The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THEFT OF BUTTER.—On Saturday, a man named
Leary. who keeps a small shop in Chisenhale• street, was
committed for trial for having been found in possession of
a firkin of butter, which had been stolen from a quantity
at Clarence Dock.

STEALING OR RECEIVING STOLEN INDIAN CORN.—
On Saturday Hugh M'Gee, a marine store-dealer in Chi.
senhale-streer, was committed to gaol for three months,
for having in his possession 4 cwt. of Indian corn, which
he could not account for, Mr. Rushton said that thesp
people (the marine store-dealers) either stole such articles
from bags themselves, or encouraged others to do so.
They were the manufacturers of nearly all the crimes
dom mined about the docks.

ROBBERY fly Saturday. Martha

Hughes was charged by Mr. G. Beauchamp, phblican, of
Pitt-street, with having stolen money from him at various
times. The complainant stated that the prisoner had been
in his service for some time, and, as he had missed sums of
money at various times, he marked some sixpences and
placed them in the till. Subsequently, a sum of £5 in
silver was found in the prisoner's box, and the marked
sixpences were amongst it. The prisoner was committed
for trial.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—A woman named Mary. Buc-
kley was brought up under the following circumstances :
A servant in the employ of Mr. Tweddle stated, that the
prisoner came to her master's house and inquired if he
was at home. On a negative reply being given her she
wished to know when he would be in. On this the ser-
vant went up stairs to inquire, leaving the prisoner at the
door, which was open, and during her temporary absence,
the prisoner went into the parlour and took away a work-
box. Committed for trial.
IMPORTANT TO MASTER-PORTERS.—On Saturday an
information was heard against William Deane and Co.,
master-porters, for allowing a quantity of grain to remain
on the dock quay beyond the time allowed by law. The
defendants alleged that they merely acted as master-por-
ters, and had no power to remove the grain. The onus
of doing so rested with the merchants. Mr. Rushton ob-
served that the master-porters took the management of
the goods out of the hands of the merchant, and he would
hold them liable for all the consequences of removal. He
ordered the defendants to pay a fine of 20s. and costs.
The defendants asked whether Mr. Rushton would give
them the power of removal, but he declined to express
any opinion on that point.
MUTINOUS CONDUCT AT SEA.—A seaman, named
John M`Cartney, one of the hands on board the El Do-
rado, of St. John's, appeared on Tuesday to prefer a
charge of assault against Mr. Thompson, the second mate.
M`Cartney said, that on the 24th ultimo, the mate ordered
him to reef the main-royal halyards, which he proceeded
to do, but finding fault with the way in which he had
don 6 his work, ordered him down. The captain came and
lifted a pistol over his head to stiike him. He took hold
of the captain's arm to prevent him, when the mate took
up a handspike and knocked him down, breaking his arm.
He was then taken into the cabin and put in irons from
Tuesday to Sunday. The captain appeared as a witness
on behalf of the prisoner, and stated that the whole crew
had been mutinous at the time in question, and that he
had only restrained them from open violence by threat-
ening to fire upon them. The complainant had rushed at
the mate with a knife, and the latter had only knocked
him down in self-defence. The magistrates dismissed the
case.
EXTENSIVE FRAUD.—At the Police-office, on Thurs-
day, an examination took place relative to a system of
fraud, which had been carried on for some time, by a
young man named Benjamin Brierly, a clerk in the em-
ploy of Mr. George Maxwell, a merchant and magistrate
of the borough. The duty of the prisoner was, among
other matters, to receive and post letters, and keep a
petty cash-book for the entry of all moneys so disposed
of. For some time hack, though he had received money
for that purpose, and had made an entry of payment in
his cash-book, he failed to post the foreign letters, whiCh
were considerable, and were for nearly every part of the
globe, especially to America. After a lapse of two or
three months, a large house in America, finding the usual
correspondence had unaccountably dropped off, wrote to
ascertain the cause, and this led to the discovery of the
fraud. A large number of letters were produced in court,
as well as the cash-book, showing that such letters were
paid for. The prisoner had made his escape into York-
shire, to his father's house, where he was apprehended.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT TO RAISE MONEY.— On
Saturday at the Police-court, Samuel Longmead, Thomas
Massey, and Benjamin Wells, were charged with having
obtained money by false pretences. W. Widdows said
that a relative of his had become a member of a society
calling itself "The Perpetual Life Assurance Society."
The subscriptions were paid to Longmead, who represen-
ted himself as one of the officers. In consequence of the
death of a child of one of the members, witness made
enquiry as to the money received by a member under such
circumstances. He was directed to 43, Newton-street,
but was told the officers had decamped. He was then
directed to 72, Rose-hill, but his efforts to find the society
there were equally unavailing. Information was given to
the police, and the prisoners were apprehended at the
County-court, Lime-street. A circular issued by the
society set forth the names of Mr. Dodd and Mr. Lock-
wood, surgeons, as the medical officers. They, on being
called on, stated that they had consented to act as such,
twelve months ago, but not a single case bad been sub-
mitted to either of them for examination. Several wit-
nesses proved that they had paid money on account of the
society to Longmead and Wells, who produced a copy of
the rules. The name of one of the prisoners appeared
amongst the committee. Mr. Dodd and Mr. Lockwood
appeared in court, and said that they had been called
upon by a person named Bennett, who said he was the
Secretary, and had consented, but no cases bad been
brought before them. It appeared 'that about £l4 ss.
had been received by the pretended society, besides seve-
ral amounts found in the court. Longmead said he was
merely engaged to collect money for the society. Wells,
it turned out had only been employed in the same way
for a few days, and was discharged. The other two were
remanded ; Longmead to be admitted to bail ; Bennett,
the main aggressor. had absconded. Mr. Superintendent
Clough said that about 200 persons had made payments
to the society under the impression that it was legally
constituted according to act of Parliament.