Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE -YBSTERDAt•

LIVERPGOL
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. niaea
St/swami OF GOLD STEALING —Thrpe persneo , dee
Richard Hodson. Patrick Grady, and Thomas (1"cl:ilia
Toleman, were brought up by officers Sillivan ard
tewle.a°.
of the detective police, on a charge of having
Sterr
quantity of goal dust, the property of Messrs.
wholesale watch m.kere, of Hope-street. Mr. Cross ass
oot
for the prosecution, Mr. Snowball was for the ,Pri6tlde.
de.
Toleman, and M. Bluck defended the prisoner,
The short facts were these. Hodson was formerly' e.O
employment of 'Messrs. Stewart, and it appeared that, "'"0,
time to time, a sort of cloths, called polishieg cloths, CO
taming gold dust, were missed. These clothe were chart':
with rotten stone and nil, for the purpose of Polishing'
queesf_t,
cases of gold watches, and in that operation
dust was collected, and afterwards the cloths were bait:a
and the gold extracted. The allegation was that 11°°50
stage these cloths, and sold teem (in conk/nodeLahr
Toleman) to Grady, who keeps a small shop
street. The case was confused and complicated. anuelits
Snowball and Mr. Block conteeded that their
oueht to be discharged, as there was no evidence t
viet them. TIT prisouers were allowed to stand out to
week on their own recognisances. a 110
MING A FALSE CERTIFICATE.—WiIIiam Rie„r./..-g•TorS'
charged with having used a false certificate, at the Sal the
Home, for the purpose of passing an examination 84 of
mate of av. ssel. Mr. Tyndall appeared for the Best the
Trade, and stated that about twelve months tl°, big
prisoner went up for examination, but was
certificate as a mate, and ordered not to come at) agaifuthat
twelve months. He did come up at the extiration 0 se,
to MCP;
time, and in order to induce his examination
seeded with, he eroduc-d a certificate of dischargett,re
coming from the Board of Trade in June, 1853, w"-fb'e
the form of certificate so produced was not issued bit'.
Board until November. 1853, so the document, on the f:
refOsea for
of it. was a false certificate. Superintendent lkfurPeheii ri°
the Sailers' Herne, said there seemed to be a mlaults'e..
of false certificates seine vhere in Wales, as all 1"" 'rd•
rented at the Home were frosts the same' neighbourbe°,
faeto;7o;
Mr. Mansfield said he would put a stop to the walla
He fined the pri oner £4O, or, in default of payment,
th
months' imp isonmt nt with hard labenr. king
A Too "EARLY" BlRD.—Peter Early a stoute.' ea
young fellow, was charged with having 'obtained "-los
false representations, from two sergeants of the lice.
prisoner enlisted on Thursday, and on medical insPeer'ol-0.
he was rejected as unfit to serve in the East Indi' is,tere
pally. In the course of the evening he enlisted
other sergeants, and took a shilling from each of,t.'„"jes
and was in the act of taking another from a third, Yfuetep
was discovered. Mr Mansfield said he would puts ,"tSO
to the young gentleman's propensity for the Broll'fit to
prisoner most have known very well that be wes...ardhiP
serve, as he had already been rejected, and his r°"it ea
therefore committed him for trial • for haying 0144 D
money under false pretences.
604
THE VALUE OF AN ATTORNRY. —A very well _l*
Ito
young woman, who gave her mine as Margaret Pnetia'
charged with having p'clied the pocket of a lady novel'
Margaret Eldridge, of a purse, and over £3 in 1:;‘,013 of
Mr. Block defended the pris-ner, and a curious Pr,"'„,"reed
the case was that two or three days ago, the for
advocate defended leer on a like charge, and, fortanatelltbe
her, he succeeded in getting her acquitted. "weer
present case, the complainant observed the Pr—gett
following her on board one of the ferryeboa"'„eet
when she came on the landing-stage the "-•err
also followed her closely to the car-stand' r
on the• Poises
and as she was seeing to some luggage, the prillsetts
passed ageinst ber, and she instantly missed bet
which she had a few minutes before on board the botietit'
Block coot .nded that the evideoca tam totally jasuw-lii/
to convict the pr's tner, and c tiled for her discharge' eted
Worship said, ho sever strong the suspicion in the;
miAht he, it would not do. He discharged the pr 505
Viorewe ASSAULT ON SIRE BOARD .—Francis
second mate of the ship Centurion, was charged by -'..ith
Stewart, one of the government emigration officer& h"
having violently assaulted a person named Jan3eal6„,c-Seo
The officer said he weat to clear the ship in the sire.r,';„the
-
the crew came to him and seid they would not eal",";noe,
vessel, if the prisoner was retained, because of his si°l,-011
Captain Stewart saw the prisoner give Mitchell a des,P,4o,
blow of a " knuckles" on the temple, and Serge-on va.,11;
of the Northern Hospital, who dressed the wound, 531"
wee nearly three inches long, and nearly cut down throgi
the eyebrow into the bone. The pollee officer wilf.diet
the prisoner in custoly B.i 1, the friends of the Pi' re
had gat the injered man oat of the way, in order 10 Pep
vent him from c ming forward to give evidence. kcipttibet
tion arose as to the jurisdiction of His Worship, wl-'ed
the transaction took place in the borough or the csuali-
the case was sent before the county magistrates.

BElIatE ma. ATEIN.

BIEKENHEAD.

BEFORE MESSRS. FRILDEN AND COXEN. ht 01)
BEGGING IMPO,TER.—Ann Broady, whe was bronPeste
on Thursday on a charge of endeavouring to Pd who,
charitable contributions under false pretences, art,ubt be
was remanded until yesterday, that enquiries ralg„egbt
made into the truth of her statements, was again bt''e bed
up, Red police officer Hodgsoa h tying reported that tot
made enquiries as directed by the bench, and fours , inilfr
she had no occasion to collect for any distressed Of be
and that her feeler, whom he heel seen at one °ell/
Liverpool institutions, was not aware that she Was ;el&
from home for such a purpose. The Rev. Mr. Coxes kit
in addressine the prisoner, that he was afraid, Wile! sea
brought before him, that her statements overe not trn"berti
she mast go to the Mouse of Correction for 14 daps
labour. 0011
ROBBERY BY A SERYANT.—Margaret Oli' IP
ten years of age, was charged wile steeling £8
moneys of her mister, Mr. W. Nicholson, and AI /the,
her mother, was charged with receiving £4 log. art of
amount. The following evidence was given in 50r13,00
the charge : —De ecivs officer Hodgson stated, r
to
Wednesday morning, Cie 28. h iustant, I was sent °toe,'
Mr. Nicholson's house, and there received inform 4139
of the lora of Be, and that the nursemaid time'
suspected of the theft—she was not in at thehp bad
Shortly after she came in, and I asked her if s"eitt
anyteing in her pocket, as 83. had been missed theta:l°' II
She replied, " I have nothing only a handkerchief. at
told her to empty her pocket—she proceeded to do St°o' bet
was a lorg time about it. I then put my hand Irate
alh
pocket, and took out a email piece of rag tvoareiget
opening it I found three sovereigns, a half-sove,,' ee ia
nine shillings and sixpence is silver, and eightPt-esicit
copper. I then asked where she got it from• al rhea
" I found it upon the fl or in master's bedroom.", hare;
asked her if she hit' taken any more, she replied, • gold'
and I have given ..£1 10s. to my mother." I then bed.
its not likely you found all the money lying on till yOll
room floor," to which she made answer, " I wilLtetirete.:
the truth—l took it out of master's pocket, in the we eigto
when I went up to dress the baby, and I took two sore,rbon 0
one mooring, but after that, I never took more hos(
sovereign at a time." She then proceeded to state
at 00
often she had given her mother money, winding UP. t :theft
Thursday, the 22nd insant, she had given her at eared
£2 Gs 6J. as part of the proceeds of the robbery. It °Opt the
from Mrs. Nicholsoe's st atemen t, that her children the
same room as herself and husband, and that she vrat'elseve°
habit of calling up the younger prisoner between six ti:.ll 00
o'cl ck in the morning, to dress the children, wul„" t the
done in the same room, and she had no doubt thpavoef
girl had then taken the opportunity of taking theneollf
out of her husband's trowsers pocket which he ottererl
placed on a chair at the foot of the bed, as the fe tre',
of the bedstead, while they were in bed, prevented %der
and husband from seeing the trowsers. When the yneerlf
prisoner was as'eed what she had to say, she repeat°
„other
to the same effect as Hodgson had stated, and the ;at to
said that when the d eughter gave her -CI 55., she:, child
give it back to her mistress, but then s':e thought "riel,
would be put out of her si ua' ion—Committed for tooth.
DRUNKE4 LANDLORD.—Edmund Taylor, a "„ed for
keeping the Britannia, at Tranmere, was suninit%under
keeping open his house during prohibited hours OP lied °I.
last. Police Officer Hindle). s ated that he was el 001
n
defendant's house at a quarter to four P in• n
beau
last, where ho saw a great crowd, and , ittao°-
great disturbance iaside. Having gained 0011_10 reen
by the back door, ho found the defendant and f..`'
figh'i eg, they wire all covered with blood, and re'fenclalo
He get the men out, and when he had done so, fit'. h he
sad he would charge them to b:idewell, torrhtt: gee r
(liindley) replied, " If it's any one that eues-td being -tit
bride welt its you, fer keeping your horse epen, en ieht that
such a state as you are." He then told the defe,lll4(ou oaf
he should report the diocese, when ha replied, reirialef
4;„,e to tbi
stick it, up if you like." Sergeant Stanley said that e
came to him for asiistauce, and upon get°•-tilo wet
house, saw the four men outside, bleeding. Hee A 400"
into the house, and told defendant it was very oft`,_';ch the
and such as could not be tolerated ; in answer to vv? tot':
defendant said, " You mar go to h-1 if you like;.l'.,r
oil you can say about me." Defendant's befell
bleueu hekel
anything but respectful during the hearing, and II taken I
for his license, the Bench discovered that he had -
d been give oleo
since the lieessicg day, and no transfer had sna he
hint—in fact, he had beet telling in another ma °to t'"
re fell the
and the consequence was, that the sunow- „e, but
tont d, and it became a matter for the ,uppo
license was impounded. Defendant then said, for 10
I had better shut up the house ?" Bench .• • Yeo,
aered
are not fit to keep it. The defendant then swage
of court. She
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