The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-15 00:00:00

PLAYING AT MARBLES.

Mrs. Sinipson, a dapper, self-Satisfied looking-dame, fat, fair,
and inure than forty, was charged with committing divers assaults
on the windows of 2.lis. Ellen Flannagan, against the peace
.of
our Sovereign Lord the King, his crown, and dignity, and the
peaceable inhabitants of Atherton street, in which both plaintiff
and defendant reside, with a paving-stone, and breaking the
windowS of the said Mrs. Flannagan. Piaize yer honour, and
bad luck to that Mrs. Simpson,-said Nelly, it was this morning,
'twiXt tWo and three o'clock, there came a great riot to
house, and 1 looks out of the windy, and finds this Mrs. Simp-
son throwing Marbles at the windier, and this one (holding up
a tremendous stone) sends in three squares of glass, and two of
my teeth ; and I've brought her here to answer fur the saute.
The Mayor to the accused,—What have you to say to this
charge
Mrs. Simpson.—The 27th of last May, your worship. was a
tweiveinonth exactly, when I used to go to this woman's house,
when 1 worked for tier, and 1 slushed for her.
The Mayor.—Stop, stop; we don't want a history of your first
acquaintance—what do you say to breaking the windows
Mrs. Simpson.—Why, your honour, I was passing !,,irs.Flan-
nagan's house, when up goes the window, and down conies the
contents.

Magistrate.—Contents of stoat?
Mrs. Sisupson.—The po, your honour. (Laughter.)
The Mayor.—ls that the case, ..Irs. Flannagau.
Mrs. Flannagan.—Sure, it's true enough, your honour; but
she deserved pot an' all.
The Mayor.—Were you sober ?
Mrs, F.—l had had a soap, your honour.
The Mayor.—Then you onght to ensue into court with clean
hand.; r'lTat- as you appear to have Leen the first aggressor, l shalldismiss the case. The parties then retired to snake up their
differences over another soap.
SATi•aDAY.,--(Before. the Ms von.)
A NVive.—Mary Taylor was chamed Li) George Taylor, her
husband, front whoot it appeared she was separated, with an-
nt,ving him, and taking a hatchet and breat:ing open his door.
The Mayor.—What relation are yuo to her Tit% for
Complainant.—Whv, I did marry her as a wife, but she turned
out such o drimktiOttliat I have never lived with her these two
years and a half.

- The Mayor to the prisoner.—Well, what have you to say to
this ?
Prisoner.—l came into the tocin and called at his house and
wanted to see the child, and they wouldn't let me, so I took the
best ►mans I could to get to see it; and twelve months since
..e'orwood, the overseer, said he was to pay me ss. a week,
and I've never seen the colour of his coin yet.

The Atavin.—Yon have no business to go into his house at all.
Yon must nd hail to keep the peace.
num STRALIN“.—EIIen North was charged by the watchman
of Canning-place with having in her possession, at. five o'clock
in the morning, whilst walking through Canning-plane, a large
jug containing about six gallons of row.
The May or. —How came you by that rum ?
Prisoner.—Why, I carried it for a loan who I did not know,
and who said he would give Hie a shilling if I would carry it for
Ishii. She said she world never do so again; she kept a re-
spectable house, and her husband was servant to the Infirmary.
The case was remanded to ascertain if her statement was true.
11.P.FFISA, OF RELIEF TO A INlENtutat BY TUE. .CAMBRIAN
SociErv.—Mary Williams appeared to lay a complaint against
the Cambrian Society for refusing to afford her any relief. Her
husband had been a member of that society for twenty-two
years, and had always paid his subscription' up. He had lately
been afflicted with insanity, and was within the last few weeks
so bad as to be obliged to be sent to an asl loin; and she claimed
1.55. a week for the last three weeks her husband had thus been
prevented from working for her support. This the society had
refused to pay. She put in a circular, which proved the society
to have funds in hand to the amount of £IIJtJ, and also a certifi-
cate of her husband's insanity front Dr. Winstanley.
The secretary of the society said he appeared there as one of
the stewards of the society. It was with feelings of considerable
sorrow and regret
,that he appeared to oppose the claim; but,
as one of the officers acting under a committee who came at
their last meeting to a determination of refusing relief to appli-
cant, from rule 33 of the articles of their club. "That, when a
person is under the necessity of going to the workhouse, or has
been confused iu prison for debt or other offence, they are not
bound to pay any contribution during that time," he had been
compelled to act as he had done.
Mr. Alderman Lawrence (to claimant.)—ls your husband in
the workhouse'
Claimant.---No, sir; he is in the Medical Asl turn.
Mr. Lawrence.--I don't think there is anything in that rule
which applies to this ease.
The Steward.—He is placed in that asylum by the parish
officers.

The Mayor.—He is not placed in the workhouse.
The Steward.—lle was taken to the cont by the parish-
oficers, and we have no control whether they. pat him in the
workhouse or in an ass loot.
The .ilayor.—But he is not in the workhouse, not is he in
prison he is in the asylum front disease, and not for debt.
The Steward.-I'rovided he had been put into the workhouse
for want, and during his residence there had been aftlicted with
any disease, and sent to an hospital, according to wit naffs; we
are not, as oCicers of the Cambrian Society, enabled to pay him
anything.
The Mayor.—He is neither in a prison nor in a workhouse.
Mr. Norwood, the overseer.—;le is recommended to the nos-
pital by the parish, but we certainly do not call that parochial
relief.

The steward said, that the) had the parish order for the pay-
ment of 3s. a week to the wan.

The Mayor.—lt is to facilitate the business of the asylum that
the parish-officer makes this order out; but it is not relief.
The Steward.—With due deference, I submit that he is now
supported by the parish.
Mr. Forwood.—The parish will not support any body so long
as they can obtain his support elsewhere.
Mr. Alderman Lawrence.—This man has been a subscriber
twenty-Iwo years, and it is very hard if he is not now to be
relieved.

It was finally arranged that the society should pay through
the pari,,h-officers 3s. a week for the support of the husband,
and 12s. a week to the wife.

GROSS OUTRAGR AND NORBERY.—On Thursday last William
Hodgson, James Birtles, and William Dixon were placed be-
fore the Mayor, charged with haviog commit red a violent assault
upon the person of Mr. Banner, one of the visiting surgeons to
the Northern Hospital. The assault took place in the disorderly
neighbourhood of Freemason's-row, and it was intimated that
Mr. Banner's witnesses were fearful of attending to give their
evidence, in consequence of the violent characters of their
neighbours, and the threats which had been held forth against
them. Mr. Banner and his pupil Mr. Woodward, however,
succeeded in identifying two of the prisoners, viz., Hodgson and
Birtles, who were committed to the House of Correction for
three months. Dixon was discharged. Six other prisoners,
from the same neighbourhood, were on Friday taken into cus-
tody by police-officer Cockburn. Their names are John Ro-
berts, Samuel Ilazlehurst, Grillith Jones, John Shields, John
Garner, and John Marshall. They were placed before the
Mayor on Saturday last, and, as the particulars of the case were
similar both days, we choose to give the statement of Saturday,
front its being rather more full. It appeared on evidence that
as Mr. Banner and Mr. John Woodward were walking down
Freemason's-row, Vauxhall-road, on Tuesday afternoon last, to
visit a sick person, Marshall, one of the prisoners, -attempted to
nick Mr. Banner's pocket of his handkerchief; by means of a
broom-handle to which a crooked piece of iron was fixed, but
failing in the attempt, he threw the pole with considerable force,
which struck Mr. Banner and Mr. Woodward. Upon turning
round they perceived live or six fellows, apparently from 17 to
`2O years of age, standing at the end of an entry, where they
must have been secreted at the time the complainant's passed.
They came up to them, when Thomas Marshall made an attack
on Mr. Banner with the shaft of a donkey cart, and ran down
the entry followed by Mr. Banner, and entered a house which it
has since been ascertained is their rendevouz. Mr. Banner
desired his friend to ruin for the police, and he would endeavour
to prevent the escape of Marshall until their arrival. No sooner
had Mr. Woodward left than a desperate,attack was made on
Mr. Banner; a large clasp-d knife was put into Marshall's hand
by a comrade, with which he attempted to strike Mr. Banner.
Fortunately it was with some difficulty wrested from him. Ha-
klehurst also had a clasped knife in his hand, but was unable to
open it. Several attempts were made to take Mr. Banner's
watch, but without success; the only thing missing was a silk
pocket handkerchief. None of the police being at the Vauxhall
elation, r. Danner was obliged to give rip the attempt tuseeute
one of the fellows before theii arrival front the Town-hall, to
which place Mr. Woodward had proceeded, Mr. Banner had
been:thrice thrown down, had his mouth and lip cot, and his
head and other parts of his body contused from the kicks he re-
ceived. The prisoners, having nothing to say in their defence,
were sent to hirkdalo for three months.

RacEryiaiG STOLRN Goons.—On Saturday a woman named
Elizabeth Cunningham was placed before the Mayor, charged
by Catharine Lewis with having had in her possession a crock
of butter. which she knew tobaye been stolen. The complain-
ant stated that she kept a shop in Plumbe-street. She had
bought the butter at -eight pence per pound, with the intention
of retailing it at tenpence per pound. On Thursday evening
she went out, leaving her son in the shop. He, it appears, went
out also, and during their absence the butter was stolen. On
the next day Richard Lewis, the son, saw the butter in the pri-
soner's shop, in Key-street, exposed fur sale. He immediately
went and requested his mother to purchase a quarter of a pound
of it, which she did, at the rate of tenpence per pound. The
son knew it again from some private marks he had made on it.
When the prisoner was taken by the constables, she stated that
she had bought it from a girl for four shillings, and that it was
Worth no More. There was ISlbs. of it. The Mayor said that
haYing boUght it at a low a price, the rate of Vid. per lb., and
having afterwards sold it for 10d. per pound, was sufficient evi•
deuce that she knew it must have been worth much more than
she gave for it.—The prisoner was committed for trial.
MONDAY.—(Before Mr. Alderman ROPANSON.)
A YOUNG OFFRNIMR.—John Jones, a lad about eleven years
old, was charged by Mrs. Caldwell -:tith picking her pocket on
Saturday night as she was returning from market. Complain-
ant stated she felt something touch her side, and asked her
friend who was with her if it was her basket, and, being
answered in the negative, turned shay round and caught
prisoner by the arm. She then called the watch, and two
other lads, who appeared to be companions of the prisoner,
ran away ; she, however, kept her hold, and gave the lad in
charge. This was the third time she had had her pocket picked.
in a similar manner when coming from the market. Mr. Bat-
cheldor stated that the lad had been there about two mouths
before for the same offence.
Mr. Alderman Robinson.—How old are you boy ?
Prisener.—Eleven, sir.
Mr. Robinson.—What is your father?
Prisoner.—He is a tailor, sir, but he is in America.
The prisoner was sent for three months to the House of Cur-
-1
rection ; the magistrate remarking that it was to be regretted
there was no means of sending such lads out of the country, as
sending them to the House of Correction only hardened them
and made them worse.
Pocxur PICKING.—John Fogo was charged by Mrs. Baylis
with picking her pocket, in Elliot-street, on Saturday night:

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There was a crOwd in the street, and al Ciiraplainant Wd4
passing the prisoner had committed the rubbry,.„ 5.14 caughi
hold of his arm, and a gentleman detained him itrid gaie,ifini
charge to the watch. The father of prisoner appeared. and said
he had brought him up tn the shoemaking trade, but he was a
very bad lad;
,he had been rather " obst cupolons",once ortWice.
Batcheldor examining prisoner's bands, said theie.„was very;
little wax on them.— tie was sent for three months to the Hou•sel
of Cot rection.
PRA OD ON THU 11„EvENt7E.—Arehibald Turner, a sai!or-look-:
ing fellow, was charged by Brigharri,,ayrateninari for Toxteth-
park, with having a large Jar in his posSession,lilled with brandy,
with which he was walking away the previous night between,
nine and ten o'clock when he stopped him. Ali-. Brooke, solici
for to the Customs,. supported the information. John Lock,
deputy-warehouseman to the customs, proved that the brandy
was French brandy. The jar contained two gallons and a quart.
The case was remanded till neat Monday.
RonnEnv.—Mr. Edward Hilton, a clerk, charged WilliaM
Davis, who had lodged in the same house with him, with gettino
up on Friday last rather sooner than customary and taking a
walk, when his (complainant's) topcoat 'walked" with him. he
prisoner denied knowing anything about it. The landlady here
stepped forward and said, please, sir, the prisoner's one of the.
falsest of men, there's no believing him at all. This man come
to me on Saturday, was,eight days, and said he bbd some money
to draw from a ship as he had come from Quebec with, and as soon
as he could get it he would pay Me. I trusted him, and he has
never paid me nothin; yet; and I .advanCed him Is. 6d. for
iacrer. On Friday morning he got up before daylight and
walked off with thisgenTman's.coat.---fhe prisoner was com-
mittee!to take his trial at the sessions.

Ass A. LI LT.—John Edwards, a stout-looking man, who appeared
with two very black eyes and his arm in a sling, charged John
Thomas, a labourer, with violently assaulting him in Mr. Pain-
ter's•puhlic-house on Thursday night last. Complainant said
he had been in the revising barrister's court a hearing what was,
"a going on, and after it was ever he went into Mr. Painter's
house to take a glass, and was saying the barristers had got as
far as letter T, when a bit of an argument arose, and he said if
he had twenty votes he would not vote for the present corpora-
tors, When .John Thomas abused him in a most dreadful manner
and cut his finger almost off." On beingcross-exaMitted by Mr.
Dayenport',. who appeared to Thomas, " he would swear
that he was not so drunk but that he could take careof himself."
Thomas, in defence, said '• he had two men doing a bit of a job
for him, so says be, we will go and have a pint of ale a-piece,
and we all went into Painter's hence. Well, sir, as I went
Edwards says to me, says he, ." Will you take your vote up ?"
No, says I, I've none to take up. Well, says he, " You scoun-
drel," and called the all manners of names as is not proper to be
said here. " You don't pay taxes, von don't pay •nothin,".
says he, and then he ch-illenged me to light in the house several.
tunes. Mr. Edwards, says t, I want nothing at all to do with
you ; says I. he quiet.
1.1.1 r. Alderman Robinson.—How did the assault begin ?
I..dwards.—That was the assault exactly. (Laughter.)
Mr. Robinson.—So you knocked him (lawn I suppose ?
Edwards:—No, sir, by no manner of moans.
John Stephenson, a Seotchman, was called as a witness's for
the ik feave. .
Mr. flavenport. —Now, was Co-14-6764dt drunk ?
StephenSon.—He war drunk. cartainly.
Mr. Davenport.—Did he call any names ?
Witness..--He did indeed ca' some verra ugly names.
Mr. DAyenport.—Did you see Thomas strike complainant?
Witness.--[ canna say-I
did.
Mr. Davenport.—Were there any blows struck
Witness.--E canna say that there was. Complainant was
taken home, he was sae drunk, by mysalf and Mrs. Painter,
when he:come back agane.
Mr. Dayenport.—And he returned again after you took bird
home ?

Witns.--Surely he did. .
Mr. Davenport.--And did you again take him home ?
Wituess.—l do believe I did.
Mr. Davenport.-And complainant was very. !inruly ?
r' \V ituess.-1-1 e war indeed; he carried it to a. ve rra gre't extent.
(Laughter.)
_ _

Mr. Davenp•irt.--•-Did Thomas strike him
Witness.—No, I advised Thomas to do na ski) a thing• as
strike him. I believe I knocked Lim loon mysalt, but it was in
salf defence, while carrying him hanie, as he Was no at a' saft
in his handlings. (Laughter.)
The magistrates dismissed the complainant. There was nizi
doubt hut complainant had been roughly used, but it appeared
he had brought it all on himself.