The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-12 00:00:00

and Mr. Alderman-W_lkii9

THE 11AN)C. OF ELEGANCE.—A soldier of the 33d reginient
and a womaressaseed Jones, said to be his cousin, were charged
with' attempting:hiet:hen a shopman residing in Whitechapel
, out of sundry' yards or calico, under the following cireunastan-
, .ces:—The complaivant stated that on the previous day the
soldier, in company with
.the female prisoner, entered the shop,
and, having looked at a quantity of calico, ordered. some to be
cut from: the piece,.amounting in value to about 165., in pay.
meat for which the soldier tendered what appeared at a glance
to be a£s Bank .of England note, and requested the change.
On closer inspection, however, it was seen that instead of the
note being of the Bank of England, it was iroal the Bank of
gle<r ante, a hairdresser named Hart therein promising to pay
the bearer £5 'if he could not cut a lady or a gentleman's hair
better than any other person in Europe.- Considering that the
prisoners contemplated a fraud, the complainant sent for a cor=
stable, and. they were taken into custody. On being asked by the
magistrates what they had. to urge,ia their defence, the soldier
said that theleinale gave him the note at the door of .the shop
and requested hint to receive the change. The female prisoner
acknossledged having done so, but denied knowing it to be a had
one. She had been working esti chervcornan in a public-houie,
and had ';'sundthe note under a seat in one of the rooms. • Not
being herself able to read, she took it to a friend who said it was
a £5 Staving Brink note, and as she had got some money in the •
Savings Bank she thought it was all right. An officer of the
regiineot to which the male prisoner belongs attended and gave
him a good character, and, as it did not appear that the pre'. •
suners knew the nature of the note, although they were wrong
in not inquiring for the owner, supposing it to be a good one,
their were discharged, the magistrates cautioning them not to-
„meadle,with Ana !notes in future. The prisoners, who were
duly impressed,with the 'hair-breadth escape they had had, said
they would not and left the court.
TICKING. POCKETS AT THE THEATRE.— James• Brown, At
" picker and stealer," who generally vagabondises lit the neigh_'
bourhood of the theatres, in the character of Filch, was eharged'
with haying adroitly, enacted his part, by picking the pocket Of
a gentleman, named Goore, of his handkerchief. The cony:.
plainant said, that on Friday night last, as he was coining out
of the door of the theatre, in company with two friends, he •felt
a tug at his pocket, and immediately his handkerchief vanished...
He perceived the prisoner close to him, and, in attempting
seize him, he ran away. Murphy the watchman, and Captain'',
Bradshaw coming up at the time, the prisoner Was pursued and
overtaken. Lk had no doubt whatever but the pritioner Was.
the thief. , The constables. On being referred te•bythe
;Oates, claimed the Peleoner as at; old 'acquaintance, who had.
Ytequently rustioAted.al, 7.KiricttAle• •
What have you to say to the charge, inquired the I%l6'es-trite
:Apra the„inisopet 'r
--Prisoner. Why, please yet hationr' I
didn't clew the gentleth ch s'hieiPerers • -I swas •apooting,along.
aside o'.the three hOther, and I seed another lad a drawing itv
and so:'sit,Ys I to mysel, if I,donut run they'll think it's thee;
Audio I runn'd,, and sure.epough they did say it war we, htst
it wern't me, vet henour, and I'll fetch the chap as did itiesif
yon's na.Olj : • • .
.11,1agistrate.Every objection. Go to Kirkdale for three,
months. ,', • • , • ;
Prisoner.—Well, that's 'a rum go, howsamdever, and the,
races next week.-1
A raw Scotehthae calling himself Quiutain Lennon appeared
against three dirty depraved harridons named Mary An ue
Margaret Henry, and Rosannah Quigley, whom lie charged ore.
snspicion of having. robbed him of twenty-five sovereigus. The•'
complainant, who, it appears, was so much intoxicated at .the
time of the robbery that the watchman locked him up in Brides
well for safety; having been, transferred from the dock to the..
witness-dock, -stated that on the previous night, as well. as he,
could recollect, he was induced by the prisioner Henry to ,ace.
compenv•her to a disorderly place in Atherton-street. Wifen
begot there, the candles were suddenly extinguished, and he.,
waeset upon by the women, who forcibly stole his purse. cone
taining the Buhr above-named. He managed to seize Henry;.
but the others made their escape with his purse, and he, had not
seen it since. 'A watchman stated that he came to the com-
plainant's assistance whilst he was holding the prisoner, Henry.
Quigley and Jones were found in the, sipper part of the house
asleep. On further questioning the watchman and the cern-
plainant, it appeared that Quigley and Jones could not have
been of the party, and they were, therefore, discharged. Henry
was remanded for further examination.

BURG L A VARS.—Four notorious thieves. for whom the police
have been for some time on thelook out, named Harrison, Wil-
son, Framer, and Walker, were charged with committing two
burglaries the same morning in Park-lane. It appeared from
the evidence of three watchmen, that about a quarter before four
o'clock that zooming they were alarmed by a report that the
house of Mr. Caswell,. of Palk-lane, was broken open. They
immediately proceeded to the premises, and found the prisoners
hopping .from the roof of the house. They were captured. and
in their possession was found nine pairs of shoes, five shillings
in copper, ten in silver, and half a dozen silver spoons. On ex-
athintag the premises, it was discovered that the prisoners had
effected an entrance into Mr. Caswell's house by the roof, and
into that of a neighbour through a window, by scaling the wall.
The shoes and money were identified by Mr. Caswell as his
property, and.tbe spoons by his neighbour. The hat of one of
the prisoners was round in Mr. Caswell's shop. The prisoners
were renianded for further examination.

YESTERDAY,.—(Before the MAtOßlltla Mr. Ald. P. ilduttsig./
. Form STEsLiNo.—A young man. named Jamas Law•letr,
employed by the fowl dealers in St. John's market, as a
stripper of • fowls, was charged with stealing half a dozen ducks,