The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

On Friday, a young man was committed to prison for
breaking with a atone a large square of plate glass, worth
305., in the shop window of Mr. Gibson, hatter.
On Saturday Robert Morgan was committed for having
stabbed two men in not less than seven places, some of
the wounds being of a dangerous character.
LADIES' HEAD DRESSES.—A female complained at
the Police-court, on Tuesday, that, in a case of assault by
a neighbour, her cap, which cost her three shillings, had
been torn to ribbons. _ _

On Tuesday, the drivers of Lawrence's omnibuses were
fined £5 each for overloading their vehicles. The magis-
trate said that, in every similar case, the same penalty
would be inflicted.

THE WAY TO PAY TAXES.—A woman, named Mrs.
King, was fined 10s. and costs, on Tuesday, for throwing
a bucket of dirty water over one of the new collectors of
parish rates, who had the impudence to apply to her for a
payment of taxes.
SMUGGLING On Tuesday, a retired revenue-officer
named Brabazon, and the carpenter on board the Mar-
seilles, named Lawson, were fined £lOO each or six
months' imprisonment, for smuggling tobacco. When
arrested, whilst leaving the dock, they dropped 27 pounds,
and on searching the vessel 214 pounds were found con-
cealed.

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On Saturday, a man who gave the name of Thos. Bed-
ford, was sent to prison for three months for having ob-
tained various sums of money on the deposit or sale of
pawn tickets, which afterwards turned out to be forgeries.
The prisoner had also obtained from various people by
different means sums of money by forged cheques on a
bank at Lynn. A blank cheque book was found in his
possession.

FURIOUS DRIVING.—A woman, named Jane Spencer,
was fined twenty shillings and costs, on Tuesday, for '
driving a shandry furiously in London-road, she being in
a state of drnnkenness. The defendant alleged that she
had been standing the whole day in St. John's Market,
but the magistrates thought she had been doing some-
thing else. At the same time, John Shaw was fined 20s.
and costs for furious driving in Pitt-street.
ENCOURAGING A YOUTH TO STEAL.—On Friday, a
youth, about fifteen years of age, named Edwards, was
brought up at the Police-court, charged with having
robbed his father. The father, who is a dealer in twigs,
stated that he had ascertained that his son had been selling
osiers to a person then in court, and had applied the funds
to his own purposes. The father called, as a witness, a
man, named Clarke, a basket-maker, who lives in
Crosshall-street, and who stated that a short time ago he
bought six or seven bundles of twigs from the prisoner,
for which he had paid him. Upon the prisoner being
asked by Mr. Rushton what he had to say for himself, he
replied that Clarke had come to purchase some twigs, and
after
of inducing a lot, Clarke offered him a glass of
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father that he had only purchased one-half of the quan-
tity of twigs which he had really got. He had sold him
three lots of seven, twenty-one, and seventeen bundles.
Subsequently, the prisoner asked Clarke to lend him
threepence, and Clarke refusing to comply with the re-
quest, of course there was a dispute. Mr. Rushton
asked Clarke whether he had attempted to induce the lad
to cheat his father. The answer being in the affirmative,
at least in effect, Mr. Rushton said, pointing to Clarke,
" This fellow is the greater criminal of the two. Here he
has been suborning this poor lad to rob his father.
Where is the property that has been spoken about ?
Clarke—Part has been sold and part is on my premises.
Mr. Rushton—Well, officer, go with the prosecutor and
take possession of it. Nothing passes by fraud or felony.
I Go—off with it. The boy must be remanded."

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