The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-15 00:00:00

POLICE LV7'ELLIGENCE.

ASSAULT ON THE Pocrce.—Yesterday, at the Police-office,
six men, named James Bryan, Thomas Williams, George
Scholefield, William ilesketh, John Hesketh,aud John Bryan,
were placed at the bar charged with having assaulted the
police stationed at the fire which took place on Saturday night,
in Wood-street North. Police-officer 4U stated that between •
Live and six o'clock on Sunday morning the police were playing
on the fire; he was at No. 4 branch, with the pipe in his hand
when the branch was struck by a brick thrown by .William
Hesketh, and almost broken. He was on the roof when throw
ing the brick. He and other officers then ran round to the
back in order to take Bryan into custody, *hen Williams said
they should not go up the yard, and they were obliged to force
their way through by breaking the door open. When they
got into the yard, John Bryan swore the first man that attempt-
ed to force his way up there he would knock his brains out.
Mr. Whitty said it was Lean and Bell's yard, which was ad-
joining the fire, and the men had been ordered by Mr. Bell to
remain ou the premises for fear of any danger to them from the
fire. Mr. Maxwell. who had the command of the police,
stated that he saw John Bryan throwing bricks at the officers,
and he told him that if he did not desist be should betaken into
custody ; he said be would not, and told him to send the police
up and see how they would receive them. Mr. Hall said it was
most improper conduct. There were men endeavouring to ex-
tinguish a fire and they assaulted them with bricks. After
severely reprimanding Scholefield, John Ilesketh, and John
Williams, who had only used threats, but not actual violence,
he discharged them; the restof the prisoners were put back till
the arrival of a second magistrate, to be tried for the assaulL
On a representation from Mr. Whitty, that the prisoners had
previously conducted themselves very well at the fire, and, it
being surmised that the police had brought the assault on them-
selves by playing upon the men, by way of a "sky-lark," early
on Sunday morning, they were discharged.
II ouazity.—Yesterday, at the Police-office; 'a boy named
William Oakeley was pleeed before the magtstrates, charged
with having stolen a pair of boots, a pair of trowsers, and a sur-
tout coat, the property of a young man named Simpson, an
apprentice to Mr. Butler, druggist, of Castle-street. Mr:
Simpson stated that he resided in Mr. Butler's house; in Castle-
street, and the prisoner had been et rand-boy about three weeks.
He (complainant) kept his surtout coat upon tt nail in the
lobby, and a pair of trowsers in the office behind the shop, and
his boots in a cupboard there. He saw the articles a few days
ago. The prisoner was at the shop at nine o'clock on Friday
night. He missed his trowsers on Saturday morning, .and
asked the prisoner if he had seen any thing of them—they were
gone. On Sunday morning he missed bis surtout coat, and
sent information to the Police-office. Soon after, constable
Flockart brought him the coat which he bad missed and a pair
of boots, which he had not missed. He and Plockhart then
went in search of the prisoner and found him' at Aintree, and
saw his trowsers upon the prisoner's person, which he claimed.
Flockhart deposed that he was informed of the robbery on
Sunday, and went to the cellar of the prisoner's mother, in
Eibow-lane; he searched the cellar and found the coat and
boots, which Mr. Simpson claimed. They alterwards went to-
gether to Aintree, where he took tie prisoner, as described.
The prisoner said he took the things because he thought they
would not he wanted; he chose' the oldest pair of hoots, the.
oldest surtout, and the oldest,pair of trowsers, and got them Kg 7
naire:l, and paid for them. He •ras committed to taketii