The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

NOVEL MODE OF EFFECTING A ROBBERY.—On Thurs-
day an elderly man, named Adlard, the proprietor of a
number of small houses in Scotland-road, appeared before
Mr. Rushton to charge Maurice Crompton with having
stolen two deal boards, his property. It appeared that
Crompton, who is a tenant of Mr. Adlard's, was stopped
in the street by a policeman carrying the boards in ques-
tion, and about which he was unable to give a satisfactory
account. The officer accompanied him home, and upon
looking over the premises discovered that the boards had
originally served as shelves. Mr. Adlard said it had be-
come a practice for men of the description of the prisoner
to take a house for a long period, and decamp in a few days
with a portion of the fixtures. The case was one over
which the magistrate had no control, and the man was
therefore discharged.
COMMITTAL OF AN ACTING INSPECTOR AND A POLICE-
MAN.—On Friday, a lengthened investigation took place,
before Messrs. Rushton and Benn, at the Police-court,
relative to a charge of assault preferred against two police-
men, Nos. 667 and 665, by a man named Davine. The
case had been previously brought before Mr. Dowling, by
VlllOlllll it was referred to the magistrates. The deposition
of the complainant was to the following effect that, between
the hours of two and three o'clock on the morning of
Tuesday, as he and another person of the name of M'Carthy
were walking along Great Howard-street, they met two
policemen, and were followed by them for a considerable
distance. At length the officers bade them halt, and de-
manded, in I eremptory terms, to know who and what
they were. To each question a proper answer was returned;
yet the policemen were not satisfied, for they proceeded
to search their pockets. M'Carthy quietly submitted ;
but not so his companion. The consequence was a "row,"
in which Mr. Davine was severely beaten. Meats bile
M`Carthy ran for assistance to Mr. Hutt's provision-
shop, situated in the neighbourhood ; but ere lie re-
turned to the scene of battle, the officers had decamped.
Mr. Davine's evidence was corroborated by Mr. M`Car-
thy. Neither, however, could swear to the identity of
more than one of the officers-665. Mr. Rushton, how-
ever, after giving him a severe reprimand for inflicting
such a beating on Davine (who had been examined by Mr.
Parkinson, and tonna to I,v iscverciy banaLao.o, wiz; mitoltoci
him for trial. No proof existing against the other officer
(667), he was sent away. Policeman 649 was then placed
before complainants, for identity. They could not, how-
ever, swear to him. The investigation was then almost
closing, when acting-inspector Heyden 156, made a state-
ment to Mr. Rushton, to the effect that 665 had told him
that acting-inspector Blake, 621, and he had had a row
with two suspicious characters, in Great Howard-street,
on Tuesday morning. As this deposition seriously incul-
pated Blake, that officer was sent for, and, on being told
of the charge, owned that he was the companion of 665
during the alleged occurrence. Mr. Rushton, therefore,
committed him likewise.