Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-11 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
ASSAULTING. A FEMALE. --A sailor, named Joseph Hoffett,
who said he belonged to a ship called the Mermaid, in the
river, outword bound, was charged with having assaulted a
young woman, named Jane Fowler. It appeared that the
previons night the complainant was in Canning-place, when
the prisoner ran after her, and without any provocation
knocked her down and jticked her. Officer 669 said he saw
the assault. The prisoner ran after the girl, and without
any provocation, or saying a word, he knocked her down.
He was fined or three months' imprisonment.
GALLANT CONDUCT OF A FoLICEYAN. - Thomas Lawton,
a young man described as an auctioneer, appraiser, and
licensed publican, at 222, Vauxhall-road, was broy-
Officer Henderson, 530, charged with heir...,
furiously driving, in London-road, to the danger of his own
life and the public. The officer said, at a quarter before
nine the previous evening, the prisoner, along with a young
woman (who at first said she was his wife, but it turned out
she was not), were in a gig, and he saw him drive furiously
clown Commutation-row, and turn down by Old Islington
Market, at the side next to St. George's Hall. The
man could hardly keep his place in the gig, and was nearly
thrown out of it several times. He was quite incapable of
taking care of the horse or himself. About half way down
the horse turned, and came back furiously, and turned down
Lime-street. lie followed, and succeeded in catching the
horse. Several persons had narrow escapes, and he had no
doubt that the prisoner would have killed himself or some-
body else had he not caught the horse. The prisoner had
£lB4 in gold and notes on his person. Two gentlemen who
were passing, and saw the whole affair, gave evidence, and
said the oonduct of the officer was beyond all praise. There
was no doubt whatever that the prisoner, or some one else,
would have been killed but for officer Henderson. Officer
255 also behaved very well. Mr. Mansfield said he felt
thankful to the gentlemen for having attended to state
what they saw. He asked if the prisoner was very drunk,
and if the horse was galloping. The reply was that the
horse was galloping, and that the prisoner was rolling
about in the gig, and it was almost a miracle that be did
not fall out and break his head or neck, one of which
would have probably happened had not the officer, at the
risk of his life, stopped the horse. His Worship asked the
prisoner what he had to say, and he replied nothing. His
Worship ordered him to pay a fine of £2 and costs, and
directed Inspector Horn to report the excellent conduct of
the officers to the watch committee. One of thegentlemen who
gave evidence in the case, said that both officers behaved
remarkably well, but particularly Henderson. His Worship
was very glad to find such brave officers, and hoped on all
occasions to find the police generally so well spoken of.
The prisoner paid the fine out of the £lB4 10s, and was
discharged.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—James Courfield, discribed as a car-
owner and driver, was brought up by officer 402, on a charife
of having killed a man named Thomas King, a porter in
Mr. Thompson's grocery. shop, Berry-street, by driving a
Hansom cab over him in St. James's-place. Mr. Cobb
appeared for the prisoner. The history of the case, collected
from the evidence of two or three witnesses, was as follows :
—Just before nine o'clock on Friday evening, the deceased,
who was about 50 years of age, was crossing St. James's-
place, near St. James's-market, when the prisoner came
driving his cab down from the Park, and, as it was sworn,
he was driving at a furious, or, as one witness said, at a
very rapid pace indeed. The deceased was crossing, and as
it was suggested, he had plenty of time to escape a contact
with the cab, had the latter been going at any ordinary
pace. Mr. Cobb cross-examined the witnesses, with a
view of showing- that; the prisoner was not driving
at more than eight miles an hour, and that
he was sober at the time ; but officer 402, stated
that he was worse for liquor, and another witness
distinctly stated that the prisoner was driving extremely
rapid, and that the deceased was run over both by horse
and cab, and had a large hole in the back of his head when
lifted up. Surgeon York, of the Southern Dispensary,
stated that the man was brought there and he attended to
him, there were several wounds on the head and body, but
he had not as yet made a post mortem examination and
could not tell the proximate cause of death. The prisoner
was remanded until Tuesday,

BEFORE MESSRS. PEEL AND CROSTIMAITE

MADARONIE AND CRACKARONIE. —Francisco' Ten Man
summoned Francisco Scarannzziono, the keeper of the
Universal Coffee House, Paradise-street, for having assaulted
him. Mr. Bluck appeared for the complainant and
stated that some day last week his client called on the
defendant, and asked him if he wanted any maccaronie ?
He replied he did, and asked him how much he would
charge him per pound for it. The complainant said, six-
pence a pound. Defendant then ordered five or six pounds
to be brought to him, stating that he wanted it at a certain
hour in the evening, to make soup for a party that engaged
a supper at his house. The complainant came before the
time, and said, " I have the maccaronie." " Have you,"
said the defendant, at the same time hitting the com-
plainant a box in the face, adding, "there's maccaronie
for you." But he (Mr. Bluck) thought that this was
crackaronie -that was the complaint. The complainant
was called and proved the above statement. On
behalf of the defendant Mr. Bennessi, of Paradise-
street,. stated that the complainant came into defendant's
house, and said that he could not bring the article before a
certain time, when the defendant said that would not do,
whereon the complainant struck him a blow in the face.
On this state of the evidence the magistrates dismissed the
complaint of Macaronie v. Crackaronie.

A WRETCH.—A fellow, whose name was given as James
Cooper, a labourer about the docks, with four small children,
was placed in the dock under the following circumstances.
Inspector Deacon stated that, about half-past ten o'clock
on the previous night his attention was called to a house in
Gardner-street, and upon going -into a room he found the
prisoner in a beastly state of intoxication lying on the floor,
there not being
.the glimpse of any article of furniture, and
the children in a fearfully destitute state without
either food- or raiment. The mother had absconded,
and the man was always drunk. After that, he
was turned out of the house, and as the children and their
father was- making a disturbance in the street, he ordered
them all to be locked up. Mr. Mansfield animadverted in
strong terms on the brutality of the father, and ordered
the. children to be sent to.the workhouse for the authorities
to make inquiries into the matter, and report to him, when
the man would be properly dealt with.

A Susincroirs eAsi.--2A youth, named James Jackson,
who, it is supposed, belonged to a gang of Dublin thieves,
was charged with stealing a watch from Ur. William Dick-
inson, of Hotham-street. The complainant stated, that
hearing a lad playing an instrument in front of his door, on
the previous mght, he looked out and saw a great crowd of
persons, and had scarcely stepped from his door-way, when he
felt a slight jerk at his watch guard, and immediately took his
watch from the prisoner's hand, he having abstracted it
from his pocket. The prisoner endeavoured to escape, but,
after much resistance, was captured. Mr. Bluck, who
appeared for the defendant, in an ingenious speech,
addressed the bench, arguing that, in the crowd, the watch
might have accidentally been jerked out of the pocket ; and,
as there was a doubt, and the prisoner was not known, he
was discharged.