The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TUESDAY.

ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY .A. SERVANT GIRL.

A young female who has recently lived servant with Mr.
Hall, provision dealer, residing in Queen-squre, was placed
before Mr. Rushton, and Mr. Logan, on Tuesday, charged
with having robbed her master of upwards of £l3O in sove-
reigns and notes.
Mr. Hall stated, that he had a quantity of money in his
bed-room on Sunday week. It consisted of about £B2 in so-
vereigns and about £4O in notes, but he was not very certain
as to the precise sum. It was in a bag, and was placed in a
drawer. He saw it at three o'clock on Sunday, but he did not
count it. He locked the drawer, and put the key in his
pocket. The notes were five pound Irish notes. As he was
about going to Dublin, he told Mrs. Hall that night to give
him some money from the drawer. He gave her the key, and
presently after she called him to her, saying that the money
was gone.

Mrs. Hall stated, that when she put the key into the drawer
it immediately opened, and she believed that it was not locked.
She looked for the bag, but it was gone. She had two ser-
vants, one was called Margaret Morris, and the other was
the prisoner. They also kept a boy, but he did not reside in
the house. Both her servants were out on Sunday. Mar-
garet Morris went out with her permission about five or
six o'clock. The other girl slipped out without permission.
The boy came in about six o'clock. She (witness) had no
visitors that day, except Mr. Hall's mother. There was
no other person there except Mr. Hall, the maids, and her-

self.
Nathaniel Wild stated, that lie was servant to Mr. Hall,
but did not live in the house with him ; had a snap key to
open the back door to look after the horse. The back door
opened into St. John's-lane. He endeavoured to open the
back door, but found it fast, He went round to the front
and got in and went to the stable. He remaiued there a
short time, during which it was raining violently. He saw
the prisoner go out without a bonnet or shawl. Before she
went, out she put the bolt of the door in such a manner that
the door would not close. He went however, and closed it,
and fastened it, after which he went into the kitchen, where
there was only one girl, the witness Margaret Morris
Margaret Morris stated that she was servant with Mr.
Hall. She went out last Sunday but one, about half-past
four o'clock. She was out about an hour and a half. She
went in at the back door. She went into the kitchen. Soon
afterwards the boy came in, and remonstrated with her for
the back door being open. She told him that she had no-
thing to do with it. Soon afterwards she heard a knocking
at the back door. Her mistress had given them directions
that they were not to attend to any knock at the back door
after five o'clock, and never to ,go near it after that hour.
The knocking was repeated at the back door, and at last she
went to open it. It was raining very fast, and when she
opened the door the prisoner stepped in without bonnet or
shawl. Witness said, " Where have you been?" She re-
plied that she had only been at the back.
Mrs. Hall said she had had the girl Morris two months,
the prisoner only a few days.
James Ainsworth sworn.—Produced a bag of money, con-
taining £l2B lOs in notes and gold. He stated that he found
the money at the back of Faulkner-street, having proceeded
there in consequence of information which he had received.
It was buried in the earth, at the back of the houses there.
Mr. Rushton asked the prisoner what she had to say in
her defence.
She indignantly exclaimed, that she never touched the mo-
ney, nor ever clapped eyes upon it in her life.
Mr. Rushton.—Put up that other young woman. ,
Catherine Farrell was here brought up from the back-
ground, and placed in the witness box. It was evident that
the prisoner was much shocked when she saw this witness
brought forward. Catherine Farrell, weeping, said, she was
cousin to the prisoner. (Bag produced.) She knew that bag,
and had seen it before. She saw it first on Sunday, the 10th
instant, in the evening, about eight o'clock, when the pri-
soner's mother, who lived in a cellar in Cavendish-street,
showed it to her. She (witness) was servant to a gentleman
in Fanlkner-streat. About eight o'clock on Sunday evening
the prisoner's mother asked her to go out ; she did so, and
the former said, she was afraid her daughter had got into a
scrape ; she was afraid she had robbed her master. She
showed witness the bag of money, and witness asked her why
she did not take it back to the owner. She said she was
afraid of getting into some trouble if she did so. She called
upon her again afterwards, and again asked her to go out.
She complied. Her aunt asked her to take charge of the
bag, as she was afraid some trouble would occur if she kept
it. Witness refused, upon which her relative said, then she
would put it down somewhere for the present. She took out
half-a-sovereign, and then made a hole and buried it. She
(witness) showed Ainsworth the place where it was buried.
Ainsworth said, the distance from Mrs. Hall's back-door
to Cavendish-street was about half-a-mile. He could walk
it easily in ten minutes.
The prisoner, who had looked on the last witness with evi-
dent confusion, was again asked what she had to say. She
replied, " Nothing." She was committed for trial.
YESTERDAY.
SMUGGLING TOBACCO. _ _ _

A young seaman, named Walter Welsh. was charged with
smuggling albs. of tobacco from on board ship. A police-
officer (Scamber) stated that he met the prisoner near the
Brunswick Dock, and, from his bulky appearance, conceived
that he had something concealed upon him ; he searched
him, and found secreted upon him the article mentioned.
He was remanded until Tuesday.
THEFT BY A SERVANT FROM HIS EMPLOYER.
A man named James M'Avoy was charged with stealing
pot ashes from his employer. Mr. William Younghusband
said, the prisoner had been in the service of himself and his
partners, who were paint and colour manufacturers, for about
fifteen months, as a labourer, and that on Friday last he
found three lumps of potash hid under a stillage. He was
afterwards detected in endeavouring to carry off two pieces
of the prussiate of potash, which were found on his person ;
and, on searching his house, a quantity of paints and colours
was found, the property of his masters. He was committed
for trial at the sessions.
STEALING FROM A SHOP.
A man named George Sinclair was charged with stealing
eleven Guernsey shirts, from the shop of dUr. Edmundstone,
Oldhall-street. The prisoner followed some othet parties
into the shop, and took the opportunity of taking the bundle,
but was detected in the act. was committed for trial.