The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL PO LICE.—TuEsDay.

THE ROBBERY AT MR. TATTERSALL'S WAREHOUSE.—The
men concerned in the robbery of Mr. Tattersall's warehouse,
in Sparling-street, the particulars of. which have previously ap-
peared in our paper, were brought before the Mayor. and the•-;
case fully proved against them, and they were committed for
trial at the ensuing sessions.
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WEDNESDAY.
Thomas Beed, Join Hannah, Thomas Owens, Mary Anne
Evans, Betsey Ellis, a.d Henry Owens; as disorderly characters
as ever constable or watchman were troubled with, were brought
up by Davidson the officer, charged with committing a robbery
in the dwelling-house of Mr. David Todd, at Everton, under the
following circumstances:—Mary Kinsley, housekeeper to Mr.
Todd, stated that on Monday night last, between six and seven
o'clock, she was sitting in the kitchen of her master's house,
when she fancied that she heard the back door open, and went
out to see if such was the case, but finding it was not she return-
ed to the kitchen. Presently the front door opened, and witness
felt convinced that some person was in the house, and she went
into the lobby and found both the front and the back door open.
Becoming alarmed, she looked into the parlour but missed no-
thing, but on going up stairs two valuable looking-glasses were
missing from the bed-rooms. Witness went out of the front
door, and perceived two men, one of whom she conceives to be
. the prisoner, Thomas Owens. Witness asked them if they had
seen any person come out of the house with the looking-glasses?
,They replied that they had not seen any person, but they had
heard the door bang, and they thought the persons who came
out were gone towards St. Vincent-street. Witness sent the
servant towards St. Vincent-street, and went herself to the Lon-
don-road, Owens following her, who inquired, after they had
got some distance, whether she had found the thieves ? The
other man had gone away. Witness told Owens that she had
not found the thieves, and he went away also. The two looking-
glasses produced by the officer are the two that were stolen.
Abigail Pierce, who was apprehended by the constable on
suspicion of being concerned in the robbery, but subsequently
discharged, said that Betsey Ellis came into her house on Mon-
day night at half-vast seven, and asked her to buy one of the
glasses produced : Ellis stated that it belonged to a girl of her
acquaintance who was giving up housekeeping. Witness de-
clined to buvit, but took the prisoner to Mrs. Woods, who pur-
chased it fur 10s. 6d.
Margaret Woods, a dealer in old furniture, living in Free-
mason's-row, deposed to purchasing the glass for the above
suns, and on hearing it was stolen, sho gave it up to Davidson,

the officer.
Mary Parker, another buyer of " unconsidered trifles," spoke
to purchasing the other glass on Monday night, from Ellis and
Mary Anne Evans, for ltis.
James Davidson, the officer, apprehended the prisoner at a
house, in a court, in Freemason's-row. Ellis and Margaret
Owens said they get the glasses from Reed and Hannah, who
were then present, and they said that a woman in the street
gave them. the grasses, and that Thomas Owens had nothing to
do with it.
Mary Anne Owens, who was also charged as an accessary bu t
discharged, said that Hannah and Reed gave the glasses to the
female prisoners about seven o'cbck on Monday night. The
prisoners had nothing to say in their defence, and Thomas
Reed, John Hannah, Betsey Ellis, and Mary Anne Evans
were committed to Kirkdtle for trial. The .other was dis-
charged.

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