The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-06-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

FELONY.—On Tuesday at the Police-office, a man named
John Newton, was brought before the magistrates charged
by Mrs. Aun Grimshaw, with haying stolen some linen,
her property. Mrs. Grimshaw stated that she was the owner
of a public-house in the New Hay-market, and the prisoner
lodged with her. She had reason to suspect that some of her
linen had been taken away, and examined her linen chests, and
missed four sheets and same silk handkerchiefs; suspecting
the prisoner, she made inquires, and received intimation that he
had offered them to imm.n. A pawnbroker deposed that the prisoner
had brought four sheets and some handkerchiefs to pawn, fur
which he wanted 10s. He said they
,were his own. Seeing
' the name Of John GritnshaW nn the sheets, he asked. the pri-
soner whose name that Was ? He replied the name of the
person with whom he lodged. He told him to bring that:per-
son, when the prisoner became pale and confused, and suspect-
ing that all was not right, he sent for an officer and gave him
into custody. The sheets were identified by
.Mrs. Grimshaw as
her- property. The informations for his commitment were
ordered to be taken.
POCKET PlCKlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a lad
about 12 years old, named James Crane, and a big lad named
Dogherty, were placed at the bar charged by a gentleman
named Edwards, the younger one with having picked-his pocket
of his pocket handkerchief, in .Pool-lane, the day before, and
the bigger lad with being along with him. Mr. Edwards said
that as he was going down Pool-lane the day before with a
friend, he felt his pocket handkerchief suddenly go ; he turned
sharply round, and saw the lesser boy run into an office en-
trance he .followed him and. fOund the handkerchief upon him.
He gave the boy in custody to his- friend, and followed the other
prisoner whOM he had seen along with the boy and who was
now making off, and took .him also into custody. The lesser
boy, in defence, said he was very hungry, and did not know
what,to do; he did take .the handkerchief, and he hoped they
would have mercy on him. -The other prisoner said "he never
knowed that little boy afore." -Batcheldor said the bigger boy
had been frequently committed for felony. Dogherty Was sent
for three months to the Borough House of Correction. The
other prisoner for one one month.
INFORMATIONS.—WiIIiam Got e, who keeps a beer house in
Canning-street, Vauxhall-road, was yesterday sutninonetl be-
fore -the magistrates, on an information charging him with
"knowingly permitting drunkenness" in his house on Sunday
the 29th, at half-past five o'clock in the morning. There were
several men and women drinking in the house at the time.
Several persons gave the house a good character. ,He was
.fined 10s. and costs. John .Sparkes who keeps a public-house
in Bevington Bush, was fined 20s. and costs ,for permitting
drinking on his house during divine service on Sunday ,last.
There were a number of other similar informations.

ASSAULT.—Yesterday, at the police-office, Mrs. Ann Porter,
a dirty-looking Irishwoman, appeared to complain before the
magistrates of Mrs. O'Doglierty, a washerwoman, for breaking
her door, cruelly ill using her, and running away with her fire-
grate. The complainant, addressing Mr. Rathbone, the ma- 1
gistrate on the bench, said, (pointing.to the prisoner,) " Plase
yer honour, she come to .my place, lthroke my door into splin-
thers, an' here's the bits, (holding up a brindle of splinters,)
an'•sliwore I was all the thiefs an' robbers in the world, an' my
child the same. Says she, I'll ludher the sew! out 0'.3,-er car-
cage, you wringle-eyed thief o' the world—you gandher-faced
bagabone.' Wid that, yer honour, she shtruck me, an' finished
wid running away wid the fire-grate to the•hest dishadvantage,
an' here's one as'll spake fur me." A dirty miserable-looking
woman here stood up and said,—" I heard the little woman
(complainant) crying out murdher, and saw the woman taking
to her scrapers wid the grate." The prisoner, elevating her
voice, said—" I was shtanding at my door whin she cam up an'
threw a jug of wather in my face, and then wid a big shtick
laid an me and said she'd pitch me for an ould diuwol. Was
that thratenient for a (latent woman as goes washing live days
a-week to gintlernen's houses? It was time to shtand up for
myself. An' that little woman owes me £3 135.; an' it was
only last Monday, whin I was out washin' didn't she take the
jacket belonging to-my lodgher? It 'was time to find fault.
An' didn't the come to me an' say she'd pay me widout puttin'
much in my pocket, an' then trew the wather in my face ?"
The Magistrate.—" Was any water thrown at her?"Com-
plainint.—" I niver seed no wather." Prisoner (holding up
both her hands.)—" Och, Och ! Trogs!" The Magistrate.—
"Do you owe this woman any money ?" Complainant.—
" I don't owe her no money, ver honour." Prisoner.—" Lord
bless my heart, she owes me 135.! 1 have the book to show
it." Complainant.—" No rich a thing yer worship." A wit-
ness was then called for the prisoner, who deposed to the coin-
plainant first abusing her. • rhe magistrate said he should dis-
miss the case; it was very discreditable to both parties. If
they took as much pains to make one another comfortable as
they did to make one another miserable, it woutd be much
better. If brought up again, he should bind them over to keep
the peace.