The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1895-03-27 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

MONDAY. —Before Messrs.' B—. Jones, J. B. Delany, J. Craven, C. Newhouse, and Alderman Raweliffe.  Daceili—g--iia—ixocioartons.—Roote Foley, St. Anne-street, was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in Conwayetreet. It appeared that prisoner went into the relieving offices, Conway. street, and made several rambling statements. She wanted her husband and his clothes, also her children's clothes. Her husband and children were dead, and Mr. Robinson, who was in attendance at the mews, knew all about it. She was the worse of drink, and when requested to go away became very disorderly, and he had to call an officer to eject her.—P.C. 26 (Welbuni) deposed to assisting Mr. Robinson to eject the prisoner. He then hocked her up. She was tined ss. and ousts, or 7 days imprisonment. A PRISONER'S REASON FOR ATTEMPTING SVICIDL —Thomas Hughes, 18, Gladatone-street, was charged on remand with attempting to commit suicide cutting his throat with • knife; also with being a lunatic not under proper control.—Prisoner had been remanded to the workhouse for two weeks for observation. Dr. Anderson now stated that prisoner was perfectly sane and had been removed to the infirmary from the lunatic ward the day after admission. He had behaved himself very. well. He told witness that he had had some domestic erouble, and had committed the act in a moment of impulse. He expressed contrition for the act. Prisoner said he bad received peat provocation. For years his wife had been drinking his earnings and pledging all his clothing, and her own clothes.—He was discharged into the care of his brother-in-law, the magietratee remarking that it was an extremely foolish thing to do, and must not occur again. FROM TIM ROYAL COURTS TO THE COURT OF Jenne:K.—An old man, poorly clad, named James Taylor Berrell, of no stated address, was charged with being • lunatic found wandering in Derby-road, not under proper care and controL—P.C. 79 (Cook) stated that he met prisoner in Derby-road, Trimmers, on Friday afternoon about four o'clock. He inquired the way to the workhouse from the officer. Be WAS carrying a bag heroes his back, and had two tin boxes in front of him, whichcontainedbookshe had written. He made a rambling statement to witness to the effect that he had been to Gibraltar, and had just returned from Spain, where he had been visiting the Queen of that country. He had also visited the queen of England. He had prevented a war between England and France, and had done various other remarkable things of a similar character. Dr. Anderson spoke as to prisoner's condition when he was admitted into the workhouse—Prisoner was remanded to the workhouse for a fortnight.—He retired from the dock murmuring something about Republics, Revolutions, &c. R.S.P.C.A., Pnosecirricsa.—Thomaa Williams, 6, Cyprus-street, was summoned and fined sa. and 6s. 6d. costs for cruelly illtreating a horse by working the same while in an unfit condition on the lith inst.—John TJlrich, 5, Bright-street, was Rued se. and 17s, costs, for causing the horse to be worked, on the same date.—John Massey, the Woodaide Lairage, was fined se. for illtreating an ox by beating it with a drovers stick on the Bth inst.—The R.S.P.C.A., officers proved the cases.