The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

rIIDER.—
.nd Janie

ALLEGE

isioner, named
aged 64, on the Tuesday fortnight preceding.
the death of Good, an inquest was held on

, , and, from the evidence adduced, a verdict of
cidentally killed" had been returned. Since then
,-- was elicited that the evidence given before the

coroner was false, and the prisoners were charged as above
stated. The testimony now produced went to show that

ill-treatment caused his death. The
were committed for trial on a charge of man-
; and Martin Lynch, in whose house the fatal
assault was committed, was bound over in his own recog-
nisances of £5O to appear this day on a charge of berjury
when before the coroner

the dec
the pri

../n Thursday, Jane Roberts,
nipwright, residing in Grafton-street, preferred
the police magistrates, against her hus-

uer. She stated- that on Monday
evening her husband quarrelled with her about a goose
which they had had that day for dinner. At night he
came to her when she was in bed, and accused her of
having had some oue in the house eating the goose. She
denied that she had, when he violently pulled her out of
bed. He repeated this three times, and then struck her
violently in the face, and she was not allowed to return
to her bed that evening. Mr. Mansfield remarked that it
was a pity that such respectable parties could not agree to
live together more comfortably, and bound the prisoner
in his own reeognizances to keep the peace towards the
complainant for the space of six months.

LIVERPOOL raiza,IOLDERS AT THE BIRMINGHAM
POULTRY Sitow.—The Liverpool amateurs in poultry
have been very successful in carrying off prizes in the
Birmingham show ; and as this show is now unrivalled in .
point of numbers and competition; its awards are de-
servedly esteemed. For Rouen ducks, Mr. H. Worrall
obtained first and third prizes, and the Aylesbury and
"Brown Call-ducks," belonging to that gentleman, were
justly commended. In bantams, Mr. Gilbert W. Moss
was, as usual, extremely successful, carrying away three
prizes, namely, first prize, silver-laced ; first prize, black ;
second prize, white bantams. These specimens were much
admired. Mr. William C. Worrall obtained first prize for
golden-pencilled Hamburgs, nearly carrying away the
silver cup.
THEFT BY A. SERVANT—CONDUCT OF A PAWNBROKER.
—On Thursday, Catherine Roberts was charged before
the Police-court with stealing a quantity of wearing
apparel from her mistress, Mrs. Eaton, who keeps a boot
and shoe shop, in Berry-street. The prisoneehad pledged
the property; a portion of it, three dresses, a mantle, and
a quantity of flannel, which had been pledged for £1 to a
pawnbroker, named Phillips, in Bedford-street, Toxteth-
park, were not produced in court, the pawnbroker alleging
that the bundle was a very large one, and as the prose-
cutrix, in the presence of an officer, had identified the
articles as her property, he did not deem it necessaly to
produce them in court.—Mr. Clough said that course of
conduct had been pursued by this pawnbroker for the last
two years. His treatment to officers whilst endeavouring
to trace out felonies had been complained of several times,
and this was another instance of his endeavours to defeat
the ends of justice. It was a matter of doubt whether
handbills describing this property had not been delivered
to the pawnbrokers prior to the time Phillips stated he
had received it. A person from Phillips's said that when
be attended at the police-court, four hours after the arti-
cles had been taken in, he first saw the handbill, which
had just come fresh from the printers.—The prosecutrix
urged, that any person seeing the number of articles
offered, and their quality, the three dresses being silk,
must have known that they had not been honestly come
by.—Mr. Clough said the magistrates, in some cases, had
ordered the property to be restored at the pawnbroker's
cost, and he had no doubt that this had influenced Phil-
lips in not producing the bundle in the present instance.
—Mr. Cropper, the magistrate, observed that the pawn-
broker's conduct was most disgraceful.—The prisoner was
committed for trial.
INGENIOUS SWINDLING-.—On Tuesday, a man named
Richard Bell, of respectable appearance, was brought
before the police court, charged with obtaining the
sum of £25 from Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell. and Co.,
Fenwick Chambers, through the application of a rather
ingenious mode of fraud. It appeared that the American
ship Ashburton, which was consigned to the prosecutors,
sailed from this port on the 21th day of November, and
afterwards a bill was presented to the office for £52 10s.
It was headed, "The owners of the ship Ashburton, to
James Thompson, debtors, for plumbing, glazing, and
painting." The cashkeeper, having no reason to doubt
the correctness of the bill, paid it. Subsequently, one of
the principals of the firm, on going over the ship's accounts,
saw the bill, and knowing that no painting or plumbing
had been done on board, he came to the conclusion that a
fraud had been perpetrated, and he handed the bill to
Inspector Bates, of the detective department, for the pur-
pose of discovering the -James Thompson, but, notwith-
standing all that, officer's efforts, he was unsuccessful.
The bill purported to be signed by the captain. The
signature was that of the captain of the Ashburton. On
Monday, the 12th instant, another bill was presented to
Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, and Co., who were the con-
signees of a ship called the Cornelius Grinnell, in the
following form The owners of the ship Cornelius
Grinnell, to John Robinson, debtors, for plumbing, paint-•
ing, and glazing, as per contract, £25," and purporting to
be signed by the captain of that vessel, whose handwriting
the signature undoubtedly wag. The prisoner, who pre-
sented the bill, was kept in conversation for some time,
and a detective officer being sent for, lie was taken into
custody. The way in which the prisoner had ingeniously
obtained the captain's signature was this :—ln each case
he went to the captain of the vessel, and inquired the
price of a cabin passage. On being told it was £l5, he
engaged a berth, and paid the captain £2 on account, and
took from him a receipt, which was, unfortunately, in
pencil. The pencil marks were traced upon the bills,
showing that the swindler had erased the word of the
receipt, leaving the captain's signature entire. The fellow
then made out his bill for plumbing, glazing, and paint-
ing, and the captain's signature remaining at the bottom,
he was thus enabled, in the first instance, to effect his
nefarious purpose. The charge of forgery was not pressed,
but the prisoner was remanded for a week, on the charge

Of obtaining money on false pre.-
CHARGE AGAINST THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP GOLDEN
EltA.—On Thursday, James Tulus Peat, late captain of
the Australian ship Golden Era, belonging to Messrs.
Pilkington and Wilson, was brought up on remand before
the police magistrate, charged under the 97th section of
the Mercantile Marine Act, cap. 91, for neglect of duty as
captain of the said vessel, by which he not only endangered
her safety, but risked the lives of the passengers and
others on board, and, in consequence, had rendered him-
self guilty of misdemeanour. Mr. Tindall, solicitor, repre-
sented the Board of Trade, at whose instigation the prose-

ention commences, ana Irir. i.muu
left Melbourne on the 18th of July, and, upon arriving
at Pernambuco, at the latter end of September, where she
'NI, 1. ;it fnr etnrna_ a Naval Court WAS held

le resu

[le inquiry ).'

.-tavoida.ble casualty.-- He- had taken the opinion o. tiie
Neenti, which confirmed that which he submitted. The vessel was entrusted to Captain 'White, a passenger on orc
eff,•"'irY was instructed to write to Mr. Chilton to that board, who navigated the ship to this port. After a pro-
of '
se.----Two dock gatemen were put on the reduced wages tracted investigation, which had extended over
bors.' per week for two year. '-^ h 'laced at the days, the prisoner was committed for trial
at ',tom of the list, for rec:•
4ted that in all future cases
by !'stunt dismissal, and the
ierce against those who g:
&?111 the fruit merchants an
j7ilities for their vessels
'`Jeks, was referred. A re,
,shed from the harbour waste,,do
fruit vessels no better plain cos,
in operation.—An application
''„‘Cam Navigation Company, for rentin;
"oburg Dock, was not complied with.
sIrEALTIt CO3I2.IITtEE.—Mr. Alder
,t 1 at the meeting- e- ""
:iZ,ser., of health reporter
theT,'"aY the 9th instant,
for °rlxigh beinc, about
21mediate''''
although
ariPreceding. In
et .e2n.the extra-parochia
,tIY in the item of &Set
p%;(treatlis last week, again:
er.eased mortality has chi
lods of life, 40 deaths h
Ie Mean temperature, 45
of the preeedin .three
total? the average.
ble,, amount being one-t
nia"°ll of the air amoun
ter7i or more ,that
t0ttn911,4..g conversation, 1
°'clo,7l,ll'‘e° was changed
con it being als al,
Inuttee should beet

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ink beef as bribes. It was
CUARGE AGAINST TIIE.POLICE.-011 I
the offence would be followed wright, named Joseph Bell, who resides in Blunth
t the dock law would be-put referred a charge, before the magistrates, against police-
v4 the bribes.—A memorial I'
spector Forstall and constables Dickson and Burke, of
fruit brokers, asking certain in
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.....,4 • ..I 6.1.. inmriannment. A dispute it appeared

hursday, a s.

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pore on the 1

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subject was re-
had, in the first instance, arisen between a smith anda
hat as regarded boy as to the custody of a woman's cloak or cape found in
dopted than that the vicinity of Mr. Bell'
Bells yard, on the 20th of October
_ ~.... ~....„A;,,„ last ; and the boy's father obtained the interference of the

police-constables'to enforce the supposed rights of his son.
The cape in the meantime had been taken possession of by
Mr. Bell, and placed in his office to prevent disputes till
the question of ownership should be settled; and Mr. Bell

1 Langsdale pro-

had gone out
when complainant
were doing there. Dickson immed
and asked him who he was, and what
complainant replied that his name
side the yard, where they would find
Dickson then seized him by the collar, t
the wall, and requested the other officer (Burke) to assist
him in taking complainant into custody. Mr. Bell told tt
smith to assist him, and not see him abuse' '-•
ner, upon which they relinquished their 114
after left the yard. Soon-after this, ho'
turned again, in company with Inspector
they had informed that the complainant
them

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striking a pig on the head with a hammer. lie jumpea
over the wall, and asked him what he was doing, when
was onngea to pus in Au, 0w...,-, - ___. __ __ __ _ . the prisoner struck him a violent blow with the hammer,
by the Consul upon the prisoner,. in consequence of Ins which knocked him down, and he then jumped upon him.
conduct up to that time. At that inquiry the evidence of The officer succeeded in regaining his feet, and grappled
four passengers, namely, Frank Evans, William John with the desperado, who then endeavoured to stifle him
Barber, Joseph Miller, and William Brown, was taken, by thrusting filth into his mouth. Finding the fellow too
from which it appeared that the accused, shortly after the powerful for him, White jumped over the wall, and made
vessel left Melbourne, seldom made his appearance upon a signal for assistance. The prisoner followed, and, wi
him th
deck; that he was given to excessive drinking; that he savage perseverance, again attacked him,
knocking
neglected his duty ; that he was not considered of sound down with the hammer, and jumping upon him. At this
mind, from the effects of drink ; that, on the `2sth of juncture, officer 612 made his appearance, but he merely
August, when the vessel got amongst ice, instead of being looked on, seeming rather to enjoy the contest ; and if it
on deck, he remained below, and said that the ship might had not been for officer 611, who soon afterwards came up,
go to h—." These depositions were under the seal of the White would, in all probability, have been murdered.
Consul, and were duly admitted as evidence by -the bench. With the assistance oft the latter, however, he was, after a
' severe struggle, secud and lodged in bridewell. The
prisoner was committed for trial, and officer 612 was
iered to be reported to the Watch Committee.

Lt £7,000,

sessions.ll
he 'tOma''''keviir.--oliveia bankrupt. The trustees nn(
deed of assignment, executed on the 7th of October,
advertised in the Gazette, as'required by the statute, ar
opposed to the affairs being liquidatsd in bankruptcy ;
but, according to the Bankruptcy Consolidation Act, the
deed is valid if signed by six-sevenths of the creditors
. . .. • not, ahrn. nrovided that no

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