The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

two forged notes to a girl named Anne Cort, a native of Bol-
ton, with whom he had lived at Manchester for some time.
Cort was called as a witness under rather curious cir-
cumstances. She received the notes from him at Manchester,
as a consideration for his having taken her from her native
place. When she returned to Bolton she got one of the notes
changed by one of her friends, and shortly afterwards it was
discovered to be a forged one, and she was taken up, and com-
mitted for trial, the magistrates not believing her story as to
how she became possessed of the note. On being arraigned
at the bar amongst a number of other prisoners she at once
recognised Hall, who was also in the dock, as the man who
had given her the forged note. She communicated with Mr.
Harris, the head constable, who informed the prosecuting
counsel, and the result was that Cort was transferred to the
witness-box, and gave her evidence against Hall, who feebly
denied her story. The jury, however, believed it, and found
Hall guilty. Sentence was deferred until this (Tuesday)
morning: The prosecution against Cort was abandoned, and
at his lordship's direction she was set a liberty.
ErrEGLARY AT MANCHESTER.-3-ohn Maddocks, 16, tailor,
and Henry Campbell, 18, factory worker, were indicted for
having at Manchester, on the night of the 30th of March last,
burglariously entered the dwelliug-house of Charles Chaplin,
and stolen a shawl, a cloak, a pair of boots, two coffee-pots,
and sundry other articles, to the value of £lO. The police
discovered that the house hadbeen entered, and saw two Mien
coming away from the place, one of whom (Maddocks) they
captured. Campbell was afterwards apprehended on suspi-
cion, and the stolen boots were found upon him. Haddocks
pleaded guilty, and wassentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.
Campbell was acquitted.

STABBING AT MANCHESTEE.—MichaeI Doulin, ;2t,„, factory
worker, was indicted on a charge of maliciously stabbing
Charles Macdonald, in a public-house row in the ebove town,
on the 12th of May. The prosecutor, in cross-examination,
admitted that lie was drunk, used Offensive language, and
struck the first blow. The prisoner was found guilty of un-
lawfully Wounding, and sentenced to 'twelve months' im-
prisonment, with hard labour.

STREET ROBBERIES AT MArCrE'STER.--rittriCk Eryan,l9,
hawker, as charged with having'ticiletitly,assaulted Nicholas
Rigby;ntManchester, on 24th4ctne, and,ihicompany with seve-
ral 'others, robbed him of Os. 6d.anduTocket-knife. At au
early'hour on the morning of the'day:named, the prosecutor
was'sitting on some door steps,latherlipsy, when he was as-
saulted by three men. Another •rntin,•who saw the assault,
•informed the police, who found three 'men running away from
:tht place, but only succeeded in"cailturing one, the prisoner
Bryan. Something was Neared to drop, and the proseentor's
knife was found on the ground doss to where Bryan was ap-
tprehended. The prisoner, who' is 'a cripple on one side, Vended
,that he could not take hold of the'money, even if given 'to him,
on account of his lameness, and could not, therefore, have •
taken part in the robbery. Verditt, guilty : sentencedeferreil.
~,,,Mary Jackson, 143;factorywoiker, was indicted onwtharge
of having, with •severalothers,assaulted and robbed Gilliam
Hall of £7 Ss. at Manchester Oh the 11th of Junellit.
secutor had been drinking with a number of dissohiteiharac-
ters in a beerhoute, and' Coon after he left, the 'priseder,"Who
was one of them, struck :Mtn a violent blow,: ancl = her 'OM-
.panions followed it up by atrattack which left •hitnintensible.
While the attaek-Was :gtiinr on they rifled his ri4kets. The
prisoner went to the "beer-house next uporning,,trid'When
accused by the landlord' Of the robbery, she -'aced—"How
much does he (proseettoe) say was taken 'frerollim ?" The
landlord (a witness),told her £7 lOs. She sreiilied—"lt's a
b—y lie They only =got £3 lOs." The jjnty found her
guilty, b-at
.reconimended her to mercy, "on .account Of her
tender age His 'Lordship delivered a \very impressive
address, in the-coursetr which he said the Into and populous
towns were infested itlth gangs of s.nch 'ilfflians as the pti-
seller's associates ;' anti, as a warning tocnthers, he sentencea3
her to be transportedlor fifteen years.
The oolart rose atscven o'clock.

I\rigl,'l4l,ll.lS COURT.—litßargankr.
rßef6re Mr. Justice fifootider.)
'Thetcourt sat shcrtly after twelve'ectock, when a clutiv-!.Tsa-
ben took latace'lszttiveen his iordShip and 'Mr. 'Attorney-
General 'Knowles 'respecting the arranwment of the holiness.
Fris tierdship- had received an applititiion from the Liverpool
Law Society, troggesting that it wo 'Old be a great convenience
and -saviing of trpense to mars' 'parties if some artnogement
toUld ibemicle'regarding the second (or West Derby)iist in the
eause-paper,,ms unany persons' far' dawn on that.liat had fre-
'que•Atly to waitanany days . before their'cases came.cn. The
Attornergeneral expressed the4filingness Ofthe,har to Con-
'cede 'to any arrangement like...brio convenienceallipszties. His
lordship intimated that he ivoitid take the application into
'consideration, and state to4lay-: (Tuesday) what :arrangement
(could .be made,respecting tice -spezinl jury cases.
Ttzkvait mz,r, LLOYD Vi 711 E VORPORATIOI,OF,MANOHES.
amo.--Plaintifrs; cotton-qiintiurs, of Manchester, sought to
recover • possession of a iniall:,piece of ground 'from which '
rthey lad been:ejected by Pie' defendants. Mr: aKnowles and
Matmesty for the *Ouija; and SergeantNilkins and
:Mr. 'Hill-tor-the defendants. '.llKerdicf, for plaintiff's, subject to
E 1 (case.