Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-04 00:00:00

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MR. .CLOUGH'S

UNJUSTIFIABIE

It_EMARKS,

TO THE EDITOR.' OP THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—Allow me rto make a few remarks, through
the medium of your paper, in reference to a case
brought before Mr.:Mansfi

1, on Tues

It appears

has bCQn

that a man, 'named- Ford, an outfitter,
robbed by Ms.:boy to -some extent, but held out. a pro-
mise of pardon to bixn providing he would acknowleklge
. what he had done with the goods, upon which- the
boy, accompanied.with a police-officer, came •to my
shop, the boy .haviPg pointed out several places, and
mine being .amongst. them. The officer said that
certain goods had ,beep Sold there by the prisoner, on
Thursday last, ,upon which the boy in charg,
shop replied that he._ -Was net aware .of any

e ; the
such

goods having lacen purchased, but. would look .over
and see if there •was
,anything of the kind. Being
unsuccessful in his .search, the officer took upon
himself to come behind r. the counter and examine.
some,shelves, and upon the boy saying that if such
goods' had' been in.the shop, they would be where.he
had looked, the officer replied that they might .be.
Put away. It is.,,perhaps,,u, good job that I did not
come in on the instant, and.see that " suit of -corpo-
ration uniform "so much out of place. But on .my
coming into the shop, ~the boy informed me:
of what had taken place. I at once wrote
a - note to the Head Constable. complaining of
the outrageous conduct .of:,.thie officer. He replied
that it should be-looked into. , I attended the Police-
cotirt when the ease was broight before the magis-
; and on my explaining the officer's conduct, as

e mentioned,'to ihisolirtirship;! Mr. Clough made
yoke heard, and said that he did not think
lie...s.officer had exceeded -his ,%euty, and that it

not the first instance .of ;the sort against
athop. I want to know of Mi.:Zion:7h, what he
Meant by such an allusion, and beg to remind him
that a. remark, spoke. in a public court, by a
man. of his vocation, is ,v.ery injurious to a trades--
matis4limracter. Is there no remedy for language
so unjuslifiable ? If a ,man's character is to be
blasted. iin such a way, I.consider. that Mr. Clough
himself is not at liberty ,to luake such a remark
undation. The .prisoner,....on being 'asked
at what tune in the day he sold the goods to' me,
stated that it was a little .aftur op Thursday.
Now, I can prove, beyond doubt, that, on the day in
question, I Left the shop At iten e'cleek in the
morning, and had business at . a Brokers' Office, at
the Exchange, until after three Welock, and joined a
party to go out to Bootle for 'the .remainder of the
dau, and, being a resident of Bootle, did ~not return
to the shop „until the next - I defy

with an'

racEni4g,

..er any other police to
impute any thing to me, for :those in my
employ, that is ~fit honest and ,straightforward.
I have always aided the police, as far ,as lay my
power; and have, -in one week, brought three eases

Lo juStiice, aboUt brio months since; ,and .if sfich be
tlie ;reward the public may expect for .such .services,
atkl 10.5,s of time, few will covet it. Atid if such
be the.lieense granted ,to police-officers to o.ver-Acp
their sloy in such 4.1, way, I think it is quite
time It was stopped. Txusting that Mr. Clough
will be .more reserved lu his remarks, and only
deal .them to those tiuti deserve, —I beg, Sir,
to remain, yours, &c., S. COOK NON,
Ist lane.; 1859. - No. 1, St. James-street..

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