Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-28 00:00:00

TOXTETH BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO THE SUBSECT Or
THE REPORT MADE BY THE CLERK IN RESPECT TO TEM
VOTING PAPERS OF FORMER YEARS.

FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
The members present were—Mr. J. B. Hughes
chair), Mr. Thomas Urquhart, Mr. A. Johns, Mr. Joht
grid Mr. A. Grindrod.

in the
OIL

The report from Mr. Cleaver, the clerk, was read, describ-
ing the breaking open of a cupboard in which the voting
papers were deposited.
Mary Hunte
the office

states : I have charge of all the rooms in
_.,. Between two and three o'clock on Saturday
afternoon last, I was applied to for the keys of the small
room opposite the boardroom, by Mr. Henry Lay'
Tohn Wilson. I saw them coming out of the
I locked the door the night
vas under the impression it was locked then
- locked when they went up -
when they came'

and and
)orn as i

came up stairs

land said it w

vn. I had been out into NI.
long they had been in the room. a.
Itsteps in the room while I was in the

xl me if there was mor
I said there was. If

he room

Laylatd) then

)th of them from

en locked the do(

Lnd. took both key

About h

k I was cleaning

Joseph W.

Joseph Wilson

into th

alter he ha
Wi

tairs). lie might have
room. He (Mr. Barne

of au how

eyed a short

then let in, and
afterwards

)or closed after him

Layland cam

admission, the dc
after Mr. J. D.

,d, went i

person looki

room when the door was
Mr. Layland or Mr. Car

am not c

first. About seven o'clock Iwa
Joseph Wilson. I gave him or.
They gave it me back. The fir

together. About half
door. Mr. Barnett, in
I knew who had the k
or if I had one. I toh
sion for the last two ye

o'clock they locked the

f the week,

posses-

g papers were put in, he i
I said I did not knoN

THE SPRING ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE. WILLES
The learned judge took his seat on Saturday morning,
ad nine o'clock. The jury being sworn, the folloWing
was were proceeded with :
CHILD MURDER BY A MOTHER.—Agnes Bradley was
charged with having caused the death of her infant son by
the administration of laudanum. Mr. Fenwick prosecuted,
and Mr. Simou was retained on behalf of the prisoner. The
prisoner in this case was a married woman, and in appear-
)out 40 years of age. It appeared that, for some
er the birth of the child, the mother had been in a
of mind; and, on the morning of the 25th
1856, Dr. Stattor was sent for to see the child,

- SATURDAY

weak
Decc
and I

.nd it to be in a dyin,

ad given anything: to the child, and she said she had
laudanum by a sucking bottle. The child died,
said she was about to be hanged, and thought
) send the child to God before she was hanged. A
'ent examination was made on the body, and it was

that landanum had been the cause of death. His

Lordship el
of not guilt

rry, who at once r

believinir, the mother to be insan

2: the act.

ned a verdict
e at the timc

ultDEß.—Mary Conlan, aged 16, was indicted
mg murdered her new-born female child, at Liver-
-. on the 9th December last. Mr. Aspinall
nrisoner had been a servant, and about
she left her service. On the 3rd Dec.
ited herself for admission at the Liverpool In-
Jomplaining of a pain in the chest and difficult,-
She was admitted, and remained there
of that month. On that day the dead body of a
child was discovered between the under sheet of her
and the bed. The child was full grown. His Lord-
-(1 the jury, remarking that it was for them to try
she had in any way caused the death of the chili,
or simply tried to conceal the birth. The jury returned a
verdict of not guilty of the murder, and guilty of concealing
the birth of the child. His Lordship, taking into con-
sideration her imprisonment from the 11th Dec., sentenced
-nrisoment with hard labour.
Edmund Howard was brought

pool Infirmary
prosecuted._ I

charge
wheth

N ovember

Isor to one month's 11U_
PASSING BAD MONEY

d with having, on the 12th February, at
I a counterfeit half-crown and

inlawfully ut

dI knowing them to be base, and with having

If-crown in his possession when
Attorney-General, Q.C., and Mr.
cobbett, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Scott for the
defence. It appeared that the prisoner had passed off the
money in ale-houses on the day above-mentioned, but had
not been detected till after he had left. Mr. Scott addressed
the jury on behalf of the prisoner in an able speech. His
lordship summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of
guilty. He was sent to prison for twelve calendar months,
with hard labour.

another counterfeit- ha
arrested. Mr. Bliss,

King, ag

passed off

ANOTHER BASE COIN CASE.—Henry
years, was brought up on a charge of having
three bad half crowns at Denton, on the 25th of February
Messrs Bliss and Cobbett prosecuted in this case also. The
prisoner was undefended. The coins had been uttered in
:ale-houses, as in the foregoing case. After a long hearing
of the case his lordship summed up, and the jury returned
• verdict of guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to 18
months' imprisonment with hard labour.
BIGAAY.—Simon Kent, 40, pleaded guilty of having
'usly married Elizabeth Davies, at Llanelly, in
Wales, his former wife He was sentenced

being still aliv
to.one month's imprisonment.

CoIiCEALING THE BERTH OF A CHTLD.—Sarab. White-
head, aged 17, residing at Tottington, Lower-end, was
with unlawfully endeavouring to conceal the birth
23rd of January, and Alice Whitehead,
r to Sarah Whitehead, was also charged
in abbettor in the offence. Mr. Fernley appeared
The evidence went to show that both
ind the younger prisoner

of her child, on th

aid 42, mot

with b E

ne plac

She had been -ob;

le left