The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-25 00:00:00

4°YDON LATEST SHIPPING NEWS.

Lloyd's, Five o'clock, Wednesday.
senaY\zthe advices received at Lloyd's this day we learn that the
Legh' YalPh, Capiain Smith, from Liverpool, had arrive;kj't-
karvarsa uu the
Scott
instant, with a cargo of manufactures. The
tart% eatt, Scott, had arrived at Valparaiso. Ihe Expo' ,
108F,,' and Propontis Pratt, had arrived, from Liverpool, at
4;6,1. The Comet, 'Macey, aud the Tacitus, (.4andell, ha
I'llit_aii:'ha,t,lCCW Orlean 'f
in.' Liverpool. The Robert Pulsford,
4,1 arrived, fromsroLiverpool, at Charleston. The Vo-
Tta:3,yates, from the-s• me port, had arrived at Savannah.
Dart, Ditchatn, sailead on the sth, from Leghorn, for Li-
rPoul.
notii...e from IL M. Consul, at Stockholm, has been posted
the Llu -
the /324 s this afternoon, dated the 4th instant. It states,. that
t ~u`Ukl of Trade at Stockholm had published a notification
at' °n afteithe.Bth,"the port of London would not. be con-
ilw e
Qc
41 al :iir ettedee daf r : e:e.
eenti 4 as infected with the cholera, and if the public health
tisfactory for one mouth after that date, it would be
, and all quarantine restrictions respecting vessels

' LOCAL.-NEWS.
, Tug ri
Ty•—We
ttea OTIE OF BRIDGEWATER'S 'CANAL PROPER -. .
igiureP:triin.ot.sendl.n.g,
r that Robert Haldane Bradshaw, Esq., after anxiously
fOr a number "of years,
f the interests of this.
'hb .rhood, sad to re-
side u uceia, 13 going to leave our neig ou
inauua his own -estates, -there to enjoythe fruits of his
Mr. Brad-
late Orin private life. We are glad to tray that
Lite Duke onourably exercised the powers given him
-under the
Duke
1),,r Sti s will, by. appointing, at the instance of the
..
landrger,u,„--lerla (who is acting for his brother, Lord
,Francis
of-V:4, t Owner of all the propert), Mr. hoilloietron,t.
this 5l slay' to,be his successor in.the future.'
doubtless give great
satielt.slile estate, which nomination will g
famil •
it is actien to his lordship, who is now in- Italy with his ).
Isl. ii:ft to add -that Mr. Bradshaw retires with a liberal annuity
valu , granted as Ilane of c„ffreat respect for his long and able services It r Herald. .
Quo., •—•-c tes e
illort irts,G._.._
En alish
A match at this athletic and ancient
.„
an
tscl 'f" i-10., or -420 a-side, came off on Tuesday last in
foll,"".d field near the Botanical-gardens, Liverpool, between katerntlemen of- Manchester and four of Liverpool,..te
dc•onsider-
able • ''''" exceedingly well contested, and excited
sorts. The
tstti interest anionist the admirers of out-dour
Liverpool
players played were two out of three, which the
ce
game Won, and were declared the victors. At the onset h
went tss all in favour of Manchester, and six to four on theirs.n
le • eg'illit• :Manchesterin the first game succeeded in
scours ? •
they scs ntlrtecra out of twenty-one, and in the second game_ti.-
eque..o.red six before the Liverpool people had a cast.wa Saabd,
teworlY, however, the latter had all their own y
ka„ , 3 the close of the game,. ten to one was.
laid 'against
k r's
p, foester. A return match is to be played at Whitta e
,T., Ilultne, near Manchester, some day in the ensuing
el
ile,„lvte Paocessiox.—On Sunday John Wright,
Esq., the
in un-
.tisia?' lected mayor, proceeded to St. Peter's church
for 'kale. A large body orthe nightly watch in h i
captains,
ied
ti; marshalled by Mr. Whittv, and headed by their
.__o_
hisfm e igocession The boys "of the Blue Coat Hospital fI-
. --• els ' • andofficers bearing the
chic Par ch tame the constables
;tee°, aphernalia. The mayor, the bailiffs, and the recorder,
the B"9.anied by most of the members of the common council
oizeehier rector and other clergymen, as well as by a number
~_ atlemen, brought up the rear.
.44sacH
'an,
atiu DF,TRUPERANCE.—On Wednesday a young cypri
bertii.:\largaret Wain, a very fair candidate for thet vacantate
„Lai„ 1;'1 Coldbafh-fields, at liberty by the death of
Hhaerstlan
la tli ''ryntore, was brought before Mr. Alde.rman .
b n'
tot, FOlice-court •11 d b a watchman with having ee
pinyin ad ~„ , c arge y .
caul)? drunk in the streets, amusing herself by accom-
able • g her sweet voice on the window shutters of . the peace-
.- ver
4, tii inhabitants by kicking and thumping. On lookincr o
I had
fitteee,bl3ck book," the alderman found- that the._
She was
ac.
cordinu hales! been committed for drunkenness. bh
kZl3' cons' nod to li.- kdale for a month.
t_ g ir
early ttlft BURGLARY.—On Wednesday morning last, at an
kid "r, some well practised villain or villains, broke open lira entered the shop of Mr. Jas. Shannon, linen and woollen
to ,1,/lf, Scotlauthroad, and °succeeded in carrying away bootyt
ieee,arge amount. Amongst the property stolen were
pieces
of fare ci broad cloth, sixteen yards of black cloth, ten
__
handY silk handkerchiefs, and twelve pieces of blackl silk tu.....erchiefs. The thieves,' whoever they were,
.dispfay displayed
cip;el:terable ingenuity -in committing the depredation,- for it
the
Premi!' that they obtained entrance at the back pat . _ .
a-
els s.es, in MaQ,ee-street, by cutting through
.the thick p
ir
ell
,t°! the shutters," which were lined in the inside with strong
'lees's-„,4`.'n; hut the most adroit and singular part of. the busi-t
he" "as that, in order to enter the premises, the thieves niu.s
getti'P'ilY have trod- upon the head of a press bedstead.oi)n-
kell, gilii, in which were sleeping two of Mr. Shannon's h I
ats the
113411 0 vrere not in the least disturbed, and on rising
ow_
he% oar, they found themselves covered with check i ,
liy till, removed front the shop, and, without doubt, placed there..
tisti le robbers who contrived to get clear away with the lighl
tip :es Videf ~'slue undisturbed. There were several bundles tie
vinzintly to carry away, arid it is supposed th.atwb_y_esime-
s?r other they were disturbed. The manner in hi
that they
ere " managed the burlary shows. pretty clearly
aet. Perfect mastersof their profession. The
lye 8_ . police are in
they
.__arch after them, and, it .is to be
hoped that, ere long,
robl„wal be brought to justice. It is not known ; vhat time the
mises left all
asie r_3?' ;vas committed ; the proprietor of the pre
t five o'clock
is of twelve o'clock the previous night, but about five
eoulie.).Mornin-
bundles
r g-, a little girl observed two men carrying
1.1 ' 'rota the direction of the house.
YeilLrltaliaG A FORGED NOTE.—Yesterday Thomas Bar_toel,rae
Ali. Xipan of shabby-genteel appearance, was brought before
to £5
'lete t‘,"erinart liorsfah, on the charge of uttering a ,she
was
not a" a shopkeeper named Oldham. He stated
thathis name
4 th:aire the note was a bad one; he had written
aareei "ack of it, and was sent to get change. by a personin
order t Joshua Andrew. He was remanded until ttus day,
a-quantity
of a,stia Produce Andrew. In his pocket was found,,Goo4.. Ain. .4notes. The prisoner ;vas formerly a clerk of Dar.
been ;vithout
ttaPloly teleary-street ; but for sonic time has
As lo et
entered
the ,hlol4strEe.—On Tuesday last a shabbily dressed man
an,
tercka? of Mr. Sharp, the tobacconist, in Church-street,
eshnpa
tor 41'ed half au ounce of tobacco from the lad in tb
Leo telt he te d d bad •x pence; the bey.bein a:
gzed n ere asi har '
g lsofosisting
asiuni the fellow as the same who had succeeded in a
few dsy, al' niece of coin upon him in the shape of a sixpence .
fo Previo ' called his master, and in-
risle,i , . RA, and he accordingly , .
%Rod, aim of the circumstance, who gave the prisoner into
ld re
aisu, Y- Yesterday he was brought before the sitting a e
l.lßei in the t and the case bein full made out
RA hi Mayor's cour , .
The
4 Carte him' he was committed for trial. prisoner's name
, . week
week '44ENStore OF TWO YOUTHFUL RUNAWAYS.—About a
ti4tt and two lads, about 14 years of age, named Joseph Alar-
sqestirs ABurley Stevenson, absconded from their employers,
saspe • Ppleton and Co hosiers of Nottingham. It being,
s,ut,seted that they had made for 'the port of Liverpool, sar-
ant,
.were obtained for their apprehension, despatched.to Liver-
{,f psit'd Put into the hands of Mr. Parlour, the superintend Fiat
th O, and yesterday his officers succeeded in apprehending
he
e ulprits, who were conveyed in custody to Nottingham.
au searches were strolling leisurely on St. Geoige's Pier-head;
~i
seoavreching them five 1:5 Nottingham bank notes, and twenty-
kls thereigos Were found upon them, which they acknowledged
p property of their masters.
a etTlit. -11
1 i ~ k ISTIIIII3INC BY B rs —On Wednesday night last
welos,,ruauce was Cr'e:ted by °a
p.arcel of young lads, chiefly Pei.ufNag to the boats ' I t., near the canal, in which,
ito '" toin .eeds-stree st his i„. elate, one of them, a youth about fifteen,
suddenly
t•atea , l'e-, It. apikears that about a dozen lads had congre-
taus!, `Nciiser, either for pleasure or mischief, near to the
to a Zhea a boy named Armitage, from Halifax, belonging
iat t.ii4.4, to ,
4'hona the rest were unknown, intruded himself
.°I.I company. One of the lads who had been throwing
stand rill, o stonei -bo h'companions took a cap, which
the 4"ell into the 'lit to
is
M into the face of Armitage;
.lutter
..._ 0 dirt, and threw
oigiuujor,wtas angry, and a.tivarrel ensued,
the rest of the boys
vd_Palli 5
0 pelt him with stones. Armitage w .as in the act
fio °if his araoekfrock for the purpose of fighting the boy
stoue bldghrown theand' had risen it to his face, when a
tall struck hi_
01;
to cap,the temple and-he immediately fell dead.
Tl,„.".eLog the deceased fall', the'boys made off, but one, named
mere „. oelchtt, wn„
taken, and he was induced to. confess who.
Pre stop, companions, and rest, viz. Felix Tomlinson, Henry
kl•eA n'c;n'ianct John Card, were subsequently apprehended, and
this ll:- -4
eaSt°4 to await the decision of a coronet's inquest.
--,is day oil the body was held yesterday, and adjourned to
Hoc ctY at twelve o'clOck.
Naiusti(NET COACHES.—We have heard of several complaints
la the t_the irregularity and misconduct of hackney coachmen
4tvl the'w4 particularly of those stationed in Clayton-square,
rata other places where the omnibusses, belonging to the
se
' st°P to discharge passengers. The moment
,a pas-
ta' , gets out f - it is the signal for a sudden rush
i.. toaelies oan omnibus,
".11'vev, and cars, led furiously towards them by the rival
ter en s+ not
~ unfrequently to the personal injury of the passen,
',4 ri,-',: 'reqUelltly so as -if his property—one impudent
With "" 4Way with one regar s
of a assenger's luggage—one
allow:l!lotber, and a thirdpawritth the ppassenger himself (if he
htttklit It). It isicigh time that this nuisance- was abated. No
~,7 midi. ought to be allowed to leave his stand
new /,,. xPrCSSIy called for, and tis there has recently been a
well ul
for p.ctor of hackney coaches appointed, it would be as
,i,Le "Ira to endeavour.to abate the nuisance complained of.
le 4 follo
,_-4rOpe, Cawing cabin passengers arrived by the .
packet ship
,soitr. an,, ptam Maxwell, on Monday last from New York :
trru' ja.lrs. Christie and f ly ; Mr, Gillet and lady, of
ad ,4„‘, 'lr. and Mrs C an"
A 4-• %Iv of Canada; Mr.
'gr. 1, i ryon, Mr..E ameron an ,Inlatr.,e,rs,
t Mr. Maxwell,
or 9s,ker,
an,
..r
wceleston, Mr, Charters,
, York; Mr. Oakinan,
liev's.eitast; mi.:-' 31 eyman, of New
Cale. Ir• R au, of Dublin;
\Veil "s.
Ma,uir y ; Mr. John Caley ;11 • Y
I London ; Mr.
3, of p'" e, of Quebec ; Mr. Bigge, 0
Pun,
,r,4rls ; and Mr. Wells of Boston.
aeon ',ic 4-.ll:"NEft t,l al • ' on Wednesday after-
, 0
..8 St public dinne'r ANCHESTE.R.—
the large room of Hey-
'.a,..(.l
nsltotel, la' : '
..,...rie,e-otwrastgiven mehester,_Charles
dwnwllnhi , of the• Inner r
-eee ;91ManAbout 170 gentlemen sat-
laeace °an "etnent In-
e' hich harmony and elo-
-48
In Was the omer
thenrreast, after w_
1.44_
,e.rely alakett 'of r evening. The object of the dinner
illit Indefaticrabierespect to Mr. W-lk. f thet gentle-
i ins, or , hit, erate moiande
,xe.rtions at Manchester, HI exposing to the
C b tt and
do consequent
tinfitoe inconsistencies of William .fob e , .
...
chastewhen that tness to represent any borough in the kin„
for tha'boPe"°n had the vanity to offer himself as a can-
Pet rough of Manchester.
%hie! 44 Vieurtte .
.
tht,„, I are now ha •---,-One of those disgraceful exhibitions,
yp-_--ves, too,. , npily only patronized by blacklegs and
14000tle. T4`ol),ce esterday in a field near the Rimrose, at
es, Who feu combatss were two fellows named Adams and
.fought for one. ho
taiet)°allds• Agin is usu 1 hour and a
.quarter, far a stake of
ao_ ated ~.r,._ ,r, aon such occasions, all the rabble deno-
Cc whether this r aneY" were in attendance 'P
We would simply
er this suburb' d• • ' • .
,/ a police er b an district- of Liverpool is unprotected
vae,.. p y a resident 'magistrate. We tun.c of both to a ceou.nt r
'xis beinc, ner ' Ot; such a congregation of:black-
. p . rnitted '
to assemb4. there. " '

LIVERPOOL MICHAELMAS SESSIONS.

(Before his Worship the MAYOR,.:the RECORDER, and Bench
Of ALDERMEN.)
TUCSDAY.

A LUCK! EiieAPE.---PliSeditt 11 d.con, a respectably-dressed
young woman, about sixteen years of age, was indicted for hav-
ing stolen two sovereigns., one half sovereign, ten half crowns,
forty shillings, and forty sixpences, the property of Peter Daly.
From the evidence brought forward, it appeared that the pri-
soner lodged in the house of the prosecutor, who resides in
Neptune-street, and that on the 21st of July last the prosecutor's
wife deposited in a cupboard in the parlour (not the apartment
of the prisoner,) the money named in the indictment; she
locked the door, and took the key to bed with her, the money
being then all safe. Ou the following morning she discovered
that the cupboard had been broken open, and the money gone.
Upon inquiry it was also found out that the prisoner .had
vanished early on the morning of the robbery without paying
the rent she owed. Suspicion, of course, fell upon the prisoner,
and she was subsequently apprehended, and monies, correspond-
ing in amount and coin missing, was found upon her. Other
evidence to prove the prisoner's.guilt was about being adduced,
when Mr. Venables inquired from the wife of the prosecutor,
who appeared without her husband, whether her husband's
name was Peter or Patrick. She replied that his real name
was Patrick, but they had changed it, not for shortness, but for
the sake of gentility, not liking to have the vulgar Irish name
of Patrick upon their address cards. Mr. Venables submitted
to the' court, that as the indictment was laid in the name of
Peter, the prisoner was legally entitled to art acquittal. Mr.
Hill. the counsel for the prosecution, and several of the bar
couteuded that Daly being known by one name as well as
another, the indictment was perfectly good, and several cases
were cited in support of their view of the case, and, also, that a
name by repute was perfectly good in marriage. Upon cross-ex-
amination Airs. Daly admitted that her husband had only been
known by the name of Peter since she married him, whhAr was
about six months ago, and that up to the present time he was
called Patrick as well as Peter; The learned recorder was un-
decided as to the validity of the objection, and, as there was a
doubt, he thought it would be safer for the ends of justice to do
away with the indictment; whatever liberty persons thought fit
to take with their sirnames, he thought they ought not to be
allowed to do so with impunity. with their Christian names.
The jury then, under the direction of the recorder, acquitted
the prisoner, who left the bar apparently highly delighted, that
"the -glorious uncertainty" had furnished tire means of her
lucky escape. -

DETERMINED OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY BY A FEMALE.
Margaret Ellis,
_aged 24., a woman of Amazonian prowess and
determined aspect, was iiadicted, along with Catharine Ellis, a
more youthful culprit, lor,having stolen from the person of
George Woodcock,„ortAae; lath.of August
_last, one watch and
six sovereigns, his property, under the following daring circum-
stances :—.WoodcoiA stated that, on the night of the 13th of
August last, about ten minutes past ten, •he, was proceeding
homewards along Richmond-street, perfectly sober, when his
attention was attracted to-a cluster of people, who were standing
in the street, amongst whom were the two prisoners. He stood
for a moment, and seeing they were only a parcel of loose cha-
racters, he went on, but had not proceeded far when the elder
prisoner came up behind him, and suddenly gave him a blow
upon the head, which felled him to the ground. He was then
held down, and Ellis took the watch from his fob, and the
younger prisoner assisted in rifling his pockets. Six sove-
reigns and 10s. in silver were taken Irons lama. Two men cause
up at the time, and pretended to assist him, and take the pri-
soners into custody. but they proved to be of the same party,
and assisted the prisoners to escape. He pointed the prisoners
out to a watchman the following night, in Williamsou-square,
and they were apprehended. He never recovered the watch
nor the money. Murphy, the watchman, who apprehended the
prisoners, said that, on seeing him approach them when pointed
out by the prosecutor, they ran away. He asked the younger
prisoner if she knew anything of tile watch, and she replied,
that she did, bnt had no hand in the robbery, although present
when it was done, and the other prisoner, she saioi, knocked
down the prosecutor, when her (Ellis's) fancy man came up and
held him down whilst Ellis robbed him. A previous con-
viction of the prisoner Ellis, in the name of Wood, for felony,
was put in and read; after which, the jury returned a verdict
of Guilty against Ellis, but acquitted Jordan. The recorder,
iu passing sentence, said that, it was impossible to look with
any lenity upon her case, for, independent of the violent out-
rage and robbery of which she had most properly been found
guilty, she had been transported before, and once imprisoned
twelve months in Lancaster Castle; he should, therefore, sen-
tence her to fourteen years' transportation. " Thank you," said
the prisoner, with the greatest assurance; "why did'nt you let
me have it for life, at once."

WHOLESALE ROBBERY PROM A SHIPPING WAREHOUSE.—
Bernard ill'Quade, a la sourer, was indicted for having stolen
from the warehouse of Messrs. Gibbons and Ealing of this town.
merchants, one ton weight of oatmeal, their property. The facts of
the case were these. On the 11th of May last, Robert Miller,
the warehouseman of the prosecutors, who occupy rooms in the
Duke's Warehouses, deposited in the' Room No. 5, one hundred
loads of meal, of the value of about 20s. per load. He had not
occasion to go into the room again until the month of July fol-
lowing, when he discovered that between forty and fifty of the
loads were missing. In consequence of information received,
suspicion fell upon the prisoner, and he was apprehended. A
carter was brought forward, who spoke to his having carted
away for the prisoner, fifteen loads of meal in July, and that
the prisoner paid him for the cartage. A Mrs. Henniker, the
keeper of a provision shop at Prescot, deposed that the pri-
soner had called upon her with a sample of meal, in July, say-
ing that he was travelling for his master, Mr. Murphy, of Dro-
gheda,- in Ireland, he said be could send her a few loads a
little below the Liverpool price,
,and she was induced to give
him an order. She purchased altogether, at three different
times, fifteen loads of the prisoner, the sacks were marked
" Gibbons and Ealing." The case was fully proved against
the prisoner and the recorder, after some severe animadversions
on. the impropriety of merchants allowing their property to
remain so long a time in warehouses without taking occasion
to inspect it, sentenced the prisoner to seven years' transpor-
tation.

Richard Harrison, aged 34, was convicted of having stolen
ninety yards of cloth, ten yards of velvet, four yards of silk, and
fifteen yards of serge, the property of John Levy, jun. One of
the jury who tried bi:n gave him a good character, notwith-
standing which the. recorder sentenced him to fourteen years,
transportation. The prisoner, on receiving sentence, fainted in
the dock.

FORGERY.—Thomas Hudson, aged 24, a young man of genteel
exterior, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with
feloniously forging and counterfeiting a certain order for the
payment of money, with intent to cheat Arthur Heywood, Esq.
and others. Four other indictments were framed against the
prisoner for the same offence, to each of which a sim►lar plea
was recorded. The prisoner was in the employ of Messrs.
Rawson and Co. He had.nothing to say why sentence should
not be passed upon hiM, but he threw himself on the mercy of
the court. The recorder said that although he had pleaded
guilty it would not in the least altei: the sentence which he
thought it his duty to pass upon him. For his sake he was happy
that the statute which inflicted the punishment of death for the
offence was abolished, but that being the case, the prisoner must
be well aware of the punishment which was awarded for offend-
ers of his description, viz., transportation for life. Sentence of
transportation fur the term of his natural life was then passed
upon the prisoner. We understand that this is the first case of
forgery which his come under the cognizance of this court since
the commutation of the punishment.

WEDNESDAY.

PIG STEALING.—WiIIiam Wilson, aged 34, was indicted for
stealing three pigs, the property of John Hardman. It ap-
pealed from the evidence, that Pat Keiruan, a friend of the
prosecutor's, who had an acquaintance also with his pigs, saw
the prisoner on the 19th of September, leisurely driving the pigs
along
suspiciously like those belonging to his friend, he followed-the
prisoner some distance, and then went and informed the pro-
secutor's brother. Peter Hardman, the brother alluded to,
overtook the prisoner with the pigs, and cried out" Hollo! you,
those are my brother's pigs!" to which, the prisoner said no-
thiv. Witness then gave hint into custody. The wife of Hard-
Man said that she saw the
.pigs in the sty on the . 19th, they
might have aot out of their own accord, but they were very
pretty behaved pigs, and never seemed to have au inclination
to do so. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to
twelve months imprisonment in Lancaster Castle and hard la-
bour.
lionnith BY THE MASTEE OF A VESSEL.—T-Thontas
aged 28, the master of a Runcorn flat, and Peter Cropper, aged
33, were indicted for having stolen one ton weight of pig iron,
the property of Mr. Swan Dixon and Mr. Ralph Buckley.
John Welsh stated that he is clerk to Mr. Dixon, and that on
the 20th of July last-he shipped fifty tons of iron on board the
flat George, of the prisoner:Walker, was the master.—
It was consigned to Mr. Marshall, the Duke's agent at Runcoru,
on account of Mr. Buckley, of Manchester. Witness paid
freight for fifty tons, which weight they had credit for from the
original' shippers in Glasgow. On the prisoners return he pro-
duced a receipt from Mr. Marshall, of Runcorn, for forty-eight
tons. To bring the charge of theft home to the prisoners, Mr.
Morgan, the iron founder, of the firm of Morgan and 'Williams,
proved the two prisoners offering iron for sale to him, which was
identified as the kind ou board. the George, and bearing the
Same mark.- A carter was also brought forward, who swore to
being engaged by the prisoner, Walker, to cart the iron to Mr.
Morgan's; and the case being fully proved, both prisoners were
found Guilty; they received a most excellent character for pre-
vious honesty, particularly Cropper; and the learned recorder
after some severe remarks on the -nature of the offence, which
was by far worse as regarded Walker, he being the master of
the vessel, to whom goods to se large an amount was entrusted,
sentenced Cropper to one_month in the Borough Gaol, and
Walker to twelve months imprisonment in Lancaster Castle.

Samuel Armstrong was convicted of stealing a half sovereign,
the property of Sarah Williams. The, prisoner went into the
prosecutor's shop, in Islington, on the 9th of October, to sell
some drugs • there was ' half a sovereign on the counter which
he managed thieve.' He was pursued, and the money found
upon him.—four mouths', hard labour.

WAREHOUSE BREAKtNc.—Thos. Cooper and .John Cooper,
brothers, the former 21, and' the latter 14, stood indicted for
having, on the 9th of October last, broken and entered the
countinghouse of Messrs. .John Taggart. and Co., and stolen.
therefrom one measuring tape, two keys, and two knives, their
property.
John Evans, a clerk to the prosecutors, deposed, that on the
evening of the Bth October, at six o'clock, he left the warehouse,
which is situated iu Formby-street, Waterloo-road, when all was
safe. In the morning he discovered that the warehouse had been
forcibly entered by the back way, and several drawers broken
open ; there was no money left upon the premises, but out of a
secret drawer was taken the penknife, measuring tape, &c. Upon
the desk were some lucifer matches. Mr. Owen, who keeps a
public-house in Ray-street, stated that, on the morning of the 9th,
about 5 o'clock, the two, prisoners entered his house, and called for
Wint of ale, for payment of which they offered a bad half-clown.
itness asked them where they got it, and they replied that
they had picked it up in Oldhall-street. Suspecting they were
passers of bad coin, he gave them in charge to a watchman,
who found the tape, knife, and other articles upon them, which,
they stated, were given to them by their father, vho was a ship-
wright at Nantwich. Mr. Owen, the clerk of Messrs. Taggart,
identified the property as being the same he left in the counting-
house on the Bth of October. They were found Guilty, and
Thomas Cooper was sentenced to seven years' transportation,
and his, brothel' to twelve months' imprisonment in Lancaster
Castle.