Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-04 00:00:00

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false. lie was dried la 4s 6d. Wm
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was fined

Id-street,. potatoe

-01‘;:zged with having the
selling scale against
Patrick (lion, Whitley-streetuyer. Fined £1 ,As 6d
the pureha.,:e-
false scales and' weights, against charged with h wain,
9s 6d. Fred Eguar, 'fitlieb4
:_usiza —l4lspector
asrnareet,
false :seale-a. Fined .£2 pork shop, foi
charged the following Johnson
ro-
►ision dealer, Norman-street, wasoulbournet pro-
having false scales. Fined £l4s charged with
Bell, potato dealer, Copperas-hill, fo 64. John
fined £1 4s 6d. Win.' Lee, coal dealer,r Cobden-street
scales 1;
for false scales, on two informations ; fine(oibxden-street,
Ji Carter, marine store, in Mount Ver I 4s 6d.
non-street,
for having a scale eight ounces against the
fined is 45 6d." Mary Gibbon,. fish dealer,
fcoiristhomer ;
light weights -; fined, 9s 6d. Elizabeth Neil, marine
store, Dansie-street,. for false scales ; . fined Hisar6inde
Henry O'Neill, provision dealer, Lovett-street, for false
scales ; fined £1 14s 6d.
SANII'ARY CABa. Henry Sugden 'Evans was sum-
moned by Mr. Fresh for having a house, in Fleet-street,
•ty state, and it appeared that fever was there, and
some Of the people died. Dr. Duncan was examined,
and proved the case, and a fine of £4 14s 6d was im-
posed on the defendant.
Mr. George Holbrook Williams, a shoepiaker, residing in
Chester-street, Birkenhead, was charged by Alexander
Scott, a cur driver, for having assaulted him. Mr.

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Block was for tho defence. It was proved that an
assault had been committed, but under such mitigated
circumstances,.that.thhfine was only ss,.._withcad _costs- . _
Grace Stourton, late a servant at Mr. Hornby's, in
South Castle-street, summoned her late master for detain-
ing a dress, Talne £4 16s, that he had made her a present
of; Mr. Black appeared for the complainant, and was
proceeding to state the case, when it was discovered that
the transaction was over a year old, so the plaintiff was
Out of court." Ile then stated he would proceed in the
County 'Court, where there was no bar by the length of
time.

BIRKENHEAD POLICE

BEFORE THE REV. MR. FIELDEN AND MR. W. JACKSON, M P

DRUNK AND DISORDEREIBS.-A number of Men and
women were summoned on charges of being drunk and
disorderly, and fines. inflicted in the majority of cases.
The details, however, are not of the slightest interest to
the general reader. One Joseph, Madden waS charged
with- being drunk and' disorderly, anal assaulting the
police. The prisoner was in Chester-street, in the neikh-.
bourhood of Woodside Ferry, on the previous night,
about half-past eleven. He was quite drunk,' very dis-;
orderly, and calling 'upon all the cabmen in. the' vicinity to
have a fight with him. Two police officers endeavoured td
perSuade Madden to go away, but he refused, and became
so outrageous, that it took the United efforts of the
policemen for upwards of ten minutes to handcuff him.
He beat and kicked them about the shins; and._ nearly
wrenched the arm out of one of them. He was fined 20s,
or in default of payment, to be imprisoned. Pris Oner :
How many hours am I to be in bridewell ? Mr.
Fielden : Oh! only
.21 days in the Knutsford House . of
Correction. (Laughter.)
FELONY. —Thomas . Jones, charged with stealing a
bucket from the shop door of Thomas , Kenright, iron-
monger, Tranmere, was convicted of the offence, and sent
to gaol for 21 days —A notorious thief, Ellen Lewis, alias
Roberts, alias Jones, was charged with stealing a gown,
the property of Jane Dunne, residing at Egremont, and a
picture, the property of the landlord of the King's Arms
Hotel, Claughton. She pleaded guilty to the former, but
stated that she had bought the picture. She was sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour,
to the House of Correction.
STONE THROWING.—A youth named John Daly, about
thirteen years of age, was summoned on a charge of
throwing stones in the public street, to the great annoy-
ance and danger of the inhabitants. His father becoming
surety for his good behaviour for the next six months, he
was discharged after receiving a caution.
DISHONEST SHOPKEEPERS.-Afr. Griffiths, the Inspec-
tor of weights and measures for the county, appeared to
prefer charges against the following shopkeepers, fdr
dishonest trading. Andrew 'White, coal dealer, Lower
Tranmere, with using a 28 lb. weight, which was 1 lb.
short. Fined 40s and costs. James Jones, provision
dealer, New Ferry, for using a pair of scales one ounce
agaiat the buyer. Fined 40s and costs. John
Nolan, butcher, Watson-street, Birkenhead, for having
a 1 lb. weight 1 ounce 2 drachms short, and a 2 lb.
weight 5 drachmS short, also fined 40s and costs.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF AFFILIATION.—Ann Billing-
ton, a singular looking and rather silly young woman,
appeared before the magistrates for the purpose of com-
pelling Thomas Mottram to support his child, which was
born on the Ist of June last. The most singular part of
the affair is, that the father of the child is both deaf and
dumb, and that the young woman is also very dull of
hearing, and rather slow in- speech ; but the youngster
inherits none of those infirmities. The defendant
acknowledged the paternity, but as a sort of exoneration,
he offered to marry her. On the woman being asked if
she was willing to marry him, she seemed to hesitate ;
indeed, it would appear froth her manners that she did not
understand the defendant's offer On being questioned, she
stated that she never had had a child before the present one ;
but ultimately she brightened up, and said she had had
one before, and that it was "dead and buried." Mr.
IValn suggested that the complainant should have is a
week for the support of the child; but the Rev. Mr.
Fielden said they were only bound to- give something for
the 'support, and seeing the parties, and the evidence
given, which proved plainly that the defendantws more

" sinned against than sinning," he suggested that the
decision should be ld per week. Ultimately, however,
is 6d per week was granted, to commence with this day.
The parties are residents of Sutton?