The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-09 00:00:00

YESTERDAY.

Before Messrs. Rushiori,floskell, Harvey and Rathbone.
Upwards of one hundred and fifty cases of a drunk and
disorderly nature were first disposed of, by the magistrates
informing the parties that they would find it expensive work
to get drunk in Liverpool; most of them were fined 2s. 6d.,
or two days imprisonment, the rest 55., or three days.
"LOOKING FOR MY UNCLE."
Tree prigs, of suspicious appearance, all of them well
dressed, were placed in the dock, charged with being found
lurking in and about Vauxhall-road, on Sunday evening last.
They excited the attention of the policeman on duty in that
neighbourhood. He observed one of the party repeatedly
rapping at various shop and house doors in Vauxhall-road ;
and, not liking their appearance, he obtained additional as-
sistance, and had all three effectually taken into custody. One
of the party, (he who had been trying the several doors) said
that he only arrived in town the day before, and was in
search of an uncle, who lived somewhere in that neighbour-
hood, of the name of " Smith," (a very convenient name ;)
but could not give any further account either of himself or
his uncle. Upon the person of one of the ethers were found
upwards of fifty skeleton keys, and a small screw-driver.
This was sufficient to warrant the magistrates in committing
the three to the House of Correction for three months, by
the expiration of which time they would no doubt be enabled
to learn where his " uncle" resided.
CASE OF MALICIOUS STABBING.
Charles Brown, was placed in the Dock charged with hav-
ing on the evening of Thursday last, stabbed Nathaniel
Dyson, a young man of twenty years of age.
Nathaniel Dyson was sworn. He said that he lived in
Denniston-street, and about 11 o'clock on Thursday evening
last, he heard a consideraUe noise, as if a quarrel, in the
Old Fort Tavern, which is situated in the street above men-
tioned, that he went into the room amongst the people, and
had not been in long before he was stabbed by the prisoner.
He (Dyson) was standing in the doorway when he was stab-
bed, the gas was out, but he could see from the light in the
bar. He gave no offence to the man, nor had ever seen him
before. He received a severe wound in his left side, and had
been in the Northern Hospital since the morning. Police-
man, David Talbot, took the prisoner into custody, and
Sunderland picked up the instrument by which the wound
was inflicted, it was a small dagger of about six inches in
length.
Mr. George Arnott deposed that be was surgeon at the
Northern Hospital; that Dyson was brought into the hospital
about ten o'clock on the morning of Friday last. That he
examined the wound, it was a deep clear-cut wound, ap-
parently done by a double-edged instrument, just over the
sixth rib—if it had penetrated half an inch higher it must
have attended with serious c mequences. The young man
was out of danger, but would hot be able to follow his voca-
tion (that of the sea) for some time.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the ensuing
sessions.

POCKET-PICKING.
John Gardner, an ill-looking fellow of not more than
eighteen or twenty years of age, stood charged by Mr.
Thomas Crowther, Wine Merchant, Wapping, with having
taken a silk handkerchief from his pocket yesterday morn-
ing, about eleven o'clock. Mr. Crowther pursued him, and
demanded the handkerchief; whereupon Gardner pulled
from under his coat a clasp knife, and swore " he would
stab him if lie did not release him." The prisoner effected
his escape, and was pursued along Drury-lane, 'Water-street,
and Chorley-street, where, after a violent struggle, he was
secured by Mr. Joseph Pierpoint, plumber and glazier, of
Drury-lane. He was committed to the Sessions fur trial.