The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-13 00:00:00

bw..13, 1836,

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

• ' CHAPLIN V. LLOYD.
Il useviec Foue.—This case, which came on before the ma
cirates on Wednesday, was deferred till Thursday, in order-
that the • Harbour Masten might be present at the hearing.
assaptain Chaplin then stated that on Saturday week the Eliza
Price steamer, belonging. to the Woodside Ferry Company, was
rossing the river, and in passi the Aimwell steamer, be-
lagging to the Rock Ferry Comng pany, the helm of the latter
was put a-starboard, thereby causing her to run into the Eliza
P rice and to do some damage to her gunwale and quarter
st4nchions, a bill of which, amounting to £5 55., had been pre-
sented, and was refused payment. He called the master and
% seaman of the Eliza Price, who said they thought the damage
was done wilfully. Samuel Lloyd, master of the Aim-
Tell was then sworn. He stated that the Aimwell started
rem the upper steps and the Eliza Price from the broad
steps, and that, when about half way across the river, be-
tween Birkenhead and Woodside, the Eliza Price came up
on the east side of the Aimwell and endeavoured to pass her,
butnot doing so so readily as she expected, sheered off about twice
the length of herself, and then came so as quite to cross the
bows of the Aimwell. He declared he steered a straight course
for Rock Ferry S.W. by S., and never varied from it. Im-
mediately on the vessels coming in contact, he stopped the
engine,and the Eliza Price, after getting past the Aimwell,
had` to haul up to the N.W. to go to-Woodside. Two seamen
belonging to the Aimwell, and a gentleman who was a passen-
ger on board her at the time, corroborated the testimony of
Samuel Lloyd, and in answer to a question from Mr. Hall as to
the time and tide, the former stated it was the twelve o'clock
boat from Liverpool, and about one hour's flood, and that it
was not the first or second time, but of frequent occurrence, that
the Woodside boat had passed them in that way, and that the
Eliza Price had no business on that side of the Aimwell, as it
was out of her course.
Mr. Hill then asked if the Eliza Price was a faster sailing
heat than the other, and was answered by Lloyd that she was.
The harbour' master pointed out to Mr. Hall, on a piece of
Paper, the relative positions of the two boats; and Mr. Hall
said it appeared to him quite clear from the evidence, that the
Eliza Price had gone on the east side of the Aimwell, merely
from a spirit of rivalry, and for the purpose of showing her
superior speed, and animadverted strongly upon the impro-
Pelety of sash conduct.—The case was accordingly dismissed.
" A HELPIIATE."—On Friday, at the Police-office, Ellen
Connaught, a stout brawny-looking Irishwoman, was brought
before Messrs. Hall and Roskell, the magistrates on the bench,
on a charge of having knocked down her husband, and soundly
basted police constable No. 285, who had interfered, on the
night before. The policeman stated that he was on duty in
Dale-street the night before, when he heard a great noise, and,
On going to see what was the matter, the first thing he saw was
the prisoner knocking a man down, who it appeared was her
husband. He desired her to go home, when she immediately
threw herself into a "scientific" attitude, gave him a tremen-
dous blow, and finally succeeded. in laying him prostrate also
alongside her husband. He was obliged- to knock for assist-
ance, and it took other two policemen besides himself to secure
Tier. Mr. Hall—" Did you see her knock the man down ?"
Constable—" Yes, sir, she did it like winking." (A laugh.)
Prisoner—" Oh, shut, it was only me husband ! ' (Laughter.)
Inspector Heaton said she was exceedingly violent. It took
the officer and another to secure her. The officer alone had no
chance with her; she had severely beaten him. Mr. Hall—
" What do you say to beating the officer?" Prisoner—" Oh,
very sarry.for ;that." Mr. Hall—" You seem to think you
have a right to strike your husband, and if he submits to it it is
all very well—(laughter)—but, as you have struck the officer,
we shall fine you ss. and costs, or commit you for seven days."
INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOUR AT THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
--A rough-haired lad, whose person had a very distant acquaint-
ance with soap and water, named John Mooney, apparently a
carter, was on Friday placed before the magistrates on a charge
of "kicking up a shindy" the night before at a temperance
Meeting. David Davies, a respectably-dressed Welshman, aps
patently recently imported, deposed " that te night pefore tere
was a temperance meeting in Stanhope-street, and tin has bin
tilers every week. Last night tin person come in and pegun
to curse and swear, and said " Cot tame," and kick up a terri-
ble row, and pleach take notice he annoys
.te Temperance So-
ciety every wick. I tried gentle persuasions for him to go
home, put he knock town gentle persuasions, so I call te
Tere was more of 'em ten collected, and they cot town into te
cellar, and turned te cas off, and put all te place into an uproar."
Mr. Hall—" Quite drunk was he ?" Complainant—" He ap-
peared to pe very trunk till he cot outside, when te officers come,
and ten he run peautifully. (Laughter.) They made a great
teal of tamage in te place, for which we are answerable, proke
several windows, and put a crutch across te pottomof te door, so
tat every one tat run out from te row tumplecl into de street."
Aeßoliceman said the prisoner was quite tipsey. Mr. Hall—
" You not being in the habit of seeing drunken men, don't
know when they are tipsey." A witness stepped forward and
said he was requested by the society to attend to complain that
they were very greatly annoyed by these practises. Mr. Hall
(to prisoner)--" You are a very silly fellow to get drunk in this
way ; I recommend you to enroll yourself in the society." Pri-
soner—" I went there for that purpose." (A laugh.) Mr.
Hall—"To whom does the property belong?" Witness—" It
is an Unitarian school-room, and we are responsible for any da-
usage while we meet. I don't know what the damage is on the
present occasion." Mr. Hall—" This case concerns the owner
of the property, who ought to have been here. I cannot detain
the man for want of his evidence. All I can do is to fine him
ss. for being drunk, which he must pay."
ROBBERY.—A marine store keeper, named Daniel Moran,
who resides in Forrest-street, was on Friday placed before the
taagistrates on a charge of stealing seine shirts from the Royal
Institution, in Colquitt-street, the night before. Mrs. Eliza
Munro deposed that she was keeper of the Institution, where
she resided. The yard door was frequently left open' for the
children to leave the school. She put five shirts upon the kit-
chen dresser, and then went into the Institution. She returned
ill about an hour, but found the shirts had disappeared. She
gave information to a policeman of the robbery, and on Wed-
nesday morning John Dowling, constable, showed her the shirts.
Policeman John Dowling deposed that, from the information
he received he went to the house of the prisoner, and on search-
ing it he found concealed the shirts in question. The prisoner,
in defence, sate that a boy left them at his house in a bundle,
and Ise put them away in the closet without looking at them.—
. tie-Was committed Co take his trial.
IMPOSITION OF HACKNEY COACHMI4.N.-012 Friday, at the
Police-office, a hackney coachman was' summoned before the
magistrates by a gentleman named Ryan, for an overcharge.
Mr. Ryan stated that he was at the Theatre on Thursday night,
and engaged a car, to the best of his knowledge at a little before
twelve o'clock, to convey him home to 37, Grafton-street. On
arriving there the driver charged him Os., which he thought was
too much, and he told the driver if he took it he should take his
number and summon him. The defendant got the money, and
a-person lie had on the box immediately drove the coach off, so
that he could not et the number, and then the defendant ran
after the coach. He followed him, and collared him, and called
-st. policeman. The defendant then called the coach back, and
,he got the number. Martindale, the coach inspector, said the
engle fare was 25., and the double 4s. •, in either case it was an
overcharge. The defendant said Mr. Ryan had offered him 3s.
far single fare, and he was entitled to double fare, and double
fate "ov coorse" was Go.—Mr. Hall said be was behaving in a
very irnaroper manner; he should fine hint 7s and costs.
ALLEGED FELONY, UNDER EXTRAORDIN A RY CIRCUMSTANCES..
e-sOn Friday last, Thomas Smalley was placed at the bar of the
Ouliee Court to answer a charge of having feloniously appro-
priated to himself a carriage belonging to Mr. Matthews, of
Summer-hill, Dublin. That gentleman deposed that the pri-
soner came to his premises in Dublin, a few days ago, and re-
quested to have a saddle horse. Witness replied that he could
not acconimadate him, with a horse; but, if he chose, he might
have a ca,rriage and pair, which were accordingly lent to him.
the prisonar stating that it was very probable he might requite
the use of thefts until the following."day. Mr. Matthews, how-
ever, was astonished, iu about two hours after this transaction
by the appearance of his own chop-fallen charioteer,' without
tither horses or carriage. Having- obtained from the man all
the information which he could-impart, witness sallied out on a
voyage of discovery, and at length succeeded in discovering his
horses, which were standing on the quay at Dublin; but the
carriage, he was informed, had been put on board a steamer
'which had already sailed fur Liverpool. Mr. Eastwood deposed
that the prisoner, on his arrival at Liverpool, had sent to him
ter a pair of horses to bring up the carriage to the hotel. The
request was complied with. After the arrival of the carriage at
the Royal Hotel, prisoner offered it to Mr. Eastwood for sale;
but that gentleman declined to bargain for it. Mr. Lucas
proved that it was subsequently offered to him for sale; but he
also refused to purchase, on the ground that it was not customs
ary for him to do so. He, however, went to the hotel to see the
carriage, for the purpose of informing the prisoner of its value;
and it was soon after removed to Mr. Lucas's repository, with
in injunction that it was to be sold as soon as possible, the
prisoner, as he asserted, having no further use for it. The
vehicle was a kind of britska, or covered car. In answer to a
question from the magistrate, Mr. Matthews stated that his own
coachman had been got rid of for a few minutes by some ma-
useuvre of the prisoner, and that then he mounted the box him-
' self and scampered off like a devil. Mr. Hall having inquired
from the prisoner if he had any questions to put to the witnesses,
he replied by giving a 'copious narrative of the whole transac-
tion. He stated that, previous to having hired the carriage, he
had imbibed a considerable quantity of whisky, to which he was
so unaccustomed that it left him altruist senseless and power-
less. When the coachman deserted him in the streets of
Dublin, he asked a -man which was the way to Liverpool, 'and
just then the horses took it into their heads to run away with
hint and the britska. which they did at such a headlong pace
that it was impossible for hire to have stopped -them even had
he been in a completely sober state. On their arriving at the
quay, by some magical process or other, which it was utterly
impossible for him to explain, the carriage and himself were
transferred to the steamer, he having first given the horses to a
parson to take care of; and, on landing in Liverpool, he
hardly knew whether he was in Ireland or England, such was
the power of the " rale mountain-dew." The magistrate was of
Opinion that the case had better be tried in Dublin ; and, after
some conversation with the prosecutor, that course was decided
nit. The prisoner was, accordingly, ordered to be taken to
Dublin by police-officer. Flockha.rt.
ROBBERY AT THE POSTOFFICE.—On Saturday, at the Police-
office, a young man named Joseph Brown, one of the swell mob,
Was brought before the magistrates on a charge of robbing Mr.
Algernon Sidney Tripe of £5 and a few shillings at the Post-
office on theist instant. Mr. Henry Jones deposed that he saw
the prisoner, in company with four or five other` com'panions,
at the Postoffice, on the delivery of the letters on the day in
question, push into the crowd, and put his hand into Mr. Tripe's
pocket. He had seen him frequently at the Postoffice. Tho-
mas Davies gave similar evidence, that he saw the prisoner at
the Postoffice window push against Mr. Tripe, and, dive his
hand into his pocket. He had frequently seen him at the Post-
Office and he also saw him there the night before, when he took
himinto custody, and marched him to Duncan street Bridewell,
where he gave hint in charge. The prisoner was committed to
bake his trial for the offence. We have heard of a number of
similar robberies at the Postoffice during the crowding to obtain
the letters at the deliveries.
DEFACING WALLS.-On Saturday, at the Police-office, two
bill-stickers and a boy were brought before the magistrates on a
ehargg of defacing the walls of the town with whitewash as an
advertisement for Messrs. Earpe and Co., of Whitechapel. In-
apectoi Bridge deposed that that morning. at one o,clock, as he
was coming up Dale-street, he saw the -three prisoners white-
washing the walls as a preparatory process for painting an
advertisement for Messrs. Earpe and Co. He had had several
Complaints made to him from individuals that their walls were
defaced by this advertisement, and he in consequence took them
into custody. Mr. Whitty said that during the last week he
had had several complaints made to him bis gentlemen of hav-
ing their walls defaced by this advertisement. Mr. Hall—a It
disfigures the wall, but dues no injury to it. In London it is
tne moat common thing in the world to see it." Mr. Whitty—
."_ It does not make the wall less strong, but it defaces it." Mr.
"41—" When on a blank wall, it is somethirig to amuse." One
of 'the prisoners said he did not isnow there was any harm in
..
. "that they were doing. or he shoard not have undertaken the
int); Mr. Hall said there was a law against it: they were ha-
hle to a penalty of 20s. for every offence. The men said they
were ordered to paint on le where there where hills stuck. Mr.
Hall inquired if the wail 'against which they weee painting was
k Wank wall or a dwelling-house. The inspector, after several
roundabout replies; Sea a-
it was blank wall they Were painting.