The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THURSDAY.

Two stevedores, named Thomas Murray and Wm. West-
away, were placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen tea
from a vessel which recently arrived in this port from Work-
ing. Their employer stated, that they and others were em-
ployed by him in discharging the vesseLand that, last night,
(Wednesday,) one of them was detected in the act of ascend-
ing from the hold with the tea in his possession, which he
delivered over to the other. An officer was immediately sent
for, but, before he arrived, the prisoners contrived to effect
their escape ; they were, however, secured shortly afterwards.
In answer to some questions from Mr. Rushton, it appeared
that the chests in which the tea had been packed were in a
very insecure and damaged condition. The prisoners made
no defence, and Mr. Rushton committed them to the tread-
mill for fourteen days.
John Doyle, a youth about fourteen years old, was charged
with a rubbery under the following circumstances :
A policeman stated that this morning (Thursday) he stop-
ped the prisoner at the Railway Station, Lime-street, as he
was making enquiry in which office he must be booked, in
order to Proceed to Manchester by a first.elass train. Find-
ing that he gave evasive answers to the questions put to
him, witness examined him further, and found on his
person £6 14s, a watch, a pair of new boots, and a new
jacket. The explanation he gave of his possession of this
property was, that his father, whO resided iu Manchester,
had sent him the money in order to pay his expenses home,
and that he nad bought the watch, boots, and jacket with a
portion of it.
Mr. Booth, attorney, of Temple-court, stated that the
prisoner was in his service •as office-boy. The night before
last (Tuesday)
witness received
an account of £lO, which
he put, somewhat carelessly, into a writing-desk ;he had
indeed no opportunity. of putt.ing.
ino the ney into a safer
place, as there were-joiners and.
other workmen about. Yes-
terday he went out of town and forgot it, and this morning
the policeman informed him of what occurred. The money
consisted of half-crowns.•
The policeman said, that with the eiception of a few shil-
lings, all the money he found upon the prisOner was in half-
crowns.
The prisoner, in his defence said, his mother had threat-
ened to kill him if he went home that night, and that he had
taken the money in order to provide himself with 'ether
lodgings.
Mr. Booth said he had no wish to prosecute. He had,
until lately, had a brother of the prisoner in his service,
and at his (the prisoner's) fatheris wish he had taken him
instead of the brother, to enable the latter to obtain higher
wages elsewhere. His parents appeared not to have taken
the care of him which they ought, and there was some
temptation thrown in his way throui-h his (Mr. Booth's)
carelessness. Under these circumstances he did not wish to
prosecute.
James Cook, a shopman, at Mr. Yell's, in Parker-street,
proved that the prisoner had bought a watch there last night
for 425.,_ which lie paid in half-crowns.
Mr. Parkinson; on being appealed to respecting the value
of the watch, said it was worth no more than 255.
Cook said his master was willing to return the money.
Mr. Rushton, having reprimanded and cautioned the pri-
soner, ordered him to be discharged at the close of the day.
A roan named Maguire was convicted in the penalty of
40s. and costs, orin default of payment to be imprisoned one
month, for a violent and unprovoked assault upon Wolff
Benjamin, in Stanhope-street, Toxteth-park, on Tuesday
last. In connexion with this case,_ there was a charge against
Inspector Pool, of having wantonly and without notice broken
open the door of the defendant's father's house, in order to
re-apprehend Maguire, who had been rescued by a mob,
but after a minute and lengthened investigation, Mr.
Rushton pronouneed it unfounded.