The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-15 00:00:00

LIIERPOOL' POLICE.

.IZitlDAY.—(Before the Mayon and Alderman Sir Joust.: lion IN;)
ANOTHER WARNING TO STRANG:.:RS.—A woman,: stained
M aryA no Atkinson, was charged by a young can named JameS
Baton, under the following circumstancest—Cotnplainant'stat-
edthat he was a worsted-dyer, and resided in Rochdale. He
came to Liverpool -on Thursday week, on an excursion of plea-
stire. At about twelve o'clock on the night of Wednesday last,
he was walking somewhere in the neighbourhood of Brownlow-
hill, where he met the prisoner, front whom be inquired the way
to Tithebarn-street, where he lodged. The prisoner said he
would be too late for his lodgings, but she would show him
where he could obtain a bed. He consented to arcompany her,
and she led him to a house which she pretended was a lodging- j
house. He was shown to a chamber, and went to bed. In. the
morning, when he was about to dress himself, he discovered that
his coat and waistcoat were missing. He went down stairs, and
there discovered the prisoner, who said, if heAcould give her
something she would procure them for him. He gave her a
shilling, which was all the money he had left. The prisoner
then went out, qnd shortly returned. with some wine. Finding
he could obtain no further information respecting his habili-
ments, he departed and gave information to a police-officer, who
took the prisoner into custody, and traced lite coat and vest to
the shop of Mrs. Quirk, Renshaw-street, where they had been
pledged that morning for eight shillings. A little girl proved
that the prisoner had met her, and given her sixpence for
pawning the articles. The prisoner was committed for trial.
INcataTertim—A woman named Margaret Kelly was charg-
ed with having robbed Mrs. Mary Ritchv, under the following
circumstances:—The latter stated that. she resided at No. 127,
London-read. On the 9th of August last, the prisoner, whom
she had known for fourteen years, came to her 'house and
said that her husband hail been beating her, and requested to
be perrnittedato remain there for a short.time, which was ac-
corded. She (the prisoner) lived with her until the Bth instant,
during which time complainant missed four keys. - One of these
keys belonged to a caddy Where she had ten ponniis, which she
bad saved for her. rent. When she discovered the loss of her
kevs,which she had not yet found, she locked this caddy in a
drawer. On Tuesday last the prisoner left her, when, having
missed some articles horn the house, she examined the caddy iu
the presence of a witness, and, to her cdnsternation, discovered
that eight petunds of the money had been purloined. On
further examination she missed two table-cloths, a sheet, some
spoons, and several articles of wearing apparel. She gave im-
mediate information at the police-office, and Cockburn was
sent to apprehend the prisoner, which he did, and took her to
the Duncan-street lock-up, where she' was searched by Mrs.
.Lythgoe, who found in her possession no fewer than sixty-two
pawn tickets. Cockburn took the complainant with him to
several of the pawnbrokers signified thereon, and she discover-.
ed and identified most of the property stolen from her house.
Several pawnbroker; attended the court, but only one of them,
the assistant of Mr. Gillard, of London-road, could identify the
prisoner. With this person she had pawned a green table-cloth,
anti had been so importunate for its reception that the witness
remembered her front that circumstance.

ROBBERY BY A SHOPMAN.—John Kitchen, an assistant in t e
shop of Mr. Rowland, hair-dresser, Park-lane, was brought be
t fore the mat/-trates, charged with having robbed his rua-ter of
various art es which had been exhibited in the shop for sale.
It appears, at Mrs. Rowland had some suspicion of the dis-
honest pray sof the prisoner, which caused hor to watch his
conduct very tcitscrowly. Ou Friday. as he was cleaning the
windows, she sawirme ladies' combs falling from beneath his
waistcoat ; she called him into the shop and asked him where he
.litui-got those articles. —l-le-replielishat they worn his wan, ansi
attempted to leave the shop, but she closed the door. lie then
rushed out at the back door and got ever the wall, but, Mrs.
Rowland having raised an alarm. he wasseized and again taken
into the shop, when Captain Roberts,'of the _Nightly Watch,
was sent for, who searched the prisoner, and found upon his per-
son twenty-fire combs of various descriptions, eleven papers of
hair pins, and some. other articles. The prisoner was taken to
Bridewell. Roberts then proceeded to the lodgings of the pri-
soner, and searched his box, where he found a quantity of other
property, all of which was identified by Mrs. Rowland. The
prisoner had nothing to say ih his defence, and was committed
for trial at the Borough Sessions.