Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YMERDAY,

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

A LADY SMUGGLE[.—A. very lady-like ata handicm
young woman, named Fanny Jaimeson, was charged by nits
excise officer, with having attempted to smuggle a poarini
and a quarter of foreign manufactured tobacco. The
officer said he saw the prisoner leaving the Kherscaasesa
steamer, and thinking the had done something "contrary
to the statute in that case male and provided," ha asked
her if she had anything that owed duty to Queen Victoria?
She repudiated the notion ; but that would no; satisfy the
" exciseman," so he called in the assistance of a female
searcher, who found the forbidden weed on her. The
complainant said females were .employed to take away
things from ships, as they were less liable to be suspected
than men. The value of the tobacco was 12s Gd. Mr.
Mansfield : Well young lady what have you to say ? The
young lady : Nothing, sir. Mr. Mansfield: You are fined
12s Gd. She at ones paid the money, and was discharged.
CAUTION TO SPRING CARTES:S.—Owen Craven, the owner
and driver of a spring cart, was charged by Geo. Barton,
an excise officer, for having carried passengers from the
race course in his "trap." without a license. The penalty
in this case is £lO, but the magistrates have the power to
reduce it to one-fourth that sum. The officer said a
license coned be obtained, on application, for one day, for
els., and for two days for 4s. 6:1. He had the horse and
"trap" in custody, and would retain them until whenever
fine his Worship would inflict should be paid. His Wor-
ship flied the prisoner £2 10s. and costs—the lowest
penalty.
ASSAULTING THE POLICE.---A young man, of respectable
appearance end gentlemanly bearing, who gave his name
as Charles Hicks, and said he resided in Cheshire, was
charged with having assaulted police officers 748 and 504.
It appeared that the prisoner interfered with the first-
named policeman, who was engaged in quelling some street
row in Dale street, and interfered with him, and subsequent-
ly assaulted him in a violent manner. The second officer
Came up afterwards, when the prisoner also assaulted him,
The prisoner denied the charge, and said he only inter-
fered with the police, whom he alleged was ill-treating a
female, by remonstrating that she was subject to bad treat-
ment, and the moment lie spoke the police seized him by
the neck, and nearly strangled him. Mr. Mansfield said
he could not suffer such outrageous and unmanly assaults
on the police. He fined the prisoner £5 in each case, or
to be imprisoned for six months. (Three in each case.)
Tan EmBEZZLEMIENT OF Ma. ACKER& William Morgan,
the young man who stood remanded on the above charge,
Was again brought up by detective Scott. In addition to
the evidence already given, a young man, named James E.
Smith, from the house of Saunders, Smith & Co , corn
merchants, Drury Lane, proved having recently paid
the prisoner, at several times, sums of money amounting to
£B3 IBs, and Mr. Store, Mr. Ackers, manager, proved that
the prisoner did not pay over, nor account, for the money.
The prisoner was sent f.)r trial.
" THE lIANDSOM 1 ST DOG IN ENGLAND."—Mrs. Kirkwood,
of Kirkiale, charged Patrick Kane, of Peter-street,
described as " a dog m onger," for having stolen her dog,
" the handsomest dog in England." Here she drew from
under her shawl a thing that very much I esumed a tea-cup,
if the cup had four legs under it. It was decidedly the
most extraordinary-lookinglittle quadruped ever beheld—in
fact it might be called a monster or overgrown mouse. It
would have fitted into an ordinary glove, and if this could
constitute " the handsomest dog in England," the " wee
thing" earned the claim to the distinction. Home gentle-
man said there was not a second Ike it in the British
Empire. Its father and mother were clod and were
stuffed, and this was the only one of the family alive. In
reply to his Worship, the lady said about four months
ago she was at the Bank of England, and had the
"darling" along with her. She lost it there. It
was about three months old at the time, but
there was no mistake, nor could there be any, about its
identity. Mr. Mansfield : What did yon call it? I called
him Jack. Prisoner : No, his name is Tiney. The dog
was ordered to be given up to the lady, and the prisoner
was discharged.
E X TENS ITE BURG LAP.Y.—John Bamford, John Berry,
Michael Evlyn, and William Stanley, were brought up by
inspector Murphy, and detectives Laycock and Scott, on a
charge of being c -neerned in a burglary and robbery in
the house of Mr. Mara pawnbroker of St. James-street,
on the night of the 11th inst., when watches, and other
things, consisting of jewellery and the like, to the value of
£6O, were stolen. Mr. Block appeared for Stanley and
Evlyn, who were well dressed ; and according to the state.
raent of the police, all were celebrated house-breakers,
pickpockets and mobsmr.m. The facts were these. On
the night in question the house of Mr. Marc was broken
into and robbed, and about three in the morning the pri-
soners were seen leaving a passage at the rear of the
house. The prisoners were arrested in Gay-street, and
several persons identified them as having been seen on the
morning in question leaving the place adjoining the pre-
mises. Mr. Bluck, for the two persons whom he repre-
sented, ably cross-examined the witnesses as to the identity
of his clients, and af,,er some discussion, the prisoners were
remanded for further examination.

ERFORE MR. lIAYWOOD.

FURIOUS DRIVING.—Thomas Jones, tha drivar of a
spring-cart, was charged with furiously driving a soring-
cart, hod endangsring the fives (:f her Majesty's subjects,
on the St. George's-pier. Mr. Cruise, the Clerk of the
Coroner's Court, appeared to prove the case, and in his
statement clearly proved that, at the time, the defendant
was driving at a most reckless and furious rate, that his
horse was galloping, and that the defendant had not the
slightest control over the animal, and he reared and
p tinged about at a fearful rate, so much so that the
attention of the coroner was directed to it. The defendant
did not appear, but the magistrates fined him 10.3 and
c-sts.

CAUTION TO TfIE KEEPERS OF DOGS.—Some short time
since the Mayor of the borough issued a notice, directing
that all persons should be punished fn. allowing or per-
mittir g their dogs to be rannirg about the streets without
being properly muzzled, or otherwise prevented from doing
harm. Yesterday, notwithstanding that that caution had
been extensively cinulated, a great number of persons were
fined for the infringement of the order.