The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

YESTERDAY.
CURATE OF ST. JOHN'S.— Catherine reavey,:
decently-dressed Irishwoman, was placed inlete dock, 11
A SECOND ATTACK UPON THE REV. R. W. WotsElol
the following charge. Inspector Burton briefiY state_
that he apprehended the prisoner on Sunday afternolt!
on the charge of assaulting the Rev. R. W. WolseleY,.lt,
Standish-street ;he also produced two formidable tale
siles, which he said had been seen to be thrown at w,
rev. gentleman. Richard Usher, a young man of resPefi,
able appearance, deposed to having seen the woman t:ra
up the pieces of stone and coal produced, and throw bees
at Mr. Wolseley, as he left the place where he had ,
preaching, to return to St. John's Church. James Tick ter
another witness, was in Standish-street, at a claarf ee
before three o'clock, about a quarter of an hour be or
Mr. Wolseley came up, and heard a conversation betwe!
the prisoner and another woman. The prisoner said to /lei:,
companions that when he, (Mr. W.) came up, they sh°u_t
shout at him, and " frighten" him and his
mob until they should all run away. She was said ill,
addition, to have made use of language unfit forrepetitio.e
When at length Mr. Wolseley made appearance, and
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prisoner said—" Now, women, let us get clutch, „
throw at them. The slutch was thrown in the direct!°'
of Mr. Wolseley, and though no portion of it struckNs:
his friends who surrounded him were plentifully be,
spattered. The prisoner followed up this assault by hold,
ing up her arm, shouting and urging the mob to acts t
violence. Mr. Booth observed that it was very indiscreoef
of Mr. Wolseley to persist in thus going into the Ini,clitot
a Roman Catholic neighbourhood to preach ; it colic' not
Protestal'a
fail to lead to a breach of the peace ; at the same 60'05"
was the magistrates' duty to punish such illegal acts id
icl
that of which the prisoner had been guilty. He EH-
fine 2s. Gd. and 2s. Gd. costs, and in default to be itu
prisoned three days. rAlf
THE PRICE OF A POLICEMAN'S CAPE.—A respec—bo
dressed middle-aged man, named Witham Hampson, sc of
had been " bailed out," appeared to answer the charge's/
having been drunk on Saturday night. Constable 0
stated that Mr. Hampson had been very violent. apd tc's,
his cape to such an extent as to render it entirely uselesof
Mr. Booth, the presiding magistrate, adjudged a fingers„nep
five shillings, and seven shillings the value of the cyuctle
cape. Considering that the cape was torn to shreds+
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court expressed its surprise and amusement upon I-lea/Ibis
the defendant claim the damaged official garment, as 5,
right, no doubt to he preserved as a trophy of his proves;
CAUTION' TO EXCURSIONISTS.—SamueI Mills, 8' tern
man having the appearance of a resident of the ets" and
division of this county, was brought up as " drunk and
incapable." The defendant has lost one of his legs'ao
walks with crutches. Constable 173 states that be font 9
the gentleman lying in the gutter in Vauxhall-road, abet
late hour, helpless, drunk, and surrounded by a 30Z,10C1
of bad characters. When taken to bridewell it was 'l,OO
that Mr. Mills had in his possession the large sum o'6o
hundred and twenty-eight pounds. The usual fine of "

shillings was imposed.
STABBING.—A mere girl, named Mary Rile°Vol
charged with having stabbed a woman named can'
M'Cudden, with a table-knife in the cheek.
plainant had received three incised wounds. The na,r-be
all reside in Limekiln-lane ; and it seems they sPenqbe
Sunday afternoon in a most riotous manner. If,
complainant had been very violent when, ultirnt,e
the girl Riley, who was peeling potatoes at the t'11.1„;
rushed upon her, and, with the knife she was using, "d
flicted the wounds. She was fined 30s. or to be imprison'
one month. sere
PERTY ROBBERY : NEARLY .£2OO-WORTH OF
PERTY STOLEN.—Joseph Hill and Anne Woolley' 0
placed in the dock, the former charged with stealin' rest
the latter receiving, a quantity of silk goods, of g'tbe
value. The female, who was very well dressed, iS set'
wife of a beer-house keeper, residing in Fleet-st,,r`o
Constable 197 stated that, about half-past 12 o'cloc" be
Sunday night, he was on duty in Concert-street, wbeli: tit
saw the male prisoner at the distance of about e'go
yards down Fleet-street :he followed him, when be s,lch
him go into the back door of Woolley's beer-house, first
upon inspection, lie found, just on the spot where
er
caught sight of the man, a large bundle. By this foot
officer 490 came up, and entered the house by the, filar
door. In the passage lay another large bundle, s,.itiale
in appearance to the one found in the street. The re'soid
prisoner, in answer to questions put by the officers' that
her husband had gone out, and expressed her sorrow
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she had ever had anything to do with the bundles. rich
bundles were found to contain a large quantity 0" -00
fancy and plaice silk goods. A gentleman, wh?, the
present, stated that he was a traveller, represent'"geee,
fiim of Welsh and Margetson, the large London Inearotelr
and was at present stopping at Brotherton's
the
Hanover-street. On Saturday night he deposit:v(ol'
goods in premises belonging to Mr. Brotherton, %Or
street ; the outer door was fastened b 3 a padlock, w, `l2eeti
on going to the place that morning, he found had to
carried away and another substituted. Hill professelley,
know nothing about the bundles. The woman, W°°, bet
told a story about a man named Downey calling et,
house, at a late hour, and leaving the parcels witila'll
Both prisoners were remanded for some days.
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ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—A powerful fellow uow
John M'Coy, whose sole covering appeared to be a "
rug, which had been lent to him in the bride
whose head and face presented the traces of a del" it
police.
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blood, was charged with having assaulted the
appears constable 17 interfered with the Pris°,llerbont
another man who was fighting in Vauxhall-roan, t orl
nine o'clock, on Saturday night, when the prisoner set °?
nine o'clock, on Saturday night, when the prisoneraidll it
him, and he was compelled to use his stick, of "vb'efaan,
was seen he had not been at all scrupulous. The„aea
was fined twenty shillings and costs, or to be irnPr'—
twenty-one days. .1 55.afld
A driver of one of Gates's omnibuses was fine- 00
costs, for being intoxicated and incapable of driviell'to
Sunday night. His license is to be suspended I°'
months.trod
A man named Matthew Graves was committed t,o1; COo'
for two months for stealing 40 lbs. of cotton, scluncourne'
sisted of two samples belonging to Messrs. -'-'
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Latham, and Rogers.
A respectably dressed elderly man, name 3 gar-' 'tab'
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fined 10s. and costs for being drunk, and striking 03-
676 at Bold-place. well, :of