The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

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successfully achieved, and such houses must b
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in a place where safe custody so necessary among the
thieves and the temptations which abound. Some difficulty
(t in cutting into an iron house, and if via-
_.,e were attempted the walls would ring like an alarum
belL We understand that in the mansion just finished
there are above 'l6 tons of metal, including six tons of
sheet iron, and also about 30 tons of timber in doors and
window frames, flooring, partitions, wall-lining, &c. The
large iron house in course of erection is no less than 80
feet in width of frontage, 40 feet in depth, and 20 feet in
height to the caves, capable, therefore, of containing about
1600 tons of measurement goods. At the same works is
being prepared a boomerang propeller for Her 111.a4-
steam yacht Fairy.

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POLICE COURT.

YESTERDAY.

STEALING FROM THE PERSON.—Sarah Smith was charged
with abstracting on Saturday last, from the pocket of
James Paterson, a purse containing a sovereign and a
shilling. It appeared Paterson had been drinking in the
prisoner's company when he lost his money. The case
was proved, and she was sent to prison for twenty-one days.
STEALING TALLOW FROM A SlllP.—Henry King, an
elderly man, who had been employed as ship-keeper, on
board the Charles, lying in the Brainley-Moore Dock, and
William Smith, an apprentice in the same shi-
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were
charged with stealing from the vessel a quantity of tallow.
The prisoners were apprehended on leaving the dock, and

n their possession. King said the
tallow, which amounted in value to about thirty shillings,
had been given to him. Smith admitted that it had been
stolen, but said it was taken for the purpose of being sold,
allowance. The captain said no
..... given to any one to take tallow; or any
,ur such a purpose as that stated. He also said
Kinq, was errylozed by him as ship-keeper, at an income
been an apprentice two years, and had, generally, con-
ducted himself well. lie should have no objection to take
him back to the ship again after this was settled. The
magistrate, after remarking in terms of severe reproba-
tion on the conduct of King, who, being paid good wages
and being employed- in a place of trust, had betrayed the
confidence reposed in linn, and been guilty of theft, sen-
tenced King to be imprisoned one month ; Smith he
I remanded till to-morrow.

to give the c
authority had

LOITERING ABOUT FOR IN ILLEGAL PURPOSE.--Ben-
jamin Johnson and Thomas Karr were charged with
being in collusion with prostitutes and thieves, on Satur-
day last, in London-road, Queen-square, and other places,
pushing themselves into crowds, and otherwise endeavour-

No direct case was brought against
eyuared, had been brought before the
magistrates on twelve previous occasions, on one of which
I only he had been convicted, when he was sentenced to
*sonment for nine months, he was now ordered to he
iJoned for three months • and Johnson, who was
of previously known on any charge, was discharged with

- mg te pick pockets
them. Karr, it

in future

SUSPECTED PERSONS.--George. Green and 'William
Boldon were brought before the bench, charged with
being suspected persons. Sullivan, the detective officer,
said, that in consequence of information which had been
lodged at the police-office, relative to robberies perpetrated
- - - " while the inmates were attending
was on the look-out last night in Hope-
At a short time after seven o'clock he saw the
risoners, under circumstances which arroused his suspi-
ion,
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of
that he had obtained the aid of another officer they ran
They were followed, and after some trouble they
pprehended. On being taken to the
tended not to know each other. One of
pugilist, and the other had admitted to
the officer that he procured his living by cards. The
magistrate remarked that very great suspicion attached to
their conduct, but as no direct act of dishonesty had been
brought home to them, he should dismiss the case; he at
the same time cautioned them that they were known to,
and under the eye of the police, and if again brought up
they would not be so leniently dealt with
ROBBERY PROM A LODGING-HOUSE,—
was charged with stealing a complete suit of men's
ing apparel from the house of Mrs.' Ann Harden, moors
boarding-house keeper, Park-lane. It apPeared tha the
'otflolbettialiiimeoherdninouslegea,vhNele:weasslilelpe+dn
tdagety% no iogui hnt t
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and, on ex • ation, it was
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attempt oofnAt Sibeuo dad y ,
found he was making off with the clothes of a fellow
lodger who was in bed. He was sentenced to three
Br I,9.llE4—John Thomson, Michael
montmonths'imusprriEcsoTnEmi.ent.
T3tE
Walsh, and George Cusack, were brought up on remand,
charged with having attempted to open the premises of
Mr. Hargreaves, in Bold-street, on the evening of Sunday
week. The case was stated over again, and the house-
breaking implements found in connexion with their being
twhereere elicited.
months
taken into custody xti-ere again produced, but no new facts
the vagrant.act
under
ney
were each committed to pr

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were separatel
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STEALING SMUTS
and abandoned him,
gonewas charged with stealing five shirts from the shop of Mr.
Williams, draper, in price's-street, on Saturday last. He
did not deny the theft, but pled hunger as his reason for
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it. The shirts had been recovered, and the boy was
ATTEMPTED HOUSE P.OEBERY.—A very diminutive
ordered to be passed over to Ireland. - -
boy, named John Burns, about nine years old, was charged
with having entered the house of Margaret Williams, in
Grenville-street, on Saturday night. lie was discovered
in the house with all the bed-clothes tied in one '
and two other bundles, containing other propert -
disaiscoo found bheesipdre leteiinindedreadthybthe
aiuketecaarrriunedk away
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be imprisoned three months.
Y 0 GREEKS.--NiChOlag.
33110tTWin custody, were charged
with stealing a silve-wat land 'of board a ship in th . c i a pair trousers from on
e docks, and £6los. in money from a
sailor. The case was remanded to allow time to apprehend
the other culprit. •

Sentenced to

STEALING

for trial on a chargeofae;ll;g7shi7egm.—tvezpoi
Daniel Turner, in Whitechapel.
ALLEGED FORGERIES.—John Woods, late a clerk in
the employ
of Messrs. Seddon, was charged with having
presented several forged orders for the dehvery of cotton,
to a large amount. On these orders 32 bales of cotton
had been delivered. Several witnesses were examined,
who proved that the prisoner had put the ore
file after having endorsed them. It was also r
one of them was not sent from the establishment of
Messrs. Jackson, by whom it purported to be sent.
The prisoner was remanded for seven days, but it
arranged that if the case could be completed before t
time it should be wore into.

•s on the

ORANGE IN

TION.-: Oti Wednesday, t~

_ad friends of the various lodges of the Birkenli
trict dined at the Bird-in-Hand, Chapel-street. I
was occupied by Mr. R. D. Hall, and the --•
Mr. John Scarisbrick.