Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-24 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
1k"..75NG UP Kirwin, an old woman,
1:270g in a cellar, in Hill-street, Park, was charged
-ronn.r. the following circumstances. It appeared that a
--feet.4g, named the Ethel, now in the Coburg-dock, and
©„wing to Messrs. Duncan and Stewart, had, a short
since, forty-three barrels of pork carefully re-packed
stared. On Friday last, some persons connected
the ship had occasion to examine the pork, when
7-seven barrels of pork were missing. A locker, in
bthere was preserved fish, was then examined, and
a cwt. of it was missed also. There was
'at apprentice on board the ship, who had
of the property, who was then missing, and
traced to the cellar of the prisoner, where his
as found, but he could not be had himself. On
n.g. the cellar, two barrels of pork and a quantity
rued fish were found. It also appeared that the
gai. had actually taken a stall in Cleveland-square
for the purpose of belling pork and fish. The
was remanded, in order that the boy might be

linapHy's " Fuq.r.'—A rather lathy-looking
y no means of ferocious appearance, whose name
Tom Murphy, was charged with having
... _tiled fi illiam liesketh and Jones Nichols.
...e evidence given, it appeared that the previous
the prisoner got a bludgeon, and went along
111 road, as he called it, "amusing himself" by
I,g the heads of all the lieges of Queen Victoria
erne in his way. The two complainants, along
AMC other person, were passing along the street,
the prisoner ran at them, and broke the heads of
Mr- Bluck appeared for the prisoner, and endea-
to show that it was not the work of Mr. Tom
y, but was caused by a gentleman known by the
tat of "John Barleycorn," but as that individual
-affs.;d present absent, the prisoner was remanded until
Ithe- mialt o f the cuts on the complainants' heads could be
sementriined.

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sailor, named John Edgar, was charged
Burke with having assaulted her. The prose-
a servant in the eating house of Mr. Sykes, of
eet, and the previous night, the prisoner went
house, and appeared to be the worse for "beer."
some refreshment, and then fell asleep.' Miss
vent to arouse him from his balmy slumbers, when
up, and to use her own words, he "mass-a-creed
her into flitters, tore her asunder, and kilt
Mr. Edgar repudiated the hard.
gisrossg-hment, and laid the blame altogether
infusion of hops, malt, and water, which
ged had committed larceny on his brains, so that
oblivious to what had passed at the nocturnal
ew with Miss Burke. His worship did not under-
lie excuse of Master Edgar, and fined him £2 and
,r in default of payment, one months imprisonment.
atasr,z the party who stole Mr. Edgar's brains, may
auslsr-Scrward and pay the fine for him.
AfsZiam Williams, a farmer, living at Mostyn, in
was brought up on a warrant, charged by
-I, named Elizabeth Anderson, for refusing
her the balance of money due to
s the support of a child. Mr. Cobb appeared for
risoner, and said, if the woman had gone down to
&In she would have got the money. The amount
marts were paid, and the prisoner was discharged.
BENEFACTORS. —ln a case where a young urchin
tcought up on a charge of having stolen a hen, his
xiip asked, "What is the value of that animal ?"
- !reply was 3s. Mr. Mansfield : Three shillings ?
Mr. Clough : I believe, officer, she laid a fine
,r you, this morning? She did sir. (Laughter.)
lziasfleld : The noise Ind annoyance of cocks and
it this town in the mornings is so great, that
a tat whoever takes them up is a public benefactor;
r ray opinion, but, unfortunately, the law says other-
s: Let the boy go to gaol for fourteen days. The
smsk was removed.

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JEFORE MESSRS. CROPPER AND CHALONER.
tiFLF.SS CONDUCT OF A POLICEMAN TOWARDS A
Miss Elizabeth Kernan, a lady residing at 108,
:reel-, and carrying on business as a dress-maker,
cd police officers Patrick Cordon, and Quine, 417,
ag assaulted her, on Sunday week last, in Seel,
Mr. Cobb appeared for the complainants, and
k for the defendants. The case excited a great
terest, as the complainant is most respectably
; and a large number of her friends, ladies
men, were present, who came to hear the
-oat deal of legal argument took place
egal gentlemen, as to the construction of a
,ound point, whether two defendants charged
.se same offence, but who are summoned separately
Near on behalf of each other as witnesses or not,
:heir names are not inserted in each summons
maikrztively, insteap of individualy. This point arose
Saturday week, when a captain and mate were
Iseult on a sailor, when it was
ce) that because the names of both
in each summons, that one could
,s for the other, and of course they swore each
at of two charges. Mr. Cobb, at the time agreed
was perfectly illegal to admit such evidence. We
a a leading article that it was utterly illegal, and
News, in a day or two afterwards, reiterated
,nts, in a leader. This was the point raised
to admit one of the policemen
;, as a witness for the other,
e again strongly protest against this
Jutted into any court of criminal jurisdiction ;
only illegal, but positively outrageous. Look
ffect snch a rule would have. Two fellows may
gcd with murder one of them, according to this
made law, may be admitted as a witness, to
he other out of the offence, and then the
r, No. 1, may be put into the witness-box,
r murderer No. 2 out of it also. Let us hope
mimon sense of all courts in England, that
is the only place where such a monstrosity
-econd be tolerated. There may be "new
' but the laws of evidence, in criminal
a immutable as the laws of of the "Medes and
' which nothing can alter. We were glad to
sever, that in future, where two persons are
d with a joint offence—assault or otherwise,
,e-g under the criminal side of the court, that
Vyberg has ordered that the names of both
"wens shall be inserted in each summons. This
Yea rare the detect—although it was no defect,
-we state authoratively that there was not.
'lightest pretence for ever having admitted such
-ht illegal evidence. When this point was
rattled yesterday, Mr. Cobb proceeded to open the case
-1.1,& part of the young lady, who complained of the
committed on her by the policeman. He said,
Kernan was a highly respectable young lady, of
svirtik•vit connections, and carried on business at 108,
ligivel---Ftreet for some years past, as a dressmaker. She
gosti ia the habit of attending at Seel-street Catholic
' t,,r years past. There was a poor old woman,
,n the habit of attending at the church, asking
1 the lady was in the habit of giving her a
yor penny from time to time. On last Sunday
week, the complainant went to the church as
le old woman coming out of
ords passed between them, as the young lady
s? It appeared
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the lady did not know him. The
Ime up at once, and catching hold of the old
,ok her violently, so that she fell down on the
The lady asked him why he did so ? and that
to be ashamed of himself, when he addressed
31L-ed for. her _name. She refused to give it to
he then seized her, and dragged her through
to HOtham-street Bridewell,- where he charged
irnetinc• him in the discharge of his duty. The

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Viser7 refused (on hearing the case), to take the charge
then the officer turned round and wanted to cliargi

►'d" that, and after the young
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persons who

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vindictive feelings against him, although the outrage
was very gross. The officer made a very abject (but not
more than he ought to do) apology to the lady for his
gross conduct. Mr. Black : No doubt my client did very
wrong in taking her into custody. The officer :I am
very sorry for it, and I hope the lady will forgive me for
what I have done. The lady did, in the kindest manner
forgive him, and then the summons was withdrawn, and
Mr. Clough cautioned the officer to be more careful in
future. The lady left the court with a large number of
her friends.

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES

Yesterday the annual meeting of the 'governors of the
Liverpool Dispensaries was held in the Common-hall,
Hackie's-hey. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided.
The notice calling the meeting having been read,
The Chairman called upon Mr. T. L. Payne to read
the report, which he did as follows :
REPORT.

" The committee of the irverpool Dispensaries have
pleasure in being able to lay before the governors of that
institution a favourable report both of its efficiency and
financial condition.
" The patients receiving relief have been fewer during
the past year than in any yearsince 1850 ; they amounted
only to 32,075, a number smaller by 519 than even that
of 1857. The pence received from the patients amounted
to £261 2s 2d.
"The financial position of the dispensaries is at pre-
sent good. The expenditure for the past year was
£2,680 19s 6d, while the receipts (including the balance
brought from 1857) were £3,930 9s 6d; accordingly the
committee felt themselves justified in investing £I,OOJ,
hoping by this means to make some permanent provision
for the future, while they are still able to show a balance
in hand for the present.
"This excess of receipts above expenditure (more than
£1,000) arises from the unusual value of legacies re-
ceived during 1858; these amounted to £1,3638s 6d, of
which the handsome sum of £l,OOO was the bequest of
one individual, the late Mr. Thomas Watkinson.
" But While the committee rejoice in being able to
present so favourable a report for the past year, they are
sensible that the average annual receipts from legacies
and donations during the ten years from 1847 to 1857
were £BOO below the sum received from the same sources
during 1858. They feel, therefore, that it is net safe to
rely much upon these precarious sources of income, and
are much concerned to notice a serious deficiency in that.
branch of their income, on which they must always,
mainly depend, the annual subscriptions.
"Owing to deaths among the subscribers, the pressure
of the present times, and other circumstances, the sub-
scription list, as compared with that of the preceding
year, shows a decrease in annual subscriptions of more
than £lOO.

" The committee beg to call attention to this fact
especially, and to express a hope that all who have the
interests of this institution at heart will use their exer-
tions to remedy this serious deficiency in this important
branch of their income.
" Since issuing their last report the committee have
made some important alterations, which they hope will
receive the sanction of the governors.
"In compliance with a request made by the members
of the Medical Institution, the committee, after a full
consideration of the subject, resolved to aid them in
abolishing the practice •of canvassing for honorary
medical' appointments. Accordingly they determined
to recommend the governors of this institution to
entrust the election of their honorary medical officers
to the general committee. This change, if allowed, will
save medical candidates the expense and trouble of

canvassing, as well as relieve the governors from what
many have felt the unpleasantness of being solicited
for their vote, and also afford the election body an oppor-
tunity of inspecting the testimonials of the different
candidates.

" The committee have also been employed in amending
the general rules of the Institution. The changes
suggested, with the exception of that relating to the
election of honorary medical officers, are such as will not
affect the governors in general."

Mr. Mill, treasurer, read a statement of the accounts,
which showed a balance in favour of the charity of
249 10s.

Captain Bourne moved, and Mr. Moss seconded, that
the report, together with the treasurer's account, be
printed and circulated.
The motion was carried by acc

;lamation,

Mr. Fletcher moved the thanks of the meeting to the
Rev. Rector Campbell, the treasurer, and others, who
had given their time and attention to the charity.

Hutchison seconded the motion.
On.the,motion of Mr. King, the thanks of the meeting
was tendered to the honorary medical officers, for their
valuable services during the past year.
Mr. Mill moved, " That the thanks of the meeting be
given to the various clergymen who had advocated the
cause of this charity in their respective churches."
He said, that during the past year there were
only two denominations of Christians who had
subscribed -the Established Church, £ll2 Bs. 4d.,
and the Walsh Calvanistic Methodists, £B. He
was of opinion, that if the ministers in the various
dissenting bodies brought the charity before the notice of
their congregations, the annual amount would be con-
siderably increased. Many people, in his opinion, would
give their 2s. 6d. or ss. if a collection were taken up in
the church on the appeal of their ministers, who would
not think of having their names in the subscription list.
He hoped that next year they would have subscriptions
from all.

Mr. Payne said, the remarks came very well from Mr.
Mill, as treasurer, but he had found, by looking over the
cash book, in the page for entering collections from
churches, that the Welsh Calvanistic Methodists had
made' it a matter of conscience to give something every
year, and that the Presbyterians had not given anything
since 1853, and the Roman Catholics once since that
time. He thought Mr. Mill would have been near the
mark if he had said once in the three years. It was,
however, really monstrous that the rich dissenters did
not contribute more to that charity which was doing so
much good for their poor. (Laughter.)
Mr. Waters proposed a number of gentlemen, as
officers for the ensuing year.
Dr. Whittle seconded the resolution.
Mr. Desmond moved " That the election of honorary
medical officers be in future entrusted to the general
committee."

Mr. Payne moved, that the code of rules as revised by
committe, be approved of and adopted. He said, in 1828,
when their friend Mr. Francis Jordan was theii- chair-
man, they passed a code of laws, but they had found that
they would not be sufficient for them, they had gone
through the rules and revised them, and had now to
submit them to the meeting for adoption.
The entire motions were carried, and a vote of thanks
being passed to the chairman, the business terminated.