The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR MANSFIELD.
THE WATCH THAT " WENT."—Kate Cerro], a servant
in the beer and lodging house of a Mrs. Burgess, 7, Upper
Harrington street, was charged with being concerned in
the stealing of a watch, value .E 5, the property of Robert
Smith, Llewellen street. Mr. Blink defended. It ap•

peared that on the 29th January Mr. Smith was on his
way home, when he dropped into a public house in Park
lane, where he had some drink ; and he intimated that
the liquor contained either " Pike water" or some other
drug, for it stupified him very much, and next mooning
he missed his watch. On Saturday, the watch was

pledged at Mr. Phillips' Bedf,;(lstreei;P:;;k, and on the
Friday afterwards a notice was served on the pawnbrokers,
when Mr. Phillips produced it. In reply to Mr.
Black, Mr. Phillips said he knew the prisoner to live at
Mrs. Burgess', and he never knew any thin.. wrong of
her. M'Culloch, the detective officer who hadb chime of
the prisoner, said, when he arrested her she stated thatr a
sailor who lodged at the house had given her the watch
to pledge. He suspected that it was one of the " black
ballers," a name by which swindling " dry land sailors"
are known, who gave it to her. Mr. Black called
Mrs. Burgess, who gave the prisoner an excellent
character, and said she was in the habit of being sent

out by lodgers to pledge things for them. His worship
did not think the evidence sufGcient, and ordered the
prisoner to be discharged.
DISHONEST BOY. —James Gardiner, about 14 years of
age, who was an errand boy in the shop of Mr. John
Peatony, boot and shoe maker, Commutation row, was
charged as follows :—The prisoner took two pair of boots,
one pair of which he ple,:ged for 2s, and on offering the
second pair for pledge at Mr. Fairhurst's, he was stopped.
He was remanded, with the view of having him sent to
a reformatory.
BASE Coin.—A day or two since, we cautioned the
public against base money. On Saturday, a young
woman named Mary Roche, was brought up, charged
with attempting to " put off" some base shillings. She
vas arrested, and on being searched, seven base shillings
were found on her. Having been convicted previously of
a similar offence, she was now sent for trial.

A BAD AND DRUNKEN WIFE.—A rather pretty looking
young woman, named Agnes Rogers, the wife of an
Italian, who keeps a boarding house, was brought up on
a charge of having stolen a blanket and a pair of stock-
ings, belonging to a Greek siiior, who lodged at the house
of her husband. Mr. Chilton appeared for the prosecution,
and from his statement and the evidence produced, it
seemed that the prisoner was a most incorrigible
drunkard, that she had spent a great deal of money, and
rearly ruined her husband. Everything that could be
done was resorted to, in order to reclaim her, but to no
purpose. Her husband sent her to Scotland a short time
since, and her outfit cost over £6O, and he also provided
for her maintenance, but she stopped only a few days,
sold or pledged all her things, and to the utter horror of
her husband she returned nearly in a state of nakedness,
and quite drunk. He bad offered several times to allow
her a handsome weekly stipend, but she would not
accept of it. In one of her beastly fits of drunkenness
she stole the articles mentioned, and sold them for drink.
In reply to the charge, she said her husband used to turn
her out and beat her ; that he wanted to get rid of her,
as he had formed an acquaintance with another female.
This statement was denied. Mr. Mansfield said lie did

not know of a greater curse than a beastly drunken wife
—such was calculated to drive a man to destruction.

He hoped the present case would be a warning not only
to the prisoner, but to others He ordered her to be sent
to gaol fcr three months, and kept to hard labour.
DESERTING A WIFE.7MT. Williams, one of the out•

door relieving officers of the parish, brought a powerful
looking man, named Arthur Hornby, a hay and straw
dealer, living in Chaucer street, on a charge of having
left his wife and children chargeable on the pariah.
Mr. Williams said the present was the fourth time that
the prisoner was up for the same sort of offence. The
last time he was to allow his wife 6s a week, but for the
last three weeks he had not paid her anything, and sbe
came to him in great destitution. The prisoner alleged
that he had not received much money for the last three
weeks, but that he expected to make up what was due
that day, if he had not been arrested. He was remanded
to this day, in order to have an arrangement made, to pay
the money.
WHAT'S A POLICEMAN'S Duly?—Officer 145 brought
up a woman, named Anne Halfpenny, wife of a black-
smith residing at 10, Eldon place, on the charge of having
a quantity of old copper bolts in her possession, for which
she could not properly account. Mr. Block defended.
The facts were these. The constablet met a mark
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bolts, and on questioning him, he said he purchased
them from the prisoner. The policeman proceeded
to her house, and asked her a variety of questions,
groi fit ss.e a IX heel the place,
examiningwhere
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woman got samea. i great moree length, he
took her into custody, as she could only account for
the copper by stating that it was left at her place
about three years ago, by a man named Charley, who
went to sea, and had not since returned. Mr. Black
contended that this was the true version of the ease, and
argued that his client must be discharged, at the same
time, he urged that the policeman had outstepped his
duty in examining the woman at such length, without
telling her the charge that might be preferred against her.
Mr. Mansfield discharged the prisoner, and in reference to
the point raised about the officer, his worship said, before
he took any one into custody on a charge of felony, be
should tell the person the charge made against him, and
ought not to ask any questions, without first cautioning
the party, that whatever was said, might or would be
given in evidence in subsequent proceedings. (No doubt
this will be a warning to policemen in future, as it is a
frequent complaint by legal gentlemen, that the police
try to " pump" confessions out of prisoners, without
giving the necessary caution.)
11EFORE MESSRS: HAYWOOD AND G. HOLT.

AFFILIATION CAM-A. pretty young girl, named Ellen
Jones, the daughter of a publican, living at Amlwich, in
Anglesea, summoned Robert Hughes, described as the
•wner and master of a ship, and also, as having a large sum
of money in hank (iucky Mr. Hughes) for the support of
her child, of which she alleged he was the father. Mr.
'Godfrey was for the complainant, and Mr. Campbell for
the defendant. The difference in the appearance
of the paraes raised the wonder of all present.
There were some curious facts elicited in the course
of the investigation, in reference to Welsh court-
ship, and if the statements made on this point be true, it
speaks very little in favour of the morals and modesty of
the inhabitants of the Principality; and the sooner such
" courtship" is reformed, the better it will be for the
character of the people. The details regarding this
`portion Of the case were not such as to m°et the public
eye in the pages of a respectable newspaper. The case
of the plaintiff was sustained by an overwhelming
quantity of evidence, and although Mr. Campbell dis-
played his usual ability for the defence, the magistrates
made an order for 2s 6d a week, and ordered the full
amount of costs allowed by the act of parliament, as the
defendant was in a position to pay the full amount.