The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

CAUTION TO CAR DRIVERS.—REFUSING TO TAKE A
FARE.—The driver of a car No. 287, appeared before Mr.
Hall on Tuesday, charged with having refused to take a fare
from the Zoological gardens. The complainant stated that
he was at the gardens with a party, and when the exhibition
was over he went out at the gcte for the purpose of engaging
a car. He found the defendant standing in. the road with
his car, and he told him to bring it up to the gate. The
defendant asked where he was required to drive to. He was
told to Soho-street. "Then," said he "1 wont go; the distance
is too short." The complainant told him he was bound to
go. He said he would not unless the gentleman would give
him three shillings. He persisted in his refusal, and ulti-
mately took another party who required to go a • greater
distance. The defendant said he had been asked by a gen-
tleman and his family to drive them to the gardens. He did
so, and ou setting them down he was told to wait, and he
should have the fare when he had driven them back again.
He could not therefore go with the complainant, and he told
him so. He moreover said " theidistance was too long, and
not too short." " I have" said he " been to the gentleman,
and he could not come himself, for be lives in Cheshire, but
here is a letter front him ;—what I say is.a fact sir." A dirty.
scrawl, ill written, and folded in a most extraordinary man-
ner, was handed up to Mr. Hall. The latter having opened
and examined the note said—" What is the gentleman's
name ?" The driver replied that he did not know the name.
He had driven for the gentleman many a time for the
last fourteen years, but he had quite forgotton his name.
"-Well," said Mr. Hall, smiling at the appearance of the
note, and the singular writing which it contained, " What is
his profession? Is he a shopkeeper, or a merchant." Driver—
(contemptuously.) " A merchant! No sir,—he's a
was ! Mr. Hall smiled, and read the note, which was ad-
dressed—" To) Mr. Hall, Siting Magestrate." It ran as
follows:—"To Mr. Hall) Sir) This is to Certify that I en-
gaged the Driver of No 287 Stand Coach, belongini, to Mr.
Lennard, to take myself and Family to the Zologicar gardens
on Thursday night last and to bring my Family back to the
Georges Peer Head to go over to Woodside, residing there
on a Tower of Pleasure. I remain, &c." The defendant
was fined 10s. and costs.

STEALING GLASSES.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a
female with a child in her arms was placed at the bar, charged
by policeman 93 with having a number of glasses, bearing
publican's names, in her possession. The policeman stated
that on Wednesday afternoon he received information while
on duty in Dale-street, that the prisoner, living in a cellar in
Font enoy-street, had a great. number of glasses in her pos-
session, and he went there and saw a large number with pub-
licans' names on them, and others with the names ground
out, and he accordingly took the prisoner into custody, and
seized the glasses. Several publicans spoke to some of the
glasses produced being their property. The prisoner in de-
fence said, that about twelve months ago she was confined to
her bed by sickness, and at that time had some glasses in a
cupboard, and a woman living in the same house named Gard-
ner, asked her if she would lend her a few glasses, and she
to'd her she might have those in the cupboard, and sometime
af.er she brought her back a number of glasses which were
placed in the cupboard, she (prisoner) being still sick in bed.
When she recovered she found the glasses produced had been
substituted for her's, and was told that the woman Gardner
had sent them. Gardner had then left the house. She sup-
ported herself and four children by cork cutting, and nothing
disgraceful was ever known against her. Mr. Hall said he
would have some enquiry made into it, and remanded her.
CAUTION TO APPRENTICES.--Yesterday, at the police-
office, an apprentice named Peter Burns, working with Mr.
Weber, iron-founder, was placed before the magistrates,
charged with absenting himself from his master's employ-
ment. Not having answered the magistrate's summons, he
was apprehended under a warrant. His master stated that
this was the second time he had had him before the magis-
trates; he was a very bad lad, and led the other apprentices
into neglect of duty. On Monday afternoon he absented him-
self from his work-without leave, and in consequence a large
moulding on which he had been employed was spoilt. Mr.
Hall said it was very unpleasant to send apprentices to the
Hotise of Correction, and he had always avoided it when he
could; but there were some cases when it was necessary. The
prisoner must go for two months to the House of Correction.
ASSAULT.—Yesterday, at the police-office, an American
sailor, named Cornelius Power, belonging to the American
vessel Henry Took, appeared to prefer a complaint against
the two mates, Thomas Hunt and Tbomas Wallace, for as-
saulting and beating him. The complainant appeared with a
large plaster over one side of his head, and his fronticepiece
otherwise grievously damaged. The complainant then stated
that, on Tuesday morning about seven o'clock, he was in the
forecastle of the ship, when the two mates came for'ard and
sung out to " turn out." He told Mr. Hunt he was nut able
to tura out that morning, as he had been on "a bit of a spree"
the day before. He had no sooner said this than the first
thing be knew was one of the mates kicking him as hard as
he could, and the other beating him with a marling-spike, till
his head was in the condition in which it then appeared. •
The defendant Hunt said that, on Monday, the complainant
was drunk and fighting, and got his injuries from fighting;
and, on Tuesday morning, when ordered to go to his duty,
his reply was, " When any body owes a thing, be likes to
have it paid; now, I'm going out of the ship to lick those
who licked me last night." He ordered him to " turn to,"
and he said he would not, and he in consequence took hold
of him and said he should not stop in the forecastle. The
complainant immediately jumped out of his berth and threat-
ened to take his life, and said he would have his heart's
blood ; he (defendant) accordingly defended himself as well
as he could, but did no injury to the man. Mr. Hall said
when he granted the summons, the man's head was stream-
ing with blood. The mate said he had not done it. Mr.
Hall.—" Do you think he did it purposely himself?" Mate.
—" I have no doubt ofit." The other defendant had a simt-
lar story, and said they had only shaken the complainant a
bit, The defendant Thomas Hunt said that on Sunday the
man went to the captain's house and insulted him, and then
said " now I will go on board and thrash the two mates," and
when he came on board the vessel he had raced him all over
it, and he had been obliged to call a policeman to him. Mr.
Hall said that, admitting the complainant to be a drunken
man, they ought not to have struck him and taken a marling-
spike to. him. They were armed with a great deal of au-
thority on board a ship, and they unfortunately too often
abused it. There was, perhaps, no place where more tyranny
was exercised than on, board a ship. It perhaps
have s migvehtgboet
necessary in some cases, but in this instance the vessel was in
the dock, with policemen at hand, and they might
assistance, and had no business to strike the man with an
unlawful weapon. The magistrates would take into con-
sideration that the man got drunk and did perhaps use irri-
for
tatisuch cong langrucuaaend,t bwould nut they
ot musbet be more cautious in future,
g The:bso.,aosrtehdeve-
imr: great freedom in their country, but this was not. the way to
show it; this was tyranny. Hunt must psi 305.,
prisoned three weeks, and Wallace 205., or be imprisoned
six teen days. Huut.—" Can I appeal to any higher court?
I will not settle." 'Mr. Halt.—"'fake him into custody."
The two mates were then placed in the dock, where, after
sitting about five minutes, previous to being put below, they
reconsidered their resolution, and wisely paid their fines and
departed.