Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

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and receiver to some one named Smith, were chat,
having robbed another German, named Frederick \Va.
of gold and silver American coin, to the amb
of £23. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prosecution, an
Mr. Black for the prisoners. Mr. Cobb, in opening the
case, said it was not only one important in itself, but was of
great importance to foreign emigrants passing through.
Liverpool, as there had:gone abroad a report that no fo-
reigner could pass through Liverpool, as an emigrant,
withont being sure of getting robbed by foreign runners.
In this case, it would have a serious affect on the town and
trade of Liverpool. The prosecutor was a German named
Frederick. Warnick, and he had arrived here from New
York by the City of Baltimore on Thursday, an;'
lodge at the house of Mr. Hammerstein, 19, En
After dinner there, he went out with some other p
who had been his fellow passengers, in order to set.
sights of Liverpool." They got as far as Paradise-s
where they met the two prisoners, who entered into conver-
sation with them, and they -said- they would shOw them
" the sights of Liverpool," as they knew them all well. The
other persons who were with the prosecutor went away,
and got safely to their lodgings in Earl-street. They (the
prisoners and prosecutor) first went to a public-house, and
then to another, and although they had been in several before
they robbed him, he continued.quite sober all the time, and
was not the worse of drink at all. After some time they
took him to a place in Great Charlotte-street, ea
Parthenon, where there was au exhibition,
from what he (Mr. Cobb) had heard of that place,
he was surprised the police had not looked alter it
more particularly. He described the exhibition,
ceeded to say that the prosecutor, before goir
house in Great Charlotte-street, had his purse in his pocket,
with the money all safe in it. 'When they got into this
place there was an exhibition, and the prisoners sat at each
side of the prosecutor, very close to him. In the course of
the exhibition the gas, in order as lie (Mr. Cobb) under-
stood, to show the affair better in the dark; was lowered,
and during that time he felt the two prisoners pressing up
against his sides, where his pocket-book- was that contained
the money, and imagined something wrong, but did not
then suspect that they had robbed him. Wizen the
gas was again put up, one of the prisoner
went away to get some drink, and in a sb
time he returned with an unfortunate female along
him. When the prosecutor saw the woman, he but
up his coat, fearing that he might lose anything. &mot
going there, the prisoners, in order to try what :money he
had, asked him to lend them half a sovereign, whi^'
did, and they then saw where he had his money,
what pocket he put his purse. When they left .the
thenon," the prisoners took him to a house in llotham,
street, where they had four bottles of wine, and they told
him the house was. a very honest and respectable one. '
that the house in Earl-street was a very bad one
would lose his money there, at the same time showi,
a paper with a paragraph in it, which they-read for him in
corroboration of this, but he did not understand-if
tunately for him, he had another purse, in which then
some hundreds of pounds, but the prisoners did not knr
The best thing the .prosecutor thought he coal('
for he had in-'

ions,
the
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and

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nto the

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the house till roo

information of th(

;hat morning the pi

same as the p-ri:

Dale-street, and hE

do then

\lr. Cobb) thougbi'if thesel facts were

proved, the magistrate must send the parties fol .
then called the prosecuter, Frederick Warnick, who .
then examined by Mr. Cobb, through Mr. Hartman, the
secretary of the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress,
who acted as interpreter, and the witness proved the case
in all respects, as opened by Mr. Cobb. The proseocnutAmw.ass:
Cross-examined by Mr. Bina: : He arrived
sthereret with the
Thurs-
day, and went to a bird-shop in Aft!nh et
there. Two women
prisoners; did offer 25 dollars for birds
erkmmiiney.
the Partheno
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he
ef a
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teher Parthenon
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ta
title:
thhinzybiunt
tthheeN went one
way
a couple of hours after.
He felt th
handsalsothes believes;eeg ivhoi i
imn tookis thestehde i j
could not swear it was their hands, 1),
were next him,. and no one else could have done it.
Kate Dwyer, a lttle girl, said she knew the prisoners, and
saw them on Friday morning at Mrs Smith's,
,MarybonP
nine o'clock. 'darks had yellow money; it was lil.-,. -

rthenon,
He did
le both
la, but
at they

ancra
to Mrs.

money, and was the size of a sixpence, a shilli
five shilling piece. Marks brings passenger
Smith's. Marks was showing the money to Mr
To Mr. Bluck She took particular notice of it,
was yellow. Tie did not make any secret of it,
showing it to Mrs. Smith. gr. Durandu,
changer in Dale-street, said he knew the pris
changed money for them on Friday, consistino,
stiwieokan-ehwalftdhoeliparrisio)ineecress., a '
s' Lh
co asiaswbt'oorree:g:n"
thalers. Mrs Smith, of Marybone, iv,.as examinee_,
and he said he
withyde
he
Marksagd9thoietn
altsde aa y. morning
Tii:
The witness
13th:ticks street
be eutt tnhoetidlianyo.before.
but spoke English ver well) was cross-examined by Mr.
(whog:litisdicnaaa nded istii
German,vien
is nothing.: imyportant transpired. Detective officer
arrested Marks and found £8 6s on him • he
Bsaoi
Mr. 'Cobb: What is Marks ? 'lfe
He has Mr. Bluck ; What do you mean by nothing ?
there no visible means of living. In his pocket-book
. . is a good character of him whilst he was at sea. De-
tective officer Mason said he arrested Wolfe, and found 24s
on him. Mr. Durandu said he gave the prisone
eleven pounds for the foreign money. Mr. Bluck
dressed the bench, and contended that there ne 1
more trumpery charge, or one so utterly unsupported by
evidence as the present case. He went over the c
and said the boarding-house keeper was at the Ix
the whole case, and made the prosecutor go on r
case. The prisoners were remanded for further inq

Smith

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