The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

YESTERDAY

A STRANGE REASON FOR BEING DRUNK.—An Irish-
man, who had been bailed out, was charged with being
druAk. In his defence, the man said that, some time
ago, he sent his son to Ireland, for the benefit of his
health, and that, on Sunday, he received intelligence that
the youth was dead. Subsequently, he fell in with a
friend ; but how he became drunk he was unable to say.
A respectable-looking woman, who gave her name as
Mary Davis, was charged with stealing a few pounds of
butter from the shop of Thomas Johnson, in Toxteth.
She was committed to prison for seven days.
A lad named Thomas Jones was remanded on a charge
of stripping a large quantity of lead front an unoccupied
house in Islington.
A HARD-WORKING MAN.—Three ill-looking fellows,
well-known to the police, and one of whom is the keeper
of a common brothel, were charged as suspicious charac-
ters prowling about at an untimely hour. The officer

said they were all at the corner of Shaw-hill-street at a
quarter to one o'clock on Sunday morning. He had
driven them away once, but they almost immediately took
up their old position, and knowing that depredations were
constantly committed in that neighbourhood, he took
them into custody. One of the fellows defended himself
by alleging that he was near his own door when taken,
and another by saying that he was a hard-working man.
The magistrate asked the officer if his statement were
true. Officer—He has only done two hours' work for the
last six or seven years. (Laughter.) The men were re-
manded. Another fellow, named Samuel Willett, was
committed to prison for two months, as a suspicious cha-
racter. He was taken into custody about one o'clock on
Sunday morning, in Prussia-street. _ _

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Row IN STANLEY-STREET.—Mr. and Mrs. Moss, who
carry on the business of brokers in Stanley-street, were
charged with being drunk, and with having assaulted an
officer in the discharge of his duty. Eastwcod, 545, who
appeared in the witness box with two black eyes, and
his face otherwise bruised, stated that as he was passing
along Stanley-street at twenty-five minutes past one
o'clock on Sunday morning, on duty, he saw a door con-
nected withi premises open, and, by the direction of
Sergeant Thompson, he informed the inmates, but Mrs.
Moss, instead of thanking him for his attention, called
him a " Peeler," and many other names such as we re-
frain to stain our paper with. The serjeant came
in for similar compliments, until she was informed
that unless she went into her house she must be taken
to bridewell, as she was " drunk and disorderly" just
use
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fere expression,
;
lent blow on the constable's mouth. He got into his house,
and was pursued by the officers, who fell over the furni-
ture,and then commenced the mill ; while on the ground,
Eastwood,suheamanner as
to
‘p‘ugloled the
titin
hair from his head, and pummelled his body as well, with
hearty good will. Mr. Dover, who appeared for the de-
fendants, cross-examined the officers with but indifferent
results ; he likewise called a number of witnesses, one of
whom refused to be sworn' and the remainder set out by
stating that Mr. and Mrs. Moss were perfectly sober, an
assertion which was flatly contradicted, by the bridewell-
keeper who received them. Mr. Rushton remarked on
this fact, and deferred his decision until he should have
had an opportunity of hearing Mr, Superintendent An-
der's statement, by whose order the parties were taken
into custody. The result of this precaution was the find.
ing the defendants' 60s. and costs ; the magistrate, at
the same time, took occasion to censure the demeanour