I don't have access to the newspaper you mention, however I think it refers to a case where Henry THELWELL was robbed of £35 in notes that he had received from his mother's will.
"At Liverpool Quarter Sessions today, Richard Seville and John Taylor, two young masons were charged with stealing four £5 Bank of England notes and £15, the monies of Henry Thelwell on the 23rd September. The evidence was to the effect that the prosecutor drew over £37 under a will and went drinking with the prisoners. Later in the day when Thelwell was going home he missed the money. Two boys deposed seeing Seville an dTaylor riffle prosecutor's pockets in Kensington. Thelwell stated that they had a drunken spree, and he did not know whether or not he gave the notes to Seville to keep as he was under the influence of drink. The notes were found in Sevile's possession. The Recorder remarked that the whole thing seemed to have been a drunken folly begun by the prosecutor. The jury stopped the case finding the prisoners not guilty. They were accordingly discharged."
22 October 1903
Publication: Liverpool Evening Express
