Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—v_EsnaDAT.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFONE MR. MANSFIELD.

A DODGER CAUGHT,—A large man, dressed like a fire-
=an, on board a boat, whose name was given as John
tineith, but who refused to tell anything about. himself, was
brought up by officer At incur, 163, on the following charges.
Mr. Mills, from the shop of Mr. Hellewell, Castle-street,
stated that the prisoter called tho previous evening, and
said that he was an engineer on board one of the Birken-
head boats, and that he required a waterproof coat, and he
gave him, on the faith of that representation, a garment
value 2is. He told a bey to follow end see that the pri-
soner went to the boat, as he suspected th t all might not
be right, and he directed him to give the prisoner into
custody if le observed anything suspicions. Ihe boy f
lowed him a long round through the streets, and saw him
give the coat to a man whom he met in the street, and,
after some time, he called the officer, and gave h m into
custody in Scctltted road. The officer subsequently die
covered that the prisoner had ob dined a watch-guard chain,
value 16s, from Mr. Duff, of Tithebarn-street. Tne
chain was got on the prisoner, and Mr Duff
said he obtained it from him by representing
that he was an engineer on board one of the
Birkenhead bra's The superintendent of the ferry police
stated that, so far as he knew, the prisoner was not con-
nected with any boat, at least for the last fourteen years.
The prisoner was sent for trial.
A TEA PARTY PREVENTED —Charles J 0055, a carter in
the employment of Tar. Poole, of Stanley-street, was
charged with having broken open a chest of tea belonging
to Messrs. Henderson and Beezley, of North John street.
The prisoner was employed to take six boxes of tea to the
Lancashire Railway, and, some time after offices Smi h
and Laycock saw the prisoner acting in a suspicious manner
with a bag which he tock from the horse's hay bag, and on
examining the bag, it was found to contain 21 lbs of tea;
on examining the boxes, one was found to be broken, and
was exactly short the above weight The case being thus
established the prisoner was sent for trial.
Tait Lusus NATI:BRA —Patrick Carty, the carter, who
ao ,d remanded about the " black baby," was brought
up. His father was brought forward to try if
he would do anything for him in the way of
paying the parish, so as to get the poor fellow out
of the scrape, but the old man positively refused to
do any hing, in consequence of the disgrace brought
on his ancient and respectable Mile,ian family.
Mr. White, the cffieer, seio, under the circumstances of
the case, the parish would accept of £3, although the debt
was .£4 16e. Of course, the poor fellow was unable to
comply with this, but Mr. George Halt, jun., and Mr.
Tyndall, the Customs' solicitor, bith of whom happened to
he in court at the time, kindly subscribed a pound each,
and the third pen d was added by the worthy, excellent,
and benevolent magistrase. (Mr. Mansfield) who informed
the prisoner of the fact, and having banded the money to
Mr. White, the prisoner was discha'ged, and he went away
blessing his worthy benefactors
USING A WRONG CERTIFICATE —John Collins, a sailor,
was charged by Superintendent Murphy, of the Sailors'
Home, with using a certificate that did not belong to him,
for the purpose of obtaiirieg a ship. Mr. Tyndall was for
the prosecution, and Mr Bleekhurst for the defence. The
cerificete purported t' belong to one George Allen. The
nificate was put in, but Mr. Blackhurst took an objection
to it, as its mere production was no proof in law of its being
a certificate at all. The objection was overruled, and it
was proved that the prisoner used the certificate for the
purpose of getting shipped on beard the ship Countess of
Wilton. The prisoner was fined £5 and costs, or two
months' imprisonment.
Edward Clarke, a seaman, was convicted of a similar
offence, and a like fine was imposed on him.
PLUNDER BY A TRADESMAN —John Ccsh, or Cash, a
tradesman in the employment of Mr. Henri, was brought
up charged by detective officers Patrick and Rigby with
having stolen a large and valuable quantity cf sweet, castor,
cod liver, and other oils, with candid orange, lemon, and
other things, from the stores of Messrs. Evans and Sons,
wholesale druggists, Hanover-street. The prisoner was
engaged for his master putting up a warming apparatus in
the place and he managed to steal a large quantity of the
articles mentioned, which the police found in his house,
in Pitt-street, end the greater perion of which was
identified by Mr. Blytou, one of Messrs. Evans's foremen,
The prisoner was sent for trial.