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Fr7"` , nry7.-.- -, SUMMER ASSIZES. LANCASTER. Thomas Make was charged with having uttered to Joseph Hadfield, at Manchester, 15 forged Black burne Bank-notes, for 30s. each, knowing the same to be for eed.—One of the notes was handed up to his Lordship, and the purport of it was, " a promise tc , ) , atke as :10s. that note , as part pay ment for a 21. note. His Lordship minutely inspected the note, and then said, " What ten - fatly has the Public against the is suers of this paper? Is it to defraud the Stamp 0,- fice ? I. it a subtle contrivance? What is it but a false token?" Mr. STA RKIE declared that he was not competent to answer the questions; they were, he said, issued at the time there was a sca rcit y of cash,of with the view being beneficial to the cur renc y of the country ; and they were also issued to prevent the bankers being piessed too I, aid for payment in specie, and they would entitle the holders of them to receive a V. Bank of England note on presenting one of them, and 10s. Mr. Baron WOOD.—I never saw such an abomi nable thing in my life, as to give the Public a note upon which they can have no remedy. Mr. STARK I E declared he was not then able to meet the objections his Lordship had raised; but he must say, that he thought the note a very singular produc tion ; he was not prepared to say what remedy the holders of them had against. the bankers. Mr. Baron Woon.—l will try the case certainly; but I will take care that it shall be represented to the proper qua: ter. I'll take care to put a stop to it. What is it but a subtle contrivance? Mr. STA (ME then stated the nature of the charge against the prisoner. Joseph Hadfield stated that he knew a person of the name of Collins, and saw him on the Ist April last. Witness had sonic conversation with him on that day, and was asked if he would have to do with a good thing,which he after wards explained to mean passing forged notes of, the Blackburn Bank. Witness ap pointed to meet him on the same evening, and they were to go together to Btu ke, who made them. As they were passing along the New Bailey Bridge they met with Burke, and, after witness had been intro duced to him as being a trusty person, a conversation took place between Burke and Collins, in the course of which Burke gave Collins a forged note,which was handed over by Collins to witness. Information of this circumstance was given by Hadfield to the Police, and a regular plan was formed by them to ensnare the prisoner; for this purpose it was arranged that Hadfield should purchase a number of notes of Burke, in a manner which should bring home conviction to him; and accordingly Hadfield met Burke, and agreed to purchase a number of the notes at 9s. each, and appointed a time for their being brought home to him. On the morning of the day on which Burke was to come to Hadfield's house, an officer was posted in such a situation as to hear and see all that pa -sed, and Lavender and another Officer took their stations at a puhlic house opposite, ready to receive the prisoner, on a signal being given, that had been previous!} agreed upon. Burke came according to his promise, and, af ter a display of business had been made between him and Hadfield, so as to give the concealed Officer an opportunity of convincing himself of Burke's guilt, a bargain was struck for 1.; of the forged notes for the sum of 61. 14s. 6d.. a Lich money was partly paid by five marked sovereigns, that had been put into Had field's hands for the pup pose. On Burke's leaving the house the signal was given, and Lavender and his assistants then took the prisoner into custody. Thomas Smith, a Cie! k in Messrs.Cuniiffe, Brooks,' and Co.'s Bank, proved that the notes produced were forgeries. Examined by the COURT.—When a person brings one of the.,e notes to the Bank, he is requited to give 10s. and he then receives two Bank of England notes, or two sovereigns. The notes were issued at a time when cash was scarce, and it was done for the service of the country. Mr. Baton Wooo—For the service of the country, indeed ! It was not done to avoid the Stamp Duties. He had seen other notes of the description. The Kirby Lons dale, and Settle Banks had issued similar ctes. Mr. Baron Noon—lt is high time they were put a stop to. There is nothing in them to compel pay ment, but your honour; and even if you do pay them, you compel the receiver ..to bring 10s, with him.— By the number of the note before me, I perceive there must be upwaids of nine thousand pounds worth of this paper in circulation; and I doubt whether at indictment could not be preferred against the Bankers fin issuing such trash. His Lordship fur ther said, that he sas sorry to observe, in the face of the country, that in his opinion there were no means of compelling the payment of this paper. Mr. WI nut s Nis tea an objection to the indictment, that the promissory note, as set forth, was not in fact a promise to pay money, but was a promise to re ceive it, and that therefore the indictment would not sustain the charge against the prisoner. Mr. Buowa replied to the objection. Mr. Baron 'Woon said he would reserve the objec tion for the opinion of the Judges; but he thought a man might as well be indicted for uttering a forged promise to eat a dinner with a friend, as on this note. His Lordship then recapitulated the evidence; and the Jury, after a very short consultation, found the prisonet— There were several other cases for trial of the same nature, but the Learned JUDGE said he would try no more of them till he had consulted with the Judge of the other Court. Mr. BROWN.—There is one charge against the pri soner for conspiring to defraud his Majesty's subjects generally, by uttering these forged notes. Mt. Baron WOOD.--rOll had better not say any thing about a conspiracy to defraud his Majesty's sub jects—you had better not give a hint of that nature. RAPE. 7.79)!'"' - James Lowe, aged 21, and James Palficyman, aged 19, were charged with ravishing, and v‘ ith assist: ing and abetting John Mackintosh in ravishing Mary Burgess, at Heaton `orris.—(John Mackintosh, Charles Marl ii,, Thomas Lowton, and Joseph Dale, have absconded.) Mr. ASHWORTH stated the case to the Jnry, which Ire represented as more.. lar egnant with ci uelty and barbarity than aty that had cm come I/CIOIC a Jury. :7A9,91.1 4, . • • • It was painful to give even the outline. •It must ap pear extraordinary that sevenpetrhsoencsrismhoe ; uldbub:iefatthe c harged with having committed offenceo comm,w w a e s re aidin i g tte a d ad th a a b t et w t i a n s g su o lfi f t c h ie e n c t rl o m e c . o n The e t Learned Gentleman then detailed the circumstances an d m f a a r c y ts ß t u o r b s e es g s— ive l n li i v n e e i v n id Hea enc t e o . wNorris. I was in Stockport with a person of the name of Pepper on the 25th of May—a Saturday night. HT was my sweetheart. I bad been in.a public-house with him, and came out between ten and eleven o'clock. I was ill at the - time. I.was not falling down. I fell sick when I came down. I went forward on the Under Bank. There 1 stopped. There was a gang of fellows that came up to John Pepper and me, and they car ried me away—first in their arms, then on .their shoulders. I then lived in Stockport. I was carried to Heaton Norris. I never thollectee. myself after wards till I found myself in - my brother's house in Heaton Norris; that was about six o'clock next morn ing. I found myself very ill and sick. My legs and breast were discoloured. I felt lame.—(Here the witness seemed so reserved in her evidence that his Lordship reminded her that she had been before a Magistrate, and that public justice required her to speak out, and state what she knew.l-,-She thought her person had been violated. By Mr. WILLIAMS, for Lowe—l had not been ac customed to liquor, and a little rnm and water which I took made me mazy and sick, and I lost all recol lection till next morning. - I recollect men carrying me, but nothing else. Jane Burgess—l am wife of the brother of the last witness. I recollect her being brought to our house between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning. She was in a very bad state, not sensible till between seven and eight o'clock next morning. I salt!, " I think you are in a very bad state ;" and she said, " I think 1 am." Pepper brought her to our house. She complained that she felt very sore. She had neither bonnet, cap, shoes, nor pocket on her. Her petticoats and her clothes were torn, hanging to her, and she was covered with dirt. She went from our house an hour or two after, and was very ill ; she was able to go; she could not walk well. By Mr. WILLIAMS—I can't tell whether she was insensible from liquor or not. James Lees—l was on my way home between ele ven and twelve at night; passed the Horse Shoe, in Heaton Norris; saw a number of men, and they had a woman; she was down. I saw John Pepper at that time. Pepper was claiming her, and said , she was his sweetheart. They said he had no business with her. A man of the name of J. Bower pulled Pepper away, and insisted on some of the men assist. ing him in taking Pepper away to the New Bailey, and said he would have the woman out of the town. Some of the men assisted him. I stood hearkening and looking what there was to do. They took the woman away, and that being my way, I followed towards Manchester. They took her into a bye lane, between Mr. Swingles' and John James's. I stopped on the old road to see whether Pepper and the men that were with him would come. The witness here gave an account of what be saw the meu.doing with the woman. James Lowe sat at the side of her head, and acted as superintendent of the horrible transac- tion. I said to Lowe, "It is a shame to use any WO: man so." " Aye (he said) it is." With that I turned away. Pepper and James Lee came up, and Pepper said, " She is here, will some of you assist me, and I will carry her away from them if I should lose my life." She lay on her back, and appeared insensible. 'There were from thirteen to twenty persons about her then. Pepper carried her away on his back. Her clothes were torn, and her hair hanging down all roads. She was falling off Pepper's back, and I helped her better on. I went towards home. I found Lowe before me. He turned himself round and said, " Man, don't follow her again, now you have done what you would with her.' I went on, and Lowe turned away. James Bower came up and tapped me on the shoulder, and said, " I insist upon your assisting me to take this man and this woman up," meaning Pepper and Mary Burgess. Joseph Dale was likewise there. John Pepper.—l was coming out of a public house with Mary Burgess, in the Underbank. She said she was ill. She tumbled down. Persons came up and asked to assist her home. I said I should be obliged to them to let us alone. They said they would have me taken to the New Bailey, and her out of the town. They carried her to the Horse Shoe, and let her down, so that her head bounced against the flag. They carried her off then, some at her head, some at her feet. I said it was a shame to use any woman so.— They said it was nothing at all to me, they would do what they liked with her. They asked her if she was anything to me, and she said " No." They talked of murdering me if I followed. Five of them held me for ten or fifteen minutes, while she was carried away. I went with James Lee to find her after that. He described how be found her, and mentioned some most brutal barbarities. I carried her to her bro ther's. She was all the time in a complete state of insensibility. Robert Crickley.—l was with the prisoner, Lowe, in Heaton Norris, on the 25th of May. There were twelve or fourteen men and one woman. John Mack intosh was among them. Lowe was there, and Pal freyman, who was looking like the rest. This wit ness, guile a youth, spoke to four or five, as perpe trators of the crime charged. John Brogden Sladen, surgeon, at Stockport, saw Mary Burgess on the following Thursday. She la boured under a fever, was very poorly, and under a considerable irritation. The cause he believed to be the violence charged in the indictment.. Francis Donovan went in search of Palfreyman, after the 25th, to his house, two or three times. I did not find him at home. On the 10th of June, I met him going out of town. He acknowledged his name. I said I wanted him for the rape on Man chester-hill. He said he knew nothing at all about it, and was not there. Ile said he had not been there after four on Saturday afternoon, and he could prove whore he was. He seemed very much alarmeci.• By Mr. COLTSIAN, for Palfreyman.-1 had not par ticularly searched for. Palfreyman for a week befoxe. James Lowe, in defence, told a long story, to shew that he had not been one of the party,- but had acci dentally come where they were , and exerted himself • to prevent the outrages. • James Palfrey man said,te saw nothing of , the kind. " ~' - ', F ~" ;. • William Iletherford.fleas. called ,for .144 we. He stated'nothing material. James Lees was recalled for:Lowe.:-t6We came to me on Sunday morning, d'eteuding and proving. I was not acting on that sight in the way otconstaple. Mr. Baron VVocon summed up. lle had ne'rer heard of such an outrage. One would have supposed that in a country like this, such a scene of outrage could not have existed. The Jury retired for a quarter of-an hour—James Palfreyman, Nei Guilty; James Lowe, Net Guilty. Mr. Baron Woon.—Prisoners, I hope this will be a warning to you, and that you will conduct yourselves better in future. Prisoners.—Think you, my Lord. MALICIOUSLY CUTTING. Martha . Milna, aged 31, was charged with mali ciously cutting and maiming her husband, George Milns, with intent to murder or to disfigure and dis able him, at Oldham. Mr. COLT MAN stated the case to the Jury. • George Milns.—l have been married to the priso ner 15 years, and have had eight children. There had been no quarrel between 'us for several days be fore. She thought that I had been with another woman nine or ten days before. She charged me with it. I came home on the afternoon of the 14th of June. •-I wanted supper. She said there was no water. I went for water to make tea. She made none, so I went to bid. The bed had not been made, so I made it inrell. She was not in liquor. She had had a glass of rum and water. She had not been in the habit of getting liquor since she had been a woman till she had her last child in April. I awoke about three o'clock with a violent pain which struck to my heart. She stood at the bed with a razor in her hand. • I said, " 0 dear, what hast thou been doing now ? Thou hast killed me, thou hast killed me." She said she had not done it. I turned the clothes down, and found that a part was cut. off. Much blood issued from the wound. I did not observe whether there was blood on the razor. She had gone down stairs. I could not wake my eldest son. I went down and found the door open. I went to the surgeon in my shirt. I saw my wife in the street, with the youngest child in her arms. I went home then to bed. Charles Hopwood was the first man that came to me. The surgeon, Mr. Bellot, came at half-past four. I was taken t' the Infirmary at Manchester. ' By the Counr.—l thought she was not in her right mind. I believe she was not. I thought she was often not in her right mind since her last child. Robert Chadwick went to the house about half past five; met the prisoner, having the youngest child in her arms. I took her into custody. I asked what she had done? she said she had done nothing; that he came home in that state. I said to her not to deny doing it; for there would have been blood upon him when he came home jf it had been done. She said, " I have done it, I have done it." She pointed out the garden into which she had thrown what she had cut off. .By the COURT.—She discoursed as in her senses. Mr. Bellott, the surgeon, said the wound was a dangerous wound. I knew nothing of her before. She repeatedly said, " It was not; me; he came home in that state." She cried. Her declaration before the Magistrate was proved and read. It charged acts of the most barbarous cruelty on the part of the husband. Her husband was recalled, and denied the facts. The prisoner said she had never been well since her last child, and did not know what she had done. She hoped they would forgive her this time, for the sake of her dear little infant. She wept most bitterly, and while his Lordship was summing up, she dropped off the place - where she stood, apparently in a swoon. Verdict—Guilty, but insane. - • 177 , 0' 00 . Tr - s .- ~ ~.~. sts~ r•: ~. . .., ~ I, ; and say le Give lee ay-nose. Ste said she ,_ run on account of her child.. Prisoner said the had walked, and not run, on ac count of a young cbild she had. The note was proved to beforget—Geilty, but recommended to mercy. EXECUTION.—NONWICII, AttaUST 21. 6 -SatUTtkr last, pursuant to their sentences at our last Assizes, James Smith and Henri/ Carter were executed on tb* Castle Ditches; and, from the evidence adduced en their separate trials, and the words of the unhappy culprits at the place of execution (having both ae., knowledged their offences), no doubt remains of their having deserved the i g nominimss.punishment. It is 25 years since any one has been executed for the city; and, from the very solemn and awful manner in which the whole of the proceedings were conducted, we'trust it will be long ere we again witness m distress. , ing and Mart-rending a scerte. Smith was a Stafford- shire man, single, and about 25 years of age; he was but little known in Norwich, but his connexions apz peared to have been of the worst description. Since his trial he always appeared very serious; and ever thankful to the Chaplain (the Ilev.e. F. Mlia.aan) for his attendance and attention. Carter was a native of Norwich, single, about 20, and of the very worst character. He was found guilty of 'a burglary in the house of Mr. CLARK, without Magdalen gates, and Smith of a similar offence in the Stone-hills public house, without St. Benedict's gates. When arrived at the dreadful spot, the prisoners descended from the cart, and the Clergyman immediately began to exhort them to prayer. After they had spent about half an hour in devotion, the unhappy rneti were led up the steps to the platform. Carter began most fervently to pray, and continued till he was launched into eternity. After the cap was drawn over his face, and the rope fixed round his neck, he called to one of his companions, who stood near the drop, named Samuel Eagleton, and said, " Sans, let this be a ing to you, for iam sure it ought !" The two un happy men then turned and shook hands with each other. They continued imploring fur mercy and for : giveness until the fatal signal was given, when the drop fell, and they were launched into eternity.— . Upwards of 20,000 persons were present. The bodies were both interred in one grave on ..londay in St. Margaret's Church-yard.--/Lry 'N'77T MANSLAUGHTER. Joseph Mayall, aged 21, was charged with killing and slaying Joseph Wimpenny, at Prestwick-cum- Oldham, on the 3d of June, James Garside, aged 2`2, and Benjamin Halley, aged 19, were charged with aiding and abetting Joseph Mayall. Mr. COLTMAN stated the case. John Williamson was in the tap-room of the Red Lion public. house on the 3d of June, between ten and eleven. Mayall smacked Benjamin Wimpenny on the face, and said it was for what he had done at Chal lender's once. Benjamin said, if it was for that, he might smack again, he would not fight. John Wim penny got up and smacked Mayall on the face.— Mayall-then got•hold of the old man, John WiM penny, father of Benjamin and Joseph, by the legs, and pulled him on the ground. Mayall and Joseph Wimpenny fought up and down the house. Mayall leaped on Joseph when he was down and knee'd him. Joseph said he would fight if Mayall would give over when he wanted. Wimpenny then wished him to give over. After that, Mayall knee'd him on the belly. Wimpenny afterwards seemed very poorly.— He walked out of the room to go home. Garside and Hulley seemed only to watch the same as others : they never meddled. They only said they must have a fair fight. Stuart4Woolstoncraft offered to part them. Gat side and Hulley would not let any one enter the ring. By Mr. ARMSTRONG.—The father struck Mayan after he had twice struck his son Benjamin. Mayall then pulled the father, and the two sons attacked Mayall. It was then that Garside and Hulley inter ferred, and said, " One to one is fair play." S. Woolstoncraft did not think that Garside and Hulley knew Whether he wanted to rid them or strike. • Mr. Taylor, surgeon, stilted that a rupture of the bladder was the cause ofdeath, which must have been occasioned by falling on the ground and kneeing. The prisoners successively said " No," to his Lord ship's question whether they had anything to say ? Mr. Beckett, in the coal trade, gave them all good characters.—Mayall Guilty, Garside No; Guilty, and Hulley NO Guilty. FORGERY. Mary 1114Lenn; alias Mary Bannor, was charged with uttering a forged one pound Bank of England cote, knowing it to be forged. Mr. CLARKE stated the case. This was not a Bank prosecution, but a prosecution by the town of Liver pool, for uttering a forged note of the flank, - after it had called in all its El notes. Phebe Sarge stated, ; that the note was offered to her, in payment of a 14• penny loaf, and that ;he ran away, while the witness went to inquire whether the note was good. Witness followed her to Lain from whom she.had zot it. The prisoner began to box Carpe diem— ' llepromptly wise. WHEN Science began to explore the complicated machinery of Man, she was speedily entangled in a la byrinth of mysterious confusion, from which intellectual perse verance alone emancipated her. 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In all 15. s duties of a Christian—in humble piety, and charity unfeigned in integrity of heart, and rectitude of conduct ; in assiduous dili gence, and affectionate fidelity as a servant—he made his" light so shine before men,' that his faith might be known by his " works," for the benefit of his fellow-creatures, and to we glory of his HEAVENLY FATHER. I r • ~C .{ I .t