The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1853.

doing." After an impressive addreu from his lordship on
the enormity of the crime of which he had hetet found guilty
he was sentenced to one year's imprisonment, wit's hard
lahner. _

The learned Judge then disposed of those eases which
had only stood over for sentasee, and the proceedings of the
assizes terminated.

WILLIAMS V. MIRCWITSSIL-TMII LAMM BALL•MODY

iiAc- is AT 4i—ssais-T-wii;:

This ease came on for trial at the late mains for Cardigan-
►hire. It will be remembered that the quarrel arose at a
ball, when Mr. Mereirmher having struck Mr. Williams.
that gentleman's face was found bleeding profusely, as if
from a cut, and Mr. Merewether was held to bail Gr felo-
niously cutting and wounding. The grand jury however
ignored the bill chartring Henry Mt rewether with assault
ing Edelman. Richard Williams, at Aberystwith, on the
7th of January, with intent, dtc., but found a true bill
against him furs common assault.
Mr. Grove succinctly stated this facts of the ease, and
called witnesses to substantiate them ; after which Mr.
Evans addressed the jury for the defendant in a powerful
speech. He admitted the assault, and argued that there
was provocation to it, and that it was not committed with a
sharp instrument. 11. then called Mrs. R. Careswell, and
amongst other witnesses, Dr. Bell, who deposed—l am a
physician, and took my degrees in 1840. Before that period
I was an apothecary. I have been a lecturer on anatomy
at the Leeds medical school. A straight blow on the nose
will produce an incised wound such as Mr. Williams is de-
scribed to have received, especially if the head was against
the well. The processes are aharp, as may be seen from
this skull. [The witness here produced a skull.)
Suck • wound would cause a copious flow or
blood; such a wound might be taken for one cut with
a sharp instrument. I have known a case where the
orbit, which is not so sharp es the nose, produced an
incised wound, which it was supposed had been inflicted
with a sharp instrument. The wound I refer to caused
the death of the man. A wound in the nose, produced as
I have described, might permit the passage of a probe.
(In proof of what the witness asserted he produced a
'lumber of models of the nose).
The learned Judge said that if Mr. Grove wished to
reply to Mr. Evans he could do so in the morning. It
wee • question purely for his decision. He then directed
the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff, and the costa
adjourned.
On Thursday morning Mr. Grove addressed the court in
aggravation of the case.
His lordship then passed sentence upon the defendant,
which was, that he ba fined 19L, and enter Into his own
recognisant* to keep the peace for twelve months, end find
two sureties in 2001., and that he be imprisoned until the
flue be paid.
The fine was immediately paid, and defendant's father
entered into the required security.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivutpooL, MAWR 28.
Clown Cover.—Basesa Ila. Jvarwa Cummu..

-Margaret Matuson 37, was indicted for the manslaughter
Man inmate of the Liverpool Infirmary. It appeared that
the prisoner, who was one of the nurses of the iollunary, in-
cautiously administered a quantity of aconite to one of the
patients, who died in consequence.
The prisoner was found Guilty, aad sentenced to fourteen
days' imprisonment.
aurae Robinson was indicted for feloniously receiving a
quantity of wearier acesel, the pregerty of Wm. Morris
and others, knowing maw to have been stolen. The
facts of the rase were clearly proved, andithe prisoner, who
bad been thirty-seven times in gaol, was sentenced to four-
teen years' transportation.

Ma.ll4ium llArm'.

CITTIBILILL AND °THIN. V. LATHAN
SION AT BOLTON.

Mr Knowles, Mr. Addison, and Mr. Fowler, appeared
for the plsintiffs; and Mr. &dead Wilkins, with Mr.
Cowling and Mr. Cross, for the defendant.
The plaintiffs are bleachers at, Great Leven, near Bol-
ton ; sad the defendant is a boiler maker at Bolton. In
the year 1861, the defendant contracted with the plain-
tiffs to supply them with a circular steam boiler of certain
dimensions, formed of fire plates three-eighths of an inch
thick, and capable of bearing a praiser* of 601 W. to the
square inch. The price was to be 14s. per cwt., with five
per cent. discount for cub. The boiler was delivered os the
Ist of January, 1852, and shortly after it was set to work
the steam escaped from the rivet-holes, and to this eir-
mesdames the attention of the defendant was directed. He
stated that as the boiler continued in use this defect would
disappear. Accordingly the plaintiffs continued to work the
boiler at a pressured from 4010 s. to 60165. per inch until
the month of September, when they added some new
assehlarry, but the pre ze on the baler sever exceeded
68Th.. per square lack, whoa suddenly a tremendous
enz*os took place. The buildings in the
neighbourhood were blown to a miss of rains,
wi the work-people who were at work, and a fear-
ful loos of life was the cossequence. Upon an examine-
tioa of the [mutest* of the boiler after the explosion, it
was head that the boiler was defective in every respect.
The rivet Mies were not circular or in their proper places.
Them moo so peeper and in fact the boiler was in a
mad t state. It turned out that
the della=uslar oder MOM the boiler before he sent it
to the pielmlie Tbe esoommeues of the explosion was that
the be bed t. be rebuilt, the steam-engine repaired,
and the ommeat paid by the plegaff for repairs was 3,116/.
The /eat whew enigma' wet the plaintiff, Mr. lames
Catterill, who seated the pelselpal facts of the case. The
deheitat wm examined at the inquest, and he admitted
that be bad never tested the boiler, although it was his
usual is do so. Oa mossemenination by Mr. Sere
bast WINED, the witness stated that the @ague was a
engine d was of about 20-horse power.
tebleais misitr sa
mite-valve wee fixed by his own millwright. It
had boss bought at Reddish mills near Stockport, and was
five *aches in diameter. There was no stuffing about the
valve. At the inquest he stated that he had seen the pres-
sure ea the boiler at 60 lbs., and that until the explosion
he hod never seen anything particularly wrong about the
honer.
Ilemaid Taylor, the engineer, was next called. He stated
thee be had MSS umployed 16 years at the plaintiff's works.
The meal at whisk the boiler au worked was
hem to and at this point the steam escaped from
the stet beim At the time of the esplosien he was in the
mimeo beam, bat had bees at the boiler three minutes be-
lies. The water pep sheered that there was water on the
flees. Oa eat mete there was • new sallesder machine
tabs weeteed, mid he ledsealgheed the misty valve at 631 be.
When he west le the mmgle home the steam was blowing
oIL The he Hama wen epos. He examined the water
gage every)/ aalsease. The ladiestor stood at 631 M, and
the stew wave wee the same. Hs slam examiard the
rivet ham, the sash kw, sad the Mhad
em sal ha thought
they bed use hese made Is • werlumaM. re, massr. The
glass tube woe emehiog properly.
In Orele-OXIIMiIIidINI by lierjesat Wilkies—l bad got the
stems up to 4111 a at soma o'sdadt, and at the time of the
explosion it 111111 iiii/14 at Vika it had previously
worked. He tbs.* It talle mft to leave the boiler for a
few minutes at that mime. The OPlotion took place
whilst he was in the angle Mw. A few minutes before
he had bees on the boiler and examined the safety valve to
see that it was all right, and It was working properly. It
was his habit to do so every half-hour. He had worked at
a colliery engine before he went to the plaintiffs. It was
not usual to have two safety valves. The steam
escaped from the rivet holes ever mime the boiler
wee used. The defendant came once to the place after the
boiler was set to work, but witness made no complaint. He
was not told that morning that the engine wood not work.
It only worked one Wender machine at a time. The boiler
was only pierced for one safety valve when it was brought
from the defendaist's works.
John Taylor, the fireman, said he was in the gas house
when the explosion took place. He had left the fire-place
three or four minutes previously. Before he left he exa-
mined the different guava, and found that the pressure
was 6111 be. by the indicator. The water was nine inches
above the floes.
Orme-examined—The usual pressure varied from 301bs.
to 401 be., and the steam blew off according as the steam
'sage was fixed.
Samuel Taylor re-called—l had altered the weight on
the lever about a week before. We had got a fresh guage
from the defendant a short time before.
James Taylor—When the boiler was at Whs. to 401bs.
the steam dad not blow off, but I have seen it do so at 461 be.
When I saw it that morning, ten minutes before it blew off,
the pressure was 61ilbs. I had been heaping coals on the
fire. A man named Luke Hodson bad just brought a fresh
load, and Samuel Taylor sent me away to the gas-house to
change the gas retorts. I had never seen the steam higher
than 6141 be. I had not been told to get it up so high, but
I did so because we bad a new machine to work.
Mr. lames Naamyth, of Bridgwater Foundry at Petri-
croft, was the next witness. He said he was an engineer,
and had been in business twenty years. During that time
he had made many boilers. It was usual to have a steam
gauge in frost of boilers of the circular description, and
this would show the height of water in the boiler. There
was also a water-that made of stone, for the purpose of
Indicating the height of water likewise. The witness
here described the nature and offices of the various valves.
If the steam was blowing off at 601 g the pressure on the
boiler would not afterwards increase, provided the area
of the valve was sufficient to permit the surplus steam
to escape. He was called in after the accident to look
at the remains of the boiler. The area of the valve was
large enough to let of the steam at the pressure indi-
cated, although net so large as he would have recom-
mended. If the flues had been red at the top, this
would have been an indication of the want of water, and
so also would the burning off of soot from the flues.
The flues were rot red, and therefore his impression was
that there was an ample supply of water. The splashing
of water and mud on the premises, and the chimney of
the engine-house, also indicated that there had been an
ample supply of water. His attention had been particu-
larly drawn to the rivets and stays. The fist ends of
circular boilers were the weakest. The boiler was not
stayed in the most desirable manner. It was defectiie
in principle. The workmanship of the riveting
was defective, for the rivets, and holes did net coincide with
oath ether. There were several instances in which the
hogs had been double punched, and this was occasioned by
canine workmanship ' • end the consequence was that the
rivets would not fit, an there would not be a proper rigid
resistance to the pressure of steam. The result would be a
ixostant working backward and forward of the angle iron.
The rivet holm in the stays were the same as the ethers, and,
ben whet be saw of the remains of the boiler, the same de-
of work pervaded the whole. The double holes
Ma a 11411killf attempt to make the rivet holes correspond.
la di glees the rivet holes are slanting instead of being
ins alt *meths. A boiler made in the state in
what tYWarY goostim was would be extremely ba-
twing el • pow Waft. pa bac& The boiler wee la