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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-16 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE-YETEBDAY.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSfIELD.

A fellow named William Cain, was fined £l, for an
assault on police officer 517, in Parliament-street.
Elizabeth Edwards, who was remanded on a charge of
having broken into the wine cellar of her master, Mr
Beyd, of Nile-steeet, was brought up, when Mr. Boyd
attended, and said he did not wish to punish her. She
was again remanded.
THE TRAVBLS OF A Five POUND NOTE.—Themes Jones,
a tall well-dressed young man, described in the p dice
language as "a thief," and John Caddick, described as the
keeper of an improper house in Spitalfields, were brought
up by officer Riley 01, on a charge cf having passe i a bed
five pound note on Mr. McGrath, a publican, in White-
chapel. Mr. Black defended the prisoners. The history
of tee case was ac follows. In the last week in October,
the prisoner Caddick got a five pound note, marked
"I. W. No. 83,097," and dated 13th August, 1857,
changed by Mr. McGrath, Subsequently the note
was stopped at the Bank, and marked " forgery."
Mr. McGrath then gave Caddick into custody,
and he was brought up at the time. Ho alleged
that he got the note from Jones, but that
person was not then forthcoming. The evidence not
being considered sufficient, Caddick was at the time dis
charged. Mr. McGrath then brought an action against
him in the County Court for the amount, and got a
verdict, which Caddick paid. Matters remained so up to
Monday night, when Jones made his appearance, and then
the twe prisoners were given into custody on the charge
as stated. Mr. McGrath was c oss-examined by Mr.
Bluck, as follows : Have you given the two prisoners in
charge ? Yes. Mr. Black : Then you admit having
given Caddick in charge to Riley the officer? I do. ldr.
Black : You gave him in charge on the former occasion and
he was discharged ? Yes. Mr. Bluck : And you have
since been paid the money ? I have. Mr. Black : Then
why did you give him in charge ? I did so for the good
of the trade of the town, as there are a great many of
such notes going, and the prisoners know all about the
gang--the police know something of them also Mr.
Bluck : Do you know anything about Jones ? Nothing
except that Caddick said he was in jail at Chester for the
great knock down robbery at Birkenhead. Mr. Black told
Mr. McGrath that he woul I hear about this case hereafter.
He then asked his Worship : Do you think, Sir, I have
any case to answer for either of the prisoners? Mr.
Mansfield: I think not, let the prisoners be discharged.
ALLEGED ROBBERY OF £752 IN A Housx OF ILL-Fens
Margaret M'Cormick, a woman over 60 years of age, the
keeper of a bad house in Clement-street, was brought up
by officer Leahy, 265, on a charge of being concerned in
robbing a person described as a gentleman, named Ran som,
who is at present stopping at the Stork Hotel, Queen's-
square, of a bank bill for £7OO, about £4O in bank notes,
and £l2 in gold. The constable said about one o'clock in
the morning he arrested the prisoner, on the above charge.
He went to the Stork Hotel that morning to look for the
prosecutor, and he was informed that he had gone to the
bank to stop tie bill and notes. The officer said the facts
were these :—Mr. Ransom met a female the previous
night, in Queen-square, and went with her in a cab to the
house of the prisoner, where he was robbed. This took place
about eleven o'clock, and at one o'clock the officer errested
the prisoner, and with her he found a receipt that belonged
to Mr. Ransom. The other woman, who is supposed to
have taken away the money, &c , was not at present forth
coming. The officer asked for a remand, as he said Mr
Ransom would appear. The prisoner was remanded.
COFFEE AND POTS.—Stephen Gibson and William Cato,
two men who were employed taking weights at one of the
dock quays, were brought up by detective officers Sc sife
and Thompson, charged with having stolen a quantity of
coffee belonging to Messrs. Brown, Shipley and Co., and
for stealing a quantity of metal pots belonging to some
other person. The prisoners were taking weights of coffee
that was being landed from a ship, and on the quay there
was a large quantity of metal pots, pans, and other things,
and when they were going away in the evening, they filled
a copule of sacks with the pans and coffee, and went on
their road. The officers saw and suspected them, and
they followed them to Cato's house, whe e a portion of the
property was deposited, and then they were arrested.
Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoners, and cross-examined
the constables, but hits ingenuity could not shake the case
and the prisoners were remanded, in order to make further
inquiry.
THE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. FOSTER, FRAZER AND Co.'s,
DUKE- STREET .—James Thompson, John Sutton, and George
Stewart, who stood remanded on a charge of being con-
cerned in considerable plunder that took place in the
warehouse of Messrs. Foster, Frazer and Co., of Duke-
street, were brought up. Mr. Cobb was for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Black defended the prisoner Stewart, who
keeps a stall at the corner of Roe street, where he sells a
variety of articles "too numerous to mention." The case
was heard before, and in addition to the evidence published
a few days ago it was proved that two meerschaum pipes,
which were stolen from the prosecutors' warehouse (value
13s. each), were found in a box, belonging to Stewart at his
lodgings in Hotham-street. The general tenor of the evi-
dence went to show that Thompson, who is a young lad,
was in the prosecutors' employment, and that he was
induced to steal the property and Ore it to the other
prisor ere, who sold it as best they might. It was shown
that shirts, for which Messrs. Frazer had paid 325. a
dozen, were sold by Stewart to a man named Shine,
who keeps an auction shop in Paradise-street, for 15s. a
dozen. It appeared, however, that this person,
when he read an account of the last day's
proceedings in the papers, informed the police
that he had purchased the shirts from Stewart. and
gave them up. Shine was cross-examined by Mr. Black,
and, in reply to him, said, he did not care whether he
designated his shop a " mock auction," or a regular sale-
room. He sold watches, and chains, and drapery goods,
and many other things, and kept a respectable sale-room.
Mr. Bluck : Do you think you gave enough for the shirts,
that cost 32s a dozen? Yes; and I don't think any man
in his senses would give more than I gave for them. Mr.
Clough : No ; not to sell in a mock auction shop he would
not. Mr. 141uck called a witness, who said Stewart had a
good character. Mr. Mansfield sent the three prisoners
for trial, and said, no doubt if the two elder prisoners were
found guilty, the Recorder would pass a severe sentence on
them, for having induced the younger to steal from his
employers.