The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-28 00:00:00

BEFORE MR. J. AIKEN.

A NOVEL TEA CHEST !—A carpenter named William
Knight, was charged under the following circumstances
i tappeared that about 70 lbs. of tea was stolen out of
a the store room of the American ship " Ontario," and that
store, in order to
youth named Robert 141‘Clouci was put to watch the
again catch any one who might visit the
store
Commit a robbery. On Monday he saw
the prisoner and another man go into the store, and he
watched them. MI saw the prisoner fill the other man's
breast (inside his shirt, dre.) with a quantity of tea, and
as they were about to leave. be seized on both of them.
The man with the tea, being assisted by some ruffianly
lumpers who were at vork on board, got off, but the boy
held the prisoner until the police arrived, and then he
Was given into custody. The boy said he would know
the other man if he saw him, and the prisoner was re-
manded in order to give the police an opportunity of
I.)Aing out for the other fellow.
" A BLACK BALLEn."—John Brown, one of those ruffians
who prowl about the docks, and who comes under the
denoa,.ina ion of a " Black B tiler," in consequence of
the depredations committed by snch fellows, was brought
uP charged with having stolen a quantity of clothes
b,,longing to a person named James Reynolds, from on
hoard the ship Albion. The operations of the "Black
Biller's" are bold and fearless. They enter any ship they
"11 ; lay hold of whatever comes in their way, and
Walk ashore with an indifferent air of honesty. This
Was the case in the present instance, but the prisoner was
caught in the act, and the clothes taken from him, Ha
Was sentenced to one month's hard labour.

CAPTURE AND COMMITTAL OP A GANG OF
.7210US.EBREASE.RS AT BRADFORD.

bnring the last month, seven or eight warehouses, offices,
11111 'hoes, have been broken open in Bradford, but fortunately
~
"of° great amount of booty has been carried off, parties having,
l°Ck
wisely adopted the precaution of leaving no money in-
uP premises. The offices of the Midland Railway (goods
~Th°n) did not escape entry by skeleton keys, but the robbers
"Parted without money, having vainly tried to burst open the
Safe. Late on Thursday evening last, or early on Friday
y?rtling, the office of Messrs Boyes, carting agents to the
tidland Company, was also broken open, the desk forced up.
Id books and papers strewed about, and change to the amount
75 2d carried away, but nothing more. Through the
at" part of that night, as for several nights previously,
superintendent Burmislow and detective Shuttleworth were
latchingl the proceedings of a gang, who they knew lived by
plunder, and resided in a cellar dwelling, under a beerhouse, in
road, named Edwin Kershaw, Wm. Spetcher, Annie
Petcher, Annie Burns, and Isabella Wigglosworth. On hear-
-34 that Messrs. Boyes's warehouse had been entered, they at
Zee entered the cellar dwelling of the burglars, all of whom
eY took into custody. In their possession wore found a
rtic lantern (which could be thrust into a man's pocket), a
(13'.ge number of skeleton keys (one of which could open the
Eaetbrook Chapel, another the gate leading to the
lilMidland Railway yard, and various other doors and gate-
aye), and algi a piece of gutta percha, for takig impressions
the warda of locks. In the left pocket of Kershaw's
tr6Weers siz keys were also found. which had that very morn-
'4 been taken from a desk in Mc. Boyes's office, and also
ill% him a crown piece similar to that which had been left in
'e desk. A pair of thick leather gloves were also
found, and identified as having been in the desk the night
berets it was broken open. On Monday, at the Borough
n
urt, the male prisoners and Burns were committed, and
I,3aPetetter and Wigglesworth were discharged. Reuben Pye, a
irdresSer, preferred a charge against them of having in their
I)°ssessien hair combs, which had been taken from his shop,
-"jell had been twice broken open and entered within the
'tlil"th, and quantitiesff of cigars also carried off. It is hoped
tthe town has thus got rid cf a mischievous gang of
depredators.

P°I.EY'S AMERICAN GOLD PENS.—Charles Willmer,
wholesale and retail stationer, 19, South John•street,
irtie:Pectfally intimates to merchants, traders, and dealers,
t be has been appointed sole agent for the sale of Foley's
celebrated Arnencan Gold Pens, which are universally
11.2,1,n° wledged to be far superior to any other manufactured
:',ner in America or this country, They are sold cheaper,
re made of the best gold, with superior points, and are
i"anted to wear at least ten ynears. In America they
a
ve b'en extensively used for that period, and are pre-
eu to new ones. The prices range from five shillings to
a
bgoinea each. Supplied wholesale by Charles Willmer,
South John-street, Liverpool.—Advt.
lciill'Ts•—There are two objections to the common mode of
. n?' rat
ts by laying poison for them •, first, the daner to
vrbieh" .
exposes other animals, and even human beings;
the possibility that the rats, havirg partaken of it,
,bIY retire to their holes, and dying there, cause an intal-
rat"st"ch, nod produce numerous crawling insects. Greer's
"tt Anti:Vermin Mixture for the immediate dtstruction
of
Er ?its and mice, ia free from these objections and hai
cleared dwelling houses, ships, and o•ter places,
6, were much infested with these dcstrue`ive and
thc.'greeable inmates. The smell of the hlit ill attract
deiivennin from their holes, and it being such a special
40,1'4., to them, they will devour it with greediness,
omeuto on the spot. To be hail at the Anti Vermin
Ca- 49, Brownlow hill, Liverpool, at 6d, Is, and 4s each.
I.;sent free by poet to any part of the United Kingdom,
'."14 tear A.ustralia, dec,—Advt.