The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-08 00:00:00

PAVING AND SEWERAGE ACT.

The TOWN-CLERK said, that at the last meeting nine gentle-
men had been appointed commissioners under this act. It ap-
peared, however, that though these 'nine commissioners must
be members of the council, that the choice must be left to the
inhabitants in vestry. The 73d clause of the municipal act, it
was true, appeared to give the choice to the council, but on
taking the whole act, it did not seem to him tl)at they had
greater power in this respect than the old council. He would
advise, • that for the pNesent the committee which had been
chosen should not enter upon the performance of their functions.
The council then adjourned at three o'clock, until Wednes-
day next.

MIDSUMMF,It SESSIONS.

TUESDAY.
ROBBERY BY A SHOPMAN

A genteel-looking- young man, aged 22, whose connexions
-were stated to be highly respectable, was indicted under &charge;
Of having felouiouslv stolen five half-crowns,. the property of
his master Nicholas twigg. The prosecutor stated that he was a
grocer and provision dealer, in St. James's-street, in this town.
lie carried on an extensive business, aad keptseveral shoptuen.
Ou the 11th of April last the priSoner entered his service, he
(witness) receiving a good character with hint from his, last
place. On the 30th of April the prosecutor, fur the first time,
entertained suspicions that some of the shopmen were acting dis-
honestly. Under this impression and determined to find out the
guilty party, he had on a subsequent day at different periods of
that day, marked a quantity of silver amounting in all to about
£2O. This he placed in three different drawers or tills in the
shop. At twelve o'clock on that night, he assembled his men
and told them that he had a charge against one or more of them.
Ile then commanded that each person should produce what
money he had about him. This was instantly complied with.
The money which each produced was examined, the prisoner
having produced money to the total amount of 1:1 Ils. 6d. from
all his pockets. Among this were five half-crowns, all of them
marked distinctly with the impress which proVed them to be
those which Mr. Twigg had placed in the drawers. On his
Cross-examination by Mr. Venables, he said he believed the pri-
soner was of respectable connexions and had previously borne
a good character. In the defence it was attempted to be proved,
that the prisoner had given change for a sovereign to a lady who
entered the shop ; that this lady returned and requested to have
a sovereign for the silver in return, which sovereign he had
then given out of his own pocket, iu which he deposited the
. silver which she returned. Thus he attempted to account for
the market silver having found its way into his pocket. It ap-
peared, however, that a lady had changed a sovereign on the
day in question, but the change was given by-anotha shopinan.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
, The RECOUDER exhorted the prisoner to take warning from
the disreputable position in which he was at reSent placed, and
amend his way of life. The learned gentleman dwelt Much on
the respectability of the prisoner's connexions, which he said
had induced hint to pass a mild sentence, hoping this would be
the prisoner's last ofience. The court sentenced the prisoner
to be imp' isoued for six months.

ROBBERY BY A SERVANT,

Jane Bagshaw, aged 36,- was charged with having, on the Bth
June last, feloniously taken a silver teapot, the property of her
master, John Hamilton.
Mr. Hamilton stated, that he resided in Ttixteth-park; the
prisoner lived as a servant with him. On the day above-men-
tioned he missed the silver teapot produced; it was a piece of
old plate, and had been in his family for a number of years.
He gave information to the police, by whose vigilance it was
discovered that the teapot had been pledged at the shop of Mr.
Little, pawnbroker, Toxteth-park. The latter
stated, that the prisoner had pawned the teapot with him. for
£l, which was the suns she asked upon it. She stated that it
belonged to her mistress, Jessie Hamilton, in whose name she
pledged it. The prisoner, in her defence, said that her master
owed her a mouth's wages, and she had pawned the teapot to
pay herself. Mr. Hamilton said, that the prisoner had been
in his service but a short time, and he dismissed her for drunk-
enness. He paid her wages up to the time of dismissal, but
she demanded a month's wages extra, which he refused to pay.
The RECORDER remarked to the jury, that nothing could be
more absurd than the notion that had obtained: currency on the
,subject of this month's wages. If a servant behaved impro-
perly, a master might dismiss her at any moment; and all the
wages which she could claim were those which were due up to
that period.
• The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the court passed sen.
deuce of transportation for seven years.
PRESENTMENT OF THE GRANO WET.

On Tuesday the grand jury, sworn fur the present bOrough
sessions finished their labours. PreviOnsly to.. their dismissal
Lv the Recorder they delivered thefullowing presentment.
'The grand jury cannot allow theruselves to
,separate with-
out repectfully intimating to the court their high approbation
of the new police in the borough of Liverpool. They deem
it eminently calculated as well for the prevention as the dis-
covery.of crime; and they beg to express a hope that every well
wisher to virtue and good order will aid and encourage the body
in the due discharge of their duty. They also beg to express
the importance which they attach to the clear and valuable
manner in which the officers of the police have given their evi-
dence, which has greatly simplified and facilitated the proceed-
ings of the grand jury.
NICHOLAS ROSKELL, Foreman.
The Recorder expressed his high gratification at the senti-
ments which the grand jury had expressed, as from the oppor-
tunities which he had had, though they were not so extensive
as those of the grand jury, he coincided with them entirely.
He then thanked the grand jury for their unwearied attention,
and dismissed them.

The following is a summary of the remainder of the con-
victions at the sessions on 'Tuesday, Wednesday, and yester-
day : _ _

----To be transported for life.—John Charnock, aged 31, and
Alexander Mac Goverin, aged 26, for stealing a sovereign,
from Walter Bushell Smith.
To be transported for 14 years.—JamesCharters,-aired 28, for
stealing a watch, &c., the property of Robert. Jones; 'Margaret
Burns, aged 30, for stealing £36 the property of Thomas Fleet-,
wood, her master; John Potter, aged 17, and James Bains,
aged 19, fir having stolen a quantity of.plate the property of
H. James Ames. _ _ _

To be transported for 7 years.—John Wilson, aged 24, for
stealing a waistcoat, &c., the property of Joseph Armstrong;
William Dixon, aged 25, and William Langley, for stealing
three sovereigns, the property of Benj. Bateman; Elizabeth
Mottram, aged 19, and Catherine Hughes, aged 22, for steal-
ing a bank note for £5O, and other notes, the property of
Patrick Henry; Henry Dixon, aged 41, for stealing some
clothing, the property of Wm. ThomaS; John Jackson, aged
41, for stealing some plate, the property of Mr. 11. James
Ames ; John Maddock, aged 21, for obtaining goods under
false pretences, front Mr. blander, and Mr. Wm. Duncan Mac
Andrew by forging the name of Mr. William Whitehouse;
Jane Dutton, aged 25, for stealing a table cover, and other
articles, the property of Griffith Jones.
To be imprisoned one year.—Harriet M'Mellan, aged 18. fur
stealing some articles of wearing apparel, the property of Wm.
Thomas; Mary M'Keown, aged 23, for stealing a pair of boots,
and two handkerchiefs, the property of Miss Eliza Feruyhough;
Thomas Burke, aged 18, for having stolen a waistcoat, &c.,
the property of Kendrick Habertield; WilliaM Hughes, aged
/8, for having stolen a pair of trowers, and a coat, the property
of George Henderson ; Ellen Jones, aged 23, for having stolen
£7 front the person of John Grice ; Samuel 'Dixon, aged 18,
and John Colman, 21, for uttering base coin; Constantine Ma-
guire, aged 22, for uttering base coin.
T. be imprisoned 18 mouths.—Ann Carty, aged 30, for steal-
ing a child belonging to Juhn Evans, with intent. to steal its
clothes • Jeremiah Cohen, aged.3o, for uttering counterfeit coin.
To he imprisoned 9 months.—John Moran, aged 32, for
having stolen some workmen's tools, the property of George
Cormack.

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To lee imprisoned 6 months.—Sarah Ferguson, aged 26, for
having stolen a watch from the person of John Gough ; .Hubert
Edgar, aged 50, Maria Field, 26, and Maria Cavannagh, 19, for
uttering counterfeit coin.
To be imprisoned 4 months.—Mary Ann Bruce, aged 27, for
stealing £l5 from the person of Thomas Daniel; Samuel J ohn-
son, aged 15, for stealing 125., the property of his master, and
to be once whipped, and confined 14 day sin solitary confinement.
To be imprisoned 1 month.—Catherine Atherton, aged 18,
for stealing a watch from the person of Mr. Brassy; J. Roberts,
19, for having stolen a number of fowls, the property of William
Shotwell; Rose Southern, 24, for having stolen a watch 'from
the person of Edward' hompson.
To be imprisoned 7 days.—ThOmas Conolly, aged 40; for
having stolen a gun, the property of Thomas Reilley.
Thomas Liff, aged 28, James Fay, 21, Thomas Quinn, 23,
Patrick Duffer, 28, and William Greenhorn, 21, and several
others who were out on bail, named Plunkett, Johnsouranipay,
Fea, Boyle, and Bleakel, were charged with having created a
riot in Vauxhall-road, on the 23d of April -last, and Violently
assaulted and injured some of the police. The particulars •Of
the riot haVe before appeared in full in this journal. The case
occupied considerable time. The jury found all the prisoners
guilty, but recommended them to the mercy of the court. The
Recorder, in passing sentence, ordered those who had been out
on bail to stand up. The sentence of the court was, that they
be imprisoned three calendar months, and kept to hard labour;
and it appeared to him, that in passing this sentence he had
paid great attention to the recommendation of the jury. Liff,
Quin, and Duffey were then ordered to stand up. The court
took into consideration the length of their confinement already;
they were sentenced to be imprisoned two calendar months
each. Greenhorn was sentenced to be imprisoned one ulonth,
and Fay who had used great violence, was sentenced to be im-
prisoned six months.
John Stenee, aged 32, a man of colour. was charged with
having very .vio'lently assaulted Dennis Devine, in Moorfields,
on the 27th of June, without any previous Provocation. A
knotted cord, having three lead bullets at the cud, was pro-
duced as the instrument with which the assault had been com-
mitted, and with which he had broken the nose and severely
injured the complainant. The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned three
calendar months.
This finished ,the sessions business, and the Recorder dis-
charged the jury yesterday about two o'clock.

BRITISH MuSEuM.—We learn, from an abstract of the ac-
counts presented to parliament, that the receipts of the museum
from Christmas 1834 to 1835, were £l9, 603 Bs., and the expen-
ditvre for the aatne period £19,079 4s. Of this latter sow up-
wards of £ll,OOO consisted of salaries and wages.
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, and Mr. M. 114. G. Dowling, of Li-
verpool, have been unanimously elected members of the Dra-
matic Authors' Society, of London.