Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. DIXON.

CAUTION TO CAR DRIVER..—Thomas Cotton, car pro-
prietor and driver, who lives at 14, Brook-street, and be-
longs to the Custom House stand, was charged with being
drunk and incapable on the stand. Police officer 249 said
he saw the prisoner on the stand in a state of stupid
drunkenness. He had given the car to an unlicensed
driver, which was an offence in itself. The officer, finding
the prisoner in such a state, took him home in the car.
His worship said the prisoner's conduct was most repre-
hensible, and fined him 5s and costs, and proceedings to
be taken under the carriags act.
"LICKING A BOBBY."—Two wicked looking fellows,
named Dennis Early and Peter Ceean, were charged with
having assaulted police officers 500 and 624. Mr. Bluck
siefendel Early. Officer 500 said he was on duty in
Byrom-street the previous afternoon, when he saw Early
drunk and wanting to fight wi:h some one, but
not being able to find any one willing to
join him in mortal combat, on seeing him coming
up, he said, " Here's a bobby coming, and
I will lick him," at the same time striking him in the
mouth, and broke one of his teeth, and otherwise assaulted
him, as did also the other prisoner, but not so severely as
Early. Mr. Black called a witness on behalf of his client,
bat it did not alter the case. Early was fined £l, and the
other 103. and costs.

A BATCH OF INFAMOUS HOUSEKEEPERS SENT FOR TRIAL,
—lnspector White brought up, on warrant, Mary Kearns,
Mary Jervis (a black woman), Anne Halpin, Maria Ker-
gan (a girl), and Jane Cottrell, all keepers of infamous
houses in Westmoreland-street. From the evidence, it
appeared that the houses were kept solely for black sai
lore, and the account given by the police and some of the
inhabitants of the street, were frightfully horrible. The
prisoners were sent for trial at the sessions.
ANOTHER DRUNKEN CAR DRIVER.— James Slowey, the
driver of a car, belonging to Mr. Bowman, of Marybone,
was charged for being drunk and incapatle of taking care
of the vehicle in Lime-street ; and there was a
charge against him by the owner of the car
for having broken it, but this charge could not bs sus-
tained it, in the form it was brought. The- policeman
proved the case against the prisoner, and Mr. Bowman
said the officer brought the car home broken, and the
damage was done by the prisoner. Mr. Dixon : Why do
you keep such a fellow in your employment ? Well, sir,
there is not much difference between them—one is as bad
as the other—but I don't intend to keep him any longer.
The prisoner was fined ss. and costs.
EMBEZZLEKENT BY A FAST g YOUNG MAN."—Thomas
Mason, a young " s well," was brought up by bridewell-
keeper Scott, on a charge of having embezzled about £5O,
belonging to his employers, Messrs. Partridge and Co ,
Molyneaux-place. The prisoner was about 20 years of
age, and had all the exteriors that charac'erise the " fast
young man.'' He was a clerk in Messrs. Partridge's
office, and part of his duty was to collect money, and
Mr. Partridge said about a fortnight or three weeks ago,
he heard something about the prisoner having received
money that he did not account for to him, he spoke
very seriously to him about it, and promised to forgive him
if he conducted himself properly in future. Since that,
however, he found that the prisoner had received sums of
money and had not accounted for them to him ; and he,
therefore, gave him into custody. There were several
c4es preferred against him, but of these three were
selected as sufficient. Gentlemen from Messrs. Bowman
and Grinnell's, Edward Higgins and Co , and Craig and
Murray's, were produced, and those proved having paid
the prisoner various sums of money, and took his receipt
for same; and Mr. Partridge proved that such sums were
not paid to, nor accounted for, to him by the prisoner.
This evidence was deemed sufficient, and the prisoner was
sent for trial.

HOUSEBREAKING AND ROBBERY.—IVIIIimiI Wall, Joseph
Burke, Anne Wall, and Mary M Bride, were brought up
on remand, charged with being concerned in housebreak-
ing and robbery of clothes, &c., in the outfitting shop of
Mr. Schwerseneky, Whitechapel, which took place in
February last. Mr. Goodere defended. The facts of
this case, as far as it went, appeared two or three days
ago. The prisoner Burke was employed in the
prosecutor's house as a tailor, and on the 10th inst. he
entered the shop where Mr. Porter, the manager of the
establi-hment, recognised some of the stolen property on
him, and this led to the arrest by Smith and Thompson,
two of the detectives, of all the prisoners, where they
lived in Thomas-street, and on subsequent searching
several pawn tickets, which led to the discovery of coats
and other property, and these articles were identified by
Mr. Porter as a portion cf the goods stolen. Mr. Goodere
elicited from some of the witnesses that the husbands of
the female prisoners Ire at present in gaol, suffering four
years' renal servitude for burglaries and robberies, and he
endeavoured to throw the robbery on them. There was
another charge against the prisoners for having some
towels, shirts, and other things that were stolen from the
office of Messrs. Bates, Stokes, and Company's office,
North John-street, on the night of the 15th May, and
these were found in the prisoners room, and the prisoner
Wall had a shirt on him with Mr. Bates's name on it.
Mr. Goodere argued thit there was not evidence against
the prisoners to send them before a jary, although they
might be dealt with for not being able to account for the
possession of the property. The prisoners were fully
committed for trial._ _

A Spanish sailor named Joseph Founder, was remanded
on a charge of having robbed another Spanish sailor of
210 dollars, in London, about eighteen months ago.

BEFORE J. H SMITH.

Frederick J. Smith, described as a boarding house
keeper at 4, Rotunda-place, Waterloo-road, was charged
with having inducted three Dutch sailors to leave their
ship and go lodge at his house, and there he detained
their clothes when they wanted to go away. The defen-
dant was fined and costs.

Wrus.—Tne will of the Hon. Philip James Cocks, of
Shipple Hall, Salop, was proved in London under £5,000
personalty. Sir James Eyre, ro.u., £l,OOO personalty.
The Rev. G. C. Gorham, 8.D., Vicar of Brampford Speke,
Devon, .X 20,000. William Emerson, Esq., £70,000.
Richard Oglander, F.sq., of the He of Wight, £35;000;
l=aving many specific bcquetts of rings, &c , presented to
him by Royalty. Miss Georgians Ann Vyse, of Stoke
Poges, Bucks, £40,000. Thomas Jackson, Esq., Po:ts?a,
£30,000. Mrs. Johanna Feai•on, of Frognall Hempstead,
00,000. Mrs Anna Gurney, of Cromer, Norfolk,
£40,000. Mr. Robert Sherren, of St. Michael, Dorset,
£6,000 ; and has bequeathed to the British and Foreign
Bible Society £2OO ; Church Missionary. £2OO ; Religious
Tr !et Society and Dorset County Hospital, £lOO each.—
Illaslrateci London ews.
TUE BRITISH ASSOCIATION MEETING ....More then one
voice of protest reaches us against the selection of so late a
date fur the meeting of the British Assciatioa this year.
People who love to spend September on the Swiss lakes,
at the baths of Lucca, or in the Bey of Maple', will have
to choose between, Ireland and their customary autumn
tours. The period is rather late for Killarney, and is too
early for Dublin. We assume, of course, that the 26th of
August has been chosen by arrangement with the Dublin
committee; yet, we believe, Dublin is as empty at that
time of the year as London itself—a circumstance which
may not effect the scientific value of the gathering, but
e.hieh may affect the social and pecuniary results. We
would vier:se our friends to take their excursion tickets a
fortnight before the time of meeting, to complete their
visits to Killarney, Connemara, and the Giant's Cause-
way, and return to conclude their run in Dublin.—
digienceunt.

CAPIIME OF A GANG) OF SliEcTsrrAnuns.—The notoriety
to which Barnsley has attained from the great number of
cases of burglary and sheepstealing of which it has been
the centre, has caused the police force to watch, with more
than usual care, certain parts of the district. On Friday
morning, three bad characters, one of whom was appre-
hended on a charge cf being concerned in the Manor Oaks
burglary, some time since, were taken whilst in the act of
sheepstealing. About one o'clock in the morning, police
crms'able Boothmau (Oldworth), and police constable
Shaw (Darfi old), met at a lonely place called torr's Mill,
being armed with cutlasses, and accsmparied by two dogs.
Alter going together for a short distance, the dogs became
very impa•ient, which excited the suspicions of the con-
stables, and a halt was made. After a short eximination
of the locality, the officers found, in a flail close to where
they were, that some sheep had been driven into a corner;
and on a still further and cautious investigation, they
saw three men, evidently bent on securing some of them.
Tae noise of the dogs pr: vented the proceedings of the
sheep-stealers being watched any longer, and on the
animals (ewo bulldogs) being slipped, they rushed upon
the men furiously. Taken by surprise, while almost
in the act, the .thieves beat a retreat by a dif-
ferent part of the field from which they had apparently
entered, and by so doing, actually rushed into the
arms of the officers, who, with drawn cutlasses, stood to
receive there. Tue men were thunderstruck, and seemed
to lose all self-possession, and were at occe secured, with
scarcely any resistance, which they saw would be useless.
They were disguised, and armed with weapons and instru-
menls, suitable alike for sheep-stealing, burglary, or any
similar depredations. On being searched, each man was
found to have a. large bag for carrying plunder, a for-
midable life preserver, a large pocket-knife, knee caps, a
gauze veil for the face, and striped slope. They had also
two butchers' knives, crowbar, and other instruments for
forcing locks, &c.