Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-03 00:00:00

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STEALING COTTON ON THE RAILWAY.---MRTgaret
Kelly, a girl about seventeen .years of age, was charged
with stealing cotton. From the statement of a
porter on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, it
would seem that he Observed three girls go to a truck
and pull out a quantity of cotton. They concealed it
about their person, and he followed them. They made
off towards the canal; and, seeing that they would ulti-
mately be caught, they each took off their petticoats and
threw them into the Canal. The "porter came up and
laid hold of the prisoner, who then, with'some violence;
attempted to throw him into the canal after the petti-
coats. She did not succeed, and the porter was able to
keep hold of her and recover the garments, in the
pockets of which 75 lbs. of first-class cotton,were found.
The prisoner was committed for three months.
[Before Messrs. SHILL and TURNER.]

ASSAUiT UPON A: MOTHER.—Catherine Pearns, a
woman residing in Bana.stre-street, charged her son,
Thomas Fearns, with assaulting and beating her. The
son lives in the same street as his mother, and is
married. It would seem from Mr. Cobb's statement,
who appeared for the defence, that there had been some
quarrel between the defendant's wife and his sister.
The mother of the defendant interfered, and he gave her
a push. This was the assault. The magistrates con-
sidered that the young man was very culpable, even
in pushing his mother aside, and fined him in 10s. and
costs, which were immediately paid.
ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—,Charles Dodd and Jane
Dodd were brought up charged with assaulting police-
officer 456. Mr. Block appeared for the defence, and
stated that the officer had taken out no ' less than four
summonses against his clients, which, he said, was enough
to kill any man or woman. The officer. said, on the 20th
August, the woman was drunk at one o'clock in the

He Went in the evening to get her
name, when the man struck him on the breast tad
knocked him down. The third summons was against
the woman inr obstructing, the officer.—Mr. Bluck :
When did the woman obstruct you ? When the man
struck me. My clothes were torn by the wife. Officer 445
said he was in company with the last witness, and saw the
man knock him down. A ferocious dog, belonging to the
defendants, took hold of his leg and bit him, and he
issued the fourth summons, for allowing the dog to bite
him.—Mr. Bluck called a witness, who swthe that Dodd
'tvas so drunk that he could not have knocked a woman
down, far less an officer.—The male prisoner was fined
20s. and costs, and the case against the woman was dis-

morning

missed,

BEERSELLEILS'

CASES

James Pye was summoned for permitting drunkenness
in.his }Muse on the morning of the 30th August last.
The officer stated t. at he knocked at the door and was
refused admittance, but he could not see that there was
any one drunk in the house. ' The summons was for
permitting.drunkenness, and the case was dismissed.—
James Blcer, Hurst-Street, Was summoned for permitting
drunkenness on his premises. Mr. Cobb appeared for
the defence. A fine of 10s. and costs was imposed.—

F. Major, Trafalgar-street; defended by Mr. Cobb,`was
• fined 10s and costs for permitting drunkenness.—
....

Hugh Devlin, Simpson-street, defended by Mr. Cobb,
was summon( d by officer 771 for selling ale at a quarter
past twelve o'clock on Saturday night last. The officer
stated that be looked at his watch, and found that it was

Mr. Cobb contended that the

a quarter-past twelve
watch might be wrong; and on the watch being pro-
duced, it was found to be ten minutes fast. The

case was dismissed.—Stephen Jones, Dorswell-street,
was summoned for Sunday trading. 'Mr. Cobb defended
in this case also. The charge was not sustained
by the evidence, and the case was consequently dismissed.
Ann Derbyshire, Hughes-street, beerseller, was sum-
moned for Sunday trading. The case was dismissed.—
Mary Sutton, Charter-street, was also summoned for
Sunday trading. Case dismissed.—William Davies, Park-
street, summoned for Sunday trading, fined 20s. and
costs.—Thomas Parker, Olive-street, fined ss. and costs
for a like offence.—John Bedford, Martin-street, sum-
moned for selling during prohibited hours, fined ss. and
costs.