The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THROWING STONES.—About a dozen boys have been
fined 2s. 6d. each for throwing stones in the streets.
SERIOUS CHARGE.—A young woman, named Ellen
Griffiths, was committed for trial, on Wednesday, by Mr.
Rushton, for having attempted to drown her illegitimate
child, and afterwards herself. The unhappy woman made
the rash attempt at the canal, but herself and her offspring
were rescued by the exertions of a wheelwright, named

Burns.
PERMITTING DOGS TO Go AT LARGE.—On Friday,
no fewer than thirty-seven persons appeared before Mr.
Rushton, for having permitted their dogs to go at large in
the streets. In every case a fine of five shillings or up-
wards was inflicted, and Mr. Rushton expressed his deter-
mination to carry out the proclamation of the Mayor.
Mr. Rushton : " It is not of the least use putting a muz-
zle on,—it only makes the thing worse ;it makes no dif-
ference whatever in the law. It is a matter of cruelty to
put on a muzzle : they perspire through the tongue."
A MAN STABBED.—CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—
On Friday, about noon, a manslaughter was committed
in Simpson-street, corner of Kitchen-street, by Parker
Unsworth, a butcher. It would appear that the wife of
Unsworth had been giving evidence that morning, before
Mr. Rushton, against two boys who had been fighting on
the previous evening, and creating a disturbance in the
street. On her evidence the boys were convicted, and
the neighbours were so exasperated that they collected in
large numbers round the shop of Unsworth. This so pro-
voked him, that he roughly desired them to disperse; but
as they paid little attention to his request, he threatened
them with serious consequences if they continued to annoy
him. Amongst the crowd so collected, attracted by curio-
sity to see what was taking place, was a person named
John Clarke, a stevedore. Unsworth, greatly excited at
the refusal of the bystanders to move on, rushed from his
shop, armed with a knife, and coming in contact with
Clarke, plunged it into his side. The man staggered a
few paces, fell, and was taken to the Southern Hospital,
in the vicinity, but was found to be quite dead on his arri-
val. Unsworth was much agitated when he heard of the
consequences of his rashness. On Saturday the inquest
was held before the borough coroner, and the court in
Lord-street was crowded to excess. Mr. Blair, barrister,
appeared for the prisoner. A witness (Vallaly) said he
saw prisoner in his shop on Friday, and talked to him
about the two lads. Prisoner said lie could not helpit.
Deceased came up, and asked witness to " come away."
The prisoner said, " There is another Irish scoundrel
there now." He lifted a large knife off the bench, came
outside of the door towards Clarke, and ran the knife into
his bowels. Deceased said, " God have mercy; I'm
killed !" He walked some way up Bridgewater-street,
supported by the people, but dropped down dead on the
way Co the Southern Hospital. The prisoner immediately
returned into his shop, and witness observed him wipe
the blood off the knife with his finger and thumb, and
then cut some meat with it. Another witness said that
he was present, and that Vallaly was violent and insulting
to prisoner, calling him "an Orange b—." Deeeased
came up to get Vallaly away, and soon afterwards the
prisoner came out of his shop, seized hold of Clarke, and
stabbed him in the right side. The knife was produced.
Vallaly appeared to be intoxicated. Other witnesses spoke
as to the prisoner having been exasperated by Vallaly and
a crowd. The prisoner, in a voluntary statement, said,
I was in my shop yesterday, when Vallaly and two other
men and some women came in. Vallaly said at:first, " I
will take your life !" and threatened me, and a crowd col-
lected. He and some women cried, " Pull him out and
smash his brains." I said I could not help what had oc-
curred with my wife. Some one came rushing into the
shop. I was cutting something at the time. I turned
round, hut how the man got the stab I cannot tell. I
neither saw deceased before nor after he got stabbed.
Mr. Morris, surgeon, stated the wound might have been
inflicted by a person turning round suddenly. The Coroner
very ably summed up, and the jury, after some consi-
deration, brought in a verdict of manslaughter, and the
prisoner was committed to take his trial for the offence.
The Jury coupled with the verdict their conviction that
Vallaly's evidence was unworthy of credence.

THE ROBBERY

AT MR. STOCK-DALE'S

SOAPERY

On Thursday, at the Quarter Sessions, before the Re-
corder, the prisoners were tried who were the week before
committed as parties to the robberies at the premises lately
occupied by Mr. Stockdale.
James Hartley was the first tried. Mr. Brett prose-
cuted, and. Mr. James defended. The case against the
prisoner was, that he had taken from the premises in
Blackstock-street, testing apparatus and other articles,
subsequently found in his possession. It was proved
that the prisoner had been, for some time, in the employ
of Mr. John Stockdale, and that he took the articles for
a sum of £7 or £8 which was due to him for wages. He
took them away in the presence of Mr. Powell. and
stated frankly, when asked about the matter by a police-
man, that he had done so. Mr. James argued, and the
Recorder supported the view, that if the goods were taken
away under a supposition of right, however erroneous
that view might be in the eye of the law, the case would
not be one of felony. Several respectable witnesses, to
whom the prisoner had been known for many years, said
he had borne an irreproachable character all his life time,
and his late employer, Mr. Phillips, of Lord-street, said
that, notwithstanding the present case, he should have no
hesitation in placing the utmost confidence in him. The
jury immediately returned a verdict of not guilty, and he
was at once ordered, out of custody. r

Abraham Turbott was next placed in the dpck. , The
case against him was, that he had stolen, <some chrome,
and attempted to sell it to Messrs. Casey. - By the advice
of his counsel (Mr. Simons) he pleaded guilty to the
charge,_after the case had been partially gone into.

Abraham Turbott was next indicted with William Pres-
cott, who had been placed on the premises by tie Borough
Bank to protect their interests. The charge was, that
they had taken a large box, containing thirty-eight ac-
count books, from the premises, and placed them in the
house of Mrs. Simpson, living opposite Stockdale's yard.
The case was clearly established by Mrs. Simpson, and a
verdict of guilty was returned against both prisoners.
Abraham Turbott was charged a third time with John
Riley, for stealing three cisterns and a wheelbarrow.
These articles were also removed from Stockdale's yard
and placed on the premises of Mrs. Simpson. '
Tile RECORDER said he should disallow the expenses
both of young Simpson and Mrs. Simpson. He thought
it was a case of considerable suspicion that her house so
conveniently situated should be made a receptacle for
stolen property. The answers which the son had given
to questions put by himself (the Recorder) and the jury
were not at all satisfactory. Therefore the expenses of
both must be disallowed.

The Counsel for the prosecution said every information
bad been given by the Simpsons to the officers, but the
learned Recorder repeated it was a case of great suspicion,
and he could not do otherwise than disallow the expenses.

The RECORDER, in passing sentence on the prisoners,
said it was quite clear that much of the property belong-
ing to the bankrupt, had been improperly and dishonestly
dealt with. Prescott was particularly culpable, because
he was placed as a responsible person in charge for the
bank. With regard to Turbott, he must have been well
aware those things should not have been removed. It
seemed to him (the Recorder) rather a mysterious trans-
action. Why these account-books were removed, he
could not understand. Both of them (Turbott and Pres-
cott) had received good characters, and it was very sad
that either they, or their own heads, had done this, or
had lent themselves to other persons. In order that pro-
perty, under such circumstances, might be protected, it
was necessary to punish them, and they must each be
sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Riley was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.