Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.--YESTERDAY.

(Before Messts._RITHEGNE and Houoirroisr.).
CHAILGFE OF INDEMNT ASSAULT.—James Ralph, a.
young man about 10..0r 20 years of age, a porter on the
London and North.,Western Railway, was charged by
Elizabeth Bainbridge with attempting to commit a rape
upon her, on Wednesday night. Mr. Cobb appeared for.
the, prisoner. Police-offieer 836 stated that when he
took the prisoner into eustody, and took him to the
prosecutrix, she had. some doubt as to his identity.. The
prosecutrix stated that she had occasion to go out to
Edge-hill, on Wednesday night, to call on a Mrs.
Parkes, who, has a son employed as a guard on the rail-
way. She expected to see him, but was. disappointed.
As she was proceeding; along Chatsworth-street, the
prisoner came out of a public-house, and accosted her.
Seeing him to be a railway-man by his dress, she entered
into conversation with him, thinkbig, he might know
something of Thomas Parkes. Having to go to Oldhall-
street, and it being about 11 o'elocu' she was rather
timid. The prisoner, however, offered to take her to
Lime-street in the train, which he said it was his duty
to take down and bring up. again. They acoordingl.y
went to Edge-hill Station in eorepany,. when the pri-
soner opened a carriage, into which she stepped, the
prisoner following her and locking the door after him.
He then attempted to carry his des*, into execution,
using both threats and persuasion, and seizing her by
the throat when she attempted to scream. This con-
tinned for some time, when finding he could not accom-
plish his purpose, he allowed her to get out, after which
he made a further attempt, but ran away, when she,
screamed out. She gave information to the first offices
met. The magistrates did not consider the evidence:
so conclusive as would warrant them in committing the
prisoner. He was therefore discharged.
(Before Messrs. HouGivrow and BEng.)
"Dm A FALSE CERTIFICATE.—MagRUS Sutherland,
a seaman, and Margaret Jamieson, 28, Norfolk-street,
were brought up on remand, the first charged with
using a false certifieate of character, and discharge at
the -Sailors' Home, and the second with aiding and
abetting him in it. Mr. Tyndal appeared for the Board
of Trade, and Mr. Cobb for the female prisoner. Mr.
Tyndal stated, that on the 21st of January, the male
prisoner went to the. shipping-office, Sailors' Home, and
presented a certificate bearing the name of Samuel
Parry. The suspicions of the officials at the liome d
having been excited by some circumstances, questione
him closely regarding the captain and officers of the
last ship in which he sailed, and being pressed by the
questions, at last confessed that his name was Sutherland,.
and that it had been given him by Mrs. Jamieson, with
whom he boarded. Mr. Murphy, of the Sailors' Home,
was called, and corroborated, these statements. The
male 'prisoner, who pleaded guilty, was also examined,
and maintained that Mrs. Jamieson gave him the cer-
tificate; and told him to go with it to the Sailors', Bonn.
In cross-examination by Mr. Cobb, he denied receiving:
it from Magnus Williamson, a seaman, who also lodged
in Mrs. Jamieson's, but who had gone to sea the pre-
vious day. Mr. Cobb produced two witnesses in support
of this, but though they both saw Williamson with a
paper similar to the certificate in hand, they could not
swear it was the same. The magistrate sentenced each
to pay a fine of £2O, and in default, imprisonment for
3 months.
(Before Messrs. J. H. Saari.' and J. H. TURIER.)
REFORMATORY CASES.--The Local Inspector, Mr.
Kirkbride, under the Rev. Mr. Turner, Manager of the
Government Reformatories, brought up the following
persons, for contribution towards, the maintenance of
their children confined in the various reforthatories:
They were ordered to pay the following sums weekly:—
Charles Chadwick, 371 Back Oliet-street, Smithdown-
lane, 6d. ; William Clifford Holmes, Rose-vale, Great
Homer-street, is. ; Anthony Hagerty, 11 Court, Albert.
street, 6d. ; Samuel Hope, 16 Court, Bannister-street, is

It is a well-knowia maxim that "time is money"—the terms
are relative; so to save one is to save the other. We save
both time, and economise patience, and present good tempers,
when we have a good PEN-a bad one upsets patience and
temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing your steel pens and
other stationery at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse,
23, South John-street. John Gillott's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W.
Hughes, and other maker's, on sale at Is. per t2.7T,1. (mood
Pen Holders, 2d. per dozen. .