The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-17 00:00:00

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the mare, and continued to elude the boy. The latter,
however, succeeded in finding him in Liverpool on
Saturday, when he agreed to go over with the boy to
Ireland, and pay his father ; he then accompanied
the boy to the Dublin boat, and the more effectu-

ally to deceive his young companion, took two tickets.
They had no sooner got on board than Hogan, under some
pretext, went ashore. By the advice of one of his
countrymen the boy followed him. When he got to the
prisoner's house, the latter was waiting for admission.
He induced the lad to remain in his house until Monday
morning. Nothing was then done, and he was kept till
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to give him ten sovereigns. The boy received the
money, and, acting under• the belief that he was to have
the money in liouidation of the debt nwino to hia father_

retained it

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Hogan, however, took it out of his hand

through, and the case was discharged—the magistrate in-
formed Kirk that he was at liberty to give the prisoner
into charge for felony committed at Chester. The man,

A NAMELESS CRIMINAL.—A black man was brought
up, charged with the offence of begging, in Bold-street, on
Saturday. The charge was proved, and the prisoner was
asked his name, but he persisted in the assertion that he

had no name but Black Nigger. lie was accordingly
committed to prison, for the usual term, as Black Nigger.
SMUGGLING.—Auguste du Poull and Jacob Peroers,
two German sailors, who came here on the 12th Septem-
ber, in the Helena, were remanded on the charge of

smuggling more than one hundred pounds of tobacco. A
companion, named Jos. Waters, who was apprehended,

was fined twenty shillings

Joseph Whitehead, who has been employed for a con-
siderable period by Messrs. Whaley and Gerrard, coal
merchants, as solicitor and collector, was charged by Mr.
Thomas Wright, the Liverpool agent for the above firm,
with having embezzled various sums of money, amount-
ing to £4 10s. The prisoner was committed for trial.
ROBBERY IN ST. JOHN'S MARKET.—Margaret Las-
key, an uld woman who has been previously convicted
nine times, and been brought before the magistrates
altogether a dozen times, was charged by a butcher,
named Robert Goodman, with having stolen a piece of
mutton from his stall on Saturday evening. She was
sent prison for two months.
ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Jonathan Harri-
son, a fellow of ruffianly appearance, and who has been
imprisoned twelve months in the Borough Gaol, was
charged under the following circumstances. Mr. Thos.
Syers, a gentlemanly young man, stated that he was re-
turning home at a late hour on Saturday evening, and
when within a hundred yards of Phythian-street, Low-
hill, he was hustled by three fellows, one of whom put
his arm round his (Mr. Syers's) waist. With difficulty he
got away, and called loudly for the police, upon which the
men ran away. Constable 612 heard the alarm, and
hastened up, when be saw Harrison running off, and suc-
ceeded in capturing him. He was committed for three
months. . . -

STABBING.—A girl named Whitehouse, a denizen of
the Toxteth district, was charged with having stabbed a
man named M'Cann. The wound was so extensive as to
require surgical aid, the loss of blood being excessive.
The case was remanded for the evidence of the sargeon.
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ROBBING AN EMPLOYER.—Enoch Evans, a youth of
about fourteen, of respectable appearance, was charged
with stealing one shilling and sixpence, belonging to his
employer, Messrs. Jeffery and Morgan, of 99, Church-
street. From the evidence of one of the witnesses it ap-
peared that the boy was employed as cashier, and the
money was found concealed in a box in the shop, and
the boy admitted it was his master's money. On account
of the youth of the prisoner, the decision was adjourned
for the further consideration of the magistrates.
OUTRAGE.—On Saturday night, at a late hour, the
family of Mr. Hill, stevedore, of Lower Harrington-
street, in the absence of Mr. Hill, were alarmed by a
fellow named Roger Coaley, who rushed into the house
and threatened to stab the inmates with a large knife
which he flourished : finally, he knocked Mrs. Hill
down and kicked her on the head and eye. On entering
the house, be asked for Hill, as be wanted to make
" ribands" of him. The man had formerly been in Mr.
Hill's employment. He was fined £5 and costs, or in
default to be imprisoned for two months.
A man named Jones was fined 2s. 6d. and costs for
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