The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1902-07-05 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

POLICE COURTS. BOROUGH •WEDNEESDAY.—Badore Masers. Ileadowa Fran and T. I. Dodds..  Theft of a Ring.—Four boys named William Sullivan, of 56, Exmouth-street, Albert Edward Bverise, IS, Rose-street, Joseph Richard Seville, 18, Piamouth-street, and John Duncan Sutton, 4, Fore-street, were charged with having stolen., ring, the property of Mary Sullivan, 54, Exmouth-greet, the prisoners Begins, Seville, and Sutton being also charged with receiving—One of As defendants was the brother of the prosecutrix, who left the ring in the kiteliesi and mimed it. A pawnbroker stated that an Attempt had been made to pledge Vie ring at his establishment by one of the boys, and he had informed the polioe.—The magistrates, taking into account the youth of the boys, and that this was their first offence, bound thew over for six months. The parents were also cautioned, and the pawnbroker complimented upon his action, the magistrates expressing their appreciation of the manner in which be had acted. An Uncomfortable Delusion.—A man named Thomas Brooks, of 148a.Bedford-road, Rock Ferry, was charged on remand with haying attempted to commit suicide by throwing himself into the Mersey from Rock Ferry landing-stage—P.C. lie (Cod) gated that on the 18th ult., he was called to the Rock Ferry landing - gage, and was there informed that prisoner, after jumping into the river, had been picked up a few minutes afterwards in an insensible condition. Witness took prisoner to the workhouse, and on the way prisoner told him that he had attempted to drown himself becalms the neighbours alleged that he was involved in the death of a woman who took carbolic acid in Bedford-road a few months previously. He wanted to clear his character, and with that end in view jumped into the river. Prisoner's wife told the bench that her husband was under the influence of drink et the time. If the bench would discharge him she would take care of him.—Prisoner said that when he drank it , caused a peculiar sensation in his back, but ' he would sign the pledge at once.—He was discharged. Alleged Burglaries by a Boy.-5. boy named Ellis Croft Laster, of no settled abode, was charged with having broken and entered the dwelling-house of James Griffiths, of 47, Upton-road, and with hawing stolen therefrom 54. in money, 4 lb.. of butter, and other articles of property, on or about the 25th March last; and also with having broken and entered the dwelling-house of John Buckler, of 5, Boundary-road, and with having stolen therefrom a loaf of bread. An additional charge of being a lunatic not under proper control was also preferred against him.—Frederick Furber, of the "Echo" branch office in Conway-street, stated that prisoner entered the office on Tuesday, and shortly afterwards Detective Mall came in and questioned prisoner about two hoses that had been broken into. He let him go, and witness, who had employed him previously, further questioned him.— Prisoner told him that be had broken into two houses in Orton in order to get food as he had had nothing to eat for two days. • Wftnees thought that prisoner was partly insane, his remarks were careless, and he did not seem to know what he waa saying. He was remanded to the workhouse for two weeks.