The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Y - _ESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. 1 pd
AN AWFUL BEAST !—A well dressed scoundrel, nom-f
Joseph Clare, described as the keeper of two houtes
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ill fame, one at 1, Springfield street, and the other at 3,
Hotham street,. was brought up by detective. af-fes
Patrick on a charge of having committed, a feloni°llB
aesault on his own daughter, a girl, named Mary Acyd
Clare, twelve years of age. The case excited horror al%
disgust in all who heard it. We may give the follealii:
facts. The girl,-who is a handsome, intelligent pet
very well dressed, and who appeared large for het
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said she was • twelve years old on the 18th December'
She went to bed in Hotham street about-nine on Mends,'
night, when her father proceeded to commit the offal
She screamed, and her mother's brother heard her, a°d
then her father ran out of the room. The person al!aer
;to, a boy about fourteen years of urge, proved the lett
part of the evidence. Dr. Hodson and Surgeon n3vpir
were examined, and frenrtheir statement it would 01'6%
that there was violtnee, but they could not say from w":
cause. Officer, Patrick said on taking the prisoner totu°
_station he told him the charge, when he said he had tokel
some liberties with his daughter, but nothing of a erimitar
description. Mr. Mansfield said he never heard
a more abominably disgusting case.
He sent the Pr:i
soner for trial at the asiz s. [The girl, in the cearsee-
her examination, said the prisoner had attempted the
same thing three times before.]
CHARDS AGAINST A CAPTAIN —John Riley, ueeerlbed d
as the master of a vessel, was charged with having stab,hed,
a man named Samuel Glover. Mr. Biuck defends
The person alleged to have been injured was-not pres,°,"
but from the evidence of a man, who said he was al
with.Glaver at the time of the occurrence, it appearep
that, on Monday night he was with him in a public hoes'
in Thomas street, when an affray took place, alid rho
witness and Glover were put into the street. The Ns' t
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alledged that the prisoner followed them and stabbv
Glover with a knife, but on cross-examination by Ittri
Bluck, the witness gave such a contradictory and confi'e,
account of the matter, that the learned gentleman stroligli
urged on his worship that the evidence was not suffleiEl%
even for a remand of ,the prisoner.' He said 111
client was the master of a ship, and a very er,i
pectable person, and he totally denied that he .had
used a knife, or. in point of fact, that he had struck 1
one. His worship agreed with Mr. Bluck that, there lb%
no evi 'enee even for a remand, and he discharged t
pris aver.
LOVE AND LARCENY.--A BIT OF ROMANCE.-"-g'.., P 0
looking young man, very well dressed, whose value --ed
given as John Moore, was charged by a female, liaurue
Eliza Bamber, with having stolen a gold chain, vaTibe
£4 10s, and .a pair of gold bracelets from her. 0
following is the history of the case, as collected rill,
what transpired. some time ago the p isoner fell
female, and " unfortunately (to use his own words)
in love with her." She occupies a house in 11°Lu119, ,„
street, and so deeply smitten was he with her char h.
that be agreed to pay her £5 a week for " board, vi,a-the
ing, . and _Lodging." (Laughter.) He purchase, tei
chain and bracelets, and gave ibettilO her, with a w.:ese
also. She, however, did not appear satisfied With 'lot
presents and the £5 a week, but she,actually stole a °I to
tea service from him, for which he' ch trged her 91 to
some time ago, but when he went forward,ot
sustain the charge, one languishing lock be
she gave him was enough, and he forgave be be
(Laughter:) • He then reso,ved not to go back, hut od
broke his resolution, and did go. He saw his Chain ~,fro
bracelets, and he took them. 'Mr. Mansfield -said it "ce
a curious case of love and larceny, but as the evideu
was not sufficient, he would dLicharge the prisoner.
OLD HANDS I—Two very well dressed young feh°,,rit
known to the police as " old hands," named John 110,`'d
and Thomas Charlton, were charged with having Pecked
the pocket of a lady, named Sarah (lohdee, of a P"
and about 305., in :Whitechapel. • The prisoners fol'oelket
the lady for a long time, and at last picked her Pc
They were observed by two boys, who folio s%
them. Te The prisoners went towards Lime street, a 0 (3,8
the way_ met a boy, to whom they gave the purse. etre
lads still Followed until they met a policeman in Jibe
street, to whom they gave the prisoners in charge.

prisoners were remanded.
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THE BEGGING LETTER IMPOSITTON.—Mary Ann nt
who had been remanded as being concerned with
of begging letter impostors was brought up for Pi,"ho
examination. Mr. Buck defended the prisoner. 'or
full particulars of this important case appeared 0„°.
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paper of this day week. Mr. Clough said he had
t Lord Dillon and to Lord Carnarvon' but he 1311`'..,:ncs t
as yet received any reply. Mr. Bluck. I, then, 'tters
insist on the discharge of the prisoner. Such le
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have nothing to do with her. No doubt she ha: no
made the dupe of some one ; that I admit ; but th,e,r,;,(2sb
evidence whatever to detain her any longer. Mr.
We have also a letter from the Rev. Mr. Coombe.
Bluck : That has hothiNg to do with my ePent. dly
care what letters yen got from that gentleman, no Lord
one else. Inspector Murphy : Hare is a letter iron] to
Viscount Gage, with a post office order for in it,: Anon
was to call for this, but she did not. Mr. Bluck
there
doubt but that she was made the tool of some one, butEd,
is no evidence against her, and she must be dischargeTy
according to law. Mr. Mansfield : She has had acshe
narrow escape indeed, but I must discharge her'
was then set at liberty.

LIVERPOOL. BANKRUPTC C Y OURT—YEsTr—

BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER STEVENSON. f.OO
In re Mum Lnvt.---The bankrupt, clothier of ""or
street, applied this day for his certificate. He l'al?
ported by Mr. Pemberton, and opposed by Mr. "fie
bourne, on behalf of the assignees. Mr. Wood
called his Honour's attention to the Tad that of theierl
rupt's debts, £1,200, as =chits £l,OOO had been eenT'o ted
since last September, and that the assets realised noun
he
only to £3OO. Where the rest 'of the money we-„,,tt of
could not say, unless it had gone to the establiehnieribieb
the bankrupt's brother in Birmingham, and abatt_t_Ltoe
there was considerable suspicion. Mr. Prlietst
observed that the court was to deal with ht
and not on suspicions. If the assignees 1.- test
the suspicion in this case well founded, why not beveed the
the messenger of the court to Birmingham, and seiznf tits
goods in the shop alluded to? They did. nothing ;.'O, es
kind, but they summoned the bankrur,t's brother, scuwiot.
his oath, declared the bankrupt had no connection bolo,
ever-with. the establishment. -As to.the absence of
it was not an unusual circumstance, and howe2r„vee
chievous it might be, it would notbe just that the
should be unduly punished for a fault so maual'
Honour deferred judgment.
(BEFORE MR. C )MM [STONER PERRY.) Of
ex;
In re A. A. NEVIN 8. —The bankrupt, cotton hrekoott
Of
this town, passed his 'last examination, and the
May was fixed for the certificate meeting.
A his lAsi
In re Thomas lionsox.—The bankrupt pass_ AO
examination, and the 25th May was fixed for the ea'.
meeting. •
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In re J. J. ROBERTS.—The bankrupt's last exam°
was adjourned. .

THE LATE FATAL 1311LER EXPLOSION .4T

WOLVERLIA ktf'lo-if:

The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances atte
the boiler explosion on Wednesday, 22nd inst, by whiebweat
persons were killed, and thirteen others severely inirooer,
was resumed on Tuesday by AI r. Phillips,t be deputy c°,85,011
in the Blue Bill tavern. Among the gentlemen P' the
were the mayor (E. Perry, E q.), D. J. Henry', 6'qt',ble
borough surveyor, and Capt. Seagrave, the chief 0,01030
of police. Among the witnesses examined were Y",,,iier
Jones, a boiler maker, who said he had repaired the ee
some five or six weeks ago. Where he had done with Aar,
considered it was safe. Stephen Thompson, a boiler 10;,,ity
believed that the.'oeiler had-become heated from S'''4,,sjoo:
of water, and that this was the cause of the Ibol
Lionel Brough, government inspector of mines, Pl"„-ivisrl,
examined the remains of the boiler, gave it as big °P'
, tO4
that the plates had been allowed to get red er
that cold . water being sneldenly injected the eitil
plosion immediately occurred. Mr. Wright' the.engineer, who had also fully examined the rem ii"! -chew',
boiler, said: consider that the boiler was overben'e
burst from excessive pressure—the overheating 9rt arosi
from shortness of water. There must have been bog,.
neglect, as this could not have taken plane had tlo crib,
neer attended to his duties. Mr. T. T. Chilling
,or
civil engineer, Birtningbani, and ether witnesses,f
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rated the ;above evidence. Atter having been
charged.by the coroner, the jury deliberated for about
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an hour, and then returned the toll .w;ng sp.3elai v3rdic'eseB
" The deceased persons Caine to their death in conse%,,neri
of injuries received by the explosion of a certain t-saell
upon he premises of Benjamin Mason; and tiltieee''
explosion was caused by the negligence of the Olt, jell
in not supplying the engine with water ; and the
beg to call the attention cf the Government to etbe
gerous practice of allowing urvalified persons to 11 t
management cf engines and boilers, and they w°lll' tbi"
upon their being certificated: persons ; and they bocd"
the appointment of an inspector for this neighbnureffeo.l,
to superintend engines and hailers, would have tbreeEent'
of reducing the nninber of such occurrences as the P

AN INGRAIN AlinntoN-Atan.—A Chi&go paperFlCS A7;Ci
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one of the grain and produce firms in that c_it/nn9 doter
within within the List year, in their basinees, 12.5uv,u-
-their cheques on a single bank amounting to 8,000,016
5,256,000 bushels of grain passed through their 118"