Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-25 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD

THE EFFECTS OF SUPPING OIIT.—A gentleman, who-
gave the name of John Swan, and 'said to be a wine
merchant, residing in Brownlow-street, was brought:up,
along with a young woman, named Elizabeth Saunder-
son, charged by officer 264 with disorderly and improper
conduct in the street ; and Mr. Swan was also charged-
with being drunk. The officer stated that he saw the
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ducting with
them, they greatb impropriety,became
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rth soaridiedr,ly—on
the gentleman particularly, who was drunk, and con-
ducted
.himself with such impropriety, that he was
obliged to lock up both. Mr. Swan, in strong terms,
denied that he was drunk, and complained of the gross
treatment he. had received at the hands of the policeman,
and also at the station. He had supped in Exchange-
street East, and stopped out rather late, and
he then went to the Post-office, to post some letters.
When passing the church he met the young woman, who
stopped to speak to him, when the officer came up and.
took them into custody. Ile again denied being drunk,.
and complained of the harsh way that he was treated.
In reply to Mr. Mansfield, Mr. Kelly; the bridewell-
keeper, said the prisoner was very drunk, and about
one of the most outrageously conducted men he
ever saw. He created a great disturbance at the
station-house, and wanted him. (Mr. Kelly) to
send for a doctor, a magistrate, and a surgeon.
(Laughter.) He refused to do so for a disorderly
drunken man at that hour of the morning, and then
the prisoner became more outrageous, and kept the
station in an uproar all night. Prisoner : Now, I appeal
to you, if I were not as quiet as a child ? Mr. Kelly : I
say you are one of the most disorderly persons I have
seen. Seeing you were a respectable-looking person,
and having a gold watch and other property about you,
I offered to put you into a room by yourself, if yon
only promised to behave yourself properly, but you would
not. Mr. Swan still denied the statement, when Mr._
Kelly said : Here is one of the notes you wanted me to
send to the Rev. , but, of course, I was not going to
call up any gentleman at that hour to oblige a drunken
disorderly person. Mr. Swan still presisted in his sobriety
and well-regulated conduct. His Worship fined him 5s

for being cit'unk, and discharged the young. woman

AN " UPPER CANADIAN

—John Berry, described as

" the most notorious thief in Liverpool," Was brought up
by " General Kennedy," on the following charge. The
officer said, on Saturday night a message was received at
Rose-hill station to the effect that there was murder
being committed in Armstrong's beerhouse in "Upper
Canada," and on going there, along. with another officer,
they found fifteen notorious thieves in the house, fighting
furiously. The prisoner had a knife in his 'hand and
was attempting to stab a female, and when the officer
interfered the prisoner knocked him down. He was
subsequently arrested by the assistance of some other
officers. The prisoner was sent to jail for a month, in
default of paying £1 fine for the assault.

" A WHISTLING JUG."—Every one has heard " the
whistling man" in Limmtreet, and " every one else"
have heard of the "singing mouse" and the "whistling
oyster," bat for the first time we heard yesterday of a
"whistling jug ;" and it happened thus :—lnspector
Danson, and sonic two or three other officers, brought up
Mary Burke and Mathew Sharp on a charge of assault.
The Inspector and the men, it appeared, were watching
a beer-house kept by a person named M‘Nally in Milton-
street, about two on Sunday morning, when they saw a
woman leave the house with a• half gallon jug of ale.
One of the men caught the woman, and was taking her
back to the beer-house, when the male prisoner attacked
him. The woman laid down the jug and ran away;
the female prisoner took the jug and flung it at one of
the officers ; and another swore he heard the jug come
" whistling, along," and hit his brother on the head..
Another officer made use of the same expression—
"whistling along "—and the inspector stated that he
saw the woman fling the jug; all were assaulted by the
prisoners. His Worship fined each £2, or to be im-
prisoned for one month each.

CIIARGE OF COTTON STEALING.—WiIIiam Doran, and
Edward M'Donald, two sailors on board the American
ship Emerald, from Mobile, were charged for stealing two
bales of cotton. Mr. Cobb defended.- The officer who
had charge of the case, said he got the prisoners leaving
the dock with the cotton, and he arrested them. Mr.
Cobb : Is the captain here ? No ; he would not come.
Then what right had you to arrest them. I. arrested
them on my own responsibility, in the discharge of my
duty. Mr. Cobb: Did not the captain say that as they
wero runaway sailors, he would punish them in some other
other way ? Not to me. Mr. Cobb : I really submit, sir, that
there is no charge against these men, and that they have
been treated very badly. Mr. Mansfield : If people who
think that they have been robbed, do not think it worth
their while to come and sustain the charge, I will not
assist them. Let the prisoners be discharged. They
were discharged accordingly.

OH! HO ! Ma. DETECTIVE !—A fellow, with a face like'
one of the tigers in Afander's Menagerie, who gave the
name of John Sinclair, was brought up on the following
charge : Mr. Cobb defended. Miss Margaret Jones,
whose seraph-like face contrasted with that of the
fellow at the bar in a strange degree, stated that herself
and mother keeps a public-house, at 113, Derby-
road. At a quarter to twelve o'clock on Sunday
night, there was a loud knocking at the door;
she opened it, when the prisoner presented him-
self, and demanded admission. She refused, when
he asked—" Do you know who I am ? " Miss Jones's
knowledge did not go so far as to recognise him, and
although she might have told him that his face was no,
great beauty, she did nothing of the kind, but simply
told him she did not know him. " Then I am a detective
policeman," replied he, " and I must go in and search
your house." Miss Jones at once admitted him, and
told him to search. lie saw three gentlemen who lived
in the house, and said he did not want any of them, and
then hinted that some drink would be acceptable. Miss
Jones then became the questioner, as she had a slight
suspicion that all was not right, and asked " what his.
name and number might be ? " Ile replied, "of
course," that his name was Smith (loud laughter), and his
number 110, and that he was searching for a man who
had absconded and embezzled large sums of money
belonging to Mr. Moss, a brewer. Miss Jones very
properly sent out for a real officer, and gave friend Smith,
number 110, into custody, and then he turned out to be a
horse trainer, and, as it was stated, he had actually
obtained 11s. worth of goods in the name of Mr. Moss,
some days ago. Mr. Cobb done all he could to prove
that it was a " jolly lark" on the part of the prisoner,.
who was drunk, and did not know what he was doing,
but the " lark " is likely to prove somewhat serious to
the horse trainer, who was remanded for further
examination.

DISPUTED PROPERTY..—James Dunne and William
Jones were charged with having stolen some carts and
horses from Samuel Price. Mr. Chilton appeared for
the prosecution, and Mr. Bluck for the prisoners. Some-
time ago the owner of the property, a man named Grey,
was charged with having attempted to poison his wife.
Pending his trial he made over his property to Price,
who is his son-in-law. Grey was acquitted, and when he
came out of gaol he sought to recover his property from
Price, but Price stuck to the property, although it wag
stated the bill of sale was merely to secure the property from
the Crown in case of a conviction. Grey then commenced
law proceedings againt Price, but pending these Grey was
found drowned in the canal, and Price kept the property
up to Saturday, when Mrs. Grey, the widow, sent the
prisoners, who took the horses and carts from Price, and
then they were charged for the stealing. These were the
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facts, and the following evidence was given in the case.
Samuel Price, the son-in-law of old Grey, said he got six
horses, carts, and gear, from his father-in-law before h
died,
wibytnaesbsilslaoifdoffier Carlyle sale.c 3r
whatever it was, he took possession under that billsa e v
Block objected to this, and said it had nothing
to do with
the case. Mr. Chilton went on to examine oth witness,
since, who said he had his name on the
carts and had
that on Saturday on them on the
stand when Dunne took.
them away. Thewitness was cross-examined by Mr.
Block, and denied that he was examined before the
coroner, and also that he did not say lie claimed none of
the property ;he (Mr. B. wanted to show that the
bill of sale was a sham, to defraud the Crown:
In continuation, the witness said the Coroner did
not . tell him to give up the property to the
widow. Mrs. Grey said she sent the prisoners to
take the property. Mr. Black said the witness Price
had perjured himself in the box, as the depositions at the
Coroner's-court would prove, and he would indict
him certainly for the offence. Mr. Mansfield : Have yon
taken down his words ? Mr. Block : I have. Mr..
Mansfield : Let the prisoners be discharged.— there was
not the slightest cause for giving them into custody-
Mr. Bluck : I hope Mr. Clough will not give back the
carts to Price. Mr. Clough : No, we will give them
back to the widow, where we got them—Price should
have been in the dock. The prisoners were discharged.

John Graham, the steward of the ship Minosa, was
charged on suspicion of stealing a watch, some shirts, and
wearing apparel, belonging to several persons who lodged
in the same house with him in Burlington-street ; and
there was also a charge against him for stealing some
wine and porter belonging to the sh.ip. • Mr. Cobbe de-.
fended the prisoner. Some prelimmary evidence, to
found a remand, was given, and the prisoner Was accord-'
ingly remanded.