The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Friday, a, young man, named
John Stringer, was committed for trial charged with hav-
ing stolen 3s. Gd., the property. of Mr. Evans, clock and
watchmaker, of this town.
TFIEFT BY A CHARWOMAN.—On. Friday, Hannah Hul-
loch was committed for trial upon the charge of having
robbed Mrs. Hughes, of Clayton-square, at whose house
she bad been acting as charwoman.
THEFT BY A WORKMAN.—A mon named John Ker-
foot was on Friday committed for trial by Mr. Rushton,
upon the charge of selling- bricks from his master's kiln,
at Kirkdale, which he had no authority to do.
COLLISION.—On Wednesday, the Police-court was a
considerable time occupied in hearing a case of collision
on the river. The Highland Mary was on the previous
Wednesday lyit', at anchor; when the schooner Diamond,
coming up with a strong,tide struck her heavily on the
starboard bow, carrying away, the, cutwater. The High-
'land Mary had at once to, let go the anchor, with 75 fa-
thoms of chain, and put- into the Prince's Dock for re-
pairs. The damages, it, was stated, did not exceed £2O.
It was left to Mr. Askew, the harbour master, to ascer-
tain the precise amount, an order for payment being
awarded by the court.
DRUNKENNESS A, NECESSARY EVIL.—At the Police-
court, on Thursday, a female, whose name we don't give,
was summoned to appear before Mr. Rushton on a charge
of drunkenness., . The lady did not appear in propria
persona, but sent her husband in her stead. The case
having been proved by a policeman, the-husband intimated
that he had something to say in extenuation. "Do you
deny her being drunk ?" said Mr. Rushton. " She was
taken ill some time ago," said her spouse," " and she
was ordered to take spirits. I admit that it is an evil,
though it is a necessary evil." Mr. Rushton—" 0 no,
there can be no necessity to get -drunk." The lady was
ordered to pay ss. and 4s. 6d. costs.
A SIMPLE COWKEEPER.—On Saturday, a young man,
of the name of Michael Conway, was brought before Mr.
Rushton on a charge of hairing robbed a cowkeeper named
Owen, of his watch. Owen stated that he was in Sum-
merseat, a notorious place for thieves and bad characters
of all descriptions, about eleven o'clock on Friday night,
and that, as he was in the act of entering a public house
to get what he called his "nightcap,"or, in other words,
his last glass for the night, the prisoner came up to him
and asked him what time it was. Owen replied, between
ten and eleven. The prisoner told him that he particu-
larly wanted to know the exact time, and should be ob-
liged if he could tell him to a minute. Owen immedi-
ately drew his watch from his fob; and was about to feel
at the minute hand when the prisoner seized the article
and gave it a tug. It happened to be suspended round
his neck by a very thick, strong chain, which resisted the
tug. A scuffle then ensued between them, and in the
course of it the prisoner gave the watch another very se-
vere tug, and the clasp of the chain gave way. He then
made off with it, and was pursued sharply by the cow-
keeper. After running through various streets, he was at
length arrested by an officer in Chisenhale-street, but he
had not the watch then in his Possession, and there was
very little doubt that he had in the course of the chase
passed it to one of his confederates. He was committed
for trial.

A PUGILISTIC POLICEMAN.—On Saturday, a tall, ath-
letic policeman, of the name of Spencer,. was brought
before Mr, Rushton on a charge of being drunk, fighting;
and breaking the furniture in the house of Mr. Charles
Howell, eating-house keeper, 27, Tithebarn-street, the
night before. The prisoner had a black eye and sundry
bruises and contusions about other parts of the face,
which showed but too plainly that he had not come off
altogether scatheless in his recent encounter. Mr. Howell
stated, that he had met with a great many ferocious cha-
racters in his time, but never such a one as the fellow in
the dock ; in fact, his opinion was that the prisoner was
a devil incarnate, and not a human being. The
night before he entered his house drunk, and, not
being satisfied with fighting with and turning every
man out of the eating-room, he ran down stairs,
seized a heavy poker, broke some of the furniture with
it, and swore that he must have somebody else to fight
with. Several were obliged to fight against him in self-
defence, and others had to fly out of the house for their
lives, for he brandished the poker over his head and laid
about him on all sides. Mr. Howell, who was labouring
under severe indisposition, said that a similar scene of up-
roar, terror, and dismay, had never before been created by
any twenty men in the neighbourhood. Mr. Rushton
ordered the prisoner to pay 2s. and costs for the damage
done to the furniture, and ss. and costs for being drunk,
and to be forthwith dismissed the force.