The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-17 00:00:00

HOUSE ROBBERY.

Henry Egr, one of the numerous 'gang of juvenile thieves
that infest. the%town, was indicted for entering adwelling-house,
and stealinglierefrotii a qtantity of wearing apparel. -
Hannah Wuite, wife of "Henry Waite, of Grosvenor-street,
said that on the night oftbe Bth Feb., a little past six o'clock.
she left the house, leasing no person to mind it, having locked
the door. She returned about eight o'clock, and saw a lighted
candle in the parlour, and the kitchen door open. She was
going in, when the prisoner pushed up the parlour window and
came throukh into the street'. Assistance was procured, and
the prisoner secured on the spot. On examining the house wit-
ness found a large quantity of wearing apparel tied up in bun-
dles, ready to carry away.
The artieles, which consisted of two blankets, two sheets, a
quilt and cloak, were here produced and identified by the com-
plainant, and the prisoner was found guilty. Being an otd
offender, although a young man, the recorder• sentenced the
prisoner to fourteen years' transportation.
A known thief, named Win. Brown,ls years old, was indicted
for stealing a silver spoon, the property of Richard Rigby, a
publican in Fontenoy-street. The prisoner, it appears, went
into the house under the pretence of drinking, and seeing the
spoon in the glass he walked out of the house with it; butbeing
detected he was brought back and given into custody. Guilty—
Four months' imprisonment.

ROBBERY BY 'A
PORTER.'
Lewis Price, aged 37, stood indicted for having stolen twelve
flannel waistcoats, four pair of gloves, fourteen air of stock-
ings, three pair of trowsers, and six pair of drawers, the pro-
perty of Messrs. 'futon, linen and woollen drapers of Lord-
street.
It appeared front the evidence of Laurie M`Taggart, the
foreman of the prosecutors,' that the prisoner had been with
Messrs. Tilton as a-porter fur some time, and had left for au
advance of wages. He was taken into their service again on
his own terms, in Consequence of hii poverty. lie again left
them, without stating his intention to do so, when a parcel con-
taining four p.tit of gloves, :fourteen pair of stockings, and six
pair of drawers was missing. He was suspected of having
stolen the articles, and information being given to the police,
Rowson,. a constable, was sent to the prisoner's residence, and
on him were found pawntickets of some of the stolen property.
The case being fully made out, the prisoner was found guilty,
and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

wnotEsnoi RUBBERY.
Henry Season, John Bleakley, and John Cearns, three noto-
rious thieves, were indicted for having stolen four boxes, one
hundred bonnets, thirty planes, eighteen saws, twelve screw
drivers, and six- trowels, the property of John Douglas, and Mary
Oakes and Joseph Knowles were charged with receiving the
same, knowing them to have been stolen. The facts of the
case, as elicited in evidence, were these :
A little before five o'clock a cart drove up to Mr. Thompson's
warehouse, in the presence of Mr. Robinson's warehouseman;
who stood opposite, and three men lifted into it three packages,
two of Leghorn' hats, and one of very heavy Sheffield goods. In
a few minutes it was diteovered.that the place had been broken
into, and information of the robbery was given to Mr. Parlour,
who lost no time in making the necessary inquiries. He di-
rected Parkinson, one of the head constables, and some of his
men to make a dash at a public-house iu Gerard-street, kept by
the prisoner Oakes. In the kitchen were found the four prison-
ers Knowles, Scotson, Bleakley, and Coen's, and in the ha&
room were found:the packages, which were about being con-
sumed. The men and Mrs. akes were taken into custOd_y.
The charges were proved against the prisoners, and as bent-
son, Bleakley, Cearns, and Knowles were well known to the
police, they were transported for fourteen years. Oakes was
sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in Lancaster Castle.