Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-31 00:00:00

POLICE JATELLIGENCIE—YsmrzEDAy.

LIVkl/POOL.
BEFORE MR. AITKI N.

TILE ALLRO'p MURDER AT COPPERAS HILL —Humphrey
Bliukhorn. Rho stood charged with the murder of John
Leonard, in Copperas hill, on Saturday night, was brought
up on remand ; Mr. Muck appeared as his advocate.
The only new evidence was that of Dr. Ledge, which was
given in the Coroner's Court on Tuesday, the amount of
whim was, that the death of Leonard was caused by a
fracture of the elend and effusion of blood in the brain,
and the facture was caused by groat external violence.
Some of the witnesses peeviously examined were produced,
iced repeated their evidence Mr Ai kin said he would
tend the prisoner fur trial on tie charge of murder, and
let a jury decide whether the deceased died trom the kick
given oy the poisoner, or from the first blow. Mr. Black
said there was clearly a fight, so, in that case, the offence
would not be murder. Air. Ai kin said he weuld not alter
his opinion. Mr. Bluck said the grand jury could reduce
the cave to manslaughter. The prisoner was then sent for
trial on the charge of murder.
A PILOT'S A reiterriez.— William Covell, an apprentice
to the Pilot Committee, was charge t with absenting him-
eelf from his duty. Mr. Bre= er appeared for the
complainants. The boy was apprenticed to p lot boat No.
10, on toe Inch of April, and the charge gainst him was
proved by Mr. Williams, who thawed that the boy absented
himself from his duty five days in August, one in Septem-
ber, four in the early part of December, ant from the 24. h
to the present time. After some discussion it was agreed
to take the boy back, he promising to attend to his duty
properly and obey his superiors in future.
How TM: "Itcaea" WENT.—Robert McFarlane, des-
cribed as the keeper of an improper house, at 5 Pellew-
street, and Alice el cFarlane, both very well dressed
persons, ware brought np by officer 705 on a charge of
having stolen a gold watch and chain value £lO, the
property of Joseph Andrews, a master rigger, living in
Pitt-street. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoners, who
were described by the police as very clever theives, and
also as returned convicts. Officer 7(35, se.id about half-past
eleven or twelve the previous night ha was in Rowe street,
when he saw the woman running into the Queen's Arcade,
and suspecting something he ran round to the other entrance,
and met two prisoners coming out he caught hold of both,
and then the man put his arm round the woman, and
witness saw he had something in his hand, which he at
once seized and got the watch and chain now produced.
Cross examined by Mr. Biurk : I did not know who lost
the watch at the time, but the man who owns it came up
very soon and recognised it. Mr. Bluck : Why did you
follow the woman at all? Witness: When I saw her run-
ning, I thought there was something wrong, and I was right
Mr. Whittaker, an antuSeur detective, corroborated the
above. Joseph Andrews, a master rigger, residing in
Pitt-street, said he was going along Roe-street the previous
night, at the time stated, whey he met the woman to whom
he stopped to speak ; ho could not tell how the watch got
out cf his pocket, as he could hardly get it out himself.
Mr. black : Were you sober at the time ? Yes, perfectly
sober. Mr. Black : More shame fur you then to stop
and converse in the street with such a woman as that.
The witness made some observations in a low tone, when
Mr. Bluck said : Open your menth, sir. Witness :
you want to see my teeth ? Mr. Black : They are very
white, I suppose, but I have no curiosity to see them, I
want to hear you 'talk. Mr. Bluck then cross-examined
the witness at great length ; the details were not as
edifying as they might probably have been, had not the
witness stooped to speak to the woman. Mr. Clough said
Mr. Bluth only wanted to throw tire on the respectable
gentleman. Mr. Black : lam instructed to cross-examine
him, and I will perform my duty. Throw dirt on hint !
Why, he threw the dirt on himself when he stopped to
talk pith this woman in the street—l might, if I e era
inclined, throw dirt on him, by aleieg him if he ie a
married man ? but in mercy to him 1 will net. M-.
Clough : The clever gentlemen who attend here from the
press, and who report toe proceedings so accurately, are sure
to record such cases. Mr. Black : No doubt they will,
faithfully, as they do ; and that's what they are here for.
Mr. Clough : Yes, but so much afraid of them, and a you,
was an old gentleman who lost a sixty guinea watch the
other night, that ho forfeited all rather than come up to
prosecute, when he was sure to be exposed, first by you
if you had the case, and then have his name exposed next
day in the papers. Slr Buck : I always do my chitty to
my clients, and the repprters do their du.y to the public,
if old gentlemen got into bad society and lose their gold
watches, its their own fault, they ought to think of their
exposure before going into bad company, and that would
save them. Detective cificers Smith and Sullivan spoke
to the prisoners character, and from the very " excellence of
its badness" the prisoners were sent for trial.
EXTRAMDUICARY CAE ABOUT A PICTURE. —Samuel Cole-
man, a respectable looking person, was put to the felon's
bar, charged under the following circumstances : —Mr.
Martin said he appeared cn behalf of Mr. J. R. Isaac!,
of Castle-street, who is an extensive picture dealer an I
print seller, and in whose service the prisoner had been
up to last August. Mr. leaaca had an extensive business
connection with a houee in London, which sent him
pictures on sale and return. A short time since an account
was sent from London to Mr. Isaacs, who, on looking over
the acceunt, found that there was one picture missing.
On examination he found that the picture (one of Herring's
splendid farm-yard scenes, worth £4O) was pledged in
November, 1850, at Mr. Byford'e, in Dale-street, but that
subsequently it was taken out, and re-pledge 1 with others,
and no account of this had been entered in Mr. Isaacs'
books by the prisoner. Mr. Cobb : If Mr. Martin would say
what the charge is that he prefers against the prisoner, I
would be able to meet it—is the charge felony or for illegal
pledging ? Detective officer Sullivan : I have arrested him
on a charge of felony. Mr. Cobb : I ask Mr. Martin what is
the charge he prefers against the prisoner? Mr. Martin :
We charge him with felony. Mr. Cobb : That is distinct ;
then, you will not go Pn the illegal pledging ? No ; on the
felony : Mr. Cobb : Very well, then, go on, and I wilt meet it.
Mr. Martin: Then I will prove the case b.( calling Mr. Isaacs.
Mr. J. R Dues was then examined, and said : The pri-
soner left my employment about the 21th of August. I
have a large trade with Lloyd and Co., of London, They
sand me pictures on sale and return. I know this picture
It was in my house. I did not sell it to the pisoner. The
firm sent down a listrequestirg me to return cart ain pictures.
This one was missing. I found it at Mr. Byford's. 1 did not
give the prisoner any authority to pledge anything Cross-
examined by Mr. Cobb : I never gave him any authority
whatever to pledge anything ; the prisoner was in my
employ for eight years, and left my employ about :ho 24th
of August ; I was ill, but not so as to prevent me attend-
ing to my business. Mr. Cobb : Did he not pledge the
picture to pay your men? I never gave him the
privilege to pledge anything to pay my men on
Saturday night ; there was a good deal of pledging,
but I did not know it ; since he left I found out he was
in the habit of pledging. He was my cash keepee and I
keep a cash book ; this is it ; I don't find any entry
of pawning in it. Mr. Cobb : Look at Byford, £4O ?
I see it. Mr. Cobb : Is not that an entry cf pawning?
No. That £4O the prisoner said he borrowed from Mr.
Byford. Mr. Aikin : If it was borrowed from Mr. Byford,
on a pledge for your account, by the prisoner, and that
you knew it, will it not be pledging for you? Witness : I
never gave him any authority whatever to pledge anything
for me. Mr. Cobb : You positively swear that ? I do,
most certainly. Mr. Cobb : Did you ever know that he
plated anything for you ? Never—he never did pledge
anything for me to my knowledge. Mr. Cobb : Would a
pawnbrcker lend you £4O without you leaving something
in the shape of property in pledge ? Witness : The
prisoner told In e he took property of his own to pledge—.
the date of that was May, 1857. Mr. Cobb : Then, your
statement is, that he pledged property of his own and
lent you the £4O he got on it ? Witness : Yes. that's
quite right. Mr. Cobb : Do you know an artist named
Cooper? Yes. Do you remember sending any of his
pictures to your uncle's? No. Mr. Cobb : Do you swear,
sir, eon did not eend Cooper's pictures up the spout ? I
don't remember that I ever did. Mr Cobb : Did you ever
send your watch up the spout by the hands of the prisoner?
1 don't remember. Mr. Cobb Have you some diamond
studs? Yes. Mr. Cobb: Did the prisoner ever pledge them?
I never gave the prisoner authority to pledge any of my
shop property. Mr. Cobb : Now, I have you, sir; you
swore that the prisoner never pledged any property of
yours, you now want to say " shop property." I ask you
air, on your oath, during the last two years, has the prisoner
pledged ai h Byford any things to your a knowledge?
Witness: I acknowledge that in cases of pressure or die
tress for the time, that 1 gave my watch and studs to pledge,
but with regard to shop property, I never gave him any.
Mr. Cobb : I ask, did you not give him your watch and
studs to pledge, to get out Cooper's property so that was
putting one thing up the spout, to take out another ? No.
Mr. Cobb : Are you a judge of pictures ? I ought to be
Mr. Cobb : But are you, sir ? don't trifle in this way.
Witness : Yea. Mr. Cebb : Do you know pictures by
Ariidale ? Yes, I think these are my own ; they are not
up the spout. Never knew the prisoner pledge until he
left. Knows Lawrence and Landseer pictures ; there are
two of these with Mr. Byford, but I did not know that
until the prisoner left me. Mr. Cobb : I now ask you, sir,
do you mean to say, that all these things went to Mr.
Byford's pawnshop, and that you knew nothing about
them? Certainly, I did not. Mr. Cobb : Are you a man
of business ? Yes. Mr. Cobb : And know all about your
affairs? Yes Mr. Cobb : Then, I ask you, as a saan of
business, if all these things went out without your
knowledge ? I can't say. Mr Cobb : Do you deny the
entries in this book ? I don't deny the entries. Mr. Cobb :
How came your watch to be pledged ? Because I wanted
money. Mr. Cobb : After what has transpired up to this,