The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

CHARGE OF ATTEMPT TO MURDER.

LIVERPOOL, WIDNILSDAY.
A young man of reepectablo exterior, named
Vivmn O'Keefe, was ehar,md with having attempted to
murder a girl named Jane Riley, on the 13th of Muckiest,
by discharging the contents of a leaded gun at her, in a
shootiag gallery in Williamson-square, near the Theatre
Royal. The hearing of the ease bad been deferred in con-
'sequence of the inability of the pr mecutrix to give evidence,
owing to the precarious state in which she has been since
the OCCIIROCCO. . . . .

Tre pro.ecutriz, having been assisted into court, gave
the following evidenee. She said—About 12 o'clock on
the morning of the 13th of March I went into a shooting
gallery in lidurray•street, Williamson-square. I wanted
to tee the muter. As I went in I saw the prisoner
standing on the steps. I heard him say toe friend, "I will
have another shot, and then I will go home." Ile then
followed me into the gallery. I went into • small room,
called the snug, to we if the landlord was in. Whilst I
was there the prisoner came in and asked me to come to
him. I did not speak to him. lie then smiled and took
up • gun, acd said he would short me. I thought he was
jolting, and said " Oh, don't." I then turned my back I
and had hardly done so when the gun went off, and
felt a ball penetrate my shoulder. I believe I was after-
ward. taken to the Infirmary. The prisoner appeared
rather tipsy.
Mary Ann li'Laren, wife of the man who keeps the
shostisigiallery, corroborated the prosscutria's evidence
Tile surgeon to the Royal Infirmary deposed to receiving
the proaccutriz into the infirmary, as • patient,lon the
morning of the 1111 fit of March. On examining her he
found sae had boon OMli the shoulder. The charge had
entered the 11111.1111 pee of die shoulder, and passed into the
spine. Had allowded upon her since, and had not been
able to exhale the ball, but had traced it about four inches,
and bellow el that M was at present lodged in the muscles of
the back sews the mina. Ile bedcred the presecutriz to be
atlesesat est at &are.
flaowbell, wilintor, appeared for the prisoner, and
urged that theme emit not be a committal under the act of
parlisaa=der was not intended.
The clerk said that under the section of the
act it satiewbeedly have been murder had the prow.
cutris Alai f sad after a few minutes' conversation the pre-
siding snagletsate meld it was a very serious charge, and
he Mt bound to amid It before • jury The prisoner was
then committed to lake his trial et the assizes.
Ball hawks. boss Implied for the prisoner's father came
forward end mid he was a housekeeper residing in
Dublin, end esnwelied with the pres. there
The magistrates declined to accept his bail, and ordered
the iirisoaer to Ind bail, ;himself in 1001. and two sureties
resident in Liverpool in 601. each.

Tun HIPREHOCTATION Op TYNIDIOUTIL—TTISIL- 1
wouvit, TUESDAY NIONT.—Mr. Otter, the second liberal
candidate, mashed this borough this forenoon (.sys a eon*.
spouting), and issued an cadre.. to the electors. This
evening he has addressed a very large meeting of the elms
tow and sewelecton in the Tenii.ersnoe Hall, and in a most
Mrsightfooward meaner tam:sacra that he had retired
sooner than divide the liberal interest. )lr. Lindsay will
be here to-mnrsow to commence hie !SAM&
TROOPS AT POLUNO PLACES.—Yesterday a return
was /weed of the number of trlope, constabulary, and
police at each polling place in Ireland during the days of
polling at the lid general election. There Iv re troops at
as many w 162 places, and the rake at 61 pl KM At
Dublin the troops numbered 5,929, and at two mita plasm I
tiny *acceded 2,000 at ouch.