The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-17 00:00:00

THE COURT.

BALMORAL, August 13.
Iler Majesty, aces:wattled by the Princess Alice and
15rince Leopold, and attended by the Countess of Desart,
cire to Invercauld, and honoured Mrs. Farquharson
with a visit.

The Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Arthur,
scut out shooting at Gairnshiel ; Sir George Grey bad
tl
honour of shooting with his Royal %emus.
Sir James Clarke was the only addition to the Royal
(tuner party.

The m'an'Aip Himalaya arrived here on Wednesday
with 800 men and 27 officers, en route for Preston...
Colonel Talbot, who fills the office of Serjeant-at
krms in the Tipper House, and who is going to marry
daughter of Lord Derby, will, it is said, resign the
Post.

DINNER TO MR. ALDERMAN HEYWOOD. Last
Wednesday evening, the friends of Mr. Alderman Hey-
'wood entertained that gentleman at dinner, at the Wag-
gon and Horses Inn, Thomas-street, Manchester, "as an
txpression of their public and private esteem, and as
!II acknowledgment of the valuable services he has
-rendered during the last twenty-6 ve years." • •
Tun LATE ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-
"' ESTERN RAILWAY.—WiIIiam Edgell, a pointsman,
11'40 was struck down by the buffer of the engine
attached to the Liverpool mail train on the 9th instant,
lied on Wednesday at the London University Hospital.
4,t appears he imprudently attempted to cross the line at
the moment the train was emerging. from the Kilburn
tunnel, and received the internal injuries which have
terminated fatally.
Galigitani states that the Rev. Dr. Cumming, of
Loudon, is to preach in the church of the Oratoire,
pans, on Sunday next, in connexion with the church of
Scotland.

The Quirinal arrived at Marseilles, from Naples, two
days back, having. on board General Filangieri and
family, Cardinal Wisenien, and *mat fatuities from
Naples.
pIUTTIIIG LOUIS NAPOLEON'S 'PIPE 051.. The
'Vrerwh Emperor complains bitterly of the guglish G -
verpwegt's interpolation of a bar in his favourite air,
.Partant pia' la Syrie. declares it quite spoils his
latest arrangement of that favourite melody, which he
had intended to be in five flats. It seems the Five
A-owers did not ,e;aptly like the imperial time, or tune
Other.

_Th.e Town Clerk of Dover suggests that every Volun-
t
r in the kingdom should_ contribute a shilling towards
e erection of a memorial window in the Town-hall of
that borough in memory of Lieutenant Thompson—the
residue of the subscription to be applied for the benefit
of the widow and children of Sergeant Monger
111 T
HOUSE OF CuArrEitooxts.—The Long Parlia-
„et
e.omade a name for itself in history, and the preslnt
43-ousf Commons bids fair to earn a somewhat similar
14410. It will probably be denominated the Long-
nded Parliament.
‘ vv
What next will the loyal and devoted people of
-,laada present to his Royal
and Highns the Prince of
,xeales• The grindinpstone the beautiful black
wfoundland dog with the elegant silver collar, are
Lttally eclipsed by the present of Robinson, the scissors-
iVer--viz., a rustic chair, ornamented with snakes
ands viz.,
as well as woodcuts of Lord Palmerston
and Lord
for an obn Russell, who are supposed to be waiting
welkin andieuee with the Prince ; also, two enormous
Paintetbsiticks for his Royal Highness, one of which is
lack, and is intended to be used at funerals only.

LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.—YESTERDAY.
(Before Mr. BARON MARTIN.)
Baron Martin took his seat on the benckin this Court
precisely at nine o'clock, and proceeded with the trial of
the following prisoners :--
WIFE MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.
Thomas Gallagher, a shoemaker, was charged with
the wilful murder of his wife, ou the Bth of June last.
Mr. Aspinall appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner
was undefended by counsel.
The prisoner, upon being arraigned upon the above
serious charge, said, " I did not know what I was
about ; I did not do it that 1 know of."
Mr. Aspinall, in opening the case to the jury, said
the present enquiry was one of the most serious nature,
Rot alone to the prisoner at the bar, but also to the
community at large ; and, although it was of such grave
importance, the facts were, as is not usual in such cases,
very brief and concise. Of the facts there could be no
doubt, but the point 'the jury would have to consider
was whether the crime the prisoner had committed was
one of wilful murder or that of manslaughter; but he
was afraid, after they had heard all the evidence, that
they would have to return a verdict for the first crime.

He then detailed the facts as given in the following

evidence :

Mrs. Deirhsteher, of Silver-street, Copperas-hill:
The prisoner's daughter by a former wife lived with me.
,The deceased was in the habit of coming to. see.her. On
the Bth of June last, she accidently met the deceased on
Copperas-hili; while talking with her .she saw the
prisoner coming up, when she (deceased) was about to
walk away, but witness told her not, and he came up
and they were talking together. The prisoner was in
drink. She left the prisoner and deceased together,
and went to her own house.
,She soon after saw them
coming together along the street. When they came to
the door, I heard the prisoner ask the wife to come in.
She refused. He asked her a second time. She refused.
He then asked her to come in while helighted his pipe,
and she told him to go on, and then he pulled her by
the shawl into the house up to the steps, and they went
into the room where his daughter was lying sick. The
witness was in the kitchen, but hearing some words she
went to the parlour door. • That was about five minutes
after. She heard the daughter say to the prisoner "be
quiet and don't make a noise." She heard him say to the
deceased, "You will see what I will do to you." The
prisoner was in' liquor. She returned to the kitchen,
but directly after heard the daughter cry out, "Murder !
He has stabbed her ; " and then she pushed the door
open, and caught. the prisoner in the act of stabbing his
wife.. He had the knife in his hand, and was stabbing
at her shoulder. The knife belonged to the house.
There was blood, but she could not see where it came
from, but it went into .her face and all over her clothes.
The knife was in his right hand. She ran to the door,
and said there was a man stabbing his wife, and a neigh-
bour came and went into the parlour. The deceased was
then on a chair, and the prisoner was still in a stooping
position over her, with the knife in his hand. It was
taken from him, and the deceased was conveyed to the
Royal Infirmary, where she since died. The step-
daughter has also since died.
The prisoner did not ask the witness any questions.
Mrs. Noble lived opposite the last witness, and on the
day in question she saw the prisoner and the deceased
walking to the door, apparently very friendly. After
they went into the house she heard the screams that a
man was stabbing his wife, and she went to the door.
_ Mr. Shepherd heard the screams of murder, and went
to the first witness's house. He did not know either the
prisoner or the deceased up to that time. He went into
the room, and saw the prisoner standing over his wife
with a knife,-and he (witness) reached over his shoulder,
and secured him on the floor until the police came. All
the other persons had left the room. Du ing the twenty
minutes he was with the prisoner, he (the prisoner)
frequently exclaimed, " wish. I had stabbed her, and
put her out of the way, ai•she had been a plague to me
for years."

Another witness was called, and she stated she bad
known the prisoner for six or seven years, and the
deceased since last April. They were both in the habit
of going to see the daughter, hut did not live together.
Between eleven and twelve that morning .the prisoner
called upon his daughter, and had some drink. He
called several times in the course 9f the day. The knife.
produced was his, and it was in the room on the Bth of
June, when this occurrence took place.
By the Prisoner—l told you that your wife had been
at the house on Monday, and had asked me to get her
work as a bootmaker, and that I expected her to call
every day. I did tell you not to go away, as I expected
her there that day.
Prisoner—l did not expect to see my wife when I
went there.

The statement .of the deceased, as taken before the
magistrates, was next read. It was to the effect that
she was the prisoner's wife, and that they had been
married about five years, but for the last month had not
lived together. On the Bth of June she met the priso-
ner coming towards her, and he asked her" to live with
him again, and she told him she would if he would
treat her better. They agreed to live together, and .he
promised to go to the priest and begin a new life. They
went to look for a place, but could not find one. He
then asked me to go to his daughter's, but I hesitated,
because I had left my children alone, and was anxious
about them. I did go in, and sat down in a chair.
The prisoner then took up a broad knife—came up to
me and said I had been his bane for five years, and then
be struck me in the face I think, and I felt the blood,
and when I ran out I found the knife sticking through
my right hand. . I do not wish to do anything to him.
I did not give him any provocation. We had been
Separated for four weeks because he had no work, and
he went to Cheshire to look for work. I forgive him
with all my heart.
The policeman who took the prisoner into custody
stated, that when he apprehended him, and .told him
the charge, he said, " I wish to Christ I had murdered
her outright, I wish I had donelor her,"
Mr. Harrison, the surgeon to the Northern Hospital,
stated, that the deceased was brought to that institution
on the Bth of June, suffering from four incised wounds,
one on the shoulder, two on the head, and one through
her right hand. She remained there until the 6th of
August, when she died. Her had no doubt whatever
that death was occasioned by exhaustion from the effects
of the wounds she had received. The wounds were
inflicted with a knife like the one produced.
The prisoner's statement given before the magistrates
was next read. , He said he had been living at Birken-
head. On that morning he had received -2s. 6d.
for a pair of shoes be had made. " I drank all that day
for aggravation, because she would not come and live
with me; and take care of her two children. I did not
expect to meet her at Mrs, .jefferson's. I drank all that
day ; and if it had not been so, I should not now be
here on a charge of murder."
The Prisoner—My lord, I did not know what I was
after. •
His Lordship then summed up the evidence, and said
he could not see, taking the s!atewents into serious con-
sideration, how they could arrive at any ether verdict.
than that of murder; but if they could, of course it was
for their consideration.
After consulang together for about five minutest they
returned a verdict of "Guilty of Wilful Murder."
His Lordship then, putting on the black cap, pro-
ceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner in the most
impressive manner, being so much affected,at times that
he could scarcely give utterance to his sentiments.
The Prisoner—My lord, I hope you will be merciful
knew anythiug of
to me. I have never been in a gaol before. I never
His Lordship--Thomas t4f.: grime until I was 'told of it in
gaol on the next morning.
found guilty of Pth—eTh most a
atrocious Gallagher,
11 T d e thati :Yee r beenP
has received the sentence of death for. Yea have murdered
one, whom it was Yon,. duty to protect. You state to-
day you have no recollection-
of it—that you were led to
it by think. If that statement is true, it• is another
proof that drink leads to the most atrocious crimes. It
should be a Waruilig to.all, and induce them to abstain
from think. But 144 IPA 4e4eve that to be the case.
The ep us you made
use of at the tithe, $6 you
wished x
yroe ssi had finished her," • and theu
epithets you
applied to her, are inconsistent with the language of a
drunken man. When you Were taken to the Bridewell,
you expressed yourself, that you " wished t 4, chFist yon
had murdered her." I tell you to prepare for death,
The law will give you what yofi did ,not give to her.
You will have every spiritual assistance from all con-
nected with the prison ; but as sure as you stand there
now alive, yo‘i are sure to die in a few days. His. Lord-
ship then proceeded to pass or lintence of death upon
the prisoner in the usual forM. ri49 IPPIRTPT, .who
seemed deeply affected, said, ‘cjiy Lord, have mercy
upon me," and was removed from the (I°4'
SENTENCES UPON PRISONERS.

POST-OFFICE ROBBERY AT SOUT
Henry Dewhurst 33, pleaded guilty to having, on the
Sth .Tuly, stolenstolena letter containing one sovereign and
a half, the property of the Postraasteer-ognerai 1.""
is
Lordship, in passing sentence upou the Prloer,it
re-
marked that Ng offence was a most serious
n
was true that a memorial most respectably sigOnee. d
had
been presented to the court in his favour, Pei the the
memorial stated that the prisoner had borne a most
respectable character before this. It was also stated
that he only got 235. per week. His Lordship said the
prisoner was a letter carrier, and had taken advan-
tage of hta ,si,ttlation to steal this letter. Such offences
were very bad, .aud when discovered must be most
severely punished. Ills Lordship had
reason to believe
in the present case that it was not the hest offence
which the prisoner had committed, as many complaints
had been made to the Postmaster at Southport of letters
conts ing moueshaving been stolen, and in order to
detect the offender pp/4e in.oney was marked and put
into a letter. This marks.!cl mcuy was
afterwards
found in the possession of the prisoner. The fact of hishaving only a small salary was no excuse for such an
offqnce. When he undertook the duties of his situa-
tion for .235. per week it was a voluntary act, and

if he was not satisfied with that remuneration he could
have given it up ; that was,, therefore, no excuse
for committing a felony. The other plea in the
prisoner's defence was that he had maintained an aged
mother. If he (his lordship) was to take into considera-
tion such circumstances as children maintaining parents,
a wife, and children, there would be an end to punish-
ment altogether. The Government had very properly
made provisions for the transit of such sums of money
by Post-office orders, but in many cases children might
wish, to send a sixpence or a shilling to their parents,
and therefore put it in a letter. Was it not, therefore,
most hard that such poor persons should be deprived of
their money by persons like the prisoner who were
intrusted with letters ?. It was an offence of grave im-
portance to the community, and must be put a stop to.
The, prisoner was then sentenced to four years' penal
servitude.

WARNING TO HOUSEBREAKERS,—Robert Simon, 20,
who had pleaded guilty to having entered the house of
Mr. R. Harrison, of Blackley, on the 31st of July, was
sentenced to four years' penal servitude. George Green,
for a like offence at,Manchester, was sentenced to the
same punishment. William Williams and John Davis,
convicted of the like offence at Bradford, were each
sentenced to four years' penal servitude. Daniel
M'lntyre,' convicted of breaking out of a house, and
stealing 255. from a companion, was sentenced to four-
teen days' imprisonment, it having, at the request of
the jury, been ascertained that he had received 'Much
more than that amount of his own earnings at the time
.of the robbery, but it was suspected that he had spent it
at the Manchester races, and then robbed his companion.
His Lordship hoped that such a slight punishment
would be a"warning to him for his future life.
BIGAMISTS BEWA.RE.—George Crew, aged 47, pleaded
guilty to having married Ann Black, his former wife
being then alive; and was sentenced to four months'
imprisonment ; and Thomas Botha, convicted on the
previous day of a like offence, was sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment, the fact being that he had twice
before been convicted of embezzlements, and, as an
attorney's clerk, should have known much better.
A CONVICTED THIEF LEGALLY DISCHARGED.—John
Burke, who had been found guilty of breaking out of
the house of Mr. Martin Kelly, of Bedford, and stealing
thereout a coatis which he subsequently pawned, was
discharged ; his lordship observing that the jury had
been right in finding him guilty on the facts of the case,
but, upon overlooking the authorities on the point
reserved, that in pawning the coat he did not deprive
the owner from again recovering it, it was found that be
was not legally guilty of the offence with which he stood
charged, and therefore he must be discharged.
GAROTTE ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—James Flynn
and Martin Hart, convicted of robbing an old man
named Nixon, the particulars of.which we published on
Tuesday, were sentenced to two months' imprisonment,
his lordship believing that it was their first offence, and
hoped it would be a warning to them for the future.
THE CHILD MURDER CASE.—Catherine M'Carthy
was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for the
murder of her infant child by suffocating it while in a
state of intoxication.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY RATE COLLECTORS.—Thomas
Low, 61, and Samuel Yardley, 45, pleaded guilty to
having at various times embezzled several sums of money
the property of the ratepayers of Oldham. His Lord-
ship said this was the worst case he had ever heard of,
and it very nearly approached forgery, as they bad been
in the habit of altering the sums in the rate books at
which persons were regularly assessed, and increasing
those amounts—in one instance they had made £34
into £44, and thus robbed the people. That was an
offence that could not be permitted to go unpunished
as it might materially effect the poorer classes, who had
but little voice in snaking the rates which they had to
pay. He sentenced them to fifteen months' imprison-
ment with hard labour.