Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

31LFORB 'MC J. AIKIN.

Samnel English, a sailor, and Thomas Farrington. were
charged with having assaulted pdlice-offiv.rs 360, and 203.
in Park-lane. The sailor went into a public-}you' e and
called for drink, but had no money to pay, and when
remonstrated with, he broke a window; he was givvn in
-charge, when he a,saul•ed the officer', and then the other

prisoner came up and commenced flinging atones at the
officer. They were fined 10s. each, or to be imprisoned for
• one month. The sailor's fine was paid.
A. DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.—A respectable looking old
man, who gave the name of Joseph Fiddler, was charged
with being drunk and disorderly, at eleven o'clock on
Sunday morning, at St. George's Church. The of filer
said the prisoner was at the church, where he created a
disturbance while the people were going into the sacred
edifice. He went in, be came out again and did the same
thing. He was put away, and then proceeded to Mark's
Church, where he ac'el in the same manner, and then he
was arrested. The prisoner, in a very serious tone, said
there was a difference of opinion belween him and the
policeman on the point of his being drunk. He did not
do anything wrong, say anything wrong, nor was he drunk.
The br idewellkeep-r who took the charge, said the prisoner
was very drunk. The prisoner was fined ss.
VERY UNGRATEFUL"' —A. tall aristocratic looking young
man, dressed in the first style of elegance, was put to the
bar, charged with being d urk and incapable of taking
care of himself. in Prescott street, and he was " booked
for safety." The prisoner gave his name as William
Flarrid, and said he was a Londoner. Mr. Aikin said—
You ought to feel very much obliged to the police for
taking chre of yourself; your money (b,) and your g)ld
watch. Prisoner—l am not at all obliged to them, I assure
yon—(a laup,b)—l was not drunk, but on the contrary,
quite sober. the brideweil-keeper said the prisoner was
quite drunk. He was fined ss.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A YOUNG CLERK —A tall well
looking youth about 11 years of age, whose name was
given as William Lincbtay, late a clerk in the employment
of Messrs. Lambert & Co., of Zxehange Building, was
"brought up by detective offi3er Smith, charged w.th having
embezzled £5l 4s 7d, belonging to his employers. Smith
said when he arrested the prisoner, he told him of the
charge, when he said he had drawn the money.and spent
it jaunting about on cars-and going about the town. Mr
Atkin—D d you csotion him before that ? I did not sir.
lir. Lambert stated that on the 3rd June, the prisoner
received £lB odd from Messrs. Jackson & Co , and did
__not return it. Mr- Aikin—Was it his duty to return it
to the cashkeeper ? Mr. Lambert—l keep my own easb,
and he should have returned it to me. On the 22nd June,
he got £25 4s. from Mr. Wrigley, and did not return it ;
on the oth of August, he received £6 6s. from Messrs
-Duckworth & Rathbone, and did not return it. The
persons who paid the prisoner the money proved that fact,
and the prisoner was sent for trial. (It was stated that
the youth's father had died in :ndia, and that his mother
.resides in Glasg)w. He lodged at 37, Coristian-street )
A. sailor, named Jot' n O'Neill, was sent for trial for
having stolen some clothes an I £2 10s. in mc,ney, from
.one of the rooms in the Sailors' H fine.
William Fletcher wad remanded, on his own confession,
'for having stolen a clock from Mr. Beeson, clock maker,
of Mancheater.