The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-17 00:00:00

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CAR-DRIVER.

William Keenan, a car-driver, was placed at the bar of the
Police-court, on Saturday, charged with having appropriated
to his own nee certain money, which he received on account
of his master, Mr. James Bibby, car-proprietor, Greenland-
street. Mr. Bibby stated, that, on Monday night last, an
order was left at his house to send a car to the house of Mr.
Myers, in Parliament-street. The prisoner took the car and
returned about half-past one o'clock on Tuesday morning.
Mr. Bibby asked him what distance he had been, and why he
had remained out so late. He replied, that he had been to a
lane opposite the Zoological Gardens. That fare would have
been three shillings and ninepence. The prisoner, on being
asked for the money, said the parties did not pay him, but
would call on Mr. Bibby and settle. It was discovered, next
day, that Mr. Samuel Holmes, biscuit-baker, of St. Ann-
street, had been conveyed in the car to his house, where he
had arrived a few minutes before twelve o'clock and paid the
prisoner two shillings. Police-officer Cameron stated, that
the person who gave the prisoner into his custody, asked him
what he had done with the fares which he received on Mon-
day night. He replied, that he hid kept them, but he never
did the like before. The prisoner said, he met some car-
drivers, and they enticed him to stop the money. He had
not received any wages for three weeks. He was committed
for trial.

Yesterday, Sergeant Major Duffy, and two sergeants on
the recruiting service appeared before Mr. Rushton, and the
investigation was proceeded with. The Sergeant Major ex-
plained that the second sergeant for duty always took down
the names of the recruits wanting billets, and that he, on
their representation gave the orders. He and the other
sergeant stated that they were frequently imposed upon by
unprincipled recruits, who obtained. more billets than they
required. Several rough looking documents were produced,
but no satisfactory explanation could be given as to the
erasure of the name of Mr. Smith, and the substitution of
that of Mr. Whiteman. It also appeared that several double
billets had been granted, to which the recruits were not
entitled.

Mr. Rushton, after an investigation of some length said,
that it appeared that the recruiting sergeants, from the sys-
tem pursued, had no effectual check on the recruits, who
might thus receive addit•onal billets, to which they were not
entitled. Now it appeared that the same man had received
a double billet. An erasure had also been made in the
billet paper of the names of three men, and Mr. Whiteman's
name had been substituted for that of Smith. The system
did not, it appeared, afford any protection to publicans, on
whom the billeting was onerous. He considered that they
were entitled to protection from such irregularities. Under
the present plan recruits might receive several billets for the
same night, and. draw the money, for no proper record or
book was kept by the sergeant as a check. He concluded by
intimating that he should see that the circumstance should
be represented to the Secretary at War, with a view to a
remedy. The parties then left the court.

YESTERDAY.
EXPOSURE OF A CHILD DV ITS MOTHER.

Bridget Jones, a good looking young woman, stood charg-
ed with having exposed her child in the street. Williams, a la-
bourer, residing in St. Paul's-square, said, that between six
and seven o'clock on Friday morning last, while he was walk-
ing through Regent-street, he saw a child sitting in an entry,
with its face towards the street. He brought :a Mr. Tindall
and his female servant, and they took up the child. Mr.
Tindall, a publican, of Regent-street, corroborated this state-
ment, and added, that the child was taken to his house,
where it was washed and clothed. He 'afterwards made in-
quiry, and heard that a female had come in the steam-packet
Nottingham, from Dublin, with a child very much like that
found. Mr. Inspector Massey took a description of the
child, which was sent to the Workhouse. Witness after-
wards went with the inspector to a house in Stanhope-place,
where they found the prisoner. She admitted that she had
come with the steamer Nottingham. She denied having
brought a child with her, and was apprehended. John
Humphreys, a sailor in the Nottingham, said the vessel ar-
rived on Friday morning about five o'clock. The prisoner
was a deck passenger, and had a child with her. The wea-
ther being severe on Thursday night, he allowed her to take
his bed. He assisted her ashore, and left her at the corner
of Regent-street. He afterwards saw the child at Mr. Tin-
dall's, and knew it to he the same. Inspector Massey sad,
that when he asked the prisoner if she had a child with her,
she said she had, but it was not her own. On asking her
again whose child it was, she said, " I will not deny my own ;
it was mine." She stated that it was sixteen months old.
On being asked why she deserted it, she said, " I had no
means of supporting it." ,
The prisoner said, " I am the wife of William Jones, and
all I have to say is that lam guilty." She signed her name
to this admission.
Mr. Rushton stated that the prisoner was entitled to be
set at liberty on finding bail to answer the charge on her
own recognizance, and two sureties in £25 each. In default
she was put into custody.
THEFT FROM A PUBLIC HOUSE.

A man, named David Graham, was placed at the bar, on a
charge of stealing a shawl. William Thompson said he kept
a retail beer house in Banastre-s reet, and that on Saturday
night last, at nine o'clock, he saw the prisoner go up to a
cloths-maiden in the lobby, and take from it the shawl pro-
duced. The prisoner had entered the house by the back
door. Witness pursued him into a court in Banastre-street,
when he dropped the shawl. With some assistance he was
secured. A person named Hawke who assisted, had his head
cut by the prisoner, who had an open clasp knife in his hand.
A police-officer who came up got hold of him and secured his
arms. He was committed for trial at the Sessions.

OBTAINING GAME, ETC. UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.

A man named John Mellor was placed at the bar, charged
with having written several notes, in the name of Mr. Radley,
of the Adelphi, to several individuals, ordering in one "
brace of turkeys," in another, two hares, &c., to be delivered
to that gentleman. Two of them were addressed to Mr.
Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, but would not be proceeded
with, as the prisoner had not received the articles named.
Mr. Lynn stated, that Mr. Radley could prove a case against
the prisoner, but he was then ill in bed. He would probably,
however, be enabled to attend the court in a day or two.—
Mr. Rushton remanded the prisoner until Wednesday, when
it was expected Mr. Radley would appear in court.

STEALING FROM A SHOP.
Two girls, Sarah Cripps and Mary Ann Milligan, were
charged, on suspicion, with having stolen several silk and
other handkerchiefs, from the shop of Mr. Williams, in
Scotland-road. As the evidence was not quite complete, they
were remanded until further inquiry were made.