The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-25 00:00:00

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SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.-SATURDAY

CROWN COURT.
.re. (sEvoitE MIL. JUsTicE WILLES. . pis Lordship took his seat upon the bench this morning
precisely at nine o'clock.
Tun BOLTON POISONING Cass.—The prisoner, Betsy
,e4l4‘ll"tulleo, was again placed at the. bar. As on Friday, she
^as accommodated with a seat, and at times wept bitterly.
Bergeant Wilkins rose for the purpose of addressing the
Jury on behalf of the prisoner; On rising he appeared
deeply effected, and expressed the great anxiety he expe-
rienced on the present occasion, lest he should not have
ttre
ngth to discharge the responsible duty which then
fievelved upon him, but should he have the strength to
dischargedisc the duty, he had no fear as to the result the
.Ite could not understand why it was that facts in
ayour of prisoners wer not lid before juries as 'yr those told against them—e in the present case he would show
i°nta,tfacts had been witbh. eld—that exaggerated statementsh
e , Deen made. For tuffs he did not attribute any blame
iS worthy friend. 'oecause he only acted from instructionstion
from others. He 'thought! that in getting up a prosecution had no right to use zeal in getting a convie
before
of their (bit y hi'-=n;
' , only to lay a plain unvarnished tale
t(l)siu,,rY, als-A if they did otherwise, then, as the representativee
next
'e trovvn, they brought disgrace upon that
to
orceoall
tinny
t stated that it was not his intention
f !I'llekies' and he did not see how he could, as his learned ned
s-bri,epd had stated, the case mainly rested on the evidence of
t 6 girl. Now, fair as that witness was is form—self-
ssessed as she was in the witness box, he felt assured that
should be enabled to convince the jury that many of her
,
4tements were utterly false, and those that told most
'gainst the prisoner. He made the remark advisedly and
safter calm reflection. Having made some further remarks,
e said—if his Lordship should hold that by administering
poison, however ignorant, or without any
unlawful inten-
peem
, was an illegal act, he was not there to insult their
Tfangs by any arguments, as he could not resist a verdict
manslaughter —it was manslaughter. For, however
innocent a person's intention may be, if by any unlawful
set he caused the death of another person, then he was
'guilty of manslaughter. The learned Sergeant then pfo-
ticeeded to comment upon the evidence given by the girl,
nting out the inconsistencies it contained, and asked the
Jury ill Pity to the girl, not to believe her statements, for if
iv) did speak the truth, she was unfit to live in any family, aesr
lime had, by that statement, admitted that she had had h
lime
aroused for three months, and yet had not taken
itanY precautions to prevent the administering of it, but had
heed'iZatittlYatass He then argued that the prisoner had no
t quietness," which was so easily procsired,
contained antimony'anif she had, she did not, PA hun-
:siltdreds of os did not, know that it was poison. In coin-
:l ing upon the other evidence in the case, he, particularly
ud d to that given by the surgeons, designating it as
11_, 9ratorial display of long words, and Jaatin terms, some
Z.nr.sthe former of which were not understood, and the latter
eaPPlied. The learned Sergeant., in a most forcible and
conciaddress, which occupied up; ards of an hour and a half
this ended by saying—he had gone through the evidence in
7___o.aese, not at so very great, length,
,!?it !
been
strength for thseirst to say
el
d.uilty but, he hoped, with
that the prisoner had
Zi3seieveer let. ii9f Il.aaslaughter, and that that would be
e ell e—P. thought that in doin that, from t
of
.., ives--- rom e
.the Prise°,,,,.- ' ot- I the openness of the conduct for is rep' .—and from the instrument that she had used,
Was ,' .41Y did appear that, at the time, she thought she
l'resdcring good rather than evil—that their consciencesthe
tits_ ,be satisfied. If she did administer it, though at
she ea might have thought that she was doinggood, and that
428 a. death, then she would be guilty of manslaughtetr.
the Lordship then proceeded to sum up the whole case to
the ti:le,r_Y) bY observing that their duty would be to look. a
1,44
left
te tihnat had been proved, and see what conclusion
their minds. The prisoner is accused of the_
IP4dreirill rnntder of her husband, by the administration of a
ate.% if,,t_hey should be of opinion that she had done so,
then she sue had done it with the intention of doing harm,
at all the would be guilty of murder ; but if, after looking
eleeion.'e faCtB of the case, they should come to the con-
-11,,,_ that sile had done so without any intention of doing
he'n, then she
Would be guilty of only manslaugter. But
right '"stlied it to be clearly understood that no woman had a
aveth ° drug
her husband, without his knowing of it—
,,e_olier is was
for his good or harm. It was wholly
itndenected with the duty of a wife and contrary to law.
Th deeply lamented that such a system should prevail.
The
givi a dose even to make him sick, was injuring his
constitutingto tjul bar, and thus hasten his death, and bring the wife
the of this court. He then proceeded to recapitulate
14uteole of the evidence, which he did with great
beer, illees• It occupied his Lordship upwards of two
ehoetiesoidne.enrittrdeeddinhgy over the evidence of the case, after which
repeating the points they would have to
solo., is, and said that they must judge freely—judge
at liiale." they must also Judge boldly. The jury retired
their ; past twelve o'clock for the purpose of considering
therdier,diet. At three o'clock they returned into court with
eel'. ofulLaersLauorrTEß. His Llrdship, addressing
taereilVen. r, said that the jury had taken a very
that 811.` veleW of the srabject, at the same time observing
the e had bee,n found guilty of manslaughter. He
i„Il vent n
went dr ae °- to reprobate the conduct of women in
d
iotall 11°--sa system which was utterly reprehensible, an
elsreeaYelyarienace with the feeling that ought to exist be-
fore ante • atid wife. He deferred passing sentence upon
fore ~ ahe had consulted with his brother judge. Be-
th..es Vhe inrY had quitted the court, his Lordship said he hoped
lint drug women in court would understand that they must
Nil og their husbands husbands, and also, that persons like Mar:
saa,ll4°,er, who sold such drugs, were likewise guilty of m n 1,4, • The prisoner was then removed.
Nita LATE COLLISION CASE.—William Brewer and
sseci,,a,in haw, the pilot and mate of the Excelsior steam
he ttie r_, then surrendered themselves, and were plce(tt
laera4er, charged with having caused the death of Michael
Isiair"e_on the 16th of ul last. Mr. Lamb.ert an.dwilelre
stestrigrneted the prosecuteon, and the prisonersii
In
factsthe c- Case, the learned counsel detailed all the
,p 1,15„
‘Olaflected vvith the case, which have alrealy been
exa;tied., and then called the captain of the Mai. His
tha4l4..ation having been taken, his Lordship intimated
not trio ease could be made against the mate, as he was
thoc"T,Persou legally in authority on the vessel at the
ste4tiur the accident. As the case could not be sub-
pilot. 44.,,ed against the mate none could stand against the
Wel. herefore the Prosecution failed, and the prisoners
,Co4:e disehar ed:
:h.,sisi,9,o)nrdelsughdedthecriminal business of the assizes. the
G adjourned, having disposed of a civil action,

mi.,.
"' all'• -Bar NISI PRIUS COURT.
011 5at,,.,, °ll Bramwell entered the court. at nine o'clocko_
G.Rtu'.4-laY morning, and proceeded with the case
RAILWAYf
CostpA„; vf°oll V. TRH EAST LANCASHIRE . that h01...,--Mr. Pickering, Q.C., for the plaintiff, stated
Roods, andl' not Mean to claim the whole value of the
the glance w°lll4 only go for a sum of about £l5O, being
.2h31 accaunt between his client and Hodgin.
alleged -4,.111' %C., stated the case for the defence. He
.Q.r,..,.... a,,, an
agreement prevailed between Messrs.
,tttr,ew_ood n,,,a
',l Hodgin, of which he produ
ced thte
consiP a deed, according to which, the forme!. were
on
conaZtin,ll goods they produced to the latter, for saletbe
tiain ,‘4l°ll. This agreement was in existence at
addi.
tion, ;,'`,:le goods in question were consigned, anda n
idelivery
order"",lirged that Hodgin did actually receive
had
madelu reference to these very goods, and that he
to the
sPecific advances on them, by. cash and cheques
plaintiff, am
of about .200. The jury found for the
.A.,0% aarnages .t 133.
This-'IoN Poll, SEDuC riON. —HARD wiCKE V. SiinimiN.-
11: Was an action brought by Ellen Hardwick, through
tiri mother, Margaret Hardwick, against William
Lorain, collector of taxes for Everton and West Derby,
11Noirii_re,c"er damages for seduction. Mr. Sergeant
o "%-ins and Mr. Brett, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr.
!r"}.nd, Q.C., and Mr. Aspinall, for the defence. :Mr.
1 -`" oPened the pleadings. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins
•-ia •
ving observed that, after the nature of the case was
toad. s r"
--
lIIY apparent by the pleadings, a large number of
la,die still remained in court, rose and said, I don't pre-
aurae to be an authority in matters of taste my lord, but
I should presume that this is a case which ladies
Would not wish to hoar. His Lordship : I should imagine
8°-
amongt Mr.he Sergeant Wilkins (still perceiving no move
1 '1:
Lordship : -a`•tes) : Let them do as they please. His
is a case of a
No ; let it be made fully understood that this
character one would suppose females would
not desire to hear. The ladies then left the court. Mr.
Sergeant Wilkins proceeded to state the case. He said :
May it please your lordahi
P—gentlemen of the jury, you
have heard the character of this action from the short
statement contained inter
pleadings just opened, and if I
can rely on what is laid before me in this paper—if lam
Well instructed, this really is a-case of seduction, because,
c;reat Pains were taken by
according to my instructions,
th
the defendant to effect object, the consequ f
Which you are asked to pay for to-day by your verdicti
The plaintiff in this action is a widow woman, in ver y
humble circumstances, now about the age of
57. She is
the mother of four daughters, the youngest
subject of this action. All the other three
are mar beigaried,
the
and although not married to rich men, they are married to
respectable men, and the whole family, I believe, have
hitherto maintained a very respectable footing and
PPearance in society. The daughter Ellen Hardwick,
the subject of this action, is now, I should tell you, under
21 Years of age ; and about five years ago, she
wass in
the
service
at the house of a Mrs. Massey,, who keeps
°ld Sayan Inn, at Old Swan, a place, I have no doubt,a
well known to 'you all. There, I believe, she acted as
"t of armaid. The defendant at that time, I believe,
visited, the house nearly every evening, and even . soo
.
li,rlY as that began to pay her marked atten.tito.r
walicfrequently took her to
Ivisit his own sis e, at ted out with her, and do not know whether
bO,, hot early period ho used to talk of marriage,
long' owever„he paid her very great attention, and so
as she was there, I believe, his attentions were