Glasgow Courier. — 1850-06-15 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

CENTRAL POLICE COURT.  On Thursday at the Central District Police-court, a boy named Janie; Docherty, was charged before Bailie Playfalr with having on the evening of Monday attempted to pick the pocket of &gentleman virile passing along Clyde Street. This boy, it was stated in Court, had been frequently before convicted of similar offences, and imprisoned for various periods. The charge against him was proved, and he was again sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment. Mary Legg, Margaret Smith, and Ella ibeth Thomson, were each charged with having that morning, in the house of a woman named Gibson, in Gallorrgate Street, feloniously assaulted and struck a seaman, named Bl`Callum, and attempted to rob him of his silver watch. M'Calinin, in the course of his examination, stated that he was passing along the street when he was accosted by one of the prisoners, who requested him to give her a dram. Having agreed to do so, he was taken to the house of the woman Gibson, in Gallowgate, where drink was supplied. On rising to leave the house, however, he was set upon by the prisoners and some other women, who threw him to the ground, and after having abused War severelythey attempted to roV4tweof his watch, daring whisielhochain was broken, and his clothes much torn. Finding hiinself overpowered, M'Calltun called out " Murder," "Police," and fortunately his cries brought the assistance of a watchman, who, finding the door secured, set his foot to it and broke it up. On entering the room, the eatchruan found M'Callum iii a sitting posture, with two of the prisoners holding him. Another watchman having arrived they were all conveyed to the Policeoffice. The charge being clearly proved, the Magistrate sentenced Logg and Smith to sixty days' imprisonment each, anal dismissed Thomson, as the evidence against her was defective. Bailie Playfair took occasion to compli.nent the watchman, for the prompt , manner in which he had effected an eutrance iuto this house. The tenant of the house, G them', was next placed at the bar, charged with having permitted a breach of the peace in her house; and with being In the habit of entertaining persons of disreputable character. The officers who gave evidence in the previous case, also proved the charge in this. The woman was one of the very worst characters of her class, and she had for a very long period been in the habit of harbouring the most feat less desperadoes that infest our city. The house in ehich she resided was so situated that Unless, in eases similar to the preceding, an entrance was at once , effected, and the partied secured, all chances of capture were gone. I When any crime was committed the depredators found an easy mode of escape by letting thernsenes down from a back window that leads into a close in High Street. The charge was proved, 1 and she was sentenced to pay a fine of five guineas, or suffer 60 days' imprisonment.—Cherles Al*liialty was charged with having had in Ins possession, in the bazar, several parcels of butter represented to weigh lbs. each, but which were several drachms snort of that weight. Mr. Strathern appeared in this case, and stated that the accused did not make up the batter into parcels himself, anal that although the better was generally understood to neigh t lb., there was no representation made either by ticket on the butter or otherwise; and. moreover, he would prove that all the dealers in the bazar sold their butter by weight, and had proper beams and ereights for that purpose. The evidence of Inspector Miller, who appears to he an exceedingly active officer, was then taken. Ile stated that all the prints which were represented to hint as weighing half a pound, were, with the exception of our, deficient in %eight, and that at the time of his visit there was neither beam nor weights on the prisoner's stand. The evidence of several dealers in the bazar was then taken, who stated that it was a general practice to weigh all the butter sold; and a woman, whose stand adjoins that of the accused, stated that she never saw the prisoner sell batter without weighing it. After a conversation between the Bench and Mr. Strathern, as to what the term "reprenentation " actually meant, the Magistrate dc'tiled that the charge %es prove!, Fut on account of the peculiarities of tire es-e, lie urou'.l resit int the pc ;Mt), to .ss. Inspector Miller nz,i altliu. is Is r. tarn the liii, rto M‘litalty, but to see that it was made up into proper weights. Several other cases of a minor description Were then disposed of.