The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

BURGLARY.—Grimshaw Kenyon (aged 25), silk dyer, was
convicted of having, on the 30th June last, broken into the
house of Joshua Johnson, a provision dealer, at Pendleton.
The prisoner was also convicted of a similar offence at the
house of Mr. Thomas Starkie, at Blackburn, on the 25th of
June. Sentence, four years' penal servitude.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—John Langan
and James Bradburn, both masons, were indicted for having
robbed James Sing, with great personal violence, on the night
of the 9th of April, at Manchester. The jury returned a
verdict of "not guilty."
BIGAMY.—Thomas Bently, labourer, was indicted for mar-
rying Ann Bond, on the 18th October, 1851, his former wife,
Mary Bently, being still alive. The jury found the prisoner
guilty, and his lordship sentenced him to seven days' impri-
sonment, and refused to allow the costs of prosecution.
FALSE REGISTRY.—James Dawson, excise officer, pleaded
guilty to obtaining, at Bury, on the Ist of April, 10s. 6d.,
from William Kershaw Booth, by false pretences.
CURIOUS CASE OF PERJURY.—John Taylor, smith's striker,
was charged with perjury at Bolton. On the 28th of June
last the prisoner went to Mr. Balshaw, the district registrar
of Bolton, and stated that an infant daughter of his had died
in convulsions, and that there had been no medical attendant.
He then expressed his desire to register the death, and applied
for and obtained a certificate of registry. He had not had
any child dead, and was convicted of having obtained the re-
gistry on a false pretence. He was sentenced to be imprisoned
for twelve months, with hard labour.
HOUSEBREAKING AT SALFORD.—George Benson, labourer,
was indicted for breaking into the house of Mr. Thomas
Whipp, at Salford, on the 28th of May, during the absence of
the family at a funeral, and stealing 13kand various arti-
cles of jewellery. Verdict, not guilty.
ROBBERY AT KERSLEY.—Joseph Knight, stone-mason,
William Price, labourer, Ann Evans, factory-worker, Alice
Knight, charwoman, and Phoebe Jones, factory-worker, were
charged, the first with stealing and the others with receiving,
knowing the things to have been stolen. Knight pleaded guilty.
Various portions of the property were found upon the other pri-
soners' with the exception of Joseph Knight. There was a
second charge against all the prisoners, of having stolen three
pieces of calico and 70 yards of cotton cloth from the bleaching
ground of Messrs. John Burd and Co., at Radcliffe, near Bury,
on the 20th of April. Joseph Knight again pleaded guilty.
William Price, Phoebe Jones, and Alice Knight were found
guilty of receiving the property, knowing it to have been
stolen.
REWARD FOR FEMALE COURAGE.—His lordship called up
Mrs. Chappell, and ordered her to be rewarded with £5, as an
acknowledgment of her courage and activity in securing a
burglar (George Marsden) who broke into her husband's house,
at Manchester, on the 3rd of April, and pleaded guilty of the
offence on Monday.
BURGLARY BY A GrßL.—Maria O'Brien, factory-worker,
was charged with breaking into the house of Henry Hart, at
Ashton-in-Mackerfield, on the 9th of May last, and stealing a
pair of boots, a chemise, and other articles. The prisoner was
found guilty, but strongly recommended to mercy, or to be sent
to a reformatory institution.
MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER.—Thomas Hayes,
labourer, was indicted for having caused the death of his
wife, Maria Hayes, at Manchester. Upon the evidence his
lordship directed the jury to acquit the prisoner, which they did
ATTEMPTING TO DROWN A SWEETHEART.—Edward.
Aspinall, factory-worker, was charged with attempting to
drown Mary Connolly, at Stretford, near Manchester. Both I
parties worked in factories, and they were courting. The jury
returned a verdict of guilty. His lordship sentenced him to
transportation for 15 years. The prisoner, on going down
the steps of the dock, clattered his clogs in jig fashion, and
gave vent to a shrill " cock-a-doodle do !"

THURSDAY.
BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL.—Patrick Scott, a shoemaker,
was indicted for havirs, at Liverpool, on the 4th April last,
broken into the dwelling-house of John Austin Tilley, and
stolen therein several gold rings, three gold brooches, and
other property The prisoner was found guilty, and several
previous convictions having been proved against him, he was
sentenced to four years' penal servitude.
:VIANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL.—Ann Cain, a charwoman,
was charged with the manslaughter of Mary Inglis. The
circumstances under which the deceased met her death are
briefly these :—On the afternoon of the 19th April, the de-
ceased went to the house of a man named Adams, where she
met the nrisoner and several other women. They had some
drink together, and a quarrel took place. The prisoner and
deceased engaged in a very violent discussion, which resulted
in blows being exchanged. The two rolled together on the
floor, tearing each other like two enraged cats, until they
got near the fire, when the prisoner jumped up, seized the
kettle of boiling water from the fire, and emptied its contents
over the deceased, who was lying on the hearthstone. The
other women then : interfered. The scalded woman was
conveyed to the house of her husband in Bay-horse-lane, tz.d
was subsequently removed to the infirmary. Erysipelas set

in, and she died on the 2nd of May. The jury returned a
verdict of " Not guilty."
BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL.—StepheII Harrigan, a mat-
weaver, and Patrick Ryan, a bricklayer, were indicted for
having at Liverpool, on the 3rd of May, burglariously entered
the dwelling-house of John Morrison, in Bailey-street, and
stolen several articles of wearing apparel. Harrigan pleaded
.guilty, and was sentenced to penal servitude for six years.
Ryan was found guilty, and was sentenced to penal servitude
for a similar period. The prisoners had each of them been
nine times previously convicted of felony.
CUTTING AND Worii DlNG.—Joseph Hill, an engine driver,
was charged with stabbing James Riley, at Westleigh. On
the 14th April last the prosecutor, the prisoner, and another
man named Gladden, were drinking -together at a public
house in Westleigh. They were turned out at twelve o'clock
at night, and on their way home the prisoner challenged
Gladden to fight. Gladden would not fight, but went away
and left the prisoner and prosecutor together. The prisoner
then said to the prosecutor, " Oh! long one, thou'st some
spite ag'en me.—The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlaw-
fully wounding.
BOILER ExPLosTorr AT MANCHESTER.—In the case of John
Norbury, who was indicted for manslaughter, the grand jury
returned the indictment marked "No true bill," and upon
the clerk of the court announcing this result, the foreman of
the jury observed that he and his colleagues were of opinion
that there had been the grossest negligence in some quarter,
but that they could not find a " true bill" for manslaughter
against the prisoner on the evidence before them.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT PEMBERTON.—WiIIiam Corner, a
striker in a foundry, was found guilty of having, at Pember-
ton, on the sth May last, feloniously assaulted an old man,
named William Fairclough, and stolen from him 411 d. and a
tobacco box. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment,
with hard labour.

MANSLATJGHTER AT ROCHDALE.—Thomas Unsworth (aged
56) was charged with the manslaughter of James Brierley, at
Rochdale. From the evidence of the witnesses for the prose-
cution, it appeared that the deceased was a widower, living
with his son, at a place called Milkstone, near Rochdale. He
was out of employment, and spent a great portion of his time
in the company of the prisoner, who was a neighbour. On
Wegnesday, the 4th April, they were drinking together in
various public houses until between half-past ten and eleven
o'clock at night, when they went to the prisoner's house, in
company with a person named Joshua Clegg. The prisoner
asked Clegg to lock him and deceased in the house, and return
and open the door for them in the morning. Clegg then went
out and locked the door after him, leaving the two men drink-
ing together. About half-past two o'clock in the morning, a
police-officer, named Lupton, was attracted to the house by
hearing the prisoner crying from the bedroom window " Mur-
der," " thieves," &c. He tried the door, but it was fast. He
then walked down the street, and obtained the assistance of
another officer. They returned to the house, and on looking
through the window they saw a man lying on the floor. They
tried the door, and this time it yielded and they entered, and
found the deceased lying in the kitchen in a state of uncon-
sciousness, his head covered with blood. A brick was lying
near, and one of the officers said to the prisoner, who had come
down stairs, " What is the brick doing here? have you hit
him with it ?" The prisoner replied, "No ; I have not, but I
warmed him about the head with my fist." The officers re-
moved him and, having ascertained who he was, they con-
veyed him to his own house, and laid him down on the floor.
In the morning his two sons removed him upstairs, placed
him on a heap of wool, and left him there, whilst they pur-
sued their ordinary daily avocations. On returning about
dinner-time the eldest son of the deceased found his father
lying at the bottom of the stairs. He was still insensible, and
remained in that state until his death, which took place on the
13th. The jury, under his lordship's direction, returned a
verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged.
MANSLAUGHTER AT SALFORD.—Richard :Harrison (aged
30), a farmer, out on bail, charged with the manslaughter of
a girl, named Emma Birket, at Salford, by negligently driving
a vehicle over her, was acquitted.
The court rose at a quarter to eight o'clock.