Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-26 00:00:00

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the prostitutes in them were turn,

The public-houses were shut;
informations against other houses on that occasion_
The information is not laid on oath. I have appeared in
other informations, but not since '55 ; there was none
of them dismissed. Inspector Hough was examined, and
said he was along with Smith. and all he had stat
true. To Mr. Tenple : I
case of the indictmen,

am one of the witnesses in the
.nd bound to prosecute. Mr.

Patterson, an attorney, summoned me as a witness.
been a witness with Inspector O'Brien, who laid informa-
tions against Bendano, whose cases were dismissed on the
SP -..0 at
idence as now given.
-ed that

I have

sme evidence as now given. The bill of indiettnen+

the sessions was found on the sar

,ed the court, and conteri-
s oppression and persecution, and th^'
dismissed the evidence, whicl-

Mr. Temple then addres

cas

to be L._ _ on ,now that
the house was being emptied, on each of the three visits,
of the unfortunate creatures who were entitled to refresh-
ments, and not to be hunted like wild beasts. The Society
r,„. +bn iTYM.I,IOO; ATI nf Vino rliel not vn the right way to

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work, by leading the unfortunate creatures from their 'evil
ways, instead of persecuting the person who gave them
refreshments. He alluded to the London case, near
Covent-garden, and the decision of Lord Campbell and Mr.
Justice Earle, which is well known, and called on the
Bench to dismiss the case, and put an end to the persecutions
that had grown up in this town against such houses. The
magistrates consulted for a short time, and then Mr. Peel said
it was his opinion that the women went to get refreshments,
and the Magistrates did not think that the time sworn to
was an unreasonable time to remain for that purpose,
particularly as the evidence shewed that only six of the
women, who were there on the first visit, were there on the
last visit. They were, therefore, of opinion, that the case
should be dismissed. Dismissed accordingly.
Thomas Millar, publican, London-road, was charged for
allowing drunkenness in his house on the night of the 10th.
The officer proved having seen five women and one man
drunk in the house, at half-past eleven on the night in
question, Mr. Snowball was for the defence, and cross-
examined the officer (621), and alleged that his statement
was an utter falsehood. He called several witnesses who
disproved the policeman's statement, and the case was
dismissed.

DETAINING A VESSEL'S REGISTER —Mary Lougherne
summoned Mr. Richard Morley for detaining the register
of a fishing boat called the Undine, which trades between
Liverpool and the Isle of Man. Mr. Cross was for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Campbell for the defendant. The case
appeared to be thus :—The plaintiff sued, as the executrix
of her husband, who was the owner of the boat; but,
according to Mr. Campbell, and it was admitted, the
defendant lent the deceased some £lO or £l2, and that for
this sum he held the certificate as security. In the course
of the case it appeared that the probate of the deceased's
will had not yet come down to the plaintiff, and Mr.
Campbell objected to the proceedings, as the plaintiff had
not shown any title to the boat at the time the summons
was issued. After some discussion the case was withdrawn,
and a fresh summons was ordered to be issued.

Robert Bradley, publican, Kensington, was summoned for
allowing drunkenness in his house, on the .20th of this
month. Police officer 826, told a confused story about a
fight, and an assault, when Mr. Brem
argued that there was no case proved

for the defence,
rainst his client. He
+he complaint

called some witnesses to dispro.ire the ea—se, and

was dismissed

Ann Harker, publican, Scotland-road, was summoned for
allowing drunkenness on Sunday last. The defence was,
that some persons had called to see an old lady, who was in
the house ill, but no business was done—dismissed.

[There were a few beerhouse cases, but the details were
void of public interest.]
THE BOGOTA. CASE.—Mr. Mansfield acknowledged the
receipt of £2 2s. from " Kelly the Butterman," for the wife
of Landon, the poor fellow who was killed on board the

Bogota steamer

ORMSKIRK SESSIONS. -YESTERDAY

BEFORE MESSRS. WRIGHT AND ASHTON..
CURIOUS CHARGE OF FELONY.—Sarah Cali

was charged with having

64, of respectabh
stolen £2 6s in money, a quantity of tea, sugar, and other
things, belonging to Charles Sumner, of Formby. Mr.
Cobb, of Liverpool, appeared for the prisoner. It appeared
that up to some four years past, the prisoner followed the
occupation of a monthly nurse, and was held in high respect
by all who knew her. On the 4th inst., the wife of the
prosecutor was about being confined, and the prisoner being
a distant relation of his, he induced her to undertake the
office of nurse to his wife during her confinement. It
appeared that there were two other persons, one
a domestic servant, and the other a neighbour. Mrs.
Sumner told the prisoner she had missed sugar, and other
groceries, and requested her to have an eye after the things
of that sort, during her confinement. The old lady, having
a pair of large old fashioned removeable pockets about her.
and in order to keep the things safe, she rolled up sugar and
the like in paper, and placed the articles in the aforesaid
pockets. Mrs. Sumner had placed the money in her pocket
and put the latter under her pillow, and it seemed that this,
along with other articles had been removed as dirty clothes,
and thrown into the wash tub. When the money was
mugged the prisoner was charged, as she was

seen to take something from -under
However, when search was made,
was found in the wash tub, but the old wom
frightened, that she let fall her moveable pockets wi
sugar, &e., and then Mr. Sumner charged her with st
taking, and carrying away his property as a domes'
vant, and this was the charge on which she had 1
prison for seventeen days. Mr. Cobb said,
into the merits of the case, he had before
a point
Their was no agreement as to -
that the possession of servantthe in of law to raise
goods
ds
She was in the house as a friend, and he contended
wages or remuneration,
she was not a domestic
and
given to her
by Mrs. Sumner, and if she had '• d
even
the money and property to her own use, at most it would
be only a breach of trust. He quoted several cases from the
authorities in support of this view of the law. The Magis-
trates then retired, with their Law Clerk, and in about half
an hour returned, when Mr. Wrigley said, he quite agreed
'with the law as laid down by Mr. Cobb, and was' therefore
of opinion that the old lady did not take the articles with a
felonious intent, and directed her discharge. Mr. Cobb said
he had a complete reply to the case on the merits had the
law been against him. The old lady, ho-said, was v 1 y re-
spectable in her position, and-he-held certificates of her
character, of the first-class, from gentlemen who bad known
her long and well. She was then discharged, and was
joined by a large number of her friends, all of whom seemed
highly respectable.

MAIL NEWS.—The Salseth, with mails via :Mauritius and
Egypt, was-to sail from Melbourne on the 15th Feb. No
intelligence had arrived at Suez of the Calcutta mail up to
the 17th.
ILWAY NEWS. - The Times says that by mere accident
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the trading community have discovered, M tim►e to take
steps for its defeat, that a private bill has been introduced
by the Great Western Railway Company, in a covert form,
to enable them at pleasure to raise their fares for passen"ers
and goods to an extent ranging from 50 to 100 per cent°.