The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-11 00:00:00

BURGLARY

Edward Jukes, a decent-looking man, aged about thirty,
was charged with having burgiariously broken and entered
the premises of Mr. Mark Leicester, grocer and tea dealer,
63,, Islington.
Mr. Leicester stated, that about half-past ten o'clock, on
Saturday night last he quitted hi% shop and went into his
xitchen, when he heard an unusual noise in a room above
stairs. He got a lighted candle and was proceedinc, up stairs,
and had already advanced a few steps, when he heard some
person getting through the back chamberwindow which over-
looked the yard, to which a passage led. Mr. Leicester ran
out of the house door into the passage, where he found the
prisoner, about two yards from the entrance. The prisoner
knocked out the candle which Mr. Leicester carried. Mr.
Leicester attempted to grapple with him, but he at first strug-
gled very hard, and tore Mr. Leicester's shirt. At length
Mr. Leicester succeeded in . obtaining a firm hold of him,
when constable Pearson came up and pushed him into the
house. On going into the back room Mr. Leicester found
the window open, and that a looking-glass had been removed
from the table, and placed on the room floor. Several hair
brushes and the table cover had been removed, and there was
the mark of a man's hand on the looking-glass. The prisoner'
was taken to bridewell. On the return of Mr. Leicester and
the officer, they searched the entry, and on the spot where
the struggle took place they found a picklock. The prisoner
must have got on the top of a wall, over a water cistern, to
the window, which could easily be accomplished.
Police-officer Pearson stated, that seeing Mr. Leicester
pass out with a lighted candle and enter the passage, he ran
over to him, and found him holding the prisoner fast. He
took him into Mr. Leicester's house and searched him, but
found upon him nothing but a handkerchief and twopence.
His dress was marked with mortar, and the toe of his shoe
and his knees appeared to have ben scoured against the
wall. One of the prisoner's braces was unbuttoned, and
witness assisted him to get it over his shoulder, in doing which
he found that the button was missing. Mr. Leicester had
shown him a button, which corresponded with those on the
prisoner's trousers.

William Goodwin, a shopman, residing in Devon-street,
stated, that about half-past ten o'clock on Saturday night,
he was putting up the shutters of Mr. Underhill's shop, in
Islington. On seeing Mr. Leicester go up the passage with
the candle, he followed, and saw the prisoner getting over
Mr. Leicester's yard wall.

William Jonei, a member of the Society of Friends, and an
apprentice with Mr. Leicester, proved that he had closed the
back bed-room window, about ten o'clock, on Saturday night.
Elizabeth Williams, Mr. Leicester's servant, proved that
she had found the button above alluded to in the yard on
Sunday morning.

The prisoner 'denied the charge. He was committed for trial

POSSESSION OF PROPERTY BURGLARIOOSLY STOLEN

On Sunday night or Monday mornir, last, between the
hours of ten and six, the premises of Joshua Bignell, in
Dwerryhouse-street, were entered, and a quantity of property
stolen. Mr. Bignell went to bed about ten o'clock, having
fastened up his house as usual. When his wife got up about
six o'clock, she told him that the house had been robbed.
He found that his writing-desk had been removed from the
sideboard, and a quantity of letters, memoranda, and papers
were strewed about the floor. Two drawers had been taken
out of a chest of drawers. One of them had been forced with
a chisel. He missed five sovereigns, seventeen shillings in
silver, a watch, fifteen silver tea-spoons, a pair of silver
sugar-tongs, two silver salt-spoons, a silver dessert-spoon,
and several gold trinkets. Information was given to the
police; and bills were printed and circulated describing the
property. The watch was safe in a drawer on Sunday even-
ing. The front door was open on Monday morning, when
the family got up. The lock had been forced.
Catherine Bannon, a dirty-looking female, was yesterday
placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with having offered the
watch which Mr. Bignell had lost, for pledge.
Charles Batten, pawnbroker, of Marybone, stated, that
about three o'clock on Monday last, the prisoner offered the
watch produced for pledge. He asked her whose it was, and
she replied, that it was her own. She wished to have twenty
shillings lent upon it, but he refused to lend her more than
sixteen shillings. She gave her name Catherine Bannon.
About five minutes afterwards a constable entered and de-
scribed the watch and was informed, that it had just been
pledged by the prisoner.
Edward O'Brien, police-officer 53, stated, that having re-
ceived a description of the prisoner from the last witness, he
proceeded in search of her and found her in a public-house in
North-street. She asked him what he wanted, and he told
her he was to take her into custody for having pledged a
stolen watch. She replied, " I never pledged a watch in my
life, but my husband's. Where is the watch pledged ?" He
replied. " You shall, know that by and by." She said,' "If
I had pledged a watch I would tell all about it." She was
taken to Bridewell, and on being searched three shillings
were found on her.

The prisoner in her defence said, she met a Young man,
who asked her if she knew a pawnbroker, and on her reply-
ing in the affirmative, he asked her to pledge his watch, and
he would give her a shilling. He told her to pledge it in her
own name, and she assented.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION.

Mr. Sharpies, a propiletor of bathing caravans on the north
shore, appeared to answer a charge preferred against him by
Mary Corking, one of the bathing establishment of Mr. 13u1-
len, also a proprietor of caravans in the same locality.
Mr. Davenport attended for Mary Corking, and Mr.
Sharpies appeared in propria persona, and deended him-
self. _ .

QV., •
The complainant stated, that, on Thursday last, at the
hour of high water, she was attending to her duty on the
beach, which duty was to invite such nymphs and swains as
made their appearance into Mr. Bullen's caravans for the
purpose of bathing themselves in the river. She was ful-
filling this duty to the best of her ability, and had invited a
bevy of rosy-cheeked damsels from the country to walk into
a machine, when Mr. Sharpies advanced to her, and, after
rudely pushing her, struck her forcibly on her mouth.
Mr. Sharpies being called upon for a reply, stated, that his
bathing-ground joined that of Mr. Bullen, and it was well
understood that no proprietor of machines was to intrude,
or suffer any of his servants to intrude, upon that part of
the beach which belonged to his neighbour. In defiance of
this rule, however, Mr. Bullen and Mrs. Bullen, and the
complainant, were always overstepping the line of demarca-
tion, and thus a perpetual border warfare was kept up. If
they saw a knot of countrypeople standing within his boun-
dary, they were sure to go to them, and attempt to entice
them away to their own district, and thus endless disputes
were arising. It was but the other day that a number of
strangers were passing along his ground, when they were ac-
costed in the very front of his own machines by Mr. Bullen's
people, and taken away to their caravans. Thus they fre-
quently walked off both ladies and gentlemen. It was on an
occasion of this sort that he went up and remonstrated with
the complainant, who was at least four yards over the boun-
dary line. He did not strike her, however ; he merely pushed
her back to her own ground.
A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, was called as
a witness on behalf of Mr. Sharpies. He said he had been a
proprietor of caravans for a number of years, and he under-
stood the laws of the business perfectly well. The boun-
daries were well defined, and everybody knew the lines of
demarcation well. It was a rule, that no proprietor should
solicit passengers on any other thantis own ground, and that
they should not in the course of their business cross the line
on any account. He witnessed the transaction in question,
and he saw the complainant cross the boundary and accost
passengers, at least, five yards on Mr. Sharpies's ground.
Mr. Sharpies merely went up to her and pushed her back to
her own ground, on which she became exceedingly noisy and
used much bad language.
The complainant in answer to this said, that Mr. Sharpies
not only pushed her, but struck her a violent blow on her
mouth, which had left marks of her teeth in her lip, which
were still visible.

Mr. Rushton was of opinion that an assault had been com-
mitted, but he was not prepared to say that it was a very ag-
gravated one. The defendant was fined Is. and costs.

WEDNESDAY.
THEFT FROM A BUILDING

Mr. Samuel Holme preferred a complaint against Patrick
Carroll. Mr. Holine stated that he found the prisoner about
a quarter of an hour before in. Bank Bnildings, where he
(Mr. Holme) was laying a foundation. He had a sack full
of canvass which he had stolen from the place. Every week
they missed from their buildings, fragments of timber and
other articles.

The prisoner said the workmen had thrown him a few bits
of old canvass which he put into his bag without suspecting
that he was doing any harm..

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Mr. Rushton ordered that he should he imprisoned four-
:eon days.

CRUELTY TO A HORSE

A carter, named Lunt, was brought up on a charge of
having beaten a horse belonging to Mr. Robert Neilson, in a
most unmerciful manner. It appeared that be struck the
animal with a large staff on the legs until the blood gushed
forth in torrents, and that he subsequently gave the unfortu-
nate beast a blow on the head with an iron crowbar.
_ _

Mr. Rushton inquired what the prisoner had to say for
Himself ?

He replied that when he got the horse in charge he was
told that if he did not make him go by force, he would not
go at all.
Mr. Rushton ordered him to pay twenty shillings and

costs.
He said he was not possessed of so much money, and that
he would he obliged if his worship would give him time.
Mr. Rushton said he would not give him a day ; that his
conduct had been that of a savage, and that he should pay the
penalty to the last farthing.

STEALING IN A DWELLING-HOUSE

Mr. James Ferguson charged his servant woman with pur-
loining some silver spoons and other articles in the afternoon
of the-day preceding. He said that she had been recom-
mended to him as a very honest person hut she came into
his service about nine o'clock the morning before ; and that
about two o'clock in the afternoon she had contrived to pur-
loin the several articles mentioned.
Mr. Rushton ordered her to be imprisoned for a month.

POCKET PICKING

A respectable widow-lady, named Mrs. Hannah Ripon,
charged a sailor-boy with purloining 6s. 6d. from her person,
at the Pier-head, the evening before. She said that she was
standing on the quay at the time, looking at a steam-vessel
leaving the port, when she thought she felt some one at her
pocket. She instantly turned round, and observed the pri-
soner walking away. She then kept her eye on him until
she had felt her pocket, and found that the money had been
taken, upon which she went over to where he had taken his
seat between two men, and gave him into the custody of a
policeman.
Policeman 458 said that after taking the boy to Bridewell
he searched his person, and found 2s. 6d, in the waistband
of his trousers, and the remaining 4s. in his pocket.