struck her a blow
in the face. She was fined .C 2, or to b;.i, imprisoned for
two months.

chan-
dler, and- tamers., about the merkst, w elh,reerl with
having stolsn .a. 34 frem Robert Atherton, a provision
dealer and and'gre. n grocer, living hi Preseo•-street. The
cernplainant told a long and " verdant" story—mere "green"
than any of his spring cebb4g,s, from whice it was. col-
lected thq he went to Qtee.eseitare market to sell pota,!
tiohiteiepvisu'ib;ilic7%tol:7l:l;tl,leite by- a Mr. H irnhy, at the
hose, tind 'other " merenandizeOh'ad Isvieuree
faoshuseristgimoglaestshesitihooef,
p-isoner,
who
-made
11;•In'eic'f'bi.erbu\s‘rivnher13% ts,"thhei;
When ha awoke he
corner of Vie ware; where
ale each, and then he fell asleep'.
found his moueyatel the prisoner. feene• Ile gave an alarm,
searched by
and.the prisauer tv .s ereested, and on be7o.e.
officer 282, a sum menee. car-rise:toreOng and
coin wig founcLoa him. He w ;eon for trie!.
WONDERFUL HALLUMNATr3:4.:—A fire poticernenenara'Nl
S3ett, No. 571, was pat to ti,e bare chergrd
,urrdeta the
following strange eitermstancens Superinterldsnt Ride
opined the case, as (let tiled in the fell owing evidence
He said when the dawn' ts iavestigatsd by the head ese-
stable tee previous night, he thought it too senees to be.
dealt with by him, and, therefore, he' had sent it bdoce his
worship. The charge was fir attempting, ho oleahhusonshy
by threats and intimidation ; and he (Mr. Ride) thought it
ait
right to say that the prisoner has been off ditty fur
I:o`ltmnltF,h,oftieND
Ross,
d.scrond
as a
tallow
some ds)s past, as he had been severely hurt at
.he late fire in Minn-street. A decent looking female,
named Mary Murphy, the wife of a man who resides in
Prospeetselacs, Greenestreet, stated tllat„,about a qua-ter
befbie one o'clock on Thursday she was at work, very busy
making shirts for.a shop, when the prisoner entered and
looked >about. She asked what ha iwanted, or what know.
ledge he-had of her to ow in this way ? He.replit-d he
knew nothing of herewhen shetold him to leevelhe placeseeeeS-.
In reply ti this, he asked her if she knew what ,t Seo'climate i*gd
was ? She said'ell'olsaaw nothing of him or Stf.'egee46h
men. Ile then took from r his packet a cap, a peritileandreusfe
silk handkerchief, end said lie tome let her know. She sees
again told him to leave thh place, when he said he must
have sorie mince.. She.said it was hard for tier to gat et:a
money for haesele, find that she had none to giVe him of "
any one ease, end asked him by what authority he
entered her place to demand money, and for what 'purpose ?
He said Xj will. let you know my authority, as I am
a po!iee officer, and have authority, and most have the
money. She went to; p..teteheine out, when he slapped the
door on her, and raised his hand to strike her, but another
. woman came to her. assietarcee .and they pushed him
,ont." .Mr. Mansfield i ..Was he drunk at the time ?,,,
Yes sir, he was. Are you ;sure that this is
the -mai ? 'I .anei eir, for ,we followed him to the
house.whero he lives.. Bridget Corcoran and Mary Murphy,.
(sisteroln law U.:complainant) fully here out the above
statement, and from what they were able to collect after..:.
the. strange-visit, it seemed that the prisoner laked in a
house, the front of which none to this reae of where Mese
Murphy resided. In reply to Mr. Mansfield, the OS net
made a short incoherent statement, which ste'rnified
nothing, except that it confirmed ell who heard the case in
an opinion already formed, that the prisoner was out of
his senses ; and cf this there could be no doubt,; for he
looked Otte a lunatic. A respectable looking. elderly
woman, came forward . and said .the prisoner lodged
at her house for four years. and his conduct was'excellent.
He was very ill Once the fire, and had hardly eaten any-
thing for the last two days, but begot some drink unknown
to her, and site was sure it effected his head, foe he was ,
much hart at the fire. Mr. Rile said the .roan :was hart-
certainly. In reply to Mr. Mansfield, Mr. Ride said the ~
man had been-reported occe or.twice for .being.underethe
influence of liquor, but independent of that he was a very
good and wellaendocted man. MreMeneaelde He seems
from what the witness state. to be out of his senses. . Mr.
Ride said one of his Inspectors had Stated tcehina.that the
man had drank very much (wherever be got, it) 'since he
was hurt, and, in reply to Mr. Illaeefield the Superinten-
denesaid, the man was, twelve, hours on the rot fof the
housein the fire, and was quite exhausted, and was com-
pletely -wet all the time.:: The. prisoner caul he seas wet
all the time, and nearly snffochted. 'Mansfield
slid the man appeared more fit for a doctor than
for a Olice'ebortr hlre:Teßida. saielyrsee,v,seel of the
oldest end best firemen__ in. the force; were much
injured by the *witch-fee at the -fire, and one had
to be 'taken to the Northern Hospital in a serious
state. Mr. Mansfield : Let him be taken home and taken
care of. After_ what hes transpired here I will leave the
case in th.i hands of Mejo: Greig, to do as lie thinks :proper
from whatever repert you (ale Ride) may make to him of
whet.hes..taken place here. The pliseucr was then
discharged. .
PLUNDER El', TRADEsMEN. John Cooper, Edward
Graham,, and Thomas Fairhlough, three -,ehitesrniths, who
were in the employment of Mr. J. R. COOpieredosetine.llPfr,
London road, were brought .up by detective officer Marks,
Clialetedd Withlievine stolen a quaetityseses, ve?ne £7,
and a laree quantity of-other preperty,sieli touti'end
other articles that are commonly, Oiled in ironmonger's'
shops. The prisoners worked for Mr. Coopea, but had no
right or business in the store or warerooms, from which it
appeared that the things -had been stolen: TitereaWere
about twenty saws pledged at Kewley's and other pawn-
shops,_'and the prisoner Cooper" was identified as kavirg
pledged some of the implements, whilst the other two
priories were recognised as being in pawn tffices with
similar goods' bet they were not sworn to positively.
Marks ebtained a liege quantity of -property in the houses
of the prisoners in Dinorlsen, Clayton, and Lambert streets,
and the ereater portion of this property was..ideetifiecl by
Capper as having been stolen
from his establishment.
The prisoners were' remanded, in •ortlc?' to make further
inquiry, and search for more property.
BEFORE MR. AIM,: AND"AIR: die LONER,
PUBLICAN AND lIEERII ,CSE CASES.—Amelia Cropper,
a public house keeper.; of St. Andrew's street, was fined Is
and costs for selling buttermilk, it being -centraryS to the
spirit of her license. Richard Pike; publican, Great Cross-
-11;1E-street, was summoned for. permitting drunkenness in
his.houee.at one o'clock in the morning:: 'Polioildefficer
No. 8 proved the case, which was corierniedhby No. 601.
For the defence, the' charge -was most positively denied,
and witnesses were called, who spoke to his having' fused
to draw any drink for the parties Who hod gone trite the
house. Pined 20s and costs. Francis INPDonald,.outtlican,
of Park lane, was _summoned for allowing fighting and
drtinkennesi in his house on the 18th. Police constables
593 end 56-proved the case, hut, admitted' that the master
and Mistress were not et home at the time, and only a
smell boy was ire charge 'Of the vaults, and, thelefore, could
not give them in chargeces he could not lead.,' the place to
have them booked. Mr. Bremner addreeSed The bench for
the defetidant;indifißefttlietitwae against the interest
of theticcnsed victuallers to have,drunken persons in their
houses, and called the lad • lefrin the 'charge of the vaults.
who stated that The held dcne 'all he meld on the occasion,
and that the patties .wire not f drunk at the time. Two
parties in the house got to fighting, and he went to the
door for. the-purpose:of .getting; a -pp.iceneanewhen they
came in and-he,tbld them to turn the disordeily parties out
of the house. He had received instructions from his master
not to serve any liquor in The snug it the parties were
disorderly, and he did not believe that the parties were
drunk. Fined 5s and costs. John Roberts, beethonse
keeper, Deltors3treet, vets summoned for permitting
drunkenness in his house on Sunday last, at four o'clock
in the afternoen. Acquitted. Elizabeth Page,,heerhouse
keeper, in Norfolk street, for the same offence; acquitted.
Wm. Keene, bcerhouse -keeper, Hackin's hey, for selling
after hours, and for 'permitting drunkenness. , Aquitted.
Anne Jones, a beerhouse, keeper, of Norfolk.street, was
`also acquitted. •

A SPIRITUAL LADY.—The New York papers de-eribe
the appearance of a new spiritual medium. The Tribune
says: " Mrs. Cora V. L. Hatch, a young lady—a trance
medium—who has been speaking in public for a few weeks
pee; on spirituals-m, appeared before a small audience in
the Tabernacle on Friday evening. She is a slender girl
—who apparently has not seen 17—the advertised age for
more than three or four years. A profusion of sunny
riuglets, and a fresh, youthful complexion, give her an
almost childish air. The peculiar position of her hands,
as they lay most of the time folded en her bosom with a
certain shrinking, nervous tremour in them, gave an
impression of sorrowful submission to the powers that be,
which was heightened by the inexorable scowl of a powerful
man, who appeared as Mr. Hatch, and who, with the Rev.
S. B. Brittau, editor of the Spiritual Telegraph, accom-
panied her twthe pled arn."
WHY SHOULD CREAM BE SCARCE ANT) BUTTER DEAR ?
A correspond, nt sass the Glasgow
:Mail, sends us the
following : One gallon (101 b) of Glasgow sewage would
raise lib of Italian rye-grass; that is at the rate of 400 tone
of sewerage to 40 tons of grass per acre-70 tons Kayebeen raised on an acre. Consumed by cows of average
secreting capacity and conditior, 615 of grass will yield llb
of milk ; 251 b milk will yield 111) butter—Prefesso!s Low
and Johnson reeken 201 b milk to llb of butter. Accor-
ding to these e
sewagenala of Glasgow, estimated at 2(1,000,000
; the equivalent in grass and dairy
produce of
h
‘tvoonusl
da annually,
010' supposing it all to be utilised in that way,
0,000 tons grass, 75,000.0c0 canons milk,
7,600,000 gallons cream, and about 3000,0001 b butter.