The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

THE POLICE AND THEIR STICKS.—On Saturday, at the
police office, a private of the 23d regiment was brought before
the magistrates charged with having been (hunk and very un-
ruly in Whitechapel on the afternoon before. He had struck
the police three times in coming to Bridewell, and they, as
they stated, had been obliged to strike him in their own defence.
The prisoner appeared with a tremendous wound on the temple,
covered with a large plaster. He said that in coming along to
Bridewell, the police dragged .him very roughly and caused
him to resist, and one of them then struck him on the head with
his stick a most severe blow, completely laying his head open,
whilst the blood flowed in torrents. Had some gentlemen not
interfered he should have, it was his belief, been murdered.
Mr. Hall very severely repr;manded the officers for using
their sticks as they had done. He would not allow them to
strike persons on the head. If they were unruly, it was surely
enough to strike them on the arm and hold them till further
assistance arrived to carry them off. The police of Loudon
were never allowed to carry sticks except at night. if this vio-
lence were not put an end to, the magistrates must summarily
discharge such policemen as they found making use of it. The
prisoner must be discharged, he had already been sufficiently
punished. He should see Mr. Whitty and the watch committee
on the subject; this violence on the part of the police must be
put an end to.
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SEAMAN'S WaGEs.—On Saturday, at the police office, Wm.
Shute, seaman a-board the Nora Crane, appeared before the
magistrates to complain against the captain for not having paid
him his wages. Mr. Crewe appeared for the complainant.
Shute deposed that'll° had sailed from Hull, in Nov. last, at £2
Ios. per month. He had signed articles. The ship went from
Hull to Yarmouth, then to Venice, from thence to Palermo,
from thence to St. Petersburg, and arrived in Liverpool on
Saturday last, having been out eight months and sixteen days,
and he claimed altogether a balance of £l9 16s. The captain
said he objected to pay the seaman on the ground that be was
incapable to do semau's duty. He had shipped as an able
bodied seaman, and was able to do little better than a lad, and
could not properly do the duties he was set to do. On entering
Venice, he was throwing the lead and had called out six fathoms
of water, when he was luckily near, and found that there was
only two fathoms and a half, or the safety of the ship might
have been endangered. Mr. Hall said the captain must point
out something more to him than that. The log book was then
produced, and several parts pointed out where the complainant
had been put down as incapable of performing seaman's duty.
Mr. Hall said, though not a good seaman, still he would be
worth some remuneration. The captain said lie had offered
him, before a witness, 455. a-month. The mate was then
examined, who proved the general inability of the seaman.'
Another seaman was called for the defence, who deposed that
complainant did his work as a good seaman; but the captain
bad frequently found fault with him. Mr. Hall said, putting
aside the evidence of tl/c interested parties, he thought the evi-
dence of complainant's not performing his duty
.properly was
made out, and he thought the offer of captain to tray him
£2 ss. a-month a very fair one. He should order that amount
to be paid.
DARING ROBBERY.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a lad
named William Crawford, was placed at the bar charged by
Mr. Samuels, silver-smith, of Lord-street, with having entered
into his shop, and stolen a silver coffee-pot. Mr. Samuels
stated, that about 10 o'clock on Saturday night, just before
they were shutting up, a silver coffee-pot was standing on the
counter in the shop, when the prisoner rushed in, seized the
coffee-pot, and ran out again. Ile immediately pursued him,
and succeeded in taking him, and giving him into custody. The
coffee-pot was worth £lB. The prisoner had nothing to say in
defence. He was committed to take his trial for the offence.
DISTURBING A PLACE OF WORSHlP.—Yesterday, at the
Police-office, a dirty shabby looking fellow, was fined ss. and
costs, for creating a noise, and disturbing the congregation of
Edmond-street chapel. The chapel was quite full to the doors,
and some of the congregation were kneeling, when the prisoner
came up and ridiculed them, and made such a noise that he
disturbed the whole congregation. He was in consequence
taken into custody.
EMBEZZLEMEMT Y A CLERK.—Yesterday, at the Police-
office, an application was made by Mr. Smith, of the firm of
Smith and Townley, wine-merchants. for a warrant to apprehend
one of their clerks, named William Carson. Mr. Smith stated
that Carson was a collector and traveller for their house, and
was paid a weekly salary; his duties were to collect monies,
and obtain orders : he had been in their service about three
years. On the 27th of June, he (Mr. Smith) called on one of
their customers for some money, and was told that it had been
paid to Mr. Carson, and the receipt with Carson's signature
was shown to him ; the amount was £l4 10s. On this being
made known to Carson, he had absconded. He had since
called on several other of his customers, and found that their
accounts had been paid, and that his clerk had been carrying
on this work for the last 18 months. The clerk was an elderly
man. His present application was for a warrant to apprehend
him. Mr. Hall said be could not grant the warrant unless the
payments were proved by the parties to have been made. The
application was accordingly adjourned till this day, to give
(I)Portunity fur the witnesses to attend.

NEW PRISON REGULATION.L—It is not, perhaps, generally
known, that by a recent order from the Secretary of State, all
prisoners under sentence ate prohibited from being. sefmt b their,
friends, or front receiving any letters, until the expiration of sr:
months front their conviction,. '