Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

BEPORI MR. ROBERTSON GLAD iT3NE

UNWHOLESOME Fisu —A girl named Elizabeth O'Grady,
a vender of fish, in Powna,l-squar, was charged will
offering for sale a spantity of unvholesome fish. Inspec-
tor Tyrr,ll- proved the case. The magistrates severely
commented on persons soiling such fish, which might do
an inarner.se irjuty to the health of the town ; and, as a
warning 6o otheas,m]st be severly punished. She was
fiord 56, including cos's.
CAUTION TO BOYS USING FIEE-ARM..—Through the
indefatigable ou.r.ions of those viazilantp,rlice-cfficers Nos
278, 76, and 697, several little boys were et:rammed for
having discharged fire-arms, namely, tiny little brass
cannons, in the public street?. Each of the officers in
the cases Ewore to the offence, and the magistrates, after
duly cautioning the juveniles not ?gain to be guilty of such
an offence, as touching fire-arms or gunpawd.r, discharged
all the cases.

THE POLICR AND THE FAST DAY —Yes'erday a num-
ber of the publicans of the town were summoned by the
police for having, contrary to the Act of Parliament, ke, t
th it houses open for the sa'e of spirits on the day of
humiliation and fasting, and for permitting drunkenness
in their houses. This day should have been observed by
the pu'aiicans the s:sue as the sabbath, but front the
defences set up in each c se it would appear ,hat this was not
generally unders'ood, and instead of closing their houses at
eleven o'c'euc on that night th y kept them open until
twelve o'clock, as is usual en the Wenesday night, th-
same as on other nights in the week. The magis'rate, in
several of the cases, explained it as his opinion that such
a mistake might have occurred, but still it was the duty of
all to obey the law, bad as the law might be, while it was
in exi4tetc-, and expressed a hope that before long it
would be alter, d. For his part, he did not fast on. the
day, and therefore could nut expect others to do so. On
th t point he could say a greet, deal, but his duty was to
hear the cases before him, and he thought the excuse of
having no knowledge that it was wrong to be very
reasonable, and dismissed the f Rowing cases :
Godlrey Jones, of Stanhope-street; William Hanson, of
Prussia-street ; William Mason, St. Vincent-street; John
Horton, Gresn'and-street ; William Kelsbaw, Shaves-
brow ; Joseph Walmsley, Brunswick-road Thomas Meek,
St. James'-street; Richard Hargreaves, of Islington; John
of G.e t Crosshall-street ; and Jam s
Russell, of Charles-street. In Vie case of James Shaw, of
Scotlaul. road, it was proved that ho had willfuly per-
mitted drunkenness and disorderly conduct in his house,
and haling been before fined, was mulct with the penalty
of ten shillings and costa. Several cas a against beer-
hou-e keepers were also dismissed, for the same reasons.
SLNDAY TRADING.—no following publicans were sum-
moned for trading on the Sunday, but as the police failed
to prove the cases, thy were discharged :—Edward Snake,
Belle-street, William N )dwell, Mersey-street, but Renaldo
Chapel, of Regent-street was fined 2s. including costs.
A number of beer-sellers was also. cautioned for similar
offences, and two eases were dimmed, pr fined in very
mitigated penaltif 1.