The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1895-08-03 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

SATURDAY.—Before Aldermen B•wolifie and Mr. .1. Craven. Armicrzwu Ssooms. A woman named ?mesh Charlton, was charged on remand with ettenipting to commit suicide at the Alford pock. —P. „C (103) Beard spoke to seeing primer gomg the tided' the dock. Me stopped her sad she ,Wmowledged that she was intending to throw hooldf into the water. Beller ing officer Stott mid the woman was a had character altogether; she pained the greater part of her time either in the TISIIIIICCO er the Brownlow H2l workhouse. Prisoner pleaded fog another chance and said she desired to remove from liirkenhead and her present aesociaticee. Ttr Chairman remarked that they would give her another ohanoe, but there was a peculiar record against her, and if she appeared in eourt again, they would have to deal seriously with I her. She was discharged. Rada nr • Rsunvoto Omen. A middle-aged 'skean named Elisabeth Bevan, of Chesemetreet. was Mmegsd with wilfully .bresking apsue of glass in a peeekdon el the relieving °doe, Hamptcn-street, the =of the Pow Law Guardians and doing to the amount of 7a. 6d. Relieving officer Stott maid that at half-past See on Friday evening the came to his of6os under the the influence of prisoner came demanded to see • doctor. She oommenced to use most okeeene Laguna* and be had great difficulty in getting her away. When she got outside the vestitule door she put her fist through • stained eses panel and walked away. Then she came back god recommenced mem bed langusgs and he had to have her locked np.—Prisoneralleged that she was only_ suffering trots spoons in her stomach, and that the relieving officer bad ill-seed be awfully and knocked her about.—P.C. 24 (Taylor) stated that when he arrested the prisoner she was very drunk. She made no charge then of having bees ill-used.. The Bench inflicted • fine of 2a. 6d. and oasts and ordered the payment of the damageLle. 6d. FRIDAY NIGHT IN rtm.o-r.--Two women wined Catherine Carney and Mary Joyce, both of Field-street, were charged with being drank and disorderly and also with wilfully breaking three panes of glans, the property of Bernard Anderson, 53, Payson-street, doing damage to the amount of 7s. 6d. —Anderson stated that about Ile'elock the previous evening be returned home frem !weal. Soon after he got 30 the house someone, kicked the door in. Shortly afterwards a pane or glees was broken, and he saw someone's hand come through the window. He went for a policeman, and *het be camels& the two prisoners were standing by the window, and two more panes of glass were broken.—P.O. 41 (Rogers) deposed that as he was going to Anderson's house he saw each of the women deliberately thrust a hand through panes of glass in the window. Both were very drunk. Joyce cut her *id vnth the glass, and be had to take her to the hospital to see deny broken glom remained in the cuts.--Neether prisoner dented the charge, and both were seat to prison ter 14 days with hand laboar.—Joyoe was further charged on • summons with having been drunk and disorderly in Livingstoneetrtet, and the offence being proved she was sentenced to a further term of 7 days' imprisonment.