The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.

On Wednesday, a professional thief, named Th om as Johnson,
was committed for trial, charged with having picked the pocket
of Mr. Parkinson, the keeper of the main bridewell.
On Thursday, Ann Murphy was sent to trial for abstracting
a shilling from a drawer in the shop of John Chapman, eating-
housekeer. The prisoner had been employed as charwoman.
On Wednesday, a lad about ten years of age, but an old
offender, was sentenced to be imprisoned three days, and whip-
ped, for stealing a pair of boots from a boy, named Thomas
Brady, who had been bathing in the canal.
On Thursda, Mary Jones, alias Blake, was charged with
stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from the shop of Mr.
Murdoch, pawnbroker, Vauxhall-road. Sent to gaol for a
month. A youth, named Jones, was fined €5 for attempting
to rescue her.

OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES.-011 Thursday,
a man named Robert Johnson was charged with this offence.
From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. Henry
A. Johnson, was a native of Boston, United States, and had
been latterly travelling in this country. About a month since,
when in London, he decided upon going down to Scotland, and
for that purpose ordered his luggage, consisting of portman-
teaus containing clothes, bat-boxes, &c., to be sent to Liverpool.
All the parcels were labelled " Henry A. Johnson, to be left
till called for." Fhe things were sent to Liverpool, by the Lon-
don and North-Western Railway, and deposited in the usual
course in their warehouse. O❑ arriving here, the prosecutor
applied for his property, and was informed that it had been
given up to a person (who proved to be the prisoner). and at
whose house they were found in Newhall-street. The prisoner,
in his defence, said he expected some parcels from his mother
in London, and the packages in question being labelled with
the name of Johnson (which was the same as his own), he
thought they were intended for him.—Sent to gaol for two
months.

ASSAULT FROM THE EXECUTION (IF A WARRANT.—OR
Thursday, John Jones, Morgan Jones, and Thomas Williams,
were charged, the two first naMed with assaulting John Jack-
son, clerk to a sheriff's officer, and the third with an attempt
to rescue. John 7ackson is clerk to Mr. Newman, sheriff's
officer; and on Monday last he went to arrest the prisoner,
John Jones, for a debt, on a judge's order. John Jones lives
with his son, Morgan Jones, who carries on business as a tea
dealer, in Mill-street. Jackson saw John Jones in the shop,
and was about to take hold of him, when his son, Morgan Jones,
interfered; struck at Jackson, bit at one of his hands, and
kicked him. Jackson kept hold of his prisoner, and (lid not
use any violence, when the other defendant, Thomas Williams,
came up and attempted to rescue. Mr. Owen, solictor, who
appeared for the complainant, stated that it was only likely
that Mr. Newman was anxious to have the prisoner secured, as,
in case of his escape, he was liable to a penalty of ei 24 and
costs. It was stated in defence, that the complainant had not
shown his warrant at the time. John Jones and Williams were
discharged, and Morgan Jones fined .e 5, or two months' im-
prisonment in default.

CUTTING OFF A DEFENCE.—On Friday, a prisoner was
charged with stealing a waistcoat belonging to a man of co-our,
who is placed in charge of the Roscius, from on board that ves-
sel.—Mr. Mansfield, to the prisoner: "What have have you to
say ?"—Prisoner : "It was not worth a halfpenny." Mr. Mans-
field "Why, then, did you take it? Twenty-one days."
ASSAULT ALLEGED TO HAVE ARISEN OUT OF DISPUTED
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS.—On Friday, John Murphy, the
master of a steamer, was charged with an assault upon Thomas
Pine, so far back as the 26th of January last. The complainant,
at great length, stated his grievance, by saying that on the (lay
named he went into the public-house of Mr. Wearing, in Old-
hall-street, where he met the prisoner, who violently seized and
struck him. In answer to the charge, Mr. Murphy (who had
been placed in custody on warrant) said that Pino was formerly
in partnership with him and another person, and had cheated
them of 4300 ; ever since, whenever he (the defendant) met
him be taunted him ; and on his doing so, on the day stated,
he (defendant) certainly did seize him by the collar, but had
not ill-used him as alieged.—A fine of 405., with costs, was im-
posed. _ _ _

CooL.—On Friday, Edward Quigley was charged by John
Meddling with stealing seven pair of India-rubber shoes from
the Brigand, arrived from Para, and lying in the George's
Dock. The prosecutor had the discharging of the Brigand, aed
the prisoner was one of the men employed by him for the pur-
pose. A part of the cargo consisted of India-rubber shoes.
On being asked what he had to say, the prisoner answered that
" be had seen a great many of the shoes lying about, and did
not think he was doing wrong in taking them." They were
found secreted upon him by a Custom-house officer. The pri-
soner was sent to gaol for a month.
AN OLD OFFENDER ON A FRESH CIIARGE.—On Friday, a
married woman, named Rose Ann Gorman, was committed for
trial on a charge of stealing a shawl and a pair of sea boots
from the yard of Al r. Iredale, Duncan-street, on Thursday even-
ing, about six o'clock. Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr. lredale,
was informed that a bad character was at her back door. She
immediatlF went into the yard and saw the shawl and boots
were goner but observing the prisoner going down the street
she followed her, and found the articles in her possession. The
prisoner had been five times committed.