Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-18 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
STEALING CorrEn.—John Bolan, an elderly man,
residing at 28, Smithfield-street, was charged with
stealing 201bs. of copper, value 14s. Officer 329 said
that he met the prisoner coming from the Sandon
Graving Dock, with the copper concealed about his
person, and when questioned about it was unable to
give satisfactory 54connt as to where he got it.
The prisoner pleaded guilty to stealing the copper, but
invention; Qya t.i6;i: will break through stone walls." "thvA want is the mother of
excused himself by saying
He was sent to prison for two months.
OBTAINING MONEY ON FALSE'PRETENCES.—WiIIiam
Ellam, joiner, Soho-street, was brought up on the
charge of obtaining £1 15s. from a Frederick Fox on
false pretences. It appears that in the beginning of
last year the prisoner was in the empiny of Mr. Evans
Jones, builder, Birkenhead, who had a quantity of
timber lying in Mr. Gregson's timber yard, in order to
be sawn into deals. The prisoner went to Mr. Fox,
saying that he had 20 deals, which he would sell him.
Mr. Fox purchased them, and paid him the abovo
amount, discovering when he sent to the yard for the
timber that the prisoner had nothing to do with it.
The prisoner was committed for trial, but admitted to
bail in two sureties of £5O each.
ROBBING AN EMPLOY r:R.—John Brooks, a lad abOut
fourteen years of age, whose parents reside at 1, Villier's-
place, Villier's-street, was charged with stealing 3s. 6d,
from the till in the shop of his employer, Mr. Kest.
hosier, Berry-street. Mr. Beet stated that he had been
missing money from the till for some time back, and in
order to find out the guilty party marked all the coins
in the drawer on Thursday night, leaving the key in the
lock. Yesterday morning he counted over the amount
and found that 3s. 6d. was gone. He called the lad to
him, and asked him if he knew anything of the matter:;
but he. strenuously denied all knowledge of the matter ;
but, on being searched, half-a-crown and a shilling were
found in his possession, which the prosecutor identified
by the marks lie had put on them. The prisoner said
he had got the money from his grandmother to buy
flour. He was remanded for seven days.

KEEPING A PAWNBROKE WS SHOP WITHOUT A
LICENSE.—John Fitzpatrick, who resides in Greetham-
street, was summoned for keeping a pawnbrokeea shop
without a license.—Mr. Tyndal appeared on behalf of
the Board orlnland Revenue, and Mr. Cobb conducted
the defence.—lt appears that the defendant was once
licensed, but lost it in consequence of some illegal trans-
actions, and since then he has been carrying on business
in his wife's name.—Patrick, John, and Margaret Hart,
deposed that, in the month of December last, they pledged
a table for Is. at the defendant's shop, which they had
not got back, as defendant alleged it had been stolen
out of his yard. They further stated that it was cus-
tomary for Fitzpatrick to charge 4d. a shilling interest,
and if articles were of value it was impossible to get
them from him, although there was ne difficulty in re-
covering anything that was worthless.—The defendant
was sentenced to pay a fine of £5O and costs, or, in
default, to go to prison for three months.
(Before Messrs. lIORNBY and HOUGHTON.)
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS' CASES.—The follow-
ing publicans and beersellers were summoned for con;ra-
vening the terms of their licenses.—Publicans : Mr.
Murphy, Regent-street, for Sunday trading : acquitted.
Thos. Riley, Milton-street, for permitting drunkenness :
fined 2s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. costs.—Beersellers : John Burns,
Whitemill-street: acquitted., Anne Cowan, Smithdown-
lane : acquitted. William Brown, Essex-street : fined
2s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. costs. Thomas Harrison, Moon-
street : acquitted. John Blake,' Old Post-office-place ?
fined 2s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. costs. John Ellison, Boundary-
street : fined 2s. 6d., and 2s. 6d. costs. Thomas Ryan,
Milford-street : fined 2s. 64., and 2s. 6d. costs. Anne
Mason, Athol-street : fined 10s. and costs. Anne Grace,
Great Newton-street : acquitted. Elizabeth Farrell,
Gordon-street : fined 10s. and costs.