The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.

t/T/LACIR IN Tilt With DEttl3Y
Friday morning, no less than ten patwers, (sit Men and
four women), inmates of the West Derby Workhouse,
were charged with being concerned in a most brutal
assault 4 which took place in the workhouse on the pre-
ceding day. Their names are John Ireland, John
Roberts, James Cross, Bernard M'Evoy, Thomas Smith,
and Wiliam Neesbam. It appears that at an early hour
On Thursday morning, the bakehouse had been broken
into by some of the paupers, and a loaf was stolen. The
remains of a loaf were found under the bed of some of
the men named ; and, in addition to this suspicion of their
guilt, another pauper, named Samuel Jackson, having
occasion to go into the yard early on the morning in ques-
tion, observed Ireland and Roberts near the bakehouse.
This circumstance he related to the governor, and by so
doing naturally incurred the of the fellows named.
On entering the common room soon afterwards, Ireland
and Roberts set upon him in the most savage manner,
Cross and M'Evoy holding the door to prevent his egress,
These men were brought to the main bridewell on Thurs-
day evening. While on their way to prison, Jackson was
again attacked by Smith and Neesham : he lost much
blood, and was left in a state of insensibility. The pri-
soners were committed for fourteen days. The names of
the four females are Anne Albertson, Margaret Leech,
Martha Peddleton, and Mary Gent. The three first
were charged with having refused to work, and the last-
named woman had wilfully and maliciously destroyed a
number of water taps. She had only been an inmate of
the house a day or two. They were imprisoned for the
same period as their male companions.
INFRACTION OF THE LOCAL ACT.—Mr. Henry Beattie
was, on Thursday, fined 20s. and costs, for having left an
excavation in Regent-street unprovided with either a
light or a watchman. On Tuesday evening a horse fell
down, and received some injury in consequence. The
offence arose from the negligence of a man who had been
paid to keep watch.
STRANGE PROPENSITY.—On Wednesday Mary Ann
Williams. a servant in the employ of a Mr. Jones, in
Upper Parliament-street, was charged with wilfully
breaking the windows of a house opposite her master's,
occupied by a Mr. Frobert. The offence had been fre-
quently committed, and the offender was detected by
policemen, who were on the watch for that purpose.
I The prisoner was ordered to pay 35., with a fine of 5,.
HOUSE PLUNDERERS.—Bridget O'Hare, Louisa Wit-
ters, and Mary Witters were on Wednesday charged with
a series of robberies committed in the town and its vicinity.
The police have long been apprised of a system of plunder
effected by a gang of women, who, under the pretence of
begging or vending small articles, manage to gain ad-
mitance to respectable houses by the back doors, and by
this means even penetrate to the upper rooms, and carry
off every portable article of value in their way. The pri-
soners were apprehended by Marks, the detective officer.
OFFICE ROBBERIES.—Two men, named Michael and
John Powers, father and son, were on Tuesday committed
for trial, for the recent office robberies. The case was
heard before Mr. Smith, in the private room, and occupied
nearly the whole of the day. Several robberies of this
kind having recently taken place in this town, officers
Marks, Lloyd, and Tuck were set on the watch, and they
succeeded in tracing the prisoners to their house in Chisen-
hale-street, from an office in North John-street, and
found a portion of the stolen property. The robberies in
which they were proved to have participated were, first,
breaking into Mr. Maxwell's office, King-street, through
the roof, on Saturday night or Sunday morning last, from
which they stole about £3B in money, a silver pencil case,
and a gold pen. They also broke into Mr. Archard's
office, in the same street, and stole a gold ring and a silver
medal, which were found on their persons ' • and, lastly,
they were proved to have broken into Mr. Malcomson's
office, in the Goree-piazzas, on the 12th October, from
which they took five gold seals, two gold rings, two
gold keys, and a gold chain. These were found in the
house where the prisoners lived. When apprehended,
John Powers was observed by the officers to throw
something into the privy, which proved to be a gold watch,
in a leather case. There was also a silver fruit knife and
many other articles of jewellery, for which no owners
have been found as yet.
JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--A man named
Ward was brought up on Tuesday, charged by a police-
officer with attempting to drown himself on the previous
afternoon. The officer stated that he had received in-
formation from the prisoner's wife that her husband was
going to jump into the dock. He accordingly followed
the man and prevented him from doing so. A respectable
looking woman, who said she was the prisoners wife,
stated that her husband was in a bad state of mind from
jealousy, as be bad accused her continually of unfaithful-
ness, but could not prove anything against her. He had
threatened to drown himself several times ; and she in-
formed the officer of it on Monday, who followed him to
the Queen's Dock, and caught him going over a ship's side.
The officer said he thought the man was rather delicate
about drowning himself, and was very glad to get on
board when he laid hold of him. He said, when asked
his reason for such conduct, that he would have satis-
faction, dead or alive. He insisted in court that his wife
was untrue, which was denied both by herself and the
brother of the prisoner, who said there was no ground for
his suspicion. The magistrate required that the prisoner
should find bail, himself in £lO, and two sureties in £5
each, for good behaviour for six months, or be imprisoned
fourteen days in default. _ _ _

INFRINGEMENTS OF THE SANITARY ACT.—On Wed-
nesday nine persons, occupying cellars, were fined 20s.
and costs each, for infringing the sanitary regulations.
Captain Stotesbury, of the steam-ship City of Pitts-
burgh, was fined, on Tuesday, for using fires and lights
on board his vessel, contrary to the regulations. The
fines for the two offences amount to is. 6d. and costs.

On Friday Moses Henry Costigoyne and Thomas Gold-
ing, for stealing bags from Bramley-Moore Dock, were
sent to gaol for twenty-one days.
Thomas Martin, a man in the employ of Messrs.
Myers and Co., was, on Friday, sent to gaol for ten days,
for having stolen some copper, the property of his em-
ployers.
On Tuesday John Connan and Patrick White were
bound over to keep the peace to Mr. Norris, chain-cable
manufacturer, Norfolk-street. They were workmen of
Mr. Norris's, and had used threats against him in some
dispute as to wages.