The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-18 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLfCE.

• MONDAY.—(Before Mr. Alderman ItkiniNsoN.)
WHOI:ESALE ROBBERY FROM FUBNlSifiel)l4onoiNo.—A
neat, cleanly-looking woman, calling herself rune Owens, but
whose real name is Thompson, was charge 4 vi.ith stealing a
large quantity of wearing apparel and other articles from her
lodging in Blundell-street. It appeared from the evidence of a
Mrs. Farrady the complainant, that about a week ago the pri-
soner teed: lodgings in her house, stating that she had come
from Falmouth for the purpose of meeting her husband, whom
she expected from sea. On Friday complainant had occasion
to leave the house for a few hours, and on returning found the
prisoner's son, a lad of fourteen years old, coming
.from the
direction of the house;carrving a large bundle. Knowing that
the prisoner had ne property in thehouse, she examined the
bundle, and ascertained that it contained silk dresses, cloaks,
coats, waistcoats, and different kinds of wearing apparel, some
belonging to herself and some to other lodgers. On taking the
lad back to the house, the prisoner was found occupying herself
in packing up china and every other portable article of value,
obtained by breaking open four locks. The property was re-
moved from its proper place into the cellar, ready to carry
away. Under these circumstances, and the prisoner having
nothing to urge in her defence, she was cominjtted to the ses-
ions for trial

PICKING POCK STS.—A notorious young thief; not more than
13 years old, who was discharged on Saturday, in consequence.
of want of evidence to substantiate a charge of felony against
him, was placed at the bar for having picked the pocket of a
lady, named Baker, of a pocket-book. It appeared from the
evidence that on Saturday evening last, between the hours of
seven anti eight o'clock, as Mrs. Baker and her husband were
walking along St. John's-lane, she felt a twitch at her pocket,
and on looking round observed the .prisoner arid another buy
standing close togethiA.. She mentioned the circumstance to
her husband, who immediately seized the prisoner. the other
managed to escape, and Mi. Baker saw the prisoner with
much dexterity pass the pocket-book to the lad before he ran
off. It contained 3s. and some memorandums. The prisoner,
of course, denied the charge, and said that he was a respectable
fisherman's sun, and assisted his father to fish. Unfortunately,
however, for his case, the recognized him as a regularly
trained fisher of porkethandkerchiefs and other loose trifles, be-
longing to a gang iu Scotland-road, and the magistrates com-
mitted him for three- months as a rogue and a vagabond.

A I id, namecfPcirratiy, was committed for stealing a looking-
glass from a cook shop lu Redeross-street.

lltsGßActiFrt. CONDt'CT OF AmEnIcAN S4lLo2.s.—Five
yankee sailors were placed at the bar, charged with creating a
disturbance, and illusing two police officers in Queen-street on
the Sabbath. It appeared from the evidence of Shelly and
another constable, that during divine service the prisoners
were fighting and illusing passengers in the street. 11.'he con-
stables went up to quell the disturbance, when the prisoners
beat them, pulled out
-their knives, and threatened to stab
them. 'With some difficulty they were overpowered and taken
into custody. All that the yeroawine natives of a "free and
independent nation" had to urge in their defence was, that the
disturbance was kicked up opposite their own hoarding house,
where they, considered they had a right to be noisy,. and that
they did not know the complainants were constables. The
magistrate designated the prisoners conduct as highly disgrace-
sful, and held them in good bail to keep the peace.
et ee etteen .RErtto9 e Wert-Trawl,- wf"
Charged with stealing a pair a braes candlesticks, the p?Operty
of &Mrs. Price. Mrs. Price stated that the prisoner's wife, who
wal,a very hard working honest woman, had lodged with her
for about eleven months, apart from the prisoner, who had just
returned front Lancaster Castle, where he had suffered eight
months' imprisonment for felony. By promising to conduct
himself with honesty and propriety for the future, the wife was
induced to live with him again and maintain him. Ile had
not, however, been tong at home before he pledged his wife's
and cbildrens' clothes, and spent the money in drink. A pitir
of brass candlesticks, belonging to witness, had also been
stolen from the house, and the prisoner had confessed to his
wife that he had sold them. This was all the evidence of the
robbery that the witness had to produce, and as the wife could
not be au evidence against her husband, be was remanded in
order to give the police an opportunity to find out where the
candlesticks had been sold. The prisoner is father to the lad
committed
nthy dFaoynfrormpeical:inbgealrioilcigkettsh.e
names of W. Parker,
Patrick M'Mabon, John Burns, and James Green, who were,
on Saturday, brought 'before the magistrates, on charge of
having entered the dwelling-house of Sr.ll John Leyland, No.
2, Camden-street, and stolen therefrom a hat and writing-desk,
were again brought up to-day. Mr. Leyland deposed that he
had, on Saturday night, the sth instant, seen the desk in ques-
tion in his front parlour. It contained a large gold seal, bear-
ing the initials- J. L., a gold finger ring, and sundry papers.
At about six o'clock, on Sunday morning, he went down te the
parlour, and discovered the window open. A pane of glass had
been cut out, apparently with a diamond, and through this the
sash of the window had been unfastened. the desk had ilisape
peered. Mary Pindar certified that she had seen all the pri-
soners together at about five o'clock on Sunday morning, near
St. Vincent-street; she subsequently saw the prisoners, Parker
and Green, at the corner of Ceendee-street, nearly opposite to
a house, the window of which was open. Knowing the parties,
she asked what this meant. Parker replied that a companion
of theirs was in the room, and that they were going to have a
veritine-desk. Richard Haworth, pawnbroker, Hatton-garden,
stated that Burns and M'Mahon had called atthe
confirmed
shop and
oconfirmedoffered a hat for pledge. Having received notice of the rob-
I bery, he questioned them, and, his suspicions being
by the equivocal answers which they gave, he endeavoured to
detain them, but M'Mahon escaped. lie sent Burns to the
13dt:elven. The hat was identified by Mr. Leyland. Samuel
Smart proved that be saw a confederate of the prisoners car-
eying a desk along Pembroke-place on the Monday morning
Police-officer Kelly stated that he had found the desk hidden'
among some rubbish in Crown-street. There not being suffi-
cient evidence to reach Green, he was discharged, the other
three were committed to the sessions for trial.