Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-01 00:00:00

SATURDAY.

PLUNDER BY A CONFIDENTIAL FoREMiN —John Dixon,
a foreman in the employment of Messrs. Hugh Reid and
Sons, of 2, Gibbons-lane, Queen street, plumbers, &c ,
was brought up by de ective officers Laycock and Smith
on a cies- ge of having broken into the warehouse, and
stolen £75 therefrom. The facts of the c ise were these.
On Wednesday night the premises were broken into, and
a drawer, in which the key of the safe Nyas kept,
was forced open with a chisel. The key wes g)t Cu,, the
safe opened, and two cash boxes taken out. These were
f >reed with the same chisel as that used to open the
drawer, and £75 in gold abstracted. The offi:ere, on
investigating the case, suspected the prisoner,
but in consequence of the confidence reposed
in him, the idea was at first repudiated. The
officlrs, however, went to No 21, Clare street, where the
trisner lodged, end on searching the ashpit, they found
a small leather beg, containing £55 6s 6d. in gold and
silver. The bag was one that had been stolen out of one
of the cash boxes, and was identified by Mr. Reids, cash-
keeper. The prisoner was sent for trial.
SMUGGLING —Henri Porgier, belonging to the ship
Rosalie, was charged with having smuggled 26ibs. of
foreign manufactured tobacco. Mr. Tyndall was for the
prosecution. A tide-waiter proved having found the
tobacco in the ship, and the prisoner admitted that it
belonged to him. The magistrate had no alternative but
to inflict the full penalty of £lOO, but said he would
recommend him to the beard for mitigation. Cap-
tain Malcomb, of the ship Zouave, was charged with
ttempting to smuggle six pieces of silk, value £lO, by
which he forfeited three times the value. Mr. Tyndall
prosecuted, and Mr. Black defended. The evidence for
the prosecution showed that the silk was behind the cap-
tain's private desk in his roern, and it was alleged that it
Came within the act. Mr. Black, for the defence, showed
that the ship was only a few hours arrived, and that the
captain was on shore; and than the place where the silk
was found was open to the crew. He argued that the act
was not violated, and that the captain intended to have
paid duty on the silk, but his first duty was to go on sh )re
and report his ship properly. The silk was made a present
to him by a merchant at Bombay, and he was determined
to pay duty on it, as he knew his duty too well as a cap-
tain to incur the penalty of £3O for the sake of saving 3Js.
duty. Mr. Tyndall replied, and his Worship said the
case shown by Mr. Bluck had great weight with
hi n ; indeed he could not get over the arguments and the
facts shown by the learned gentleman, and he therefore
must dismiss the charge, as he did not think the captain
intended to smuggle the silk.
Tit 4: KNlFE.—Sarah Lavelle, the keeper of a bad house
in Albion-street, charged a woman named Catherine
Clancy, who keeps a similar house in the me street, with
having stabbed her It appeared that some time ago the
prisoner was fined for Laving assaulted the complain tut,
'and this caused an ill-feeling btween them. On the
previous evening about half-past eight, the prisoner get
drunk and made an attack on complainant with a pen
knife, and stabbed her over the eye, inflicting a wound of
half an inch long and three quarte-s of an inch deep, but
the wound eras not dangerous. Mr. Block for the defence
produced two witnesses. but their evidence did not alter
the case, and his worship sent the prisoner for trial at the
se sions.