The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

On Tuesday, a man named Tankard was fined £5 for
stabbing Esther Whitby in the cheek, during a quarrel.
In default of payment he was sent to gaol for two months.
On Thursday a woman, charged with being drunk and
disorderly, denied the latter offence, saving that she " was
too drunk to be disorderly." Both charges were, how-
ever, established,
On Wednesday, James Rock, a shopman in the employ
of Mr. Estlin, grocer, Vauxhall-road, was committed for
trial, for stealing, from time to time, from his master,
large quantities of groceries, which he took to a small
shop kept by his wife. He had represented himself as a
single man. _ _

On Friday, three more informations were heard against
the Lime-street ball nuisance, but without effect. The
parties liable so manage matters that they cannot be got
hold of.

On Friday, the following were committed for trial :
John Lynch, a youth in the employ of Mr. Goodwin, 26,
Bold-street, charged with stealing £5 in gold, with which
he had been entrusted by his master to get changed for a
£5 note. John Bradley, for stealing a ham from a shop-
window in Park-lane. W. Brophy, charged by Henry
Warnetz with stealing a handkerchief from his pocket,
on board the ship Jamestown. John M`Ardler, for steal-
a coat from a house in Grayson-street, Which he directly
pledged, and afterwards admitted the theft.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday a well-
spoken young man, of respectable appearance, named
Samuel Marshall, was placed in the dock on a charge of
embezzling various sums of money belonging to Messrs.
Battersby. Telfourd and Co., iron-founders, Waterloo-
road. Mr. Joshua Syddal, coppersmith and brassfounder,
Waterloo-road, stated, that he had paid the prisoner
£-1 Ils. Bd. on account of his employers ' • a Mr. Oliver
proved the payment of £l9 ss. ; and Mr. J. S. Dean,
broker, had paid the prisoner X 7 Bs. on the same account.
Mr. Battersby said that the prisoner had not accounted
for these sums. The prisoner said that he had retained
the sums in consequence of his only having received 15s.
per week, whilst he considered himself entitled to 30s.
Mr. Rushton committed the prisoner but expressed his
willingness to take bail.

ALARMING RIOT ON SHIPBOARD.—On Friday the
attention of Mr. Rushton was occupied for a length of
time in investigating a case of riot which took place on
board the ship Jamestown on the previous day. It ap-
peared that in the steerage of the vessel a number of
German emigrants had taken berths, and that a fellow
had got amongst them who attempted to commit theft.
This led to the foreigners manifesting much excitement,
in consequence of which the second mate ordered them to
go below ; and the Germans, supposing he had come to
take Part with the obtruder, struck at him with knives.
The mate defended himself as well as lie could, and in
the fray several of the emigrants were wounded, as they
alleged, by a knife. This charge was, however, satis-
factorily rebutted, and Mr. Rushton dismissed the case,
and advised the Germans to go again on board and pro-
ceed with the vessel.