Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-28 00:00:00

CRIME IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

It appears, by the books of the gaol of Newgate, that
there are 155 pri4oners for trial at the Oe`ober sessions of
the Centred Crimi Court, which commenced on 'Monday
morning, at ten t. 'clock. This is a very consich rably larger
number than 113 U .1, an I altlo ugh it is partly accounted for
by the fact that a longer period thin usual has clapied
since the adjournment flora the last sessions, et the
calsniar is a vcry heavy o (1, both numerically and with
regard to the daises cf offences contained in it. There
are ?whet than flee c-ses of murder, three of manslaughter.
and a number of charges of cu'ting and wounding. Gee
of the charges of murder stands ever from last session—
that of the unfortunate Italian, De Sari, who stands
charged upon a coroner's recolisition witb the murder of a
person n Roberts n, in the Queen's Pr:s in, under
very peculiar circumstances, In this case is a plea of
autrefois acquit, the prisomr having been convicted, prior
to the death of the decased, of having wounded him with
intent to do grievous bodily harm, and aeoeitted up in
another count in the indiesmeet which charged him with
an intent to murthr. Tlis case eta leis ter trial before the
judges on Wedneedsy morning, and if the flea should rot
be wi hdrawn, which eenrse it is thought will probably he
taken, as the gmeral opinion in legal circles is, that it
canna t be suepor el, the question es to its validity will be
argued, and if the judges should ru'e net the plea is not
tenable, the trial will at once proceed. The remaining
charges of murder hs ye all strhin since the last adjourn-
ment of ths coatt, a period f five weeks. The firat is the
me of an Intim seaman, who is accused of tin murder- of
a comrade by stabbing him in the course of a drunken
brawl, at a public-ouse at the east end of the town: The
next cese of murder is one in which a man named.Thotnes
Robert Davis is charged with, murdering his wife,- at
by cuttilic her throat, the act having, as it
arpearsd, been committed while under the irfleener of
jealeusy, for which there did not appear to have been
the slightest foundetiore In tbie remaining eases of
murder, two unhappy women, named Kavanagh
and' Maria Clark, are charged" wi h ruurderii.g.
their children, in the first case' by the adnaio-
istrati'on of ladder/am, aid in the other by drowning.
Both there offences• appeared to have' 'lees e3mmitted
ander the pressure ofdeep distress and misery, and in the
case of Maria Clank there apperrs to be-very little doubt
that she was in a state- of insanity at the time she
corn-
mitted the act, and shortly afterwards- attempted to
destroy herself. Ehe is oleo at the present time, it appears,
in such a condition of mind as to tender it probable that
she will not be able to plead or to take her trial. Teo
men, nametMoody and Welsh, are committed' for killing
their wives, but the charge' against them is only that of
reanalaughtere Among the other chergea involving per-
soeal violence is the case of ably ten years of age, who is
charged with stabbing another lad with a- penknife.
Besides the eases above referred to, there are- numerous
charges of forgery, burglary, and other serious-c-Mncera,
to he disposed of, and among the cases of fergery is one of
a very novel character. A person of the name of'Cleers,
who was originally commived upon a charge orObtaining
money by fatsepremeces in regard to the authorship of &
petureovill it appears be indicted for forgery, the"offeace
being Alleged to consist in his herb- g placed the name of
an artist upon the-picture, thereby making it appear to he
an original.' when in print of fact it was only a copy. This
case naturally excites great interest in the profession:- but
it is doubtful whether a' charge offorgery can be sustained
under such circumstances Another case that wilt
excite a good deal of interest is the charge against a 'person
named Bose, of haaingattempted to extort money from-Sir
Robert Carden, the-Lord Mayor elect, by a throat to
publish's placard with a vie v to prevent his eleetion- to
that dignity. The react of this prosecution if it should"
be sueceoeful, will doubtless be to 'relieve future ,Lbrct
Mayors front a system of extortion to which every Citizen •
who has hitherto aspired to flit the office has been
compelled to succumb, but which Sir Robert Carden felt
compelled; by his notions of jusnice and principles,- to
resist. There is another case of' misdeamean-mr of &
similar character to the. one just mentioned, which stands
over from, the last session, in which- two persona named
Evens and Thorn are-the defendants, which will also he-
looked forward to withinterest. One-of these parties was
formerly in the service of the Stibmarine TS-egret:de Com.
palsy, and the charge against them, whfele is preferred by
the deputy eleairinan ofe.that company, is that of endea-
uonriog to. obtain froaehinn, by a threat of publishingta
statement that he bad, upon several•oeeasions, wilfttily
detained and kep back po itical messages transmitted
through the telegraph- N 3 the Government and to the-press
for stock- f >bbing and specu'atin„...--- purposes. These
defendants have not yet pleaded to the charge, but shOuld
they take the course which it is anticipated they intend to
do, namely, to plead a justification, the ease is likely to be•
a very long one, as there.will be a good deal of evidence-
b_ought focward for the defence, and-it is said that nearly
a thousand telegraphic- messages are- -to be produced -in,
support of their caste.. and some curious disclosures are
expected to be made:-_ The fellowing Judges and Coro.
miesionere preside :--Lord Chief Barron Pollock Mr.
Justice • Erie and Mie Judo) Crompton' Alderman
Copeland, Sir J. Musgrave, Sir Ite-W. Carden, Sit Hi.
Muggeridge, Lawrencoeand Gabriele

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CCUN'PERFRIT Sevnanioes.—A tJtBER PHOTOGRAPHER
—On Saturday mornizer last, D-itective °flitter Iteimpson
and Police-constable William Harley apprehended a
photographic artist, named Patriek O'Brien, in his „Three-
tegraphic booth, situated on a geeen at the- head of
Cumberland Street, Hutcheson-town. From iti'armation,
received Ly Thompson,- and also by Harley, those (Slime
had reason to believe Oat O'Brien was the individual.
who, for a considerable time pest, had been imp sing 'Tore
shepkeepns throogheet the city; by passing connterreit
sovertiens, the cirseuletion of which has been somewhat
extensive. The officers acc ore!'in;ly went teethe booth',
and found O'Brieia, whom they. apprehended. On searching,
the "artist's" establiEhalent, they found ceneea:ef in a
corner nine counterfeit sere-reigns, and tea. base half-
sovereiene, aid also.in the dolgiaes of the prisoner the
officers found a dirge white metal spoon, which bears
evident marks of having been used for the purpose of
melting metal. A. wa-cb, snip ised stolee, wasealso found
in the b ,nth, and the fact of; being warm wh?n found by
the officer., strengthens the aupp esitien that O'Brien had
dropped it on the pence making their appearance, The
counterfeit coins, found in, the prisener'e.stud'oare nicely
finished by the e'eetro-plating process; and the ecienr and
die being good, they re enable the genelet coin very much.
Shopkeepers and othersehowever, con have no dart alty in
detecting them, as they re very light in weight', and are
Made of soft metal, very eauch ree mleting Lead, which is
easily heat.- Glasgow- -Herald
TILE ORGAN NUIiA,NCE —The ace:pm,,anyieg petition is
now being erensively signed by the iehebitares of Belgravi
and Belgravia South :—" To the knights, citizens and
burgesses in tlis present Parliament assembled.—The
bumble petition of the ieteabitenta of B. lgravia and BA-
gravia Seuth—Showetla that the nexce and tranquility o.'
our streets and rtsidenees aro disturbed by day and night
by a number of le rso is, as we bel ce exeluelvey fortien-
ere, having barrel and hand o-g its and such like instru-
ments for the purpose of obteining money. That the
provisions of the 2nd and 3rd Victoria, cap. 47, are wh.liiy
inoperative to enable the pollee to deliver your petiti, tiers
from tl is continual and ircre.sing a moyance, the lieai of
the p.,wers'of the police teeing, in fact, only to remove
such a rni,a ce if it cbtrude Rae f opposite the house of a
sick person. Your petitioaers feel it to be a positive inva-
si n of right that under pretences r f music any ieineratt
pefson &held be permitted to (weeny a large area of any
street designed and intended solely frr trot :c with a
m whine to annoy the inhabitants and drs'ract them from
their lawful business. That a suming that some fee:,
individuals may be found who ate par ill to those
instruments, they constitute undoubtedly a very insigni.
fluent minority, and your petitioners submit that they
might indulge their tastes by taking the hawkers
and their ine-rume.n's into their houses without
inflic ing a wrong on their neighbours. That importu-
nate I:ezg;ng is forhdden in our s ree-e. Yon
peiititi otters, theta:foie. pray your honourab:e House
to regard those adventurers as biggirs, which in
ton h they really are, and have them dealt wilt by
law accordingly. That the law will not now permit
nuisances injurious to heal h to be carried on in the
ereete, however bent:Mal • to the owners of such este-
blialim?nts, and yet, notwithsten ding, even now bef re a
sick pees to can avail himself of the power to remove ouch
a pest from his vici iity lv must go or s nd t r seek tie sic
of the polies, who cannot remain stati ined on the sp it for
the s .ke of an ird ; and such a,-e the Dumber of
those mendicants that ten cr more in 'no street in the same
day is a mo?erate cemputetion of their visitations, par-
ticularly in th ise streets which have not the treffie peculiar
to the commerce of the city. That the members of your
houeurable House residing in London will iof require to
be inform-el that this invasion has n-w complete impuni y.
They who make it are attracted or brought over here f-cm
abrcal on a s‘iecul ton for gahl, and y ur petitioners
thirk it a great grievan.e that the peaceable inhabit ants
are to remain in acy degree the victims of a system thus
established for lucre. That the police force can give yoiir
honourable House ample testimony that the genera! wish
of the ithabitants is to have the streets nn longer infested
by such nuisances. And your petitioners earnestly pray
your h ,uourable House to pass such an enactment as
shall restore to your petitioners the right to enjoy Iran-
guilty in their hornets of which the weak legislation of
the Dalioe Act is t)e means of depriving tbem."

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