The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

CLAIM UPON A BURIAL SOCIETY.—On Tuesday, Wil-
liam Jenkins, manager of a burial society, was summoned
at the Police-court, by John Nicholson, for payment of
£5, funeral money alleged to be due on the death of his
wife. The society pleaded that the defendant was out of
benefit, at the time of his wife's death, by an arrear of
payment. It was shown that non-payment for six weeks
put the party out of benefit for a month ; and as in this
case the plaintiff had neglected payment for seven weeks,
the case was dismissed.

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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.—On Saturday, Matthew
Bell, nine years of age, whose head was scarcely percepti-
ble above the dock, was brought up as a suspicious character.
Police-officer 653 stated, that, having received information
of the doors of a warehouse in John-street being open,
he proceeded to the place. and found on the stairs two
bags, which had been filled with corn. Searching further,
he found the prisoner concealed in the warehouse along
with another boy, who ran away. Young as the prisoner
is, it appears he has suffered imprisonment for a former
offence, and Mr. Rushton ordered him to be put down,
that his case might be considered.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—About six
o'clock on Thursday evening last, Police-constableAlcock,
who was on duty in Bold-street, observed a man go to the
shop window of Mr. Liddel, jeweller, and dash his elbow
against the glass, which he broke, and immediately seized
a triangular brass frame, on which were suspended fifty-
five gold rings of the value of £4O. The fellow made off
with his prize, pursued by the officer, who captured him
in Cropper-street with the rings in his possession. He
was taken to Bridewell, and on Friday was brought before
Mr. Rushton, when he gave his name as John Welsh.
The man was committed for trial.
PAWNBROKERS' DECLARATIONS.-011 Wednesday, in
consequence of two declaration tickets being lost by a
pawnbroker, Mr. Rushton said it would be much better if
some charge were made for the declarations. At present
it occupied nearly the whole time of one man to make
them out and to attend to them, and, on sonic occasions,
a large number was left at the police-office, and there
remained for nearly six months. After a short conference
with the clerks of the court, the magistrate ordered notice
to be given to the pawnbrokers of the town of the inten-
tion to charge a fee for each declaration. It was stated
that the authorities in Manchester charged 3s. each.
SMUGGLING.—The second mate and several of the
hands of the screw-steamer Water Witch were brought
up on Wednesday, at the Police-court, charged with
smuggling various quantities. The vessel arrived from
Alexandria, and, was searched by Mr. Forsyth, au officer
of customs, when quantities of tobacco and cigars, varying
in weight from two to three pounds, were found, concealed
by each of the prisoners. Those who had the lesser
quantities were fined 20s. and costs, and those who had
the most were fined 40s. and costs, or seven days' impri-
sonment. About fourteen other parties have been brought
up during the week, and fined in various amounts for
similar offences.

DAMAGE TO A PARTY WALL.—On Tuesday last,
Joseph Barnes, joiner, was summoned by Mr. William
Johnson, one of the town surveyors, for cutting into a
party wall, between 77, Park-road, belonging to Mr.
Wardley, and the adjoining house belonging to Mr. Case-
ment, to the depth of eight inches, whereas, by the act
such cutting should not have exceeded four and a half
inches. Barnes admitted the charge ; but said his men
had made the mistake in his absence, and contrary to his
wishes. Mr. Rushton said the penalty was £2O. besides
making good the damages. If, however, the damages
were made good in a liberal manner, to the satisfaction of
Mr. Johnson, the surveyor, and dr. Casement, within a
week, he should not enforce the penalty. The damages
were assessed by Mr. Johnson at £2 or £3.

SMOKE NUISANCE.—On Tuesday, two summonses were
heard against parties for not consuming smoke from
steamers. Both cases had been postponed for a week.
In the case of the Sir Thomas Stanley, river steamer, Mr.
Grantham was to report. His report being favourable,
all possible precautions being used to prevent the emission
of smoke, the case was dismissed. The other information
lay against J. Hardie, commander of the steam-ship Com-
modore, who was defended by Mr. Duncan, solicitor.
This case was also dismissed; and an advice given to the
gentleman who conducted it on behalf of the corporation
to be more careful to produce ample evidence in future..
On Friday, Mr. R. A. Macfie, sugar refiner, was sum-
moned before Mr. Rushton for having a furnace which
did not consume the smoke. The facts were admitted ;
in mitigation, Mr. Macfie urged that they were about to
construct a new chimney. Mr. Grantham, the engineer,
said that by doing so they would do all that could be rea-
sonably expected from the defendant. Mr. Rushton or-
dered the case to stand over for a couple of months, and
the progress of the chimney must be reported to him
about the middle of November.—Mr. John Gillespie, the
master of the Dreadnought, steam-tug, appeared to
answer the charge of having a non-consuming smoke fur-
nace on board that vessel. The facts were admitted ; but
Mr. Wright, solicitor, who appeared for the defendant,
said that the boilers had now been taken out of the ves-
sel, and they were constructing an efficient furnace.
Judgment suspended.