Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-14 00:00:00

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all, or the woman hers
lent vent by default, and she s

Mr:•Camp

man then complained to 3
T Anemarl if

Wybergh, 'tvho sent for me, ana i (icemen it r
duty to have him locked up on the charge.. I then sent
Mr:,Camptell, who said he was present in court, but rad-
iate ; however, after some hesitation, ha returned the f
Still the 'prisoner was determined to prowl about the ton
robbing poor people, and therefore I am resolved to pui
vtor to it as far as I can. He then called Mrs. Grahr

wapt,
I tbli
a cis!

ed had I any N
rirl who was with me. He sai'

the way to ttu
d when I told

le then as

311, if you do not get an attorney

he would take me to Mr. Bluckls -office, but, instead' of that,'
he-toeK me to Mr. Campbell's, and I paid him 'the half
guinea. Mr. Holme . And did MT. Campbell appear to' the
case after that ? No, sir, and I ,was fined 5s and costs, but
I heard he appeared in about an hour afterwards. Mr. nolme :
Well, prisoner, whashave you to say to this ? Prisoner :I
hate nothing to say. I did not receive any money, nor did

I mention Mr. Bluck's name at all. Mr. Holme : Did he
mention Mr. Bluck's name to you in particular ? He did,
sir. Mr. Holme Did yon those Mr. Bluc'k yourself ?
No; sir ; I did not know the gentleman until the prisoner
mentioned his name. A girl, who accompanied the Witness
gave similar evidence. The prisoner again denied that he
mentioned Mr. Bluck's name at all. Mr. Holme : There
are two respectable witnesses who swear you did,'and I
believe them, and not you. Mr. Clough : T= is man has no
visible means of living, except hanging about the court
" touting," and robbing poor people who may fall into his
clutches, by false representations and inducements. The
prisoner made a statement about his eyes, that he could not
see to read or write, and had no means of living, not being
able to work. He was fifty years in Liverpool,:and was
never charged before with any offence. *Mr. Holme said
the system followed by men like the prisoner of entrapping
poor persons in the way described was most disgraceful.
He (Mr. Holme) thought the gentleman who
had received the money much to blame. He had no doubt
that the prisoner received a per tentage from that gentle-
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man, and that gentleman was bound to come to the court
and discharge his duty for the fee received by him. He
(Mr. H.) very reluctantly was obliged to discharge the
prisoner, as he did not think the evidence sufficient to send
him before a jury, at the same time he would say that any-

thing more disgiaceful than the conduct of such men as
the prisoner, levying unjust—in fact robbit

poor people

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who had the misfortune of being summoned there—robbing
them under false pretences. He (the prisoner) first intro-
duces the name of Mr. Bluck to the woman, and then he
takes her to another person. He had no hesitation
in' saying

that if a case had been made
out against him, he would have sent him for
trial, with the hope; that a severe punishment would
be inflicted. Mr. Bluck said, he did not intend to have
offered any observation, but as his name had been men-
tioned in the case, he thought it right to say he knew
nothinc, of the affair at all. So far as he was concerned,
hehad'endeavoured always to put down the system, and he
could refer to Mr. Clough for the correctness of this state-
ment. lie lost a good deal of money in consequence of the
system, as a great many clients came to look for him, who
fell in with these fellows about the court, and when he was
asked for, one would say he was sick; another, that he was
not then to be had ; a third, that he was engaged on the
other side —and they. went so far as to su3

occasion,. that he Shad got his leg broken

on one

because he would- not giie the I
Mr. Cobb said, he had placed in
_ _

anything

This
fellows
i Mr.

Clough's hands a receipt sent to him by Mr. Campbell,
which he had received from the women for repayment of
the fee. Mr. Clough : I can say that Mr. Black has.stated
the truth ; and I have never yet known an instance of his
having been engaged by a client where, if by mishap or
engagement elsewhere he was not able to attend to the
case, that he did not at once return the fee, without being
asked to do so. Mr. Holme : I have no doubt of it. By
my experience in these courts, I know that sometimes two
or three courts may be sitting at the same time, and profes-
sional gentlemen may have cases in each. But my remarks
were addressed to the prisoner before me, in this case,
whose conduct, and that of those who act with him,
is most discreditable, and such as ought not

to, be allowed for a moment by any respectable-solicitor.
[Subsequently, in the second court, Mr. Wybergh and Mr.
.Afiderton stated very positively that, in the case alluded to,
the woman had stated, on the previous day, that she in-
quired for Mr. Bluck (of Robinson) twice. Mr. Bluek
then mentioned the matter again to Alderman Holme, and
his Worship said he knew Mr. Bluck too long and too well,
and that he believed him to be quite correct. There never
was an imputation cast on him, as his conduct had been
always honourable and straightforward.] The matter then
ended, and the prisoner was discharged.
A VERY BAD DAUGHTER.—A nice looking girl, named
Elizabeth Green, about 16 years of age, was charged by
he; mother with stealing a gown. Mr. Bluck appeared for
the prosecution, and said it was one of the most painful
cases he ever had to deal with. The mother of the unfor-
tulnate girl resided at Mile-end, and had done everything
that a mother could do for a daughter, but although the
latter was young, she was one of the most incorrigible
young-creatures he had ever heard of. Some two years
ago, she took up with bad company, and became a confirmed
drunkard. The mother tried to reclaim her, but without
effect, and at last the girl left her home altogether, and
latterly never went near the place, except in a state of in-
toxication," and always managed to steal something out
of the place. The mother charged her on several occasions,
kit always, forgave her on her promising to amend. -Instead
<doing so, it was worse she got, and on the previous day
Ale went,to the mother's house, broke some glass in a win-
dow, and stole Om gown. It was not the wish of the
mother to punish her, but to see what could be done far her
to remove her from her present mode of life. The mother
was then examined, and proved the facts above stated by
Mr. Bluck. His Worship ordered the prisoner to be re-
manded for a week, and in the meantime it would be con-
sidered what was best to be done for her. The girl, before
she left the bar, called out to her mother, and said, " Look
here, mother." The mother looked towards her, when the
unfortunate young creature said, " Well, you may go to
hell, mother." Mr. Bluck : That shows you, sir, what she
11. Mr. Holme : Yes, I see it. The girl was then re-
moved.

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..".BPA.htexGIo„ING4O,TIIE OLD HAYMARKET, WITH MY BANIO ON :
,I
BACK!"--Mr. Pat Moran—it does not make much differ-
once what country ~ •
having
made
~,,./ claims him, was brought up on a charge of
jos:,,hvery mash of a banjo, belonging to one
" Misther"
tpunford. The appearance of Mr.
Paddy Mork,ran, wPa:,.m.aot ofo a man generally, but he should
have lived in the
time of Hogarth, or what would have
done equally well, should have lived now, and if
lie only got two sittings f" Mister Paddy Morgan.
nal:tjoled.
Esq.," he would have more fortune than ever
rn
awaited him in all his noon of fa Talk of " Garotypes,"
" Potographs," and all .the othere.
"tY and " grafs"
that ever existed between the burning
could take off Paddy
ZPoens '
Zone and the Arctic
Regions, not one, no nor all of them
'Morgan. No, Hogarth only could do
grown from the soles of his feet upwards, (for- He had
r- it
is an
ascertained fact, that it is from the feet upwards
et," only
tad
grow) about six feet or so. His head very muck
resembled
People do
what is known to house maids as " a fope's head,"
much . larger ; and it seemed stuck in b
shoulders on the top of something like between his
neck,
nearly half the length of his body, but not
much thicker than one's finger. The "thatch" on his skullbad taken a peculiar fancy to grow on its own account, after
any manner it pleased —the portion on the left side fell
down towards, his shoulder, whilst that on the opposite side
'struck out in a horizontal position, reminding one strongly
:of an outstretched arm of the telegraph on Tower-build-
ings, Old Churchyard. That portion of the hair which lay
between Cie parallels of longitude indicated above, stood as
perpendicular as anp of the patent candlesticks that once
stood before George's,hall. This was not, however, up to
the top, for, after running up for about twenty inches, it
branches off in all directions, forming a *turn of rare
beauty in ins peNli4r way, gig shirt-collar hung, by a