The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-16 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES

Mr. Sergeant Channel entered court at half-past ten
o'clock yesterday.
SENTENCES.—The following prisoners were sentenced.
Joseph Thorpe, who pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with stealing a post-letter while in the
employment of the Manchester Post_ juice, fifteen years
transportation. James Ward, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of housebreaking. and against whom there was a
former conviction for burglary, eight years penal servi-
tude. John Fos'er, who pleaded guilty to two indict•
me.nts, one for burglary and another for breaking into a
warehouse, after a previous conviction for felony,
transported for life. Francis Dannelly, convicted of
feloniously receiving stolen goods, after a previous con-
viction for felony, four years penal servitude. George
Johnston, convicted of feloniously receiving stolen
goof's, having been previously convicted of felony (a
ticket of leave man), fifteen years transportation. Ellen
Cagan, unlawfully wounding Ellen Devon, thr:e months
imprisonment, with hard labour. Robert Ogden, un-
lawfully wounding Jane Overend at Preston, three
months imprisonment, with hard labour. John Henry
Wilson, stabbing Thomas Henderson, twelve months
imprisonment, with hard labour. George Unsworth,
who pleaded guilty of housebreaking, three
years imprisonment, with hard labour. John
Molyneux, Thomas Lunt, and John Lunt, wh o
pleaded guilty to a charge of night poaching,
two months imprisonment each, with hard labour ; John
Yates, who pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, two
months impri onment with hard labour. Eliza Johnson,
who pleaded guilty of bigamy, two months imprisonment
with hard labour.

FEL,NIOUS ASSAULT.—James Tu.ley, aged 27, brick set-
ters' lab.mrer, was indicted for having, at Pemberton, on
the 27th of Nov. lust, feloniously assaulted Alice Gaskell.
The prosecutrix was a factory girl, and the indecent at:
tempt was alleged to have been made in a field where the
prisoner met the prosecutrix, wh• with another girl, was
going to work early in the morning. The jury found the
prisoner guilty of an indecent assault. His lordship sen•
tenced him to four months imprisonment, with hard
labour.

BURGLARY.—Patrick Reilly and Michael Minough were
charged with having burglariouslybroken into and entered
the dwelling house of George Buichell, at St. He'ens, on
the 9th of Nor. last, and stolen therefrom a considera-
ble quantity of property, including nineirgold watches,
several gold rings, some watch guards, £2 in copper
money, some wearing apparel, and other articles. The
prosecutor keeps a pawnshop in Market street, St.
Helens, and on the night in question it appeared that an
entrance was effected through a door in a neighbour's
yard which happened to be left open, after which a wall
dividing that place from the prosecutor's yard was
scaled, and one of the cellar windows then taken out.
The prisoners were seen looking into the windows, and
lurking about the house on the day preceding the rob•
bery. On the 15th of November, Reilly was arrested by
a Dublin detective officer in a pawn office in Dublin,
offering a gold watch for sale, and several other watches
and rings were found in his possession. The other
prisoner was arrested in the north of Tipperary, having
other articles of the property in his possession. Both
prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced each to six
years' penal servitude.
BURGLARY AT SALFORD.— Joseph Keightley, fruit.
seller, Eliza Keightley, housekeeper, and Sarah Varley,
were charged with having at Salford, on the 6th of Sep_
tember last, feloniously entered the dwelling house of
Thomas Bull Holland, and stolen therefrom two coats,
one hat, one pair of boots, and other articles. Mr
Higgins prosecuted, and Mr. Sowler and Mr. Aspinall
defended the prisoners. The entrance into the house
appeared to have been effected through a back cellar
window. The prisoners were all acquitted.
HIGHWAY ROI BERY.—William Neville, and Thomas
Nolan, were charged with having on the 6th
of December, at Manchester, assaulted and put in
bodily fear Bridget Murphy, and stolen from her
7s in money. Mr. Sowler prosecuted, and Mr. Higgins
defended Neville. The case for the prosecution was
that about one o'clock, on the morning of Saturday, the
6th December. the prosecutrix, who was going home'
from the Smithfirld market, where she kept an oyster
stall, was attacked in Gunn street, by the prisoner,
whom she knew before perfectly w,ll. Neville struck
her a violent blow in the face and knocked her down.
She had previous to leaving the market tied up is in a
handk rchief round her neck. After she had been
knocked down Nolan opened the handkerchief and took
away the mone)t. As soon as the prosecutrix got up
she followed the men into a cellar in Oldham road,
where they had gone, and demanded her money, saying,
if they gave her the money she would not take any
steps to punish them for the ill treatment. Instead,
however, of giving her the money, they again beat her
and turned her out of the cellar. The statement of the
prosecutrix was confirmed by her daughter, who accom-
panied her, and a woman named Mather. Sentence
deferred.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Joseph Judge and John Smith
were charged with having, on the 9th of December, at
Manchester, assaulted Michael Hillinge. and robbed him
of2d. Mr. Kaye prosecuted. The prosecutor stated that he
was passing homeward through Deansgate on the night in
question, when the the prisoner Judge came up and
asked him for a treat, 't he prosecutor refused, upon
which Jndge knockod him down, throttled him, and
robbed him of 21, which was all he bad. The prisoner
Smith, who was in company of Judge, stood near
during the assault, calling out, "Go on Joe." A police.
man hearing the struggle, darkened his lantern, and
coming unheard on them captured the prisoners. The
prisoner Smith was acquitted ; Judge was convicted.
Sentence deferred.
The court rose at six o'clock.