Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-12 00:00:00

I PUBLICAN CHARGED WITH RECEIVING

STOLEN PROPERTY.

THE MYSTERIES OF LIVERPOOL.

A GANG OF ROBBERS.

On Saturday an extraordinary care, as will be observed
by the following report, came before Messrs. Mansfield and
Hohne, at the Police Court, when a man named Samuel
Harr son, a publican, carrying on business in the house,
28, Scotland-road, was brought up on a charge of having
received a large quantity of stolen property, knowing it to
be stolen. The case wee one of Peculiar importance, and
excited considerable attention. The prisoner, Harrison,
is a man apparently over 50 years of age, of shabby ap
pearance. He was said by the police to be a man of
vast wealth, as they considered him is receiver of stolen
property for many years, and that they were long on the
look-out for him, but never could catch .h;m until the
present occasion. Mr. Snowball ate', eared as his advocate.
In order that the reader may the better understand the
whole case, the following preface may be necessary :—On
Tuesday night two unfortunate women of the town, named
Margaret Smith and Jane Doyle, robbed a man named
George Vance, the captain of a ship called the Villiers,
of a silver lever watch and- gold Albert chain. The next
day a young fellow, named Cliarles King, called on Captain
Vance, and told him he could get his watch and chain
for £2. These facts were reported to the police, and in-
quiry was set on foot. The women were discovered, and
taken into custody, and se was the young fellow, King—
the three were beside Harrison in the dock. The girl
Smith then informed the police that she had stolen the
watch from Captain Vance, that she had handed it to the
girl Doyle, who had sold it to the prisoner Harrison, the
public house keeper, for 15e. This led to the arrest of the
two women, and also of King, and subsequently Harrison
wag arrested, as will be seen at follows Mr. Clough, with
his usual clearness, and the remarkable conciseness of his
character, stated the case, and said Margaret Smith had
robbed Captain Vance of the watch and chain in question.
She handed the spoil to Doyle. who sold it to the publican,
Harrison, for 15s. The prisoner King called on the
captain, and offered to get him bark the watch for £2. on
the condition that the captain would say nothing about the
affair farther. Mr. Clough then added that, in consequence
of these facts, an application was made to his worship for
a warrant to arrest the prisoner Harrison, but the captain
who lost the watch was not forthcoming, although every
search had been made for him, and although the watch he
had lost was Lund is the prisoner Harrieon'a house, by
the police, who searched it, and, as they would prove, found a
large quantity of stolen property in his place. This pro-
perty, sa d Mr. Clough, would be identified by other
persona from whom it was stolen from time to time. He
(Mr. Clough) thought it curious to say that the captain of
the ship, who lost the watch, could not be found that day.
Mr. Goodere, said he was instructed by the captain to
appear for him, said it was not at all very extraordinary
that he did not appear, because his ship was going out of
the dock that day, and he could not attend.
Mr. Clough said he did not think that was the cause—
he was of opinion the captain was keeping out of the way.
Mr. Goodere: I beg to say that is not the fact. He
instructed me to appear for him this day, but he slid he
had a great deal of duty to perform, and, perhaps, he
would not be able to attend.
Mr. Clough : I field that Mr. Goodere was with the
captain to a late hour het night, and his not appearing
here now looks vary suspicious. Mr. Goodere, I think,
ought to be able to say something as regards his absence.
Mr. Goodere : I beg leave to say that I was with the
captain last night, but not to a late hour. The reason I
was so engaged with him was this. He was instructing
me how to proceed in this case, and I will not allow Mr.
Clough, nor any other man in existence to dare tell me—
no matter how high the standing of Mr. Clough, or others
may he—that I have acted unprofessionally, illegally, or
improperly. Mr. Clough may think he le very high in a
certain position in this town, but if he dares to assail my
honour and professional reputation, high as he thinks he
is, I will take an opportunity of soon bringing him very
low. I will soon bring him to his proper level He has
been tolerated here too 1 tg. but I, for one, will soon put
an end to his illegal and domineering proceedings, even if
I were to stand alone against his itlegsiity. I shall take
upon myself the responsibility of crushing the monstrous
nuisance of Mr. Clough or any ono else, except a legally
qualified person, from acting as an advocate in this court,
and I now warn Mr Clough that I 'shall proceed against
him the first opportunity that presents itself to me.
Mr. Superintendent Kehoe was then sworn, and ex-
amined by Mr. Clough. He said : Your worship granted
a warrant yesterday. and, in consequence of that, I went
with several other officers to search the house of Harrison,
in Sc Aland-place ; it is close to Ben Johnson-street. I asked
if he were in, and his wife said he was not. I then called
her into the tap-room, and spoke to her, saving we were
about searching the house. Four detectives, Horne, Eaton,
Scaife, and Astic, made a simultaneous search of the house,
when we found the following property :—A brown over
coat ; a sack coat with velvet collar ; a black alpaca coat ;
a black velvet vest; a pair of black cloth trousers; a pair
of pilot cloth trousers ; a remnant of black cloth ; five
black silk handkerchiefs ; a black satin ditto ; seven
coloured silk handkerchiefs ; three large new wool sh
and one silk ditto; seven whitehendle knives, and ten
forks same; six blackhandle knives and one fork; four
pair of women's boots; a quantity of burglars' tools ; a
very murderous weapon, in the shape of what is called
"a life preserver" (a life destroyer rather) ; two cloths
marked "A. Hodgson ;" a silver watch and gold Albert
chain (stolen from Captain Vance, of the Villiers, as already
stated) ; a grey alpaca dress (very remarkable), and a
variety of other property. The superintendent continued
to say that some time ago, the stables of Mr. Adam
Hodgson were b oken into, and some cloths that
were stolen thereout, were found in the house of the
prisoner Harrison. The superintendent further added : I
asked the prisoner what account he could g've of these
thing found in his house ? and he said he could not account
for them at all, as he knew nothing about them. The
coats, he said, were left there from time to time, but he
could not say who left them. The dresses he could not
account for, but he said the knives and forks were left there
by a fellow named Jack. I asked him what Jack, and his
daughter said, Jack Greene. I said, " Don't you know
Jack Greene is a thief ?'' but she made no reply. The
grey alpaca dress I have found, was stolen from the house
of Mrs. Power, in the Park, in January last, and the
clothes, &e., will be proved by Mr. Holgeon'm man to be
the property of that gentleman. The house of Harrison
(sail Kehoe) is a rendezvous for letters from convicts and
robbers to each other. I got crucibles for melting silver
there. _ _ _ _ _ _

Mrs Elizabeth Jones wal then examined, and said : In
January last the dress which she now identified, was stolen
from her Muse, whilst the servant was absent a few
moments, and lefr, the door open.
In reply to Mr. Snowball, the lady said the dress was
manufactured specially fur her, and there was none other
bke it. Detectives !Horne Eaton, Astic and Scaifa were
examined as to the finding of the property in the house of
Harrison, and Henry D owoody, a servant of Mr. A.
Hodgson, stated that the two cloths, now pr)duced, and
marked with his ma ter'a name, wezo stolen from the
stalls on the Pich July last.
Mr. Mansfield asked the governor of the Bridewell, if
Harrison were known to the police before the present
time ? and Mr Bur on said not in Liverpool, but he was
tried 15 years pg, at Chester.
Mr. Holme asked if he was the licensed person for the
house in Scotland Road ? and the reply was in the
affirmative Mr. Clough asked for a remand of all the

prisoners, and trusted to be able to come at a few more of
the gang. The prisoners were then remanded for seven
days.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Banelagh•street.
BOYS are CLO7IIED in the Ages of Six to Twenty Years.

The health of the King of Prussia is rapidly getting
worse. Great fears are entertained fn. his life. All the
members of the royal family are assembled at Potsdam.

Haylta, Friday Night —The ship Emperor, of Newcastle,
has gone ashore at Fecamp. Fourteen of those on board
were saved, but eight of them loft their lives. Hopes are
entertained that the vessel will be got off.

The troops at present in the camp a; AlcLrehott amount
to scarcely 5,000 men, of all arms, namely—the 15th, 22ad,
and 96th regiments, two field batteries, one troop of horse
Artillery, the 4th Light Dragoons, the first and sixth
companies of the military train, and a company of Sappers
and Miners. To this force an addition will be made to-
day (Saturday), by the arrival of the Royal Berkshire
Militia, from Beading.
CONTEMPLATED FORTIFICITIONS AT WEYMOUTH.—We
learn that the government have purchosed, or are about to
purchase, the high land called the Nothe, at the entrance
to our harbour, (at the end of winch stands the coast-guard
station, with the fl ig-staff, a small battery, consisting of a
32-pounder, &e.), fur the express purpose of erecting
extensive fortifications a'org the whole range of the hi'l o❑
a gratd stole. In conjunct' ai with this, the high cliff,
which stands in such bold relief facing, and but a few miles
across the bay, called the Whirenc,se, has al,o been pur-
chased for the same purpose. If this iR cvried into tff;ct
the nurefrolids and children on the sands or esplanade
be perfectly secure from any hos!ile visit, for the moment
an enemy made an attempt to reach oar roadstead his
ships would he blown to atoms between a most dest:uctiye
cress-fire,—Sherborne Journal.

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