The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-22 00:00:00

said there were no tickets in the wheel to represent any
of these articles. Prisoner said he thought there was a
ticket in for the gun. I then went round the counter
again, to see if I had missed picking up any tickets that
fell out of the box. I found a ticket for a gun on the floor,
exactly where the prisoner had been standing for some time.
That ticket was not there when I made the first search.
I asked the prisoner who was the proprietor of the shop,
and he said it was his brother's niece, named Rachael
Hampson. At that time Kehoe came in from the back
office with this bill in his hand [bill produced, with the
name of " Ling" on as the proprietor], and he asked
who Ling was ? Prisoner replied, " I don't know ; my
brother's niece got it put in the bills, but I cannot tell
what her object was in doing so." The prisoner was
then taken to bridewell.
Mr. CLovon.—Has the prisoner any other establish-
ment

Mr. PEMBERTON.—I object to that question.
Inspector KEHOE.--I'Ve have his own word for it that
he has another establishment.
George Brackley, another victim, was the next witness
called, and elicited some merriment by the characteristic
manner in which he gave his evidence. He said—l am
a seaman on board the ship Helen, and was in Paradise-
street on last Saturday night, and went into two shops.
I saw a young woman in the first shop, and after being
there for some time, I went out of the first shop into the
second shop with the prisoner.
Mr. Clough—Well, did you pay anything ?
Witness—Pay ! Yes, I paid 275. (Laughter,) The
prisoner came in while I was paying in the first shop, and
I went with him to the second.

By Mr. Pemberton—Had you paid your money when
the prisoner came in ?

Witness (Very coolly)—No, not it all. We kept pay-

ing as we went on

-Q
—What

were you paying your money for?

. .
A—For fun. (Loud laughter.)
By Mr. Clough—When I got to the second shop the
prisoner showed me what there was in the shop, and said
I could have my chance of winning any articles. He said
if I did not like what I drew Icould pay more and try again.
It appeared from the witness's further statements that
in all he spent 275., and when he gave up drawing, all he
had got was a pair of decanters, valued at 3s.
Mary Ellen Geoghan examined.—l am the wife of
Thomas Geoghan, residing in Baptist-street. I know
the prisoner very well. I was employed by him and his
brother at one of the shops in Paradise-street, at twelve
shillings a week, as a sweetener. (Laughter.) It was- at
the small shop, next to a toffy shop in Paradise-street.
The prisoner works both shops. Since 1 left, I one day
called at the shop as I was passing. He asked me to call
sometimes, and give him a lift, and he made me a present
of two little money boxes for my children. When I was
employed there, I have often bid at articles at sales, which
they always took back.

ICTr. Pemberton—When the prisoner was present?
Witness—Yes; he has asked me to do so. I gave him
the large articles back after the sale. When I used to
draw in the lottery, I put down a shilling, and got three
tickets, when other parties were in the shop. On one
occasion prisoner said one of the tickets represented a
gun, which I had won. He gave it to me in the presence
of parties in the shop. I took the gun away, and left it at
the other shop.
Mr. Clough : How came you to to take it to the other
shop ?

Witness : That is the way they do. They always read
the ticket themselves. Sometimes I saw what article was
named on the tickets, but I never took much notice, be-
cause I always got my money back.
Cross-examined by Mr. Pemberton : I have never
made any threat to the prisoner and those in the shop.
I said if I was at the door 1 would not let people come
into the shop to be robbed. I have been brought before
the magistrates. I can't say whether it was last week or
not.

George Al'Bride, a salesman in the employ of 111 r.
Eastee, in St. George's-crescent, spoke to the value of
the articles represented by the tickets taken from the
wheel. The value of the articles generally was about ld.,
2d., 3d., and 4a. On a gentleman's finger ring, (one of
the prizes !) being produced, the witness said it was worth
Id.—(Loud laughter.) One or two of the articles pro-
duced he spoke to as being worth 2s. 6d.

Mr. PEMBERTON confidently put it to the bench that
there was no case proved of obtaining money under false
pretences.

MR. MANSFIELD considered there was much ground
for suspicion ; but be did not think that, at present, the
case was one which would warrant him in sending it be-
fore a jury. The prisoner must be remanded.
On the application of Mr. Pemberton the prisoner was
admitted to bail, himself in £5O and two sureties in £25
each; and the further hearing of the case was adjourned
to morrow (Wednesday).

The prisosner Samuel Atkinson, who keeps a shop in
Paradise-street, near the Colloseum, was then charged
with a similar offence, by obtaining money under false
pretences from a man named Thomas Robinson, on
Saturday evening last. The facts of the case, as disclosed
by the evidence, were precisely similar to those in the
former case. The prisoner was also remanded to to-morow
(Wednesday).