The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. G. BOLT.

A MEDLEY. —A -young- woman, named Catherine
Proctor,was chorged with having stolen a monkey jacket,
a shawl, a bonnet, a pig's head, a part of a shoulder of
mutton, some fish, and other etanovalins, the property of
Thorn is, Harper, of 89, Sparling street. After 11 o'clock
at night, the door of the prosecutor's house was open,
and it appeared that the prisoner was seen leaving a
passage neat the house with a bundle ; the things were
missed, and on a search being made at the prisoner's
lodging; all the property, except the monkey jacket, was
found The prisoner refused to say anything. She was
remanded.
CL THING TIIF, NAK ED.—A well dressed young man, a
German, named Augus,, Myres, was charged on suspicion
of having stolen a coat from a countryman of his,
named John Rent. The parties lodged in a house is
Gal'on street, and on Thursday the complainant went out,
leaviee his coat in his room. The prisoner was seen in
the ro ,in in the course of thc day, and in the evening
the coat was missed. The complainant concluded that
the prisoner was the thief, for this reason—he had no
money in the morning, and in the evening he had 2s 4d
and a new pair of scissors. The prisoner was remanded.
A FO3“AMBULIST.—A carter, named Thomas Herron.
was charged with having attempted to steal a firkin of
butter from.the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company,
property of Thomas Walsh, of Manchester. On the
evening of the Ist December several firkins of butter
came by one of the company's boats, and a carter named
Walsh had put them into a cart, in order to proceed to
the raiie ay. The prisoner had a spring cart alongside
the other cart, and he slipped one of the firkins into it,
and droie off, but was followed, when he ran away, ant
was not heard of until the previons day. The prisoner
said he was asleep all the time in consequence of drink,
and did, not know anything about it. Ile was sent to
jail fora month.
MY LEG ! —A poor cripple, named John Kerfoot, who
goes on two crutches an i one wooden leg, was brought
up by detective officer -Perla, charged with having
stolen a pair of ear rings, value 10s 6d, the property of
a woman named Margret Davis, of 18, Truman street.
The prisoner ladged in the house of Davis, and it seemed
had a key that opened her box, out of which he took a pair
otgold rings for the ear, and pledged them at Mr. Wood's
pawnshop. Whitechapel, for 2s. The poor fellow, it
seems, gets a scanty existence by " knocking ;Moe' car
stands. He admitted having taken the rings, but added
that the hnsband of Mrs. Davis stole his wooden leg last
week, and kept it out for several days, which prevented
him from going out to earn a shilling. -He was sent to
jail for 14 days.
Nor "Goon ENOtrGH FOR HIM !—An old woman
charged' a young sailor with stealing some clothes from
her. The only thing remarkable in the case was what
the old lady said wben the prisoner was sentenced to
one manth's imprisonment. She exclaimed : Oh one
month. Why, twelve months, nor two years—no nor
hanging would not be good enough for the thief of the
world. (tcnd laughter.)
Twa WAY THEY HAI' 73 IN THE RAILWAY !—Two
youths, earned John Thompson, and Bill Jones, were
charged by a guard on the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway with having travelled. front Bolton to Preston
Road (fdur miles off) without tickets. As well as could
be colletted, it appeared that the prisoners had got
tickets from Bolton to Henly, but, instead of stopping at
the latter place; They came on to Preston Road, and not
having any money to pay there, the guard brought them
to Liverpool, and charged them. Mr. Wybergh : Where
is Preston Road ? Guard : Four miles from Liverpool.
Mr. Wybergh : In the county, is it not ? Guard : Yes,
s:r. Mre; Wybergh : Then it is out of the borough
javisliction ; you had no right to bring them here.
Guard : But, sir, that's the way we always do on the
the railway. Mr. Wybergh : Then you always do wrong
oe the railway, if you bring persons who commit an
offence in the county before the borough magistrates.
T-dte them before the county magistrates. The guard
Linked very much astonished to find that railway people
had aetuelly_done wrong

PUBLICANS AND BEBRHOUSES.

John Wright, beerhouse keeper, Bond street, was
' charged With Sunday trading. Mr. Black defended.
Fined 5s and costs.
George Faz ikerley, publican, Norfolk street, was
'stimmoned for selling rum on Christmas day. contrary to
Ithe law. Mr. Bluck defended, and elicited the fact that
defendant kept a boarding as well as a public house.
He produced several witnesses to prove the parties found
in the house were lodgers. Fined 5s and costs.
Margaret Doss, beerhouse keeper, Hotham street, was
charged with selling ale, and for having spirits, &c , in
Vie house without licence. On Christmas morning.
blieer 670 got a person leaving the house with a jug of
ale-, and on entering the house he got a quantity of ale
and spirits in it without licence. Mr Goodere was for
the defendant, and caused much merriment by the cross
'examination of the policeman, and elicited the fact that
the witness saw a young thief, a prostitute, and other
vile characters coming out of the house, where there was
a bit of a row, and two officers, in reply to the" learned"
gentleman, said they got beer, of hiskey, rum, and wine
in the house, and a tea pot full of whiskey in the place,
also. (Laughter.) In reply to the charge, he urged that
there was vast competition in the trade in Hotham
street. (This caused a roar of laughter.) He then made
a speech, and the defendant was fined 10s.
Sandford Prescott, Crump Street, publican was sum-
moned for doing business on Christmas Day—dismissed.
Richard Ashton, publican Pleasant Hill Street, was
charged for having done bcsiness on Christmas mid-day.
Pined ss. and cows. Edward Bennet, publican, Brick
Street, was charged for doing business on Christmas
morning. There was
.a second information against the
house, for doing business at half-past four, afternoon, and
f .r having a drunken woman in the honse.—fined ss. and
costs on the first, and 10s. with costs on the last charge.
John Willy, publican, Faalkner Street. was charged for
refusing 'to admit the police on Sunday morning,—fined
sa. and costs. William Cartright, Pitt Street, was
summoned for Sunday trading. The defence was, that
the parties were lodgers% Dismissed. Richard Thomp-
son; publican, Leeds Street, was charged for selling ale
at ten on-Sunday morning. Inspector Skermer said at
the time mentioned, he got a person named Fishwick
drinking the ale, and he told the inspector he was the
owner o the house, although Thompson was the licensed
person, Mr. Bremner, for the defence, said, Fishwick
owned the house, and Thompson was his son_in-law.
Fishwick lodged iu the house. The case was dismissed
on this defence.
A ReAL FUNNY CASE.—Nancy Fitzgerald, publican of
Sawney-pope Street,was summoned by Inspeet or Totnli n-
son for doing business at two on Sunday morning. In
reply to Mr. Black, the inspector said, the defendant told
him the parties found drinking in the house were her
friends. Here some laughter was caused by the cross
examination of the witness, for it appeared that Mrs.
Nancy :Fitzgerald is a widow, and that one of the men
found in the place was her sweetheart (here Mrs. Nancy
sighed very audibly.) Mr. Black made a very humorous
speech in reply, and stated, by way of publishing the
" banns," that the lady was very soon again to enter into
the silken meshes of matrimony. (Loud laughter)
This was a free country, and he hoped there was no harm
for a lady to treat her sweetheart in her own bar. The
fret was, continued Mr. Black, the parties found in the
house were the sweetheart— (Mrs. Fitzgerald sighed deeper
amid much laughter, in which she joined, after a couple
of deep drawn sighs) two ladies and a beer-house keeper,
who went to tap a barrel of ale for the "lone widow."
(Shouts of laughter.) lie could assure the court it was
no laughing matter ; it was a very serious thing for
a widow to get married a second time, but his client
was young, handsome—(diat's a fact)—and rich, and
was it any wonder that she got tired of her single
blessedness ? (Renewed laughter.) No ; it was
no wonder, and he, for one at least, did not see the least
harm for a fine young man to fall in love with such a
fascinating lady as his client—the wonder would be if
some 'one did not fall in ,love with her, (not to mention
the business.at all) and probably for that matter there
were a dozen or two of smart young bachelors over head
and ears in love with her already. (Great laughter.)
Well, one of the gentlemen fount_ in the bar was her
sweetheart; the other the beerhouse keeper,who, when his
own shop was closed, went to tap the ale for the widow,
as she was not up to that operation herself. The ladies
dropped in, and of course they all had a nice little
kosherin party in the bar, and of course they had a drop
of punch to welcome the good time coming—that was
the marriage of the lady, (he lady laughed outright
here.) He hoped he would not lave to see the day, when
a lady, who was about to get married, would be pre-
vented by law from treating her sweetheart to a drop of
warm punch. Now, he would call the sweetheart before
the court, and if he proved the facts, as he (Mr. !Huck)
was instructed, he would ask for an acquittal. The fact
Was, the man who came to tap the ale for the widow,
was in the house when the sweetheart knocked, and of ,
course the lady let him in as the night was coil, and—
(a person close bye sotto voce) She was not like the
widow Macree—she did not keep the poor fellow waiting
out in the cold. (Great laughter about the table.) She
let hies in at once, and treated him. Now, sweetheart,
where are you ? (Laughter) Come up [say, and show
yourself like a man. (Renewed shouts of laughter.)
After some time a fine athletic young:man about twenty-
five years of age, stepped into the witness box, when an
nvoluntary roar of laughter burst from all in court, and