The Northern Daily Times. — 1857-04-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FORGERY.—Robert Adam Robertson, who s`ood remanded on a charge of haring uttered a forged bill for £4O 4s, was brought up. - Mr Snowball appeared for the prisoner; Mr Reay, of the Guardian Society, for the prosecution, and said he had received the bill back from London dishonoured, with a statement of no orders for it. He knew it would be sent back, of course. Mr Snowball said he did not dispute the bill, and that the writing on it was Robertson's; but the explanation was, that his late partner had robbed him. That man had gone to Scotland, and brought back the bill to the prisoner, although he had got cash for the gdods that he had taken there. He (Mr. S.) understood from Mr. Reay, that he was going to bring a thief from Chester Castle to swear that be wrote the bill for the prisoner ; he did not, however, think the court would cred:t that story. The prisoner's partner was dead, and therefore Mr. Reay might bring a thief from Clic ster Castle,_ or any where else, to swear anything against the prisoner. Mr. Reay said, if I did not believe and know him to be a rogue— Mr. Snowball : I really must object to this ; it is only done to prejudice the prisoner. Mr. Reay : I know him for many years as a rogue, and his conduct----- Mr. Snowball protested against these observations. It was not evidence. Mr. Reay : I will produce evidence to satisfy the court that the prisoner knew the bill was forged, and that he uttered it with that guilty knowledge. I bane written to Sir George Grey for an order to get up a prisoner from Chester Castle, who will prove that he forged the bill by direction of the prisoner. Mr. Clough : We have two important witnesses— one from Birmingham, and one from Chester Castle—to bring up, and we want another remand for that purpose. The prisoner was again remanded for seven days. TRYING THE WINE !—Mrs. Annie Larina, a German, who keeps a boarding house at 24, Regent street, charged a girl, named El;z tbeth Neal, with having stolen three bottles of wine out of her cellar. It appeared that tho g;rl was left in charge of the place in the absence of complainant, and that a Mrs. Kelly, who resides next door, came to the girl, and expressed a very great desire for a " drink," as she " longed very much for one." What would you like, Mrs. Kelly ? asked the girl. Beer, ale, porter, wine, whiskey, or anything that way, was the modest reply of this female Btcchus. The girl protested her inability to .satisfy the " longings" of Mrs. Kelly, and the latter declared that if she did not got "a big drink" that she would either commit suicide or die of tile drooth, like O'Shannahan Moore, the Irish King ! This frightened the prisoner to such An extent, that she really was at a terminus, called her " wits ends." Mrs. Kelly at last came to her rescue, and suggested that she could get into the cellar, where there was "lashings and leavings" of the best "o' wine," and that by bringit;g up at least three bottles, she (the prisoner) would be the means of preventing both murder and suicide. The reas-'ns given were so cogent, that the girl did so, and "oh frailty thy name is woman ;" after she drank the contents of the three bottles, she sent her husband to "discover" on the girl, which he did, but the " identical Mrs. Kelly" has not since been heard of, as she made herself scarce, in consequence of an intimation, that if she was cotched she would be:considered narticeps criminis (a fine word which of course Mrs. Kelly thoroughly understood.) The prisoner was sent to jail for one month.