The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-29 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

TUESDAY.—(Before Mr. Alder:Pan LEYLAND.)
ROBBERY IN A CHAPEL—A young lad named James Robeifs
was charged with stealing hooks from the Baptists Chapel,
Edmund-street. William Phillips,a bruslituaker in the employ
, of Mr. Hopkins, of St. George's-crescent, stated that he had a
pew in the Baptists Chapel, Edmund-street. On Sunday night,
whilst he was in chapel, the prisoner came into the.pew • the
prisoner remained there the whole of the service, hilt complain-
ant did not, but went to the end of Edmund-street to wait for
his wife. Shortly his wife- came to him, and he asked her the
reason why she stayed, and she replied' that she could not get
the strange boy out of the pew. Owing to that circumstance,
and having missed a bible from the pew on the previous Sunday;
he determined upon returning to the chapel, and there misserla
hymn book. ('1 he book was here produced.) The book had
been in use on the same night. There was a little boy in the
pew at the lime, and he asked him where his companions were,
upon which the lad pointed to the prisoner, who had gone iota
the next pew. Complainant went to him and found the book in
his hat. Henry Sherry, a watchman, was then immediately
sent for, who took the prisoner into custody. Other persons
had missed books from the chapel within the last fortnight.
Sherry, the watchman, corroborated this evidence, and said that
the prisoner would not tell where he resided. The prisoner, in
his defence, said he took the book, but intended to have returned
it.—Committed.
SHOP ROBBERY.--A labouring man, calling. himself John
Morrison, was charged with intruding his hand into the money
drawer of Mr. Joseph Cowell, Itour-dealer, in Great Crosshall-
street. The complainant stated that between five and six
o'clock on Monday afternoon last he left his shop to drive away
some boys who were throwing stones outside, and on his return
he saw the prisoner reaching over the shop counter, with his
hand in the till. Complainant had left the drawer closed, but
not locked. He immediately seized the prisoner and asked him
what he wanted there, but received no answer. Seeing that he
had a shilling and sixpence in his hand, and something in his
mouth, complainant laid-hold of hiin by the back of the neck,
.when Is. rid. fell from his mouth. The prisoner then slipped
out of the shop, and witness watched him to a public-house kept
by Mrs. Howard, a ftw doors off, and having procured the as•
sistance of Barton, the constable, he gave him into custody.
Before the prisoner went out comptainatit made him take
tiir
coat and waistcoat off, and from them dropped 3s. 6d., previous
to which the prisoner said he had only 3d. in his pocket. There
wereSs. in the drawer previous to complainant leaving the shop,. and when he came back there were only 2s. The prisoner, in
extenuation, said that he was di utiklst the time and did nut
know what he was doing.—Committed.
WEDNE3DAT.—(Before Sir THOMAS Bet ANCKER and Alderman
LEY LAN D.) •
THE LATE CASE OF FORG:CHT.—WGTIIOI;aIiFIS Grry, the
young man brought up on Monday charged with passing -a
forged bill for £2O to Mr: Hignett, tobaccbnist, iu Dale-street,
was brought up again to.-dayothen it s'as stated by Mr. Par-
lour, the superintendent of police, that there was u ch.uge of
forgery of a Mote serious nature against the prisoner at Lea-
mington, and it was desired bythe authorities of that place that
he should be sent there. The prisoner was !lien ordered to be
given to a Leamington constable, who was in waiting to receive
him.
UTTERING COUNTERFEIT Cota:.—Patrick MONTI, a deter-
mined looking chartictOr; was charged with pffering a counter-
feit shilling to a publican in Islington, in-pa}ment for some ale.
The shilling was refused, when the prisoner became sauev, and
the landlord, with the aid of a customer, attempted to take him
into'custody. Whil,t doing so the prisoner managed to get
back the shilling and throw it away,' so that: it could not he
foUnd. • A scuffle then ensued, iu the midst of which Shelly, the
potice-officer, came up and took theprisoner into custoiy. The
police stated that. the prisoner was a noted coiner.—He was
remanded.
A FEMALE ESCULAPIUS.—An ancient, witch-like old woman,
who in the time of James I. would have stood an excellent
Chance of a "-trial -by water," for the purpose of ascertaining
her supernatural powers, (if ant,) was charged ty a weather-
beaten sailor with abstracting firom his pocket a silver watch.
Jack having scraped one foot, removed a piece of pigtail from
the left to the right side of his mouth, with. a bob of the head,
thus commenced to tell his grieVance ver honours, inc
and ma Bec-that's my worst -half,' yet. worships, has a young un
what's had a bad cancer, and so we goes to this old witch here
to have it cured. When we had taken bet• advice we, all shots
to have a qualtern, my ticker being then safe in this 'fob. We
hadn't got far when she conies side Ways- whips away the ticker
afore I could say Jack Robinson, and runs off. I gets a police-
officer and runs after her, but when we got her she had no
watch, and where it went to Davy Jones knows, but I don't.
The magistrate.—You say you went to get advice, is she a
doctor ?
Complainant.—Summut o'th sort, she gathers herbs and sic'
like.

Alagistrate.—And watches too, it appears ! Were you and
your wife sober ?
Complainant.—Parfectly.
Prisoner.—No sick a thing, they were both as drunk as
fiddlers..
Magistrate (to the prisoner.)—What have you done with the
watch ?
Prisoner.—Bless your heart I never seed it.
A constable said that if the prisoner was put back he might,
in the meantime, find out where the watch was deposited, and
she was accordingly remanded.
YesrEanar.—(Before Sir THOMAS BRANcKER and Aldeman
LEYLAND.)
ROBBING LODGINGS.---A young roan named, Thomas Price,
of rather respectable appearance, was charged with robbing his
furnished lodgings. It appeared from the evidence of the com-
plainant, Mary .fones, the keeper of a lodging-house in Vaux-
hall-road, that the prisoner; a few days ago, left her house, where
he resided, and she then missed a quantity of sheets, blankets,
and other articles of household use. Information was given to
Kennedy, a watchman, who succeeded in apprehending the
prisoner with the tickets of the property in his possession, be
having pledged them. The pawnbroker attended with a bundle,
which, on opening, the complainant said that the goods were
not hers. The pawnbroker found- that he had brought the
wrong bundle, and in consequence the prisoner was remanded
until the mistake could be rectified.
A couple of amazons, whose names of Black and Green in some
respec s corresponded with the appearance of their faces, were
placed at the bar by Collins, a watchman, charged with fighting
pi.tched. battle in Loastreet at tieetse• o'clock the previous
night, and thereby creating a great disturbance. Ihe case
having been fully proved, the valiant ladies were asked•by the
magistrates what they•had to say in extenuation ?—" We were
not7fieliting,," said Miss Green." "No we. were not," reiterated
Miss Black, "we only tore each others-bonnets." (Laughter.)
Sir. Thomas Brancker,,—lf you want to fight and tear bon-
nets you should contrive to do it at home; the streets cannot be
disturbed with your quarrels, therefore go to the House of Cor-
rection for fourteen (lays.
Miss Green.—Oh dear, hos* unpleasant.
Miss Black (looking blue at Miss. Green.)—lt's all your
fault, you hussy. Exeunt.
Two other 'frail ones, for fighting with their shoes at one
o'cleek in the morning, shwed a similar fate.
RoßßEtty By FEAtALEs.--Anne Lester. and Mary Fisher
were placed at the bar, charged with-'robbing a je named Geo.
Spaith, under the following a• circumstances :—Dish morning,
'dat ish last night, said the complainant, I vash a valkingall
along of myslielf tovards mine housh, vben I meetsh mit deesh
vomen in: Dale-street,. vho asked me to gNinit them to Made a
glass ofgin. I did find myslielf at the time rather unwell, and
did go; when they did manage to rob me .of wy vauch,'my
brooch, my cold ring, and 30s. in shilver. h.
Sir Thomas Brancker.—Were you sober"?
Complainant.—l vash notdronk, I yeah ill. Sir i
homas.—Then I think the bestthing:you could do vrould
have been to have made the best of your way home. •
The watchman here stated that be ,found the watch, brooch,
and a handkerchief belonging to the complainant in possession
of the prisoners, but the money and. ring had nut been reco-
vered. . He had reason to suppose that they had made away.
with the money, as they had since oftered a aovereign to a woman
to take care of.—The prisoners were remanded.
• A CONJURER IN TeounLE.—A singular looking personage,
with a yellow, round face and'a flat nose, having the appearance
of a native rif China, was charged -with walking about the
streets at a late hour in the morning, having "no visible means
of subsistence, no money in his packets, and no'lodgiugs to
go to.
The watchman stated that he put the prisoner' in- Bridewell
more for safety than anything else: . L
'Sir Thomas Brancker (to the prisoner.)—Why you were bnly.
discharged yesterday : you seem to lie fond of Bridewell ; I sup-
pose it is a better lodging than you canfind elsewhere. Can
you speak English ?
•
Prisoner.—Yes.
• .
Sir Thomas.—Then what were you doing-outso late:? •
Prisoner.—l had been cnnj'irittg at a publie-house• to •q. rret a'
few halfpence to pay my lodgings.- • .
Sir Thomas:-=You must mind and keep out of ..the streeti'al"
this late hour or you will get conjUreddutts. the House- of Cor-
rection. • •
It was here stated that the prisoner vas one of the celebrated,
Indian jugglers who some time agti were- brought over to this'
country and exhibited in. London and-,Liverponl: for
the last feW. years been leading an. idle life by attending putilk-
houses "conjuring." The magistrates,discharged him an con-
dition of hispromising, never to get jig° Bridevrelragain. r • •. '
. • WATCH Hors BER A' ru(Renly-looki.ng.feliow namedjohli
Davies was placed at the bar charged with stealing two watches
from a boarding-house. Two abandoned women were also taken
into custody on suspicion of being concerned in the affeir, but
as it had been 'ascertained they.were• not, the magistrates dis-
charged them: • Against navies. Mr.-Samuel Smith, the keeper
of the boarding-house No. 10, Dentiiion-street, said that the
prisoner came to lodge with him at dine o'clock on Monday
morning, and remained until seven o'clock on Wednesday
morning, when he was missing. In about tenminutes after he
was missed Christian Lawson and Andrew. Anderson, two
sailors-who were also lodgers, said that their watches had been
stolen. In consequence of this coinplainantgave information
to the police, and the prisoner was apprehended in: the course
of the day. Anderson and Lawson, the two mariners alluded
to, stated that they belonged to the ship Isabella, now lying in
the Waterloo Dock, and identified the two watches produced by
Mr. Holland, the pawnbroker, the tickets of which were found
by the constable-in the prisoner's possession.—Committed.
CAUTION TO HOUSEKEkPERS.—SwiNDLING COAL-DEALERS.
—Housekeepers and others who are in the habit of purchasing
coals ought never to do so from persona unknown who call upon
them at their houses to solicit orderg, as a Most nefarious system
of robbery has been, and is carried on to a great extent by
-cheats, professing to be coal-dealerS. These.. swindlers having
procured an order, repair to the Haymarket, where cart loads
ufeoals.from the pits are standing for sale, and they there- pur-
- chase, at a low price, from the original renders. • Having done
this they get the coals Weighed. et the machine, and a ticket for
weight is given to them. 'They then take a quantity from the.
cart, and deliver the remainder with the ticket to the purchaser,
who is generally satisfied of the weight being correct on the
production of the ticket. Two of these scoundrels, noted fur
playing such tricks, named Pickaiance and Atherton, were
placed- at the bar this morning charged with defrauding Mr.
Cha ye, pork-butcher, of Byrom-street. Mr. ChaYe stated that
he ordered two loads of coals front the defendants, which were
brought him, and placed in a vault in his cellar. Havieg had
many times two loads put in the same vault, he thought that
there appeared a smaller quantity than usual, and by told the
defendants to tell him where the inachine was at which the coals
were weighed. This they refused fo do, and. insisted upon pay-
ment. Complainant suspecting it' was a fraud would not pay
until he was satisfied of the weight, when the defendants..used
such abusive language that he went fora constable. The con-
stable said that it was a matter in which he could-not interfere,
and refused to take the defendants into custody. The.defeud-
ants subsequently put complainant in the Coda of Requests,
and he, Sooner than go, paid the money. Mr. Lvtbgoe, keeper
of Duncan street 'Bridewell, having heard of the circumstance,
found out where the machine was at which the coals were
weighed, and then discovered that Mr. Chave had been defraud-
ed.—The fraud was proved, but the magistrates told the com-
plainant that, as he had paid the money, they could not assist
him, and the defendants were discharged. .

DIGNtr !ED BODY.—The debates in the Senate of this State
are most disreputable to any legislative body, particularly
that branch.of our State Governinent. The • epithels=-' liars,
drunkards, ' cheats," demagogues, dishonest,' and 'dis-
houourable men,' arc now quite common.—New York papers