The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-22 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

AN A*KIVAIID PREDICAMENT.---011 F-taturday, at the Police,
otTice, a female named Jane Hart, the keeper of a house of ill
fame, was brought before the magist'rates under an assault
warrant, charged with violently as.,atilting and tearing the hair
of another female, named Jane Williams. Mrs. Williams
stated, that on the Wednesday before, she met the prisoner as
she was going home to her good man, with 3lbs. of potatoes,
.when she (the prisoner) came up to her, got hold of her by the
breast, and struck her very violently. She then got hold of
her hair, and tore large handsfulls off, (which complainant pro-
duced as proof pos. to the court) " in a very unproper manner,"
and " called her names not fit to be mentioned.' A fruit girl
came forward, and corroborated this statement as to the assault
by the prisoner. The prisoner, who was encie'ste, and appeared
very near her confinement, admitted the assault, but said that she
had first been struck in the mouth with a door key, by the com-
plainant. Complainant.—" Oh, she's of a desperate set." Mr.
Hall. "We think you ought to be punished ; are you
near your time ?" Prisoner, " Yes, sir, very near." Mr.
Hall.—" Have you any money to pay a fine ?" Prisoner.H
No sir." Mr. Hall.—" Well, your confinement won't be for
some days yet ?" Prisoner.—" I don't know, sir." Mr. Hall.
Well, Batcheldor won't much like his birth. He can give you
plenty of clean straw. You are so violent we cannot let you
go without punishment. We should have inflicted a much
heavier punishment on you, but in consideration of your con-
dition we shall not. You must pay ss. and costs, or be impri-
soned for seven days. A female in court paid the fine for the pri-
soner, butcould not keep her tongue still ag,ainst the complainant,
who appealed to the magistrates, and said she was afraid of her.
She was, in consequence, placed in the dock in the place of her
friend, and remanded till Monday, whilst her freind walked out.

OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—On Tues-
day, at the Police Office, two men, named Richard Lloyd and
Peter Williams, were placed before the magistrates, charged
with having obtained a quantity of bacon and some hams from
Mr. Devine, bacon and flour dealer. Mr. Devine stated that
he had been in the habit of supplying Mr. George Hartley, ba-
ker, of Seacombe, with flour and bacon on his written order,
and the prisoner Lloyd had been in Mr. Hartley's employment,
and had frequently come.to his shop for flour, &c. Ou Monday
he came to his shop, and said Mr. Hartley wanted two hams,
and a piece of bacon, but that he had not got an order for them,
as his master was in a hurry. He brought the other prisoner
(Williams) with him to help him to carry the bacon. He let
them have what was asked for, altogether worth £3 18s. Im-
mediately afterwards he suspected that all was not right, and
went after the prisoners, and caused them to be detained till he
ascertained whether Mr. Hartley had sent them. Mr. Hartley
sent hiin word that he had Lloyd discharged on the Saturday.
He then gave both into custody. Mrs. Margaret Williams said
that the prisoners came into her public-house, and had some
ale; they had some bacon and hams, and offered to sell them to
her, but she refused to have anything to do with them. Mr.
Hartley laid that he had discharged the prisoner Lloyd on Sa-
turday, arTttc, to his bad conduct. The magistrates discharged
Williams, and ordered the informations for the commitment of
Lloyd to be taken.

A TRUSTY SERVANT.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office,
two girls named Mary Jones and Eliza Davis, were placed be-
fore the magistrates, Charged with having robbed the house of
Miss Holland, in Clarence-street, of 14 sovereigns and some
trinkets. Miss Holland stated that she left her house on Mon-
day afternoon for the purpose of going from home to remain
until Wednesday, and left the house in charge of her servant
until her return. Next day, however, she was sent for home on
account of the house having been robbed. She found that 14
sovereigns had been taken by some person from a drawer in her
bed-room, and, also a ring, some coral, and a brooch. The
servant, who appeared quite a girl, said that on her mistress
going from home she invited Eliza Davis to come and take tea
with her, and showed her over the house. She kept asking her
a great number of questions, till she (the servant) thought ,she
was very routine, and would not reply to them. They then
went down stairs and got tea, and afterwards agreed to go
to the theatre. Before going Davis kept telling her to mind
and look all round' for fear any person should get into the
house. She (Davis) then got some matches and placed them
on a chair, and said they would be ready when they came in.
When they got into the theatre, Davis told her that she wanted
to go and see Mason, such a handsome hackney-coachman that
stood in the square, and she was to keep her seat for her till she
came back. She then went out and stopped an hour before she
returned; this was about nine o'clock. She then remained till
they left the theatre together at eleven o'clock. She had given
the key to Davis to carry as she had no pocket on and Davis
had. On getting, near home Davis told her to take the key as
her pocket string was broken. She then went and opened the
door. On going into the house and finding that it had been en-
tered she became quite frightened, and wanted to call the
police, but Davis said " Oh no don't, you will be taken up."
They then went up into the mistress's room, and Davis said,
" See here is a drawer out," stooping down, and " here is the
matches," whilst it was quite dark and she herself could see no-
thing. They both slept in the house that night, and in the morning
Davis said to her " Don't you tell you have been at the play,
and I will get your little sister to say the house was robbed
while she was in it." Lloyd, the constable, said he had taken
Jones up on suspicion having found her in company of Davis.
None of the money had been found. But the coral had been
found in the possession of Davis. Davis, in defence, corro-
borated the statement of the servant girl as to the tea-drinking
and going, to the play, but said that afterwards the servant went
along with herself to a disorderly house with some sailors. A
female, who lives opposite to Miss Holland's, said that about
nine o'clock on Monday evening she saw a girl whom she
thought was Miss Holland's servant enter the house; she took
a key from her pocket and opened the door. It was dusk, and
she could not tell exactly whether it was the servant or not, but
she was about her size. She was dressed in a light dress with
sleeves almost as big as herself, and she made a remark about
it, wondering that Margaret would dress in such sleeves. The
servant girl said that was the description of dress which Davis
wore on Monday night. The magistrates discharged Jones as
there was no evidence affecting her. Davis was remanded till
Mason, the handsome hackney coachman, could be sent for to
ascertain if he had had any baud in the robbery.

GAMING HoUSES.—INFORMATION.—Yesterday, Mr. Robert
Lucas, of the Carriage Repository, in Great Charlotte-street,
appeared before Mr. Hall to answer an information laid by Mr.
Whitty, and Mr. Parkinson, for having converted his reposi-
tory into a gaming4iouse. Mr. Whitty deposed to having gone
along with Mr. Parkinson to the carriage repository in Great
Charlotte-street, on Tuesday night last, and finding the carri-
ages had been removed, and the establishment divided into
three compartments, the whole elegantly fitted up. One of the
compartments was fitted up for the purpose of an entrance-hall,
and the others as gambling rooms, for playing at hazard and
reuloo. A number of gentlemen were playing in the rooms at
these games, with dice-boxes, and money was lying on the
table, which he saw lost, and won, and paid. The repository
was in the occupation of Mr. Lucas, and he had seen carriage;
' in it the last week. Mr. Parkinson corroborated this statement.
Mr. Waring, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the defendant.
He did not deny the charge, but produced a lease of a part of
the premises which had been granted by Mr. Lucas to two
persons named Henry Oldfield, and Samuel Backhouse Lay-
cock, bearing date 10th July, 183.3, for the rooms for betting, and
for settling accounts after the races, at the two meetings held
at Aintree. In the lease, clauses were introduced specially pro-
viding that the rooms should not be used for any purpose, em-
ployment, business, or proceeding which the magistrates had
the power to cause to be discontinued Mr. Waring said, that
in the event of Mr. Hall decidinc, that he had the power to
cause the proceedings carried on in those rooms to be discon-
tinued, Mr. Lucas would take care to carry into effect the
provisions of the lease, and prevent their occupying the pre-
mises after the present races. After some deliberation it was
agreed that the present proceedings should be staid, Mr. Lucas
undertaking that he would not allow the parties to continue in
possession after the
_present laces, when they had once vacated
the premises. Mr. Hall remarked that the lease was admirably
drawn up for the purposes of connivance, if wished. Mr.
Whitty begged to state that he came forward to lay the infor-
mation on public grounds, merely because he considered it his
duty, and not from any animosity to Mr. Lucas, whom he
believed to he a very respectable man. Mr. Hall said, that so
far as Mr. Whitty was concerned, he had only done his duty.
Mr. Waring said, that neither Mr. Lucas nor any of his family
were ever in the rooms. The parties then left then court.
A Goon GOING WATCH.—Yesterday, at the Police-office,
an old man, named Thomas Ashton. who keeps a cook-shop in
Marybone, appeared to charge a well known thief, named Thos.
Lockart, with stealing his watch. The complainant stated, that
a few days ago, in the evening, the prisoner came to his shop
to buy a veal pie, and gave him 6d in pay for it. He
turned round to get change from the till, when the prisoner
snatched at his watch, which he had just been winding up, and
setting a-going, and placed on the counter, and bolted out of
the shop with it. He immediately ran after him, but being an
old man, the watch and the prisoner went faster ihan he could,
and kept going till both were out, of sight. He gave informa-
tion to the police, and the prisoner was afterwards stopped with
the watch in his possession, Batcheldor said, that the prisoner
had only the day before the robbery come out of Kirkdale. The
informations for his commitment were ordered to be taken.

AN IRISH MODE OF SETTLING ACCOUNTS. Yesterday,
at the Police-office, an Irishman and his wife, named Daniel
and Mary Sullivan, each bearing all the characteristic traits of
the lower orders of Irish, sufficiently well known to need
description, were placed before the magistrates, charged, with
having committed a most outrageous assault on a sailor, and
broken his leg. Inspector Lyon said, that the night before, be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock, he was in Wapping, when he
heard that a man had had his leg broken by the prisoners; he
gleaned what evidence he could and took both prisoners into
custody. The injured man was laid on the flags insensible, and
he had him conveyed to the Infirmary. His leg was broken in
three or four places, and the surgeons were of opinion they
„should be obliged to amputate it, and could not give a decided
Opinion till next day. A boy came forwards and said that he
Witnessed the whole transaction. The injured an was a sailor
and had just come ashore, and had left his clothes and some
property with the prisoners, with whom he had lodged last voy-
age ; they could not tate bun in again, and he wanted his pro-
perty and his account settling. The female prisoner only was in
at the time, and she denied that she owed the sailor anything,
or had any property of his. He could make nothing of her and
was leaving the house, when she said "she would settle with
him," and seized a piece of iron, used as a poker, and struck
him a violent blow on the shoulder with it, and he turned round
and struck her again. She, however, teat him so with the iron
that she beat him out of the house, and as soon as he got into
the street the husband came up, seized the iron, and inflicted
the injuries stated on the sailor; both the prisoner and his wife
were on him at once, and his leg was beat almost to a jelly. The
case was remanded till this day to await the doctor's certificate.

A TEE-TOTALLER !—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a young
man named John Edwards, having his mouth and nose swelled
up with fighting, and, apparently, !just recovering front a de-
bauch, but who, in the improved modern diction, had been
passing the evening at a tee-totalling tea party, was placed before
the magistrates, charged with having, the night before, behaved
in a most riotous and intemperate manner in the street, and
created a great disturbance, and afterwards with assaulting and
ripping open the trousers of a policeman with a knife, who en-
deavoured to take him into custody. Policeman No. 97, said,
that he found the prisoner in Lime-street creating a great dis•
turbance and having a crowd around him. He attempted to
take him into custody, when he drew a knife and ripped up his
trousers and inflicted about two shillings worth of damage on
them ; he succeeded in wrenching the knife from him and taking
him into custody. The prisoner said he was a journeyman
mattress maker, and got into a row. It appeared that he was
a member of the tee-total temperance society, and was one of
the procession of the day before; he afterwards adjourned to a
temperance coffee-house to enjoy a little rational conversation,
when he became a "little elewated" from the abundance of
Souchong beverage, or something stronger, which he had im-
bibed. The magistrates lined him fifteen shillings and costs, or
to be committed for fifteen days.
INFORMATION AGAINST A GIN PALACE.—Yesterday, at the
Police-office, Mr. Penilington who keeps a gin palace in Scot-
land-road, appeared to answer to an information laid against
hiili by Inspector Irwins, fir permitting drunkenness in his
l'kuuse. M. IVilkinson, the balmier, appeared on behalf of the
defendant. Imins said that there were 15 women in the place
alt drunk, and 20 men, most of them drunk ou Tuesday last.
l'hev were leaning against and supporting each other on the
After letiperesr-exatanrathmi the witness said he