The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

STEALING FROM TBEPERSON.—SaraIi Smithwas charged
with abstracting on Saturday last, from the pocket of
James Paterson, a purse containing a sovereign and a
shilling. It appeared Paterson had been drinking in the
prisoner's company when he lost his money. The case
was proved, and she was sent to prison for twenty-one days.
STEALING TALLOW FRO3I A Smr.—Henry King, an
elderly man, who had been employed as ship-keeper, on
board the Charles, lying in the Bramley-Moore Dock, and
William Smith, an apprentice in the same ship, were
charged with stealing from the vessel a quantity of tallow.
The prisoners were apprehended on leaving .the dock, and
the tallow was found in their possession. King said the
tallow, which amounted in value to about thirty shillings,
had been given to him. Smith admitted that it had been
stolen, but said it was taken for the purpose of being sold,
to give the coopers an allowance. The captain said no
authority had been given to any one to take tallow, or any
thing else, for such a purpose as that stated. He also said
ship-keeper, athad a,n
he said,
ofKing was employed
a guinea
a-ivee. by him as
The
eprisonerSmith
been an apprentice two years, and had, generally, con-
ducted himself well. He should have no objection to take
him back to the ship again after this was settled. The
magistrate, after remarking in terms of severe reproba-
tion on the conduct of King, who, beity, paid good wages
and being employed in a place of trust, had betrayed the
confidence reposed in him, and been guilty of theft, sen-
tenced King to be imprisoned one month ; Smith he
remanded till to-morrow.
LOITERING ABOUT FOR AN ILLEGAL PURPOSE.—Ben..
jamin Johnson and Thomas Karr were charged with
being in collusion with prostitutes and thieves, on Satur-
day last, in London-road, Queen-square, and other places,
pushing themselves into crowds, and otherwise endeavour.
mg to pick pockets. No direct case was brought against
them. Karr, it appeared, had been brought before the
magistrates on twelve previous occasions, on one of which
only he had been convicted, when he was sentenced to
imprisonment for nine months, he was now ordered to he
imprisoned for three months ; and Johnson, who was
not previously known on any charge, was discharged with
an admonition to be more careful in the company he keeps-
in future.

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SUSPECTED PEESONS.--George Green and William
Boldou were brought before the bench, charged with
being suspected persons. Sullivan, the detective officer,
said, that in consequence of information which had been
lodged at the police-office, relative to robberies perpetrated
in dwelling-houses while the inmates were attending
divine service, he was on the look-out last night in Hope-
street. At a short time after seven o'clock he saw the
prisoners, under circumstances which arroused his suspi-
cion, and he watched them. They went in the direction
of Mount-pleasant, on observing him, and after noticing
that he had obtained the aid of another officer they ran
away. They were followed, and after some trouble they
were separately apprehended. On being taken to the
bridewell they pretended not to know- each other. One of
them said he was a pugilist, and the other had admitted to
the officer that he procured his living by cards. The
magistrate remarked that very great suspicion attached to
their conduct, but as no direct act of dishonesty had been
eight, obtained
mi.otrning
brought home to them, he should dismiss the case; he at
the same time cautioned them that they were known to,
and under the eye of the police, and if again brought up
they would not be so leniently dealt with.
ROBBERY PROM A LODGING-HOUSE.—Charles Johnsen.
was charged with stealing a complete suit of men's wear-
hewatshahteatrhde
lirs .
Ann
leave Harden t o sleep o n sailors'
Prisoner,
boarding-house
enr apparelg:lahot
ue fromso,iik
Sunday
dah, o3p,uallisrekgoh-fl
appeared,
the premises. About two in
making an attempt to get out of the house, which raised
the suspicion of the landlady, and, on examination, it was
They
wereweha:hstaeotemd
found he was making off with the clothes of a fellow
lodger who was in bed.
Walsh, and George Cusack, He was sentenced to three
mouths' imprisonment.
THE SUSPECTED BURGLARS. John Thomson, Michael
charged with having attempted to open the premises of
were brought up on remand,
Mr. Hargreaves, in Bold-street, on the evening of Sunday
ittatedhistomporuisieornhfador
week. The case was stated over again, and the house-
breaking implements found in connexion with their being
taken into custody were again produced, but no new facts
were elicited.
three months under the vagrant act.
and abandoned him,
Kilkfive esluhiirtY's from the shop of Mr.
STEALING SHIRTS PROM A SnOP.—Michael Flynn, a
committed
g%b;vlllisyilnlieacahl(),nuMs,tw'eddvteirtahn‘pv3aie:rl6l,l°ni a i
stealing'o lefr iagiene s-stre e t , on Saturday last. He.
did not deny the theft, but pled hunger as his reason for
A very diminutive
it. The shirts had been recovered, and the boy was
ordered to be passed over to Ireland.
aboutE R°l3ll
nEillnre."—
boy,
ATTEMPTEDnamed
Joh
John
H o s
Burris,
years old, was charged
with having entered the house of Margaret -
Williams,
in Grenville-street, on Saturday night. H
in the house with all the bed-cloth e was discovered
and two other bundles, containinges tied in one bundle,
also found beside him ready to be other property, were
discovered he pretended to b carried away. When
be imprisoned three months.
e quite drunk. Sentenced to
ROBBERY OP WO SAILORS BYTWO GREEKS.—Nicholas
Mouada, a a
s Greek, and another not
with stealitre. . il ver watch and ain
Ccustody,scustody,dy,
were
charged
of trousers from on
boa rd a ship in the docks, and £6 10s. in money from a
sailor. `he case was remanded to allow time to apprehend
the other culprit.
STEALING A SIIIRT.—James Fox, a boy, was committed
for trial on a charge of stealing a shirt from the shop of •
Daniel Turner, in Whitechapel.
ALLEGED FoRGERIES.—John Woods, late a clerk in
the employ of Messrs. Seddon, was charged with having
presented several forged orders for the delivery of cotton,
to a large amount. On these orders 32 bales of cotton
had been delivered. Several witnesses were examined,
who proved that the prisoner had put the orders on the
file after having endorsed them. It was also proved that
one of them was not sent from the establishment of
Messrs. Jackson, by whom it purported to be sent.
The prisoner was remanded for seven days, but it was
arranged that if the case could be completed before that
time it should be gone into.

ORA.NCIE IN6TITCTION.-011 Wednesday, the members
and friends of the various lodges of the Birkenhead dis-
trict dined at the Bird-in-Hand, Chapel-street. The chair
was occupied by Mr. R. D. Hall, and the vice-chair by
Mr. John Scarisbrick.
VEGETABLE DIET.—On Thursday about 200 vegeta-
rians dined at the Concert-hall, on potatoes, pies, green
peas, baked potatoes, apple pies, rice apples, plum pudding,
raisins, figs, apples, &c. A variety of speeches, laudatory
of vegetarianism, were delivered after dinner.