The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-01-15 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BREACH OF TRUST.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, Wm.
Tarr, recently employed as summons clerk at the Court of
Requests, was brought before the magistrates on a charge of
embezzlement. Mr. George Park, treasurer to the Court of
Requests, stated that the prisoner was employed as summons
clerk un,il February, MS, when he was discharged. It was
his duty to fill up the summonses with the names of the par-
ties, the amount of debt, &c., and also to enter in the court
book the several particulars required. It appeared, on look-
ing over the books, that the prisoner had received several de-
posits and costs of summonses, and given in wrong accounts,
reserving to himself considerable sums in small amounts.
Several of the parties defrauded appeared, and stated that
they had paid accounts for summonses and for debts much
greater than they recovered, they having only recovered a
part of their debts and lost the rest. The prisoner had no-
thing to say in his defence. He was committed to take his
trial at the sessions.

WRECKlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a boatman
named John Bibby, owner of No. 27, was placed before the
magistrates on a charge of stealing a number of articles from
the wrecked ship Pennsylvania. He was taken into custody
on Saturday, and round his body was wrapped a quantity of
cloth. I❑ his boat were found a dress coat, a pair of panta-
loons, a cruet stand, and a number of books.—Alhin Essex,
the steward of the Pennsylvania, deposed to the vessel hav-
ing bee❑ wrecked, and that the cruet stand, which was a
plated one, belonged to the ship. The dress coat produced
belonged to Captain Smith, who was killed in the storm. He
had no knowledge of a pair of drawers produced; but the
pair of white pantaloons produced belonged to Mr. Thomp-
son, one of the passengers who was saved. The books pro-
duced were "Chambers' Edinburgh Journal." bound, which
Mr. Thomson had told him he had in his trunk. Mr. Thomp-
son's trunk had been broken open. The whole of the things
were quite wet, as if just taken from on board. The articles
in that state were valued at £7. The prisoner denied that he
saw the things before. An inspector deposed to taking the
prisoner into custody with the cloth round his body, and
seeing him walk direct front his boat in which the articles
were found. Mr. Hail said it now rested with the prisoner
to explain to his satisfaction how the goods came into his
possession. It was quite clear that the books were wrecked
property. The prisoner said he did not know anything
about the things in his boat, and a man on the Pier-head
gave him the cloth which was found on him. Mr. Hall fined
him in the penalty of £2O, in default to be imprisoned for
six calendar months in the Borough House of Correction,
and to be kept to hard labour.

ANOTEIEk CASE.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a young
man, named Robert Parry, who had been engaged as a rigger
to take down the masts of the Pennsylvania, was placed at
the bar, charged with having stolen a valuable gold watch.
Mr. Bolton, watchmaker, said that o❑ Saturday morning
the prisoner came to his shop to sell the watch produced, and
wanted to know its value; he (witness) told him he could
not tell the value of it till he had taken it in pieces, and told
him to call again in half an hour and he would let him know.
Meantime he went and informed Mr. Dowling of the cir-
cumstance. The prisoner had told him that he had found
the watch at Hoylake, on the shore. Mr. Dowling said the
watch was a chronometer and repeater, and was worth 90
guineas. A constable said the prisoner bad admitted to him
that he picked the watch up in the ship. Mr. Davenport,
who appeared for the prisoner, said he understood that the
prisoner had gone direct to Mr. Bolton's shop, and had asked
Mr. Bolton's young man what he was to do with the watch,
telling hint where he found it, and the young man told hint
" I should keep it if I were von." Mr. Hall ordered the
case to be remanded till to-day, fur Mr. Bolton's man to at-
tend.