The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1888-12-15 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

LATE TR REPZETTEG.—A middle-aged woman, named Bridget Traynor, William-street, was charged with being drunk and dianrderly.—PM. 40 (Dellis) arrested the nrltioner In Watson-street on Paturday evening. She had been nsins most filthy langnage.—Prlsoner: Olt, dear met I'll never get drunk any more.—Fined se. and costa or seven days. THE ATTEMPTED 817,31116 neSTiTTORDETUERT,— Julia I shells Wharton, a married woman, residing at 21, Star!Pwd-street. was brought up charged on remand with attempting to oonamit ettloile by cutting her throat on the 7th ult,.—Prleonerts hasband reported flat his wife was still an out-patient of the Borough Hospital and had recovered from her melancholy. Mr. Preston, addressing the prisoner, who declared she would never attempt suicide again, said he did not want to send her for trial, and he wield therefore vgain give her up to her husband. She might be discharged.—Prisoner then left the court in company with her haglytncl..  STRUMBR'S Anyairro an, A powerfullooking young man, with a very blank eye, who gave the name of Charles Fienrehan,l9. Waverleye•reet. Seacombe, was charged with being drunk and disorderly an , with refusing to quit the licensed premises of the Shiro Inn when requested by James Smile, the licensee, to do so.—Prosecutor deposed that on Saturday evening the prisoner mime into his house and ordered a glass of ale. In the" excitement of the moment" witness drew the beer to serve him, when the prisoner began to be sick, Witness then tried to persuade him to go home, but he refused awl a policeman had to be sent for to remove him from the nremises.—Tn reply he the Bench, prisoner said, "I'm but a stranger here. I got drank, and did not know what I was doing."—Fined its, and costs.  OVIDIitIIECOMES BUSlVE.—ltlizabeth Gar. side, 91, Watson-street, was charged vr.th being drunk and disorderly.—P.C. Wright said he found the prfsoner drunk and took he* to her own door, telling her to go into her own house. She then turned round and told him to go to h—. She was so abusive she lad to b. locked tip.— In pector Glass deposed that prisoner .as locked op In the North-end brldewell, and was very noisy all night.— Prisoner: I was mo-t beastly treated, your worship. Mr. Preston: You have been here several times before, and mast pay 10s, and costs or to go to prison for seven days. . .  ROBBERY BY AN ADOPTED Sow. A hoe named Joseph Kelly, was charged with stealing the sttrn of belonging to Michael Kelly, 257, Borough-road.— Prosecutor said the prisoner was his adonted son. act artily withess went to the Shoemaker's Society and drew 255., which he gave the prisoner to take home. He did not, however, go home, but was found the following da, in Northwich in company with another boy named George Hooper. Prisoner said he had Riven 125 64. to Hooper, who promised 10. had been The remainder alga ocyahreg e money the prisoner, who replied, "I did take it. Hooper got Us. 6d."-11r. Preston, remarking that the prisoner was too old to be sent to an lilt cartel school ordered him to eceive twelve strokes of the birch' _ _ _  AN OLD orrasnea.—A middleaged man named John Dodd, of 10, Watson street, was charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Joseph Deeley, 4, Itonk stree,.—Michael Leonard, a market porter, said he saw the prisoner and another man, on Saturday, rtin down by the dark side of the market. Ho followed and stopped the prisoner, who had with him a pair of boots. He said he got the boots from the other man, who then ran away. He had been asked to pledge them.—P.C. 24 (Challoner) arrested the prisoner and charged him with st ea Mg the boots and also with being in possession of them. In al,swer to the chsrge he said "I know nothing about them—l did not steal them. A man gave them to me to pledge." He also said he did not know the man who requested him to pledge the boots. The boots had been out down from the shop door of Jove „.h Deeley, 4, Monk street, and the prisoner had in his possession a knife in a sheath.— Mr. Deeley rccognlsed the ho tts as being his property and worth ss. 64. Prisoner_ repeated his previons statement.—hr. Preston said the prisoner had been several times previously convicted for assaul sand stealing', Ha must now go to prison for two ca'endar months.  ...a. Air Ihrwir.r.asto Pummel:minx. A woman named Mary Woods. 205, Market street, who appeared with a child in her arms. WAS charged with unlawfully wounding Ellen Fahey, 201, Market street, and also with assaulting her.—"r secutrix now refused to be sworn, supine she woull not press the charge.—P C. 13 I Wylie) stated that on Saturday night, about 10.30, he pies called Into Watson street and proseoutrix gaVe the prisoner in c arge for woutyting and assaulting her. She also signed the charge at the Watson street bridevrell. Prosecutrix was now threatened with being locked up it she did not give her evidence, which she eventually gave, though In a very reluctant and altnos incomprehensible manner her statement ,eing to the effect that the prisoner rushe at and hit her with some weapon for "nothing at al:."—sunt. larks informed tt is Worship that the wornaii's wound hod to be (Imaged at the hospital cia Saturday night.—Mr.Preston, therefore, remanded the ease till Ineaday, when she was discharge&