The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS.

THE Michaelmas Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the
Borough of Liverpool commenced yesterday, in the Crown
Court, St. George's Hall, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq.,
Recorder. The following gentlemen were sworn on the

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GRAND JURY.
Robert Wilson Ronald, wool broker, Dale-street—Foreman.
Henry Curry, broker, Rumford-street.
George Robert Clover, shipbuilder, Queen's-dock.
Samuel Robert Graves, merchant, Redcross-street.
Claude Macfie, sugar refiner, Bachelor-street.
George Proctor, corn broker, Brunswick-street.
Charles Paul Phipps, merchant, Cook-street.
Charles William Meade, gentleman, Shaw-street.
George Bates Richardson, ship chandler,. Sparling-street.
Jabez Rayner, broker, Exchange-alley North.
Peter Serieantson, broker, Old Hall-street.
George Scholfield, merchant, Exchange-alley North.
John James Scott, corn merchant, Brunswick-street.
Halsall Segar, the younger, corn merchant, Brunswick-street.
William Tarbet, merchant, Tower-street.
George Warden, merchant, Old Hall-street.
William Wilson, provision merchant, Pembroke-place.
John Willis, the younger, broker, Rumford-place.
Frank Walker, merchant, Netherfield-road South.
John Worrall, merchant, Salthouse-dock.

The usual proclamation against immorality and vice having
been read,—
The learned RECORDER. said,—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury.
there is but little to remark on the subject of the present
calendar, which contains the names of fifty-five prisoners.
All the cases are of a very ordinary description, and none
of them is such as to call for special observation. There are
no cases of house-breaking to inquire into, nor any cases of
very extensive plunder. There are several of that description
for which Liverpool has, of late, obtained an unenviable
celebrity. Two of them are cases in which the knife has been
used; and one, a case in which a man was followed through
several streets by two other men in the dead of the night, and
assaulted in so severe and dangerous a manner that he has
lost the sight of an eye. Most of the other cases, as I have
already stated, are of att ordinary nature, and do not call for
observation. One of the most important events which have
taken place since we last met, has been the occupation of the
new Borough Gaol, to which, through the energy of the Go-
vernor, all the prisoners havebeen removed, although the houses
for the accommodation of the warders and other servants of the
establishment have not yet been quite completed. The occu-
pation of the new gaol is important in many particulars. It
affords room for the detention of 890 prisoners ; these will,
through the mere extensive accommodation which the gaol
affords, be each lodged separately, and they will thus avoid
the evil, or worse contamination of two prisoners occupying
the same sleeping-room. By the operation of the system of
separate confinement, it is hoped some progress may be made
in reducing the large number of criminals who infest our
streets. 'Courts may inquire into and award punishment to
crime, and this may be in some degree a means of repressing
crime, and checking the progress of vice ; but it is evident
that, for the effective removal of the evil, other and a different
class of agencies must be used. In reference to this, I notice •
the public loss which this town has sustained in the removal
of an eminent and good man—l mean the revered rector,
who, for half-a-century and upwards, was engaged in the pro-
,seoution of every good work, and in whom the cause of virtue,
of charity, and of religion, has met with a most severe loss.
-He was admirably gifted by nature to command respect, and
by his upright and honourable conduct he secured universal
affection. He has now been removed from us personally, but
-his good works and their fruits still remain with us, and by
the influence of their example will continue to promote the
cause of virtue. He (the Recorder) would offer no further
remarks, but dismiss the grand Jury to their duties.
The Court then proceeded with the trial of prisoners.
Mary Ann Hayes was-convicted of stealing a pair of boots,
the property:of Richard Crossley, and another pair the pro-
perty of John Pentony. She was sentenced to be imprisoned
seven months.—Mary-Anne Vernon was found guilty of steal-
ing 36 yards of gingham from Henry Davies, and sentenced
to be imprisoned nine months.—Mary Ann Driscoll was found
guilty of stealing £6 14s. from the person of Jeremiah -Lynch,
and was ordered to be imprisoned twelve months.—Margaret
Flanigan, charged-with stealing a counterpane from the house
of Joseph Lupton, was convicted and sentenced to four years'
penal servitude.—James Higginson, or Dixon, was convicted
of stealing a handkerchief from Thomas Scheirer, and sen-
tenced to four years' penal servitude.—Sarah Dun, charged
with stealing a watch from the person of John Reeves, was
found guilty and sentenced to be imprisoned for four months.—
Ellen Davies pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a
shawl, the property of William Taylor, and-was ordered to be
imprisoned for eight months.—Thomas -Jones -was convicted
of stealing two coats, and was sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment.—George Donohoe, convicted of stealing 14s.
from the person of Dennis Cronier, was sentenced to be im-
prisoned for ,nine months.—Mary McMahon, charged with
stealing a purse and £39 from the person of Samuel Meaghan,
was discharged.—Thomas Wilson, charged with stealing a
watch from • Sylvester Lewis, was convicted and sentenced to
four months' imprisonment. —Peter Griffin pleaded guilty to
a charge of -stealing a firkin of butter, the property of Wil-
liam Windsor. Sentence deferred.-IVilliam Prendergrast
pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a coat and three dia-
monds, the property of John Bacon. Sentence deferred.