The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-17 00:00:00

POLICE- INTELLIGENCE

STEALING COPPFIL—On Thursday, at the Police-office, three
lads, pameerhotti,s C.,:derbattk. Thotnas I.;,•ttwit, and Tlrotnas
Parry, were plac,l i,et.ore tire Nlagistrates, barged with steai-
ing'a quantity :of eopper front St. James's Market. It appear-
ed that they hurl got access to the 'market on Wednesday night„,
by getting into the yard of an etoply house adjoining, and had
ransacked all the stalk in the market for t•he motley to be found
in the different tills, and had thus obtained about .f.:3 in copper.
A numberof the stall-keepers spoke to having their tills broken
open. and copper money to yarion4 amounts being missing.
The thieves were detected on Thar-day morning making their
escape with their booty from the empty house. Calderbank and
Brown were committed to take their trials; Parry was remand-
ed fur further inquiry. .
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SMUGGLING.—On ThtitSday, at the Police-office, Daniel
O'Flaherty, a watettimseman in the employ'ot Messrs. A. Brown
and Co., was placed before the Magistrates on a charg\r-ofhav-
ing attempted to smuggle a quantity- of British spirits by the:
Isabella Napier, trading between this port and Londonderry.
It appeared, that the defendant had consigned to him a crate of
eggs and six firkins Eipparently'of butter; that he called at the
vessel as she was unloading, saying, he expected these goods,
and paid t he freight 108.9 d. ; that afterwards, one of the custom-
house officers, ou examining the cargo, thought there was some-
thing suspiciqus about one of the firkins, and timed it with his
spear, when out started whisky. A general examination of the
cargo took place, and three other firkins were found to contain-
whisky in a similar manner. Of the six firkins addressed to
the defendant, four contained whisky, the other two butter. In
each of the four firkins was placed a small keg containing whisky,
packed round with soft earth. The four kegs contained eighteen
gallons of whisky, 14 per cent. overproof, equal to twenty-two
gallons of proof spirits. Mr. Hall thought this a had case. The
Magistrates should not convict the defendant its the lowest mit"-
ga.tion of the penalty, but convict hint in the mitigated penalty
of £5O.

PoCKET PICKING.—On Saturday at the Police-office, three
lads, named Doherty, Shaw, and Watson, were placed at the
bar charged with ha.-ving the night before attempted to pick the
pocket of a gentle Man in the street. A female stated that she
had observed them following the gentleman for a length of time,
when he, nearly opposite to where she was.standiug. crossed
over the street, and then she heard the prisoner Watson say to
Shaw, "G— d— you, you did not pull it out," to which Shaw
replied in similar phraseology, " you are a I—r, I did pull it
out." They then all went down Clare-street, which is a very
dark street, apparently to conceal themselves, and she informed
a policeman of what she had seen and heard. Policeman 331
stated that he was informed by the last Witness of the above
circumstances and went down Clare•street, where he appre-
hended the three standing at a back door. The prisoners all
stonily asserted that they were "doing nothing," and amidst
chiming asseverations of " very hard sir," " standing at the cor-
[of the street 'sir," `• never see me here again sir," &c. &c. Thev
were each committed for three.months to Kirkdale.

JUVENII.III THIEF.—On Saturday at the police-office, a lad
about 12 years of age, named Win. Corlass, was placed before
the ma,cistrates on a charge of robbing the till of ,Mrs. Lucas's

shop in Bold-street. A young female froM the shop stated that
they had repeatedly missed copper from the till and suspected
this lad, whom they had taken as an errand boy three weeks be-
fore, of having taken it They accordingly, on Thursday,
marked- a quantity of copper in the till, and soon after it was
all gone. They called in a policeman and had the lad searched,
and the copper was found upon hon. They had received a very
good character-with the lad. Mr. Hall—" Well, what haveVou
to say?" Boy—" Please sir, I took the money sir." NJ-, Hall
—" How came you to do that ?" Boy—" Please sir, there was
a boy at the-door and he told me tolake it." Mr. Hall —" How
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old are you ?" • Boy—" Please sir, 12." Mr. Eltill—" You must
he a very bad boy!" Boy—" No sir, please sir. I never was
here before." It was stated that his. father was a journeyman
cabinet-maker; Mr. Hall remanded bins untill Monday till he
bad seen the father.

MATRIMONIAL FIkiLICITY.—OR Saturday at the police-office,
an extraordinary looking individual. named Hadfield, was placed
at the bar, under a warrant, charged by his wife, who was almost
as singular looking a woman, with ill-using her. The prisoner
was tall and thin almost to emaciation, yet there was nothing
about him to betoken positive distressor want, but aconsiderable
air of self importance. Had he had an inverted basin on his
head he would have been a living representation of the prints of
Don Quixote, the valiant Knight of Salamanca. His wife, a
Woman .of middle age, who resembled hint exceedingly in ap-
pearance, commenced her charge thus :—" Gentlemen, 1 want
a clearance of this mad; I can't live with him. He is a mur-
derer. Mr. Hall—What did he do to you ou the 7th of April ?
Complainant—He struck toe and threatened Inv life at different
times. Mr. Hall—What did he say-oil Saturday? Complain-
ant—lie th'reatened to murder. - Mr. 0411—W hat did he say ?

Complainant—lie said he would have my life before morning.
He asked toe for I,ls. and I told hint I could not give him it;

had given hint 3d. in the morning, (a laugh) and I have only
beets married to him nine weeks last-Tuesday. He said he
would have my pricket and my puddings along with it if I would
nut give any money, and then struck me. Mr. Hall—Has he
behaved kindly to you before? Complainara— No sir; never
since I have been married to him. Mr. Hall—Was he drunk ?
Complainant—He was middling; but he's threatened me in
.4nbriefy. Prisoner—She is welcome to enjoy my half; and
gentlemen, I have neither hurt her, nor will hurt her. Mr:
Hall—Where do you get the Ils. a' week ? Complainant—l
draw it sir; he does not earn it, it is allowed him for certain
property. Prisoner—lt is allowed me by the property of my
family, and such times as I have drawn it, she has had half of
it. Pin very sorry indeed that she should attempt to hurt her
husband in this manner. Mr. Hall—lt is very wrong to keep
her its a perpetual state of alarm by threatening her in this
manner. You must find bail to keep the peace. On this an-
nouncement the antiquated couple glanced ou each other an
extraordinary look of anything but love.
lasso ELoQuENcx.—Yesterday, at the Police-oflice, a genu-
ine sample of an Irishman, fresh as imported, and a fine speci-
men of the wordy, blarney, unprincipled race, was placed before
the magistrats on a charge at having stolen a roll of tobacco
twist from a tobacconist's shop in Parliament-street. Police-
luau No. 272 stated, that on Saturday night, about 11 o'clock,
he heard a cry of "Stop thief!" and saw the prisoner running
and drop a roll of tobacco-twist. Ile took him into custody.
A lad named Joshua Walinsley, stated that his master's shop
was in No. 3, Parliament-street, and he saw the prisoner come
in and deliberately take the roll of tobacco off the counter and
run away. He ran out after him, cryin,g "Stop thief!" and he
was taken into custody. Mr: If all:' Well, what have you to
say ?--Yrisuner : GinClemen, place yer harmer, shur,..l was
alther bain' wurkin' till nine o'clock in Prince's Dock, an' I
was wantin' to take out a shirt ov mine i' the pawn, savin' yer
presince, an' dhe woman ov dhe house weut up to dhe top ov
Mersey-street, an' 1 wanted a few shur, to take out a
shirt, savin' your presince; an' I was comin' dtren New Bird-
street, shur, an' dhe night was rainin' a little, an' I was in a
little burly, an' there was two men a comics' up, an' I did not
know whot dhey was shoutin', Obey were a tar distant way
shur, an' dhey shouted, " stop, stop!" an nobodyits dhe
sthreet bud me dhe same time, an' the gintleman (policeman)
tuk a holt ov me. And giutletnen, you may inquire into id, if
id is a likely thin' I should take a tobacco roll-1 could take use
oat, shur, l never knowed at or now about id. Mr. Hall: Is be
known ?—M r. Pat kinson : He has been co
intn.ttes.. Mr.
Hall: Two months in Kirkdale.—Prisoner : Well, shur, if yer
banner; shur, would remit me for two or three days, jilt to get
my day's wages, I will come back again and stop dhe term.
The prisoner's eloquence was unavailing. He was thrust be-
low in the midst of his speech. •

POCKET Picisitsu.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a lad
about 12 years of age, named Fitzsimon, was placed at the bar,
charged by a gentleman with having attempted to pick his
pocket, the night before in King-street. The geotleinanstated,
that as he was passing along King-street the night before, he
felt a pull at his coat lap, and caught the prisoner attempting
to pick his pocket. He iwmcdialy seized hold of him, when he
cried out, " Will you see this fellow ill use me ?" and several
persons gathered round and struck him (complainant.) Mr.
Hall : Well, what have you to say ?—nisoner: I have no
other ways and means of keeping myself, Complainant: He
gut between my legs and caught hold of me by the thigh with
his teeth, and bit the piece out and tore my trousers. Mr.
Parkiusoa said the prisoner had only been out of custody two
days. He was committed for three tintlis to the Borough
House of Correction.
DOSING FOR SOVEREIGNS.—Yesterday,I at the Police-office,
an Irishman, named James M'Giff, with " thief " indelibly
stamped on every feature, an intending emigrant to the United
States of America. was charged by another emigrant, 'mined
James Crouch, with having, robbed hint of four sovereign's.
The complainant, an English country lad, staled that he was
about emigrating to America, and became acquainted with the
prisoner aboard the vessel, which is to sail this day. The pri-
soner went with him to his berth, where he (complainant) took
out his money (4 sovs.) from his box, as he thought it would not
be quite sale, and put them in his pocket. The prisoner ad-
vised him to conceal them in the lining of his coat, and said he
would put them there for him. He apparently did so, and
when he (Ihe complainant) telt at them he thought there was
only one. So he opened his coat lining innuediatelY
and found
unit a shiiling. He immediately called an officer and gave the
prisoner into custody. Officer 37 said that he took the prisoner
but found no money about him. His ihipressian was that the
prisoner had swallowed it, as he was apparently throwing up
and could not speak when he spoke to him. A ticket for his
passage was found upon him. Prisoner.—l came aboato yes-
terday; 1 could take my oat' I bed nattier part of his motley nor
know what came of id. Mr. hall.—'There is no doubt you
swallowed it. (To Mr. Parkinson.) 1 think if he was placed
in the hands of a doctor? ( Laughter.) Mr. Parkinson. —I
will take care of him and have him dosed. Mr. Hall.—Very
well; dose him. (Continued laughter.) To complainant.
Come here to-morrow morning. (Roars of laughter:)
BANK NOTES FouNo.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a
female, named Nancy Roberts, was placed before the magis-
trates charged with having changed three L 10 Bank of England
notes, which were lost on Saturday afternoon by a young man
named Rogeis, an apprentice to Mr. Williams, draper, of St.
James's-street. It appeared that the apprentice had been sent
to receive a payment of £34, and received three £l.O notes and
four sovereigns, which he kept in his hand on his way to his
master's. When he got to his master's the notes were missing,
but the sovereigns remained in his hand. A reward of £5 was
-offered for the recovery of the notes. Since then, two of the
notes had been changed and traced to the prisoner. She was
remanded for further inquiry. Most probably she had found
them.

HOUSE STRlPPlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a man
named Thomas Manley, who keeps a shop for the sale of goods
in Sparling-street, was charged before the magistrates with
having stripped a house of a quantity of furniture. It ap-
pears that a Captain Day, who lives in Hill-street, had gone to
sea, and his wife had gone amongst her friends and had
locked the house up. About a fortnight ago, Constable
Chalmers got some information which led him to suppose that
the house had been got into and some of the furniture conveyed
away. He made enquiries and found the carter who had con-
veyed away the furniture, and from him learnt that it was
carried to the prisoner's house. 'the prisoner :iad told the
carter that it was his father's house, and therefore he had no
suspicion that all was not correct, or that he was robbing the
house. This, however, was not the case. A number of articles
of furniture were found at the prisoner's house, and identified
by a girl who had lived -servant with Captain Day, The pri-
soner was remanded for further information.
GENERAL EVANS AND HIS LEGlON.—Yesterday,
,at the
Police•office, four miserable looking, half starved,. and sun
burnt men, two of them dressed in tattered regimental coats,
named Benjamin Curs, William Clarice, Andrew Goodwin, and
John Wilson, were placed at the bar, charged with wandering
about the streets on Saturday night, and havim, no where
,to go.
They stated, that they were front Spain,.and were landed at the
Cove of Cork, without a halfpenny in the world, and no place to
''go to. One of them belonged to. Davenport. in Devonshire,
two to London, and another to Manchester. They had walked
to Dublin, and there had a passage given to them, by the
Stranger's Friend Society to Liverpool. Mr. Hall said, thee
had no business to come to Liverpool, they ought to have gone
to Bristol. They replied, that was the only chance they had of
getting to England at all. They were discharged.
" WANT A LITTLE Jon.”—Yesterday, at the Police-office,
an old man naMed well known in the town, who
goes about with ru.scissor grinding apparatus, grinding scissors.
Was placed before the magistrates, charged with being drunk

and disord,rlY. In'Spei:to.r i<lorle st.iul. tfiii€ oz.') Saturday'
afternoon,' as he w.is ru be 1. ;II Londou7road. he
heard a terrible noise and liaiyitn:: to the Alert. and got up to
see what was the- matter. and satv the prisoner coming up the
street hallooing.-authnaking a ()rewire; noise. He lold hint to.
beapiet, when he stopped, and begati,to abuse him. and Pe was
obliged, in order to. get him away,,to dress hiwselt, and..take'
him to Bridewell. The prisoner kept a puolic;-hoto.ie, but during•
the day time went about the streets crying" Kokes to grind!"
Mr. Hall.—Well, what have you to say ? Prtsouer.—Hear me
out, and I'll tell you all about it., I was cumin' -through the
street will my bat row, an' where Igo every Saturday, and was
hawlite my titles, " Little Job,"Litt le Job,' " Little Job,"
when he came-out and tok toe; and I'm well known, in the
-town, and river iosulted any body, and dtrat•inan told you a big
lie. 7 I was brought here about eight years ago fur the same
crime, an' I toil 'em it was tin use their bringing me to the
magistrates, for they could do nothite to me, I wiS licenced.
(A laugh.) Mr Hall.—Was he merely shouting his scissors to
grind ? Inspector Morley. —Oh, no; he'was shouting "Halloo !'•
singing Jim Crow, and making all sorts of noises. PriSoner.—
I cried out, " a little lob." " a little work," ali as. I said was
" I caift make 'eta li&tr:" Mr. Hall.— I see by viler manner
you have gut it into yotir heat you cannot be fined, and duless
you are, you will go on in the swine way. YOu must pay
half-a-crown for being drunk, or be commuted foi- one day.
Prisoner.—" Sir, if you please sir." Officer,--" Go down."
The prisoner, turning up his eyes; ejaculated with a tune of
astonishment, as be was tieing put don " calf-a-erown, or be
committed one day !" (Laughter.;
STREET BEGGlNG.—Yesterdayowo women, ruiner.)-Lamband
Ann Owen, were charged before Mr. Hall, With begging in the
streets. • Mr. William- Earle stated, that, as lie was, on Sunday,
passing along Hope-street, the two prisoners came to bum to
beg, and represented theinselYes as in great distress. Ile told
them he never gave anything_ in the street,-and gut their ad-
dress,.and gave a police-officer soon► after instructions to watch
them, as they smelt strong of spit its. He afterwards found, that
the same women had been begging 'shortly oefore at his house.
The policethan stated, that he traced the w7isioen to the, 'Roscoe
Head public-house, where one of them bad a Oast: ofia-unt tint)
the Othet' a glass of gin and peppermint. The prisoner Owen
said, Lamb came to her and said site was very oad, end asked bet
to go with net to the public-house, where she gave tier " three-ha'-
p'orth" of ruin, and had "three-ha'p'orth" of oin herself. They
got their living with selling little things. They were each or-
dered to pay ss. for being, drunk, or be commuted to the Bo-
rough HOnse of Correction fur three days.— [We have frequent-•
ly ourselves semi and been pestered by the same women beg-
ging ur the.street. It is mistaken charity to relieve such persons
in the streets; for in 9 cases out of 10 they are worthless impos-
tors. It is nut with the street beggar that real distress is to be
fouud.]

ATTESIPI' TO COMMIT A RAPE.—Yesterday, at the Police-
oflice, a middle-aged man. mimed Lennon, who is quite blind,
was charged with having attempted to commit a rape on a child
about Id years of age. The particulaia ale unlit tor pub-
lication. It appeals that the child had recently come out
of the Catholic orphan school, and lived with her aunt, to..
whom the prisoner was paying his addresses. On Thursday
week la called at the house of the aunt, who was not at home,
and sat down, the niece being in the house knitting. After a
time he proceeded to take toe liberties with the girl which form-
ed the subject of the present charge. The girl told tier compa-
nion the day after, alit) on the Monday told her aunt. The
reas,u why.the ease had not sootier been brought More the.
Magisttates was, that Mr. Gibson, the Catholic priest, had tried
to hush up the matter, all the paTtles being Roman •Catholics.
Mr. Hall said, he and Mr. Cropper were:of.opinion, that the
offence was pi civet], and the prisoner must pay a penalty of £5,
including costs, or be committed for two months to gaol; and,
further, find hail to keep the peace towaids the complainant,
himself in £BO, and two sureties of £lO, and to give '2l hours'
notice of bail.