The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

On Saturday, Daniel Griffiths, a fellow well known as
one of the " Vauxhall rangers," was sent to gaol for three
months for assaulting William Chandler and robbing him
of Bs. in Limekiln-lane.
On Saturday, John Hanna was brought before the ma-
gistrates, at Birkenhead, on a charge of stealing a watch
from James Donnell, servant to a gentleman in Hamilton-
square. The prisoner was committed for trial.
On Tuesday a little girl named Slowman was committed
for trial at Birkenhead, for having stolen a silver cream
jug and three halfpence from the house of Mrs. Wilson,
Rose Brae.

On Tuesday, his worship the Mayor sat in the Crown
Court. to hear informations against persons charged with
using illegal scales, weights, &c. About fifty parties were
convicted and fined. _

DIABOLICAL CONDUCT.—George Hendrick was ou
Friday fined 55., for having thrown a bottle from the gal-
lery into the pit of the Amphitheatre, on the previous
evening. His conduct during the whole of the evening
had been most disgraceful.
A Yo UNG ROGUE.—On Tuesdat, an office boy, named
John Drummond, was committed to gaol for a month for
stealing cigars from his master to the value of £4O. He
was observed by a police-officer to offer them for sale in
Dale-street, and was taken into custody.
The authorities have come to the determination of en-
forcing to the fullest extent, the by-laws in reference to the
drivers of vehicles in the public streets. During the week,
no fewer than 206 informations for infractions of the regu-
lations have been heard, and in each case a fine of ss. and
costs 4s. 6d. imposed. One of the parties fined was the
mayor's coachman.
On Saturday, three men were brought before the ma-
gistrates, charged with stopping persons in Bold-street on
the previous day and soliciting alms. They were taken
into custody at the instance of the head-constable, who
watched their movements for some time. One of them,
named Johnson, was recognised as a fellow who had gone
about with begging petitions. Hs was sent to gaol for
twenty-one days, and the other two prisoners for seven
days.
SMUGGLING.—A man employed on board the steamer
Britannia was charged yesderday at the Police-court with
secreting, in his berth, 21 gallons of whisky, which was
found by the searcher on the arrival of the vessel from
Dublin. Mr. Rushton imposed the smallest amount of
fine permitted by the new act—£lo or 21 days' imprison-
ment.—Another seaman, of the steamer Admiral, was
fined in a similar amount, for having one gallon and a
pint of whisky concealed in a tin box, in his berth.—
Another seaman, who had arrived by the Emily from Rio
Janeiro, was fined 20s. for secreting about 100 cigars un-
der the deck.
STABBING.—Joseph Prestero, a Neapolitan seaman, was
on Thursday charged with stabbing Saveruno Sprosto, an
Italian, and also a sailor. The injured man was unable to
appear, being in too dangerous a state to leave ne hos.
The parties had quarrelled in a public-house, when
the former drew his sheath-knife and inflicted a dreadful
gash on his companion's neck. Remanded. On Satur-
day, a sailor, named George Carr, was committed for trial
for stabbing a man, named Flinn. in Banastre-street, on
Thursday week, so severely, that he was unable to appear
before at the Police-court.
TILE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD.—Amongst a num-
ber of persons charged with violating the regulations of
the act with reference to driving their vehicles, Dr. Har-
bord was charged on Friday by policeman 681 and ano-
ther. with driving his gig on the wrong side of the way, on
the 12th instant. The doctor cross-examined the police-
man, who stated that he was driving between Mount-
pleasant and Leasowe-street, on the right side of the
street, near the kerb-stone. The offence was sworn to,
although the policeman did not know how near the doctor
was to the kerb-stone, nor did he know how wide the
street was ; he admitted that no obstruction was caused to
any other vehicle, as none was passing at the time. The
doctor observed it was hard for the public to be subjected
to informations from policemen, who were ignorant of the
width of the street.—Mr. Rushton ; " But the policeman
knows the right from the left side, and the charge is for
driving on the wrong side; you know, Mr. Harbord,
The law of the road is a paradox quite;
In driving your chariot along,
If you keep the left side you are sure to go right,
And if you keep right you go wrong!'
I assure you, doctor, weare making very wholesome pro-
gress under this act, and you must pay ss. and costs. We
fined his worship the other day, and you must not grum-
ble at the same fare."