The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-06 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

THURSDAY.—(Before the MaYoe.)
Frederick Johnson and George Thoinpsou, two young thieves
about thirteen years old, were charged with picking Oa pockets
of a gentleman, a stranger who had left town, of a silk hand-
kerchief. The robbery was proved by a bystander who saw the
offence committed and took the offenders into custody. Mr.
Batcheldor identified them as old offenders, and they were
both committed to Kirkdale for three months as reputed thieves.
In tae course of the sitting three other boys, about the same
age, were brought up for similar offences, and received the same
punishment.
George Williams was put to the bar for entering the forecastle
of a ship, breaking open a chest, and robbing George Roberts,
a sailor, of his clothes. When apprehended, the prisoner was
attired in the garments of Roberts, of which he was stripped.
He was committed for trial.

A car-driver was brought upon a charge of embezzlement. It
appeared that ha had received the sum of three shillings and
sixpence which he had not accounted for. Committed for trial.
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.—Ana Hale, a young. woman who
had been discharged from Kirkdale on the prev►ous day, was
brought up, for the 105th time, for being riotous, drunk, and dis-
orderly. In her defence she urged, first, that she had only taken
one glass of liquor, and secondly, that this was herfirst ofence—
that is, since her discharge from prison—and therefore prayed
his worship's indulgence; she furthermore most solemnly pro-
mised to be on her good behaviour for the future if mercy were
now extended to her. On this promise she was told to go about
her business.

ROBBING PUBLIC-HOUSES.—John, alias William Scott, a
respectable-lookiug young man about twenty years of age, was
charged with entering. public-houses for the purpose of robbing
them of any light articles chance might throw in his way. A
waiter from the Gulden Lion, Dale-street, stated that the pii-
soner had entered the commercial room of that house and con-
trived to purloin two silver table-spoous, four salt-spoons and
two silver forks, which were missed immediately after his depar-
ture. As these articles were not found upon the prisoner the
evidence of. this witness was not taken down. Owen Williams,
the son of a publican in Leeds-street, proved that the prisoner
entered the parlour of his father's house on the pretence that he
expected some one to meet him there. From this house he
pocketed four shells which were found upon his person. The
wife of another publican in Leeds-street, Mary Holby, swore
that the prisoner entered her bar-parlour and stole a mustard-
pot and a silver spoon, which were also found upon the pri-
soner, and identified by this witness as her husband's property.
The prisoner, on being asked who and what he was, replied, that
he was an architect, and had been in the service of Mr. Lang,
of Manchester. He said that he had nothing.to offer in his de-
fence. The officer who took Scott into custody found upon his
person a letter from his (Scbtes) sister, deploring the vicious
course oftlife he had adopted, and imploring him, In forcible and
excellent language, which• did honour both to her head and
heart, to deiert the wretched set of people he was associating
with, that be might not bring disgrace upon the members of a
hitherto respectable family. Committed for trial.
Richard Gorman, a strange outre-looking man, was fined ten
shillings for obstructing the public hignways by selling ballads,
which it appeared he occasionally sung.
EXPOSING UNWHOLESOME ARTICLES FOR SALE IN THE
PULIc MARKETS.—Richard Wheeler, one of the inspectors of
St. John's Market, summoned Elizabeth Rowlands for exposing
three geese for sale on the 17th October last, the same being un-
fit for food. The case being proved, the defendant was fined
five shillings, with the costs of the summons.
Ann Aspinall was summoned by the same officer for exposing
a quantity of fish for sale iu a state of decomposition. The
Mayor, iu consequence of this being. the defendant's first of-
fence remitted the penalty and dismissed the case on the pay-
ment of costs.
Ellen Owens was also summoned for exposing a qu of
fish for sale in Pownall-square which were unwholesome.
being the first offence the case was dismissed on paymea
costs.