The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-14 00:00:00

P OLICZ INTELLIGENCE.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4th.
iAN o IRREGULAR CANVASSER.—Edward Nixon was committed
ut' trial, for stealing a bolt of canvas (42 yards,) from the Work-
lea of Mr. Richard Darlington, junr_ in Launcelot's Hey.—
tor. of
Wilson, living at No. 26, Fazakerly-street, was
kkulg out of his house, a little after nine o'clock on Monday
t,,°,,,rtllng, when he. observed three men walking up the street in
As:`'Panf,—one of whom was the pritioner,h a bolt of can-
% ande.r his arm, and suspecting them, he followed, on which
keY all ran away,—the prisoner dropping the canvas in his
seg,ht..--kr. Wilson pursued, and securing the prisOner, con-
e,,d him, together with the canvas to the police office.—Mr.
identified the latter as one that was missing from a lot
. el
ikoweive similar bolti : they were placed near the uoor Of his
inside. The prisoner said the canvas had been given to
IC' to carry by a man, of whose name and address he knew
h4..1.1., LUCK OF THE JONES'S.—JOin Jones was committed for
VC, for stealing a cloak from the shop of Mr. Christopher
us,
141,,,eY, draper, in Paradise-street. John Amos of Pool Lane,
thr, ",e prisoner snatch the cloak from inside of Mr. Whafey's
k"„ 11, door, between five and six o'clock, on Monday evening,
ti,i'ounediately gave the alarm end pursued him, calling "stop
el." The prisoner dropped the cloak as he ran, and Mr.
Os picked it up, and conitinuing the' chase, overtook him at
corner of Tarieton-street., The prisoner said he knew no-
-4,44 of the cioak.—Another man, a.so calling himself John
'ix, s likewise committed for trial, charged with stealing
illaandkerchiefs from the shop of Mr. Charles Ward, draper,
°se Piace. About the same tune as the preceding tran-
iilra took place, this pristine? went into the prosecutor's shop
asked to look at some handkerchiefs, and the prosecutor's
lk'gbter sheaved hint the two handkerchiefs in question, which
4441s.tehed out of her hand, and ran off with. She gave an
cu.,,111,, and her brother pursued the prisoner, whO was caking out
ACP thief" as he ran along, and followed him into :Nash Grove,
Leto he overtook him, and finding the handkerchiefs in his.
"ts conveyed him to Bridewell.---The prisoner acknowledged
betore the Magistrates. ,
i 4 Brook,haw was committed for trial, for stealing two sPit-
steg boxes, from Joseph Bishop's public house, in Tithebatn-
Qt.-1 he prosecutor niisSect a spitting box from the parlour
(.4'Tich the prisoner had been sitting drinking, about six o'clock
ki,;'ionday evening, and observing him shortly afterwards
apn",,''a to the Same town, he went in and found him with
'(.,pier spitting box concealed within his coat, which wag but-
th'.e,,gover it. The prisoner,—who was conveyed- to Vauxhall
,t''"eweli--confessed that he had taken the box first mentioned
Go„,issing an sod it for nine-ence, to a woman auaed -
k! l'o'ntend oy-lstreet, in whose possession it wasn found, b Ary
N"lage, the Britiewell.keeper.
Addison, was committed for trial,
htNiged with stealing a pair of boots and two pair of shoes-
tO the shop of -Messrs. William and John /fieeson, :shoe-
it,`eis, St. Jame's-street, The prisoner who had been to
li outor's' shop on several previous, occasions, called there
kl/4)4turday night A little _ before ten o'clock, and said she
dated to buy a pair of shoes. Several pairs , Were given to
kttvto look at, and the shopman, who was watching her, ob-
hi ed her put one pair on the floor. She then selected another
1,,4 trona those given her,to look at, and said, she had not the
Atill,,eY with her to pay for them, but would leave a shilling and
sit, the remainder of the money and take the shoes. The
lkk!'s 'were then wrapped up in paper, and laid aside, and in
@e itig the shining from her pocket she let a halfpenny fall on
ati oor, which she stooped to pick up ; and in the act of
so, the shopman observed her, take
secret the shoes which
previously placed.on the floor, and d them under
t,:loak. She was then leaving the shop, but the shopman
kh'illed her, and charged her with taking what did not belong
Ve,t, and on being then handed into the parlour, she took
Ri44loes from under her cloak, and gave them to him, beg-
tl that he would not send for an officer. He however did so
811 e was conveyed to Brick-street, Bridewell, where a
Ql-ticket was found on her person for a pair of boots and a
tcs' of shoes, identified as having belonged to to the prosecu-
iWhich she had pledged at the shop of Mr. Prior, inPar-
ci,ent-street, between six and seven o'clock in the evening of
,4th of November. It appears that on that evening she
'queen to Messrs. Meeson's shop, and tried on several pair
Akiools and shoes, without, however, purchasing any, and
is, observed by another customer in the shop, as she rose to go
ih:Y, to put some boots or shoes under her cloak, with whiar
01, walked off, and that person then mentioned to the shop-
'ft What she had seen, and he went after her, but could not
op!Chlake her. The prisoner denied having taken either boots
mOes.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5,
kIt44IIERY IN EDGE-LANE.—On the night of Friday, the 30th
@t.'',
111,,'tbe house of Mr. 11,1ountfort Finney, in Edge-lane, was en-
dc,%,"l by means of a pane of glass in the upper part of the win-
,.oeing broken, which enabled the thieves to slide up the
;ter. -Early the next morning the man-servant, on going
110 stairs, found all the inside doors open. All the drawers
the dining-room had been broken open, and, from a drawer
cu side-board, a silver salt-sp
" oon and two snuff-boxes had
t,t, taken, The drawers iu the house-keeper's room had, also,
broken open, and three silver tea-spoons, a pair of sugar-
.ss, and a table-spoon taken. therefrom. From the kitchen
Oki taken a top-coat and a pair of Wellington boots. On the
pk,t,lrday morning after the robbery, the top-coat was offered to
titrge at Mr, Asher Cohan's, in Pool-lane, by a woman who
herself Ann 111`Dowell, wife of John M'Dowell, when it
%„' stopped, and, on Monday, given to Mr. Parkinson, the
wgstabte In the course of the afternoon part of a silver spoon
pas
•
Offered to pledge at Mr. Cohen's, in Sir Thomas's-build-
fes, by the same person, when she was given into the custody
Oacheldor, the keeper of Bridewell, who happened to be
Ip,Bsittg at the time. She said she got the top-coat and silver
tt"ua from three young men. She was fully committed for
ist'l at the next sessions, and the parties bound over to pro-

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7.
tttt,STRANGE BED.—Juhn Judge was committed for trial, for
'ling a bed, and a sheet, the property of Mr. Henry Buck,
e Grapes Inn, Water-street.-7-in consequence ot the ap-
to.ension, on the part of the prpsecutor, that, the fire which
,k111„‘. out in Drury-lane, on A' eunesday evening, would corn-
gLeate to premises, he caused all the furniture in his
otis his
eve eto be removed. Between five and six o'clock ou that
Vtilling,—the time at which the fire was raging,—the prisoner
(;area at a lodging-house in Johnson-street, kept by Mrs. Mary
with a bed, tied up in a sheet, upon his shoulders, and
o,:q if he could be accommodated with lodgings. Mrs. Car-
told him he could, and he went iu and putuown the bed.
11; afterwards he went out again, leaving the bed behind
lattiql, and returned in about three hours afterwards, and went to
f,Carney suspecting that he had stolen the b ed which
tht"tought with him, sent to-the Police. Office, and M'Comb,
(I,4eotistable, accordingly went and took possession of the bed,
!ti also took into custody the prisoner, whom he found asleep
40other room. A servant of the posecutor identified the
baud sheet as the property of her master, having been tied
15v,"Y her just as M`Comb found it, and thrown down into the
of her master's house for removal. She also identified
Prisoner as one whom she had observed amongst a number
V'opie in th lobby, some time after the bed had been taken
111,4 - The prisoner said he had only arrived from Runcorn
kat. evening, and as he was going down Dale-street, he met a
41 Whom he did not know, and had never seen before, who
,je him sixpence to carry the bed.
4entes Shodey was committed for trial, for stealing a coat
!vllging to Robert Biackey.---Thepiosecntor is a joiner, and
at work in a new house, building in Elizabeth-street, on
t,oriltsday, between eleven and we.ve o'clock when a man in-
-44t1 him that a person had taken away his coat, which he
of Previously placed iu a cupboard in one of the back rooms
te4;l4,e house. tie went out and saw the prisoner, who was not
Vloyed about the building, walking off with a bundle, and,
deh!topping him, found it to contain- his coat. The prisoner
ped having intended to steal the coat.
44,1-10PLIFTING.—Mary Kag was committed for trial, for steal-
VPiece of bacon, weighing 'Lbs., from the shop of Messis.
lis'oam and Rogers, provision-dealers, in Richmond-row. The
liti,°,oer went into the shop about nine o'clock this morning, to
lii,t'oase some bacon, and, white Mr. Rogers was serving her,
'9e*„l-Ithani, who was in a parlour behind the shop, looking
the window, observed her take a piece of bacon, weigh-
`,` 8., from the counter, and put it under her cloak ; upon
Yq he went into the shop and foal it from her, aud gave
khento custody. She was in the habit of frequenting. the shop,
44fundPieces gone out.
at antes Jones was committed for trial, charged with stealing,
Itittvjrious times, gold from his .empioyer, lair. Isaac Lewis,
'o
-gilder, in School-lane.
, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8.
%a-vTioN TO READERS IN THE OPEN Alit.—William Walton
kit,,cominitted for trial, for picking the pocket of Mr. John
tio,, of Mason-street.---The prosecutor was reading the eiec-
!tkieering piacatds on the walls in Lord-street, between two
qi,!,,Aoree o'clock on Friday afternoon, in company with a
kiltmq---Mr. John Griffiths, of Jackson-street, Toxteth Park—
ttli()ll, the latter saw the prisoner put his hand into the prose-
-44: 8 pocket and take odt his pocket handkerchief; and Mr.
at the inoment.turneti round and saw the handkerchief in
lod of the prisoner, whom they innediateiy•secnred.—.
el4iPtisoner, before the magistrate, they
denied: stealing
",oadkerchief,

Sarah Coil and Elizabeth Riley were committed for trial,
'charged with stealing six halt4overeigus, two handkerchiefs,
and a jacket, trowsers, drawers, and waistcoat, belonging' to
John Campbeli.-=-The prosecutor is a sailor, and between ten
and eleven O'clock on Thursday night, in Crooked-lane, he
met the prisoners, who decoyed him to a house in Stockdale-
street, where they put him to bed, and when he awoke in the
morning his clothes were gone, and with them two India silk
handkerchiefs, and six half-sovereigns. Ile was obliged to
send for a shipmate to lend him some clothes to go away in.—
The two prisoners ()tiered to pawn the clothes for 255. with the
shopman of Mr. O'Donnell, in Scotland-road, when he was
opening the shop about eight o'clock in the morning, and sus-
pecting them, lie detained them until Flockhart the constable,
whom he had sent for, arrived, and took them into custody.
In the possession of each them was found one of the handker-
chiefs stolen from the prosecutor. The prisoners said the pro-
secutor had told them to take the clothes to pay for his lodg-
ings, as he had no money.
STREET ROBBERY.-John Allen and Jonathan Grisdale; two
stout tads, were. committed for trial, charged with stealing one
pair of boots and three pairs of shoes, fro Andrew M'Corrnick:
The prosecutor, who is a shoemaker living in Pall-Mall, was
going along 'Edward-street, between six and seven o'clock on
'ihursday evening, with a bundle containing the things above
mentioned. He was very much intoxicated at the time, which
drew upon him the notice of a boy who was playing in the
street, and the latter observed the prisoners go up to him, and
walk a little way with him; when one of them pushed him down,
and then they took-the .bundle out of his hand. and ran away
with it. They were apprehended on the evening following, by
Rowson, the constabie, who found upon each of them one of the
pairs of shoes taken from-the prosecutor,
Catherine Croker was committed for trial, for stealing sundry
articles of wearing apparel, from a:line on which they had been
hung to dry, belonging to Mrs. U•illiams, of Woodstock-street.
A person riving in Ureat Orford-street, who, looking out of her
window, saw the prisoner take the things, followed her, and
detained'. bier until a 'constable carpe and took her into custody.
Mary Leigh was committed for trial, for stealing a chair, the
property of Mr. Thomas Howard, broker in Stanley-street.
the ,prisoner was seen, by a person walking down Manley.
street, about eight o'clock on I,riday evening, deliberately to
open the shop-door of the prosecutor,- "and take out a chair and
walk away with it. The • person followed her,- and brought-her
back with the chair to the shop, when a constable was sent for
ancttook her into custody.

- AN ESCAPED CONyICT .REcAPTUREV.—Henry John Higgin.
son, alias John Jackson, was committed to Lancaster'Castle for
trial at the next Spring Assizes, for being found at large,. he
being a convict under .sentence, before the expiration of the
term for which he had been so sentenced. The prisoner was
cQuvicted at the • assizes for this county, in March last, of a
burglary, in the name of John Jackson, when judgment of
Death was recorded against him; and, having been sent on
board the Justitia Huik, at ;Woolwich, there to serve seven
years as a transport, he not long since effected his escape, in
some clothes belonging to one or the officers of the depot. On
Saturday, the tenth of November last, Howson, the constable,
being sent for to Dawbarn'S- shop tei apprehend a man on a
charge of felony, found the prisonet detained there, and in-
stantly recognised him as a man described iu the Hue and Cry as
an escaped convict, and charged liirdwith the fact, which he at
that time denied. Howson,- however, took -him into custody,
and on the Monday following he acknowledged that.he was an
escaped convict.
CAUTION TO CARTERS.—On Saturday last a complaint was
heard before Mr. Alderman Wright, made by Joint Almond,
a carter, against John Pedn; another carter, for damage done
to the complainant's cart, in North John-street. 'the com-
plainant was supported by the evidence of Mr.. Alderman Case
and Mr. Thomas Tattersall. of Everton, who were eyewitnes-
ses of the transaction. Almond was awarded 375. damages
and Dean was fined ss.
. .

•_a • •
EXCISE CONVICTIONS.—On Saturday last Peter Augustus
Canning and Mary. Vrown, (au old, illicit distiller,) were con-
victed before the Worshipful the Mayor and Mr. Alderman John
Wright. in the penalty of £3O each, 'for having in their pos-
session, at their dwelling- in Paul-street, a stui at work. and.
about sixty gallons of wash, which:was destroyed. Not being
prepared to pay the fine, they were committed to the House of
Correction for three mouths.—Sarah, wife of William Taylor,
of the sign of the cart and horses,•in Leeds-street, was con-
victed in the same penalty for having on their premises three
tubs, two gallons of spirits, and about 50 gallons of wash, which
was debt: oyed., In two.tubswash was found in a fermentin,, state.
Not being prepared to pay the penalty, she was sent td the
House Correction for three months.. •
• " MONDAY, DEC. 10.
Stephen Archer was committed to the House of Correction for
one month, for stealing a pigeon from Rice Jones, in Highfield
street.

TUESDAY,. DEC. 'll. • -
CAUTION TO 'CARTERS.—Vv iniatn brown was fined teu
shillings, for leaving his cart and horses in Dale-street, without
any person to take care of the same.
BAD COMPANy.—Sarah Eopit, John Harris, and James Mi-
mi?, were committed for robbing William Archer (a man of
colour,) ship carpenter, and arrived from Quebec, on Thursday
last, of one sovereign, one had-sovereign and nine shi.zings ;
the same night about halt- past eleven he met the prisoner
llopit with twziother women,-and. accompanied them home to
a cellar in Lace-street. They went to a public house where he
treated them to liquor to the amount of a shilling; they went
back to the cellar, where after a little while the other prisoners
Harris and Wilson -came in. Wilson said, you had better
handout your money, he said he had none—ad of them then
seized him and fastened him against the wail, and took his
money (thirty-nine shidings) from him,_ and then all went out.
Archer went after them end called the watch, and they were
taken into custody.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12.
STREET ROBBERY.—William Edwards, Grace Read, and
Jane Grayscn, were convicted of robbing Mr. William Morri-
son of his hat, who, on Sunday evening, was Coming along
Pontenoy-street, when he was set upon by the prisoners and
knocked down; a person came to his assistance, wizen they all
ran away, taking his hat with them. They were pursued and
secured. _ _ _

Thomas 111‘Donald was committed for stealing a quantity of
glue, the property of Mr. Robert Cooke, broker. The prisoner
was a potter employed by Mr. Cooke ; on the Ist instant he
was at work in a room where there were two casks open at the
heads; he contrived to get about twenty pounds weight of the
glue away unperceived.
Owen Griffiths and John Harris were committed for breaking
into the cetiar of Laura Parry, in Bent-street, and stealing
thereout a quantity of wearing apparel.