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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-08 00:00:00

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This the prisoner at first refused to deliver, but ultimately
access was obtained to the box, and there the property was
found.

The prisoner in her defence stated, that the house of the
prosecutor was a lodging-house. On the night when the
goods were laid out, a servant man belonging to one of the
lodgers returned home very drunk. He danced about the
kitchen and behaved so foolishly, that she advised him to go
to bed. With some difficulty she induced him to comply ;
but, having got him up stairs, he turned into her bedroom,
and she could not induce him to go any further. Here she
left him, and was thus compelled to sit up all night. She

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kitchen, and as it was dark, she put
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articles in question, and

in abox, not knowing, at the moment

morning, she locked her bOx, and

when her mistress asked her abo-ut the things, it struck her
that she must have placed them in her own box ; and being
afraid, she refused to give up th 4 key.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and she was sentenced
to nine months' imprisonment.

110PL1FTINC

Henry Jones, aged 16, was indicted for, having, on the
17th of November last, stolen a crock containing 301bs.
weight of butter, the property of James Bawley, provision

It appeared, that on the night in question, the prisoner, in
company with another woman, went to ie shop of Mr.
Bawley, which was under the charge of a little girl. The
prisoner's companion first entered, and inquired the price of
certain fireworks. He was followed by the prisoner, to
whom the first lad remarked, " Oh, we are all here toge-
ther." They stood talking together for a few minutes, one
of them having his back against the crock of butter. They
left the shop, and after a while retfirned again, and again
departed. Soon after this she missed the crock of butter.
In the meantime, the prisoner and his companion were met
by a police-officer carrying a crock of butter. The officer
stopped. them, and asked them where they got it. They re-
fused to answer, and after a short altercation, the officer hay-
ing asked them who was the owner of the butter, they threw
it down, and bidding him " find it out," darted off. He
seized the prisoner and detained him, and soon after found.
that the butter bad been stolen from Mi. Bawley's shop,
where the prisoner was identified. •
. ,

The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced
to seven years' transportation, with an intimation that he
would be placed in a penitentiary.

THEFT FROM 4. SHOP-DOOR

Catharine Cosgrove, aged i22,..waS cha'rged with having
stolen three shawls and five yayds of calico, the property of
George Maitland, draper, NV hitechapel.
It appeared that, between' four and five o'clock on the
night of the 4th of November last, the prisoner was seen
looking earnestly at some shawls which hung at Mr. Mait-
land's shop door. Presently she was seen unpinning the
shawls, and pulling at them as if to get them loose. She cut
the string which secured them, pulled them with her hand,
and they all fell down to the ground. There Was a piece of
calico hanging on an iron bar. She pulled t!, calk° down
also, and was holding it in her hand, when MI. 10berts, one
of Mr. Maitland's assistants, hearing the line break, rushed
from the shop, and, according to his account, saw the shawls
fall from beneath the prisoner's cloak. ,
The jury found the prisoner guilty. ~ Sentence deferred.
THEFT FROlil A SHOP WINDOW.

Thomas Lloyd, aged 17, was charged with having, on the
10 of November last, stolen a number of pocket-knives from
the shop.of Francis Murphy.
Edward Cusack, a porter in the service of Mr. Murphy,
stated, that on the evening in question, he was standing at,
the shop door, when he saw three boys, one of whom was
the prisoner. The prisoner appeared to be tying something
to the end of a stick, and to be using the light at the win-
dow for that purpose. Witness went away, and returned
some short time after, when the prisoner and his companions
had deParted. He noticed, that the window had been broken
in the interim. About an hour and, a. half. afterwards the
boys returned, and he saw the prisoner put the stick through
the broken pane. lie looked for a police-officer, but could
not immediately find one., He seized the prisoner, and took
him to Bridewell, where be was searched, and two knives
were found on his person. These he recognised, as his mas-
ter's property. It appeared, that a dozen knives, similar to
those found on the prisoner, were subsequently discovered
to have been stolen from the window. The stick which the
prisoner had thrust through the broken pane was taken from
the prisoner. It had a pin, bent to resemble a hook, fas-
tened to one end.

Mr. VENABLES, who was retained on behalf of the pri-
miner, addressed the jury in his defence, contending that no
felony had been proved, as the prisoner had not been seen
to steal anything whatever.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and sentenced him to
10 years transportation, with an intimation that he would
probably be placed in a penitentiary.