The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—Saturday

LIVERPOOL.

BEFOP.B MR. MANgflEtt.

A VERY Dann DEED.—Police officer 255 brought up a
tall, wicked lo iking black man, named Purnell Thomas,.
charged with having nearly cut four fingers off the hand of
another darkey, named Gelrge Davis. It ap')eared that
there Ras a row between some black men in Cement street,
when the officer put them away ; in a short time after a
man called him. and said the prisoner had cut four
fingers off another than, and gave him into custody.
Surgeon Brown said he bad examined the injured man, and
found his fingers nearly cut off ; the wounds were incised;
and
.the Man would never be able to open hia hand again,
The prisoner was remanded.

HONOURING Goon NlDAY.—There Was an unusual
number of young men and others brought up' for being
drunk and disorderly, and for fighting on G o 1 Friday
night, and from the details it would seem that the parties
had singled out the evening for the practide of every sort of
debauchery. Amongst the parties so charged :were two
young men named John Sefton and Robert Wood, who
Were charged by officer 584 with having assaulted him.
The complainant said there was a crowd of blackguards
at the corner of Saint Stephen street, acting in the most
shameful manner; he ordered then to go away, when they
fell on him, caught hint by the legs, pulled him down and
beat him severely; he held one of them while down, and
at lat another officer came up and gat the other prisoner
over the constable beating him. The prisoners were sent to
gaol for three menial with hard labour, in default of paying
fines of £5 and cos s. Two other young fellows, named
John Greenbank and George Woods, were put forward
charged with assisting the other prisoners and attempting
to rescue them. The conduct of Greenbank was equally
bad to the first two, and a like sentence, was passA on
him, and Wood was fined 10s and costs.

RaurAL CONDUCT. —d fellow, named Austin Hanlon,
was charged with having endangered the life of Phosha
Richmond. About ten o'clock the previous night, the
prisoner was in Horatio street, drunk, and acting in the
most outrageous manner, and nsing the most. abomin,ble
language. He was wanting to fight with any one, hut
as none vrikild gratify him, he rushed at the woman
named, knockea her down, and kicked her most severely.
A medical certificate was produced, and it appeared that
she was in a serious state, from the injuries she had
received. The prisoner was remanded
DOINGS AT TH " HOT." I a HOTGAM -STREET —Two
well dressed young fellows, named John Mansfield and
Joha Twaite, were charged with having assaulted police
officers 764 and 50. The officers said they were informed
that tirre was a fearful row at an infamous plan called the
" hop," at the corner of Lord Nelson street and Eiotham
street, and on proceeding to the place, thy got the
prisoners dc,wn in the street tearing each other; they
separated them, when the prisoner Twaite got offioer 764
down, and the crowd began to fling stones and bricks, one
of which cut through the hat of No. 50, and cut his head
also, Mr. Mansfield : Is this a licensed dancing house ?
Mr. Clough : It is not sir. Detective officer Thompson s hid
the place was frightful, it was the curse of the whole neigh-
bourhood. His worship said he would put down such places
He censured the conduct of the prisoners, and fined Twaite
£2, or to be imprisoned for two months; the other, who
was not so badly conducted, he fined £l, or one month's
imprisonment.

MORE GOOD' FRIDAY WORK:—William Hatton and John
Carroll were charged with having assaulted police officer
557. in Jordan street. The prisoners were drunk and
fifrhting' and when the officer went to separate them, they
fell on him and beat him very s verely ; they knocked
him down, and kicked him brutally about the chest.
They were sent to jail for tlyee m nths with hard labour.
A BRUTAL DRIVER OF A Bus.—A p ,werful man, very
well dressed, whose name was given as William We +rine,
and described as one of Btsby's 'bus driv-rs, was charged
with having assaulted an old man named James Cardiff.
From the evidence of the old man, tend constable 51, it
appeared that complainant was nasqng in Dale street, at
the corner of 'John street, with his donkey and cat, when
the prisoner drove up, and, as it was sworn, wilfully drove
his 'bus upon the little cart, and not content with that, he
lashed the old man most shamefully with his whip scross
the face and shoulders. The constable said it was .a brut
assault, and quite unprovoked, as the old man did not do
anything, and was on the right side of the street at the
time. Prisonert -Did _not I offer you my name
and address! Yea, but the outrage was so great
I thought it my duty to take yon into custody.
as I saw it committed by you. Mr, Mansfield : Your
conduct has been both brutal and tyranical. Do you
think you can, because you are a big fellow, and well
dressed, assault and treat this poor man so brutally. I
fine you £5 or in default of payment two months' impri-
sonment. If the fine is paid the old man must
get £2.