The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

A number of women, chiefly from Pownall-square mar-
ket, were summoned at the Police-court, on Tuesday, for
exposing unwholesome fish for sale. They were fined ten
shillings and costs each.

On Tuesday, two seamen, named Joseph Parrin and
Peter Petrie, belonging to the Maranham, from New Or-
leans, were fined twenty shillings and costs for smuggling
four pounds of tobacco, or to be imprisoned seven days.
JUVENILE DEPREDATORS.—SeveraI boys were brought
before the magistrates, on Tuesday, charged with thieving
at the Clarence Dock. They were sent o prison for seven
days. The boys were in the habit of loitering about the
Irish steamers, and helping themselves to potatoes, eggs,
and other eatables, on part of which they lived about the
docks, and part they sold to persons outside.
CAUTION TO BUILDERS.—On Thursday, Mr. John
Jones, one of the surveyors, appeared to prefer a charge
against Mr. John Sc'nolfield, for neglecting to build the
privies and ashpits belonging to seven new houses in
Severs-street, Everton, according to the recommendation
of the Health Committee.—Mr. Johnson, surveyor, ap-
peared to prefer a similar charge against Mr. John Ro-
berts, for neglecting to finish the privies and ashpits of
ten houses, built by him in Whitfield-street. Mr. Rush-
ton said the full penalty (£l2 10s.) would be inflicted in
each case if not completed within twenty-one days.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday Edward Jones was
charged with having embezzled various sums of money,
the property of the London and Northwestern Railway

He had, it appeared, been employed by the
company to look after the houses which had been shattered
by the formation of the railway tunnel, as also to gather
the rents of many of the cottages ; and his duty was to pay
, Monday the amount which he had gathered into the
:ace of the estate-agents, Messrs. Williams and Jones.
He had received and not acceunted for various sums. For
the last three weeks he had not handed in any account at
all, and was arrested, on Friday night, in a public-house
in London-road. He was sent for trial.
COMMITMENTS AT THE POLICE-COURT YESTERDAY.—
Margaret Burns, a woman of the town, for stealing a
watch from a ship-owner of Dundee, but at present resid-
ing here, was sent for trial. The watch was recovered.—
Laura James, charged by John Lupton with stealing
bacon in St. James's market, was sent to gaol for three
months. John M`Hale, for stealing canvas at the
Queen's Dock,—two months.—Malachi Shields, for rob-
bing his brother William Shields, in Cavendish-street, of
some wearing apparel, and 15s. in silver,—three months.—
Martin Clarke, for stealing a rope fender from a vessel at
the King's Dock pier,—two months.—Mary Montgomery,
for stealing a shawl in Ormond-street,—one month.
TRICKS OF THE JERRY BUILDERS.—On Wednesday, a
case of a curious description was brought before the ma-
gistrates, by Mr. Johnston, building surveyor. On the
3d of January last, a builder, named Thomas, gave notice
at the surveyor's office of his intention to build six houses
in Essex-street, four of which are now in course of erec-
tion. The joists had been laid in three of the houses, but
several of them were afterwards abstracted and laid in the
fourth house, thereby causing the space between the re-
maining ones to be more than eleven inches apart, con-
trary to the Building Act. The defendant stated that he
had let the building of the fourth house to another per-
son, who expected a "draw " when the first floor of the
joists was laid ; that person not being able to provide the
joists, he (the defendant) had lent him some of his to en-
title him to the " draw," and when this " draw " was ob-
tained, the joists would be returned. Mr. Rushton said
the defendant should enter into his recognizance, in the
sum of £lOO, to make the necessary alterations, to the
satisfaction of the surveyor, within three days.
THE JEALOUSIES OF TRADE.—On Tuesday, Benjamin
Cook appeared at the police-court to prefer a charge of
assault against Henry Hollis. According to the statement
of the complainant, Mr. Hollis had met him in Dale-
street, struck him in the face, and ran off. Mr. Hollis
said that he was in his brother's shop when the complain-
ant said to him, "We have brought you down at last."
He replied that the complainant had to thank him for
being in his present position. He had brought him from
the plough tail, and raised him by perseverance : but if he
said such things to him he would knock his head off, and
his master's too. The complainant, when questioned by
Mr. Rushton, denied that he had insulted Mr. Hollis by
look or word. In answer to a further question, the com-
plainant said that he left Mr. Hollis two and a half years
ago, and was now traveller to Mr. Fell, of Ranelagh-
street, as a tea dealer. Mr. Rushton said that, if it had
not been for the defendant's business misfortunes, he
would have been fined severely. He had committed an
unprovoked assault, and must pay 20s. and costs. The
money was paid, and the defendant left the court.

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