The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-05 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

BREAKING INTO A HOUSE.—Two youths, Matthew Mur-
phy, and William Richardson, were yesterday charged with
having been found in an uninhabited house, corner of Salis-
bury-street, into which they had broken. When they were
detected, a third boy effected his escape by the front door,
From which he removed the chain.—The owner of the house
said that the lead on the premises (which were empty) had
previously been stolen. As it was evident their purpose was
a felonious one, they were committed for three months.
COMMITMENT.—A boy, named George Smith, was yester-
day charged with having committed a felony at a public-
house in Burlington-street. The prisoner and another boy
were observed by the barmaid peeping about the bar. Her
attention was called away for a moment, and she immedi-
ately afterwards missed a bottle containing about a pint of
shrub. A police-officer soon afterwards saw the prisoner in
the street with something bulky in his pocket, which proved
to be the bottle.—Prisoner said he had got it from his mother,
and did not know what it contained. He afterwards, on
being required to accompany the officer to his mother, be-
came restive, and the girl then came up, and identified the
property. The prisoner, who had previously been six times
committed, was sent for trial at the sessions.
OBTAINING AND APPROPRIATING A MASTER'S MONEY.
—At the Police-court, yesterday, a butcher, named James
Mason, was placed at the bar, charged with having received
a sum of money on account of his master, and appropriating
the same to his own use. Edward Lowcock, butcher, St.
John's Market, said that the prisoner had been in his service,
and had bone to receive the amonnt of a bill of £1 Os. 7d.
due from Miss Marriot, Bedford-street. The money was paid
to him by Ellen Jones, the cook in the family, and he gave
her a receipt for it. He did not pay it over, or account for
it. The circumstance being discovered, he was taxed with
the offence, and said that he had received it, but had lost it
out of his pocket, which he showed one of the witnesses had
a hole in it. It appeared, however, that he had afterwards
collected some money which he paid over to his master, with-
out stating anything about the loss of the former sum. After
receiving the sum in question, (on Saturday last,) he had left
his employment, and had not returned. He said nothing in
his defence, and was committed for trial.
ROBBERY OF WATCH MOVEMENTS.—Yesterday, at the
Police-court, a journeyman watchmaker, named Thomas
Burrow, was placed at the bar, on a charge of having stolen
a quantity of watch movements and other articles, from the
premises of Mr. Samuel, watchmaker, &c. Mr. Dowling
opened the case by stating, that on the 12th of March last
Mr. Samuel's shop had been broken open, and a number of
articles were abstracted. Nothing was heard of the offender
until yesterday, when a circumstance, which one of the wit-
nesses would state, led to his detection. It. Copeland Newby
said that he was foreman to Mr. Samuel. On the night of
the 12th of March, he had the movements of thirteen watches
under his care as foreman, to be polished and prepared for
gilding. He saw them safe in a deal box on the premises
that night, as well as a depth or pitching tool, a miniature
picture in oil, done on ivory, and other articles of his own
and the workmen's, which he placed in a drawer. When he
went to the shop next morning, he found that his key would
not fit the lock, and after entering he looked about and missed
the whole of the articles. He gave information to his employer,
and bills particularizing them were immediately put out. Yes-
terday a person came from Mr. Thorn's, watch gilder, to get
one of the movements, which was of an unusual kind, cased ;
and he immediately recognised it as one of those that had
been taken away. He afterwards went with Police-officer
Lloyd to the prisoner's house, in a court out of Rathbone-
street, and they there found the depth tool, the picture, and
others of the articles. The prisoner had formerly been em-
ployed at the shop, and had work to be done out of it since.
He was there on the night previous to his (witness's) dis-
covering the robbery. Richard Thorn said he was a watch
gilder, and resided at No. 11, Leigh-street. The movements
of several watches were brought to him by the prisoner some
motnhmtehs ago, h and
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Ttht haem. He disposed of some
ofproduced he sent to Mr.
Samuel to get cased. Another witness, in Mr. Thorn's em-
ploy, said that on presenting the movement to Mr. Newby
he claimed it as his master's. He afterwards went to the
prisoner's, and found the depth tool, the miniature, a lock,
&c., which were also claimed. Some small tin bones for
holding watch movements were also found, bearing the
numbers or marks put on them at Mr. Samuel's. The arti-
cles respectively were identified. The prisoner, on being
cautioned in the usual form, said that he had nothing to say
just at present, and he was committed for trial at the next
sessions.