The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

DISORDERLY HOUSES.—On Tuesday, a woman of the town
was charged before Mr. Hall with making a disturbance in the
streets on the preceding night, and was sentenced to five days'
imprisonment in the Borough House of Correction. In defence
the said that she had been turned out of doors by the master of
she Brunswick Hotel, while other girls of the same class were
it the house. Mr: Haltmade some inquiries respecting the said
hotel, when it was stated by different officers, that it was a pub-
lic-house in Sefton-street, near the Brunswick Dock, which
went under that name ; and that it was one of the very worst
houses in Liverpool. It was resorted to by foreign seamen, was
the harbour of prostitutes, and was altogether a "dreadful
place."—Mr. Hall said informations ought to be laid against
every house of that description, and be would take care when
they came before him to inflict heavy penalties.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER.—,On Tuesday,
two young men, whitesmiths, were charged at the Policeufficei,
one with being drunk and disorderly, and the other with assault-
ing one of the officers when he came up to take his companion
into..custody.—M`Lean, the officer in question, stated that,
hearing a disturbance in Whitechapel, he went up and found
the first perion in a state of intoxication; and that the second
then assaulted him and struck him several times. The first pri-
soner was ordered to pay the usual penalty of ss. for being drunk;
and the other was remanded till a second magistrate came into
court, when M`Lean having repeated his statement, a gentle-
' man from the Standard office stood up, and stated that he was
going home from the office early that morning, while passing
down Lord-street, he heard the sound of blows inflicted 'on a
man with such violence as shocked him; and he had reason to
believe that the prisoner was the individual who had been ro
abused. - The blows were such as he could not have believed
would have been inflicted on any human being. The officer said
he believed that the witness himself had been in custody. This.
the witness denied. Mr. Hall, after expressing his obligations
to the witness for coming forward to speak in the case, was
glad when respectable individuals came forward to give evi-
dence who were totally unconcerned in the matter, and that he
was convinced that in the majority of instances it was unneces-
sary for the officers to ase their sticks in self-defence. In con-
sequence of what the witness bad stated the magistrates would
not inflict any punishment on the prisoner. He (Mr. Hall)
regretted very much that the witness did not follow the officer
toßridewell,because if what he had stated could have been proved,
the officer would have ceased to hold office. The prisoner was
discharged ; and Superintendent Hatch was directed to make
inquiry as to the officer who was on duty in Whitechapel at the
hour mentioned by the vitness.
tWe trust the case will be rigidly inquired into by the watch
committee, as we ate informed that the infliction of the blows
was dreadful. It the matter is sifted as it ought to be, and which
Mr. Hall promised, the impertinence of time peliceman in at-
tempting to shake the witness's testimony by insinuating that
he (witness) was in custody, should be borne in mind. The
peace of a town is nut to be broken by the broils caused by
intemperate policemen, nor should they be allowed to bestow
upon every body within their reach " a knock athe sconee."l.