Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-21 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

BUTORE M. R. GLADSTONE AND MR. BUNN.

MIEAKING OUT OF TEE PENITYNTIARY —Detective Officer
Povey brought un two well-dressed females named Jane
Taylor and Anne Walley, charged with having broken out
of the penitentiary, and stealing a quantity of wearing
apparel from the locus°. The ptesoeers managed to break
out of the house and got away to Wigan. Percy followed
them to that town, and arrested them in a public-house
where bad characters were harbonred, and he also got the
property in their possession The prisoners were
committed for two months with hard lebour.
A Eau ,E.—A fellow rained Thomas Spencer
licensed
hawker, was charged with having, stolen a a pair of
boots and ctho small thing, from a fr'gde but interesting
looking girl named Sarah liowarod,
who said she was net
quits fifteen years of age. 3' Bluck was for the prisoner.
The history of the ease was this, The girls fatILT was
connected with 11.-e railway station at Blackburn, but was
unfortunate)' 'tolled there about twelve months ago ; her
In3ther haas dead too or three months before that time.
.9h:event into the workhouse having no friends nor rela-
efves. Some fortnight ag she left the house; in order to
look for a situation, and met the pisoner in the street,
who said the woman where he lodged wanted her. She
went to the hone-, where the prisoner succeeded in com-
pleting her misfortune. She lived with him sines as his
wife, and came to Liverpool with h'm. They went to
lodge in Ben Jonson-street, and early that morning the
prisoner get up, took her shawl and boots, and other
thing-, and went away.. leaving her without a penny, or
any clothes except her frock. She told a policeman, who
traced the prisoner to London-road, where he fund him.
with another hawk er, in a public-house drinking; he had the
articles in hie possession. The poor ch ild was cross-examined
by Me Bluck and said the prisoner did not force her to g
from the street to the lodgir g-house, as she went, when he
told ner the woman wanted her. Haan- chased the shawl,
boots, (Ser , for her at Preston, but he took t ther things
that she had, and gave her the preamt things in plsce of
them. Mr. Bhick said, as a man, ho repudiated the con-
eluct the prisoner, but as an advocate, ho had a duty to
petferna lie submitted that there was no case of abflue
lion made out, according to the girl's own evidence, and
As for the charge of felony, it could not be sustained,
becanee the prisoner treated the girl as his wife. and he
'could not steal from his wife ; he informed him that he
merely tock the things to frighten, and make her get up
early. Mr. Gladstone thoueht it rather a curious way to
make a girl gat up early, to run away with her clalass,
the very thing that would confine her to her bed; bee7des,
the distance from Ben Jensen-street to London-road was
Bach as showed clearly that the fellow intended to steal
the things, which were clearly the girl's property, as she
was not his wife. He asked the girl what she intended
doing? and she replied she did not know what to do. A
gentleman, who was in court, and connected with Black-
burn, said he would get the poor girl work in a factory
there. He gave his name, Mr. Roberts, and said his friend
in Blackburn was Me. Polding. The magistrates said it
was very kind of the gentleman. They, however, asked
the poor child if she would like to go into the penitentiary
for a short time, where she wenid be well treated, ant then
she cool," be removed to Blackburn, where Mr. Roberts
bad so kindly promised to gat liar employment. The
'girl raid sbe was quite willing to adopt any course
the magistrates wished. Their worshises then disected
her Clothes shonli be -restored to her, and after she
remains a short time in the penitentiary, she is to be
sent to Blackburn. Tney ordered the prisoner to be
committed to jail for one month. Mr. Bluck asked
what the committal was for ? and the magi,trates
said far his not being able to account for the
-Possession of the clothes. Mr. Duck thanked the bench,
and said his object-in asking the question was to be clear
on the point, that it was not for the abduction or felony.
[This is a case wterhy the attention of the kind Isar ed.
The girl tho Ugh slender in form is clefts, prspossessing in
appearance, and very fair, She is also a girl of superior
intelligence, and must have hat some care bestowed on
her heretofore—it would be more then pity to have such
an interesting &id lost.]
IM?ROPER HOCSTB.-112 the case of the man and his
wife named Horrocks. whn were committed on Friday for
keeping an improper hcuse, Mr. Muck applied to the
Court to have the woman disesarged fr on custody, on
the ground that she was a femute covl-t, and acing of
course under the advice and control of her husband. and
wives so circonstanced, it was well know: in point of law
except in some Ci9o3 of capital and other felordea were,
exempt from the operation of the law The argument
convinced tho bench, and the woman was diechaget!.. •
A Spanish sailor named Manassis, was charged with
having stabbed another sailor, named Joseph Emanuel.
The parties were in a boarding house in Frederick-street,
when some dispute toe k rile() between them, when the
prisoner "drew a dagger and inflicted a desperate wound in
the fleshy lart of the arm. The prisoner was remanded.