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

YESTERDAY.

COURT OF PASSAGE.—The Court of Passage for the trial of
civil causes was held yesterday, in the new Court-room, before
Mr. Roscoe, the assessor, and Messrs. Puwnall and Lace, the
bailiffs. The causes tried, being merely for the recovery of small
•tlebts, did not turn out to possess any interest.
(Before the Miami, RECORDER, and BAILIFFS.)
WAREHOUSE ROBBERY.

Three lads of bad character, named Mather, Hill, and Fletcher,
were indicted for burglariously entering the warehouse of
Messrs. Field and Crossfield, tobacconists, in York-street. It
appeared from the evidence that the prem►ses of the prosecu-
tors were left safely secured on the 4th of March last, and on
the following morning they were found to have been broken
open, and £lO in silver and copper stolen. Mather was some-
time since in Messrs. Field's employ, and, he and the other pri-
soners having been seen lurking rn the ne►ghbourhood of the
warehouse on the night of the raillery, suspicion fell upon them.
They were subsequently apprehended, when it was ascertained
that they had each been purchasing new clothes. Some arti-
cles stolen from the premises were identified, and the charge
being fully established, they were found Guilty, and sentenced
to seven years' transportation each.

SINGULAR ROBBERY.
Alice Bird, 19, and Mary Keating, 18, were indicted for steal-
ing one £2O note and a £5 note, the property of Messrs. Ha-
zledean, and Co. A gentleman connected with the firm stated
that a boy, who had been in their employment for some time,
and they had no reason to suspect his honesty, was, on the Ist
of February, sent to get change for a £2O and a£s note. He
went into two shops to get chan,ge without succeeding, and in
the last, a hair-dresser's in Paradise street, he saw the female
prisoners, who, seeing the notes in his hand, followed him out.
and Keaton said that she could get him change at •her sister's.
The lad was foolish enough to give the girl the note, and she,
after taking him through several streets, entered a house, tel-
ling him to wait at the door. He did wait, but to no purpose,
as the prisoners entered at the front door and went out at the
back. It appears that both the prisoners then went to a shop
kept by a Mr. Butler, and requested change for a £5 note,
but he not having change they left. The lad having by some
means heard that the prisoners had beeu to Mr. Butler's to p.,.-et
change, went there to see for them, and told Mr. Butler that
they had got a £2O and £5 note. Mr. Butler, suspecting that
all was not right, gave the boy into custody, and informed the
police of the circumstance, who, subsequently, took the female
prisoners into custody, but on neither of them was found the
money. Mr. Butler identified the girls who came to ask change,
and said that Keaton appeared to have two notes in her hands.
The female prisoners denied having ever seen the boy in their
lives before, and said that they went to Mr. Butler's for change
for a five shilling piece. This was, however, denied by Mr.
Butler, and the boy positively identified them. They were
found. Guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in
Lancaster Castle.

STEA LING FROM A PLACE OF WORSHIP.—A woman named
Sarah Jobiason.was indicted for stealing two prayer-bonks and
a bible from St. Michael's church, in Upper Pit-street. It ap-
peared from the evidence of Robeit Shemin, the sexton of St.
Mitthael's, that on the 16th March last, during divine service,
he observed the prisoner on the landing at the top of the stair-
case. He asked whether he should show her to a seat, when
the prisoner replied that. she would rather sit below, and went
down stairs: He followed, and saw that instead of taking a
seat, she went into the churchyard and began to run. He then
suspected something improper, and, going after her, overtook
her in the middle of the.churchvard, when she dropped the two
prayer-books and bible produced. He conveyed her to the ves-
try of the church, and sent for. Chalmers, a constable, to whom
she was given into custod.
A young lady
, named Emma Foulkes, claimed the books as
the property of her mother, who resides iu Blundell-street; they
were left in a pew at the top end of the gallery.
Chalmers the constable said, that in taking the prisoner into
custody, be asked her where she lived, and she refused to inform
him.
The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to 12 months
imprisonment in Lancaster Castle.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT--A voung woman of decent ap-
pearance, named Allice Kendrick, employed as a domestic
servant with Mrs. Stewart, of Lambert-street, was indicted for
stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of
Sher em-
ployer. From the evidence, it appeared that on the 4th of
'February lust. a coat, waistcoat, some shirts, and other arti-
cles
of wearing apparel were missing from the complainant's
house, and it was supposed that thieves had entereu the pre-
mises and stolen them. The prisoner was consequently not sus-
pected; but, a few days afterwards, a pawn-ticket was found in
her possession, and, 'a constable having been sent for, he took
her into custody, and subsequently ascertained that she had
pledged all the articles stolen with a pawnbroker named Jones. •
Guilty-4 months imprisonment.
SENTENCES.—Transported fur life.—Peter Hewson, Martin
O'Neil, and John Higgins.
Fourteen 3'ears.—George Watson, Henry Eyre, Wm. Med-
ley, Win. Lloyd, Henry Scotson, Joseph Knowles, Louis San
gartin Wm. Williams, and John Harrison.
Seven years.—John Jones, Wm. Hughes, Bridget M‘Na-
mare, Wm. Weston, Samuel Griffin, Thomas Mather, Hill
Newell, James Fletcher,.Sarah Pearson, and James Williams.
Twelve months imprisonment.—Jonathan Grisdale, Alice
Bird, Mary.Kealing, Waiter Holden, Peter Lyons, John Wil-
son, Catherine Mitchell, Thomas Elliot, James Chatters, Anne
Connolly, Peter Dwyer, Margaret Fitzgerald,. Jane Dutton,
Patrick M'Daniel, John Carney, Martha Smith, and Joseph
Kirk.
Nine months.—Patrick Owens, Win. Owens, Elizabeth Bol-
ton, Sarah Johnson.
Six inonths.—Wm. Barton, Jas. Kelshaw, Thomas M'Nay,
Anne Murphy, Lewis Price, John Smith, Wm. Smyth, Eliza
Bennett, Woolf Rees, Thomas Young, James Gardner, and
Eliza Cowley.
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Four months.—Wm. Brown, Martin Welch, Wm. Sander.
son, Wm. Jones, Christopher Jones, Alice Kenrick, Richard
Skinner, John Diplage, Mary Matthews, and Edward Case.
Three months.—Michael earner, Isabella Halsetine Geo.
Woods, Mary Smith, Samuel Framptov, Thus. Ellis, Nicholas
Farrell. and Barney Hughes.
Two months.--:Matthew Johnson, Thomas Graham, Daniel
Griffiths.

One month.—Thomas Evans, Timothy Sullivan, Margaret
McLean, Mary Anne McLean, Agnes Riley, Mary Duffey,
Anne Jones, John Jones, ThomaS Boyd, Sidney Parry, Ellen
Foster, Henry Johnstone, Henrietta Rowland.
Acquitted.—Thes. Powell, Henry Bond, Anne Williamson.