The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

YESTERDAY

STEALING A WATCH.—John Mellor, a workman, was
charged with having, on Friday, stolen a silver watch and
chain, the property of George Ashby, a wheelwright.
The watch was purloined from the shop where the com-
plainant worked, and was stated to be worth £3 103. The
prisoner took it to the pawn-shop kept by Mrs. Callan,
in Park-lane, where, in consequence of a notice having
been received of such an article being stolen, it was
detained. The prisoner was given into custody. The
case being fully proved he was sent for trial.
THEFT FROM A CAR DRIVER.—A little boy named
Patrick Baines was sent for trial for stealing a horse-cloth,
the property of Jas. Watson, from the back of a carman's
horse, on Saturday, while the car was standing in Scot-
land-place. The value was ss. Thy prisoner ran off
with it, but was pursued and captured.
ASSAULT UPON BAILIFFS.—An old man, named Thos.
Derbyshire, and his son, were charged with grossly as.
saulting and ejecting a bailiff and his assistant, while in
the execution of his duty, in executing a distress warrant
for parish rates. The old man was ordered to gaol for
ono month, and the son for two months.
HOUSE ROBBERY DURING CHURCH TIME.—A young
man was charged by an elderly female and her servant
with being concerned in breaking into her house on Sun-
day forenoon last, while she and the servants and others
were at church, A back door was broken open, and
several of the rooms ransacked. A watch, a quantity of
silver spoons, &c., were carried off. Further evidence
being expected, the prisoner, who was defended by Mr.
Wheeler, was remanded.
A Goon HAUL.—An old woman, Catherine Hoare,
and a young woman, Mary Radcliffe, were charged with
robbing a man of 22 sovereigns, on Sunday last. Two
sovereigns were found in possession of the elder prisoner,
in her house, a low place in Banastre-street. The pri-
soners were remanded.

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OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A
man, named Anthony Wright, was charged with having,
on Saturday, at the anchor manufactory of Messrs.
Norris, in Norfolk-street, obtained a sum, as wages, of
13s. 3d., he representing himself to be W. Williams, a
man who had worked there two days during the week.
He applied to Miss Pett, daughter of the foreman of the
works, whose father had left her the money to pay Wil-
liams. The prisoner was not employed on the promises,
but used to hang about them, and, being out of work,
was kindly treated. He was sent for trial.
EMBEZZLEMENT FROM A RAILWAY COMPANY.—A
young man, named Alexander Scott Roberts, was charged
by Mr. Joseph Constantine, the younger, cashier of the
goods station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway,
Great Howard-street, with receiving several sums of
money, without authority, the freight of goods, which
had been received, and had not been accounted for—in
all stated to be about £3O. Several sums of £6, £2 13s. 4d,
and £1 were spoken to by witnesses who had paid the
same on behalf of several parties, and to whom he had
given receipts on the face of the freight notes. As it ap-
peared, however, that the prisoner had sometimes received
money from parties during the dinner hour of the clerks,
who were appointed receivers, and had entered the same
in his own memorandum book, and paid it over, Mr.
Rushton said, that although he had not accounted for the
sums stated above, he should commit him for trial on
the charge only of receiving the money on false pretences,
especially as the prisoner's memorandum book had been
taken away by a servant of the company, who did not
appear in court. The company might prosecute for em-
bezzlement if they thought fit. It was intimated that
they probably would. On an application being made by
Mr. Davenport, who defended the prisoner, Mr. Rushton
said he would admit him to bail—himself in £lOO, and
two sureties in £5O each.