The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-12 00:00:00

TUESDA,Y,—(Before Tiips..lAmES HALL, Esq., the magistrate.)

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EXTENSIVR FR A un.—John Leyland, a young Man respecta-
bly attired, was brought up charged with Iniving, appropriated
to his own use the money of his employers to a considerable,
amount, and also further charged with attempting to shoot the.
constable who took him into custody. Flock hart, the coostable,
deposed to receiving information of the prisoner being ivon:ed
on a charge of embezzlement, and to looking out for him for the
last ten days. In consequence of information he had received
he went the day before to a house in Finch-street, which he
watched. He was accompanied by Ainsworth. Towards night
he looked through the keyhole of the door and saw Levlaml
going backwards way out of -the back-door ; he cried outs
-thereiis,Leyleod, and.-Ainsworth ran. round- andeel-red-him; He
then heard a sort of shriek. and saw them both tumbledown the ,
cellar together; he immediately jumped down after them, and
found Ainsworth wrestling with the prisoner, who had a double-
barrelled pistol in his hand, which he snapped at Ainsworth
and also at him, but Ainsworth's hand being round the lock the
priming was spilt, and it did not go off. The pistol was.loaded,
and contained two balls; the priming fell across his hand. The -
muzzle was presented at each of them. Prisoner said he did
not Mean to shoot them, but himself, after the piitol was taken
from him. He never presented the pistol. at liimself at all.
Ainsworth corroborated this statement. When-he seized the
'prisoner he drew a pistol from his breast, and he (Ainsworth)
immediately seized hold of it, and in the struggle they fell down
the cellaristens. Mr. Parlour stated that the prisoner had been
heard to make use of threats tbat he would net be taken by any
constable.—Mr; Mather, iron merchant, deposed to the prisoner
having been in his employment as a clerk for about six months;
he acted as book-keeper and sometimes as cash-keeper. He'had
. a verbal authority from him to collect money, and had frequently
received money tor him, On the Bth of January last &sheet of
lead was sold to a stranger of the name of Jones, which the nri?
soner desired the warebOuseman not to deliver till itwas paid
for; the money was paid, amounting to £6 erld, and. was not
credited in the books.—The magistrate: How do you know it
was paid'?-Mr. Mather: It is here in his own band writing.
The magistrate : I can't receive that as evidence. —Mr. Mather
then stated that the prisoner had received £sos. 2d:freight from
Messrs. Newton, Lyon, and Co., which was not accounted for ;
the captain of their sloop saw him receive it. Hewes at present
absent, but would be back in a few day's. These were the only
two cases he had as yet discovered in his booki ; he had not had
any time to make search. Their books were not balanced, and
he...could not ascertain without a little time what further defi-
ciences there might be.—Flockhart said prisoner told bim,
without any promise, that he had received £5O of Mr. Mather's
money, which he had not accounted for—The case was remand-
ed until next day, to afford time for inquiry. Mr. Parlour said
there was another charge against the prisoner, for bigamy, which
they (lid not intend then to press.
A Timegn MERCHANT.—John Joyce was brought up charged
by, the parish officers with neglecting to maintain his wife, whilst
the day before one of their men had found him in the streets
beastly drunk. The magistrate: What are you, how do you
bet your living ?—Prisoner : I wurk for meself in cuttin' tim-
er.—The magistrate : What sort of timber?—Prisoner: Fire-
wood, plase sur, yer wortship.—The magistrate : What. kind of
firewood; how do you cut it ?—Prisoner : It's matches, yer
honer. (Laughter.) The prisoner then said that he had a
house, and supported himself and four childher by selling his
timber. • He could not tell how much he arned a wake; he did
not spend a dale of it in the public-house. He considhered his
wife had as much to support hurself wid as he himself had.—The
wife said he had turned her out of the house about a fortnight
before because she did not bring him down a clans spurt to get
his dinner in as soon as he wanted it. (Laughter.)—The pri-
soner was discharged on his promise to take his wife back and
behave kindly to her. .
INFORMATION UNDER THE BUILDING ACT.—Mr. John Pd-
kington, builder, was summoned on an information laid by-Mr.
Barton,:tbe building surveyor, charging him with having erected
some buildings without having given twenty-four hours' notice
to the surveyor of buildings. -Barton statecithatMKPilkingten
was building six houses in Great Howard-street of which he had
never given him any notice. He was surveyor.of that 'district.
Mr: Pilkington's son appeared for his father; he said it was a
misunderstanding •, he understood that the person for whom they
we're erecting the. buildings had given notice. The owner of the
buildings said lie' hid given notice of a number of buildings
some time ago, and thought that would be sufficient. It 'ap-
peared,:however, that they were a different lot of houses, and it
was-requisite to give notice for each lot. The surveyor said he
had.hatl‘no occasion to complain before of Mr. Pilkington ; the
,buildings were properly erected. Mr. Hall said Mr. Pilkington
. mist be extremely careful in future ; they should not inflict the
penalty this' time, as he appeared to have been under a mistake,
and there was no fault in the buildings. They had power to
inflict a penalty. of £2O.
WEDNESDAT.—(Befote T. JAS. HALL, Esq., the Magistrate.)
ExCisn INFORMATION.—Mr. Brooks appeared on behalf of
the Custom-house to support an information against Captain
Clark, of the Gipsy, the Waterford steam-packet, charging him
with smuggling a quantity of brandy. . Mr. Laking appeared
for the defendant, and applied, in the first instance, for a post-
ponement, but which the magistrate decided against. John
Ensey, formerly steward of the Gipsy, was first called; he de-
posed to the captain bringing two jars from the state-ropm on
the 14th January last, which might contain about nine gallons.
Ile poured some of the liquor out; it was brandy. The captain
desired him to call Riley, the cook, and to get one of the mat-
tresses and roll it round the jar. He told the captain it would
be seized. The jar was then rolled up by Captain Clark's
direction in a blanket and quilt; it was theti taken on shore.
The cook said it was rather heavy, and he would put it in a
donkey cart. As soon as it left the dock, the captain cried out
that the police had taken brandy and all, and desired him to go
and smash the other brandy down the water closet, which be
refused to do. Captain Goason and the captain then went after
the brandy, and said they would go and tip the police a sovereign.
Cross-examined.—Had been discharged from the vessel; but
it was in consequence of this, lest he should tell, and to get him
out of the way. It was not on account of previous bad conduct.
He had been in the Police-court about three weeks ago on
another-transaction. Did not think that transaction was the
cause of his owner's discharge. He went with the steamer on
Tuesday, the 9th ult., when they were towing a vessel out as far
as Ormshead. They parted with her on account of bad weather.
In such cases it was common for the vessel towed out to send a
compliment of spirits on board the steamer for the men. There
were 14 or 15 men on board. There was nine gallons of brandy
sent on board. The captain got it and kept it; the men never
, tasted it. Did not know that the captain gave the men an.
alloWatice of whiskey because they preferred it. lie never gave
them any allowance. After he was discharged he went Mime-
, diately to the Customs. Did not know that he should be told
. it with being discharged.
I By the magistrate.—The vessel towed out was the Renown,
for the coast of Africa.
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1 Henry Price, the policemah, deposed to' stopping the donkey
tart on the 14th, and finding the brandy as stated. The titan
Was placed into custody on a charge of felony. The .captain.
soon after male to the station-house, When the brandy was there,
, a-itel Attu there Weie a little brandy they had got out of a ship they