The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MAD,DOGS.—The Mayor having issued his users Pei;
clamation, requiring all dogs to be confined, fifteg Wit
sons were summoned on Thursday for perrnilcie,
curs to go at large. All sorts of excuses were
in most of the cases the defendants were fined °White, 9'
FRAUD BY A RAILWAY SERVANT.--JObilii.Westall
carter in the employ of the London and court t°
Railway Company, was committed at the F°"--2-9. 9a. to
take his trial for altering a freight note freill
3s. 9d.
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s' tons were charged with infractions of the previsl ts•
internir
the sanatory act in the mode of conductingbe
The act requires that two. feet six inches of earth sh II•
placed on every coffin immediately after interment, to" 1a
main undisturbed until the grave is wanted s again'oo
some cases the offence was proved; but Mr. Kuiebe,
said that the act was of peculiar construction; an" be
lieving that the defendants had sinned from ignorancet'are
dismissed the cases, and warned them to complY ,DtS
with the exact conditions of the law. The defenea
promised obedience, and departed.
REMOVING NIGHT-SOIL AT AN IMPROPER
On Thursday a policeman represented to Mr. Bus"- r•
that the inhabitants of Burgess-street and the neighsllo-
hood had been annoyed by the men in Mr. Rose e.„,
removingployment night-soil, and, in so doing,
all° iata
a liquid manure to flow down the street, the efllT‘trate
from which was extremely unpleasant. The niag,lea- foia
enquired the hour at which the men were employ,
was told 11 o'clock. This, he said, was too soon' had
person from Mr. Rose's establishment said theY e EX)
authority from the parish committee to contra"PccoV
early as 11 o'clock. Mr. Rushton said he should re lot
the order, and fine Mr. Rose, unless there was a bYef-the
to provide for this ; he confessed himself ignorant o
existence of such law.
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SHAMEFUL STREET ROBBERY.—A young rn„-
Michael Dowdie was brought before Mr. ,ttu'itosv",
charged with having stolen a watch from Mr. NV r"'bboa '
lands, a music teacher. The prosecutor is almos, solve
and on Tuesday evening last, he was going throuPtreet;
cross streets, with a view to get into Great Howar?o,
It was dark and rainy, and he lost his way. Coral 611
length, to the end of a street out. of which there .`c,,,a
exit, the prisoner and another man came up to liwbres'
asked him where he wished to go ? He said to The'
Howard-street, that he might reach the pier-head• arioa,„'
took each hold of an arm, and led him along 0.10
'streets till near the canal bridge, when the prisonertosi.
the other held him, snatched his watch and ran
He was committed for trial at the sessions. iirSOr
ROBBERY OF A BANKRUPT'S STOCK.-011 wh
Abraham Turbott, William Prescott, and James -'le'eall,
were charged with an extensive robbery on the Prooe,';
lately used by Messrs. Stockdale, soap-boilers, 131"c110064'0
street. Police-officers Lloyd and Bates went, on
morning, to a yard in theaboye street, and, in ;if 61`i;
there, found some cisterns, lined with lead, a I)°xoo'ep
six pound weights, large screws, beams, and brag- 'lke
bagging, and a great quantity of other articles. of
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then went to Hornby-street, and, in the 1149115,/,es
prisoner Prescott, who had charge of the ()len"; voo"ocl
and night, found under his bed a basket, contain des,, and
candles, a large table which had been used as a "to
an office stand ; also a quantity of bags similar ts
found in Blackstock-street stable. At Turbots orlea
other art_cles of a similar description were fonill,htsiJej,
Hartley's house, Thistle-court, Shore-place, %'coveftbs-
- candles, and testing instruments, were boo oc.
In all, from £BO to £lOO worth of property 11",."benft‘feli-
covered, but a much larger quantity had been of v.lier;
Turbott was also charged with stealing a quantl4°lo'
rome, and offering to, sell it to Mr. Casey, s"Joiein
'but- Mr.. Casey, suspecting it to have been
tained the property and gave haformation to
and was thus the means of bringing all the ea r`los laot,
tice. It appears that the property is now ~,ve„spdaYl
Borough Bank, and it was to be sold on
The prisoners were committed for trial. 10
THE STONELEIGH ABBEY CASE BEFORE elit'decite:
POOL POLICE-COURT.—On Friday forenoon, neate;bicr
went into Mr. Rushton's court in a state or. q.rate,
melt, and desired a hearing from' the mag's'ciespia
was granted after some immediate business was/10es it,
ba
He inquired for the reporter of the Londonqe eceita in
finding that paper employed no reporter in '',,pear,ei,
sent for the correspondent of the paper, virlit.,9bee/aVei,
short time. The latter was immediately „d eiooe(
tained." Soon after the gentleman introducevoit
aged man to Mr. Rushton, who made a an then
was taken down in writing. The gentlenianora Poor 0;
eif
said, that his name was Jones, that he was that
solicitor, and that he had arrived in Liverpoo,„, at °n
ing with a person who was able to rebut tnerso,'Jetio,'
charges brought against Lord Leigh, and thaVarisw6teik:',
now ir court.—Mr. Rushton said he had no
tlietare;
in the case, which begun in another court ; , a eaciero:,
nients made by the person alluded o were o'd e,
leave no doubt of their truth. Het then read deP°Ogii
tion of that person. It was to the effect
st.airig i!t...e floe
name was William Billinge, aged 52, re ,70., brittolt'i3e
hill, and at present a mason employed en,'„ syas aFt,llB,er
erecting in Wavertree-road ; that in 1814 ITer joseli'e e
leigh Abbey with his father and his brot.l.,iiiiingesi6, f'tet
former of whom was the only Matthew„-r!,5 or 1 a 1e1a,,4
knew ; his father died at Stockport, in I,vtdaec4,,
was buried near that town. Deponenty,,r.4.--31',0(,11„g
proving that his father was alive after tio!-so for ;chenille
thanked the magistrate for hearing the ease aid In of -le
latter said it was the duty of every one_
the truth, repeating his conviction 0.t„:",; by 1‘ ri311111:1
statements made. The man was identan for.
~aboi:6C‘l
ton's own son, an engineer, who was seijoci ex adds
had seen the accounts in the nevvspapneres,
spaperistbe Li-0
send a letter to Lord Leigh when a w
count
Se
to him came to hand, containing an 8.. e,„ be k ° or'
written by Mr. Jones, to whom he va°)'.:,eos. resso cite
having succeeded in finding out this.n. 041_4 e$
quence Mr. Jones came here, ro'f gr"
arrived at the mason's house 1.13 0 044 '