Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 10, 1859.

LIVERPOOL .rompf. COURT.yE,TERDAT

[.Before Mr. PRESTON.]

CHARGE AND COUNTER CHARGE.—A woman, named
Mary Reid, was brought up byporce-officer 703, on the
following charge :—He said that; about one o'clock in
the morning, he was on dutrin- Upper Parliament-
street, when he saw the prisoner in company with d
gentleman who was intoxicated. lie put her away froth
him ; when she _Called him aside, and said the gentle-
man had a large sum of money, and that if he (the
officer) would let him go with her,' she would "draw"
him, and return mid "halve" with him. This proposal
tie indignantly rejected, and turned her -down the
:street, when she flew at him,_ kicked him on the shins,
and otherwise acted in -an outrageous manner towar ?s
'him. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that
the officer beat her, because -she-refused to rob the
gentleman and share .the plunder with him afterwards.
The prisOner was remanded

4.s.3A.x.tiTING A. POLICEMAN.—Thos. Hodson, a boat-
man, -was .eharged by. police-bfficer 730 with cOminit-
ling an assault upon him. The prisoner had been given
in -charge in James-street, for being, drunk and dis-
orderly. He kicked the police-officer while being con-.
Teyed to bridewell. He was sentenced to be fined in
•:10s. and costs, or to be imprisoned for seven days.
PALTRY CUARGE;—Captain Parkinson, master of .the
screw-steamer IrOnmaster, made the following charge
-against Henry Booth, a seaman on board that ;learner :
—The
,captain said, when they were in the port of
Malaga.the prisoner was observed attempting to throw
over some 24 lbs. of rope to the owner of a bum-boat.
The rope was recovered, and the captain accused the
prisoner of stealing it. He, however, did not take it
before the British Consul at Malaga. The. vessel
arrived -here on Friday last, but the
prisoner was not

Tgive;lni,;Custody until Thursday evening. Mr. Cobb
defended the prisoner. The captain, in cross•;eiamina-
- tion, adinitted that ho would never have made the charge
had he (the captain) not received an attorney's letter
demanding the prisoner's wages. As he was so insolent,
he thought it necessary to punish him,. and so he gave
him into custody. Mr. Cobb addressed the bench on
behalf OPBooth, and stigmatised the, master's conduct
as unmanly, up-English, and degrading. Mr. Preston
stated that the captain's evidence was not so satisfactory
as it might be. He certainly treated the prisoner rather
strangely ; but there was no doubt the prisoner had
something to'do with the rope. He, however, thought
that he had been severely punished, but he would put
`him down for the present. The captain promised to
leave the prisoner's wages with the shipping master.
Ultimately Booth was discharged.
A STOLEN WATCH.--SINGULAR CASE.—Alexander
M'Auley,• an engineer, was brought up on remand,
„charged 'kith stealing a silver watch from a "chum,"
named Duncan M'Farlane. The prisoner and prosecu-
tor were in Bootle together on Saturday night week,
when they got rather tipsy. On Sunday morning, the
prosecutor missed his watch, and in a few days he met
the prisoner, who acknowledged that he had taken it, and
said he had given it to a slop dealer in Park-lane for
245., and that he would redeeni it. He did not, how-
ever, do:so, and he was given into custody. Mr. Bluck
appeared for the prisoner, and acknowledged the taking
of the watch. It was, however, not with the intention
of stealing it. He also stated that the watch had
been pledged with Bernard Harris, 136, Park-lane.

,
Beruard Harris was in attendance, and examined : He
strermously -denied receiving the watch,.but! ackowledged
that the prisoner had been to his shop and bought some
slops, which h e paid for in cash. The witness was cautioned
by the magistrate to be •careful, for he might find him-
self in the dock on a charge of perjury. An officer was
despatched to the shop of Harris to search for it; but, on
his return, he stated that he could not discover the
watch. The prisoner was again brought up, and pleaded
guilty to stealing the watch, and was committed to pri-

ion for two mouths,

ONE LAD SMESDf No ANOIDER.—Thomas Craig, a
lad engaged at some stables, in Oakes-street, off London-
road, was charged with stabbing a young lad, named
Charles Wood, with a knife, under the left eye. From
the evidence, it appears the prisoner was engaged in
washing a cab, and was also amusing himself with
squirting some water over lads who were passing. The
brother of the prat ecutor came to him and complained,
and he went out to -the prisoner, and requested him to
desist. The prisoner, instead of doing so, ran into the
Istable, brought out-a butcher's knife, and flung it at
little Wood, whicU,struck him under the left eye. Mr.
Martin, surgeon !tor' the infirmary, said, he had era-
mined the injuries,rceeived, and found a severe incised
wound, which might-have been done by, a knife, flunk
in the manner apse& to by the witnesses. The lad
was in some danger; as erysipelas had set in. The p:i-
soner was remanded tilt Monday,
STEALING CLOTIL—Mary Dviry was charged with
stealing cloth sufficient to make four Guernsey shirts from
the warehouse. of Moses Levy Sr Co., South Castle-
street. The prisoner was in the habit of working for
Moses Levy- & Co., and. when receiving the stuff to
make same trousers, she made off with the other pro-
perty. She graz committed to prism for three months.
CIIAEGE or ENtirnaLtmeNr. Henry Finch was
charged by Mr. Pitts, currier and leather dealer, with
-having, embezzled the sum of £ll 175., the 'property of
his master, The prisoner Was collector and canvasser
for Mr. Pitts, awl had received the money from Messrs.
Humble & Greysor) shipbuilders, and had not accounted
for it. In the absence of the man who paid him the
- money, the prisoner was reMatided till to-morrow.
[Before Mr. TlVrottilsoN.]
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS' CASES.—William
Manley, publican, London-road, was summoned for
"selling drink at half-past eleven o'clock on Sunday night
last. The person summoned was found to have left a
man named Richard Mellish in possession, who had been
selling since the Ist of August without having a transfer of
-the license. The case was dismissed, but the officer was
told that he could lay an excise information for selling
without license if he thought proper ; Charles Fitzsim-
mons publican, Great Crosshall-street, charged with
Sunday trading, dismissed; John Tyass, Peter-street,
beerseller, summoned for selling at illegal hours, fined
10s. and costs ; Eleanor Beeley, beerseller, Mona-street,
charged with selling at illegal hours, dismissed ;
John Docwray, beerseller, Scotland-road, was sum-
moned for Sunday trading—the case was dismissed;
Peter Dnxbury, beerseller, Lambert-street, was sum-
moned for Sunday trading. The charge was proved,
and he was fined ss. and costs ; Joseph Rimmer, beer-
seller, Mile-end, was summoned for Sunday trading—
the case was dismissed ; Henry Jackson, beerseller,
Woodside-street, Edge-hill, charged with Sunday
trading, was fined ss. and costs ; Patrick John Gil-
bridge, beerseller, Pellew-street, was fined ss. and costs
for Sunday trading ; William Hodson, beerseller,
Reynold-street, who was summoned for a similar
offence, had the case dismissed ; Bridget Hussey, beer-
seller, Albert-street, summoned for. Sunday trading,
was fined 10s. and costs ; William Thompson, beer-
seller, South Chester-street, Toxteth-park, was sum-
moned for Sunday trading, and acquitted ; William
Davies, beerseller, Park-street, charged with Sunday
trading, was fined ss. and costs ; Thomas Mayers, Paul-
street, charged with permitting drunkenness and with
selling beer at illegal hours, ss. and costs in each case ;
Mary Wallace, beerseller, Idris-street, was charged with
selling at illegal hours, and with permitting drunken-
ness on her premises—the case was dismissed ; Ed-
mond Park, beerseller, Christian-street, charmed with
Sunday trading, was fined os. and coats ; James Flan-
nigan, beerseller, Porter-street, for a similar offence,
was fined 2s. ; Francis Robinson, beerseller, Clive.
street, was charged with refusing to admit the police—
the case was dismissed ; Martha Morgan, beerseller,
Great Howard-street, charged with selling at illegal
hours—the case was dismissed ; John Talbot, beer-
sellert Doncaster-street, was summoned for selling at
illegal hours—the case was_prored, and he was fined
20s. and costs ; Alice Hunt, beerseller, Dalton-street,
was charged with a similar offence, but was acquitted ;
Thomas Edwards, beerseller, Upper Harrington-street,
at illegal hours, was fined ss. and
charged with trading
costs.

NEW VOLCANO.—...
oat,tlie
A strange occurrence is notified
from Belluno, at the foot of the VetnioentiahnasAlbprso.
brokennn
district of Agordo, a volcanic- p
at Norcia in the
and is in full operation since the 26th of August. This
nearly coincides with the earthquake
Ape
Tnnines.
ELEGRAPH IN
completed,
F3LtNCE.—A letter from Cherbourg
announces that the electric wires are now comp
which extend along the entire coast from Cape de la'
Rogue to St. Pierre rEglise. These wires all meet at
Cherbourg; they extend, likewise, to each extremity of
the breakwater.
M'l'Dmit. AT KILIARNET.—A correspondent of the
Daily Express, writing from Killarney, states that on
Sunday -night last, an " unfortunate" woman, named
Sullivan, was murdered behind the bridewell, and quite
near to the railway station. The body was discovered
almost naked, the clothes having been torn off, and a
a handkerchief round the neck, by which she was
choked.