The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-01-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

FRAUD BY A PRETENDED OFFICER OF THE POLICE COURT.
—A respectable-looking young man, named Robert Oman,
was on Tuesday placed before Mr. Hall, charged with having,
committed certain frauds, under pretence that he was a
" sergeant of the police-court," acting under the orders of
the magistrates. The prisoner, we understand, is by profes-
sion a surgeon, and has recently resided in Manchester.—
Jane Jones, a neatly-dressed, simple-looking servant girl,
stated, that about twelve o'clock on the 26th December last,
she appeared at the Police-court to get a summons for an
assault that had been committed upon her. She was stand-
ing in the court, when the prisoner, Robert Oman, addressed
her, and asked her what she wanted. She told him; and he
said, " I am sergeant of the court: have You produced a cer-
tificate ?" She replied, "1 have not." lie said, " Mr. Hall
cannot do anything without one." She said, " How am Ito
get one?" tie replied, "I will get one for you." He took
her out of the court, to a small bookseller's shop. Here he
said, " 1 shall want three-halfpence for a sheet of paper, on
which to draw out the certificate, a half-crown fur writing the
certificate, and a half-crown for advice." She gave the pri-
soner what he demanded, and he wrote something in the
paper, but as she could not read writing, she could not tell
what it was. He asked her what the summons was for, and
she told bins it was against a person wnose name she men-
tioned to him, upon which he asked her for the address. She
pointed out the house of the person to him. The prisoner
went into the house, and she waited at a little distance. In
a
fewminutes he returned, and said the gentleman had given
him nineteen shillings, which he gave to her. The prisoner
then asked for three shillings and sixpence for his day's pay,
which was given to him. After asking witness for her ad-
dress, he departed. He called upon her next day, and told
her that he had come from the court. He had, he said, heard
that her late master charged her with having stolen a silver
teaspoon, and he demanded ten shillings and sixpence, for a
warrant against hint, for defamation of character. She gave
him what tie asked for. The prisoner said, "I will call upon
you about one o'clock on Friday, and we will go together to
the court. She waited for him till long past the hour named,
on Friday, but he did not appear. She went to the court in
search of him. After she had been there some time, a con-
stable asked her what she wanted. She told bins; and this
led to further inquiry into the circumstances. Mr. George
Hargreaves, of High Park, stated, that the witness, Jane
Jones, had lived in his service. There bad been a balance
of wages due to her. About six o'clock on the night of the
26th December, he was at home, when the prisoner called
upon him, and asked him if a servant of the name of Jones
had not lived with him. Witness replied in the affirmative.
The prisoner said, she had been at the Police-court for her
wages, and that Mr. Hall had recommended au amicable
settlement. He represented himself as an officer of the
court, who had been sent to adjust the dispute. Ile tendered
an account (produced), and received the Foal of 195., for
which he gave a receipt in the name of Johnson. On the
discovery being made, Constable Bradshaw weut with Jane
Jones in search of the prisoner, who was found et the Rose
and Thistle public-house. On being taxed with the offence,
he said he had received the money from the young woman
for medical advice, and denied all the other charges. He
demanded the officer's wat rant, but was soon convinced that
this was unnecessary. On being asked in court what he had
to say, he said he intended to return the money to the young
woman. He was committed for trial.

STATE OF 'NA DE.—There has been exceedingly little
business doing during the last few days, either in yarn or
manufactured goods; and purchasers generally show great
disinclination to give the advance which the late rise in the
cotton market compels the spinners and manufacturers to
demand.—Manchester Guardian.
GIGANTIC MUTTON.—There is now at Mr. John Nall's
stall, in the Brown-street Market, a quarter of mutton,
weighing no less than sixty pounds. The sheep, when whole,
weighed 18 stones. It was fed by Wtn. Allen, l'lsq., at Es.
persykes, near Malton, and obtained the prize at the agri-
cultural show at York, in October last:—Mancheiter Guar
. than.