Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-03 00:00:00

ELOPMENT, ROBBERY, AND FRAUD.

At the Southwark Police court, on Thursday, F. Hemp-
stock, a shnpman, and a married man, with two children, and
•Caroline Hawes, the wife of a man of rather weak intel-
lect, were brought befeie Mr. Burette.% on remand,
charged in the qrst instance with having stolen a pair of
boo.s and a pair of goloshes, the property or William
Linter, bootmaker, at Nn. 8, D Ahem. The male
prisoner was also charged by the parish authorities of St.
()lave's, with deserting his wife and children ; and he was
charged by the EmigratiOn Conitnissioners with unlaw—
fully personating the husband of the female prisoner with
whom he was about to start for AUstralia. Mr. Sol amen
prosecuted, and Mr. Wontner defended the male prisoner.
Capt• is M•Lean, R.N., the Givernment Emigration
Inspector, was also in attendance to watch the proceedings
le'appeare-1 from the evidence of Sergeant Sopp; 13 M,
'that on Wednesday afternoon, the 23rd ultimo, he received
in'oonation that the prisoners had absconded from. their
houses in the Borough, each leering their fernilies, and
that the male prisoner had, with the assistance or the
female prisoner, robbed his rirs'er, Mr. Linton, esi boots
and goloshes. Ie ascertained that an emigratrtn train
was aout to leave the Paddington sta.ion for Plymouth,
where the ship was waiting for the emigrants. Accord-
ingls he pr• seeded there, end took the prisoners into custody
just as they were about to get into_a railway carriage as man
and wife. Ha brought them to this statioe, when a pair
of boots were found on the feet of Hawes, the husband'of
the female prim ce, which Mr. Linton stated were
of his manufacture. Toe prisoners were examined
before his worship and remanded, to enable witness
to • communic te - with the Emig ation Commis-
sioners reseecting. two boxes which had been
shipped at Plymouth by the prisoners. and in which
stolen property was believed to be packed. He had
received every facility from • h Emigration Commissio •ers;
and in one of the boxes on board the vessel he found a p
of goloshes. Mr. Linton said le- had his marks on them.
Mr. Bu dram here asked what ev'd -nee there was to show
tdat the hoots and goloshes had been stolen from the
prosecutor ? Mr. Linton stepped forward, and on being
sworn he sriii that the male prisoner had been in his
employ about twelve months up to tie time he ab-
scolded. He had seen the boots and goloshes. They
bad his marks iaside there, and the male pri-
soner hid never accounted for their sale. In cross-
examination by Mr. Wontner, witness said he had a
large stock, and kept no hooks. What goods were sold
were put down in the gross amount each day. Mr. Burcham
said there was no 'evi!ence to show that the boots and
goloshes htd hem stolen therefore the prisoners must be
discharged from that. Were there any other charges to
make against them ? Mr. Hurst, the relieving officer of
Saint Olave's Union, said the • male prisoner had deserted
his wife and five childrer, leaving them chargeable to the
parish. Haring that he was about to leave England on Wed-
nesday, tha 23H, he merle ionuiri es, and ascertained that an
emigration train was to start for Psy mouth that evening. He
accordingly obtained a warrant, and proceeded to Padaing-
ton, where he saw both prisoners in custody of last witness.
Mr. Burcham asked what were the ages of the children ?
Witness replied that the eldest, a daughter, who was now
in curt, was 17, and the remainder were 15, 12, 8, and 4.
His wife, a r ery respectable woman, was also in court• in
answer to Mr. Mitcham, witness said he relieved the
family ten dries before the prisoner's apprehension, and bad
done so up to the present tine. Toe prisoner's wile and
eldest daughter here came forward, and there certainly was
a great contrast as ao their looks and general appearance.
Tho former a clean respectable looking female, and the lat-
ter a nude:t comelytlooking girl, while the female prisoner
was quite the reverse, being r Aber a inpalsivetooking woma
Sergeant Sopp here said that on searching the man he
found in his possession 'emigration papers filled up as
Joseph Charles Hawes and Caroline Hawes. The female
had no marriage certificate to corroborate the other
papers supslied by the Emigration Cammissioners• Captain
McLean informed his worship that a certain sum of
money was remitted from Australia to enable Mr. and
Mrs. Hawes to emigrate. The necessary papers were
applied for and filled up, and orders were given for
them to proceed its a vessel then lying at 'Prynaoath.
The male prisoner personated Ma Hawes, and that
coming to the knowledge of the Commissioners of
Emigration on the Wednesdays a person was despatched
to the Paddington F,lation to stop the parties from
going. When the clerk got there he found the prisoners
in custody: The male prtserer bad committed a very
serious offence, and' it was the de ire of the commissioner,
that he should he punished as an example to others. Mr.
Burcham said he was subject to a penalty of .fst3 under the :
83rd clause of the Passengers' Act, but proc,edings,must
be taken by summons. Captain McLean remarked that he
might be off before the summons could be heard.: M.
Burcham told him there was no fear of that. As far as the
effence, of deserting his wile and family, he had ren:lered
himself liable to imprisonment. Wilat had he to say in
answer to that charge? Mr. Woatner said he had no
anewer to make to that. Mr.—Burcham observed that
it was a very bad case iedeed ; and he imagined the
natural feelings as a husband and a fattor would
have had some weight with him in their favour.
His wife appeared a clean industrious woman, and
the daughter, a young girl, 17 'years of age, now
before him ought to have restrained him from his guilty
purpose with such a woman as the female who stood beside
him. There was no charge substantiated against her,
therefore she must be. discharged, bit as for the man who
was about to accompany her, leaving his wife and children
to shift (or themselves, ha shouted not be cluing his duty
unless he punist ed him to the full extent the Aot of
Parliament allowed him. He sentenced: him to three
months' hard Lb ur to the House of Correction. Captain
M'Lean said he shoald proceed against him under the
Emigration Act at the expiration of his imp:isournert.