The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1839-06-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SERIOUS ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. Four women named Young, Williams, Farrell, and Jackson, (the three last young girls,) and all of them of loose characters were placed at the bar, charged with robbing an elderly man, named Early, of a large amount in bills and money. The case had been remanded from Wednesday. The complainant said that he was a cattle dealer, and had arrived in Liverpool on Sunday week. On the following day (yesterday week) he had been in the new market selling cattle. In the evening, he went to the Grecian Hotel in Dale-street, where he had three tumblers of spirits and water. He left the inn between eleven and twelve o'clock at night, and met the girl Farrell in the street. She accosted him, and he finally went with her to a house, where he went up stairs. The prisoner, Young, the older woman and the other girl Williams were in the room. He could not swear to the other young woman Jackson. He had scarcely entered, before, from the look of the place and the parties, he was anxious to get out, and attempted to do so. They wanted him to go into another room further back, but he refused. The girl Farrell, demanded five shillings, which he paid. He then again attempted to get out, but was again interrupted. The older woman then demanded two shillings and sixpence, which he also paid, and again wanted to get out ; but a third demand was made of a shilling more. The girl Farrel took the candlestick, and swore she would kill him if he went without paying. He searched his pockets, and a shilling dropped out, which they picked up. In doing so, being agitated, he pulled out his purse, which the girl Williams immediately snatched out of his hand. It contained £440 in bills, and £2O in cash. The older woman then opened the door, and the two others run out, taking with them the purse. They raised a cry of murder, and told him there were men below, who would kill him if he attempted to pursue them. He soon after got out. Information of the robbery being given to the police, one of the police officers saw the older prisoner in the street, and followed her to a house in Stockdale-street. The girl Farrell was there, and Williams entered the house at the same time with the officer, with a sheet of paper and a pen. Another officer accompanied the last, and after securing the upper part of the house, saw the elder prisoner put her hand into the salt bin, and heard a rustling of paper. On his searching the salt bin, Williams said " Its all over," and the other shook her head. He found in the bin £391. lls. 6d. in bills and money. Catherine Cowan, the keeper of the house entered into a statement shewing that two of the prisoners lived with her, and that they had brought the money. The prisoner Farrell went to bed that night about one o'clock. There was no evidence against the girl Jackson, further than she appeared to have been in the house, when the complainant went in. The three prisoners, Young, Farrell and Williams, were fully committed for trial at the sessions. Jackson was strongly admonished by Mr. Rushton, who said she had had a narrow escape, and was discharged.