The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

FORGERY OF A SHIPPING NOTE.—James M'Connell
and Jane Burns were charged, before Mr. Rushton, on
Thursday with forging a shipping note. It purported to
be a note given on account of a man named Burns, al-
leged to have sailed for Valparaiso. It was ascertained,
on inquiry, that no such note had ever been issued by the
owners of the vessel, and the one which had been issued
by the prisoners was a forgery. The amount obtained on
it was £2 ss. The prisoners were committed for trial.
INFANT DESTITUTION AND CRIME.—Few people have
an adequate idea of the prevalence of infant destitution
and crime in Liverpool. Instances of daily occurrence
may be seen in our Police-court, but that is a place not
likely to be the resort of any save those whom necessity
compels to haunt its pestiferous purlieus. From time to
time we quickly draw attention to the evil as it shows
itself through this medium, and a more glaring instance of
its enormity has perhaps never appeared than the one we
are about to give. On Thursday, a child, whose head did
not reach to the top of the bar, was placed within that
receptacle of crime, to answer the charge of a provision
dealer, named Mark Douzer, for having stolen 21 lbs. of
butter, which she took from his counter and succeeded in
concealing beneath a rag which was thrown over her
shoulders as an apology for a shawl. The policeman who
had charge of the case said the child's name was Sarah
Carthy, and that her mother had signified that it would be
useless on the part of the magistrates to order her to pro-
tect the child, as she was unable to do so from her extreme
poverty. She added that she had seven other children to
provide for.
DISPUTE AS TO THE POSSESSION OF A CAR.—On
Thursday Mr. Lewis Henry Samuel, watch manufacturer,
Castle-street, appeared before the magistrates to
aver a charge of having assaulted Mr. Henry Wool-
right, silk-mercer, of 80ld-street. Attorneys were em-
ployed on both sides. It appeared that the plaintiff had
gone into a car at George's pierhead, which the defendant
claimed as having been engaged by him, and the latter re-
fusing to vacate his seat, a scuffle ensued with some hard
language. Mr. Rushton said the case was one of those
which frequently occurred in consequence of the tricks of
car-drivers. He thought, however, that if civility had
been used, Mr. Woolright would havebeen inclined to ac-
commodate, and both might have gone in one car. It was
clear that the conduct of the defendant had been most un-
unjustifiable, and he (Mr. Rushton), did not know
whether the complainant considered the course he had
taken the best way of seeking redress, which Nas by sum-
mary jurisdiction : but whether or not, to the best of his
power, it should be given to him. The defendant must
pay a fine of £5, and give his own recognizance in £lOO
to keep the peace for twelve months. The fine was paid
immediately.
POLICE STATISTICS.—The annual tabulated returns of
the head constable to the watch committee have just been
printed. The force includes superintendents, inspectors,
and clerks, 55 ; police-constables and bridewell keepers,
28 ; total, 771 ; being an increase of 35. There is a de.
crease in men reported drunk of 103, and in the number
reported for neglect of duty of 316. The number of fires
in the borough during the year was 60, being 20 fewer than
;he previous year, and iuvoluing a loss of property less by

£66,484. The actual loss of property by fire is estimated
at £21,385; that saved at £49,280. The number of
offences committed are 19,942. showing an increase of
2701. The apprehensions for felony exceed those of the
previous year by 1770 ; but there is only an increase of
1550 in the total number. The value of property stolen
appears to have been £12,428, of which £6755 has been
recovered by the police. This increase of crime is not
merely attributable to the natural increase of population ;
but when the extent to which Liverpool has been inun-
dated by the immigration of Irish paupers, amounting to
296,234, is considered, it will appear extraordinary that
the result•was not a greater increase of crime; as it is, the
statistics of the main bridewell show that the great majo-
rity of persons were 'lrish. The head constable pays a
well-merited compliment to the force under his command
during the late excitement, when the whole of the men, of
necessity, underwent considerable extra exertions arid
fatigue, which was borne in the most exemplary manner
by all wiihout a murmur. leaving no doubt upon his mind
as to their loyalty and determination to do their duty to
the utmost.