The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-27 00:00:00

KEEPING AN ILLICIT STILL.

An officer of excise charged a female named Elizabeth
Lynch, and a man named Patrick Murphy,-- with jointly
having in their possession an illicit still. The ()Leer stated,
that in consequence of information he received, he went to a
house rented by the prisoner Murphy, and in the cellar found
a still in the care of Lynch ; lie also found 3G gallons of wash
and 36 tubs.—ln consequence of some doubt entertained of
Murphy renting the house, he was acquitted; but Lynch
was ordered to pay £3O, or be committed for three months.
INDICATIONS OF CIIIIISTMAS.

A number of individuals, doubtless determined upon keep-
ing up, either by hook or by crook, the old practice of having
a goose for Christmas dinner, were brought before the bench
for stealing geese from the different markets, and their case's
were summarily disposed of.
RATHER LOQUACIOUS. t

A respectably-attired female was summoned for hating
had the chimney of her house.on fire. On being asked what
she had to say, after dropping a most graceful courtesy, she
began, " Your worship and gentlemen, that the chimney was
on lire is most true, and that in consequence of a slattern of
a servant maid who was engaged in fryinc, some soles, and
negligently let the fat fall into the fire ;1 severely repri-
manded the hussy for her conduct, and I hope you will be
pleased not to fine me, as I assure you, sirs, it is not from
any negligence in not. having the chimney swept, but solely
owing to the carelessness of the servant." In answer to a
question as to what her husband was, she replied, " My
husband, gentlemen, is a sea captain, and now rides upon
the bosom of the deep Atlantic, far, far from his home and
native land."-The bench said it had no discretion, but would
have to inflict the tine.

PASSING BASE COIN

A young man, named William Smith, was charged with
uttering two base sixpences, under the following circum-
stances :—A boy, named James Whittaker, stated that he
was employed to receive admittance-money at a panorama
exhibiting near the New Custom-house. On Saturday af-
ternoon, about five o'clock, the prisoner came and offered
6d. for his admittance ; witness. received it, and gave him
sd. in change, keeping the sixpence by itself until he gave it
to his master. Some time afterwards, hearing his Master
engaged in a loud conversation, he went up and found his
master disputiNg with the prisoner respecting a sixpence ;
when witness charged the prisoner with being there before,
he threw the sixpence away, but it was taken-up, and kept
separate along with the other bad one.—The prisoner, in
extenuation, denied that he knew the sixpences to be base:
Ile was committed to take his trial. •
CHARGE OF STEALING A PARROT.

' A man of colour, named James Corsair, was charged, by.
Mrs. Leonard, publican, Lumber-street, with stealing a
parrot, her property.
From the statement of Mrs. Leonard, it appeared that the
prisoner cone to herghouse on Wednesday last, and offered
a parrot for sale. She ultimately agreed to give him 15s.
for it, Hs 61 of which she then paid him ; she went up stairs,
and, on returning, learned from a man named GOuldring,
who was in the house, that the prisoner had taken the parrot
from the house for the purpose of selling it.
Gouldring staked that the prisoner took the parrot and
invited him to accompany him to sell :it ; Witness remon-
strated with him, saving that he (prisoner) had already dis-
posed of it to Mrs. Leonard and received payment' for it ;
prisoner in answer said he could sell it for a pound, and that
the highest bidder should have it.
In explanation the prisoner said he had not received any
money on account of payment for the bird ; it was true that
on the occasion alluded to by the witnesses he had received
money—Ss. 6d.—which he had borrowed from Mrs. Leonard,
as he was going to become her lodger for a week.
The magistrate said that under the circumstances he should
not be justified in detaining the prisoner, and he was dis-
charged.