The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

CAUTION TO OWNERS AND DRIVERS OF OMNIBUSES.
The driver of Mr. Lawrence's omnibus, No. 5967, appeared
on Saturday to answer a charge preferred against him by
Mr. Francis Jordan, for carrying more passengers than he
was licensed for. Mr. Jordan proved, that the defendant
was licensed to carry only ten persons inside, and that, on
the 14th instant, he had carried twelve. It appeared that
this had been his common practice. Mr. Hall animadverted
on the inconvenience to which the public were subjected,
and on the cruelty of overburdening the horses. He had the
power of inflicting a penalty of £5. He would not go to that
extent, but would fine the defendant £2 10s. and costs.
Every time he appeared there for a similar offence, the
penalty should be increased, and, if the practice were not
abated, he would exact the full fine in all cases.
BURGLARY.—James Fitzgerald, an old offender, was, on
Saturday, placed at the bar of the Police-court, charged with
having broken into the premises of Patrick M'Cullen, on
Saturday morniug, at one o'clock. At that hour Police-
officer No. 4, Michael Garvey, was passing along Marybone.
Ile turned into Stockdale-street, when he saw the prisoner
half way through the window of Mr. M`Cullen's shop. He
pulled hint back by the legs, and alarmed the inmates. Mrs.
M‘Cullen came down stairs, and the prisoner was taken into
the shop. It was found that he had forced down the shutter,
and had broken a pane of glass; after which he had endea-
voured to force himself through the aperture, in which, as
the hole was sufficiently large, he would have succeeded bad
not the officer caught him. 'here were two men and a wo-
man standing not far off when the officer found him. When
in the shop be called for these to come and force the door
and rescue him. He was committed for trial.
CHARGE OF MURDER.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, an
Irishman, named James Lackey, and his wife, with au infant
in her arms, were placed at the bar, charged with having
been concerned in a brutal murder at Preston. Mr. Dow-
ling said the prisoners had been taken into custody on a
charge of being concerned in a murder at Preston, from the
description given of them in the Hue ond Cry. They did not
deny that they were the parties. Constable Lloyd said, that
on Sunday he went to the house of a person named O'Neil,
where he heard the prisoners were. He asked for the pri-
soner Lackey by name, and told him that there was a charge
of murder against hint, committed on the Monday night be-
fore, in Preston, on a man called Dounaghue. The prisoner
said he was the man who kept the house where the murder
was committed, but he was as innocent of the murder as the
child in his wife's arms. He admitted that his name was
James Lackey. Mr. Dowling said the facts of the murder
were,--Donnaghue, the man murdered, was a sort of over-
looker on the railway, and had money iu his possession each
week, to pay the men with. On his passing the prisoner's
house, the prisoner and several others dragged Dunnaghue
into the prisoner's house, where they beat out his brains in a
most brutal manner, rubbed him of his money, and decamped.
Mr. Hall ordered him to be detained in custody till sent for.
Nista Bs.:Gcatts.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, one of
the wretched set of Irish, who continually immigrate into Li-
verpool, to subsist on charity, and who dry up the sources of
charity to our own poor by their profligacy and lying deceit,
named Ellen Oan, was charged with begging in the streets
on Sunday. The prisoner had an exceedingly fine looking
infant in her arms, and two other wretched squalid looking
children along with her. She was charged by a policeman
with begging_ in the streets, for which she had been taken
into custody. The prisoner then commenced a tale of woe
and destitution, which had almost imposed upon the judgment
of the magistrate, and excited his compassion, stating that
she was a widow, and had no home, and no means of getting
bread for herself and family but by begging, and, in short,
proved herself an adept in that peculiar characteristic of her
countrymen,—blarney;—when the thread of her recited mi-
series was cut short by policeman Maguire, who wished to
say something respecting the case. On the Sunday before,
he saw her leave her children in a public thotoughfare to
beg, and the poor children were nearly frozen by the cold.
He was determined to watch her; and in about an hour she
returned, and took from the children what money their
wretched appearance had extracted from the charity of the
passers by, and then went straight to a dram-shop and spent
it. He then took both her and the children into custody.
The prisoner at that time was drunk; bat, in consideration
of the children, he let her go that time. The prisoner imme-
diately began asserting her innocence, and calling God to
witness the truth of what she said, and that the policeman
was stating what was false. Mr. Hall said she was a most
worthless woman. He should send her for three weeks to
the Borough House of Correction, and take care of the chil-
dren meanwhile.

THROWING VITRIOL.—On Friday evening, between seven
add eight o'clock, two men, named Fairell and Donnelly,
had a quantity of vitriol thrown upon them, in Pleasant-
street. As the liquid was thrown over their faces, eyes, and
breast, of course the miscreants who committed the act
easily effected their escape. The poor men were led home
in a state of extreme suffering. They are both sawyers. On
Saturday morning two men, also sawyers, were placed be-
fore Mr. Hall, having been taken into custody, in conse-
quence of information given by the sufferers. Mr. Hector,
surgeon, attended; and stated, that a very large quantity of
strong acid must have been thrown, as their clothes were
covered with the marks of it. One of the patients, he
thought, would lose his eyes, and both were severely injured.
Mr. Hall asked if they could attend to give evidence. Mr.
Hector thought, if they were well covered up, and brought in
a close coach, there would be no danger in bringing them to
the court. Officers were accordingly despatched for them.
In about an hour they made their appearance, and the pri-
soners, John Walmsley and William Welsby, were placed
at the bar. The complainants seemed to be suffering severe-
ly from the effects of the acid. Their faces and eyes were
swollen and discoloured, and their apparel, &c. changed to a
red tint, many portions of the cloth appeared ready to drop
to pieces. Fairell at once identified the prisoners, and, on
oath, declared he had no doubt whatever, that it was they
who threw the vitriol. It appeared, that he had had some
dispute with one of them about working in a certain yard in
this town. He stated, that one of them accosted his com-
panion in Pleasant-street on the preceding evening, between
seven and eight o'clock, and asked him where a certain
street was. The other came up shortly afterwards, and, im-
mediately a quantity of liquid was thrown into each of their
faces. The prisoners, who looked very confident, and much
un[ike guilty persons, assured the magistrate of their inno-
cence, which, they said, they could prove to his satisfaction.
They gave the names and addresses of two or three parties
who had seen them about the time mentioned by the wit-
nesses. Their hands were ox.rnined by Mr. I-lector and
Mr. Parkinson, but no marks were discovered, nor anything
to indicate that they had handled vitriol. They were re-
manded till Monday.
Yesterday, the two prisoners were again placed at the bar
of the Police-office, and further evidence was brought for-
ward against them.
John Dogherty, tailor, 12, Shannon-street, deposed that
on Friday night, between seven and eight o'clock, he saw a
man standing against his house at the gable end, with his
arms crossed. There was an entry beside the gable end of
his house; and in consequence of nuisances being, committed
there, lie was determined to punish the next person he
caught, and for that purpose went out to the man. The man
said he was waiting for a friend. Witness said it was a curi-
ous place to wait in—he had better go into the street; he
should keep an eye upon him. Witness then went into his
house, and had not taken off his hat before he heard the two
injured men crying out. He immediately ran into the entry,
but there was no one there, and he saw no one else about but
the two injured men, who were crying out.—On being cross-
exainined by Mr. Crewe on the part of the prisoners, witness
wouldmot undertake to swear that either prisoner was the
man, but the prisoner Welsby was like him, and was dressed
in a similar way.
Alice Waring deposed, that she lived in an entry right
opposite to the one spoken of. On Friday night, between
seven and eight o'clock, she had to go out, and saw a man
standing in the entry; the man then crossed the road, and
went into the opposite entry, and leaned his back against
the wall. About twenty minutes after she heard the men
crying out in the street.
A. respectable-looking young man named Worsley, a roper,
stated that on Friday night, between seven and eight o'clock.
he was in the entry first spoken of, and saw the prisoner
Welsby there. Welsh), seized hold of him, and said,
" Where is the two?" Witness said, " What two?" He
then walked about a dozen yards down the entry into the
street, the prisoner still keeping hold of him; witness took a
fair look at him, and was certain the prisoner Welsby was
the man. It was nearly half-past seven o'clock. The man
had a cup or a jug iu one hand, covered over with a black
cloth, and which he kept extended from him at arm's length.
—On being cross-examined by Mr. Crewe, witness said he
had seen the prisoner in Bridewell on Saturday night, and
identified him. He was dressed in rather lighter-coloured
clothes on Friday night. He was not pointed out to Lim as
the man, but he (witness) pointed the prisoner out amongst
four other individuals.
Mr. CREWE suggested that it was improper to take the
witness into Bridewell and show him the prisoner.
Mr. H ALS could see no impropriety in it. It would have
been idle to have wasted the witness's day in giving evidence
if he could have given none; and there could be no impro-
• priety iu placing four men before him, and asking if any of
these were the man. If the prisoner bad been pointed out to
him, that would have been improper.
• Mr. Morris, Jun., was examined and stated that the two
prisoners worked for his father. He left the wood-yard at
five o'clock on Friday afternoon, leaving the men sawing,
and it was the duty of the carter, who was a trustworthy man,
to lock the yard up at 8 o'clock. The prisoners were honest
sober, hard-working men. Mr. Lewis, about a fortnight be.
fore, had wanted some timber sawing at his father's yard
.and had sent two strangers to saw it; these were the two in•
jured men. He (witness) objected to leaving the yard to
• strangers, and told Mr. Lewis he could get the timber sawn
for him, and Mr. Lewis, in consequence, took part of it away,
and had it sawn elsewhere by the two injured men.
Fairell and Donnelly, the injured men, were here brought
in. Their heads were quite muffled up, and such porlions of
their faces as were visible, were dreadfully swollen; and one
eye of each was poulticed up.—Fairell swore distinctly to
both the men as the men who threw the vitriol, and that it
was Welsby who threw the vitriol at him at the cornet of
' Pleasant-street.
Mr. Mortis, carter, was here examined, and swore that
both prisoners were working on Friday night from the time
when young Morris left the yard till they gave over at eight
o'clock. lie did not see them the whole of the time, but he
heard the saw going till he heard them cry stop at eight
o'clock, and saw them put their jackets on, when they ap-
peared to have been working hard as they were very warm.
It was stated that an old woman met them at the gate as
they were going out, and spoke:.to them, wanting them to
mend a lock of her house door. This was at eight o'clock.
Mr. Hall recalled 'the witness Worsely, and asked him if
he was quite confident it was the prisoner Welsby whom he
had seen up the entry ? The witness repeated that he bad
not the least doubt of it; he was quite certain about it.
Mr. Hall said the case was so diabolical—it was such a
fiend-like act that no punishment short of death ought to be
awarded. Fairell spoke so point blank to them, and was so
satisfied they were the men who threw the vitriol, and had a
distinct opportunity of seeing them one after the other ; and
then the young man Woiseley declared he saw Welsby com-
ing out of the entry in the manner described, asking "where
are the two ?" that he thought the case so strong that he
'should send them to a jury.
Mr. Crewe enquired if Mr. Hall would send them to the
borough jury?
Mr. Hall replied that he should.
i The prisoners were then committed to take their trial.
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CHILD BURNT TO DRATH.-011 Friday, an inquest was
held on the body of John Rothwell, a child aged three years,
who was burnt to death on the preceding day. The deceased
lived with his parents in Preston-street, and during the ab-
sence of his mother, his clothes caught fire. His cries alarmed
some lodgers who lived in the same house; they proceeded
to his assistance, but the flames had burnt his neck, face, and
other parts of his body, in a dreadful manner. He was car-
ried to the Infirmary, and died almost immediately.—On the
preceding day, on inquest was held on the body of Sarah
Herbert, aged six years, the daughter of a private watchman
in Bold, whose death was caused by the same agency—fire.

THE COTTON MARKET.—It will be seen on referring to
our Commercial Intelligence, that, active as the operations
in this market had been during the week ending on the 16th
instant, they have been more active in that which ended on
Friday. Nearly 50,(X)0 bags have changed hands since our
last, not more than one-fifth of which was taken on specula-
tion, the other four-fifths going to the dealers and consumers.
The arrivals, owing, in part, to the prevalence of easterly
winds, have been trifling: so that the stock, which exceeded
the stock at the same period last year only 170,000 bales, as
we stated last week, has, since that statement was made, been
reduced to within 130,000 of its amount this time last year.
If the demand should butcontinue but moderately active for
the next three weeks, and there is every probability that it
will, the stock, even with average arrivals, will be very
sensibly diminished.—Adbion.