Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY -T.

(Before Mr. MANSFIELD.)

WILFULLY BREAKING A PANE 'Or GLAis.—Joseph
Kyle, a young lad, who said he resided. in. Copperas-
hill, was charged with wilfully breaking a pane of glass,
value £5, in a shop, in Scotland-road. Officer. 711
stated that the prisoner, who was in liquor, pushed a
little boy, who was looking in at the windoW, against it
and broke it.' The little boy was called, and said he
was standing at the window'; thee. prisoner came up
and asked him if he knew him. He isaid he did not,
and he thereupon ,pushed him against the window.
Kyle was ordered to pay £5, or in default, to go to gaol
for three months.

VIOLENT AssA.uvr.Thomas Nl'Donogh and Mar-
garet M‘Donogh, his wife, were charged by Edward
and Elizabeth Phillips with violently assaulting .them
without provocation. The male complainant, who owns
the cellar in which the prisoners live in,, Sawney Pope-
street, stated that the water tap was in the, cellar. He
went into the cellar last night to get some water to
make his tea, and the male prisoner struck him with' a
hammer on the head. He called out and his wife came
to his assistance when the two prisoners attacked. both
of them with hammers. The hammers were produced
and had traces of blood.on them. A. brother of the male
complainant was sworn and said he saw the two -pri-
soners beating his brother and hiS Wife with a hammer.
In consegnence of the female complainant not being
able to give her evidence, the prisoners were remanded
for a week.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A YOUNG LAD. —A CURIOUS
CASE.--Inigo Jones, a young lad of very respectable
appearance, was brought up charged with having em-
bezzled between £9 and £lO, the property of his master,
Mr. Goodacre, tea merchant, Temple-court.—Detective-
officer Scott stated the instructions which he received
from Mr. Goodacre. , He went to Wales, where he
apprehended the prisoner, who had 'absconded there
Before the prisoner left the office he left

a letter stating

that.he was going to fight a duel in Wale's

The follow:

in; is a copy of it :--

" Dear Sir,---A youth challenged me to a combat and I was
not going to be made a coward of, so I went to Abberys
fight him and if I don't return in a week I will be slat
Sir if you are a Christian keep this all in, and do nest speaL -
word about it to my aunt, if you do my spirit shall always
haunt you. Act 'like a christian, sir, and. be a friend to my
aunt---Do not tell aunt---See Remmebed my words
,I will
be called John.Thundehtir for disguise and if I getkilleti, be a

Friend two my aunt and in death I will: be a "friend two you.
--Remembed Sir your obedient servant Ixioo .foxits.
Mr. Goodacre was called, and said the prisoner was
recommended to-him by friends as being connected with
a school for four years, the two last years as a' pupil
teacher. He took him upon this recommendation.
Having frequently to leave 'home, he was in the habit
of leaving the prisoner Ll or 30s. to pay petty expenses.
Three weeks last Saturday he' (witness) had in- his pos-
session an Irish £lO note. Just previous to going to
Glasgow; he gave it to the prisoner to get changed.
He was to take £9 to his (witness's) lodgings—Miss
Dentith's, Wellington-terrace, West Derby-road=and
to keep the other £1 to pay various small items. When
he came back, Miss Dentith, informed him that she had
not received any money: He came dawn to the office
and found the door locked, and the keys put through
the letter-box.. He went, to his aunt, who said he went
out in the morning, stating that he was going to his
master, and would not be back that night. He requested
her to search the house, to see if there was no money,
and she found several letters pnrporting to be written..
by him to the prisoner, giving him different orders with
respect to the husiness.—Detective-pffieer Scott : He
said he would shoot Mr. Goodacre if he was sent to
prison. He also said he would do as Jack Sheppard
did.-Mr. Mansfield : What age is the boy ? Prisoner :
youkeenyears last February.—Mr. AVG-hulls, bride-
well-keeper : He says he has been reading the " Corsican
Brothers," "Jack Sheppard," "Claude Duval," and
other books, and would like to -be an officer in the army,
if some gentleman would buy him a commission.—After
some further conversation, the prisoner was committed
to 'gaol for fourteen days, and afterwards to go to the
Akbar Reformatory for five years, .or such. other time as
might be deem.ed necessary.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A
CAPTAIN.—WiIIiam Benson, captain of the ship Pomona,.
was charged by Messrs. Munn & Cp., owners of the above-
named vessel, with embezzling various sums of money
their property. Mr. Conway, barrister, instructed by
Messrs. Fletcher and Hull, appeared to prosecute;, and
Mr. Deighton, barrister, instructed by Mr. Cobb, for the
defendant.—Mr. _ Conway stated ,the circumstances of
the case. Captain Benson was appointed to command
'the ship: Pomona, belonging to Messrs. Munn & Co.,
sometime last year when they became owners of the
ship. The ship was chartered to go to Calcutta ; and,.
when at Calcutta,she received a charter from the Govern-
ment to bring home a number of troops. It became
necessary to lay a considerable quantity of provisions in,
which would otherwise not have been required. These
provisions were bought by the captain by drawing upon
his employers. He returned, and arrived at Gravesend
in the course of last month. He came here and tendered
his accounts to his masters. These accounts were inves-
tigated, and it was suspected they. were not all right as
the terms charged were so exorbitantly high. He would
call before hisWoiship, Mr. Munn, who would tell him
that these charges were unreasonable and high. They
did not satisfy Mr. Munn, and he accordingly requested
the captain to meet hint at- the private office. Captain
Benson Aid so,,aud said that he had given him a full and
Correct statement' of'all monies 'he had. received. He
afterwards, however, altered his tune, and sent in another
ac6oimt. When the seamen Were getting'paid off, the
'clerk noticed on board a young 'man who had not the
appearance 'of an ordinary' sailor. He accordingly made
some inquiries, and found out that the " young man's
name 'was Cott, who had complained to Messrs. Armin
and Co. Of the. treatment which he had received from
the captain. This young man had been desirous of
going from London to Calcutta and back for the benefit
of his health, and an arrangement was made between him
and the captain that he shOuld be taken. for £3O,
on condition that he acted as captain's clerk, and
entered in the Articles as an ordinary seaman. He
would call before his worship Mr. Cott's brother, who
would prove the payment of the £3O to Capt. Benson ;
and as. Capt: Benson had not given any account of that
money, he apprehended that was embezzlement. There
were two other charges ag*St the captain ; but with
regard to them at the present' moment, there would be'
some difficulty to make them out. There was a case of
a yOung 'lady named' Nally, daughter of a quarter-
master at Calcutta, for whom £l5 was paid to the
.captain for a cabin passage from Calcutta to Gravesend,
which the captain had not accounted to Messrs.
Munn for. There was .a fourth charge,- in which
a person named Hullows, a soldier, , paid the
captain £l5 for a passage from the Cape ,of Good
Hope' to this port. Mr. R. A. Munn was
called and proved the facts relative to the charges being
exorbitant and high. He said the disbursements which
the ;captain admitted he, had received in two accounts
amounted to between £BO and £9O. The case of Cott
was the only-one gone, into. The brother,of Cott was
called, and proved the circumstances with respect to the
arrangement and payment of the money to Captain
Benson; After a lengthened discussion, the defendant
was committed for trial, two sureties of £5O and himself
iir£loo being taken for his appearance.

THE GRAND DUCHESS MARIE or RUSSIA..—Her
Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia,
who arrived at Dove: on Friday evening., attended by
a numerous suite, embarked at an early hour on Satur-
day morning on 'board her Majestv'S steam packet
Vivid, Comniander Allen, which had been placed at the
disposal of her Imperial HighnetiS, and proceeded direct
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to Calais,' en route for Compiegne, on a visit to. the.
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