The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

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dtm't get the pr„ you will bc: paid fer the plans_but mdrilf"Pstecl considerable affection for his victim. On the
yini are sqire of. gting the place." The plaintiff accord- 14illJuly the prisoner visited the house or the deceased
ingly.gokeertain.plans executed, and-the defendant asked and' ~.upbraided‘ her for not having met him at Rochdale
him to put .hiss proposal in writing, which he did. Mr.
Mackie sai(Pithe PrtipoSal \was all correct, but that he aqvciings. to three previous appointments she had made,
-eritilkdtplhaie' a: basern2nt Dim C7•H,7lite(l.. which-wds ' and on lhat'OCeasion he stated that if shseaid not meet
-- .- ~,, ,- r‘ir. Mackie, him on the 'fo!lowing-S4Uirdafrilight, .he would not see her.
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-cast of, the plarruJ,,Evidenee havingheenigone into on both ciPoaseti went to the Hal,
vrerdict. was. givotY *for Ithe tplaintiff for,,gs' sg, the
cdst of the plans; and .4,2qt,for loss of time

gain; On the night of the

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o'clock, and in about na,, _
shown to the bedroom. On the following morning the pri-
soner left the house at an early hour, promising to return
in a Short time, but he was not seen there again. About
tvvelve o'clock the servant knocked at the door for the
.purpose of awaking the female, but not receiving any
answer She entered and found the deceased dying 'on her
back, quite dead. She had a-pillow across- her neck which
concealed part of her face, and on the removal of the
pillow-it was found that her throat was cut. , :Her hands
being across her breast, and in ?ter right hand wag found
a razor, thc•leack of the blade being towards the deeensed,
but in such a position that it was iMPosiible she could
have committed- the act- hergele. These were the simple
facts brought out on the trial, and upon which the jury
pronounced the prisoner guilty. Since .his condettination
the prisoner has scarcely made' any alltisitm to the awful
•crime for which he has to suffer death. He is about

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and was described as an iron-
dresser. He is of the middle size, and rather inclined to
b 3 thin, but on the' trial his features were regular and
placid; appeared careworn and 'dejected. F)r the last
few days various rumours have been circulated throu2h-

out the, town—some statin' that he had mule a full con •
fession of his guilt to the worthy chaplain, and had then
attempted to commit suicide; others:-stated that he had
protested his innocence of the crime of s hich he had been
convicted. Neither of these reports, however, are based

on truth

as in the first place, he has been' too closely
watched by the goyernor, Mr. Gibbs, and the turnkeys of
the bridewell, to carry out the farmer suggestion, and
With regard to the latter, even when attended by the Rev.
Mr. Appleton, the chaplain of the bridewell, to whose
duty it fell to adininister to him Spiritual comfort and
advice, he has avoided, as much as possible, alluding to
the crime of which he has been convicted. The culprit has
not made any confession. His conflict has been orderr,
bnt it woald, even in hi.; almost last moments, b 3 prema-
ture to estimate the probable extent to which the spiritual
ministrations of the worthy chaplain will proYe bene-
ficial; Already the scaffold is . erected at the North
West side of the Kirkdale jail, upon whirl: the disgusting
scene of a public execltion will take place this day at
twelve o'clock, when, if we may judge from former exhi-
bitions of a similar character, we do not doubt, there will
he assembled herds of reprobates and criminals, the refuse
of society, to witness the dying agonies of a murderer.
All doubt: as to the execution taking place this day has
bee,n set at rest, as an answer has berm received from the

Home Secretary, refusing to' entertain the petition of a
memorial, sent to him by some persons who are opposed
to capital punishment, for the mitigation of th
of death, to that of transportation.
Since the above was written we learn that Mr. N
'Tted the wretc'

sentence

the well-xnown philanthropist,
vict yesterday, an(