The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.--YESTERDAY.

A SPOONEY.—James Adam:, a sailor, was brought up for
stealing a large gravy spoon. from Mr. Murphy's boarding-
house, Frederick-street. Prisoner said he took 'he spoon for
a lark, but was advised to keep his fingers from taking spoons
in future. This being his first offence, he was discharged.
STEALING BARRELS.—Thomas NVharton, and George Bu-
chanan, two well-known "gaol birds," were sent to prison
for three months, for stealing two empty barrels from the pre-
mises of Mr. Samuel Hunt, in Harrington-street.
COOLING A MAN'S HEAD.—Mary Cubbin was charged
with taking a titan's hatfrom his head, a few minutes after 12
o'clock, on Sunday night. Prisoner bad been drinking with
the man, anti on getting into the street, coolly ran away with
his hat. As her name did not appear on the " black list" of
p• evious convictions, she was admonished and discharged.
ASSAULT AND ROBBERT.—EIIen Fallon, William Fall( n
and Elizabeth Preston, were charged with heating a sail( r
n ?lir the Clarence• Dock gates, about three o'clock on Sunday
morning, and robbing him of about £7. The sailor's face
bore marks of severe ill-usage, and as the prisoners were
well-known bad characters, they were committed for trial.
PICKING POCKETS.—This nefarious business has been ex-
ceedingly brisk, as will appear from the following list of
"operatives" who appeared in court this morning :—John
Brannon and Mary Bateman were charged by Detective
Povey with attempting the pockets of several people, in St.
John's Market, on Saturday night last, when he at length
took them into custody. They were committed for fourteen
days.—Thomas Tynan, a little boy who also pursued his
thievish occupation, having been in company with the
two previous prisoners, on Saturday night, in St. John's
Market, was committed for one month.—James Nicholson,
for a similar offence in the same market, was committed
for two months.—Annabella Robinson,a middle-aged woman,
charged with stealing a half-sovereign from a man on Satur-
day night, was. discharged, the evidence being incomplete.
The half-sovereign was returned to the owner.—lsabella
M'Cormick was also charged with stealing a half-sovereign
from a man in Whitechapel,, but this being her first appear-
ance, she was discharged.
ROBBERY IN A, Dwewara-Housa.—John Tatty, a youth
who has been previously before the court, was charged by
Mrs. Mary Elliott, 5, Camden-street, London-road, with
being found concealed in her house, on Saturday night,
under the following circumstances. Mrs. Elliott bearing
sounds as if some one was. up-stairs, about dusk, called her
servant girl, and proceeded to her bed-room ; she found her
jewel-box had been upset on the toilet-table, and soon after-
wards discovered the thief hid under the bed. Tl.e two fe-
males scuffled with him, and he made considerable resist-
ance, but they succeeded in detaining him until the arriital.of
a policeman. Re threw away a brooch which lie had taken
from the box, and it was afterwards found upon the stain.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
ROBBKRY ON. Boaaw SHlP.—Joeeph Wallace, a sailor on
board the Stephen Glover, was charged with stealing a jacket
from anotherof the crew ; but the evidence being incomplete,
he was remanded till next day.
A HUNGRY DRUNKARD.—Elizabeth Cummins, an old
woman, who cried and said she got " very tipsy," waacharged
with stealing a piece of beef from a butcher's shop during her
drunken freak.—She was committed for two months. . .

STREET ROBBKRIEs.—Ann Jennings was charged with
stealing a watch from a sailor in the street, as he was pro-
ceeding to his vessel on Sunday night. The watch was
recovered, and the prisoner committed for twenty-one days.—
Griffith Jones,. charged with robbing James Conway, of Bs.
at Edge-hill, on Saturday night, was committed for trial.