The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-10 00:00:00

PRESENTMENT OF THE GR&ND JURY.

In the course of the afternoon, the grand jury having
finished their labours, came into court, and made the follow-
ing presentment

"The grand jury, in separating, beg to express their
opinion that the facilities afforded by marine store dealers for
the disposal of stolen property have been, and continue to
be, the main inducements to thefts to an immense extent ;
and the grand jury, aware that such presentments have from
time to time been made without leading to any beneficial
results, beg leave to suggest to the consideration of the magi-
strates and town-council, the benefits that would result from
a system of licensing such establishments, so as to bring
them under the immediate surveillance of the authorities.

" The grand jury, having visited the borough gaol, have
much pleasure in bearing testimony to the cleanness and
general good order of the establishment, particularly as
regards the arrangement for conducting the instruction of
the juvenile offenders.

"The efficiency of the police force has been a subject of
the greatest satisfaction to the grand jury, in the course of
their investigations. . " JOHN BIBBY, Foreman."
The recorder expressed his concurrence in the valuable
suggestion of the grand jury. They were then discharged.'
YESTERDAY.

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Mary Quin stood indicted for having stolen a sum of
money, of from £6 to £B, from her master, about two years

-Alexander Gerry said-4 am a fish-monger in St. John's
market, and live in Blake-street. In June 1837, I had a
female servant (the prisoner.) I went out on a Saturday
night to the market with my wife. I found the door locked
on my return. I got over the yardlvall. I found the drawer
broken open. I found a hatchet which corresponded with
the marks. There was about £6 or £7 in the drawer, and it
was gone. On the 17th of December, I and my wife saw the
prisoner in the street and recognised her.
Mrs. Gerry, the wife of last witness. On returning with
my husband I missed £6 or £7, a gown, and other articles.
The prisdner was gone. She had been with us four or five
weeks.

Mrs. Morris said, that in 1837 she recommended the pri-
soner to the last witnesses. I took her there myself.
Isabella Heatly said—She lived in Blake-street. I lent
the prisoner a small axe or hatchet, on the Saturday morn-
ing in June or July, 1837.
Mrs. Gerry said the prisoner was hired as a yearly ser-
vant, at wages of 2s. a week.
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The RECORDER remarked, that the prisoner's conduct in
leaving her place without notice ; her having borrowed the
hatchet, which fitted the marks of the drawer, and other
circumstances, left little or no dolht of the guilt of the

prisoner.,
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner said, in reply to questions by the recorder,
she had lived, since leaving the Gerry's, at a MT. Taylor's,
in Everton, and afterwards at Mr. Hodgson's, at Seaconibe.
She wished these parties to be called. The recorder directed
that the parties should be sent for. On their arrival they
both stated that the prisoner had conducted herself properly
while in their service, and she left in consequence of some
words between her and their wives.—Sentence deferred.

Catharine Evans was charged with robbing a man named
M`Gowan, of a sum of money, on the 21st December last,
amongst which was an old spade guinea. The prosecutor
spoke broad Scotch, and his evidence excited some little mer-
riment. The money was taken from the pocket of the pro-
secutor. Mrs. Thursby, wife of the Bridewell-keeper,
stated, that when the prisoner was brought in, she said she
had no money, but on searching her, there were found upon
her the spade-ace guinea, and a sovereign.
The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment.
John Williams the elder, and John Williams the younger,
(both young men,) were charged with stealing from a house
in Vernon.street, some article of wearing apparel, &c. which
had been left on a sofa.
Ann Hatton, the wife of Hugh Hatton, said she lived in
a court, leading out of Vernon-street, On the 9th Novem-
ber, she went out, leaving the door on the latch. On her
return she missed the articles, consisting of table-cloths, a
sofa-cover, four handkerchiefs, and other articles, (The
witness identified one of the handkerchiefs,)
Ann Findlay, who lived in the same court, saw two young
men there on the night in question, and heard of the robbery
a few minutes afterwards.
John Chiswell, a police officer, was on duty that night in
Pickup-street, and saw the prisoner Williams, the smaller
man. He had a bundle with him. He said, on being ques-
tioned, that they were his wife's clothes, which he had been
taking from the mangle. He had some stispicion, and de=
tained the prisoner. The other prisoner then came up, and,
uttering an oath, told witness to let the man go, as the things
were his own. He was kicked and abused. He detained
the younger prisoner, and afterwards saw the other prisoner,
who was also taken into custody.
Jane Hanson, a widow, saw the lagt witness holding the,
prisoner with one band, and the bundle in the other. She
saw the other prisoner strike the police officer. Somenf the
clothes fell in the street, and she picked up the handkerchief
now produced, and which she knew. •
Police officer M•Guire saw police officer Chiswell with one
of the prisoners in custody, and saw the other prisoner near

Mr. Wif.xxxs ably defended the younger prisoner, in an
address to the jury, contending that the party was not fully
identified by the witnesses. ' .He calleil a female witness
(Jane Vaughan), a char-woman, who 'was employed by a
Mrs. Wood, in Canning-street, Vauxhall-road, on the night
in question, and there saw the elder prisoncr. lie went there
at nine o'clock, and remained until eleven o'clock. The wit-

ness was rigidly cross-examined on the part of the prosecution.
Mrs. Wood said that she was sister to one of the prisoners,
and that he was at their house on the night in puestion, from
a little after eight until after one o'clock in the morning.
This witness was also severely cross-examined by the coun-
sel for the prosecution.
John Woods said his brother-in-law was in his place a
little after eight o'clock on the night preceding the morning
when he was taken up, and remained until after one in the
morning. He played at cards with the prisoner.
There was, however, great discrepancy in the testimony of
these witnesses with regard to the attempt to prove an alibi.
It appeared, too, from their admission, that the prisoner
lived in a house of ill fame in Gascoyne-street, and had no
ostensibly honest way of making a livelihood.
The RECORDER summed up and the jury found both the

prisoners guilty.
The elder prisoner had previously been imprisoned twelve
calendar months for felony.
The RECORDER stated that the prisoner could not be
safely left at large in this country, as it is evident they di-
rected themselves solely to robbery and plunder. The sen-
tence of the court was that they both be transported beyond
the seas for the period of ten years.
John Connelly and John Ames, two boys, stood charged
with stealing a decanter from, a public-house in Crosshall-
street, on the 20th of November. The prisoner Connelly
pleaded guilty. The other was seen with something under
his jacket and was pursued and detained, when he threw the
decanter down. The prisoner said to the witness who de-

tained him,—l wish I had thrown it at you. He was fo
guilty. Jones had been seven times committed before, and
the other four times. The Recorder said that though the
value of the article taken was not great, the case was, indeed,
a melancholy one. The father of the prisoner Jones was, he
said, a man of respectability, and had in vain striven to re-
deem him from his evil habits. The other prisoner had also
become unmanageable, and the parents of both, he had
learned, were desirous that they should, as a last resort, be
sent to a penitentiary. He should recommend in the proper
quarter that they should be so .dealt with ; but in order to do
so, they must be sentenced to transportation.. The sentence
Of the Court was, that they should each be transported for
the term of seven years.
Margaret Farrell, an elderly female and a widow, who is
proprietor of a small cooperage, stood. indicted for having
been in possession of a beer-cask, the property of Messrs.
Guppy, Rees, and Co., brewers, she knowing the same to
have been stolen.
The principal evidence adduced was, that the prisoner had,
on her being committed at the Police Court, said it was the
first thing she had ever done that was wrong.
Mr. MURPHY ably defended the prisoner, contending that
there was no proof that the prisoner was cognizant of the
cask being stolen, and had not endeavoured to conceal the
article. She had not even erased the name and number on
the cask, which she would have done bad she been a guilty
party, so that it might not rise up in judgment against her.
A witness spoke to the prisoner as a person of good cha-
racter, who had succeeded her husband as a cooper.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, but strongly recom-
mended her to mercy.
The RECORDER strongly commented on the offence, and,
after warning the prisoner to be cautious in future, sentenced
her to be imprisoned one calendar month.
Edward Kinsella was indicted for stealing a coat, a tele-
scope,
.a pocket-book, a handkerchief, &c., from the house
of Mr. Moss, draper, &c.

In this case, which was devoid of interest, the prisoner
attempted to prove an alibi, but failed. Sonic of the articles
were found under the prisoner's bed, and he claimed the
gloves as his own.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The RECORDER said that the prisoner had previously been
convicted of felony, in stealing a coat, for which he was im-
prisoned twelve months. The sentence of the court was,
that he be transported seven years.

John Terry, a mere boy, was found guilty of stealing a
pair of gloves.—To be imprisoned twelve months, and to be
once whipped.
Mary Heron, and Mary Ann Barrington, two young
women, were charged with stealing a bag containing four
half-crowns and three shillings, the property of Hugh
M'Guire.
The prosecutor said he was a labourer, and went into a
public-house in Chapel-street to get a glass of ale, on Satur-
day, the 21st December. Having only a penny of change,
and Id. being demanded, he said he took off his hat, in
which was the bag with the money. The prisoner Heron
snatched it from him, and handed it to the other. She after-
wards went into a small room behind the bar.
Mr. MURPHY ably defended Barrington.
The prosecutor, M'Guire, admitted that he had been twelve
months in the borough gaol for theft.
Mrs. Highfield, the mother of the prisoner, Mrs. Barring-
ton, said she was in the kitchen when the prosecutor came
in. • She heard a man ask for a glass of ale, and knew from
his voice that he was drunk. Her daughter came to her and
told her to come and see the shameful manner in which he
was using the woman (Heron). She went into the room,
and saw her on the floor, and the prosecutor searching her in
a disgraceful way. The witness called the policeman Ken-
nedy. The prosecutor did not call a policeman at all. Her
daughter was married, and had four children. She had parted
with her husband, 'who was idle and dissipated, and she (wit-
ness) had to keep the family. Her daughter was not a com-
panion of, nor acquainted with Heron, who was an unfortu-
nate girl. Her daughter would scorn to take the man's
money. MlGuire never said to the witness that he was
robbed. There was no small room in the house.
Mr. Lewis, a publican, living next door, gave the prisoner
Barrington a good character for honesty.
31r. M'Call said he had known Mrs. Barrington for four-
teen years, and spoke highly of her as an honest and well-
conducted person
Mr. Hebblethwaite said he had known Mrs. Barrington for
the same period, and knew nothing but good of her during all
that time.
Mr. Bacheldor, of the Borough Gaol, also gave her a good
character.
The counsel for the prosecution addressed the jury at con-
siderable length against the prisoners.
The RECORDER summed up, and the jury returned a ver-
dict of not,guilty as regarded both prisoners.
The.prisoners were both discharged.

Tait CRUSCENT SenooLs.—New schools, in connection
with the congregational chapel, in Everton-crescent, were
opened on Monday, in Circus-street. They are capable of
affording the benefits of education to 800 children.