The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1895-05-22 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

TRYING TO YBOATE. Adams, a middle-aged man giving no 'Adroit, was brought up in custody charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in Chester-street, further with assaulting Mary McCann, 26, White-street..—According to the evidenoe tendered by P.C. 81 (Donegan) it transpired that be was on duty near the Tramnere slaughterhouses, New Chester road, on Sunday night, when be beard • woman screaming "murder.* On =eedi..f.m.thewdrtion od. the ooniplamed tatzsd,Atzuhti struck her. was intoxicated. MoCaos was ; bleeding very much from the mouth and nose. From what she told him he asked prisoner to go with him to the police station. He then pointed to • mark over his eye, caused, be said, by pronontrix throwing a brick at him. There were, -however, no bricks about, but there was • lot of dust on Adams' face where the mark was, and witness thought he must have fallen, and so hurt himself. Prisoner was apparently • tramp, as be had • quantity of bread and twopence in his pocket. Beldame was then given by Mn. McCann and another woman, to the effect that they had been taking tea at a friend's house and were returning home when prisoner hit Mrs. McCann in the face, and knocked her down. }le then went to hit her again, and in doing so fell on top of her. —Prisoner, in defence, said Mrs. McCann caught hold of him and spoke to him after which they threw a brick at him.—Mr. Jackson said the assault was one of a most serious character. The I women were merely going home from a friend's house. It was made worse by prisoner now trying to make out that they were women of immoral champter.—He must go to gaol for fourteen days. Team; Im. IN THE Cl:ctn.—Robert, Davies, of Stuart's-road, Walton, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Claughton.road.—Superin. tendent Clarke said that the prisoner had been taken ill in the cells 00 Sunday and had been removed to the workhouse. He was examined by Dr. Cornwall, who found him to be very ill, and the police wished to withdraw the charge.—Tbe magistrates agreed to this, and the charge was accordingly withdrawn. CRUELTY TO AN Asa.—Thomas Morrie, 14, William. street, was summoned for unlawfully beating an muss on Saturday, the 11th hist —lnspector Pocock, of the R.S.P.C.A., stated that while proceeding along Hamilton-street be saw defendant beating a donkey with • vine stick. He struck it between thirty and forty blows, causing it to flinch after every blow.— The magistrates .aid they. considered the ease proved, and imposed • fine of sa. including costa. Tann. or Fin-mos.—Sarah Robinom, of blorpath Buildings,a young woman of respectable appearance, was charged with stealing a set of fire-irona, the property of William Kirch, 109, Livingtone-street.— The evidenc showed that prisoner was a friend of Kirch and had slept at her house on various occasions. hen going out Mrs. Kim') was in the habit of putting the key of her house in a Place known to the prisoner. On Friday afternoon Mrs. Kir.* went out and left the key in the accustomed place. She did not 11111113 the fire-irons until Sunday afternoon. On missing them, she went and asked prisoner about them. She subsequently admitted pawning them at Naeh's pawn-shop, where they were found pawned. —As prisoner stood in the dock in the capacity of a first offender, she was discharged.