The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-01-28 00:00:00

Ini. 28,1851

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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n Friday several parties were fined 20s, and cods for
Several suspected a returned convict—
Were remanded on Friday on a charge of loitering about
the streets in the middle of the night.
On Tuesday, William Douglas a young man lately in
the employ of Mr. Henr Stle
coachman , timber- merchant, as
, wa committedy Steele,
to trial for having embezzled
the sum of X 6 6s. Bd., money which he had received from
the cashier for the purpose of paying for some hay.
On SaturdaY a fellow of very unfavourable appearance,
Jaen
Thomson, was committed for trial, charged with
a daring burglary at St. James' Vaults Public-house,
upper Frederick-street, The prisoner, who had been
seen loitering about the premises, bad some of the stolen
property about him when apprehended.
YOUNG FEMALE PICKPOCKETS.—On Saturday, two
girls, one dressed in black, and the other neatly attired in
coloured clothing, were committed to prison for one
Month, having been detected whilst attempting to pick
Pockets in 80ld-street. The officer who took them into
cust°dY stated that one of the girls had her hand in a
lad
fifteen yards. and kept it there for a distance of ten or
n Yards.
ca".°Daßnlr 'OP GOLD Illams.—On Thursday, Elizabeth
napbell
Mitted or Ann
' Alin DuffY, and
.William Campbell, were corn-
weddin ' '
1 charged with stealing a number of gold
trow„,g-tlngS from the shop of Mr. Mason, pawnbroker,
.°w-hill On Monday morning last Mr. Mason
_,discovered that a pane of glass had been taken out of his
shop
-window and a number of rings abstracted, to the
calk Young man, affecting the dress and talk of an Ameri-
saptain, was remanded on 'Saturday. charged with
articles
from a number of watchmakers' shops various
51:Istieles
f jewellery, which he managed to secrete about
Itl. person whilst pretending to purchase some other ,r.sucl.e, which he afterwards lefft to be altered according to
!1!e directions, but which he, of course, forgot to call for.
, rnPresentedhirnself to the shopkeepers as third mate of
the Pack
In co et-ship State Wright, the captain of which was
with turt, and stated that the prisoner had been connected
he
Shill and was' suspected of having robbed her.
beab„,lNcoßatuatLE PAUPETtS.—On Thursday, four girls,
.
n era in the LiverpoolVorkhouse, were charged with
ton ein
~disorderly and tearing their clothes. Mr. Rush-
P,:_ lou seem to havesome of the worst class of women
I °e found in Liverpool. The officer said that one of
em had
Rushton (InlY been out of gaol for a day or two.—Mr.
tweet said it was 'useless sending them to gaol for
Y-one clays, for they only laughed at it.—ln reply to
a question, the officer said the-value of the clothes de-
adtroyed vials 15.—The magistrate said he had poweren-
tended term rif " the ant, e
whre damage was committed, to give an 'ex-
gaol for two ITIOnthS-
- imprisonment, and sent the plisoners to
RERTODS 4

'''-'67•--On Thursday, an assault of a
Most serious •
chara,cter. was
.committed by Robert Roberts.
of the Oddfellows firms, Whitechapel. A dispute took
Place between Mr. Roberts and his wife, when he ill-
treated her in a mott cruel manner. It is said that he
kneel
bod ced her down, kicked her, and then jumped tpon
her her
y- After some difficult , she contrived to make
escape from him, nod
there i-, ran outy at the back of the premises,
h wass-e took refuge for a time in a slaughter-house.
called, suhaetinently taken into the house, and a surgeon
. who rendered prom t medical aid. She is consi-
oered to be in a,ver dangerous state. He wee brought
11P/0: I'll claY• and remanded.Yan
wereInTANT SEAmAN's CASE.—On Tuesday, -six men
charge on'furgehfutsinP in custody, before Mr. Rushton,. on a
articles; Th og to proceed to' sea in a ship after signing
seder, and °alas Ridley said he was master of' theCruin-
the aid the whole of the men had sailed with himb
n
4t sea e " a.voyage to Buenos Ayres. They had . been
go tlviee daYe, and returned to port, when they refuse
bein l'orage. One of the men said, on the charge
and g Preferred, that they would be obliged if the mate
the the Bteward were sent for, as they would-state tna
river, ca13,....tan had never been sober since the ship left the
different 'Rushton 1.• Rushton said, if that were true, it put a
Mme,—"‘ aspect upon the case. When the witnesses
big the mate, who seemed to answer unwillinlv said
emild not-say that the captain had been altogether in it! Proper senses during the voyage. The steward was.
;LT9 called,--arel he said that he had oftemgimn him
epeegnTta in his,cafee, and he was not capable of managing
iP on a lee shore. The captain denied that he had
been in such a state. He had had a pilot on board
oiofrat-ht three ,day.s put of the five •, he had not tasted spirits
7 oescription. The steward said : I saw him fill
ftnimbler when he was not able to hold it to the cask."
• Rushton said it was a very serious matter. ''lt was his
ruatY to take care that the men were not imprisoned im-
,4r gerly• "tinder the circumstances, and deciding by the
to sea "cep he thought the men justified in not proceeding
The captain said he had sailed sixteemyears out
ILL.si,vewrpool, and referred to his character. during that
f... 7, hen the magistrate remarked, that it was a pain-
,...tning to do, as respected the cap ain,'but.it was due
wppae men :Thev must be discharged.
Itt %that Wertsmcca.—A number of informations
prnvet eard onWednesday, before Mr. Rughton, which
rairen laid
against the captains of ferry steamers, for
the tting smoke to be poured from their funnels. Before
Iltigh;Tme,ocement of the proceedigs, however,. Mr.
Dostpon;,,,c'erk to the Health Committee, applied for. a
to the•c—,:,lll4ol the cases until the result of a.memoriadl
become i-" from the owners of the ferry-boats shoul
4riewn• adj Mr. ournment ,on such Rush
ton would not consent to an
Premising of 'the law -rthe
ounds. He would have na COM -
informations .must eitker be
Withdrawn altogether. ;or proceeded with on the responsi-
ity of those`-bringing them forward.—An information
against'Mr:lVilleughby was postponed, to allow him time
to make some experiments to remedy tile ovil.---.An infe-
biation against ' the Prince, Woodside
'steamer, ,broke
down on a technical objection.—The master of the-Ecylph,
Itock.,-ferry boat,zwas fined £5, it beir.g practicable to
Apply the requisite apparatus to the boilers. %Another
Penalty 0f,5..5 was inflicted on the same party for a similar
offence on another day.—The master of the'Stari Rock-
ferrluteamer, was4iso fined £s.—John Elansononaster
of the Corporation ferry-boat Cato, plying between
~_ernool and'Birltenhead, was fined £5 for an offence on
ir 29tb ,December, and £5 also for another offence•on
'"e Ist '‘lanuary.--,•Mr. Rushton expressed a strong opinion
that the Corporation ought to set an example in their
bate ; %idle, instead of that, here was a boat whichlad
''''" toed about a dozen' times, and yet ono efforts, were
?lade prove its-oendition. Mr. Fresh-observed that
Itt.istructins had been given to effect the neoessary alters-
:Zs: tviv• 'Rushton krther intimated that 'he should not
appointedce noY more •fines until Mr. Brown, the newlY-
kr• d, aoPerintendent of the Corporation boats, and
it__sureskes
Shad held some communication as to the
th'e'evih
sawhieh it was-most desirable to adopt to prevent
addressia lituch complained of.—The ownerof.the-Sylpb,
eircuinst g 'le bench, said that they knew nothing of the
their steaarntas atte.ndant Epon the emission of smoke froni
the °steer
whe:oufmntaildethacases were brought to Qourt. tlf
an intimation
dbeeettmeredabaleeth
toate the.cauc
the observations were to give thein
e fact- at the time, they would then be
eof the evil. The magistrete
gent' , scion a most reasonable one, and gave the
e'uatt 10,11aderstand tkt it would be attended§to.