The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-02 00:00:00

T it LIVERPOOL STAI‘IDARD

LIVERPOOL POLICE,

The Magistrate.—The best, way by far would be to take him
back to his friends.
Witness.—l have no possibility of taking him.
The Magistrate.—l have no power to order the parish to take
him. The probability is that the pariSh wont take him.
Witness.—Any expenses would be paid by his friends, who
are respectable.
The Nlagistrate.—lf you know his friends are respectable,
and pHs profess to he his friend, your only way of showftig your
friendship would be to take him 'jack. I dont suppose, if he is
respectable, that they would like hint to go on the parish. Sup-
pose the parish wont take him?
Witness.—l can't do anything till I have written to his
friends. I have no means of support myself, I came herewith
him for the purpose of endeavouring to get a situation, and was
mainly dependant on him myself. -
The. Magistrate.— El ad he any friends in America? •
Witness believed not. He Made his wine and .spirit busi-
ness over to his sister; and brought about £lO with, him. •
The Magistrate.—lt is a strange story. You appear to have
come without any fixed object in view. . You brought him
here; you must take him hack.
Witness.-1 only wish you to take care of hiM till I can com-
municate with his friends, and I will giye up his clothes as a
guarantee for the expense. He is in suctra'bad state that I
don't know what to do with him.
The Magistrate.—How will you support
yourself ?
GO say
you have nothing. You had much better, go back to Ireland,
and you shall have a constable to go'with you to assist you to
take care of him. After some further demtirring,-the magistrateremarking that the witness appeared unwilling to take any fur-
y
ther trouble about him, but now when he had got hint here,
and he was in this state to leave him. lie finally agreed to re-
turn with him to his friends by the Cork packet on Monday,
accompanied by a constable.
RETURNING To GooDNESS.—Deborah Murray, a miserable
cadaverous-looking creature, who appeared to be in the most
abject state of wretchedness, appeared to lay a complaint against
her husband for ill using and beating her, and not being so
faithful to her, his spouse, as a married man ought to be.
Mrs. Murray stated her case as follows:—Since the day I was
marrid to 'im he used me wid all kinds of barbariety. Last Tues-
day, so it was, afther promising me he'ud be a good.bov, an'
go no more a gallivantin' an' doin' naughty things, he ago
used me very ill, as no decent woman should be used so he um;
an', doesn't meself remember id, hasn't he since lived wid a
very disorderly woman ? Au' when I wini to where he was, au"
demanded 'im hout, he came an' laddered ine.
The Magistrate.—Why did you go at all?
Complainant.—Because he came a fortnight since an' tould
me he was reformed from all kinds of badness, an', if l'ud for.
give 'im, he wad not go to any improper body any mhore; an'
thin when I wint to see if he
.was guilty of suers misconduct
agin, he came and sihnick me.
The Magistrate.-1 ou had better not have done so. Do you
come to complain of his striking you ?
Complainant.—l hey brought 'Mr here to acknOwledge that
he'll give himself up from badness an' return to goodness.
Defendant.—l got no wink, sur,'an' she wants me to kape
her, an' I can't. only a fortnight 'in Liverpool. I was
livin' in Ireland Afore. I hey been marrid to hur betther nor
two years, an' nivir lived wid hur at all. Bud id isn't ahusin'
her agin I'll be.
The Magistrate.—lf you molest her again, I must, send you
to gaol.
Defendant.—Shure, it isn't meself at 'II mislest bur at all at
all. The defendant was then discharged:
. The complainant, who appeared-in the most abject distress,
said she had no means of support save by selling tapes and pins;
she was not able to work. The Magistrate directed her to wait,
and he would see what he could do for her. -
INDENTURES CANCELLED.—SannieI Crossley, an apprentice
of Mr. Jones, joiner, appeared before Mr. Hall, to verify acorn-
plaint against his master, who appeared to answer to the magis-
trate's sumumns. The plaintiff alleged that he had seised live
years and a half of his time, and that, during that period, his
master had not put him to the work which would most tend to
his instruction, and for a very simple reason, that he scarcely
ever had such work. A younger apprentice had received his
indentures because Mr. Jones had not for him such work as
would enable him to master the higher departments of his trade.
He, however, had to toil on and to pick up his business as be
best could. Mr. Jones averred he had endeavoured, as far as
possible, to fulfil his duty to his apprentice. He had turned
him over to Mr. Arnauld, not having sufficient employ ler him
himself, who had, at his request, placed him upon the best jobs
on whirl) he was occupied. The apprentice said he had been •
put to turn the grindstone and to dig with a spade, and to run
after Mr. Arnauld's men, instead of learning his business. Mr.
Hall said that he should be particularly careful, in all cases,
not to listen to idle or frivolous charges from apprentices; but
he was of opinion that this was a proper case for his interfer-
ence. He did not think a master ought thus to turn over his
apprentice. He therefore directed the indenture to be can-
celled.
MONDAY.
BEEF STEALING.—Mary Welsh was brought up before the
magistrate, Thomas James Hall, Esq., charged with having
stolen a piece of beef belonging to James INdurphy, butcher,
of Oldhall-street. Murphy said the prisoner came to his shop
on Saturday night, and, whilst he was weighing as nice a bit o'
beef as ye need clap yer eyes on for another lady, this here lady
(pointing to the prisoner) slipped this here bit o' beef (holding
up a dirty looking pieceof beet; about the size of a brick, in his
hand) under her cloak, and off she went without axing " by
your leave ?" On being asked by the magistrate chat he
thought was the value of the beef, he said he did not think it
was worth above eighteenpence, holding it up betwixt his finger
and thumb, and surveying it with a broad grin. One of the
constables said the prisoner had formerly been a very respect-
able woman, bat had become reduced. She was discharged
with an admonition from the magistrate not again to be guilty
of such an offence.
SCANDALOUSTREATMENT FOR A GENTLEMAN.—A lad, about
18' years old, named Stephen Archer, whose appearance bespoke
him to have served an apprenticeship to his trade, was bought
up charged by a person named George Wright, who lives near
Theatre-house-square, with having concealed himself under a
bed in his house, on Saturday night last. A little girl named
Ross was sent up stairs on an errand and heard soire one breath-
ing hard in the room, and looking under the bed found theyouvy
yentleman concealed theme. When asked what he .had to say
for himself prisoner said, " Why, gentlemen, I bed bin getiin'
some drink, and got a little bit toxitated, and didn't know war
I was. As soon as they (mind me they used me scandalous;
thew knocked the down with a poker and treated me jist as if
ribin a rogue. Look ye here, gentlemen, (pointing to a tre-

FRlDAY.—(Before Tiros, JAMES HALL, Esq., the Magistrate.)
FELONY.—Thomas Jenkins, a cart-driver, was brought up
and charged by Mr. Jefferson, of 2, St. Mary's-place, with hav-
ing on Monday robbed him of eight bottles of wine. Mr. Jef-
ferson stated that the prisoner came to his house with a load of
coals, which he was to get in, and in so doing he had to take !he
coals through the wine cellar, and had taken out eight bottles
of wine. His servant had first made the discovery, and inthrined
him of it. Mary Rhodes, the servant of Mr. Jefferson, deposed
to the facts as above stated. Her suspicions had been first ex-
cited by finding in a lane opposite the back door three full
bottles of wine partly covered with dirt, and by recollecting that,
when the prisoner left the house, he was quite intoxicated. In
consequence she made a search, and found a bottle with the
neck broken off in the wine cellar, and altogether eight bottles
missing, the places of which were filled up with empty bottles.
Mary Dixo-i, a servant of Mr. Campbell's, of Edge-hill, deposed
to seeinl(s, the prisoner leave the backdoor of Mr. Jefferson's
house with four bottles of wine under iiis arm. The prisoner
said he was as innocent of the bottles as the magistrate of sit-
ting in his chair. He was committed to take his trial at the
sessions for the offence.
ROBBERY.—John Hughes, an Irishman, was brought up
charged with robbing Patrick Garland, a young Irishman lately
imported, a friend of his, of £65 the night before. Complainant
stated that he had jist come over from Ireland, and he met a
frind (the prisoner) who as'd 'im to go along wid and have
somethin' to dhrink. We wint to a public-house in Lumber-
street, an' stopp'd there dhrinkin' till I was rather a little bit in
liquorivh. 1 wanted thin to go to my lodghins, hut Hughes said
" No, you shall go along-v 0 me to my lodghins in Key-street.
You arn't fit to go alone," 'So wint wid I had me money
thin, for I chounted id in the.pitiblic-house, an' I kept me hand
on id all the way to his lodglinis. When I got there, I wint up
stairs an' fell asleepon the bed; but [ laid me down on the side
where me money was, and know'd I hed id. I was not so bad
but I knew what I was about. When I 'woke tree hours elites,
I found meSelf alone wid me money gone, and meself turned
the other way up. I had sixty-five sovereigns and some change
in a bag : he tuk all the sovereigns an' left me the change.
The Prisoner.—Now, by virtue of th' hoath you have taken,
didn't I want you to lave the money wid the landlord.
Complainant.—Yes, shure.
Owen Carney, who keeps a beer-shop in Lumber-street, re-
collected the parties coming to his house the day before. The
complainant gave him sixty-five sovereigns to count, which he
did for him, and the prisoner wanted him to take care of the
money lest complainant should lose it. There were no other
persons in the room with them. They left his house about
three o'clock. Complainant was very dunk.
James Hughes, a labourer, deposed to meeting the parties in
Key-street, and assisting the prisoner to take complainant to
his lodgings, and helping to carry him up stairs to bed. He
left prisoner in the room with him alone.
Rose Kelly, prisoner's landlady,deposed to prisoner bringing
the complainant to her lodgings, and his going upstairs to sleep.
When he came down stairs about four hours after, he com-
plained that he had lost his money. No one had been near
him but the prisoner.
Mrs. Pennington, of the Monument Tavern, in Great Cross-
hall-street, deposed to prisoner being occasionally employed by
her to clean shoes. He came to the house the night before and
called for a pint of ale, and whilst there he held a bag in his
hand to her, which appeared to contain about fifty or sixty
sovereigns, and said, "'There, Mrs. Pennington, will that do
for you ?" He had shown the sovereigns also to another person
in Ore house.
Parkinson, the constable, deposed to taking the prisoner into
custody, and finding only 17s. in silver on him. The prisoner
denied the charge.—He was committed to take his trial at "the
sessions.
ATTEMPTED ROBBER Y.—Daniel Dawson and Wm. Cooper,
two reputed thieves, were brought up charged by a gentleman
named Pocock, a stranger, with having attempted to rob him
the night before. Mr. Pocock stated that he inquired of the
two prisoners his way to Whitechapel, which Dawson offered
to show him, the other prisoner (Cooper) accompanying him.
He had not gone far with them, when he discovered Dawson
with his hand in his breast coat pocket. He had gut his pocket-
book in his hand. containing a £5 note and memoranda
which he would not have lost for a thousand pounds. Ile asked
him what he was about, when he began laughing, and said,
" Oh, nothing." He then called the watch, and gave them
both into custody. Batcheldor said both of the prisoners were
reputed thieves, and had been in the House of Correctiou four
or five times. The magistrate committed them to the House
of Correction for three calendar months to hard labour.
SATURDAY.—(Before THOFIAS JAMES HALL, Esq., the Magis-
trate.)
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A respectable-looking young man,
evidently labouring under some mental aberration, named John
Carney, was brought tip from the Dock Police Office before
the magistrate under the following extraordinary circumstances :
Patrick Murphy, a young man accompanying the one in cus-
tody, stated that the other was a friend of his, and that they
both formerly resided at Cork. His friend lately kept a wine
and spirit store in Cork ; he had, however, detrmined on going
to America unknown to his friends, and had left his store to his
sister. He determined to accompany him as far as Liverpool,
and they left Cork together by the packet on Wednesday morn-
ing. Ills friend brought with him as much money as would see
him to America, together with a quantity of luggage. They
were obliged by stress of weather to put into the Isle of Man,
and his friend became, from what cause he could not tell, quite
insane, and, all the day before, had been extremely violent,
striking every person who went near him, and he had, from his
violence, lost his money out of his pot ket. He had come over
entirely dependant on -his friend, and he now wished to know
what he was to do; he had no means of supporting him, and he
did not know what to do with him; he could not even take care
of him, he was so violent. In answer to an inquiry from the
magistrate, he said he had before shown symptoms of insanity;
he had had no drink since he Caine on board the packet, though
before he bad been a hard drinker; he was not any relation to
him.