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Show Manx Methods with Prisoners. Two men named Peter Thornton and Thomas Smith were recently charged before the Liverpool stipendiary magistrate magis-trate with having frequented the steamship steam-ship Mona's Isle with intent to commit a felony., Detective Boyes stated that on Saturday he was a passenger on hoard the steamer from Liverpool to Douglas, and on arriving at his destination he noticed Thornton endeavoring to pick the pockets of several ladies, his companion com-panion acting as a shiald to his movements. move-ments. Ho took them into custody and gave thorn in charge of the Manx police. The prisoners were strippod of their money, watches and jewelry and then allowed to go. " They wandered about without means of sustenance until Monday, when they were sent over to Liverpool, and Boyes met them and removed them to prison. In reply to the magistrate the prisoners said that the Manx police authorities told them that they would not be detained de-tained if they delivered up their property. prop-erty. Detective Boyes said that there was no likelihood of the prisoners recovering recov-ering their valuables, as the Manx police invariably held possession of things belonging be-longing to prisoners taken into their custody. Smith asked what proceedings proceed-ings thoy could take in order to recover their property. , The magistrate told them they had better keep away from the island. The prisoners were then discharged. dis-charged. London Times. |