The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-15 00:00:00

ASSAULT

John Rothwell was charged-with a ferocious assault upon
a woman named Elizabeth Peaison, and also upon the po-
lice. The parties live in Limekiln-lane. On Saturday night
a police-officer on duty in that neighbourhood received in-
formation that the prisoner had committed the assault, and
on entering the house he found the woman lying on the floor
bleeding profusely from the head and face.
Mrs. Pearson stated that the prisoner entered her house,
and without any provocation struck her upon the face, a
say-
ing, " D—n your —, take that." He then seized tea-
pot, and dashed it into her face ; and, from the effects of
these blows, she fell down in a state of insensibility.
The officer stated that he had great difficulty in taking the
prisoner into custody. He tore his (the policeman's) coat,
and struck him violently. Indeed, so violent did he be-
come, that he had to be ironed and conveyed to Bridewell
in a cart.

The prisoner, in defence, said he had assaulted Mrs. Pear-
son because she harboured his wife, and prevented her from
attending to her own house.
Mr. Rushton fined the prisoner £5, and ordered him to be
imprisoned till he had procured good bail to keep the peace
for three months.
The Prisoner

—lt's very well you cannot hang me for it.
ALLEGED ROBBERY OF A PUBLIC-HOUSE.
Norah Brown, a good-looking young woman, was charged
with having stolen about £34 from a public-house in Gl!dart-
street. Mr. Wardle defended the prisoner.
Mr. John Staines said he kept a public-house in Gildart-
street, and also livery stables, in partnership with Mr. Birch.
On Tuesday week he and Mr. Birch counted between £BO
and £9O, and placed it in a box in their bed-room under the
dressing table. Witness was out the whole day, but his
partner was at home. The next morning they found the box
broken open, and about £34 in silver and gold, which had
been deposited in a canvass bag, taken away. The other
money was untouched. The prisoner was a servant in the
house. The door of the bed-room was not locked, as the
prisoner was cleaning the room the same day.
In cross-examination, the witness stated that no one hut
himself, Mr. Birch, and Miss Birch, had access to the room,
except when it was being cleaned. The door was not always
locked. The robbery was not made known to any one. The
prisoner remained in the house till the following Tuesday
(last), when she went to London. She returned at eleven
o'clock on Saturday night last : she had two half glasses of
brandy, and witness danced with her till the police arrived,
when he gave her into custody.
Mr. Rushton asked what were the grounds of suspicion
against the prisoner ?
Mr. Staines said she had shewn a letter from home, which
Miss Birch had seen. This letter caused her to be suspected.
Miss Birch was then called. She stated that she lived in
the house, and remembered the prisoner going to London.
The prisoner shewed her a letter, which she said she had re-
ceived from a gentleman there, desiring her to proceed thi-
ther, to receive £2O. The letter had no proper
address on
it, and it was without a post mark. The prisoner told her it
was from Mr. Norcott, an attorney.
Margaret Wright, a female who occasionally slept in the
house, said she was there when the prisoner was taken into
custody, and saw her take the canvas bag now produced out
of her osom, and attempt to put it under her bonnet. The
bag was afterwards found upon the floor.
Mr. Rushton.—By whom ?

Mr. Staines replied, by the servant, who was not present.
Mr. Rushton ordered her to be sent for, and in the mean-
time Mr. Wardle cross-examined Mrs. Wright as to the
identity of the bag. She said she was positive it was the
same bag, but it was more bulky then than it was now.
Mr. Ruskton inquired whether she succeeded in putting
it under her bonnet?
The witness replied in the negative, and that she did not
see what became of it.
A young man, named Kinmell, who also occasionally sleeps
in the house, confirmed the statements of the last witness,
and added that the bag was found the next morning, when it
was empty.
Policeman No. 83 said he received the prisoner into cus-
tody, and found £9 16s. 114 d. upon her.
the servant, on arriving in court, was sworn. She said
she had lived in the house only a few days. On Sunday
morning (yesterday) she was cleaning the bar, when she
found the bag now produced underneath the fire-place. No
one was there, and she threw it upon a shelf.
This was the whole of the evidence against the prisoner
to-day. She was remanded for further inquiry.

STREET ROBBERY.
Margaret Guire, a, prostitute, was committed for trial at
the next sessions, for having stolen ss. from the person of a
painter named James Wilson.
STEALING SUGAR SAMPLES.
James Ferguson was committed to the treed-mill ki s
month, for inciting a 101 l to steal 16 samples of suer.