Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-09 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--SATURDAY. I THE POLICEMAN, TILE WIDOW, AND THE COOK,

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
THE BUTCHER AND GROCER.-Mr. James Murphy, the
butcher who stood out on his own bail to answer a charge
of having assaulted Mr. William Johnston, of Great Howard-
street. surrendered, when Mr. Black appeared for the
defendant, and said Mr. Murphy would defend the case on
principle, but, as he had two important witnesses to call,
and as they could not come up until another day, he asked
for an adjournment to Tuesday. The recognisances of the
defendant were enla
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ONDERFUL EFFECTS OF CAB JAUNTING.-A tall, good
humoured looking fellow, with splendid black hair an(
whiskers, who gave his name (of course) as John Smith, wa:
charged with being drunk, but without the usual,accompani.
ment of being "disorderly." The prisoner was dressed in
Jyal Navy uniform. The bridewell-keeper said : Thi:
man' was drunk, and booked for safety. Mr. Mansfield
Have you any thing to say, sir ? Prisoner : Yes—it hap
pened this way. I got into a cab and drove about for tw(
or three hours, and it had great influence on me, - in porn
of fact, it made me quite intoxicated. His Worship said ii
was a wonderful cab 'that, and ordered Mr. Smith to pai
ss, which Mr. Smith did, with a smile of benevolence ai
parting with the " metallic" that few could have showy
under such distressing circumstances.

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THE DIFFERENCE''BETWEEN BIRKENHEAD AND LIVED
POOL. —A young man, who came under the designation
"highly respectable," and who gave the name of Thomr
Ormshaw, was charged by officer 86 with being drunk ar
disorderly in James-street. Mr. Black appeared for t'
prisoner. The officer said he heard calls of police in Jam.
street, at twenty minutes to one o'clock
forward he met another officer, who said there was a spin
vaults' door open: •After fastening the door he heard ion
cries of police and shouting. 1-1.0 went towards the place
and saw the prisoner, whom he asked what he wanted, am
why he shouted so ? The prisoner replied, "To mak
fools of such fellows as yon, for you are all a d n parcel o
thieves and robbers ;" and as he refused. to go aWay,-
took him to the station. Mr.- Bluck : Did he not. Otfenf
your dignity, by asking for_ your number ? No. Did h

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not run away, and did you not run after him, as you is

(Loud lau,

AMUSING CASE,

In the Court of Common Pleas on Friday a very curious
case was tried. It was the case of Jordan v. Blake, and the
action was brought by a widow woman named Mary Ann
Jordan, against a superanuated policeman, to recover £2O
168 6d, said to be due for food and physic, and also for labour
in mending clothes. Mc. Charnock appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Doyle for, the defendant. The
ninintiff MIS railed in sitnnort of her ease. and her state-

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ment was that for a considerable time the defendant bad
had many of his meals at her lodgings, in King-street,
and after he left the force he had all his
meals there, and she claimed to be paid for the time that
he bad all his meals at her house at the rate of 9s a week.
She bad in addition paid 12s 6d for five bottles of physic
for him, and her labour in mending his clothes was worth
.£1 15s. In cross-examination she said that in 1855 and
1856 the defendant visited. her sometimes, and she visited
him and took tea with hun. At that time he was not
superannuated ; he was a regular policeman. (A laugh.)
She couldnot write, but she employed a female friend
named. Welchman to write to him-. She denied that she
was then very "sweet" on him. (Laughter.) Mr.
Hawkins.: Come, Mary Ann, you know you were F (Laugh-
ter.) Witness : No ; it was not my wish that be should
enter my doors. Mr. Hawkins : Then what did you write to
him for ? Witness (hesitating).: I don't know. (Laughter.)
She was not aware that the letters were headed " Dear
John," but she told her friend.to write, "sir." . (Laughter.)
She did not know until last summer that he was a married
man, for he had denied it when she accused him of it. The
way she found it out was that, she watched him home• to his
house in Holland-street, and then she went to ask for her
money, and the door was opened by his wife. (Laughter.)
Mr. Hawkins: And you, called her " a dirty old cook."
(Loud laughter.) Witness : I might have done so. (Con-
tinued laughter.) He wished after that to call and see her;
but. she would not allow it at all. (A laugh.) She did not
write to him to say that she had found out that he was
married to "that dirty old cook." . (Laughter) In July,
1856 there was a disturbance between them. No, it was
not about the "dirty old .cook," it 'was about money.
Witness was summoned before the nniqiitrato fm•

and fined
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nt afterwards paid. the fine.: They were not
friendly at one time for eight weeks, but the defendant
wrote her four ;letters in. a week, asking to come to, tea (a
laugh)—but she would not allow him to come. She was
on another' occasion before a mgistrate for assaulting the
defendant, and fined 10s. or fourteen days' imprisonment.
(Laughter.) And he paid that fine also. (Continued
laughter.) He used to have his victuals at her house. He
said she was incapable of taking care of her money, and he
took her purse, (A laugh.) It was true he sometimes
took her to Wandsworth, Windsor, and other places ; but
then he only treated her with her own money. (Continued
laughter.) She repeated that she was not " sweet" on hire,
but she did not want him to have his victuals at
her house and then go elsewhere. (Loud laughter.)
The way she found out his behaviour was that she
watched him one night and saw him come up Mr.
Hastey's area steps. (Laughter.) Mr. Hawkins : He had
not got any rabbit pie, I suppose ? (Continued laughter.)
Witness: No, but in his pocket there was the leg of a duck
and two slices of beef. (Roars of laughter.) She took it
out of his pocket. No, she did not search him— (laughter)—
hut she saw there was something in his pocket, and she took
it out. That night she shut the door in his face—(a laugh)
—and he never had a meal with her afterwards. He never
left his staff at her house, nor did she take it to him on his
beat and find him with the cook. (laughter) Henry
Jordan, aso of the plaintiff, about 12 years old, said—
When I was in bed on, one occasion he saw the defendant
force the lock of his mother's drawer back with a knife,
and take out some letters and papers. (These documents
were said to contain directions by the defendant as to what
should be cooked for his dinner, and other things connected
with the preSent claim). Withess asked him what he was
doing, and he said he was getting si glass of water. Mary
Janes said. she used to mind the plaintiff's children, and do
her household work, whilst plaintiff was attending to her
duties as housekeeper at an establishment in the neighbour-
hood. The defendant used to order his dinner day after
day. Sometimes he wonld have lamb and green peas
(a laugh), and at other times lamb chops and rump steaks.
He was well fed: Cross-examined : He did not seem to. be
courting her mistress. She did not seem to be very fond of
him—not more than he was of her, (A laugh.) Mr. Haw-
kins : Did he have any asparagus with his lamb ? Witness :
I do not know. Mr. Charnock : She does not know what you
mean. Mr. Hawkins : Did he have any "sparrow-grass ?"
(Laughter.) Witness : No, he did not. The defendant
paid a good deal of attention to her mistress. Mrs. Hannah
Vseott, the landlady of the house in which the plaintiff had
lodged, said that in 1857 the defendant was there for some
time daily. He had his meals there. Mr. Escott said that
one Sunday morning there was a row on the stairs between
the plaintiff and the defendant, and went up to ask them
to go into their room. The plaintiff said, " All I want of
you, John, is my money, which I ought to have to support
my children." He said, "Make out your bill and I will pay
you." This was in October, 1857. The plaintiff lodged in his
house a twelvemonth, and conducted herself in a highly
respectable manner. Mr. Hwvkins addressed the jury for the
defendanLand said that if he should be compelled to move in a
much more humble station in life than he now ocupied, he
should like to be a policeman. (Laughter.) The reason was that
they were such universal favourites with the ladies—(con•
tinned laughter) bnt then if you should get connected
• with a lady like the one in question, you were sure to be
involved in endless annoyance. The question was whether
the defendant was supplied with these meals on a contract
or tinderstanding that they were to he paid for. He sub-
mitted to them that these meals as they were called. were
only little tokens of affection—(laughter) —and the attempt
to recover payment for them was about as reasonable as if
the " dirty old cook" had sued-the defendant in the County
Court for 3d for the leg of a duck, and 4d for the two

fe defendant, said he first became acquainted
th the plaintiff in 1354. She used to visit him on his
beat, and that led to their being on more affectionate terms.
(Lartg,hter.) She visited at his house, and he at hers. From
December, 1856, to October, 1857, he was at her ho

se two

or three times a week. He had had meals there, hut very
few. He did not make it a regular thing to have his meals

was ever sl

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w' n. the money

but she had refused it. Nothing was said about paying
until they quarrelled in October, 1857. They had a dis-
turbance in 1856, because there was a cook whom she
was rather jealous of. (Laughter.) He married the
cook in February, 1858. That was the lady that had
been spoken of; but he denied all that about the
leg of a duck and the beef. (Laughter.) He sum-
moned theigplaintiff for two assaults, but he du

tier money to pay the fines. He lent her a sovereign.
denied that he had ever taken any letters from her drawer.
He always treated her when they were out. He paid for
three parts of the things consumed in tha house. He offered
to pay her for mending his clothes, but she said it was not
his money she wanted. (Laughter.) She frequently an-
noyed him about the present Mrs. Blake. She used to call
'•n out from his lodgings, and then when he reconciled
he could she would not be satisfied unless
Ihe went to her lodgings. When she got there she was

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Hr. Hawkins
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fhe door and keep him-all night. Th
He had never had tl

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She had summoned him in the
the only claim then being for the 123 6d foi
He had nevez