... ALLEGED SWINDLES IN LIVERPOOL CLEVER CAPTURE. The local police have succeeded in capturing ; two men who are believed to belong to a pro- fessional confidence trick gang, hailing from gs London and Birmingham. It seems that about a week ago two men named John Burdett, alias ry Murphy, and George Williams met a coloured a seaman in a Liverpool public houso, and treated of him in a very ...

... VI ?? !,n hi nNQUEST AN]) VEEDICT. h The inquest on the bodies of the lady known w professionally as Madame Webstor, and her son, B aged 11, who died under painfully tragic circum- *, stances on Tuesday night, was held yesterday p, - by Mr. Sidney Smelt at the Manchester City C3 Coroner's Court. The deceased ladys proper ti ii name was Ellen Rourke, and the child, Wilnam T nArthur, was one of ...

... BIRKENIEAD POLIEG COURT. I T DAY1 DeEMB 17. f pEFORE MESSRS. . L. DODDS A)D J. CRAVEN. EMBREZLnRNT BY A CLxzK.-William Leeder Massinghans, a respectably-dressed man, was charged on remand that, heing a clerk in the employment of Mr. J. B. Delany, cabinetmaker, An, he felonioaly stole £7 2s. ld. or the 25th November, 1875. Prisoner was also charged with stealing several other sums on various ...

... tSflJPOR L ASSIZES. ,,v-nAT DEO. 2. :go-PAY, DEO. 2. CROWVN COURT. ?? t.jV5TCE COLLDNS T ittyG LITPOLSOLICITORS. bi Si-stn(229), architect, and L ~. s- T~22jz$. (31, baker, were to- 0 -Edc With having, at Liver'Pool, on V > nJune, July, and August of thilsw ContlVconpire-d together to ?? ~ spret61t-3 from 'Thomas Gee d' - I-r.- MmaDraper, Charles Hailis WA W~~ill ut ehens, and wihha- It~ '-g ...

... DIVORCE PETITION A(,E 1 l A BAPTIST MINISTEi . . In the Divorce Csourt, yestorday. f ; w was resumed before the presiden o)-: EAther Carr's petition for a dsslut: -r- marriage on the ground of the ?? and adultery of her husband, GeW:!. Carr, a Baptist minister. 'The aoleg; denied. Emma Palmer, now in servc c and formerly in the service of h-3 near London, said she saw the ret !t'e child on ...

... .st the st, MUSIC LICENSES REFUSED. hea e A special session for the transfer and granting w cc- of licnkees was held at St. Helens Town Hall the Rg yeste-rday when the magistrates on the bench t at. were the Mayor (Councillor H. Martin), Alder- sat Ill men T. Cook, A. Sinclair, D. M'Keobhnie, and the en C' J. Bishop, Messrs. B. A. Dromgoole, T. a he Glover, WV. Gamble, G. NV. Rawlins, C. ...

... LIVERPOOL POLICE CLIf. hfONDAT. OCTOBER 1Z. BT EnrORE IE.L . J.. S'EW. .kRT.Stli'E\'. tE ?? Mkt;AL> ED UNLAIVFL PO-SES:StN. 1 pH ?? -a otrned witch bei;-- 01 pozsemsion of a et'ver matchbox bea-: .- Te- ! T. F. C. it appeared that S. ad offered the nmtchisjx in ple- er qo uep:r;c-n by thle ?? oi the b-or was Pren to F-m hy a - beortee he was wet- and coid --as r- e. -r . -t ? ior inqurines ...

... FRIDAY, NOVEMBER &. BEFORE MSESSRS. I. NIORMSE AND T. iNTh- . A NEGLcT=.rFL MOTICIR PrUStnyFD. - An. , v O'Brien, a rmiddle-aged woman, who lives in a rl:; V Brvinfon-street, was charged with drunkepnn,-. with 'aviag neglecled her child, who is nine old. Evidence teas caised to tile cifect that 5: c o'clock on Thursdav n'ght the prisoner n - e the street in a- state of drmnkenness. She !I, I i ...

... THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF. A WORCESTER DETECTIVE. I 'Yesterday, at the Worcester Infirmary, Charles Young Ai was ?? Mr. C. Whiralkec, a magistrate of U: tbe P1ersbore, divitioni-with- ntuemptinig' to murder vP Iaspecror-detective Wallace, of the Worcester City til Police Force, byv shooting- him near Perehore. The I hearing - took plaic at the inifirmary, as Inspector ye. Wallce i notyet al to ...

... BIRalIGRAM POLICE COURT. -YaSTxn ,AT. - Before lke3rs. ofaslmorc (Stli.), CooL;, re 2. Hcrri, ?? T. Manton, and Cdiburyr. -- R;DBBDJG HIS EiraoYre.-l~Harry Fairbrother (251, at :butcher's assistant, of 27, Summer Hill Street, wacs t, hsarged with stealing. a- 7aintity of meat, be- di longing to his enployer, ames Coa 'butcher, of at 95; - Great Barr Street on varant dates.-Prose- a curtir said ...

... I I[RAisf c's SpeCid Service.] AxTwsar, January 29.-The Joniaux trial was resumed in the Assize Court here to-day, when onsiderable progress was made with the case for the defence. In the outset M. Hayoit, the examining magistrate, was recalled and cross-examined concerning the facts elicited with respect to various purchases of poison by the prisoner. Hie stated that the total uantity of ...

... YESTXRDAY.-BcfCre jiMessrs. Colisore (Slip.), Hill, J. ?? Stas7ew, ansi H. COde Aertuinc. AYc UNGEATSFCL FnEFNCjcrAy.-.} ean Henri Leamer (20) clerk, Birchfield llcad, was charzed with having stolen a purse and £30. belonging to Enoch Reed, of 100, Skinner Row.-On CObristnas Day the prosecutor had a enmail dinner party, at which the prisoner was present. They bad made eadh other' acquaintance ...