Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--SATunne.r.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. •
RwruSING TO PROCEED TO SEA.—Daniel Elders, a seaman,
was brought up by Superintendent Murphy, of the Sailors'
Home, on a charge of having refused to proceed to sea in
a amp called the Mary Anne, he having signed articles
to proceed to Portobello and back, and he had received a
month's advance, but he refused to go to sea that morning,
and thus delayed the sailing of the vessel. Bis Worship
said he wo: ld punish such cases severely. He sent the
prisoner to jail or ten weeks.
COMMITTAL or MaDeete ANNIE.—Anna Rosenberg, better
known as "Madame Annie," who keeps an infamous house
in Hotham-street, was brought up on a Queen's Bench
warrant, by detective officer Thomas Smith, en the ch rge
of keeping a house of ill-fame in the above street. Mr.
Patterson snd Mr. Walters appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Campbell for the prisoner. It may be necessary
to observe how the pr eoner came to be arrested. It
appeared that at the recent sessions before the Recerdsr, a
bill of indictment was preferred before the Grand Jury,
aeainst the prisoner, for keepirg the house in question.
The Grand Jury found a true bill against her, but as she
was not forthcoming, a Queen's Bench warrant was issued
for her arrest. It was ascertained that she was on the
Continent, and the warrant was entrusted to Smith for
execution. This active officer found that she was on the
Continent, pursuing her usual career (which will be seen),
mad judging that she would return with some females,
whom she had "trapped," he kept a sharp look out for
her return. About three in the morning. he found that
she had just arrived by mail train from Hamburg bring-
ing three young girls with her. It seemed that
the girls were at once rent off to a private
house, already prepared far their temporary reception,
somewhere in Everton, or between that township and
West Derby, whilst the " Madame" proceeded to her own
des us in Hotham-street. The officer proceeded, armed
with the warrant, to her house, where he found her in
company with a pers n who keeps a large business house
in Bold-street. Smith at once put her under arrest, and
told her the charge, but allowed her to dress in her best,
and so he lodged her in Bridewell. She remarked that it
was all spite on the part of the vile English ; because she
was a poor foreigner earning an honest livelihood, they
envied her ! When she was put to the bar, Smith was
sworn, and in reply to Mr. Patterson, ho said I know the
prisoner, and arrested her on this warrant; that warrant
was issued in consequence of bills found against her at the
late ses;ione, before the Recorder. I was present when the
bills were found against her by the Grand Jury, for keeping
an infamous house in Hotham-street. Mr. Campbell:
Do you know who sent up the bills to the Grand Jury?
-Yes. Mr Campbell : Who ? Mr. Walters and the
police Mr. Campbell : Do you know who the witnesses
were ? Ido not. Mr. Campbell, addressing his Worship,
said, as the case could not possibly end in that court, his
Worship would, perhaps, allow the prisoner out on her
own recognizance to appear at sessions. His Wor,hip said,
indeed, I will not. I believe it is well-known that the
business of this infamous woman, is no other than
entrapping poor girls over here from Hamburg, for their
destruction. Officer Smith : It is your Worship, and she
had only come in direct .from Hamburg at three in the
morning, and she brought three young girls with her;
elle managed to get them off somewhere into Everton,
before I came up to the station, but I am going to look
after them now. Mr. Mansfield : She is a most notorious
woman in Liverpool, and the police have done quite right
in arresting her. Mr. Campbell : Will your Worship let
her go, if she promises to leave the house within f ,urteen
days ? Mr. Mansfield : Certainly not ;I am only
uninisterial in this case ; my duty is to committ her for
trial. Mr. Campbell: Will you take bail ? Mr. Mans-
field : Yes, two sureties in 1100 each, and herself in
r2OO, novice must be g von of the names, &c. of the bail.
I now commit her to take her trial on the warrant cf the
Recorder. The 21a.'!,ame" was then removed from the i
laar.

SAILING UvDER FALSE COLOURS —A THIEF CAUGHT A
BECOYD TIME —James Masson, alai Captain Faucett, a
well dressed fellow, apparently about thirty years of age,
was bre-tight up by detective officer Sullivan (and Hodson
of the Birkenhead force), on a charge of having obtained
several sums of matey by means of false representations.
The history of the dodges of this "artificer" was as
follows, and it will be observed that he took a bold step
at once. There were several charges against bim, bat the
two following being considered quite sufficient, no other
was entered on. The prisoner went to the shop of Mr.
Sampson, a chronometer maker, in Strand-street, and
stated that he was the captain of one of Messrs. Baines'
Black Ball line of Australian ships, having on, at the
time, a cap with gold lace, and the well-known ensign with
the black ball in it, He said he bad just come ashore
frnm Australia, and that his sextant, quadrant, telescopes,
chronometer, &c., had been taken to the office of the fi m,
and that these articles wanted repairing. He gave Mr.
Sampson an order on Mr. McKay for the above-named
articles, directing Mr. Sampson to repair them. On
leavipg, he politely borrowed £2, saying he was in a hurry,
and had come ashore without any money. Mr. 8. sent the
order to Mr. McKay, who sent it back, with a memorandum
endorsed on it, to the effect that he did not know the '
writer, and of course had no instruments belonging to
Mr. Sampson gave a description of the prisoner to
the police, and Sullivan followed him to Birkeuhead, and
gave a description of him to Hodson, who got him on
Friday—gold laced cap and all—in Market-street, where
he was rapidly " trying it on" on several of the soft natives
of that locality. The officer told him what he was charged
with, and the prisoner said, " I admit it, and ought to be
pemished for it." On the fourth inst., he patronised Mr.
James Whitty, cloth merchant, Price-street, where he re.
presented himself as Captain Faucett, of the ship
Alice Walton, and ordered materials for clothes,
and then asked the loan of twenty-five shillings, but Mr.
Whitty refused, and then the prisoner begged he would
sand a messenger to Mr. Cameron's, South Castle street,
to ascertain the name of a street, and number of a house,
where Mr Cameron had sent him to lodge, and the mes-
senger bringing back a satisfactory reply, Mr. Whitty
thought the prisoner was respectable, and the 25e affair
was renewed, but fell (like thecelebiated case of Jeremy
Diddler) to the ridiculous sum of Bs, which Mr.
Whiny really gave him. In reply to Mr Clough, both
Whitty and Mr. Sampson said they would not have
given him any money but for his representations, and the
latter said it was .a common thing for captains, who knew
him, when just come ashore, to step in and borrow small
rites just for temporary purposes. The prisoner asked
?aim if he did not know hen? and he replied he did not.
but he lent him the money on his representations. Mr,
James, a gentleman fr„,ra the office of Messrs. Baines,
proved than the prisoner was not in the employ of that
house. There were several other victims in the court,
tut his Worship said the charges cf Mr. Sampson and
Mr. Whitty were quite sufficient, and sent the prisoner for
trial at assizes. [lt appeared that the prisoner was only
fast out of Knutsfurd Gaol, where he had served a term of
irarrrisonment for having stolen a gold watch from the house
()Mr. Thomas Gilbert son, who keeps a respectable tavern at
2411 ker.head, and who is also the well-known and respected
chief-steward of the Iron Duke steamer, between this port
and Kingstown. The prisoner, on the occasion of that
,robbery, represented himself as a captain also.]