The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

UESDAY,

19, 1.854

POLICE COUT

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I,I)ETRRMINED PICK
tiara Lee, two lads wh
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secretary.
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'ere each sentenced to three
James M`Cann, another pick-

who had been
time. but dis-

Mr. Samuel

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or me a letter, upL.-
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aided( that
by Mr. Almond on the
aziPed that the charge of fratiu
Delamere was discharged from custody
~,,itil°ll,l3iNo- TILL.—John Jones, a youth, was charged
ill 0 s'ealing 2s. 6d. from the till f Mr. William Robeqs,
xford-street, on Saturday last. Committed for trial
at the sessions.

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previous to his de-
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Mr. Hudson

the bill

in his absence.
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of Delamere, it was
,uld not be sustained,

(Before Mr. MANSFIELD.)
01)4XGERA s ASSAULT BY A FOREIGNEIL—James Ebei,
a girl—us/1 gentleman, was charged by Mary Ann Benson,
eut,„ cf bad character, with violently assaulting her, and
haZg her hand severely. The girl appeared with her
.!•cros "andaged, the leaders at the back having. been cut
Ra with a penknife by the prisoner. The girl resided
'44%am-street, and met with the prisoner in Lime-
-4e1(11.,- l'riday, the Ist instant. He went home with her
raorWillained all night, and went away on the following
the tng without paying his score for wine or supper ; and
wh girl did not see him 'n until the night of the sth,
ahuell she met him in Lime-street. They had some words
,e4p the money which he ought to have paid, when a
she e ensued, and she felt a sharp cut across her hand.
Dou Called out, Oh !my hand is off !" A cabman and
kidee:ni. an came up, when the prisoner was apprehended,
ki44',le girl conveyed to the Infirmary. He was cora-
"'eg for trial, but allowed to find bail.

Igo took the_ opportunit

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3n, which related to the appoi

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society to the treasurer

,econded the motic

carried.
Mr. Boss' and Mr. BENCICE severally acknowledged
the compliment.
Mr. G. HOLT, in moving the fourth resolution, said he
was much gratified, as all present must be, to learn, from
the report which had just been read, that the funds were
under such judicious and careful as well at considerate
management. The society deserved to be successful, and
that success was mainly to be attributed to the judgment
and good feeling of the committee. The motion, having
been seconded, was carried,
Mr. LEMONIUS moved, and Mr. BERME seconded, the
fifth resolution, expressing the thanks of the r---'•
the chairman for his kindness in presiding.

Ming
The moti

was carried.
His WORSHIP having acknowledged the co
the meeting separated.

apliment

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS
YESTERDAY.

(Before GILBERT IlEwnEnsoN, Esq., Becorder.)
TnE General Quarter Sessions of the Peace were held in
the Vice-Chancellor's Court, St. George's-hall, yesterday
There were 71 prisoners for trial, of whom 68 •
. felonies, and 3 for misdemeanours. Of these __
.nt neither read nor write ; 16 could read ; 29 could read and
iaiming Z 25 arrears of write imperfectly gent and 2 were able to read and write well
Iwiinff which he had The following lemen were sworn on the

GRAND JURY

24 could

William Raymond Houghton, gentleman, Great Nelson
street, Foreman.
Thomas Reid Arnett, merchant, North John-street.
Thomas France Bennett, merchant. Lower Castle-street.
James Blake, soap manufacturer' Kitchen-street.
Michael Belcher, cotton broker, Exchange Buildings.
Henry Barnes, merchant, Rumford-place.
Henry Case, insurance broker, Exchange Buildings.
Abraham Crabtree, merchant, Rumford-place.
• William Kay Coubrough, merchant, North John-street.
William Edward Thomas Duncan, merchant, Cook-street.
John Murray Gladstone. sailmaker, Everton-road.
John Gouldie, broker, Exchange-street East.
Thomas Tvvanbrook Glassbrook, merchant, Brtinswick-
street.
Thomas Hibbert, merchant, Sackville-street.
John Middleton Halsall, stockbroker, Tithebarn-street.
William Imrie, merchant, Rumford-street.
Archibald Kelso, merchant, Castle-street.
Edward Parry, broker, North John street.
William Benson Rathbone, broker, Exchange Buildings.
Lloyd Rayner, broker, Exchange Buildings.
The proclamation against vice and immorality having
been read, the learned RECORDER, in addressing the Grand
Jury, said :—Gentlemen, after a lapse of about eight weeks,
we have again to consider the calendar of crime as that is
brought before us in relation to this borough, and from it
we find that 71 persons have been committed for trial.
Of that number three have been previously sentenced to
transportation, but have been set at liberty before the
expiry of the period included in their sentence. This is
the more worthy of remark, as it tends to show how diffi-
cult it is to deal with criminals, arnishow little reliance is
to be placed upon leniency in dealing with that class of
individuals, and how difficult it is to ensure the re-
form of criminals, and to wean them from their former
places of resort, and from their bad habits. In
the cases referred to, two of them are no doubt of
a comparatively light character, and the third, though
more serious, is not of a very marked nature. Of late
years it has been remarked that there has been an increase
in the criminality of females, and it has been found that
that increase has risen in its proportion from 25 per cent.
to 29 per cent. of the general amount of crime ; but on
looking at the calendar before us, we find that the number
of females is 29, out of a total of 71; thus showing that
for Liverpool the amount of female criminality is con-
• siderably above the average, and that here the amount of
female degradation is proportionately larger. In general
it is found that three out of ten of the criminals have
been females; in Liverpool it appears they amount to three
in seven. This is a matter of no inconsiderable import-
ance, as under any circumstances female criminality in-
volves a large proportionate amount of male criminality,
as they induce young men in many instances to commit
crimes which probably they might not think of. A case
which occurred here not long ago was in pointed illustra-
tion of this supposition. A young man, indeed a lad, had
stolen £450 from his employer at the instigation of a
woman who kept a brothel. The young man had escaped
to America, but was followed and brought back, and be
along with the woman had been tried before this Court
and sentenced to imprisonment, which they are now un-
dergoing. Another woman, a sister to the one referred
to, has been charged as connected with that case, a sort of
sequel to it indeed, which will of course come under your
notice and receive due attention, in the assurance of which
I shall not offer further remark. In this calendar there
are, as there almost always are, a good many charges of
pocket picking. This is an offence most frequently per-
petrated by juveniles, who are in the first instance sum-
marily punished by the police magistrates, but who con-
tinue on in their course of crime undeterred by short
periods of imprisonment, till they are at length brought
forward for such punishment as it is in the power of this
Court to award them. The object in punishing crime is
to repress it, and that chiefly by inflicting such punish-
ment as will deter from its commission. But by deterring
from the commission of crime we do not mean to
deter the guilty ; it is the innocent we seek to deter,
as will be readily apparent if we look to the highest
class of punishments. In executing a murderer, we
do not seek to deter him from again committing
the crime, but to deter those who have nlont
t•yheist
committed crime from becoming criminal.
calendar it is pleasing to remark that there is only one
tcretswen asof
Liverpool,dock-pilferi livens.
by stealingAlargeclassthofe trheipeveses,anind
othersucha
stores belonging to ships in dock, and also the clothes of
sailors. I think that this class of criminals wouldi b
much better employed in working at the various emp oy-
-yards. Gentle-
mmeenntAtdoobneoftouhnedeiitneteHeinr yeayjiensgtyt'shadtecl
dockyards'
severity of
punishment has a considerable effect in
a icularly
repressing crime,
especially such crimes as are not prompted by the pressure
seen
of distress and destitution. 'This may be prt
in regard to cases of stabbing. At last sessions there were
four charges of this description, and all of them were
proved. In each of the cases I sentenced the prisoners to
eighteen months' imprisonment; and there 'is not one
similar charge in the present calendar. For this, no
doubt, other causes are also in operation, but I cannot help
thinking that, in this class of cases, the amount of punish-
ment inflicted has had something to do with it. am
glad to see that there is not a charge against a clerk or
warehouseman for robbing his employer.; and also to
observe that there is no case of cotton robbery. There
are several cases of housebreaking, but none of them pre-
sent any features of peculiar importance. Ther are
e a
considerable number of young people charged with crimes
of various kinds, which leads me to regret that I have it
not in my power to send some of them, at all events, to a
Reformatory Institution. This, it is to be hoped, will not
be so long. The Town Council of this borough has
liberally determined to give £2,000 in aid of such an in-
stitution ; but as the Government depends much on the
amount of voluntary assistance in fully carrying such
institutions into effect, it is to be hoped that many of those
benevolent and philanthropic gentlemen, who took an
active part in originating such an institution forthis town,
will come forward and assist in getting the object forward-
ed. Still, however useful such institutions may be, and
no doubt in many instances they would be, I am of opinion
that, for every class of juvenile crime, Reformatories are
not the most salutary means of eradicating crime. In
several instances, I am of opinion that solitary confine-
ment is of more efficacy, especially where the delinquents
on their liberation can be brought under the influence of
parental and domestic control. To ensure success for the
great experiment of Reformatories, much must depend on
the proper selection of those who are to be subjected to
their discipline. By reference to the records, it appears
that during the past year not less than 416 juveniles had been
committed to prison for the first time, in this town. Fr
and
growing evil ; and we are led to enquire, how does it
happen that the domestic obligations of parents and guar-
dians are so much neglected ? Various causes of this have
been pointed out, and various remedies have been sug-
gested ; and in all cases it is found to be most tru
anlyd deto
-
sirable to induce parents to do their duty,
strengthen in them those feelings which ought to govern
them in relation to their children. Drunkenness is no
doubt a fertile source of that neglect of parental duty,
and in aiding to shut up the lower class of public houses
much good in this way will no doubt be effected ; still that
is not all, the means must also be provided for teaching
them their higher duties. We abound in public houses,
but are extremely deficient in churches ; yet much is un-
doubtedly in progress to remedy the evils alluded to, and
many other good agencies are at work for their counter-
action. One object it is of importance to allude to, and
-that is, to inculcate a little more liberality on the part of
employers. The want of this not unfrequently induces
crime, and at the last sessions a lad was charged with
stealing £lOO, when it turned out he that he had only five
shilling a week, which was evidently an inadequate provi-
sion fora grown lad, exposed to such temptation. Com-
merce is undoubtedly much indebted to the intelligence
and ability"of the commanders of merchant ships ; they
have already done much to shorten the duration and lessen
the risks of sea voyages ; and though much has no
doubt been done already in. this way, it is not at
all unlikely that the voyage' to Australia will yet be con-
siderably shortened. But if any one undertakes such a
duty as the conduct of a ship on so important a voyage,
and neglects it, it is obvious very serious consequences
and heavy loss must ensue. In consideration of this, the
legislature has made gross or wilful neglect of such duty
a misdemeanor, and one case founded on the statute will
be brought before you, in which the captain of a ship is
charged with drunkenness and gross neglect of duty. You
will have the case under your consideration, not with a
view of trying the guilt or innocence of the prisoner ; but
to ascertain whether there is such evidence as will lead you
to bring the master forward on his trial. You will of
course give it your best and impartial consideration, and
present accordingly.
The learned Recorder then dismissed the Grand Jury to
their duties, and the trials were proceeded with.

AT BOW-STREET, last week, Mr. Edward Arthur
Welch, tobacco manufacturer, of John-street, Clerkenwell,
was fined £3OO, for adulterating tobacco with treacle, to
increase its weight, and £2OO for having three tons of
treacle on his premises.
Tire Chester Chronicle has every reason to believe that
Her Majesty and the royal family will honour the Marquis
of Westminister with a visit at Eaton-hall in June next.
SALES or Num ENCUMBERED ESTATES.—There were
some heavy sales of property on Tuesday, the most im-
portant being that of the residue of the Earl of Aldbo-
rough's estates, situate in Sligo, Wicklow, Leitrim and
Kildare. The entire amount realised in this matter
was X 50,390, being at the rate of about 21 years' purchase
on the net yearly rent,