The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-01 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, POLICE.

WEDNESDAY.—(Btfore Sir THOMAS BRANCKER.)
COMMITTALS.—James Match was committed to take his trial
at the sessions for having stolen a quantity of copper from Mr.
Comer, his employer. On the Tuesday, .I‘l.r. Coiner suspected
that he had been taking something from the premises, and,
when he went to dinnei, searched him and found about six
pounds of rolled copper on his person. He then gave him in
charge. He had been about eighteen months in his service.
Hutch did not deny the charge, but hoped they would be lenient

as it was his first offence.
Thomas Shortie was brought up charged by Win. Stringer
with having stolen a trowel of his. Stringer stated that he was
at work at a building in Charlotte-street, and left his tools there
when he went to dinner the day before. On his return he
found his trowel ..one. He went to Mr. Moyles's, the pawn-
broker, in Whitec'hapel, to ask if it bad been pledged. Shortly
after, thel prisoner entered and offered the trowel in question to
pawn, when he was delivered into custody. These facts' being
deposed to, prisoner was committed to take his trial at the

session S.
• • Thomas Shepherd was brought up charged with having stolen
two saws. John Whittington deposed to being at work at a
building in King-street East, the day before; on going to work
lie left his saw on the premises, and on his return he found it
-gone. lie sent information of the robbery to the pawnbrokers,
and went himself to Mr. Moyles's.-pawribroker, and there fouad
his saw. Adam Amos, joiner, of Castle-street, deposed to losihg
.his saw in a similar manner, and finding it at Moyles's. Mr.
'k:va.ns, assistant to Mr. Moyles, identified prisoner as having
6ene to pledge the saws in question, and Sayer, the police
officer, being there at the tame, he gave him into custody.
Sayer stated that, on searching the prisoner, he found upwards
of forty tickets, all of different pawnbrokers, for joiners' tools.
-The depositions for his cononitment having been signed, pri-
soner was put back till• Friday, in order to afford opportunity
of finding out any other of the owners of the pawned property.
ILOBREBY. BY AN APPREKTICE.—John Miltiuglon, a lad about
15 years old, was brought up charged by the watchman with
having a fowling-piece in his possession, which he could not
give a satisfactory account. One of the police stated that he
had stopped hint the night before in Park-lane, with the fowling-
piece in his possession; on asking him where he got it, he said
he had bought it, and
.was carrying it home ; but, afterwards
giving a contradictory account, he took him into custody. Ile
said he had found a. 13 note in Bold-street, with which he had
bought it, and that he had given £2 for it at Mr. Woods's; only
one pound was found on him, and, in answer to the inquiry of
*hat he had done with the rest, he said he supposed he must
have, lost it in running. Ile had not bill any one but a boy.
that he hadsfound this note. Ilis master, on being sent for,
said that on Saturday night he had missed a Ea note, which he
had not been able to find. Mr. Woods produced the note paid
to him, on which the prisoner had signen Isis name, when it an.
pease(' he had sigued " John. Thompson," 'instead of his own
name.. The case was remanded to admit of further inquiry.
Yesterday he promised to .slimy a policeman where he lad de-.
wished £2 ss. in an old brick wall, which would nearly makeup
the £5.: • -
atToxsruscr."--Agnes -Vairer, an old char-woman, charged
Mrs. Elisabeth Shiers with stabbing her in the arm with a toast-
ing-fork a fortnight ago, whereby she could not follow her oc-
cupation. Complainant said that she was at Mrs. Shiers's
charring, when she And missuS
.had some words, when•missus
threw her down stairs and stabbed her in the arm with a toast-
ing fork, which had brought on aflamation,\and she should never
be able to use herarm any more.
Mrs. Shiers.—Gentlemen, I took this old woman to serve me,
and I only had her litre days, and she was drunk four, there she
is, an old woman of sixty, your worships. I says to her, Mrs.
Fairer, says I, will you go out of my house quietly and trouble
me no more, says she "No, I will see• you -- first." She
then tumbled down stairs and broke my bannister in falling;
there she is, your worships, an old woman of sixty.
Campbell, one of the police, said that on the day in question
he heard a noise in Gloucester-street, where the parties reside,
and went there and found that Mrs. Shiers had been turning
complainant out of doors; she was very drunk. He heard
nothing at all then of her being stabbed with a toasting fork.
Mrs. Shiers.—Gentlemen, if you inquire into her character
you will find she is the most dreadfulest drunkenest character
that ever was; an old woman of sixty, sir, there she is. And as
for a toasting -fork I have not a toasting fork in my house.
Complainant.—Oh dear me; oh dear me; it bout to be brought
up ; it hout to be brought up.
It appearing, on further investigation,- that the charge was
pure invention, the case was dismissed.
MATRIMONIAL FELICITY.— Mrs. O'Gorman an Irishwoman
with a terrible black. eye, appeared to prefer a charge of assault
against her-huSliand-fur beating her and ill-using her tillshe was
afraid of her life.
Mrs. O'Gorman.—Gintrmen, this man as is my husband be-
haves 'shockinly to toe, an' has done ever since we was mar-
rid. Last Saturday night he comes homeat an unwarrantable
hour, and first he was crass becos' I hadu't the taa watin' for
'im. He thin asked for a book as had bin on the chimney-
pace, and becos' he couldn't find id he grew crasser an' begun
usin' rich shockin'able words that I wint to bed and covered
meself over wid clothes an' put me fingers in me ears that I
mightn't hear 'cot. Well, thin, he shouted he wanted the taa
kettle, an' becos' I couldn't hear 'im he come up stairs an'
pulled me out ov bed. an' ludhered me, an' give me this black
eye, an hit me shameful here, an' here, an' here. (showing her
arms,) an he niver gives me nuthin' ov his wages, an' I want
to swear me life agiu 'im for the pace.
Defendant.--Plase yer wortships I'm miserable; that woman's
the ruin on me. I come on Saturday slight ether I had bin
bout workin', an' found nothin' ready for me, an' becos' I was
vexed she ups wid a brush handle an' hits me rite acrass,the
1 back ov me hand. She never has done a stich ar a han's turn
for toe, but lets me go about i' rags shameful, an' becos' I
haven't earned so much lately, an' can't give her so much to go
gallivantin' wid, she uses me like a Turk, an' I'm afeard ov me

The Magistrate.—Why, man, you are big enough to eat' her

up.
Defendant.—l can brini, wipesseslo swear that she's come
at the wid a knife, au' Aitt,yvy laPik I(& can't give her
-iiintieV to gdgattiwantiWwldt,tfrO'nPa Vißra thire;•or the ipolcvr,
or the iron fender, or the talf-Vettle an' wangs it at me, an'
run me into debt all over, an' I'm miserable.
Mrs. O'Gormati.—Wurrahl Me git 'im into debt ; its jealous
ov me he is wid other men, an' that's what he sis I galliwauts
for. ogh the brineoge. (Laughter.)
Defendant.—l'd soon run away from you intirely if VIZ did.
The Magistrate.—Something to be jealous of I think.' What
trade are you, (to the husband.)
Defendant.—l'm a nailer; sir, an do all whatever I can to
• gape' her respictable, but I can't, she bates me. •
1 The Magistrate.—Well, don't you think you can settle It and

live peaceably together.
Defendant:—Paceably do ye say ; whin she's nothin' else to
begin about she sis she wonders what she trees her beauty away
on sirh an ugly feller as me •for.
The Magistrate,--You have as much right to complain, I
think, as she has.
Defendant.—She compares me, yer honour, to Luther an'
Calvin, two of the ugliest men (Loud laughter.) She
sis I'm as ugly as the divil is 'imself, while me Ill,: is miserable.
(Continued laughter.)
- Mrs. O'Gorman.—Dham.no sheen, icoo'itin its a big lie. I niver.
eall'd 'ins ugly. I nivercalls 'ins but whin he callS me, an' thin
I calls 'ins ivery thin', for 'faction for meself, I've a witness
here'll tell you how he's used me.
An old woman here stepped forward.
_ The Magistrate.—ls it he that beats her, or she that beats

hint.
Witness.—lt is not my business to watch when they beat one
another, but I daur say they'il have charge for charge. This
woman's a very different woman to what I took her to be. When
she's tired' of scolding, and her husband says nought, I've seen
her take a stick and beat the floor as hard as ever she could
knock for half an hour together, and if that didn't vex him
she'd get a candlestick that sounded, and beat the window
frame till he got into a passion, and then she'd throw bout at
him. (Laughter.)
Defendant.—She has sworn if she can't get 'faction at me to-
day, she swears she'll pisin me ; I'm afeard ov me life.
The Magistrate.—ls it not much better that you should sepa-
rate and allow her something.
Defendant.—Och the sun 'ud niver.be.too hot, or the .snow
too could for me if I could get rid ov her:
The Magistrate.—Aye, but you have taken her for better and
for worse, and you must support her.
Defendant.—lis all fur toe worse that it is; but I'll do what I
can.
The magistrate proposed that he should allow her ss. a week;
but he said he could not afford it, and Martindale, the police-
officer, was told to call at his master's and inquire how much he
could earn. Yesterday Martindale said the master had told
hint that he could not earn more than lOs. a week; when the
magistrate proposed that defendant should allow her 3s. a week
through Mr. For Wood, the parish overseer, which was at length
agreed to; Mrs. O'Gorman exclaiming, as she left the court,
" Ogh hagur ! it won't find me wid p'taties."
THURSDAY.
Peter Yates and Henry Lewis, two reputed young thieves,
were charged by Murphy, the watchman, with having been
about his beat nearly all the night before; he had driven them
several times out of an entry, and at length took them into cuss
tody. Batcheldor, the governor of Bridewell, said they were
both thieves; he had had them both in custody.—They were
sent to the House of Correction for three months.
FELONY.—Two lads, one quite a child, were brought up
charged with stealing two check shirts, the property of Mrs.
Rowley. A witness deposed to seeing the younger lad enter
Mrs. Rowley's kitchen door as if to beg, whilst the elder lad
stood outside with a bag. The younger lad then' came out with
a check shirt, which the elder one immediately put into the bag.
The younger one then went in again, and soon returned with
another shirt, which was in like mariner "bagged." The two
then walked of.—They were sent to the House of Correction for
three months.
ASSAULT.—Thamas Oldfield and his son were summoned
before the magistrates charged with an assault on Messrs. Wm.
and Daniel Busby. Mr.' William Busby stated that the older
Oldfield came to his premises drank on ussday night demand.
ing payment for some damage done to his car, which he said had
been done by one of his (Mr. Bushy's) men. Knowing nothing
about it, and seeing that the man was drunk, he told him to
come agaiu next day ; he then commenced abusing him, and
collected a crowd round his premises, which obstructed his
business; he. also struck him. In the midst of this the younger
Oldfield came, and running behind his brother, struck him on
the hack with a thick stick. Oldfield in defence said that one
of Busby's men galloped after his car and did about LI worth
of damage to it, and he only asked for payment. The son said
they came and told him they were killing, his father, when he
ran down in a passion and used the stick.— rite father was fined
lOs. and the son ss. and costs; in default to go to the House of
Correction.
THE FRIENDLY SOCIETY'S PAR APHERNALIA.—John Jones,
the president of a friendly society, summoned Mr. Elias, publi-
can, to show cause why he detained the colours and ornaments
of the society. Mr. Elias stated that the society fixed on a
room iu defendant's house to hold their meetings, and sent their
colours, &c. there. They only met four weeks there when it
was determined to go back to their old meeting-house. He then
called the landlord op and asked for the hill, which amounted to
17s. 6d., and being right, he paid it. He then told the landlord
that they were going to leave his house, when he made a demand
of 10s., for the colours, &c. remaining in his room four weeks,
and refused to give them up till he was paid. This, he thought,
" wasn't a right thing," as they had never had such a charge
made to then, berme. The defendant said his landlord made
him pay for his house, and he could not afford to let his rooms
for nothing. The magistrate said this was but reasonable, and
advised the president to pay the charge, lest the landlord should
keep the society's paraphernalia for it. •

MATRIMONY IN BALTIMORE.—They go ahead with a fifty-
horse power in the matter of matrimony, in the city of Balti-
more. The number of applicants at the clerk's office •has
averaged three a day during the past year. This. taken in con-
nection with the runaway matches, and other unlicensed mar-
riages, certainly shows a very respectable annutil•ap gregate of
wedlock, and nobody who
,knows how beautiful the Baltimore
gir:s all are can wonderit.—New r urk Paper: