The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-06 00:00:00

STEALING FROM SHOPS

A young woman named Jane Jones, and two little girls,
Charlotte and Frances Jones, were charged with stealing a
pair of stockings and several pieces of ribbon. Constable
Levi Underwood said, that from information he had received,
he on Wednesday went into Hatton-garden, and saw the
three prisoners and another girl walking towards Tithebarn-
street. Three of them turned towards Marybone, and pri-
soner Jane Jones, went into ,Gray's public-house, at the
corner of Hatton-garden. He found a pair of black worsted
stockings in her hand, and in her pocket two pieces of rib-
bon. On being questioned, she said she had bought the
stockings in Whitechapel, and the ribbons were given to her
by the other girls. He and another officer afterwards found
the other two prisoners in Lace-street, and apprehended
them. The owner he afterwards found to be Mrs, Williams.
When Jane Jones was searched in Bridewell, three pieces of
ribbon was found upon her, and a piece of Saxony cloth.
Robert Williams said he was assistant to his brother, a silk-
mercer, No. 132, St. James's-street, and that Underwood had
shown him five half pieces of ribbon. The ribbon and cloth
were his brother's and had not been sold. The value of the
whole was about 18s. The stockings were identified to be-
long to Mr. Alexander Murray, a draper, in Dale-street,
at whose shop the two younger prisoners had been on Wed-
nesday, when they asked for some black stockings but did
not buy, saying they were too large. Ile afterwards missed
the stockings from a paper containing several pairs, which
the prisoners had been looking at. They were all committed
for trial at the sessions.
RECEIVING MONEY WITHOUT AUTHORITY.

Richard Cinque, servant to a baker and flour dealer, was
charged with having, while in charge of his master's cart,
sold sundry articles of bread and flour, for which he received
the amount, but did not pay it to his master. Two witnesses,
who had paid the prisoner for bread and flour at different
times, yet stood charged with the amount in the master's
bookS, appeared as witnesses ; but as they could not then
specify the dates of any particular payments, and there being
several other cases against the prisoner, he was remanded.
OLD OFFENDERS.

Thomas Boyd and John Goodwin, two boys who had pre-
viously been several times committed, were charged with
being found lurking about the streets in the dead of the night,
doubtless with an intention to commit felony. Two others
who were with them made their escape. One of them had
previously been fifteen times committed. They were con-
veyed to gaol for three months each. Oa leaving the bar, they
uttered the most hideous imprecations on the bench, showing
a degree of unparalleled depravity in persons of such tender
years, which fully warranted the sentence of the court.
STEALING IRON FROM THE DOCKS.

An old man, named Daniel Birmingham, was charged with
stealing from the docks a piece of pig iron. The case was
proved, and he was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment.
The offence of stealing iron, copper, and other articles from
the docks, a too ready sale for which is to be found in those
receptacles, " Marine store dealers' " cellars, has of late be-
come very common, and the magistrate is determined to visit
it with severity, wherever a case can be proved, either as re-
gards the thief or the receiver.