The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1854-02-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

EXTENSIVE PLUNDERING OF A PROVISION SHOT.Jas. Delahunty and Margaret Wilson (both young people) were charged, on Tuesday, with plundering the shop of Mr. J. Arnold, provision-dealer, No. 1, Roscoe-arcade. Mr. Arnold, it appears, is at present in Australia. Mrs. Arnold lives in Egerton-street ; and Matthew Brown, the assistant, and the male prisoner, who acted in the capacity of porter, slept on the premises in the Arcade. The female prisoner was formerly servant to Mrs. Arnold, but had left her employment about a fortnight ago, since which she occupied a cellar in Sydney-street East, where she sold small articles of provisions. Information having been received that a system of plunder was being carried on at Mr. Arnold's shop, detective-officers Grisenthwaite and Eaton watched the premises, and observed the female prisoner enter the shop, where she remained about ten minutes, and on coming out she had a basket in her hand, and a parcel under her shawl. She was taken into custody, and in her possession was found a quantity of bacon, butter, and eggs, all of which she declared she had purchased from a person named Kelly, in St. John's Market. Subsequently the woman's cellar was searched, and it was found to contain various articles which had been abstracted from Mr. Arnold's shop ; among them a cheese weighing 50 lbs. The officers next apprehended the male prisoner at the shop in the Arcade. The system adopted by the plunderers appeared to be for Delahunty to supply his accomplice with articles from the shop, which she afterwards retailed. Both prisoners were committed for trial. MUTINY ON BOARD AN AMERICAN VMS/lE.—Henry Shaff, William Watson, Ephraim M. Collins, Jonathan Paramoor (seamen), and Thomas Haleymin (second mate), were brought before Mr. Mansfield, on Tuesday, charged with mutiny on board the American ship John and Albert, having been apprehended under a warrant from the Secretary of State. William Jones, a pilot, belonging to No. 6 pilot-boat, stated that on Wednesday, the 25th ult., he boarded the John and Albert, from New Orleans, off Ormshead, at nine o'clock in the morning. At twelve o'clock it was blowing very strong, and the crew were executing orders up aloft, when he saw the chief mate going up the starboard rigging, as he thought, to assist the men on the yard. Lookint up, he saw him abusing the second mate, kicking him, and jumping upon him whilst he lay on his stomach across the yard-arm, unable to offer any resistance. He (the witness) called to him to come down, and advised the captain to put him in irons, as he was afraid the men would get enraged and knock off work. The chief officer came down on deck, and also the second mate, who was crying, and wished to know why he was so abused. Whilst they were talking, one of the prisoners came up, and struck the chief mate with a belaying pin, and knocked him down. The others then attacked him in a similar manner, and one of them (Paramoor) stabbed him several times with his knife. Witness called out, "Do not murder him ; we will put him in irons." They-made a reply to the effect that they would make him quiet enough. The man at the wheel and the steward then came aft, and carried the mate, who was bleeding profusely, into the cabin. When witness remonstrated with them, the prisoners told him not to interfere ; that the mate had abused them so that they were determined to quiet him. They then returned to their duty, and brought the vessel safely to Liverpool. The first mate was immediately conveyed to the hospilal, where, it was stated, he was going on favourably. The Prisoners were remanded for seven days.