The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-22 00:00:00

POLICB COURT.-VISTUDAL

Tutus lifswatemver.— An old Irishwoman, named
Stanton, was charged with begging on Sunday in Scot-
land-road. As the policeman was conducting her to
bridewell, he observed her attempt to conceal something
which, upon examination, proved to be a bag containing
fonr:shillings. Mlle with the utmost effron'ery refused to
be passed to Ireland. She was, consequently, committed
for twenty-one days. The four shillings will be applied
to her maintenance in gaol.
JUVENILE DEPRAVITV.—Two miserable half-clad boys,
about ten years of age, wore charged with having stolen a
piece of beef from a stall in Pownall-square market.
Their names were stated as Ryan and Lynch. The
mother of the latter had refused to attend as directed by
the policeman. Ryan's mother did appear. She was
reprimanded, and her child was given up to her. The
policeman was instructed to bring the mother of the other
lad before the magistrates.
ROBBERY IN A BROTHEL.—Mary Connolly was com-
mitted for trial, for having robbed an Irish cattle-jobber,
na'red James Matthew, of £12105., in a house in Preston-
street. The details of the case were of the usual disgusting
character, and not the least prominent feature was the
excessive parsimony which the complainant combined with
vicious habits.
DEAF AND DUMB DISORDERLIES.—TWO decent-look-
ing young men were charged with having been drunk and
disorderly in South John-street, at a late hour on Sunday
night. The policeman stated that one of them assaulted
him, and that when captured, the prisoner was rescued
from his cestorly by the other. A gentleman from the
institution in Oxford-street, attended to explain to tbe
Prisoners the nature of the charge, and to interpret their
defence. A most animated telegraphic dialogue was car-
ried on between the three, apparently with as much ease
and precision as though the medium of discourse had been
the " dangerous member" so useful to mankind in gene
ral. One of the unfortunate culprits is a marble mason,
and the other a tailor. They were both discharged, atter
having received a caution from the magistrate.
THIEF TRAINERS.—Two ragged children, a boy and a
girl, were placed in the dock, on the charge of picking
pockets in Pownall-square. The policeman who appre-
hended the children stated, that when he took them, he
found one shilling and seven pence, and a small crucifix,
in the girl's possession. A respectably-dressed female
identified the crucifix as her property, which, with the
money, bad been taken from her pocket. The girl, on
hearing the charge, burst into a loud cry, and clung to
her brother, who is younger than herself, and whom,
from the purport of her words, she exonerated from any
part in the robbery. The paroxysm of grief, however,
suddenly disappeared, and her countenance assumed a
hold and confident expression. At this moment, a smug,
comfortably-attired Irishwoman stepped forward to ad-
dress the bench ; but no sooner had she commenced,
than the girl exclaimed, " Mother," burst again into
tears, and re-enacted the part she had just played. The
woman said the father of the prisoners was on his
death-bed, and that it was her intention to take
the children wjth her to Ireland on Thursday week.
She appeared totally indifferent to the consequences
of the charge against the children ; and evidently
expected they would be returned to her on the under-
standing that she would take them to Ireland. But. Mr.
Parkinson stated that the children had been repeatedly in
prison for thieving, and that the woman and her husband
lived in ease and plenty on the proceeds of their childrens'
crime. On hearing this the complacent demeanour of the
woman quickly vanished, and she knelt in a very suppliant
fashion on the floor of the court importuning the magis-
trate to discharge the children. Mr. Dixon regretted he
could not send the mother to prison instead of the child-
ren, whom he held to be less guilty than she : he repri-
manded her severely, and committed the children for
three months. The girl on hearing the sentence uttered
a loud scream, and it was with some difficulty she was
conveyed below. The names of the children are Jane and
Michael Donough.
IMPUDENT STREET ROBlBERllsl.—Patrick Carter,
villainous looking lad, about fifteen years of age, was
committed to prison for two months. James a boy
somewhat younger than the prisoner, stated that his
parents gave him 15s. 3d. on Satnrday afternoon, for the
purpose of taking some articles out of pledge. On his
way, he was knocked down in Rathbone-street. by the
Prisoner, and robbed of the money.—Edward Green, an
Irish labourer, was committed for trial. A young gentle-
man, who gave his name as John Gidlow, stated, that. as
he was proceeding along Islington, about eight o'clock
on Friday evening, the prisoner. who aas on the oppo-
site side of the street, coolly crossed the road, and
snatched at his watch. A policeman in plain clothes,
who witnessed the act, gave chase. The fellow did not
succeed in his object, as the brequet chain broke, and
was afterwards found in the street.
DARING ROBBERY.—An Irishman, who gave his name
as Peter Colan, charged a man named Thomas Yates with
having robbed him of £33 6s. ild. under the following
circumstances. On Saturday evening he came from
Wigan to Liverpool, an,l being unacquainted with the
town, made some inquiries of Yates, who under the pre-
tence of directing him to his destination, took the com-
plainant to the canal bank. He then struck him is the
month, tore away his breast pocket, which contained the
money, and ended by forcing the man into the canal.
It appeared that since Saturday night. the sum of which
he had been robbed had diminished very considerably in
amount in the Irishman's estimate. He told Mr. Par-
kinson, in bridewell, that he was robbed of £l3, a dif-
ference of X2O in the sum originally given. To the
magistrate, he said the sum taken from him was £5 13i.9d.,
and accounted for the seeming prevarication by saying he
was much confused after the robbery. A policeman saw
him in the canal and apprehended Yates, who was not far
from the place. on his charge. The case was remanded.
OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES.—Thomas
Regan, a lad of about sixteen years of age, was committed
for trial for fraudulently obtaining possession of six pairs
of boots, the property of Mr. Moore, boot and shoe maker,
Great George-place. On Wednesday last, Regan went
to the shop, and by representing to a young person behind
the counter that he was sent by Miss English. of Great
Nelson-street, six pair of boots were sent by the shop
boy with the prisoner, who contrived to get the boots into
his own posseesion, after taking the boy to different parts
of the town. The boots were found pledged in different
shops in the town.