Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-23 00:00:00

LIVARPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

HOW J.4,;ifE HOLT SPENT HER WEDDING EVENING,--
Jane Holt, a tall and rather genteel looking young
woman, a servant to Mr. Allwright, 39, Salisbury-street,
was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and with
having created a row at her master's house, the previous
night. From the evidence of the policeman who had
her in custody, and her master, it appeared that her
conduct was outrageous, no doubt caused by drink, of
which she had imbibed a considerable quantity. It
seemed she had asked leave to go to a wedding, and
having obtained permissi€.n, she "titivated" herself out
in best bib and tucker, and departed in apparently high
glee. Late in the evening' she came home, in the state
described, and created the row, for which she' was given
in charge. In place of attending at the weddinc, of
another "young lady," she attended at her own, being
the very identical lady herself who blessed the hand of
some happy man. Enquiry was- set on foot to ascertain
who that lucky individual was, or his local habitation
and name, but to no purpose —the• only fact ascertained
was that she was actually married, to some matt- and
that she spent her wedding night in Bridewelf. His
Worship was of opinion that she had been punished
enough on her wedding night, and therefore discharged
her.

ILL-CONDUCT OF A BROKER. —The-Inas Horrock,.
person of very gentlemanly exterior, described as a.
general mercantile broker, whose residence was stated to
be at 3, Mersey-view, Boole, was brought up by police-
officer 288., on. charges of being drunk, diiforderly, using-
obscene language, and with having assaulted him. The
officer said heleard a noise sn lfarby-roatfir Bootle, and
on going forward' he saw the- prisoner; who, was drunk.
,He was cursing. and blasting the Pope, and sending him
to h—. Witness told him suchslanguage was-calculated
to create disturbance, when the prisoner mled• most
frightful language, towards the Virgin Mary anahe Pope.
[The officer repeated the language, which wes of the
most appalling and,diabolical description ever heard.]. He
remonstrated With him, and begged he would go away
and cease, .but instead of doing so; he struck witness
several blows on the 'chest with an umbrella. In reply to
His Worship, the prisoner said he had spent the evening
out, and had, perhape, taken too mucb.wine. As •to the
blows on the officer,. they- were very slight, -and did'not
hurt him. The offiker:said lie was not much hurt;--he
charged him more for having used the horrible language
than for the assault,. as .it was calculi... Led to create a
breach of the peace. The prisoner- was fined lOs and
costs for the assault on the-officer.

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EMBEZZLEMENT.--BiTan Morgan was charged with,
having embezzled the sum of. £2B lsi belonging to,
Messrs.-Case and Morris; Oldhall-street. Block was
for the prisoner. It appeared that 'the duty :of the
prisoner *as to collect rent; for the firm, and baud over
the money t• the cash-keeper, the same Or next day.
On Monday the prisoner sent an account 'of his. defi-
.Ciencies, and it was ascertained the above sums had not
been paid to the cash-keeper.. Four persons were pro-
duced who had paid the above SWIM to the prisoner, and
the cash-keeper proved he had not received the money.
Mr. Bluck said the prisoner had admitted the- fact, and
was the first to inform his employers ; his. deficiencies
WA• place in consequence •of ill-health and a large
family. His Worship said ho had no alternative but to
send the prisoner for trial- The Racerder might show
him mercy on his pleading guilty. The prisoner was
sent for trial.

THE CASH-BOX ROBBERY —John Mullin, "a fighting
man," was brought up on a-charge of being Concerned in
the robbery of the cash-box from Mr. CaddyS, of
Islington. Mr. Caddy identified the prisoner as the
person who stole the box, and he was remanded•
Saturday, when all the prisoners_ will be brought up:

4_7 ,
.. DESPERATE GAROTTE ROEBERY.--All athletic young
fellow, very well dressed, named :Frederick Howel, was,
brought up by officer Kelly,. 298, on a charge of having
committed a violent outrage on Mr. Albert Ellis, a
commercial traveller, from London. Mr. Ellis stated
that, at about twelve o'clock the previous night,
he was going along Lime-street, being a comparative
stranger to the town. He turned for a second into Syd-
ney-street,
when ho was seized by a powerful grasp from
behind, by some one who put an arm round his neck. At
the same instant, he was attacked before by another man
(not yet in custody), who seized his gold chain, and cut it
at one snap, with something like what the railway guards
use to cut tickets. He seized the fellow from behind with.a
firm grasp, and with his right hand, he caught the fellow
In his front. The fellow froth behind finding that he
could not, do much, in consequence of :the way he was
held, called out to the ruffian in front to strike him.
This he did several times, but did'not knock him down.
Whilst struggling with the two,:the policeman came up,
and then the front man ran away,' but the officer caught
the prisoner, who was still in the grasp of Mr. Ellis. Mr:
Mansfield : Did yon lose the chain ? Witness : No, sir,
I never let it go. Mr. Mansfield said the gentleman de-
served much credit for his bravery. The prisoner, with.,
a degree of demon-like ferocity, denied that he was there
at all. The prosecutor said there could be no mistake
about the matter, as he held him from first to last ; and
the officer said when he came up the gentleman was hold- -
ing the prisoner. The prisoner was sent for trial, his
Worship hoping that he would get a long period of penal
servitude.

TILE COTTON ROBBERY.—William Green and John.
Bates, warehousemen to Mr. Melledew, were brought up
on remand, charged with. stealing a quantity of cottoni!
the property of their employer. Mr. Snowball defended:'
The details of this case we published last
week, and the only new feature presented in it
was a statement made by Mr. Clough, in regard to the
two officers who had charge of it, Laycock and Patrick.
It appeared that on the last occasion; when the case was
before the court, that a witness named Parry had made;
some disclosures, and in conseqnenee of this, Hr. Clough
ordered the officers not to lose sight of him=in fact to
keep him in custody. In the course of the evening Parry
asked liberty to go to Birkenhead, saying he would
return, which he. punctually did. He got some further
indulgence and kept his promise. also. This induced:the
officers to allow him to sleep at his own house, as he
promised to attend (as a. witness) in the morning. His.
former fidelity to his promise, and being a person of
some substance, the officers allowed him to do so, buhhe
" cut," and has not since been heard of. On.
this Major Greig suspended the officers, and
therefore Mr. Clough asked for another remand.
This was granted. [With regard to the suspension of
the officers, there never was a pair of men who attended
to their duty with greater zeil and ability than Laycock
and Patrick. They have had the most &Unit
arduous tasks to perform, and always discharged their
duty to the satisfaction. of all concerned. Our columns
for years past bear recenis of their exertions and intelli-
gence, and their honesty and integrity have gained for
them the respect of every one who knew theini,privately
or 'professionally. It is only right to do this justice to
these deserving officers.]

BEFORE NFESIRS. COTTER AND CR.k.LOVEF

BAD MEAT. Inspector Reid charo-ed John ,Cawley, a
butcher in Pownall-square, with having exposed bad meat-
for sale. Fined ss.
THE SAILORS' IIIYSIE. AND SAILORS.—George Elliott, at
black seaman, sun-arum/al Mr. James Williams, the heal
steward of the Sailors' Home, for detaining •his clothes.
Mr. Cobb was for- the complainant, and Mr. Bluck for
the defendant. The case was brought under the 236,5ee..
of the Merchant- Shipping Act. Mr. Cobb, in opening
the case, said, it was one of importance, not like a
case of a boarding-house keeper. The complainant
came here• Oetaper, and was diSeharged with, an
excellent character as cook and steward. /it wertt
to board at the Sailors' Home, and subsequently
shipped on, board a vessel called tie North, at. £3 3s
a month.. The rale at the Home WE S, that no onecoulci get
an advance note, after signing articles, until his. clahes
were onboard. However, in the case,. the•clothes were
not sent on board by the Home, as shouldf have been
done.; he•got the note, however, and paid' it into the
Salors' House. He got only £2 out of it,. and on going
to,the.ship he found his clothes were not there, and he
then refused to go, unless he got the balance of his note,
namely, £l. He was them taken up hy Mr. Murphy,
as a deserter, and sentence& to twelve.7,reeks' imprison-
ment.. When he came out, he applied to Mr.
Williams for his clothes, and thfin, for the first
time, he was told that he owed £2, instead of the
Annie owing him £l. If a boaaAinr-, house keeper had
acted so, he (Mr. Cobb), was sure he would be fined £5O.
How the Home got the-note, beforethe man's clothes were
oa board, it would bc. for them to explain, as no keeper
of a boarding-house could do so and the same law that
applied to them, applied to the. Home. He trusted that
if the case were proved, to the satisfaction of the bench,
they would fine the defendant £lO under the 236 sect. of
the act. The rule,was, in ease a sailor was sent to jail,
to send his clothes with him, or retain them at the ship-
ping-office until he came, out, and then return them, but
here the How retains the man's clothes, on an allegation
that he owes £2. whilst in point of faot
they owe him £l. He then called the complainant.
George .
George Elliott was then examined, and said, I w
lodge at the. Home some time in November and took my
clothes. I remained there about four weeks
shipped in the Nai:th ; I got my advance note,' and
aud thentook
it to -Mr. Moore., the cash keeper ; had more money than
that, and after paying my acceount, there was £1 due
to me. After I joined the North,wanted
but never got any account. They said they owed me
my money,
rhe
£l, and I would not go without it, but they refused, and
I refused to go in the ship, and was taken to jail for 12
weeks When I moo out I went and demanded the
but they refused to give them, saying I owed £.2
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