Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-13 00:00:00

BEFORE MR. GLADSTONE AND MR. SIiFILS

Mr Walter Slater, hotel keeper, of Lime-street, was
summoned for permitting drunkenness on hi premises.
In this case Mr. Aspinall (barrister) appeared for ihe de-
fendant. Police-constable 118 stated that he visited the
hotel kept by the deferidant on the sth instant, at half-east
three o'clock in the morning, and.at the bar of the hetrae
he found nine men, and eight womra, five of the former,
and four of the latter, of vii on were drunk. Mr. G;al-
- : Where you in uniform. Officer : Yes. By Mr.
Aspinall Ire were in the house about five minutes.
There were two glasses of ale on the counter. The tee-
mises are near the London arid North-Western Radway
station. There is a number of railway porters and carmen
closely opposite the hotel. Ido not know whether they
get their breakfasts at the place, because I have never seen
them. He believed that there were early trains come in
at that time, although he had never seen them. Mr.
Aspinall addressed the bench on behalf of the defendant,
and admitted that a great parti )n of the statement made by
the police-constable was tree, but he heprd he should be
enabled to prove that there was no foundaLiori for
this charge, as he should be able to prove that no drink
had been supplied to the parties who were fount in toe
premises at the time the °dicers entered. It was true that
the house was open, bat whit was it open for? F,r the
purpose of providing breakfasts for the p isserigers. io
arrived by the early trains, and to the cabmen aid rail-
way porters who were engiged in the district. Ile called
John Sadler, the bar-man to the defendant, who keeps tae
Rail way Hotel in Q teen-street : We always close our
premises at twelve o'ciock, ani open again at four in the
morning ; we have a great number of persons who regularly
breakfast at our hotel ; indeed we sell upwards or three
gallons of coffee every morning to the passengers by the
early trains, the cabmen. and the railway porters. On the
morning in question there were several—six or seven—
persons entered the premises, some ce' whom were drank
when th-y came ia. Mr. Gladstone: Did you supply
those who came in with drink. Witness : I did nor.
I do swear, that I did not, nor dal any other person serve
those who came in drunk with any drink. Police-constable
118: Did not a girl drink a glass at the eininimr while I
was there ? Witness: No, she die riot, nor any other
person, because I had not time to supply them.
Mr. John Harrison Wickham, the keeper of a publir.-
house in Lime-street, was summoned f,,r permitting
drunkenness on his premises, on the morning of the
2nd inst. In this case, Mr I Don ald, barrisier, iestructeel
by Mr. Grolere, row eired for the defendants. Inspector
Wilson stated that at twenty minutes pct four o'cleee,
was passing the defendant's house, when I saw a num-
ber of persons turned out, several of whom were drank.
I and constable 591 afterwards visited the house, ia which
we found seven men and six women ; four of the former
and two of the latter were drunk. There were glasses of
ale and spirits on the counter. By Mr. M'Donald : I did
not r-pert two peraons who, I thought, were ex airsianists,
who were asleep in another room. The landlord ordered
all the parties out of the house. By Mr. Geadstene : I
was in uniform. Mr. MtDenald : Did you do anything
while you were looking round the room? Constable ;
No. Mr. M'Donald : What, nothing ? Canetable : 1
tasted of the glasses, and while I was there, Miss Harrison
said, you had better have something better than that, you
had better have something that is good. I did
taste some wine. I will swear that Miss Har-
rison did not give me-. a glass of wine, and
what she did give me I did not drink, but tasted it
and put it out of my mouth. Constable 591 was then
callea, and he repeated verbatim the same charges as had
been preferred by the inspector. Mr. 111‘Donald thee
adlressed the bench on behalf of the defendant, and in
the course of which he argued that it was se ircely likciy
that his client, who hid recently g'aren £3,000 for tLe
premises, would reader himself liable to be brought before
the magistrates intentionally. Mr. %Vyberrie : Has the
defendant been cammitted before ? Inspector W 11.6911 :
Yo._; twice before for the same offence. lie was fined 1,5
last week, and again in February fast. Mr. Wyberg
read the clause in the act of parliament, front which it
appeared that, after a second conviction, it was reqiiirtd of
the bench to adjourn the case to the next annual sessions,
or to a special sessions, and when the third offence was
proved before either of the tribunals, the defendant was
liable to a penalty of £5O. There being no alternative
the further hearing of the case was adjoornerl until the
next general sessions.
The followinia keepers of beer-houses were also sum-
monel for traditg on the Sabbath, or of infringing of
their licenses, and in cases where the police-constables hail
visited the places in plain clothes, and the parties attended,
a fine of only is. and ls. costs was imposed ; where parties
had refused to attend the fine was doubled; and wee, e the
act hod been systematically disobeyed, a fine of 2s. 61. and
2s. 6.1. costs was imposed ; and in one case, that of James
Roche, of Hatten-garden, who had been twelve time;
fined, and that the house was a receptacle for stolen
property, a second fine of .Z. 5 was imposed. The following
were the parties summoned .—Robert Rirnmer, Severs-
street, off Hynes-street; James Hodgso a, Duncan-street;
William Christian, Upper Mann street ; Pater Grey,
Rupert-street ; Eliz tboth Harrison, Wolfe-street, Park ;
Margaret Thornton, Vrolle-street ; Mary Walsh, Maguire-
street ; Martin Griffie, Hartley-street; Richard Spruce,
Wright-street; Julia O'Donnell, Gorden-lane; Philip
O'Donnell, Oircas-street ; Themes Webster, Hatten-
garden ; Jane Fairfield, Steward-street; Michael Corn-
field, Mithall-street ; Mary Debitt, Storkdalf -street ;
Charles Seam in, West Derby-road. La:slosh:al Gardens ;
Mary Roberts, Hatten-garden ; James RoAar, Iletten-
garden ; and Ellen D erten, Tavistock-street, Park. Some
of the cas,'s summoned the constables failed to prove, and
were, therefore, dismissed.

ARREST OF MR. HUMPHREY BROWN, EX M.P.

FOR TEWKESBURY.

Mr. Humphrey Brown, ex-M.P., is now in custody
upon two warrants, by each of which he is required to put
in bail for £4,000, with two sureties of £2,000 each.
Sureties for £B,OOO, besides his own recognisances for
8,000, will therefore be required before he is released.
The Hon. John Stapleton, M.P. for Berwick, and the
others who have been arrested, have already given bail to
a similar amount. Within a short time it is believed that
all the parties implicated will be secured. It is not ex •
pected that the trials will take place until next November.

CONVICTION OF AN OMNIBUS DRIVER FOR OVERLOADING.
Manchester, on Thursday,. Isaac Sheath, driver
of the Flixton omnibus, was charged by Mr. Carrington
with overloading his vecbecle. The def,ndant pleaded
guilty to the charge, and urged in extenuation that two or
three passengers presisted in getttng upon the omnibus,
though he warned them that it was full. The case ap-
peared to excite considerable interest, most of the gentle-
men who travel by the omuibns being present, and appearing
to sympathise with the driver. A gentleman named
Warren stated that he did not consider the driver was to
blame in the matter, and no passenger was put to any
incenveaience. A gentleman in court thought it was hard
to refuse passengers, so long :.s the other passengerewere
willing to accommodate them. Mr. Trafford observed that
if this were to be allowed, proprietors of omnibasea must
obtain an act of parliament allowing them to carry an
unlimited number of passengers. Mr. Carrington had
laid the information because of dangers likely to result
from overloading. As gentlemen present felt so strongly on
the platter, they should pay the fine which he should be com-
pelled to inflict. Several gentlemen said they should do so,
and they should feel obliged if Mr. Carrington would with-
draw from the omnibus altogether. Mr. Carrington
observed that be did not desire to press for a convicion.
He had mearly brought the matter forward as a caution.
M. Wood (ene of the magistrates) thought the public
ought to be obliged to Mr. Carrington for the step he had
taken, as it was a disagreeable duty, which
few persons
liked to perform. Mr. Trafford wished it to be clearly
understood, by omnibus drivers, that they, and not the
proprietors of the obnibuses, were liable for the penalty.
A gentleman asked how parties could be ejected who per-
sisted in entering an omnibus which was full; in reply
to which Mr. Trafford said, "By the collar." In reply
to another inquiry, Mr. Trafford said the conductor could
not refuse to take a passenger when the 'bus was not fall.
The magistrates said defendant was liable to a penalty of
45 and costs, but they should this time only inflict the
mitigated prnalty of 25s and 10s costs. The money was
immediately paid by a gentleman in court. [Might not
the Liverpool authorities try and put a stop. fo the over-
loaling of mpuihesee io notoriously praetised in this tQwfut)