The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 24TH.

Richard Frinstanley was committed for trial, charged with robbing
William Glover, of a pocket handkerchief, a snuff-?ox, a penknife,
and thirteen shillings in silver. The prosecutor lives at Hale Wood
brewery, and last Saturday night, being in Liverpool, he went to spend
his evening at a house in Bostock-street, where he fell asleep, and on
awaking, between three and four o'clock on Sunday morning, he
missed the articles above enumerated. He immediately mentioned
his loss to the persons present, and called in the watch, when a sailor
who was in company, pointed out the prisoner as the person whom he
had seen putting his hands in the prosecutor's pockets while he was
sleeping, and taking something out. The snuff-box and penknife were
found on the chimney-piece.

SuoP-LIFTING.—Sarah Wilson and Ann Smith were committed for
trial, for stealing two shawls, the property of Mr. Beckwith, draper.
The•prisoners went into the prosecutor's shop in Paradise-street, on
Saturday afternoon, and asked to look at some shawls. One of the
shopmen showed them some with which they appeared not to be
pleased, and, while he was reaching another parcel to show them, he
observed Ann Smth walk out of the shop with a shawl under her arm.
He immediately informed Mr. Beckwith of the circumstance, but
before they could get into the street, she was out of sight. A consta-
ble was then sent for to take her companion Sarah 'Wilson into cus-
tody, and on examining the basket of the latter, another of Mr.
Beckwith's shawls was found therein. Smith was apprehended on
Sunday, but no trace of the shawl she had carried off was discovered,
and she strongly denied having been at the shop at all.
WEDNESDAY, 26.
ROBBERY IN BRIDEIVELL.—Thoinas Taylor was committed for trial
for robbing Stephen Charrick, a fellow-prisoner, in Bridewell, of six
shillings.—The prosecutor was taken to Bridewell on Tuesday night,
for being drunk in the street. Before he was locked up his pockets
were emptied of their contents, as is customary, but he had concealed
thirteen shilling in the foot of one of his stockings, which remained
undiscovered. c'He was then put into a cell with several other " disor-
derlies," and was sitting 'on the bench when Taylor and some of the
othero seized hold of him, and threw him down, and thrust their
fingers into his mouth to prevent his calling out. Taylor then
took off his shoes, and in doing so,. felt the money in his stocking,
and immediately cut off the foot of the stocking, and taking out the
money lie and his companions shared it amongst them. In the morn-
ing some of them proposed to return the money to the prosecutor,
but the prisoner refused to give back his shoes. Seven shillings were
restored by the others, and one shilling was found in the prisoner's
hoot on searching hiin. The prosecutor could not identify any of the
party who attacked him, except Taylor.

STREET ROBBERY.—Charles Sleep was committed for trial; charged
with having in consent with several others, robbed Mr. Edward David
Jones, of his hat, half-a-sovereign, and four shillings in silver. The
prosecutor was in Church-street in the evening. of Thursday, the 13th
instant, while Mr. Ewart's procession was passing, and stepped aside
to avoid the'croWd, when the prisoner and his brother jostled him and
pushed him with tie crowd, and some others then joined with them
in knocking him down, and taking his hat, the money from his trow-
sers pocket, and a penkhife and comb from his waistcoat-pocket. He
seized hold of the coat-lap of one of the parties at the time, and in the
struggle, it was torn off, and in the pocket was a pawn-ticket, which
led to the discovery and apprehension the next day of the owner, who
was the prisoner's, brother, William Sloey. The prisoner kept out of
the way ever since until Sunday last, when Mc' Comb met him in
Dale-street,-And took him in custody. lie denied all knowledge of
the affair, of course, but Mr. Jones speaks positively to his identity,
as also 'to that of his brother.

AN INCORRIGIBLE FEMALE.—Rosannalt Farrar, aged 24 years, was
sent to the House of Correction for two months for -being drunk and
disorderly in the streets. This is the fifty-sixiktime she has been com-
mitted on similar charges.
IMPOSTORS.—John Smith and Thomas Davison, two notorious im-
postors, were brought up, charged with begging from house to house.
They had certificates in their possession, purporting to be signed by.
the Mayor and Mr. Alderthan Littledale, and also a book of subscrip-
tions, which they were in the practice of exhibiting, to impose upon
the unwary when soliciting contributions. They were discharged on
solemnly promising to leave the town forthwith.

Exciss CoNvionoN.—John W Cann, a boy about 14 years of age,
was fined in the penalty of thirty pounds, for being found in a cellar
in St. Martin's-street, where therp was a still at work. Eight gallons
of low wines, a quantity of waTh, and seven tubs were destroyed.
Not being able to pay, he was sent to the House of Correction for
three months.

BURGLARY.—On Monday morning, about three o'clock, the watch-
man in Park-lane, when going his round, found the shop-door of
Mr. Christopherson, grocer, open, and alarmed the family, when Mrs.
Christopherson, examining the shop, missed eighteen pence in copper
from one of the drawers, and also five cheeses, lllbs. of tea, lbs. of
candles, lflb. of tobacco, 161 b. of loaf sugar, three teaspoons, two table
spoons, a dessert spoon and a salt spoon, all of silver. The premises
had been entered through the cellar window, the bar of which had
been forced off. The watchman, recollecting that in his approach to
the shop he had met a woman named Mary Ann Evans, whom he
knew, going up Park-lane, and had missed her at the end of Liver-
street, mentioned the circumstances when reporting the robbery to
William MC. Fadzer, the captain of the district. The latter immedi-
ately proceeded to a cellar at the corner of Liver-street and Park-lane,
where they found the woman Evans, and another woman named
azlherine Carney, alias Clarke, and two boys, named Francis Ilealey
and James Neale, all in bed with their clothes on. In each of the beds
they found some of the sugar ; and in the cellar the five cheeses, the
tea in the two canisters belonging to the shop ; and candles, tobacco,
and sugar, corresponding with that taken from Mr. Christopherson's
shop. The parties were all taken into custody, and on their examina-
tion were committed for trial.

PICKPOCKETS.—WiIIiam Hughes was committed to the House of
Correction for three months, for Ricking the pocket of a washer-
woman, from Kirkdale.—.llichael Gilligan was sent to the House of
Correction for one month, for picking pockets in St. John's Market.

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THURSDAY, 27TH.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—DanieI Pickerel, was committed for
trial for stealing a piece of pork weighing 51bs., the.property of Mr.'
Matthew Corf, butcher.—The prisoner had been about two months
in the prosecutor's employ, and on Wednesday the prosecutor found
two pieces of pork in a sack, which was concealed in an oven at the
back part of his remises. Having a suspicion of the prisioner, he
left the pbrk in its hiding place, and in the course of the day found
t had been taken out of the sack, and wrapped up in one• of his
aprons, but still left in the same place. About seven o'clock in the
evening, he observed the prisoner going out of the shop and followed
him, and found one of the pieces of 'pork concealed in a bundle of
dirty linen, which he was carrying, and in consequence had him taken
into custody. The prisoner said he took the piece of pork to pay for
the washing of his clothes, and meant to pay. for it when he settled
with Mr. Corf for his wages.
ANOTHER ROBBERY BY A SERVANT,--JOhD Thomas was committed
for trial for stealing three sacks, (twelve bushels,) of oats. The
prisoner has been several years in the employ of Messrs. Thomas
Booth and Co., corn-merchants, as aporter, and was sent on Monday
last to turn corn, in a room rented by them, in a warehouse belonging
to Mr. Molynetix, in Doilin-street. Between twelve and .one
o'clock on that day,- Mr. Molyneux's warehouseman saw- the prisoner
put three sacks of oats from the warehouse into a cart; and having
been informed Ahat some one was in the habit of clandestinely.re-
moving oats from the warehouse, he took the number of the cart, and
made the 'circumstance known to Mr, Stokes, clerk to Messrs. Thos.
Booth and Co. to whom the oats belonged, and had been lodged with
Mr. Thomas Booth for sale: Mr. Stokes sent for Lloyd the constable,
to take charge of thi. prisoner, who denied at the time knowing any-
thing about the three sacks of oats.—The carman, however, was then