The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD.

STEALING A GOLD WA.TCH. —Jane Carveley, a young
girl, was chaged with having stolen a gold watch, the pro-
perty of Miss Eliza Brett, at Rock Ferry. Miss Brett
stated that the prisoner was, about eighteen months ago, in
her employ as dressmaker, and no doubt at that time took
the opportunity of taking the watch. She did not, how-
ever, wish to press the charge against the girl. bat thought
that her father acted in every improper manner by pawning the
watch, instead of giving information to the police. The
father, Robert Carveley, in answer, said that his daughter
brought home the watch, saying she had found it, and he
certainly went and pawned it in Liverpool in his own name.
As Miss Brett did not wish to press the charge against the
girl, she was discharge:], and the father was then called
upon to say what he thought proper in answer, when he
again admitted bow he had acted in the matter. The
bench said it was a very bad case indeed. He ought to
have known better; and although his daughter had told
him that she found it, it was his bounden duty to have
given information to the police, so that they might have
endeavoured to find an owner. Not having done that, and
having acted in the way he did, they felt bound, as a caution
for the future, to punish biro under the Pawnbrokers' Act,
and fine him 20s. by way of penalty, 20s, for the amount for
which the watch wag pledged, and costs—amounting in the
whole to £3 is. 6d.

SWEET FRIENDS IN TROUBLE.—Charles Baker and
Margaret Smith were charged with stealing seven half
pound packages of sugar, the property of Patrick \Vhellegan,
a grocer. in Egerton street. The sugar had been seen safe
in the shop a few minutes before it was missed, and upon
the discovery Mr. Whellegan went out and overtook the
prisoners, finding the sugar in a basket carried by the
woman. The prisoner Baker said he had given the sugar
to the woman, and she keew nothing about it, which the
woman admitted. Having elected to be tried here, they
were severally dealt with under the new act, and sentenced
to 21 days' hard labour in the Knutsford House of Cor-
rectign.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT-FORTUNATA' ESCAPE OP

FOUR MEN.

Yesterday, between two and three o'clock, an accident
happened at the new buildings now being erected at the
corner of Old Hall and Chapel streets, and although
fortunately not attended with fatal consequences, yet it
has proved serious. The facts are these :—The building
in question, which must be well known to our readers,
is being erected by Mr. Joinson, the contractor, and at
the time stated the workmen were engaged putting a
key stone into an arch. On a sudden a crash was heard,
and a portion of two storey walls came down with great
force. It is supposed that the fall was caused by the
snapping of an iron beam. The scaffolding, being
unusually strong and secure, was the cause of saving the
lives of four men, who would otherwise have been
smashed to pieces. As it was, they were severely injured,
two, named John Murphy and Wm. Brownall. had their
ribs and one arm fractured and otherwise injured ; and
two others, named John Tynan and William Murphy,
were severely contused in several parts of the body. The
four sufferers were at once conveyed to the Northern
Hospital, where prompt assistance was rendered, and
last night they were going ou as favourably as could be
expected. No immediate feat result is anticipated.