The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1890-10-04 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SATURDAY. (Before Mr. SarauelL)  Brawn Allaßa—Three ragged little fellows, named Matthew McDonald, Arthur Jones, and John Thomas Langton, the latter being but eight years of age, were charged on remand with having been found lodging in a L. sod N. W. railway van in Shore. road. The prisoners were first before the magistrates on the Thursday previous, when twe other lads charged with them were discharged, and the three named remanded for enquiry. The mother of Langton appeared and said she had not seen her boy for a fortnight, When he was at home she oould not control him.—The magistrate remarked that if there was a school in which mothers could be taught how to oontrol their children it would be very useful. —ln reply to Mr. Samuel, Mrs. Langton said she had four children, two being younger than the pritooner, the older being in an industrial school.— Mr. Samuell asked the lads if they would prefer to go to an industrial school or to go home, when they replied that they would rather go home and stay there.—Hte Woitship thought that would be the beet thing for them, adding that if parents were relieved of their children by the latter being sent to Industrial schools, they would have to take Marge of nearly all the children in Birkethead. Mrs. Langton stated that she and his father bad done their best to keep their boy it home by thrashing him, and had tied him to the bedpost often.—Mr. Swumll : You must take charge of that child and see that he Is taken care of. Tying children to bedposts and beating them does no good. You may manages dog in that sort of way but you cannot manage children. Take your boy home, wash him and make him decent and clean, and peril/Ape he may then stay at home. His worship then discharged toe three prisoners, cautioning them that if they were again picked up by the police for anything they would be sent right a to an industrial school for five years.—Prisoners: Yes, sir.—Mr. Samnell : Well, go home and behave yourselves, and be an ornament to. society I—The two lads, George Tyson and William Hughes, Imo were remanded from the previous Thursday, having been found sleeping in the Lairagee, and without any visible means of subsistence, were again brought forward. The prisoners promised the magistrates that they would go to their homes in Liverpool if they were discharged, the police agreeing to see them safely across the water. Sinuous olfiltal, BUT so Oosrutimmos.—lllobard Sherlock, 92, Peel-street, Tranme,e, was summoned for assaulting Elizabeth lialliwell, on the 19th ult.— The woman stated that she had been living with the defendant for eight years, and on the 19th ult., at night, he commenced abusing her with dreadful language. Then he fastened the doors, and picking up a table knife, took her by the throat and pushed her against the wall. He kno.sked her head, struck her on the nose, and flourishing the knife about, threatened that he would murder her if she attempted to get out. —Defendant denied that he did anything of the kind.—The magistrate remanded the defendant in custody until Monday in order that inquiries might be made.—On Monday the pollee stated that they believed the man to be quiet and respectable, and that the woman had a husband, but bad been living with the defendant for some years.— The magistrate discharged the prisoner, ordering him to keep away from the woman's house altogether, warning him that if he were brought up again for anything twisting to that woman he would be severely dealt with.  A l'sprit Qubnium.—Elizabeth Davenport, 11, Eirkenhead-buildinge, appeared in answer to an adjourned summons charging her with assaulting Sarah Salem, 18, Union-street, on the 90th ult.— There being no corroboration of the complainant's evidenoe, the magistrate dismissed the dbfendant with a caution.