The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-17 00:00:00

BURGLARY

Samuel Heves, aged 22, Thomas Lowe, aged 21, and James
Pilkinylon, aged 21, pleaded guilty to a charge of having
burglariously entered the dwelling house of John Battersby,
at Haydock, and stolen therefrom a quantity of cheese,
bacon, loaves, and other articles. They pleaded guilty. There
were also four other indictments against them for other
burglaries. They were not tried on the former count.

His LORDSIin, in passing sentence, said that the prisoners
had been running along career of wickedness, sweeping many
poor shop keepers of their property, and that without bene-
fitting themselves. The punishment that awaited them was
as heavy, or even more dreadful than death itself, for there
was no state of life in this country so truly abject, and so full
of severe suffering, as that of the convict in the penal settle-
ments. The sentence of the Court was, that they each be
transported to such place as her Majesty, by advice of her
privy council may think fit to determine, for the term of their
natural lives.

STEALING FROM THE PERSON

Thomas Taylor, aged 22, (out on bail) and lames Bellion,
aged 18, were indicted for having stolen two yards of satteen,
one yard of ribbon, one bonnet shape, and one handkerchief,
the property of John Meadows, from his person. Bellion
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for six calendar months, the first and last
week in solitary confinement.—Taylor was not in the Court
when he was called for, but afterwards surrendered himself.
He pleaded not guilty.

MINT CASES

John Hill, alias Leech, was indicted for having, at Man-
chester, in his possession, eleven pieces of counterfeit coin,
called shillings, with intent to utter and put off the same,
he knowing them to be counterfeit. It also appeared, that
there were found in his possession several articles used in
making counterfeit coin.

Irving, a Manchester police-officer, was with police-officer
Stevenson, when he searched the prisoner on the 15th of
August. He took something out of the prisoner's waistcoat
pocket. Witness afterwards took three counterfeit shillings
from another pocket. In the prisoner's house he found
some metal spoons and some plaster of paris. The prisoner
said that he found both the money, the metal, and the plaster,
in Hollinwood.

C. C. Stevenson, superintendent of police in Manchester,
said that when he found the prisoner, and asked him if he
had any money, he said no ; but I found eight counterfeit
shillings and seven sixpences in his waistcoat pocket. Pri-
soner then added—to his expression of having no money—
" except what I found." Witness found the plaster of
paris, &c., at the prisoner's house. The articles were pro-
duced, and the inspector of coin for the mint said the coins
were all counterfeit.

The jury found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months,
the first and last week in solitary confinement.

Thomas Bowler, 40, was indicted for having in his posses-
sion, at Aintree, 30 counterfeit shillings. The prisoner was
stopped, and the coin found upon him at the race-course, at
Aintree. He was asked where his " mint" was, and an-
swered that he would see them at - before he would tell
them. He was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned
for 12 months, and the first and last weeks in solitary con-
finement.