The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1852.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Livearouv, Avo. 19.

Cancan Comm
A POLICEMAN CHANGED WITH :WHIM'.

J.,hoa SZantry, vie of the Liverpool Borough Name, idniAl
in.:Wed with having, at Liverpool, on the 6th of July,
feloniously killed and murdered Margaret Baines.
Mr. Blair and Mr. *spinal! prosecuted, and Mr. Moak
and Mr. Atkinson defended the prisoner.
It will be remembered that on the evening of the nomi.
&ado* of candidates for the representation of this borough,
that sew disturbance took place in a court leading out of
• Melee galled Grosvenor-street, a neighbourhood Chit fly
antepisi by the lower class of Irish. Three policemen
wet into that court, ens of whom was the prisoner, and
Mather. • fan named Dome, who has since absconded.
Uwe aget Assn drove a man named Gallagher, who was
at the end of the court, into his own house.
They vise pmeeded up the court to the house in which
ffies demand essided ; at the door of this house a man
neehei amebas nes standing ; this man was driven into
the hem by the prisoner, and then knocked down, upon
whkh ikeseneed's mother• in-law uttered a cry of alarm, ad
bathes bunked her down. Deceasedseeing this exclaimed
as "He h killed my mother." The prisoner replied by
es-ra, "If I have not I will kill you," and ther
her on the head with his stick--a feeaisabN
weapon shod with iron. Deceased fell to the amead.
and while prostrate the man kicked her on the bay, she
being in an advanced stage of pregnancy ; be glee pubs&
his stick against her body :with both hands. 'The weans
died the same night, end, upon the body being essialsod
by a surgeon, it was found that death was caused by
fracture of the skull. The skull was preternaturally thin,
bat it nevertheless presented the appearance of having
',seised a very severe blow from some such weapon as the
Asses aka.
lUs. Ileisite, the first witness, said—l am the wife of
▪ liaise, the cousin of the husband of the deceased.
I Used in the same court, which is in Grosvenor-street. On
Tosiday, the 6th of July, I and my husband were standing
at the end of the court about 7 o'clock. The policeman who
Yee absconded came up and said to thew, " You, Paddy, go
teen par bow, or I will burst per me oat." We had
=at be way up the tout when I saw the same po-
stmen sues awed Gisilegber, and drive him into
Mt beam I sal my Imeheed they went into the house,
sad MOM theemh the wirdeir. I saw the prisoner and two
ether elk= caws up the asset. • man named Hughes was
siredisi at the deer of the bussed. The prisoner went
op to him, and struck him with his staff. The man fell in-
gas the door, and the prisoner then followed him. lie
•ffisewuds truck the mother-in law of the deceased.
I* other officers went into the house. The prisoner
emu out soon after, and went with two other
lacers who were in the court and took the man Gallagher
le Bridowell. I then went into the house of the deceased,
sad saw the deceased lying on the bed in a state of in-
sensibility. She died about a quarter of an hour after-
amis.
inannh Herrity unitised the last witness's statement.
file hedged in the berme with deceased, and stated that the
Mien for the dim slaking the mother.in-law was on ac•
leant of her wpm, " You have killed the man"
' (Hughes.) The imeised then said, " You have killed my
mother ;" and the me., said, Yes, and I will kill you.
He then struck her, end she fell down. He afterwards
kasha& her and pambei her la the *much with his stick.
▪ •11/11111611110 oak sad tba dseemed said, "My head
▪ heelmel.pd eemetWies mead it." She died a quarter
elm bereesiterwmds.
llsgley, whit based in deceased's house, saw
es omen kola 11411. down, upon which the old
MINIM wags MM IMMIN when he struck her twice with
lie stick ; fibs hi, sad then, in consequence of de-
emed's eulogies already given, Ise knocked her down,
at before desseibei.
Pettish limbo and his wife, also lodgers, and Mary
Bain% obe dh wsouin, substantially confirmed the are-
going evMerge. Patrick Hughes admitted that when be
was taken On bndcwell for the purpose et
identifying the ma who struck the deceased, he aid
not identify the pelnense; he had said that he amp a
man, not the primmer, was the prisoner, but could eat
identify Slaney butane it was dark, and the next tieg
he was able to identify Blaney becauso he bad the advan-
tage of daylight.
Hobert Little' No. 693, in the fire-brigade of the Liver-
pool police, was called, and examined by r. Monk. After
calling his attention to the day and circunwances of the
transaction, the witness stated that he and four other police-
men went up Grosvenor-street, in consequence of stones
being thrown from the direction of Grosvenor-street. He
maw Gallagher there. He had a brick in his hand, and
witness and the other officers, including Blaney, followed
Gallagher into the court. Gallagher threw a half brick at
'aney, and afterwards Slaney and Dome (the man who
had abounded) took Gallagher into custody. This witness
swore that Dome want to the upper part of the court ; then
sae down and took, with Slaney's assistance, Gallagher to

poliee-station.
Joseph Redhead, No. 737, confirmed this evidence, and I
added that Blaney had not been above Gallagher's house
from the time of his first entering the court until he left
it with Gsllsgher.
Henry Goulding and William Douglas, also members of
the flre•brigade, gave evidence in continuation of the for-
mer two . . . . .

Mr. Benjamin Ride, one of the divisionalsuperintendents
of police, gave the prisoner a good character. He stated
that when Patrick Hughes came to the station house a num-
Der of omeers were drawn out before him, and, after pasting
along the line twice, he picked out amen named Little (out
the witness) u the man who had killed the deceased. On
being informed that that man had not been near the scene
of the disturbance on the evening in question, he said he
could not then identify the man.
Thomas Dattersby, a cooper, living near the court in
question, swore.that there had not been a disturbance in
that court until the occurrence of that caused by the
police, who were knocking the people about without pro-
vocation.
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Mary Winrow, another resident in the neighbourhood,
cnntirnied this evidence, and added that she saw Blaney
knock Hughes down at the door of the deceased's house.
Mr. John Augustus Somers, a seon, who had made
a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased, de-
posed to the fact that death was the result of fracture of
the skull, which was preternaturally thin. He was not
able to say that the fracture had been caused by the blow
of a stick ; very little force would cause such a fracture.
Mr. Mask commented strongly en the contradictory
nature of the evidence for the prosecution.
His Lordship summed up with great care, pointing out
the positive character of the evidence for the prosecution,
and observing that, if correct, the police-odlcers must have
been guilty of perjury.
Atter • few minutes' deliberation, the jury returned a
verdict of Not Chatty.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

NEW COURT—YorrzaDAy.
Ihrofte 1112 Rooms&
___ _ illiza's Cass. _ _

Rinsed SR, who wi;s;virliais the int day of this
swim totsbnining mosey ale pretense from Henry
Broomo, was emcee.
Upon belar=what be bad to say, be in a speech of
wens Imp& dookeed witit greet sarneensess that before
GM and mea le woe imemat el the 111111• M imputed to
MaZ cooklog that sestina he did set amplain of
the or of the Mew tales_ ley the court, he upon the
'that was moss to Mime them, they could not
hays men to any ether emoludos ; but of the madam of
the witnesses and the pcoomotor he did. He had hem the
violima of a
ye
deep-laid sempiney, sad the MuHene hod been
shed e perjury el Mr *mime d. reg" ssimbysi had vat lobos the mums be Mi ret
mi Se btede
mina, sad samba the Mimeo be wished to be sailed
our tbs deems% sad also that he &sold have bars Intro-
demi le the Noy ea the associate of low characters. &Deb
was net do ems, sad up to the mesa* time thous bad
mesa hem a hilt stony kind um Ms siserester. He re.
heed* limi Isilllaws is the Queen's Des" upset which
he wm sepuilled, gad the different nature of the present
eas—a sissonsimme is sestended of itself earreph to show
wine a men be had Is dual with ia the pressesser. Had
be boon toted la PM Queen's Bomb, time was the Lord
Pmeideat se the Omineil, Mr. Junks Tailburd, sad Mr.
Moho PIM" mold all have beam teathotay to his che-
esier. He me mewed to am that his pmesenton were
awe not -et belief on oath.
The Recedes said that there could she be my interfer-
ers with the issidosi of the jury, sad he Medd not allow
IV to casting to attask the ahetae a of IM witamon.
Übe (the prisam) wiled the emeense lo lie postponed, in
oder that the court might be mot weeemitin of hate to
operate es a mitigation of the elliace, he would consult the
juke upon the matter.
The primmer said, if his lordship pleased, be would ale
afadavita.
His lordship, having consulted the judges in the Old
Coact, said that he would respite judgment until nest
mien,

l'arry, on the part of Broome, asked if in the
event of the affidavits being a reelection on the character of
kis client, would they be allowed to put in counter elk.
davits ?
The Reoorder—Certainly.

The sentence wee then mpiteci until nest session.

Mr. Combo—Did you see deceased interfere with the
fight ?
tt itness—l did not. HO was not near the parties, so far
is I could see.
Mr. Gumbo—Did you see anythim, pass between the pri•
1011.1 and deceased which might hued caused his death?
Witness—No, I did not.
The birmaid at the Alfred'. Heed was neat examined.
She said she saw the prisoner and another man fighting.
She also saw deceased in the house on the night in question,
but she dal not see anything occur to him.
Mr. Combo observed that, according to the evidence of the
witnesses, there was no pretest for charging the prisoner
with causing the man's death. Ile inquired whether there
were other witnesses before the coroner.
Sergeant Gardner replied that there were several others.
Mr. Combo—Can any one prove that the deceased was
,truck or kicked by any one ?
The son of the deceased came forward, and said he was
with him at the time, but he did not see him injured. He
led his father from the house, when he told him that he had
been kicked in the abdomen by one of the two men who
had been fielving. When he got a little way he exclaimed,
"For (loot's sake let me lay down and die." Ile then fell
down, end was afterwards conveyed to the hospital, where
he died on the Wednesday following.
Mr. Combo—Did he tell you which of the men injured
him ?
Witneee—No, he did not, sir. Ile was suffering too much.
Robert Skinner, a labourer, said he was in the house
when the fight was going on, and the prisoner kicked at
him, but missed him. Ile must have kicked the deceased.
Mr. Combe—Hid you see him kick the deceased ?
Witness—l did not see deceased at all.
Mr. Combo, after hearing other witnesses, who gave
similar testimony, said he was surprised at the coroner's
jury returning a verdict of manslaughter in such a case.
'there was no more evidence to prove that the prisoner in-
flicted the injury on deceased than himself. However, the
inquest had brought in • verdict of manslaughter against
the prisoner, and he must he tried on it. He should dis-
charge him from that court, but the constable would im-
mediately take him to Newgate on the warrant; and if the
circumstances of the cue were mentioned to the Clerk of
the Arraigns, he would be tried directly, as there was no
necessity to go before the grand jury. Ile could not help
expressing his surprise both at the coroner and his jury.
It was the most extraordinary verdict that he ever heard
of. There was not the least evidence to show that the pri-
soner was the party who inflicted the injury, or that he was
near the deceased at the time.