The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-11 00:00:00

4lvEnpoor, POLICE.

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TuEsnay.—(Before Sir JOHN
A male an female of decent appearance, and both posses -
ing tolerably handsome persons, were placed at the bar, charged
by the officers of the nightly watch with having op the preceding
night, created a diSturbance in the streets, and thereby obstlitete7l
the thbfotighfare, &e. &c. It appeared in the course-of the
evidence, that the prisoners had been married to each other just.
one week, and that they had already (vet on the very threshold
of the honeymoon) made .a public exhibition of toeir great
affection for each other by having a fight in the public street.
They had both, it seems, heeu slightly intoxicated at the time.
They did-not offer one word in extenuation of their disgraceful
Conduct, but stood sheepishly regarding the court, as if heartily
ashamed of the situation into which their ton free indulgence in
liquor had brought them. The magistrate ordered that they
should find bail for their future good behaviour.
• Elizabeth Magee, Barthohunew Flynn, and Anii Flynn, were
brought before the magistrate, in custody of watchman No. 51,
having been given into his charge, on the preeeding night, by
Bernard Magee. 'The latter stated, that (be first-named prisoner
was his wife, and 'that. the other two were his step-children,
whom he had maintained ever since they were two.' three years
old. Against Ann Flynn he said lie had nothing to say, but the
conduct of his step-son, he said, was so exceedingly violent that
he was in continual fear of his lite. On the preceding night,
he said flat the latter, in conjunction with his wife, had
threatened to murder him, and from the violent assault which
they had commenced upon him, he believes they would have
put their threat in execution, had not the watchman opportunely
arrived and rescued him. Watchman No. 34, said, that as he
was pegging along Vernon-street, on his rounds, he had heard
horrible screams proceeding from the house of the complainant,
and upon going to see what was the matter, he found the pri-
soner, Bartholomew Flynn, stauding above Magee, whom he
had thrown on the ground, and whose throat he grasped firmly
with one band, while with the other he wes beating him, in
which operation he was assisted by his mother. The magistrate
ordered that Flynn should find hail to keep the peace. From.
Mrs. Magee a promise was exacted, that she should for the
foture behave better 'to her husband, and after a reprimand she
and her daughter were discharged.
Two individuals, who were at first stated to be man and wife,
but who afterwards turned out to have assumed merely the titles
of that respectable relation, were placed at the bar (Attie police
court, on Tuesday, charged by the keeper of a lodg.ing-house
with having robbed him. Complainant stated that the prisoner
had taken a room in his house on the 13th of August last, iu
which he and the female prisoner had lived together until a_few
days ago, he the complainant) believing that they 'were a
.married pair. his he had however aseertained was not the
fact. Having imbibed some suspicions, 'h' went into the room
and examined the bed, when he discovered several articles of
covering had been removed therefrom, upon which he immedi-
ately sent for a police officer, and had the' prishilere* taken tot
Bridewell. .An assistant to Mr. Mosses, pawnbroker, proved
that the articles had been pledged with him by the female pri-
soner for six shillings and sixpence. The prisoners did not say
anything in their defence, and were committed for trial et the.
Borough Sessiene. • .
An individual, named John Stevenson, who stated that he
• kept ad eating-house, appeared before the magistrates on Tues.
.day, to substantiate a complaint against a well-dressed lad, whom
tie charged with having assaulted him and damaged.his property.
The cJinplainant stated, that at about five o'clock on the ore-.
Ceding day he bad been called into the house, where he found
the prisoner throwing the table utensils about the room, pulling
off. the table-cloths, overturning the chairs, and breaking,
crockery, &c., in all directions. When he (complainant) had.
remonstrated with him on the bnpropriety of his conduct, and
requested payment of the damage,- the..prisoner threw a fork at
him, assaulted him, and behaved more outrageously than ever.
Having seized a knife he endeavoured to rush- at complainant
with it, but the wife of the latter interposed, and endeavoured to
deprive him of the weapon, in which effort her hand was severe-
ly cut.. An old man, named Williaikßryan, who stated that he
was 7fi years of age, corroborated the above testimony, averring
that t.l4e prisoner had not
,had respect even for him, old as he
was, but had rushed at hirn and overturned him as be sat quietly
on a *tool; and that iu fact, the conduct of the prisoner was
more like that of a madman than a rational person. The pri-
sober, with the most unblushing effrontery, said that he was so
drunk that he• did not know what he was doing; but that the
esiMplainant had kept his hat for the damage, And he-did not
know, wbat more he could require. Alderman Sir Thomas
Brancker said that such conduct in one of his years was most
disgraceful. As for his -plea of drunkenness, it ens a great
aggravation of his offence. The complainant stated that the
damage done by the prisoner amounted to 18s. Sir John
Tobin, the presiding magistrate, fined the prisoner Vs. and
costs, and ordered him to pay the amount of daintigettione to the
complainant's property; the whole sum amounted to £3 10F. In
default of payment, the prisoner was to be committed to the I
House of Correction for three months.

WxoNmsnar.—(Before,Sir Joins Toni,r.)
Si.3I3;IONS FOR WAGRS.—A boy 'mimed Richard Thornhill
appeared before Alderman Sir John Tobin; in ouppert of a sew.
mons for wages, which be had caused to be issued against.a per-
son named Hewson, a master of a.vessel. The complainant
stated that he had engaged with the defendant at Liverpool to
re to Glasgow and back again, for which, it was verb Ally agreed,
he.. sl?ould receive half a seaman's wages. Captain Hewson
said that he was in the employ of Messrs. M'Cracken, Jamieson,
and Co. merchants, of this town, by who:o he had been ordered
to take a certain small vessel to Glasgow and back to Liv'erpool..
He had engaged the complainant to go with him, agreeing to
board him during the period that he should remain with him,
and to give him one pound for the whole run. He had advanced
the complainant ten shillings whew in Liverpool, and ten
sbillings in Glasgow, at which latter 'place he had paid hiiu
board-wages.. The run occupied twenty-one days, and he (the
captain) conceived that Ire -had fulfilled his agreement. The
boy acknoiledged that he had received one pound, and .said, in
reply to a question from the magistrate, that he had not sigsed
any agreement. Alderman ,Sir John 'Tobin was of upinion that
the coniplainaut had been sufficieutly- remunerated,; he, there-
fore dismissed the case.
flrKaTaanAY.—(Before HORSEA ear
!' A. GENT LEM AN LY Ass utT.—An athletic raddy--lacedanetent
Bhton, named Griffiths' Williams, exhibitit)g a pair of Taney
coloured eyes, consequent upon diver, blows inflicted by Mr.
Paddy M'Alister, the culprit standing in the dock,' appeared in
the witness-box against the said Paddy.
Mr. Griffith Williams, having bobbed his head reverentially
to the bench, held up a switch of iron about an inch thick, and
said. " Last night I was in mine ped, snorin' as pleasantly as
possible, and thinking of nothing in the 'versal worlt bot my
,treams, when I was suddenly 'woke by a hammering on my
head with this poker, and it was this gentleman (pointing to
Paddy M'Alister) scot did it.
The Maine.—Your face 'does not bear the appearance o
gentlemanly treatment.
Complainant.—True, your worship, I didn't think it was a
gentleman at first.
The Mavoe.—Did you think it was a lady?
Complainant.—Not exactly; I thought, may be, it was the
nightmare. (Laughter.)
Stinttieworth.—Flow do you know it wasthe prisioner
who struck you?
Prisoner.—Becos my wife found the poker 'on the stairs.
(Laughter.)'
This evidence not being precisely conclusive against the
prisoner; Mt. Griffith Williams's better half was called to sub-
stantiate the charge, and, being the more eloquent of the two in
deelamatioo, stated the case more fully The facts is," said
she, "these here: my husband was in bed, and I hears it tre-
mendous row in the bed-room; I runs up stairs. and, on my
roads, meets with Mrs. l'Sl'Alister, the prisoner's wife, who's an
Irishman as well as her husband, and says I, 'What''. the row ?'
' Nothing,' says she, only Pat says he'll have your husband's
Welsh' life.' Will he ?' says 1; ' we'll see about that, an
IriSh vagabone,' on which Mrs. hl'Alister says, ' Dont' be
alarmed or at all flustrated, my dear, for he doesn't intend to
kill you.' Well, your worship, on that I goes' into the bed-
room and finds Paddy there murdering my husband with all
his might, with his fisseses; I run back again for assistance,
and tumbles over the poker, which he had thrown away."
Other witnesses displayed equal oratory in corroboration of
Mrs. M'Alister's statement.
The prisoner, in his defence, said it was only a bit of a'
pleasant rowing, in which the *omen were concerned. The-
women, said be. all came into the room and asked me to fight
Griffith, and, the drink being in, of coorse I did.
He was ordered to find bail.

THE MOUNTAIN AND THE Mute.—An flttOrDry /TOW to
the magistrates for the postponement of a case of assault until
this day, in consequence of a principal witness refusing to
attend, The attorney stated' that the charge was one of a seri-
ous nature, and had been aggravated that morning by the de-
fendant' throwing a dead mouse into the plaintiff's shop.—The
app,lication was granted.
There were few cases before the magistr:ti-sto-day, and none
pory,..ssit*lsluch ititete;t,' • .