Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

CURIOUS CASE OF SUSPICION.

At the Guildha:l, on Titesciay, Joseph Edwards, a man,
about thirty years of age, was brought up. before Alder.
man Phillips, charged on suspichn wish robbiog the
premises of Mr. Lewis 13:•ahnn, an optician. of. 17;
Thavies-inn, of 'about fifty .ounc,s of silver plate, two
clocks, a tea-pot, and a quantity of wearing apparel. Mr.
Brabant said when he got up on Monday morning he
'fond his premises had been en'eTed diiritig the night by

one of the lower windows, the faatininge of which.had
been forced back with a knife, and the place ran-
sacked. Things were Icing about in great coin-
fosion, and the contents of the plate-basket had
disappeared, with two cl cks, and a great number
of other articles. lie sent to the police, anti the
result of their inquiries led to the apprehensim of the
prisoner. Henry Charles L chtwitz said he, lived at 17;.
Bartlett's-buildings, and his bedroom window abutted upon.
the back part of Mr. Braham's premises. About five o'clock.
the previous morning he awoke, and upon looking_ out of .
the window he saw a large parcel, a knife-box, and two.
umbrellas placed upon the wall' leading from the prose—
cutor's premises to the back of a house in Plough court,
whore the prisoner lived, and directly after saw a man en-
s vering the prisoner's description climb a wall and
take the things away with him. He opened the
window for the purpose of giving an alarm, hut
before he could do so the man had 'vanished.
The man he saw had a yellow waistcoat,, but
he had neither cap, shoes, nor coat. He saw the man's
face, and Vie prisoner's features were all the same, but he
would not swear the prisoner was the man. Policeman
28G said he received information of the robbery abaut
half-past seven in the rooming, and'on going to the prose-
cutor's premises he exemined the marks made upon the
flower bed in the y ird, and upon the wall. • While he
was taking the description of the man seen by the last
witness, the prisoner looked out of his own root". window,
and the last witness immediately p)inted him out to the
paler, and said he believed he was the man. He accord-
ingly took the prisoner into custody,. and then, measured.
his -feet, and found that the size and shape nor-esponded
with the foot-prints in the flower-beds. He then searched
.the house, No. 21, Plough-court, in which the
Prisoner lived, and in the room occopied by him,
found a waistcoat with a yellowish white lining,
and which had. evidently been worn, en the reverse
side. At the station the pr;soner informed the insnec-
' tor that he had no other clothes of any kind
whatever, than those he stood upwright in. The marks
in the yard and on the wall led to the prisoner's window,
and the broken glass had been removed from the wall to
enable the thief, to climb over. Alderman Phillips asked
if any of. the property had yt t beentraoee. The officer-
said he had riot had time to make any enquiry. Th
prisoner said he was a scavenger, in the employ of Mr-.
Reddin, .the contractor. He ktrew nothing about the.

robbery, as he was is bzd at the time, and although the
waistcoat belonged: to him ta, hnd never yet worn,, it.
Alderman Phillips said nothing, was known againsohe
prisoner, and the evidence failed• to omnect him wi(lv this
robbery. Under such ciretrustances he must be discharged.
The.pntoner, who said that ilioncenee was sure to twitimph,i
was then liberated.

The papers announce the death of Lady Lyttletoa
sister of Mr. Gladstone.
ImroirrANT TO SMPOWNSRS AND OTIIERS.--By a report
addressed to the Board of Trade from the British C onsul
at Bahia, re-ipecting the cause of the prefFe3ea given to
foreign vessels over British, it appears that masters of the=
former are more careful than those of she latter, and
deliver their cargoes in better order.
THE ALLEGED FORGERIES AT lavErrrqo.—A removir has
been circulated that a merchant at Liveipool, lately. de-
ceessd, has left liabilities estimated at X 300,000, of which
£lOO,OOO are upon forged a^ceptanas. The predso facts
have not transpired, but the statement ie believed to be
t•ue The death of the defaulter is stated to hyFe been by
suicide, and his losses are suppled to have been incurred
by heavy speculations, both in cotton. and sh-ires.—Tirres.
AFFAISS OF CARE BROTIBM, AT NEWCAsTi,E.—Yesterday
(Tuesday), at a meeting of er.tditors, held in Landon, Mr.
Coleman, the accountant submitted a statement of the
affairs of the above firm, which showed a surplu4 of £38.11)00,
claims £678,000, assets £716,64C), The Northumberland
District Banking Corap-‘ny, Nano hold, mortgages upon the
principal part of the milies, have considerately consented
to allow matters to.Bvrad over for a year, provided their
interest is paid, and itispectors are appainte i. By a forced
sale the amount of the moeme could easily be realised,
but the surplus in that case for the general creditors would
be small. The course deermined.on by the meeting was
to wind up the estate under inspection, as to ensure a
full return to the creditors, and to give Messrs. Carr and
Co. time to consult with their friends, and perhaps make a
suitable arrangement without the transference of. their
property. The inspectors appointed were—Mr. Bigg,
. manager of the Northumberland District Banking Com-
pany ; Mr., Anderson, manager of the ZsTewcastle branch of
the Bank of England ; and Mr. B. G. Smith, of Lombard-
street. The amount of debts represented at the meeting
was about £540,000,