The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEMAN.—Jane Ellen Sae, ,
well dressed-and respectable looking young woman, as
charged by officer sSawith being drunk and disorderly,'"
Great Crosshall street. It appeared from the evideee.e
of Mr. Joseph Whittle that he was standing by the ati!..o
goner, who was sitting on some steps in the street, as su
had got some drink from a friend. The officer came ePt
and asked witness, "Is this your wife ?" He replied Its,
but that she was a friend. The officer then treated t.°!,
woman as if she were a bad character, and took out be
staff, telling the witness to go another way. He said_s,
would report the officer's conduct, when he gave
violent blow under the left ear, which felled him to t'Se
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around, and when down he was kicked by the constable
He then went to the Central Office and reported thefa,„e;
and lie understood it would he brought before Mal
Greig. The prisoner was discharged.
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STABBING BY A WOMAN.—Anne Gorman, wholo
in Semmerseet, was charged with having stabbed a fe°lad,
named Mary Bailly. The complainant, it aPPearee
rented a cellar from the prisoner, and there was some
rent due for it. The complainant had been to the neepa
office forabused he
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words took place between them, when the prisent
struck her with the tongs, and afterwards stabbed set,
with the scissors in the side of the head, Mr. Grillo
seat
the of the surgeons of Vauxhall Dispensary, stated'
ts„ 5,,-,ound was rather serious. The prisoner was '
for trial, but his Worship admitted her to bail. rah
SERVANT.—CharIes Barnett and 04
PLUNDER ere'
Barnett, his wife, brought up on remand, 00%4
with having stolen a
spoons, and other property beLl
qua,.„,:....t.v of bed linen, knives, f°j.ti,
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proprietor of the Vine Hotel, .g.:_eteot M
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of the case were published a few days t ,re
being these. The female prisoner lived in a house, ins
16, Great George's square, which was a priv. to 1041,1-3/
house connected with the hotel; and it appeared ;0
she took the property, which was subsequently found
yet
the husband's lodgings, at Birkenhead, by detective eturo,
Povey. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins identified a great n°ll,',e
of the property as belonging to them, and said all "111
been stolen from their house. The prisoners stop it
denied having stolen the property, alleging tbst
belonged to themselves. They were sent for trial.
CHARGE OF FELONY BY A BOARDING Horse 100q-io
—Thomas Burke, the keeper of a boarding houset.,
Porter street, was charged with having stolen a ve-so
pair f trowsers, two shirts, and a guernsey frock,
said
s,-1 William Holloway. The complainant. r
he came from America. by the Kangaroo. The Prisc'eltil
i;save him his card, and induced'inet
it appeared, that the 01,4
came on hoer(' ants
to lodge at his hot; 4e,
trick the things out of the cotplainant's box and P'e
them in a pawn shop. The prism:ar alleged thatt tb,
things were taken out of the box by b: Comrade
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prosecutor, and given to him to pledge,
denied, and the prisoner was sent for trial.
TAE EFFECTS OF THE FcG.—A young fellow', nass7,
George Wal burn, was charged with having stolen a sst"o
value £l, from the Edinburgh Castle public house, l','tse
street. Mrs. Thomas, the owner of the house, salueed
shawl belonged to a commercial gentleman who I°lo
at her house. She came down in the morning anti, 514
the prisoner, with others, leaving the place, but tne,sh
was so great she could not see which way any of there n'the
About nine at night detective officer Smith saw, etr
prisoner in John's Lane, and suspecting all was not lags,
he arrested him, and found the shawl under his 111°P.
The prisoner was sent for trial.
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STABBING BY HI BAND.—Fergus Kenan,
slog
porter, living at 44, Porter street, was charged with he'..st
stabbed his wife with a knife. The parties had not 11;0
together for some time, and the story of the woman bee
that he stabbed her in a serious manner in the atoll !oil
she went to look for some money from him. StiNISI
Wall said the wound was rather a serious one. .be
prisoner said he did not strike her at all, but tbaiati
had cut her arm by breaking glass. Surgeon see
said the wound might have been inflicted by the Woo
ing of glass. The parties had been up before osa
magistrates several times, and an arrangement wag„,,a
entered into that the prisoner should pay the VIOP.
2s 6d a week, and he was then discharged. rsll#
CURIOUS DPCOVERY OF A ROBBERY.—hangars. • ° pre
Bridget Moran, Mary Moran, and James Moran g:;e1
brought up on remand. Tile prisoners were ehejess
with being concerned in a robbery that took plseetse
board a vessel called the Jane. A few days ago tee
details of this case appeared in our paper. Sinceteft
prisoners were remanded the police discovered tbapri
the night of the robbery on board the Jane' and
less than five vessels had been broken into -lee
plundered to a large amount. The night after 01
robbery on board the Jane, two men, named Call,
M'Cabe, were found on board a ship, with a quant'sre
property. tied up ready for removal, and for this theViloettbe
sent to jail for three months, It turned out that A,sincel
was the husband of one of the female prisoners v„.,et
Marks, on searching the prisoner's house in Paul sii,lo;
found a large quantity of property that was stolen of
some of the vessels alluded to, and also the majoritlked
the property stolen from the Jane. Mr. Clough Cabe
for another remand, iu order to connect Cain and 31 dud'
with the robberies. The prisoners were again renle°s,lol
STREET ROBBERY—AN EXTRAORDINARY RBYI°,OIIII
AND CONCLUSION. A tall and gentlemanly looking vest,
elegantly dressed, who gave his name as Francis F.4°,et'sseil
and said he lived in Tyrer Street, charged a well ;able
man, named John Anderson, described as a :AV°
blade maker," living in Bond street, with having
him in Lime street, of a valuable gold pin. Mr. Blues-stet
peered for the prisoner. The statement of the prose-el;
who, from his respectable appearance, and gentled jute
manners and address, obtained the sympathy Of .s%eht
court, was as follows :—About twenty minutes past elsoj
(he said) he was passing along Lime el-reset' iissif,
coming up to a mock auction shop door, he foe
a great crowd of very great blackguards root
ing about, and on the flagway, so that he Coo`cifoot•
pass, In order to avoid them he stepped off the toe
way into the street, and just as he had passed,
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prisoner rushed out of the crowd, slapped a yeibt bed
pocket handkerchief up against his breast, and snet`s-stb:
out of his stock a valuable gold pin. He ins"ette
seized the ruffian by the neck, and held him fasA"asbt
also the handkerchief, but the pin was gone, as ISO Crow'
the prisoner had some confederates in the crowd. "-elf
examined by Mr. Block : I saw the pin at least Woe
minutes before it was taken ; j
I did not see it astsolt
instant that it was taken. Mr. Bluck : How "Wei
know you had it at the time ? lam morally 0005' (tot
I had it, for it could not have lost in the interim
the
the time I saw it. Mr. Block : How do you ktn'tf„ebt
prisoner was the person who took it ? Because I °p()
him on the instant with this (a yellow silk handkercs oPin his hand, and that's the handkerchief he slaPPeelled
against my pin, and when pulling it out he also ?isere
out the ends of my stock, which are very long' e're o,'
he opened his coats, and displayed a large quanrSdio
gold chains, a fine vest, snow-white shirt, and sPletebtr
stock.) Mr. Block : And you swear, l-eyond all su;"iioo
the prisoner is the man ? I do, sir, for I caught "1-reett
the spot. Mr. Block made an able speech for his c*" the
and contended, that as the prosecutor had not see%s 0
pin for twenty minutes before it was alleged tVaott
,eels
there lost, and as a pin in a stock was liable to fa",els
there was a doubt about it. His client was a resPee'ee
tradesman in Liverpool. and it was not likely tbia,-, et
would commit such a glaring robbery in the 014110
half-past eight o'clock. He contended, that altb°,slo
the prosecutor appeared to be a highly resPe,es-s to
gentleman, as he (Mr. Bluck) did not know anyth":oo
the contrary, not knowing who he was, that he "
bout
have made a mistake, and as there was great doubts:oo
the matter, he trusted his worship would give the "-aft'
of that doubt to the prisoner, and discharge hit°'4sos'
Aikin, who tried the case, in the absence of Mr. "S°
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fiela, said, "here is a gentleman who swears to a P°-
fact, and" Mr. Clough here rose, and in h'9..1006
peculiarly dramatic style, for which he is f°7. rise
begged his worship's liberty to ask the prosecutor the
question, and this being granted, be turned t 0 rid
gentleman, and with a look that resembled an et. s
shock, he gravely asked, " Was the prisoner, errtbs,
frequenter of your brothel in Tyrer street ?" pod
question looked like an electric shock, it certait",„ 10
nearly the effect of a galvanic battery on every °,,t1:000
court; it astounded all, and astonished the ge°s"lej
himself, who stood like a statue, and at last the Pere A
court gave vent to their feelings in loud laughlieeVeekt
new light was thrown on the whole affair, and Mr. P'the
with his eagle eye and legal acumen at once sa‘/ci to
point, and like an able and clever lawyer resolve serl
profit by it. He asked the witness what he we 9,
"I buy and sell furniture and
heClough : Don't mind him, he keeps a brothel in lir"(
street, and the pictures and furniture are only t°,3;,'
hrt.
at Block:
first tlh
the
fellow
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tiht.ouMg
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call on your worship to give my client the benefit ono/
doubt, and discharge him. Mr. Aiken : There is cur it I'l
a doubt about it now, and I will give the benefit °hey
the prisoner and discharge him, The prosecutor rot
made a hasty retreat from court, amid the laug°
every one present.

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A COINCIDENCE.—ExactIy twelve months elaPnsteo
tween the supposed suicide of John Sadleir, on ganinrui the
Heath, and the expulsion of his brother James tr'
House of Commons,

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