The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

SATURDAY.

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BGaserrkyi,lla (3b22,liff7a was con-
victedthedischarge of his duty, and, On account of some mitigating cir-
cumstances, was sentenced to receive the comparatively light
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HOTEL.—Patrick Conolly pleaded not guilty to having, onlhe
6th December, killed and slain Ambrose Dunleavy. The facts
of the case are these :—The prisoner was the proprietor of the
American Hotel, in Regent-road, in this town, and on Wed-
nesday, the sth Dec., the deceased (Dunleavy), an Irish farmer,
and a witness, named Mackenzie, also an Irish farmer, who
had been lodging at the same house with Dunleavy and his
wife, for ten or twelve days, were in a public-house, kept by a
person named M`Mahon, where they met the prisoner. In
the course of the evening some words occurred between the
deceased and the prisoner while in M`Mahon's, about bagatelle,
at which they had been playing. They afterwards made up
their quarrel ; and about twelve o'clock they all left M`Mahon's
house together. The prisoner invited Dunleavy and Mackenzie
to his house, saying that he would give them something to
drink. M'Mahon left them at the corner of the street, and
Dunleavy (the deceased) and Mackenzie went with the prisoner
to his hotel, where they staid for some time. While having
some drink, the discussion about the bagatelle began again be-
tween the prisoner and the deceased. They got to angry words
about the game; and the prisoner at the bar afterwards told
the deceased that he could get him work at the docks. This
excited Dunleavy. At this time Coolly was standing near
the door of the bar, in which position Dunleavy struck him,
causing him to reel several steps into the bar. Dunleavy im-
mediately turned and ran cut of the door, into Blackstone-
street. The prisoner at the bar stepped three steps further
into the bar than he had been knocked by the blow, and put
his hand out as if picking something from a shelf ; he then
ran after the deceased. Mackenzie followed, but he was for a
moment stopped by the door closing with a spring. When he
got into the street, he found the prisoner and Dunleavy on the
pavement, nearly close to the door, face to face, holding each
other and struggling, but not striking. As he came up, he
saw Dunleavy suddenly throw himself back. Mackenzie ran
forward, and seized the prisoner by the waist, and the prisoner
then called out police. Dimleavy ran away to the left, and
crossed as if to go down Regent-road. At that time, the po-
licemen, who were on duty at the Bramley-Moore Dock, came
up, and about forty yards from. the door us Blackstone-street,
at the corner of Regent-road, they found the deceased man
lying senseless, unable to speak and dying from the effects of
a wound in the heart, and another in the lower part of the
body.. As the police were coming up,the prisoner threw some-
thing down on the grating close tothelouse. Mackenzie con-
tinded to hold the prisoner, who said. he was stabbed, and
that if he ( Mackenzie) had not come up, he should have been
destroyed. Heappeared lame of one legfandrequirett holding
up. On the policemen coming up, both. the' prisoner and
Mackenzie- were taken into custody, and the deceased was
conveyed to' the Northern Hospital, where it was' found that
he was- dead. On search being made by the police; the
knife was found on the grating near the. prisoner's house,
and the deceased had no such knife as that in his possession.
The abovefacts were clearly proved, as alstrthat the wound
on the prisoneFs thigh had been inflicted by himself in the
struggle with Dunleavy. The jury, after a brief deliberation;.
returned a verdict of "guilty;" and the prisoner,- after a-
suitable admonition from his lordship, was sentenced to be-
transported for twenty years. The prisoner, who'betrayed no
emotion, was theuremoved.

BUBGLABY JET' ANIITOVr:ITNDER-LYNN.—John Ogden (48),
a factory-worker, and•Josepb Taylor (50), a navvy,. were in-
dicted, the former. for stealing, and the latter for receiving
several articles, the property of William Hague, or Ashton-
under-Lyne, whose-house was entered on the 9th of Novern-
ber. Taylor was acquitted) and Ogden found guilty:- Two
previous convictions being recorded against him, he watrsen-
-
tenced to four years' penal servitude.
POACHING AT CBOVTNTIr.—JO6II Moody (32), a labolter,
was indicted for illegally, poaching on the ground of the Earl
of Sefton, at Croxteth, on the 13th of October. He va
found guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment, with hard
labour, for four calendar wont&

SENTENCES.—The following prisoners were then called It*
and sentenced :—Charles Gcrdon,.forbUrglary, three months'
imprisonment ; William Kaye,'.fin, larceny, six months' im-
prisonment; Edward Glover;,fortaanstaughter, four months'
imprisonment; James Jeffers,'.for mansloughter, four years'
penal servitude; Owen Cathervand. William Hague, for per-
Pity,. twelve months' imprisonMent. Ms; terminated the
`business of the assizes, and after-§ome'remarks from the jury
Upon. the difficulty of hearing experienced by them,,the Court
rose,.shortly after three o'clock.-

SECOND COViU.
(liVare Gilbert Henderson, .E'n4 Rheorcli?l,-of Liverpool.)

TUESDAY, Dnezmtnn:
ASIAITT.T.VPON A POLI C EMA.N. —Sam uel •Farns- (29), foundry
worker, and William Taylor (23), lidsourerovere.akurged with
having, at Liverpool, on the 4th of- Septbinitker;. unlawfully
and inaliciouely inflicted upon William Walton. grievous
bodily harm. After a long trial the jury acquitted both
prisoners.
• GAOTIT' TroBDETOr AT LtvEuraim—John o.4leman (26),
striker (a returned convict), and Joseph•Groft (2.6);. Labourer,
were indicted for having, at Liverpool; en the 25th,of October,
felOniOnsly assaulted Philip Farally, -and, with "viblenee stolen
from, his 'person twenty sovereigns End 1 otherrrwneys, The
jury found -the prisoners guilty, and they- were sonteneed to
fourteen Tears' transportation each. Coleman was transported
for ten -Teas about five years ago,
and returned to Liverpool
six months suite:

HORSE' Jonas-; (33); .farm, labourer,
was charged with, stealing a. horse, the 'property of Mr.
Thomas' Wood; tke landlord of the Red Ision.lnn,.Silford, on
the_l7-th of November; The jury found. ihim guillisN. and he
was sentenced to ten, months' imprisonment..
Suortutizzo—Ann Ratcliff b, a siiklydooking. woman,
who appeared in the docl with an infant:hi her armsk was in-
dicted for having, on the sth of :November-idst, at. Liaierpool,
stolen a pair of boots. in the shop of Mary Fletcher Planning-
ton. The jury fdund the prison er guilty, .and she vvas sen-
tenced•to six weastimprisonmez it.
GAROTTS R05.33Enx...--John S .mith (2v}, labburer, indicted
for haring, on the 3rd. Akagt, 1854, assaulted _ and _forcibly
robbed Henry Dasksvorth, was fc iund guilty, and sentenced to
14 years' transportation:
EPLIZEZZLEMSZCIL—George, Wa lmsley (25); butcher, was in-
dicted for having, at Muoh. Woo lton ha- being a servant to
Mary Ann Blaclburni. emhezzl. ed hie sum of £9 14s. 54.,
which he had recehged on accoani tof his mistress. The jury
found the prisoner guilty,. and he was.• sentenced to four
mOntheiMprisonment.
SmanixoEs.--13efore• the ris- it ,g of the court his lordship
proceeded to pass sentenae• urn the following.priioners, pre-
viously convicted Sir Lith and, Mary Ann Hardie
(the fszt-named baprincipaL, am 1 the last' as his accomplice),
for robbery with violence:. Snail :,h, 14 years' transportation ;
Hardie, eight moatlng- imprison ment.—Jane Morris, .for the
concealment of the- birth of he r female- child, four months'
imprEsonment. oourt,at s I little before six o'clock, ad-
journed until' ninetbe.folliawinf ; morning.