The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-25 00:00:00

POLICE INfELLIGENCE.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—A boy between sixteen and seventeen
years of age was on Thursday brought up before Mr. Hall,
charged with having embezzled a large sum of money from
his employer, Mr. Whitehouse, agent for the West of Eng-
land hire and Life Assurance Company; but, in consequence
of an insufficiency of evidence, he was remanded until the
following day. On Friday, he was again placed at the bar,
and Mr. Bourne attended to prove that he had paid to the
clerk of Mr. Whitehouse, on Wednesday, his insurance ac-
count, which became due on the 19th, and amounted to
£36. 15s. As he was rather busy at the time, he had not
taken sufficient notice to be able to say positively whether or
nut the prisoner was the person who had called. Two of Mr.
Bourne's clerks also attended, but neither of them was able
to identify the prisoner, and it was in consequence deter-
mined to rest the prosecution upon another case, in which, it
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but, in order to make it perfect, the date of payment (which
of course had been omitted) was inserted by the boy. Mr.
Whitehouse stated that the prisoner had been in his office for
some time, and occasionally had been in the habit of collect-
ing money, and immediately handing it over to him. In the
present instance, be had acted without any orders, and had
not handed over the money which he had collected. Mr.
W.'s suspicion was excited by the boy absenting himself from
the office, and on enquiry at his parents' residence, it was
ascertained that he had trot been at home during the Wed-
nesday night. A search was forthwith instituted, and the
lad was found at the railway station on Thursday morning;
he having taken a place for Manchester. There was found
upon him £9312s 6d, being the whole of the money which he
had embezzled, with the exception of £2, which he had spent
during the night. The prisoner was put back to his trial.—
During this investigation, an incidental conversation took
place respecting the date at which policies become due. Mr.
Whitehouse stated that Mr. Kaye's and Mr. Bourne's be-
came due on the 19th ; but, although a note iutimating that'
fact had been forwarded to each of the parties, the accounts
had not been sent, as they, in common with other insurance
offices, were in the habit of allowing fifteen days for the re-
newal. Mr. Hall said that persons might be in the habit of
taking the fifteen days' grace; bu', for his own part, he shoald
be sorry to do so, as in the case ofaccident, the objection might
be taken that the policy was void. Perhaps no respectable
office would raise the objection; but he thought that they
could do so if they liked, as the policy distinctly bound the
insurer to renew on the date of the policy. Mr. Crewe stated
that he had known the objection to be taken. Si r. Bourne
thanked the magistrate for his caution; and stated that, in
common with the majority of insurers, he had occasionally
taken advantage of the fifteen days, thinking that he would
be perfectly and legally sale; but he should henceforth take
care to renew on the date of the policy's expiry.
ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—Two persons, master and man,
were placed before Mr. Hall, on Saturday, charged with
having been concerned in the illegal manufacture of spirituous
liquor. Mr. Rowland, Supervisor of excise, stated, that, in
consequence of information which ,he had received, he went
to the premises, occupied by the prisoners, in Brownlow-
street. There, in the lower part of the house, built up with
bricks, so as to render discovery next to impossible, he found
three stills, an extensive assortment of utensils proper for dis-
tillation, 10 gallons of spirits of wine, 800 gallons of wash,
and 10 gallons of low wines, so warm that they could not
have been more than two hours from the steel. The apparatus
was so extensive that it waacapable of manufacturing spirits
to the amount of £BOO per week. One of the stills was so well
concealed that he did not find it till after a very close search.
One of the prisoners told him, that he was a servant on the
premises, and received 18s. per week. The other said, he was
the manager °Elbe concern; he lived in the cottage rent-free,
and had been four years in the employ of the principals, who
lived in Ireland.. The gentleman who hired him he had met,
some time ago, in Ireland. He did not know him, but he
entered into the agreement with him. The prisoner afterwards
mentioned the name of the person to whom he alluded. Mr.
Rowlands added. that, upon learning this, he returned to the
house, and searched it. lie found certain papers which had
given him some valuable information relative to the affair.
Mr. Hall recommended, that the contents of these papers
should be kept secret for the present. The prisoners were
each fined £3O; in default of payment, they were to be im-
prisoned for three months. The prisoners said, the money
would be forthcoming in half an hour. In less than twenty
minutes, the sum of £6O was paid to Mr. Parkinson.
IRISH OUTRAGE.--Yesterday, at the Police-office, a person
named Heains, appeared to complaint against two Irishmen,
named Thomas Burns and William Smith, two of a party of
five men who had violently assaulted him on Sunday morn-
ing, between seven and eight o'clock the prisoners and other
three men came into my house. Mr. hall.—Do you keep a
public-house ? Complainant.—No, a private house ; I heard
a skrike down stairs, and before I could get out of bed, the
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my hand almost to pieces. The rest of the gang then com-
menced throwing stones into the house. Mr. Hall.—What
is the reason of all this? Complainant.—That is what 1
want to know. A respectable female here stepped forward
and stated, that the two prisoners knocked at her door at four
o'clock on Sunday morning, and she got up, and opened it to
see what was the matter. They then forced their way in, and
asked her for a shilling. She asked them to go out, and told
them she was but a poor woman; but they swore at her, and
demanded tobacco, and sat in the house smoking till after six
o'clock, when Burns tore her pocket off; and began beating
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they had gone .to Mr. Heains. Bums in defence said, he
knew nobody in the town, but he had got a little drink, and
was kicked out of a public-house. When asked why he went
into the woman's house as he had done, he flatly denied it.
Mr. Hall said he never heard of any thing more audacious
in his life than their conduct had been. Tffey must each pay
£5., including costs, and in default of payment, be committed
for two months to the Borough Jail, and further, find bail to
keep the peace, themselves in £30., and two sureties in £l5.
This, or a sound hiding, is the only way to serve these Irish-
men out. if they happen to get a title drink, which they will
have, nothing satisfies them but kicking up a row, and as-
saulting every person they may meet with some murderous
weapon or other.
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