Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-28 00:00:00

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(Before Messrs, Hoifoarntrand-tiovn.) •
ANOTHER CASN. tilifflo'loF.k.ts- CanprPreArgre-:-
Jolni Bostock, a seaman, was brought up owthe charge .
of taking a false certificate to the shirping offiCe,:Sailors'
Home, and endeavouring by means of it to get shipped
oaboard the' Ohanles psfesit IV pleaded guilty; but-
argued as an excuse' lfd had' ndobey. 'Mr. 'Mdrphy;
Superintendent of the out-door- staff of the Sailors'
Home said there-:was hotie6egsity to adopt such repro.
ceeding, as when. a sailor • in such a.coadition came• and
represented hie case, to him; he invariably used his
mice to prectirehim ' The-magistrates ordered..
the' prisoner to ,pay a fine of. £2O, Or in default; three
months' imprisonment." •
. „NEGLECTING TO' JOIN'. i. Sitit":=-41enky.Guy," a sea-
Mali, was, brought tap on the /charge' qf :neglecting to.
join the ship Anne Gray after he had signed her articles:
He pleaded that he could not- join-lher as he was run
over by an omnibus and severely hurt. Be was however
proved to have been in a house ofbad' fame at the time.
• He was conseAndntly eciiiiiniftitifoi ten weeks
C4ARGE Oc PERJURY Blackhurgt;made
- cation to the magistrates. for the colrimittah of "William
Smith and illianr Mortis, whom he charged • with
being guilty of perjury-. Mr. Deighton ,appeared -for
the-defendants. • Mr. Blacklurst said the, case. arose out
of a disputed' aecourit.. 'lt' 'appeared that Mr-.• Thomas'
Tevers brought an action -in the .Court ofT Passage
.against Messrs. Ilartley and Smith, ironmongers, Loh •
-
don-road, for £l6B. 'The conrt-referred it to theilecision
-Of Mr. Fleet,:Deputy Regietrarof the conit.:...l,Vitnesses,
have:.been before him five or times, and thirty-five
items of the-account haVe undergone eiaminatien. On'
the- .14th . Of December Mast, the. .two derettclante, were
examined before him. in reference to an item of 35.,
charged for drilling three holes in:a bannister. The de-
fendants swore that there was aie hole drilled'; and
fevers deposed that .there 'were -three. -In support
of this statement he trought forward the persons who
made:the
.pattern sand. cut the bannister.. Mr. 'Fleet
and a number of ,witnesses were called, but the evideiee
was Co•conflieting thaf thel7niagistrates disthissed the
ease'.

(Before Messrs. S3itr4
.and ILIJTCHISON.)
BEMRHOUSE.iiiEPERS' .4 SES :—Charles Livingston,
Harding,streett beerliouse-kpeper, was, summoned. fir
Sunday trading. Acquitted.-Daniel- McLean, luxe
street, heerhonse-keeper, summoned for Sundh trading:-
Fined ss. and costs.—Richard Naylor,;beerhouse-keeper,:
Johnson-street,, was . summoned for Sunday trading;
Aequitted..,-4anioti-Flanagati, heerhouse-keeper. Porter-
Street, summoned for Synda.y trading; was fined ss. and
costs.—Jane Collins, beerhouse-keeper,
was summoned for Sunday- trading. - Acquitted.—
David Pearce,' beerlmse-keeper, , was. summoned for
glinday trading. Acquitted.---Janes M.3onbrey, beer-
house-keeper, Mersey-street, was-summoned for Sunday
trading. Fine& is and costs.'' ---Alide Hunt, beer-
house-kceper,
„Dalton-street, summoned. for selling ale
at twentylninutes past twelve at-night:. Fined..6s. and
costs:—Martha Edwards, beerhouse-keeper,
was summoned for selling after eleven o'clock at night.
Fined 2s. 6d. and 2s. 61- c-oiCs':—Anne Battersley,
Harding-street; eating-house, keeper, was summoned for
selling beer. Mr. Cob appeared for . the defence, and'
stated that: she had, net- sold thebeer. The, case *as
adjeurned for further ny.idence. - ,

FIRE AT A LtiNATIP 4.s.yLpi.7-7-The inhabitants of:
Wells- were on Wednesday fait, about 10 o'clock, pain-
fully excited by a report that the lunatic asyluM,
containing at. _present. about 400, inmates, was on fire.
Upon proceeding thither, it was found that the laundry
and appurtenant offices' had become ignited, it is sup-
posed from the overheAtirigisof the.hot-water apparatus.
The Wells fire engine was- soon on the spot and at work,
and there being a good supply of water, the fire.was-
ednfined to the,placetwhere it ,originated. • The damage
is'roughly estimated at from £4OO to £5OO. Arrange-
ments had been made in anticipation- of the 'flames
spreading br. the-removal of 'patients Troia those. parts
which were in danger, butt fortunately.such a step.was
unnecessary. -The loss is-covered. by insurance. •
."'
'CONCEALMENT OF A WILL..-On. Thursday, at , the
'Oldham Borough Court, Margaret. wife of Edward
Ellis, moulder, of Hulme, Manchester, charged Abraham
James and Margaret James; his wife:i b WeSt4titet,
Oldham, with concealing a will-made by 'John Whalley
(deCeased), coal agent, of Preston, the former husband
of:Margaret Ellis, and uncle 'Of Margaret, James.—Mr.
Ascroft,-the- solicitor for complainapt,stated that in the
year 1842 Johii-Wlialley died, and by his will (made by
Mr. Charnley, of the 'firm of Winstanley•and Charnley,'
solicitorS, Treaon); he left his widow £lOO a year, to be
-paid from the proceeds o his estate,' and'if that snmeould -
net otherwise be obtained, the executors were to mort-
gage or sell so as to obtain that amount for his widow
.until her death, When the property was to go to certain ,
relations:, . The property: had been mortgaged by- the
'deceased, and after. his death the mortgagees took pos-
seision, and it was not known whether there would be
anything for .the widow or not. The will„therefore,
was not proved, arid Mrs. Whalley had possession. In the
year. 1850, she lent it to the female defendant, on a pro-
mise that: it: should be returned. llaving married Mr.
Ellis, she went to live in Manchester, and in 1857 she
demanded the will from Mrs. James,-who acknowledged
having it, but would not giveiit up. Aiportian of John
Whalley's, property, consisting of houses in Preston,
had then'Worked itself clear: In May„lBso, Mr. Ellis
saw Mr., James and Mrs. James, and the latter told
him that she would consult with her husband, whether
she should send the 'will to Mrs. Ellis or Mr. Dodd, of
Preston, her Solicitor: The will, however, was not
sent, and Mr. James told John Hilton, a mechanic, that
he should be a fool if he gave up the will, for the ten
houses which were clear would bring in a nice sum for
his old age, and no one could prOve that he had the will,
and he could claim it when: Mrs. Ellis died.—Witnesses
were called in support of this statement, and the defence
offered was that the will had been mislaid or destroyed.,
—The Magistrates, after a consultation, discharged the'
case against Abraham James, and committed Margaret
James for trial at the assizes, -accepting bail, her hus-
band in.£loo, and fotirsureties in £25 each.

Erremisi THIEVES IN PARIS.—We are al *ars
honoured in Parisrwith a number of English pickpockets,
but at the present moment an unusual emigration of
London thieves has taken place, for at Mazas there are
about a dozen at the present moment, and 'that prison is
never entirely free from English professors of sleight-of-,
hand, whose reputation here is so great that the police
say when wanting to designate extraordinary.
talent in thieving, "He picks pockets like an
Englishman." - These fellows come over generally
from London well dressed • and provided with
money. On a late occasion no less than £l4O was
found on a swell-mobsman, together with a gold watch,
'rings, &c. On arriving at. Paris these "gentlemen"
generally take' up their quarters at a second-rate hotel,
where they spend, moderately, come home early, and
generally behave in such a way as, if inquired after, the
landlord is able to state that they are orderly, and, as
far as he knows, "very-, honest people'. It is, perhaps,
singular that not one of these London pickpockets who
honour us with periodical visits is ever found, on being
brought before_ the authorities, to speak a word,, of
French. Whether this 'is -an 'accident, or part of their
game, I do not pretend toisay. There seems to exist
something like organisation; for as each thief arrives in
Paris he puts himself in communication with other
British swell-mobsmen already here. Their mode of pro-
ceeding is in groups of three to watch country persons
coming out of banks, or arriving at railway stations.
Having ascertained in which pocket money is placed,
one man hustles his intended victim, a second extracts
the plunder, whilst the third accomplice is on the spot
to give warning if the police are near. Business is also
carried on in the railway carriage, where travellers
sometimes accept proffered services on their arrival in
Paris . from the " gentlemanly and intelligent" person
who sits next to them during the journey. The kind
friend, when arriving in Parisrputs-them into an hotel,
and conducts them about until -an- epportunity• occurs
for plundering their victim of everything he may pos-
sess, even to the carpet-bag and night-cap. Instances
have occurred of these fellows meeting with such
complete flats that they venture to rob in their pre-
sence, and contrive to make it appear that the robbery
has been effected by the foolish . fellow to whom
they are showing the lions of Paris. These rascals give
the French police endless trouble even when they get
into prison, where they contrive to annoy the authori-
ties with what the latter call "British eccentricity."
They nevertheless accept their punishment with the
utmost composure and resignation. They are generally
found guilty. if they once fall into the hand of the law,
and sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from
six months to three years. There are probably some
dozens of these fellows always undergoing sentence in
France. It is a shame and scandal to our country to
look at the police sheet and discoverso many unmistak-
able English names accused of criminal. offences, and
chiefly with picking pockets.—Paris Correspondent of the
Morning Post.