The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-29 00:00:00

ROBBERY BY A
_PROSTITUTE

A woman of the town, named Ellen Holden-, was committed
to trial for robbing a person named Robert Gale, a packer,
in Rook-street, Manchester, of two sovereigns and some sil-
var. The complainant, at two o'clock this morning, on his
way from Ward's public-house to the Brunswick Hotel, was
accosted by the female, with whom he had some conversation,
during which time she picked his pocket.

SATURDAY. .
ALLEGED DESTITUTION

Five boys were placed at the bar,.whOhid been taken into
custody by Inspector Peacock for sleeping in the brick-fields.
The Inspector stated, that on the preceding night he found
two of the boys in the brick-fields, and, in reply to his ques-
tions, they informed him that they slept with some other
boys. in a hut in a field, and that at early hours in the morn-
ing they were sent by their companions to rob gardens. He
'Went to the hut and found the other three prisoners. These
boys were in the habit of making a fire in the hut at night
and sleeping there. Mr. Rushton said, the Inspector had
no right to take the lads to Bridewell. They were destitute,
and Bridewell was no place for destitute persons. The pri-
soners were discharged.

FURIOUS DRIVING

The owners of two spring-carts appeared to answer a
charge preferred against them by Inspector Poole. It ap-
peared that, on Friday,. the defendants were driving their
carts, laden with passengers, along Scotland-road, from the
races. One of them attempted to pass the other, upon which
a race ensued, each flogging his horse with great violence, and
urging the animals to a speed that put the lives of many per-
sons in great jeopardy. With some difficulty, Mr. Poole,
assisted by the officers under his command, managed to stop
them. One of the men immediately ran off, and did not re-
appear till his cart was taken to the pinfold. The defen-
dants both alleged, in excuse, that their horses, affrighted by
the shouts of the 'populace, had set off of their own accord.
They were each fined 55., and costs.

EMBEZZLEMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS

James Leatham, a man of very respectable appearance,
was charged by Messrs. Lovett and Taylor, soap-makers,
of Naylor-street, with embezzling several sums of money,
amounting, in the aggregate, to £5OO, or thereabouts. Mr.
Henry Lovett, of the firm of Lovett and Taylor, briefly stated
the case. The prisoner was employed by them in the capa-
city of a traveller for the last five years, during which they
had ►ecently discovered he had been in the habit of em-
bezzling considerable sums of money he received on their
account. The present was one, and only one, of the cases
in which he had acted a dishonest part. The complainant
added, that the prisoner was authorized to receive whatever
money was owing to the firm, and that he was paid a yearly
salary. Mr. Parkinson, of the firm of Messrs. C. and J.
Parkinson, of Blackburn, deposed, that he paid the prisoner
the sum of £39. 18s. on the 4th of last July. Mr. Lovett
here exhibited a written statement of the moneys prisoner
accounted for, in which the last mentioned sum was omitted.
Mr. Rushton inquired when he was in the habit of making
up his accounts. Mr. 'Lovett replied, that he generally took
a three-months' journey, and then made a return of the sums
he received. Mr. Rushton inquired at what time he returned
from the journey he made to Blackburn. Mr. Lovett said,
about the 28th or 29th of July. He had since made another
journey, and when he returned he made no mention of the
£39. 18s. received from the Messrs. Parkinson. Mr. Rush-
ton asked how the complainant knew that the present was
not merely an error in the account. Mr. Lovett said, that it
waa, because there were twenty-five other different accounts
of the like kind for which he failed to account amounting
altogether, as he said before; to about £5OO. Constable
Lloyd deposed, that when he arrested the prisoner, the latter
asked the nature of the charge against him. The officer re-
plied, for embezzling between £5OO. and £6OO. from the
house of Lovett and Taylor, when he admitted the truth of
the accusation,, and said he was prepared to give security for
the money at Mr. Tabbett's, 4, India-buildings, on the fol-
lowing day. Mr. Parkinson was here cross-axamined by Mr.
Davenport, on the part of the prisoner, when the only facts
elicited were, that he received an acknowledgment from the
prisoner at Blackburn for £4O. though he had only paid
h►m £39. 18s.; that he paid money to him before, a long time
ago ; and that he believed the prisoner was, for a consider-
able period, in the employment of Lovett and Taylor. Mr.
DaYenport prayed the magistrate to afford the prisoner a
little time to get up his case, because lie was so much excited
at the present moment that it was impossible to take any in-
structions from him. Mr. Rushton was inclined to grant a
postponement of the case under the circumstances stated,
and asked when the agent could be prepared. Mr. Daven-
port replied, the following morning. Mr. Lovett said, that
most of his witnesses reside in Birmingham and that neigh-
bourhood, and that it would be impossible for him to have
them in attendance at so short a notice. After some further
remarks on this point, it was finally determined, that the.case
should come before the Court on Monday ; that the prisoner
in the. mean time should be remanded ; and that Mr. Daven-
port should have access to him.