The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-06 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

THEFT BY A SERVANT OF A £lO NOTE.—Harriet
Jones, a servant in the house of Mr. Harrison, of
Berkeley-street, was committed on a charge of having
stolen, on Friday, from her mistress's desk, a £lO note.
She left the house afterwards, but was discovered by
Serjeant Storey, who told her, that if she did not deliver
up the money, he would search the premises ; she then
gave up £9 7s. At the conclusion of the case, Mr.
Rushton called up Serjeant Storey, and thus reprimanded
him,—" You have altogether excluded your evidence in
this case by holding out a sort of threat to the prisoner.
Your evidence is of no use whatever. You had no busi-
ness to say to her, ' If you don't tell me, I will search the
house.' What you have to do is simply to search, and
produce what you find. You have no business to hold
out threats, or to make any statements calculated to
intimidate a prisoner, or to draw anything from a prisoner
by means of such intimidation. You are a very good
officer ; but in this case you have not acted properly.
You must not allow this to occur again."

COMMITMENTS FOR TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT.—
Patrick Carroll and James Holden, for stealing lead from
a building in Bisphan-street—two months. William
Lancaster, for attempting to steal some pigeons in Laurel
street, from John Williams—two months. William
Brighton, for illegally pledging a watch belonging to
Alexander Miller, a seaman, was fined 155., the amount
received, and £5, and in default, to be imprisoned for
two months. Mary A. Cummins, for stealing, on Satur-
day, a piece of beef, frem a stand in Brownlow-hill—two
months.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—A boy, apparently not
more than ten or eleven years old, named John Bates,
was charged with having collected several small sums, (in
all amounting to 155.) due to a Mr. Henry Dobson, and
for which he had not accounted. One of the items only,
amounting to 9d., was gone into, when Mr. Rushton said
that it was highly improper to send a child like the
prisoner to collect money, as the temptation was great.
Some explanation was offered on this point by the com-
plainant, and the prisoner was remanded.
A DEAR PANE OF GLASS.—A notion has got abroad
that for breaking a pane of glass, the offender cannot be
fined more than ss. This is a mistake. Mr. Rushton,
yesterday, fined a female 30s. and costs, or 21 days, for
breaking a large pane at a public house, on being refused
drink, she being then intoxicated.
THE CASE OF HOUSE ROBBERY.—Yesterday, the five
men were committed for trial on the charge of breaking
into a house at Windsor. Another charge was brought
against the prisoners of stealing shirt fronts from the
house of Mr. Hughes, in Parliament-street.

M. J. L. Nowell, of this town, was admitted a member
of the Royal College of Surgeons on Friday.
RoscoE CLUB.—We observe that the annual dinner of
the Roscoe Club, which was postponed as a tribute of
respect for Mr. Brown, our much esteemed county mem-
ber, has been fixed to take place on Thursday, the 22nd
inst. We understand that on this occasion the Earl of
Sefton intends honouring the club with his presence.
MR. H. G. HARBORD.—We are very glad to find
that this gentleman, who was extremely ill during the
whole of last week, was last night rather better, but is
still considered not out of danger. On several occasions,
last week, his family were in mournful anticipation of his
speedy demise, but we trust that their fears will not now
be realized.
TIIE LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—Another
influential meeting of merchants and others was held yes-
terday, when a deputation was appointed to wait upon the
Mayor, with the requisition, (which has been signed by
upwards of 240 leading firms,) to call a town's meeting.
The gentlemen assembled yesterday seemed to take a
warm interest in the matter, and we think that there is
nr,no doubt that the proposed association will be formed
with great eclat, and will be productive of much advantage
to the commercial commoity and to the town at larges