The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ROBBERY.—On Wednesday, James Marshall and John
Coxen, two youths of about sixteen, were charged with
robbing Bernard Castella, a travelling German jeweller.
The prisoners and Castella lodged at the same house in
Mary Ann-street, Brownlow:hill. On Monday morn-
ing last the prisoners rose early and after taking possession
of a box of jewellery, a carpet bag, &c., belonging to
Castella, they absconded. They were sent for trial.
JUVENILE IMPUDENCE.—On Thursday a hardened-
looking urchin, whose head just reached the top of the
dock, was sent to gaol for three months for stealing a
brush-head from the Pedlar's Market. On being taken
to the bridewell the prisoner remarked to the officer, with
a sneer, " I don't care ; they can only give me twenty-
one days, and when I come out I will steal a great deal
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more.'' He is well known by the market constables as a
notorious character.

CHILD STRlPPlNG.—Throughout the week nearly a
dozen charges have been made before the magistrates
against women for stripping children of their clothes in
the streets. The cases have all failed, in consequence of
the evidence, owing to the tender age of the children,
being either not receivable or not to be relied upon. On
Saturday a young woman was charged with stealing the
shoes from the feet of a child of Mr. Heywood, of the
Mitre Hotel, Dale-street, and also with stripping another
child. She was discharged in consequence of the fact as
before stated.

SAVAGE ASSAULT.—On Wednesday, Thomas M'C on-
vine was charged with assaulting Bryan Shiel. The
complainant, who is at present under treatment in the
Northern Hospital, was unable to appebr. The co m-
plainant's wife stated that she and her husband lodged, at
the prisoner's house in Porter-street, but they had f eNten
into arrear with their rent. This led to a dispute between
the prisoner and her husband, during which the prisoner
took up a large blacksmith's hammer and struck him a
violent blow, which rendered him insensible- Ho was
taken to the hospital immediately afterwards. The pri-
soner, who denied the offence, was remanded until the
injured man is sufficiently recovered to attend.
OVERCROWDING STEAM-BOATS.—Captain Absalom
Church, of the City of Dublin Company's steamer Vic-
toria, appeared on Tuesday, in answer to an information
charging him with carrying more than the complement of
passengers allowed by law. Mr. Brooke, solicitor for the
Customs, appeared in support of the information ; and
Mr. North, solicitor, for the defendant. It appeared that
on one night in March last, the steamer Victoria arrived
at the Clarence Dick, having on board 423 passengers.
There were also 110 oxen, and 100 other cattle. The
passengers had suffered much from the inclemency of
the weather, as thq night had been cold and wet, and
many of them were so exhausted by exposure to the cold ,
that they could only walk with the assistance of the po-
lice-officers who were present. The number of passen-
gers the vessel was allowed to carry was 242. and calcu-
lating three to every two square yards of dock space, (as
allowed by the act,) there was an excess of 181. Mr.
Rushton ordered the defendant to pay the penalty, which,
(ss. for each passenger,) in this case, amounted to £45 ss.