Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-19 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-YESrERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

PLUNDER BY A LETTER CARRIER —James Purris, late a
letter-carrier in the General Post-office, was brought up in
custody of detective Cozens, of the Post-office, charged
with having stolen a letter containing a sovereign. From
the evidence of Cozens and Mr. Hunter, one of the letter
carrier inspectors, it appeared for some time past a quan-
tity
of property letters were missed, and chiefly on the
walk belonging to the prisoner. On Wednesday, Cozens
put a letter in the post office, which contained a sovereign,
which he marked previously, Re directed the letter to Miss
Mary Lawson, 31, Finch-street. He taw the prisoner take
the letter in the course of his business. He watched him
until he went out with his letters in the second delivery,
and he then followed him out. He saw him pass the house
to which the letter was addressed, but did not go in. He
followed him until he finished his delivery, and then fol-
lowed him to his residence in Brunswick-road, and after
a few moments went in and found the prisoner at his
dinner. He searched him, and got the sovervign in the
pocket of his waistcoat. In a purse in anotir-r pocket he
got two half-sovereigns and two half-crowns. He searched
his clothes and all the house, but could not find any trace
of the letter. He identified the coin as that which he had
previously marked and put in the letter. The prisoner did
not offer any observation, and he was sent for trial.
DESERTING A CHILD.—A. well-dressed female, maned
Catherine Madden, was brought up by Mr. Hughes, one
of the parish officers on a charge of having abandoned
her child, and leaving it chargeable to the parish, to the
extent of £57 Bs. The prisoner was described as well-to-
do, and living at a public-house, 36, Cunliff-street. She
was sent to gaol for three months.
OFFICE BURGLARS.—Edward M‘Bride, Pat Walsh, John
Horan, and Michael Corcoran, were charged with
having broken into the offices of C. D. Watson, Peter
M'Quie, and llVNair, and Dutton, in Water-street. From
the evidence of Inspector White and three or
four officers, it appeared that about two in the
morning, some noise was heard in the offices, and
after some time, the officers got into one of the offices,
when they succeeded in capturing the prisoners
M'Bride and Walsh. They got a variety of chisels,
keys and other things on them, and they found that all
the drawers and desks in the three offices had been broken
open and ransacked of their contents, which chiefly con-
sisted of postage and receipt stamps, and other small arti-
cles, such as penknives and the like. The cash was fortu-
nately secured in safes, but it seemed the parties made
several attempts to break these safes, but were not success-
ful. The only money they got was about £2103 in copper
and silver, that had been in several drawers in the offices
that they had broke. The prisoners Horan and Corcoran
were arrested concealed outside the offices, and it seemed
they made their escape through the roof, as persons were
heard getting out that way, but the police could not see
them. The Inspector said the parties got into the
first office (Mr. Watson's) by getting over a gate
at the Old Church-yard, then climbing up a spout,
by which means they got into the top by a window. Some
gentlemen from the offices named, identified portions of
the things stolen, and the marks on the desks and drawers
corresponded with the chisels found with the prisoners.
The evidence against Horan and Corcoran was not deemed
sufficient, and they were discharged. The other two pri-
soners were sent for trial at the assizes.