The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-06 00:00:00

M.4NCHESTER AND SALFORD SESSIONS.

A YOUTH OF PaosiisE.—John Wolstencroft, a wicked young
urchin, whose head just touched the top of the bar where he
stood to be tried, apperently about the age of ten or eleven, was
convicted of picking the pocket of Mary White, on the 7th of
August last, at Great Bolton. The case against the prisoner
was fully proved, and prior to passing sentence, the Chairman
inquired it' there were any witnesses to the young fellow's cha-
racter? Oh yes, cried Itollison, the Bolton beadle, I can gise
him a character. Young as he is, sir, he has been three times
convicted of felony, four or five times he has been committed for
vagrancy, and whipped, and frequently he has committed felo-
nies, and escaped with a good drubbing, the parties being un-
willing to prosecute. After receiving this excellent character
from the beadle, the Chairman sentenced the urchin to seven
years' transportation.
Thomas Horseft eld, aged 16, was convicted of stealing a basket,
containing wearing apparel, the property of Elizabeth Wilkin-
son, of Ashton-under-Lyrae. The prisoner, it appeared, in com-
pany with another lad, named Little, since transported, entered
the house of the prosecutor in the day time of the 16th of Au-
gust, and stole the property in question. The prisoner, in his
defence, said, they saw the articles near a haystack, and Little
said, "Let's bone 'em, so we did." He was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment.
Thomas Gibson, the man who was chareed with breaking into
the warehouse of Mr. Samuel Stocks, of Norris, on the
17th of August, and stealing therefrom twenty pieces of calico,
was acquitted.
SINGULAR CASE.—Daniel Lennerd, a schoolmaster, residing
at Ashton, was indicted for stealing ten bricks! the property of
Joseph Buckley Raynor and others. Dr. BROWN stated the c, sa
for the prosecution, and Mr. TOWNSEND appeared for the de-
fence. It appeared from the statement of the learned counsel
that the prisoner had not taken the bricks himself, but had en-
couraged his scholars, young boys between five and six years of
age, to do so, who were not amenable to the law for their con-
duct. The witness for the prosecution was a man in the em-
ployment of the prosecutors, who stated, tlsat on the Ist of Au-
gust he watched three boys, scholars of the prisoner, and saw
them carry away from a heap of bricks, belonging to his master,
ten new ones; he followed them to the school, and saw a man,
whom he believed to be the prisoner at the bar, receive thern ;
but as soon as he (witness) came in sight, the receiver popped
behind a screen' and disappeared through a hole in the floor.
Witness looked down the hole, but the prisoner was gone, and
he there saw fifty-two new bricks, which were built into a rab-
bit's hut. Witness immediately went for the constable, and on
their return they found the. prisoner removing the bricks from
the rabbit hut, and he believed, to the best of his knowledge,
that the prisoner is the man who disappeared through the hole.
The constable spoke to his taking the prisoner into custody,
and finding mortar on his haude. The learned Chairman here
stopped the case, and said, that he did not perceive that there
was any evidence to criminate the prisoner. It was not shown
that he had encouraged the boys to steal the bricks. They might
have had them given, and he thought the case must entirely:
fail, and the prisoner be entitled to an acquittal. The prisone.r
was accordingly acquitted. Mr. TOWNSEND, the prisoner's
counsel, stated, That he had witnesses present who could prove
that they .had given the prisoner both old bricks and new ones
to build a rabbit hut with. The Chairman replied, that he
thought it unnecessary to call them, as the prisoner left. the
dock without any imputation from what had occurred in court.
DARING AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM A WAREHOUSE.—
Benjamin Robinson, a labourer in the employment of Messrs.
Ogden and Co., of Oldham, stood indicted for having on the
night of the 20th of Aug. broken into and catered the warehouse
of Robert Ogden and others his employers, and stealing there-
from 50 crowns, 100 halfcrowns, rsoo shillings, and 100 sie-
pences. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that on 'the
lit of August Messrs. Ogden received the money stolen from
Mr. Renshaw, tobacconist, of Manchester, who was in the habit
of supplying them weekly with change to pay wages. The box
contaimug the mone was deposited in the counting-house, and
was seen safe by the book-keeper when he closed the warehouse
on the evening of the Ist of Auimust. On the 2d of 'August, on
opening the warehouse, he found the box open and the money
gone. A window* at the back of the premises had been cut, by
which means the thief gained admission. Suspicion fell upon:
the prisoner in consequence of his having been seen in the-
counting-house about closing time on the previous evening.
He was apprehended, but only f.:2 10s. was found upon him.
The prisoner having been seen at work in his father's garden
on the morning previous to the robbery, which he was not ac-.
customed to do, and, from something which came out from his
sweetheart, the constables were induced to search the garden
on the 7th of August, and they fortunately .discovered the
greater part of the booty, having dug up £4 163. in copper and
£63 12s. lid, in silver. 'Sono of the money was wrapped in au
apron of the prisoner, which was identified. The prisoner
subsequently sent for Mr. Ogden and confessed that he bad
committed the robbery about ten o'clock at night, and Implica-
ted John Lawton, a witness against him at the trial, who
proved that the prisoner gave him £2 10s. to keep until ho
wantedit, but witnese having. spent some of it, asked how it was
to he made up, when the prisoner replied " Never mind, send
Harriett here, ' meaning his sweetheart. The prisoner now
denied that he ever hadimplicated Lawton, but Mr. Ogden's
testimony was corroborated by the constable. The case was
fully proved against the prisoner, and evidence of it previous.:
conviction was put in, after which the jury, without hcsitatiou,
found him yitilty, and the chairman sentenced him to 14 years'
transportation. •

GIVING SATISFACTION...IIIC Premier was so Much annoyed
by conflicting interests during the discussions on. the • SiaYe
Question, that he one day, in the presence .of a Deputation,
exclaimed, with suppresses agony, " It is impossible :to please
the people;_ if I do this I offend ne party, and if• 1 do that,
the other declares itself injured. What shall Ido ?" Mr.
Buxton, who happened to be present, replied, " My Lord, you
had better follow the example of dUrllist," " IlOw's that, my
friend ?" itiquired Grey. "Go out," rejoined Buxton; " ana
your Lordship will surely girt satiiptat:vo!" - •