The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

SEAMAN'S CASE.—Amos Back, steward of the Lahore,
summoned Captain Birt for arrears of wages. Back ad-
mitted he had been absent from the ship eleven days, but
it was by the mate's sanction. The magistrates adjudged'
that he should forfeit a month's wages and pay the costs.
DECLINING VIRTUE. —A respectable-looking man,
named Thomas Smithson, was brought up at the Police-
court, on Tuesday, charged with felony. On Monday, he
was a police-officer, and was suspended by Mr. Rushton
for drunkenness; and, on Tuesday, to complete his de-
cline, he was brought up for stealing a watch. He was
committed for trial.

STRANGE MILITARY RULE.—A singular scene occurred
in the Police-court, on Friday. A soldier, belonging to
the Rifle Corps, was standing in the court with his cap on.
Mr. Wyburgh, the senior clerk, observing this breach of
etiquette, ordered the man to take it off, when, strange to
say, he refused, and persisted in his contumacy, until Mr.
Booth, the magistrate on the bench, repeated the order.
His refusal was grounded on a military rule, that a soldier
need not bare his head to any person, nor in any place (a
court of justice excepted.)
Few days pass over without the appearance in the dock
of the Police-court of one or more juvenile delinquents.
These are frequently the children of industrious poor peo-
ple, and, their crimes may, generally, he attributed to their
coming in contact with practised thieves in the streets,
who profit by their delinquencies, but manage to escape
themselves. On Friday, a little boy, na...ed John
M'Cann, was charged with having stolen some cigars from
a shop in Soho-street. He was caught in the fact, and
taken to Bridewell. The child's mother, a very decent-
looking woman, was in co,•rt, and expressed much sorrow
for her son's offence. The magistrate ordered the boy to
be given up to her, having previously admonished her to
take him home, and prevent the recurrence of such an
offence.

ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF COTTON BY A
WAREHOUSEMAN.—The magistrates were occupied for a
considerable time, on Friday, in the investigation of a
charge against William Huiston, a warehouseman, and
James Tluiston, his son. Kehoe, the active officer of the
detective department, stated that, about one o'clock on
the afternoon of the preceding day, he and Bates, in con-
sequence of information they had received, went to the
west end of George's Dock ; there they saw a boy deliver-
ing cotton from a cart which contained six bales of cotton,
the property of Messrs. Cunningham and Henshaw. The
cotton had the appearance of having been taken out of the
original bales, and packed in others ; and Kehoe, on
searching the warehouse, discovered a parcel of tares,
which had evidently been broken up, probably with the
purpose of obliterating the marks on them. The case was
remanded till Saturday, when Mr. Oldfield stated that he
did not know of any such cotton coming ; he had no agent
whatever in Liverpool, and always made his purchases
himself. Mr. Henshaw stated that he had examined the
stock of cotton in his warehouse, and found that three
bales were short. They were again brought up yesterday,
and remanded a third time.