The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

FEMALE BURGLARS.—On Tuesday, Mary Page and Jane
Buchanan were charged with having entered the dwelling-
house of John Embleton, a private watchman under the Cor-
poration, residing at 58, Gore-street, Toxteth-park, about one
o'clock on Friday morning week. Page was seen by a watch-
man, at the time stated, near to the house. She affected to be
crying, pretended it was her own house, and said she cou!d not
get in, as she had lost the key. Some nte stolen articles were
found next day at her residence. She was sent for trial; and
Buchanan, against whom there was no evidence, was discharged.

On Wedne-sday, Wm. Bradley was committed tor triu 1,-for
ernLezzling various sums of money belonging to Pritchard
Brothers. wholesale grocers, Lydia Ann-street, for whom he
was collector. _ . _ _

STEALING •A
QUADRANT.—On Wednesday, John Lyon, a
sailor, was charged with stealing a quadrant from the house of
a lodging-house-keeper in Jordan-street, and afterwards pawn-
ing it. The prisoner had taken lodgings in the same house as
the prosecutor. also a sailor. and on 11ionday evening the qua-

drant was missing from the how. • The following morning it
was ascertained that the prisoner had pledged it for 12s. Fined
for itleiral pledging, or 21 days' imprisonment.

STABBIId Wednesday, Ann Coleman was com-
mitted for trial, on the charge of stabbing an old Irishwoman,
named Hannah Ryan. 'the complainant lives in Preston-St.,
and in the afternoon of Tuesday had retired to rest on -a bed in
the kitchen. She was suddenly awoke by the prisoner seizing
her by the hair, and inflicting a wound, an inch and a half in
length, on the left side of her head. She bled profusely, and,
an officer being sent for, she was conveyed to the Northern
Hospital. and the Prisoner ken into enstodv. The (laughter

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of complainant deposed that the prisoner waidlnnk that she
took the knife from the table drawer, and inflicted the wound
on her mother whilst she lay asleep: complainant had give
the prisoner no provocation.
On Thursday, James Geary was fitted
get toaeh. It apreared that a few day

i for stabbing Brid-
tl:e patties were

knife, inflicting a wound three inches long and three ywaters
of an inch deep. His defence was that the complainant and
come others had been annoying him. In denult of paying the
fine, the prisoner was sent to gaol for two months.—Cat herit.e
Cahill WAS charged with stabbing a toy named Patrick Travis,

on Mon (thy ni

The offence being proved,
the prisoner wns tined .46, and in default of payment sent to
gad for two months.
Li ABILITY OF A MATE.—On Thursday. William Falkncr, the
chief mate of the Elizaheth, summoned Captain Davies for the
sum of 416, being the amount of wages alleged to be due to
him. The dispute arose from the circumstance that, whilst

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the vessel was lying at New (Weans taking in cargo, a bale of
cotton w:,s stolen from the wharf after it bad been received by
the c.,n p!ainant. The bale was valued at £4O, and it was at-
tempted to make the mate responsible for the loss, thus redu-
cing his chino to .e 6. Mr. Daverumt examined the complain-

(the complainant) had requestcd the captain to ar
carpenter and second mate to watch the cotton, whc

gave orders
complainant.

The magistrates decided in favonr of the

Brady,
baying

:1 for 14 days, for

lolen a I,4ket coldaini

a yard adjoining the Fish-market. He was convicted o
similar offence three weeks age.

Cat
float, was fined

LTY TO A

!I A Ls.---Iteger 111

acnally, the driver of a

:s. and costs, fur hay

18 •ears of age
auk' well be con

charge of Legging in St. John's.
Ile was stationed on th- foothpath