The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BURGLARY.—On Saturday, at the Police-office, two lads
named William Ilewson, and William Carrole, and two girls
named Mary Williams and Agness Car, were placed before
the magistrates, charged with having robbed the house of Mr.
Thomas Taylor, of Blackfield Terrace, Kirkdale, - Mrs: Tay-
lor deposed, that about nine o'clock on Thursday night last
she heard a noise upon the stairs, and on going into the lobby,
she saw a boy coming down the stairs with a quantity of
clothes in his arms. She seized hold of him, but be dropped
the clothes, and made his escape from the back door. She
gave an alarm, and her husband and the servant boy pursued
him. Another boy then ran out of the lobby and dropped a
hat which belonged to her husband. The clothes had been
taken from one of the bed rooms, and consisted of four dresses
and two silk handkerchiefs. There was also a silver fork.

Three of the dresses belonged to a young lady, Miss. Chubb,
and the other was her husband's. Miss Culibb deposed to
being on a• visit to Mrs. Taylor, and to three of the dresses
being her's. Mr. Taylor deposed that he pursued- the two
lads, and they were both taken into custody. Several wit-
nesses were examined, who deposed to seeing the female pri-
soners receive the silver fork from the two lads as they ran
past. All four prisoners were fully committed for dial. On
the application of Mr. Taylor, two of the dresses were allowed
to be taken out of the custody of the officers before the trial.
PAYING FOR A FREAK.—On Saturday, at the Police-office,a
stout country-looking woman named Williams, was placed
before the magistrates on a charge of throwing a man's hat
into the river. A man who had the appearance of an artizan
stated, that on Friday night he was coming over from Birken-
head, and the prisoner was on board the boat and very drunk.
When they were about half way across the river, the prisoner
came behind him, seized his bat, and threw it overboard
The hat cost him 12s. 6d., and lie had only worn it a fort-
night. He did not recovered it. Mr. Hall asked him if it was
worth 10s.; ite replied that it was, anti on the prisoner agree-
ing to pay the sum out of £l. Bs. found on her person, she
was discharged.
' ROBBERY BY A CLERK.—Yesterday, at the Police-office,
a young man named James Bryan, formerly in the employ-
ment of Messrs. Maxwell and Boyd, corn merchants, was
placed before the magistrates on a charge of collecting money
in theit name without their 'authority. Mr. Morley, baker
and flour dealer, London-road, stated that about twelve
o'clock, on Wednesday, the prisoner called on him and said
he was collecting money for R. and A. Maxwell, instead of
Jones, and asked him if he could give them £lO on account,
as he wanted it for change, and he (complainant) might set-
tle the account on Friday. He (complainant) had paid
Messrs. Maxwell £74 the day before, and owed them a ba-
lance of £l3. He suspected nothing wrong, and gave the
prisoner £lO in silver on account of Messrs. Maxwell, and
took a memorandum of receipt from him. Mr. Boyd, of the
firm of Maxwell and Co., said he had discharged the prisoner
on Monday from his service, and therefore he could have no
authority to collect for them. Mr. Whitty said, when he
took the prisoner into custody. he said he knew what he was
wanted for; it was about the 1;10; that he was " hard-up," and
got it to pay a debt with, but he would -have replaced it next
.day. Mr. -Boyd said the prisoner had unfortunately got
into bad company through a man named _Robinson, who
kept a gambling-house. Mr. Whigs,- said the prisoner ap-
peared to him to he very likely to fall into bad company ; he
did not appear to be altogether of sound mind. Mr: Boyd
said his uncle would take him away; he was respectably
cennected. Mr: Hall said, in all these cases, the better con-
nected a pdrty was, the greater ought to e the example
made of them. Mr. Boyd said the great root of the evil was
such houses as those that Robinson kept. The prisoner
had been robbed of £lOO of his money one night in that
house: The uncle, a respectable-looking man, said he had
paid the £lOO for him to his' employers. Mr. Hall said his
repeating such conduct clearly showed that the pr;soner was
completely vitiated. The uncle said he should like to have
an opportunity of laying an information against the house
where his nephew had been inveigled. Mr. Hail.—" Had
you not better begin with your nephew first? We are all
very anxious to punish others, and not ourselves." The
Uncle.—" I will do what I can for him. I will pay this
money for him; no one shall suffer. If he cannot see his
error ;After this, I must do no more for him." Mr. Boyd
said he had never found the young man in error till the last
two or three months, and he believed it was in consequence
of having lost the money he had which had led ,him to get
money improperly for the purpose of screening his mistakes.
Mr. Hall said there were some 'cases in which he thought a

magistrate might fairly exercise mercy. There were some
cases of that description in which every man would admit it
to be proper; but he did not• see any thing in this case to
induce him not to send .the prisoner far trial. It would be
establishing a most frightful principle if he were to say, be-
cause a man was well connected he was to be sent off, and
never to send a man to-trial unless he had-no friends. Per-
sons were brought before him every day without education,
without friends, and without money, who were tempted to
commit thefts, and these persons were committed. If such a
principle were acted on it would give general dissatisfaction,
and the poor would say there was one law for the rich, and'
another for them. The prisoner must be committed to take
his trial.
STEALING TWlNE.—Yesterday, at the police-office. two
men and a woman, named James Harrison' Richd. Lloyd,
and Sarah Hayes, were placed before the magistrates,
charged with having obtained a quantity of twine from Mr.
Hinde, twine-maker, under false pretences. Mr. Hinde
stated that on Friday the , prisoner Harrison came to him,
and obtained about £4 worth of twine, saying he had been
sent by Mr. Lowe, merchant, for it. Mr. Lowe stated that
he never saw the prisoner, and never sent for any twine to
the complainant. The twine was found a part in the hpuse
o: Lloyd, and the rest in the• possession of the prisoners
-Harrison and Hayes.—Lloyd was discharged. Hayes was
remanded for further inquiry, anal the prisoner Harrison was
committed to take his trial.
ROBBERY BY A SURVANT.—Yesterday, at the police-office,
two women; named Mary Farral and Martha Keo, the latter
a servant with a.latly named King, were placed before the
magistrates on a charge of stealing a variety of articles,
knives, forks, glasses, &c.; the property of Miss King. Po-
liceman 35 said that about eight o'clock on Sunday morning
he saw the prisoner Farral walking with a basket in her
hands, and asked her what she had got. He found it full of
knives and forks, spoons, glasses, plates, flour, bacon, &c 4
which she said she had got from a servant of Miss King's.
He accordingly took both the Woman and the servant into
Custody.—A young gentleman stated that the knives and
forks, glasses, &c. were the property of Miss King. They
had only ha the servant a fortnight, and had a very good
Character with her.—The prisoners were remanded for fur-
ther inquiry.
lidenEny AT ST. JOHN'S MARKET.—Yesterday, at the
Police-office, one of the,yOung thieves who infest •the town,
was.brought before the magistrates on a charge of robbing
a young lady of her bag. A young man named Robinson
stated, that on- Saturday morning he heard a'cry of "stop
thief" in St. John's Market, and saw the prisoner running
away ,and a lady after him. He seized him, and found he
had stropped a bag.at his feet ;. at the same time the prisOner
held up both his hands and said, " See, I've got nothing."
On the lady coming up she claimed the bag us hers. Miss
Singlehurst deposed that she lived at Woodside, and on Sa-
turday was paying for some vegetables in Gt. Charlotte-street,
when the prisoner ran up and seized her bag out of her hands,
containing £1 17s id, and ran into St: John's Market. She
immediately followed him' - and cried out, "stop thief," and
the last witness stopped the prisoner. Ile was committed to
take his trial.
SOCIETY FOE RECLAIMING _UNFORTUNATE FEMALES.—
Yesterday, at the Police-office, an old dealer in Lucifer
matches, named Patrick M'Dowling, Was charged before
the magistrates with.having severely injured a young girl.by
knocking her down with .a stick. It appeared from the evi-
dence of a respectable female, tn
who "does mangling," and
who keeps one of the houses of the Society for Reclaiming
Unfortunate Females, that the prisoner came to her house
on• Sunday morning early; and insisted upon being admitted,
making a loud knocking at her door, his object being to get
to see one of the girls, who had formerly "kept compauy"
with him, but who had left him and gone under the protection
of the society. As he would not go away she went down and
opened the door to ask him what he wanted, when he pushed
past her, "punching her in the bowels with a big stick," and
was proceeping up stairs to find the girl who had lived with
him, when one of the other girls ran out for a policeman.
He immediately ran' after her and felled her to the ground
with his stick, catting her head dreadfully. An officer came
up and found the girl bleeding very profusely front her head,
and took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Sorley, one of the
agents of the society, stated, that before he went to the house
of the complainant the prisoner had come to his house and
abuzpd him, telling him "it was very hard to roh_him of his
affections," meaning the girl who had lived with him, and he
was obliged to order him out of the house. He stated that
the girl who had lived with the prisoner Was in court. A
gond-looking girl, neatly dressed, who stated her name to be
Mary Mozley, here stood up, and said she had formerly
• lived' with the prisoner eighteen months, but that she wished
to leave him, and he had no business after her. • Mr. Hall
said the prisoner had committed a most outrageous assault,
and he must pay £5, including costs, or be committed for
two months. . .

EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—Last week one of the most daring
proofs of female heroism ever known was witnessed in Chester.
A female named Mary Bellis, in the employ of Messrs Walker,
ascended the Shot Tower, with two other girls, and no sooner
did they gain the top than she mounted one of the small chim-
neys, with which the tower is surrounded, and leaped all round
from one to the other. Those who beheld this extraordinary
proof of strong nerve were terrified beyond measure. We
understand that a•similar feat was performed by one.of the
men employed in the erection of Chester tower, on its com-
pletion, hut has never been attempted since, until this fair
Amazon completed the task. • • • • • •

Importo.
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AFRICA.

Jane, (234) C Calvert, from Africa, 555 casks palm oil, Ilamilton,
Jackson and co—B D
Boddingtons, (301) W Moss. from Africa, 50 casks in shakes, 60
bundles hoops returned, W A and G Maxwell.76l casks palm oil,
W Rotheram and co—P D
Heath, (236) J Holmes, from Africa, 468 casks palm oil, 1 ele-
phant tooth. 15 casks 3 cases returned goods, Hamilton, Jackson
and co-11 D . .

Lisbon Packet, (118) R Tyrrell, from Africa, 130 casks palm of
,8 elephants' teeth, Hamilton, Jackson and co—Q I)

(VEST INDIES.
Dorothea, (305) J Fairhurst, from Berbice, 359 hhds sugar, 14
casks molasses, 37 bales cotton, 72 salted hides, 2 hhds wine, 300
coker nuts, J Crosthwaite and co-20 hhds sugar, N Waterhouse
and Sons-57 casks molasses, J Gladstone and co-27 bales cotton,
It and J Bateson=9 packagss presents—W I)

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SOUTH AMERICA.
Morayshire, W Ii Lamotte, from Valparaiso, 7 sacks wool, for
Hawksley and co-3 do, A Gibbs and co-5 do, Aguirre, Salarte
and co-3 bales do, order-7520 quintals copper ore, 315 bars cop-
per, Todd, Naylor and co-301; hides, 31 bundles hemp, llawlisley
and co-10 casks 2 brls oil, Lizardi and co-2000 quintals Brazil
wood, 1 cask wine, 2 cases contents unknown, order—Cg D