The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.—TtrEsDAy.

(Before Stk Titostas BRANcKER.)
James Berry; a reputed thief, was charged by Mr. Byford, of
the firm of Byron! and Medder, pawnbrokers, in Oldhall-street,
with stealing three waistcoats. It appeared from the evidence
of the prosecutor, that the prisoner, in-. company with another
man, went to his shop to redeem some articles which the other
had pledged, and during the time that he (the prosecutor) was
attending to another customer, the prisoner and his companion
Were missed, and at the same time there was a scarcity of three
*aistcoats. Suspecting the prisoner and his companion, he
pursued them, and found them standing opposite the American
Botel, at the corner of Lancelot's-hey. He seized the prisoner,
and brought him. to Bridewell; but the other man escaped.
Between the prisoner's coat and waistcoat one of the stele"'
waistcoats was found, which was identified. The prisoner in
his defence said, "I was rather in the wind, and the other
chap gave use waistehat."
andsvc
were
acthhaarrgi Ake
ot women of 'aban-
*AMvilithi:Plistfa' bale of goods,
• dejnaerc°ll:Nraecateir,
the. property of Messrs. 'William and James Brown. Cramer,
a watchman, saw the two prisoners carryino..kle bale of goods
' iu Chapel-street, about eleven o'clock at nigrigi Suspecting all
was not right, he asked them where they Were going to, and
Murphy said that She was "running away" from her mother,
who was drunk. in Chapel-street. They accounted for pos-
session of the bale, by stating that some women had given them
a shirring to carry it.—. Mr. Richard Lister, a -clerk in the
employ of Messrs. Brown. and Co., identified the bale as_ the
property of Messrs. Brown, Shipley, Moore, and Priestman.—
Edward Hughes, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Brown,
spoke to, 4e .-pneoner—Niuri,lay—coniimg ie. the warehouse, of
Messrs. Brown, on the night of the robbery, -on pretence of
inquiring for .a cartage bill. The bale contained five pieces of
worsted stuffs.
William Laverty, and Hannah his wife, were committed for
stealing a cloak. and other articles, the property of Mrs. Eliza-
beth keraftiv, of Cormuck's-court, Knight-street North. It
appears that the prisoners. entered the prosecutor's house in the
day time, and during her absence. They ha4l..nothing to say
in their defence..

THURSDAY.
(Before his Worship the MAyort.)

THE Nawruws ImeosToas.--Another of ;the itinerant im-
postois who profess to be distressed* flamael.weavers- from New-
town, Montgomeryshire, was appreheci4bed on Christmas Day
practising his imposture, and delivering copies of their printed
lamentation, and yesterday he was placed before the Mayor.
The prisoner, who was probably not aware of the names given
by his encased friends, called himself John Pugh (the name
given by one of the prisoners on Saturday). It appeared from
the statement of the police that the prisoner, in the course of
his victimizing perambulations, chanced to pop into the house
of Parkinson, the police officer, where he lett his printed tale of
woe, at the bottom of which it wan stated,—" That your peti,
tioners, who are the bearers hereof, will call again in a few
hours, to receive whatever you may be disposed to give towards
their support, which will be most thankfully received. The
petitioner was punctual to his time in again calling at Parkin-
son's house, and the latter welcomed him with a pair of • hand-
cuffs. He was committed to gaol as ,a vagrant, and Mr;
Parlour, the superintendent of police, promised to write to
Newtown, to inform the authorities there that the prisoners Were'
in custody, so that they might be handed over after the
of the term of their committal.
Fowl. STEALING.--Edward—Smith and James 'Kirkhatri;.

two suspicious character, were brought up on suspicion of
having stolen two dimd fowls and a game cock. The watch-MAU
apprehended them the previous night with the fowls in-their
possession—, ?or which they could not satisfactorily -account::
The I,,ratchnian said that a great number of persons had re
yPifiy bad their hen-roosts robbed, and he thought by publicity'.
being given to the present suspected theft, owners might be
found. The prisoner was remanded.
George Williams, who represented himself to be On Ameri-
can, was charged by a constable with begging in the
streets
the
. '
The officer stated that. the prisoner was found begging on
footpath iu Bird-street. He pretended to be lame and -afflicted
with sores, but upon examination it was found that nothing.
Was the matter with him. The prisoner thought it a sore case
that he was not allowed to beg an honest livelihood. He•was
committed for a month.
A boy named Jones was charged with creating a disturbance
in the street. The constable who complained said th4lthe
.lad
was a very great blackguard.
. .." He is no such,thing;" said the mother of the lad,-who was
preSent to give him a character.
Constable—" And the mother is as great a: blickguat d it.s hi.
is."
"Oh shocking!" rejoined the mother, "what a libel I.—Air
for my son, be was doing
nothing -simpler than playing at mar-
bles for his Christmas-day's amusement."
On promising not to of.`...ind again, the lad was discharged.- .'•.
.Richard Wilson; -a Manchester thief,. who was apprehended -
-It. a public-house in llackin's-hey yesterday, on suspicion of
bel:,ng concerned in a bank robbery at Manchester lately, ivds
broagrht before the Mayor and ordered to be conveyed to Mau-
chester..£7o in gold was found upon him.
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