The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, POLICE.

Sine RonaEtty.—Yesterday at the Police-office, two men
named John Murray and Robert Davison, were brought before
the Magistrates charged with having the night before broken
open the companion of the smack " John's," lying in Salt-
house Dock, and stealing therefrom a coat. Francis George,
dock policeman, deposed to seeing the prisoners go on board
the smack the night before without any thing with them. In
two or three minutes he saw Murray leave the vessel and look
about him ; he then went on board again and returned with a
blue coat over his arm when he stopped him. Ile said a young
man on board had given him the coat to take on shore. He then
left Murray in charge of another constable and went on board
the "John's." He found the companion broken open and
hearing a voice below he procured a light and went down where
he found the prisoner Davison. pretending to be asleep on the
hunker. He then took him into custody. On asking him if he
was one of the crew he replied, " You never mind, it will
be all right." He 'then conveyed both prisoners to the station,
and in about a quarter of an hoor Samuel M'Cullock came
and owned the jacket. M'Cullock deposed to being master of
the vessel "John's" lying in Salt-house Dock, and that he
threw the jacket in question on his bed the day before in the
cabin. He came on shore leaving a boy in care of the smack.
At about 5 o'clock he was sent for to the vessel and found the
companion had been broken open and his jacket gone. Ile
afterwards found it at the station. Neither of the prisoners be-
longed to his vessel. Mnrrayi in defence said, Davison gave
the jacket to him, and' Davison said he was in liquor at the
time. The depositions for their commitment were ordered
to be taken.
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ASSAULT.—EFFECTS OF JEALOUSY.—Yesterday at the Police-
office, a young woman named Mary Hughes, and a respectable
looking middle-aged woman named Mary Anderton, were
charged before the Magistrates by another 'female named Jane
Croft, for going to her house an breaking and destroying her
furniture. The complainant stated that she had a• charge to
make against Mrs. Hughes, for going to her house on Tuesday
morning last and saying there was a correspondence going on
between her (complainant's) daughter and her husband. The
night before she came to her house and brought two women
with her and asked if her husband had been there that day.—
She (complainant) replied that he had not, when she retorted
that she (complainant) was "a bad woman." One of the other
women then said " is the infernal faggot here ? bring her out."
The women then commenced striking her and her son and her
daughter, and throwing her mugs and pots about and spilled
all her flour. Mr Hall,—" Well young woman what do you say ?"
Margaret Hughes,—" Your honour that lady has harboured my
husband along with her daughter knowing him to be a married
man, for the last two months; and when I went to ask for him
to her house I was ill used: and last night when I went there
to ask for him, her son threw a jug of water over my cloak, and
was going to beat me with the tongs when this good woman
(the other prisoner) protected me. And they gave me this
black-eye. 'The other prisoner said there was a great scuffle
and the mugs got broke in the scuffle. One of the police gave
the prisoner a good character as a quiet and respectable woman.
Mr. Hall, (to the prisoner Hughes.) " Because you are jealous
of the daughter von ought not to create a disturbance in the
mother's house. 'The prisoner, (with great violence,) "So long
as I catehed them together in Dale-street I had a right to go
and tell her mother of it." Mr. hall, If your husband is a
good-for-nothing fellow and chooses to go elsewhere, you are
not to go and abuse them. I shall fine Anderton who had not
the same provocation as you, half-a-crown, and remand you to
the last to consider whether I shall require you to find bail to
keep the peace."
A TEETOTALLER'S A DVlCE.—Yesterdav, a dirty-looking fe-
male, was placed before the magistrates, charged by a demure-
looking personage, named Michal Sullivan, a member of the
teetotal society, with abusing him for a teetotaller, and creating
a disturbance in his house. The complainant who was possessed
in au eminent degree with that affected, and conceited man-
nerism which often distinguishes members of particularsocieties
from its ease of acquirement, and the fancied importance which
it gives them, and, as often, tends to attach a slighting, and dis-
respectful nick-name to the whole body to which they belong,
then proceeded .4 with measured step and slow" to deliver him-
self of his complaint. He said, " Your worship. This woman
(who is disgraced by standing in the dock) is ester to the latiy of
whom I rent my house" Mr. Hall.—" Well, what did she do to
you?" Complainant.—" A few days ago she came for the rent
as I was meditating over my fire. But I would not pay her the
rent till she was in a fit state to receive it, as she was in a shock-
ing state of inehre—ety." Mr. Hall. " Well, what did site do
to you ?" Complainant.—" Well, sir, listen. So i gave her
some good advice, and told her to go home, and get sober, and
come then to me, and I would pay her the rent." Mr. Hall.—
" Cannot you cut this long story short, and tell me what she
did ?" Complainant.—Well sir she came to my house calling
me a teetotal this, and teetotal that, and a teetotal' the other,
till I told her ie she would not go away, I would fetch the
• po—lice. And last night I was reading a teetotal temperance
. publication over my fire side, when this poor woman (who has
disgraced. herself by being placed at the bar) came in, and be-
gan abusing me in a similar manner, so I went out, and fetched
in one of the po—lice—men. I ant sorry for the poor woman,
htit she is over-persuaded by those who are not her friends, oc-
4-i'SkiitillY to get inebre_eted." Mr. Hall.—" Then you had