The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-13 00:00:00

DEC. 13, 1436,

L:IYEttPOOL POLICE.

CHAPLIN V. LLOYD.
RlSissitNc; Four,.—This case, which came on before the ma
gistrates on Wednesday, was deferred till Thursday, in order
-
that
t the Harbour Master might be present at the hearing.
Captain Chaplin then stated that on Saturday week the Eliza
Price steainersbelongiug to thS! Woodside Ferry Company, was
Fros.king the river, and in passing the Aitnwell steamer be-
longing to. the Rotils Ferry Company, the helm of the fatter
'ytis put a-starboard, thereby causing her to run into the Eliza
Price and to do Some damage to her gunwale and quarter
statichious, a bill of which, amounting to £5 55., had been pre-,
seated, and was refused payment. Ha called the master and
a seaman of the Eliza Price, who said they thought the damage
was done wilfuliv. Samuel Lloyd', master of the. Aim-
!ell was then sworn. He stated that the Aimwell started
from the upper steps and the Eliza Price from the broad
stept, and that, when about half way across the river, be-
tween Birkenhead and Woodside, the Eliza Price came up
on the east side of the Aimwell and endeavoured to pass her,
tstitnot doing so so readily as she expected, sheered off about twice
Lite length of herself, and then came so as quite to cross the
ews of the Aim Well. He declared he steered a straight course
roe Rock Ferry S.W. by S., and never varied from it. Im-
mediately on the vessels coming in contact, he stopped the
!naine, and the Eliza Price, after getting past the Aimwell,
had to haul up to the N.W. to go to Woodside. Two seamen
belonging to the Aimwell, and a gentleman who was a passen-
Fser on board her at the, time, corroborated the testimony of
'ianinel Lloyd. and in answer to a question from Mr. Hall as to
tlae lime and „tide, the former stated it was the twelve o'clock
boat from Liverpool, and about one hour's flood, and that it
was not the first or second time, but of frequent occurrence, that
the Woodside boat had passed them in that way, and that the
Eliza. Price had no business on that side of the Aimwell, as it
was out of her course.
Mr. Hall then asked if the Eliza Price was a faster sailing
boat than the other, and was answered by Lloyd that she was.
The harbbur master pointed out to Mr. Hall, on a piece of
paper, the. relative positions of the two boats; and Mr. Hall
said it appeared to him quite clear from the evidence, that the
Eliza Pike had gone on the east side of the Aimwell, merely
from a spirit' of rivalry, and for the purpose of showing her
superior speed, and animadverted strongly upon the impro-
Priety of sash conduct.—The case was accordingly dismissed.
"A HELPMATE."—On Friday, at the, Police-office, Ellen
'Connaught, a stout brawny-looking Irishwoman, was brought
_before Meisrs. Hall and Itoskell, the magistrates on the bench,.
*lt a chaiege of having knocked down her hasband,•and soundly
basted police constable No. 285, who had interfered, on the
night before. The policeman stated that he was oil duty in
Dale-street the night before, when hi heard a great noise, and,
on going to see what was the matter, the first thing he saw was
the prisoner knocking a man down. who it appeared was her
husbaud. - He deshed her to go home, when' she immediatelythrew herself into a "Scientific" ;attitude, gave him a tremen-
dous blow, and finally succeeded in raying him prostrate also
alongside her husband. He was obliged to knock for assist-
ance, mad it te:tlssisher two policemen besides himself to secure
her, Ikrr: Hall--,"l3cd you leis"her knock the man down ?"
constable—" Yes,•sir, she did it like winking." (A laugh.)
Oh,-shur, it'was only me husband !" (Laughter.)
Inspector Heaton said-she was exceedingly violent. It took
the officerand -another to secure her. The officer alone had no
'chance with her; she had severely beaten him. Mr. Hall—
" What do you say to beating the officer?" Prisoner—" Oh,
I'm very sarry for dhat." Mr. Ilall-4-`• You seem to think you
-have a right to strike your husband, and if he submits to it it is
all very well—(laughter)—but, as you have struck the officer,
we shall fine you ss. and costs, or commit you for seven days."
INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOUR AT THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
—A rough-haired lad, whose-persou had a very distant acquaiut-
ance with soap and water, named John Mooney, apparently a
carter, was on Friday placed before the magistrates on a charge
of "kicking up a shindy" the night before at a temperance
meeting. David Davies, a respectably-dressed Welshman, ap-
• parently recently imported, deposed "that te night pefore tere
was a temperance meeting in Stanhope-street, and tis has bin
olers every week. Last night tis person come in and pegun
to curse and swear, awl said " Cot tandn," and kick up a terri-
ble row, and pleach take notice lie annoys te Temperance So-
• ciety every wick. I tried gentle persudsions for him to go
home, put he knock town gentle persuasions, so I call te polish.
Tore was inure of 'em ten collected, and they cot town into te
cellar, and turned to cas off, and put all te place into au uproar."
Mr. Ilsill-s-"Quite drunk was he?" Complainant—" He ap-
-, geared pe very trunk till he cot outside, when te officers come,
and ten he run peautifully. (Laughter.) They made a great
teal of ta.mage in te place, for which we are answerable, proke
several windows, and put a crutch across te pottom of tedoor, so
tat every one tat run oat from te row tumpled into de street."
A policeman said the prisoner was quite tipsey. Mr. Hall—
" You not being in the habit of seeing drunken men, don't
know when they are tipsey." A witness stepped forward and
~ said he was requested by the society to attend to cumplain that
they were very greatly annoyed by these practises. Mr. Hall
(to:prisoner)—" You are a very slily fellow to get drunk in this
• way; I recommend you to enroll yourself in the society." Pri-
soner—" I went there for that purpose." (A laugh.) Mr.
Hall—"To- whom does the property belong?" Witness—" It
• is an Unitarian school-room, and we are responsible for any da-
mage while we meet. I don't know what the damage is on the
present occasion." Mr. Hall—" This case concerns the owner
of the property, who ought to have been here. I cannot detain
the man for want of his evidence. All I can do is to fine him
Zs. for being drunk, which he must pay."
RoBBERY.—A marine store keeper, named Daniel Moran,
who resides in Forrest-street, was on Friday placed before the
magistrates on a charge of stealing some shirts from the Royal
Institution, in Colquitt-street, the night before. Mrs. Eliza
Muuro deposed that-she was keeper of the Institution, where
she resided. The yard door-was frequently left open fur the
children to leave the school. She put five shirts upon the kit-
then dresser, and then went into the Institution. She returned
in about an hour, but found the shirts had disappeared. She
give information to a poliCeman of the robbery, and on Wed-
nesday warning John Dowling, constable, showed her the shirts.
Policeman John Duwling deposed that, from the information
he received he went to the house of the prisoner, and on search-
ing it he found concealed the shirts in question. The prisoner,
in defence, sale theta boy left them at his house in a bundle,
and he put them away in the closet without looking at them.—
He was committed to take his trial.
IMPOSITION OP nACKNEY COACHMEN.—On, Friday, at the
Police-office, a; hackney coaehmau was summoned before. the
.magistrateS by a gentleman named Ryan, for an overcharge.
Mr. Ryan stated that he was at the Theatre on Thursday night,
and engaged a car, to the best of his knowledge at a little before
twelve o'clock, to convey him home to 37, Grattou-street. On
arriving there the dtiver charged him 65., which he thought was
too much, and he told the driver if he took it he should take his
number and summon him. :The defendant got the money, and
a person he had on the box immediately drove the coach off, so
that he could not get the number, and then the defendant ran
after the coach. He followed him, and collared him, and called
a policeman. The defendant then called the coach back, and
begot the number. Martindale, the coach inspector, said the
single fare was ''2s., and the double 45.; in either case it was an
overcharge. The defendant said Mr. Ryan had offered him 3s.
for single fare, and he was entitled to double fare, and double
fare "cc coorse" was 6s.—Mr. Hall said he was behaving in a
very improper manner; he should fine him 7s and costs. .
A LLEGaI) FELONY, UNDER EXTit AORDIN A It Y CIRCUMSTANCES.
Ft iday last, Thomas Smalley was placed at the bar of the
Police Court to answer a charge of having feloniously appro-
priated to himself a carriage belonging to Mr. Matthews, of
Summer-hill, Dublin. That gentleman deposed that the pri-
soner came to his premises in Dublin, a .few -clays ago, and re-
quested to have a saddle horse. Witness replied that he could
not accommodate him with a horse; but, if he chose, he might
have a carriage and pair, which weie, accordingly lent to him.
the prisoner stating that it was very probable he might requite
the use of them until the following rlay. Mr. Matthews, how-
ever, was astonished, iu about two hours after this transaction
by the appearance of his own chop-fallen charioteer, without
either horses or cartiage. Having obtained from the man all
the information which he could impart, witness sallied out on a
voyage of discovery, and at length succeeded in discriveting his
horses, which were standing on the quay at Dublin; but the
carriage, he was informed, had been put on board a steamer
'which had already sailed for Liverpool. Mr. Eastwood deposed
that the prisoner, on his arrival at Liverpool, had sent to him
for a pair of horses to bring up the carriage to the hotel. The
request was complied with. After the arrival of the carriage at
the Royal Hotel, prisoner offered it to Mr. Eastwood for sale;
but that gentleman declined to bargain for it. Mr. Lucas
proved that it was subsequently offered to him for sale; hut he
also refused to purchase,_ on the ground that it was not custom-
. ary for hitn_to do so. He, however, went to the hotel to see the
carriage, for the purpose of informing the prisoner of its value;
and it was soon after removed to Mr. Lucas's repository, with
an injunction that it was to be sold. as soon as possible, the
prisoner, as he asserted, having no further use for it. The
vehicle was a kind of britska, or covered car.., In answer to a
question from the magistrate, Mr. Matthews stated that his own
coachman had been got rid of for a few minutes by some ma-
nueuvre of the prisoner, and that then he mounted the box him-
self and scampered off like a devil. Mr.'Hall having inquired
from the prisoner it he had any questions to put to the witnesses,
he replied by giving a copious narrative of the whole transac-
tion. He stated that, previous to having hired the carriage, he
had imbibed a considerable quantity of whisky, to which he was
so unaccustomed that it left him almost senseless and power-
less. When the coachman deserted him in the streets of
Dublin, he asked a man which was the way to Liverpool,-and
just then the horses took it into their heads to run away with
him and the britska, which they did at such a headlong pace
that: it was impossible for him to have stopped them even had
•he been in a completely sober state. On their arriving at the
quay, by some magical processor other, which it was utterly
impossible for him to explain, the carriage and himself were
transferred to the.steamer; he having first given the horses to a
person to take care of; and, on landing in Liverpool, he
hardly knew whether he was in Ireland or England, such was
the power of the " rale mountain-dew." The magistrate wasof
opinion that the case had better be tried in Dublin ; and, after
some conversation with the prosecutor, that course was decided
on. The prisoner was, accordingly, -ordered to be taken to
Dublin by police-ofhler Flockhart.
ROBBERY AT THE POSToPPICE-On Saturday, at the Police-
office, a young man named Joseph Brown, one of the swell mob,
. was brought before the.magistrates on a charge of robbing Mr.
• Algernon Sidney Tripe of -£5 and a few shillings at the Post-
(Mice on theist Instant. Mr. Henry Jones deposed that he saw
the prisoner; in company. with four or five other companions,
• . at the Poitoffice, on the delivery of the letters on the day in
question, push into the crowd, and put his hand into Mr. Tripe's
.pocket. He had seen him frequently at the Postoffice. Tho-
mas Davies gave similar evidence, that he saw the prisoner at
.• the Postoffice window push against Mr. Tripe, and dive his
hand into his pocket. He had frequently. seen him at the Post-
office, and he also saw him there the night before, when he took
, Mtn into custody, and marched him to Duncan-street Bridewell,
where he gave him in charge. The prisoner was committed to
take his trial for the offence. We have heard of a number of
.similar robberies at the Postoffice during the crowding to obtain
the letters at the deliveries.
DIittACING Watts.—On Saturday, at the Police-office, two
tiill-itickers and a boy were brought before the magistrates on a
charge of defacing the walls of the town with whitewash as an
advertisement for Messrs. Earpe and Co., of Whitechapel, In-
spector Bridge deposed that that morning. at one o'clock, as he
was coming up Dale-street, he saw the three prisoners white-
. washing the walls as a preparatory process for painting an
advertisement for Messrs. Earpe and Co. He had had several
complaiuts made to him from individuals that their walls were
• defaced by this advertisement, and he in consequence took them
into custody. Mr. Whitty said that during the last week he
had had several complaints made to him by gentlemen of hav-
ing their walls defaced by this advertisement. Mr. Hall—" It
disfigures the wall, but does no injury to it. In London it is
the most common thing in the world to.see it." Mr. Whittv—
• "It does not make the wall less strong, but it defaces it." Mr.
Hall—" When on a blank wall, it is something to amuse." One
of the prisoners said he did not know there was any harm in
what they were doing. or he should not have undertaken the
job. Mr. Hall said there MIS a law against it: they were lia-
ble tea penalty of 20s. for every offence.. The men said they
• • Were ordered to paint only where tithe where bills tenek. Mr.
- Hall inquired if the wall against which they were painting was
a blank well or a dwelling-house. The inspector, teller several
roundabout replieS, said it was a blank wall they were painting.