The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-20 00:00:00

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No. 1, Bell-street

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details of the case, so far as fit— to meet the public eye,
were these : On Friday morning last, Omni eight o'clock, the
prisoner entered the house of Mr. Much, and inquired if auy
of his friendiwere there ? The complainant replied .there was
no one there at all, and that she did not know him. After
this he proceeded to act in such a" disgraceful manner that she
endeavoured to get him out of the house. He followed 'her
into the kitchen, and then into tho yard, when she `called far._
assistance. The daughter of Mr. Much, a petty child of
about, foutteen years of age; came down stairs, and the
prisoner, instead of desisting from his brutaL conduct, con,
tinned if; not only towards Miss Gipson. but also to the young
girl, and acted in the most abominable manner, until at last
the little girl made hrr escape, and went for an officer, The
prisoner then got away. In the course of the day he sent ono
of his shopmen to Mrs. Much, legging. her to solicit the girl
not to proceed against hjm, - but she said she would advise tilt"
girl to do so, and that she would prosecute him
:herself if
could for his brutal conduct towards the young females.
Bluck appeared for the prisoner, and
.in reply to '
complainant

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the - prisoner was -tipsy at the time. Mr.
d the bench on behalf of hiS client and said be had
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and did not know wl;at he waa d

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and after the occurrence,
rid could only express his sincere regret for what had taken
lace. Mr. Mansfield-dwelt- on the brutal conduct of tho
prisoner, and said .drunkenness was not an excuse for the
beastly manner in which be had acted. As a warning to
blackguards Lo would inflict a fine of £lO on him, or in
defatilit of payment three months imprisonment with hard
labour. The fine was paid i❑ a short time

THE CONDEMNED CONVICT CORRIGAN,--It has been defi-
nitely arranged that the execution of the wretched convict,
Thomas William John Corrigan, fur the murder of hie
wife, 'in Church Street, Miuories, on Boxing day last,
shall take place on Monday next, the 2511 inst., in front
of the gaol at .Newgate. Various erroneous reports have
been circulated, to the effect that the last sentence of the
law would have been carried.out on last Monday morning,
by order of the sheriffs for .the City of 'London. It was
Oat. Corrigan vvhuld have been
very generally believed
reprieved, but on Silturday afternoon all doubts as to his
tate were set at rest by official orders being received by the governor of the, prison for the execution' of the unfortunate
man, who has' been in a low and desponding state for
several daYs. The wretched convict' onFriday morning
requested that he might be' allowed an interview with his
four children, who 'were' accordingly Introduced to him in
the cendetnned cell. They were accompanied by Mr.
Burton, of Church.street;- at whose residence the late
tragedy took plc ce. The father and brother of the convict
were likewise present. The prisoner was much affected,
and the interview .was one of a most painful description.
The governor and the Rev. William Davis, the chaplain of
the prison, were in attendance. The latter gentleman has
been a daily visitor to the cell, and the convict has more
than once attributed his dreadful crime to excessive drinking
of ardent spirits after his duties were over at the East
India warehouse, Leadenhall-street, where he' was much
respected for his general behaviour. The Mafortunate man
was an excellent scholar, and clever shorthand writer, and
was formerly educated for the church. Various rumours
have been circulated during the past week. to the effect that
the friends of condemned were busily engaged in getting a
memorial signed by the jury, and a great number of infiu-
ential persons, for presentation to the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, with a view of obtaining a commu-
tation of the sentence, but nothing of the kind has
transpired. The execution of Corrigan is fully expected by
his aged parents and the whole of his relatives, who intend
taking their last farewell of him in the course of the present
wt ek. The convict` has been engaged during the' last few
days in writing letters to his most intimate friends. The
condemned sermon will be preached on Sunday morning
next.