The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-15 00:00:00

I • POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRI DA 1.

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OBTAINING MONEY UNDER A FALSE PETITION.
Two respectably clad females, Betsey Fowler and Martha
Shaw, were placed at the bar on a charge of having obtained
money by means of a petition fictitiously signed. The pri-
soners had called at several mercantile offices in the Goree
and the neighbourhood, with the petition, a document written
in a fair mercantile. hand, and bearing the apparent signa-
tures of numerous respectable individuals, to subscriptions of
various amounts from ;€2 to 2s. tid. The petition professed
to be a certificate, signed by a " Wm. Gardner, master of the
schooner Dispatch," to the effect that " Mrs. Captain Fowler
was the widow of the late Mr. James FOvvler, late master of
the brig Caroline, of Halifax," which vessel being on her
passage from London to Havarinah, became a wreck at sea,
when the bearer, with her sister and five passengers, and
part of the crew, were picked lip and landed by the humane
aid of Wm. Gardner, master of the Dispatch, and his crew,
at the port of Blenerville." After the signature of William
Gardner, came a sort of postcript, professing to be signed by
John Hurley, J.P., as follows :—" In consequence of the
above calamitous event, Capt. Fowler and five of. his crew
having perished, I am induced, from the very distreesing
situation in which the aforesaid Mrs. Fowler is placed, hav-
ing a young infant, besides sustaining a loss of property
amounting to nearly two thousand pounds, to recommend th,
unfortunate case of her and her sister to the sympathy e
those who may fcel inclined to befriend them, so that the
may be enabled to reach their friends at Halifax." This w
dated July 28th, 1840. Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland;
opposite the signature was £2. Two gentlemen who were
court stated that in consequence of the petition, and
plausible • representation of the prisoners, they had
induced to give them ss. each. The prisoner Fowler
asked on what day the Caroline sailed from London,
replied on the 12th of July. A gentleman from the U
writers'-room produced a list of sailings for ;ref:-
that no such vessel had sailed from London on the day nat
The prisoner Fowler stated that the document was sign
the parties, and what it contained was true. On
by Mr. Rushto.--, what kind of vessel her husbandeornmandt
she replied, " a ship." To a further question she said tt
vessel had three masts.—Mr. Rushton remarked that in th
document she was described as a brig, and there coin's be no
doubt that the petition was spurious. .He added, th, a stop
must be put to a practice which had become
lent, and committed each of the prisone--
months.

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ROBBERY IN A PUBLI
A woman, named Margaret Breen
on suspicion of having stolen a co
the property of Mr. Bradford
It appeared, that on Wednesday .
in the kitchen of the public-house, and on Sunday, when
owner wanted it, it was gone. The servant girl then rec
lected that the prisoner had been several times in the kitche
but nothing was heard of her till Mr. Bradford received
note stating that a woman had been seen throwing two pocket.
books into a privy in Northumberland-street. As the pri-
soner's description corresponded with that of this woman
she was apprehended. prisoner strpngly denied the of-
fence laid to her charge, and Mr. Rushton elicited that many
other persons had been in the kitchen besides her:
these circumstances she was ordered to be discharged.

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week the coat Wal

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ROBBERY OF A FOREIGNICh:
A young Spaniard, who was.unable to speak a word of the
English language, charged a prostitute, named Jane Arm-
strong, with having robbed him of 5s and his coat. The
complainant went home with the prisoner and another girl,
and during the time he was with them he was robbed, but by
which girl he could not tell. The prisoner was therefore
discharged.

ALLEGED ROBBERY.
Patrick Byrne was charged, at the instance of an Irish
drover, with having stolen a sheep and in sovereigns from
him at the fair of Mullacoogh, somewhere in Ireland. From
the statement of the complainant it appeared, that, a$ soon
as the alleged robbery had been perpetrated, the prisoner left
the country ; having, however, been heard of in Liverpoo►
the complainant came here and gave him into custody.
The prisoner said he was innocent of the charge.
been in partnership with the complainant, and had me
taken what was his own.
Mr. Rushton said he had no jurisdiction in this case,
having occurred in Ireland. Tim complainant, L
might take the prisoner there, if he chose, upon his own re-
sponsibility. lie asked the complainant whether he had ever
been in partnership with the•prisoner ?
Complainant.—No, sir.
Mr. Rushton.—Had you no dealing with him in buying
and selling cattle ?
• Complainant.—Yes, sir.
Mr. Rushton.--And had he a share of the profits ?
Complainant.—yes, sir.
Mr. Rushton.--Then there is an end of the matter. I
cannot detain the prisoner.

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ROPE STEALING.
Samuel Jones was chat ged with having stolen a rope
weighing 601b5., the property of Messrs. Brancker. The
rope was traced from a cellar of the owners into a variety of
hands, but there was no distinct evidence of its having been
in the possession of the prisoner. He was consequently
discharged.

SIiftJ6GLINC

John Hurst, a seaman: was fined £5O, or in default of
payment to be imprisoned one month, for having 411bs. of
foreign manufactured tobacco in his possession. A similar
penalty was inflicted on Jacob Jackson, another seaman, for
a like offence.

"THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DID RUN SMOOTH."
James Cooper, a marine store-dealer, in Naylor-street,
and Thomas Harrison, a labourer, were placed at the bar on
suspicion of having stolen.about 3501b5. of pig-iron.
Police-officer Maguire stated, that about five o'clock this
morning, he saw a cart in Vauxhall-road, driven by the pri-
soner Harrison. Knowing him to be an indifferent character,
he followed him along Cherry-lane, into Naylor-street, and
saw him drive into the yard of the prisoner Cooper's shop.
The gate being immediately closed his suspicions were fur-
ther excited, and he knocked for admission, which was re-
fused for some time. When he was allowed to enter, he found
six pigs of irou. marked " Clyde" concealed among sonic
manure, and neither of the men being able to account for its
being there, he took both into custody.
Mr. Rushton enquired whether the owner of the iron bad
been found ?

The officer replied in the negative.
Mr. Davenport, who appeared for Cooper, after cross-
examining the officer stated, that Harrison had gone with his
cart to Cooper's yard to remove some manure, and that
Cooper was waiting for him. That was the cause of their