The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-22 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

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TitE /,';'F.V.t'POLICE.—On Friday James Owens, a fellow of
dog-fighting appearance was brought up to the. Police-office,
charged by policeman No. 239 with having attempted to stab
him. The policeman said he had frequently ordered the pri-
soner to move on from the corner of Marybone, but that he
always returned. He went to him again whilst a number of
other bad characters were arouud him, and ordered them to
move on. The priioner refused, and abused him, and he then
struck him on the arm with his cane. The prisoner immediately
drew a knife and attempted to stab him. The magistrate said
the policemen's duty was to take persons into custody, and not
to strike them. If they offered resistance, they might then offer
counter resistance. 1 hey must not strike any person. The
prisoner said he had been struck violently across the back be-
fore he Offered violence. The policeman here produced the
cane with which he had struck the prisoner, amidst much merri-
ment, in the shape of a bamboo as thick as a man's wrist. The
magistrate said; when the policeman talked of a cane, he
thought he only meant a rattan. Ile would not allow the police
to use those sticks. Another policeman, who had gone to the
assistattee of the former one, said, if lie had not done so, and
they had not had sticks, the prisoner would have stuck them.
The Risoner, who is a known thief, was ordered to find bail.
VIOLENT ASSAULT.—On Fridayilltohn Passmore, a labourer,
who appeared in a wretchedly dirty condition, with a torn shirt
and a pair of trousers, that had once been white, as his only
covering, was brought up to the police-office charged with vio-
lently assaulting Ann Macdonald. Macdonald said that be-
tween eight and nine o'clock the night before the prisoner had
come into her father's house after she had gone to bed along
with another female, who had lately been confined, and, jump-
ing on the bed, had nearly murdered the other woman, and had
seized the complainant by the hair of her head, and kicked her
in a most brutal manner. He then beat her mother, put her
father's shoulder out, and broke the table leg, and she (com-
plainant) was afraid of sier life.—The prisoner asked complain-
ant if he had not kept tier and her mother for two months, and
pawned his boots and his jacket to do so, when their donkey cart
was broke down ?—Complainant: Don't be telling a tale now.
He's a shocking young man, your worship.—Prisoner- You'd
hang a man!—The constable who took the prisoner into cus-
tody said the complainant was covered all over with blood when
he was called in.—The prisoner, in defence, said he was a-tan-
ner by trade, and had kept coinpany with that wench for about
'eighteen months, and he had never done a pin's worth of good
since he had seen her face. She had let him into her father's
house at all hours, and she encouraged him to take his jacket
and boots, and every thing he had to pledge, till he had not a
thing left worth twopence. The' night before, as he was going
down Prescrit-street, she beckoned him back, and he pawned
his jacket for 2s. to get some drink for her, and before he left
her she got'up, took•the poker, and hit him a violent blow on
the arm; and AhaC was the reason he had struck her.—The
magistratesaid they believed herstory and not his, and adjudged
him to pay the sum of 40s. and costs, and in default to go to
Kirkdale for ene•month, and,also to be bound over to keep the
peace towards complainant in future.
DREADFUL ASSAULT.—On Friday Felix Sweeney, one of
the St. Patrick's day procession, was brought up charged with
a most violent assault on Mr. Franklin, who keepS the Grey-
hotind public-house. Mrs. Franklin stated that the prisoner
came into their house the afternoon before along with a young
woman; they were both tipsy and very disorderly, so much so
that every other person who was in the room left it on that ac-
count. She went to speak to him, and he-struck her and broke
a number of glasses. Her husband then went to hitn, and the
prisoner assaulted him. At length they fasteilted him in the
room by himself, and sent for a policeman. They then heard
that he was beating her mother, and her husband again went to
him. They had a struggle together, when he threw her hus-
band down, and he had his lea broken in consequence. Mrs.
Franklin then put in a surgeon's certificate of the injury her
husband had received.—M'Culloch, the constable who took him
to Bridewell, deposed to his conduct being most outrageous the
whole\ way. When he was in Bridewell, he got a bucket and
broke the windows with it, and got the iron handle off the bucket,
with which he was trying to break the door open. He was
again called in to assist by the bridewell-keeper, and was obliged
to knock him down with .his stick before he could master him,
He was then taken and ironed in the dungeon.—The prisoner,
in defence. said he had half a pint of whiskey brought to him
which he did not order, and because he would not take it, they
took his umbrella from him and his pocket handkerchief. He
afterwards paid for it, and they refused to let hint have his um-
brella and handkerchief back again.—The magistrates said, if
the act of parliament had allowed the infliction of a penalty of
£2O, they should have imposed it for such disgraceful conduct.
He must pay the sum of £l. 3s. 6d. damages and costs, and £5
for the assault, or, in default, he must go fur two months to
Kirkdale.
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BUIIGLAItY.—On Friday, three men named Wm. Brimms,
Peter Naylor, and John Pickup, were broeg,ht up at the police-
office, charged with having stolen a quantity of plat:, the pro-
perty of Mr. Harrison, of Maghul. Alexanuer Roon, Mr. Har-
rison's servant, stated that his master's house was broken open
on the Wednesday night before, and a large quantity of silver
taken away. There were a number of tea-spoons. table-spoons,
a silver tea-pot, and a silver snuff-box taken away. That morn-
ing he came over to Liverpool along with a man named Har-
rison, for the purpose of seeing about the robbery, and they saw
the prisoners standing together at the corner of South John-.
street. Harrison recognised them. and he went and called a
policeman. The policeman seized two of them, and the third ran
away; he gave chase, and the prisoner was eventually taken into
custody by another policeman; whilst running he threw away
a number of spoons which were picked up and given to him af-
terwards. It was Brimms who threw the spoons away.. Hale,
the policeman, produced the, spoons thrown,away, but he could
not identify them. Harrison said that he lived at Kirby, near
Mr. Harrison's house. Oh Wednesday, about six o'clock, he
went into the Hen.tind Chickens public-house at Melling, which
is about hallo. mile from Mr. Harrison's house. 10 get a glass
of ale, and the three prisoners were there drinking. He would
swear to the whole three of them. That day ue came to Liv,r-
pool with Mr. Harrison's mini to,s(le after the robbery, when he
saw the three prisoners standingAooking into a jeweller's shop,
at the corner of South John-stre,et,i`i4e;iininediately sent Roon
for a policeman while he watehed them. Ile then corroborated
the statement of the last witness as to taking them. The ease
was here remanded till next day in order to procure further evi-
dence. On Saturday the prisoners were agile put rip, and Mr. i
Davenport appeared to defend Navlof. Margaret Runnier de-
' posed to being housemaid• to Mr.' Harrison, of Maghull. On
Thursday morning she found the house had been broken into;
she saw that all was fast the night before at ten o'clock. She
was first down, at six in the morning, and found a writing-desk
at the door and two boxes broken open. She found the parlour
''window propped up with a stick. The shutter was puShed down.
on one side. The plate was kept in the dining-room in a
drawer; the key was left in it. She gave the stick which sup-
ported the window to her master; the stick produced was the
one. Margaret Holly; the housemaid, deposed to missing
from the sideboard, when she got up, a silver tea-pot, two
'silver cream jugs, a silver cup, fourteen table spoons, two gravy
,spoons, two salt spoons, two butter knives, and twenty-three
tea spoons; they were marked. They missed some 'dessert
spoons also, •but they were not silver. Had seen all these things
-in the sideboard on Sunday; should know them again if she,
saw them. - Ann Rushton, who keeps the lien and Chickens
public-house at Melling, about half a mile from Mr Harrison's,
'deposed to three strangers drinking in her house on Wednesday
• night, and she served them with liquor ; she could not swear to
them, as she scarcely saw their faces. They were in her house
about two hours. Henry Harrison came in whilst they were
there. They were cutting two ash plants whilst they were in
her house. Henry. Harrison recapitulated his evidence of the
former day, and said the prisoners told him they were all going
to Ormskirk- to see Brimm's mother. They were cutting an
ash plant, which they broke, and left a part of it in the house.
Thor Were cutting dletter on it ; either N. M. or W., he could
not fell which. The stick produced b Mr. Harrison was, to
!the best of his belief, the stick they were cutting. There was a
W. upon it. He could swear the three prisoners were the men
who were at the public-house. Roon the servant of Mr. Har-
rison, and the two policemen. recapitulated their evidence of
the former day. A witnass deposed .to seeing Brimm running
down Atherton-street, pursued by Roon, and putting, his hands
in his trousers pocket. and drawing out something which he
threw up an entry, which jingled; he went to see what it was,
and found seven silver spoons, which he gave to the constable
after he had apprehended the man who was running 'away.
Both Mr. Harrison and his housemaid identified the spoons
produced by the policeman as his property. - The magistrate
ordered the depositions to be taken. The value of the plate lost,
is upwards of £6O. One of the prisoners (Naylor) was sick in
court, and obliged to be taken down.
H A RTLESS ROBB ntr.—Patrick Brinnan, an importation from
Dublin, come to seek for work—on the treadmill—was, on Satur-
day last, placed at the bar of the police-office charged with rob-
bing a child who had been sent to the parish-office by his mother
for her weekly allowance. A gentleman said that he saw the child
counting some copper, and the prisoner and another lad go up
to him, and get it from the lad and begin counting it ; he then
appeared as if dividing it, giving some to the lad behind him,
who,then made off. Suspecting that all was not right he went
up to them and-questioned them, when the child said the prisoner
had taken some of his money, and he then gave the prisoner into
custody. The child, a little boy nine years of age, having. been
questioned as to the nature of an oath, deposed to the prisoner
coining up to him whilst he was counting over 2s. worth of
copper, which he had received from the parish-office for his
mother thatmorning, and asking him to let him wrap it up for
him ; he put it in apiece of paper, and on giving it him back he
found there was 7d. short. The prisoner said he had only jest
come from Dublin to seek for work. The magistrate gave the
Child is and sent the Dublin importation to work on the tread-.
mill at Kirkdale for a week.
ILLICIT DISTILLING.—John and Ellen Roper, and Jane
Graham, were on Saturday last brought up at the police-ollice,
Charged' by the excise. Graham with having an illicit still, and
the two Ropers with carrying some whiskey from the place.—
.Martindale, the police officer, deposed to-going the night before
with the excise officers into Slater's-court, Ben Jonson-street,
and seeing the two Ropers talking at the door of the house
Where the still was forind,-to a person who was afterwards found
iii the house. The female Roper had a basket in li,o• hand,
which contained a bottle, afterwards found to he tilled with
whiskey. William West, 'excise officer, deposed to the same
effect. On entering the house where the stilt was found, they
found no person there, potion returning there • about two hours
after they found the prisoner. Graham there, who was the- same
woman as he saw talking to, the Ropers. On taking her to
Bridewell, she took the key of the house with - her, said she was
the mistress, and gave directions about the Furniture. Cross-
examined by Mr. Crewe on lielialtof the prisoners : He did not
know that Graham was a married woman. John Hutchinson,
excise officer, deposed to seeing Mrs. Roper receive a bottle
from Graham in the court, which was afterwards-given to him.
The bottle was p,„duecil, containing about a quart of whiskey.
Mr. Rawlinson. excise officer, deposed to seeing the female,
Roper, coining out of the Court from. Graham's house: He net
her in the entry. and a basket knocked against his legs, be
pushed her back into the court into a corner and begun to search
her, and in the place where she Then stood, behind her petti-
coats, he found the bottle and basket produced. The bottle
contained whiskey 6 per cent. under prior. He then proceeded
to search the house, and found a gallon and-a-half of whiskey
in the house which was of the same quality. He found a still in
the house which had been recently at work; there were also
eight tubs, containing 180 gallons of wash. They did not then
find Mrs. Graham, but on returning about two hours after-
wards, they found her there along with a man, who he sup-
posed washer husband. but who succeeded in malting his escape
through the cellar window.
,The still was calculated to defraud
the revenue of about £3O a week. Cross examined: Ild did
not find the basket absolutely in Mrs. Roper's possession. Mr.
Crewe submitted that there was no evidence to affect the
Ropers; there were three or four houses in the yard, and they
might have got the basket elsewhere, or it. might not he theirs.
The magistrate thought there was no evidence to affect the
Ropers, and discharged thein. Mi.. Crewe then snlithitted that
Mrs. Graham was a married woman, and her husband rented
the premises. The magistrate said he had no evidence that she
was married. He had no discretion left him. Under the let
of parliament she had incurred the penalty of £3O,
fault of payment she must be committed for three mouths to
the House of Correction. or in
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