The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-01 00:00:00

Shattock

Lowndes and Co
H Fors haw

Littledale and B
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Turner and Son
T Taylor
Pickop

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Blackhurst 1%,
J Ansdell
Hall and Co
Same
B Lloyd.
W K Taylor
Bircham and Co
H Forshaw
Francis & Almond

Collier, another ticket of leave man, it appeared that he
had been transported for fourteen years, and had been
convicted of felony in sixteen distinct cases. The
race of both had ben run in this country, and he sen_
tented them to penal servitude for the space of their
natural lives.

BURGLARIES.—Thomas Dean, Thomas Holmes, James
Makin, Hargreaves Horridge, James M'Donald, Isaac
Walker John O'Brien, Robert Roscoe, and Richard
Walker, were put up for sentence, having been tried for
burglary. His Lordship, in sentencing these prisoners,
said, he was glad to see that the trials for burglaries at
these assizes were not so numerous as on former occasions,
and those that had been tried, had not been attended by
many atrocious acts of violence which was frequently the
case. Burglary, however, was one of the most serious
crimes that could be committed ; he then sentenced the
first four prisoners to four years penal servitude, and the
rest to six years.

COINING.—A woman named Keenan, and a man named
Burke, who had been convicted of having in thoir pos-
s :ssion certain moulds for the manufacture of base coin,
were sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment and
hard labour. The prisoners were well known "smashers,"
who had several times been convicted.
i~IANSLAUGHTEP.._WiIIiam Collins, convicted of this
offence, committed at Manchester, was sentenced to
eighteen months imprisonment.
RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.—Robert Rockliff and
Thomas Williams, old offenders, who had been convicted
of this offence, were sentenced, the former to eighteen
months imprisoment, and the latter (four times convicted)
to four years penal servitude.
RETunNED CONVICT.—Joseph Knight, found guilty of
being at large one year before the expiration of the time
for which he had been transported, was sentenced to fire
years penal servitude.

CONCEALING BlRTH.—Jane Feeney, who had been
indicted for child murder, but who had been acquitted
upon that charge, and found guilty of concealing the
birth, was sentenced to three months imprisonment, his
Lordship remarking, that from the evidence adduced, he
did not believe the child was born alive.
ildred, convicted of this crime at
Manchester, was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
FORGERY.—Charles Powell, a respectable looking young
man, whose trial was reported in the NORTHERN TIME 3 a few
(lays ago, for forging a bill of exchange, was brought up for
judgment. His lordship, after commenting upon the serious
nature of the offence in a mercantile community, and statiag
that, years ago, hundreds had been execu'ed for a similar act,

sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude.
REFORMATORIES FOR YOUTHFUL SINNERS. —.I ha Murphy,
John Rowe, John Harrington, and James Aepinall, ail
lads, who hid been convicted of robberies, were brought
up, and received a sentence of three years' imprisonment
each ; his Lordship stating that it was with a view of
sending them to a reformatory, where they might learn a
trade, and become honest and useful member= of society.
AssAuvr.—William M•Namare, for a violent assault,
was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

At one o'clock, Mr. Baron Martin intimated that, as Mr.
Justice Crompton had many cases before him, and was now
trying special jury cases, ha intended now to take civil
cases, and that Mr. Bliss, C., would try the remainder of
the criminals in another court.
The civil cases were then called on.
NISI PRIUS CASES.

HARRISON V. WORTHINGTON.—This was an action
upon a contract to deliver 3,000 tons of cannel coal of
one description and 2,000 tons of another, at 143 and 12s
psr ton, respectively, at the Springs Branch Railway,
near Wigan. The plaintiff is a coal dealer at Preston,
and the defendant a coal proprietor at Aspul, near Wigan,
and the contract which was entered in'o on the 12th
May, 18513, was for the delivery of the cannel at three
waggons, or nearly twenty tons per day, at the Spring
Brar,ch on the railway, within the period of twelve months.
Mr. Monk and Mr. Leresche were for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Sowler and Mr. Brett for the defendant. The
plaintiff's case was that the defendant had refused to per
form his contract, whereby the plaintiff had lost his advan-
tage in the enhanced market price, which took place in
Sept. It was urged on the other side by Mr. Sowler that
the defendant's third plea, namely, that, he was ready to
perform his contract, but that the plaintiff made default in
being ready to receive any part thereof. The learned
counsel pointed nu:, that although the contract was made
on the 12th of May, it was not anti the 28th of October
that the plaintiff made any demand upon the defendant
for the delivery of the cannel, thereby making the contract
void and impossible of fulfilment; for it was obvious that
after the 28th of October it would be impossible within the
twelve months specified to deliver 5,000 tons of
cannel at the rate of three waggons, or nearly
twenty tons per day; besides the plaintiff had
never sent any waggons to the Springs Branch,
although when the contract was made, as the defendant
alleges, the plaintiff undertook to send his waggons the
following week. The case had proceeded thus far, and the
first witness for the defendant was in the box and partly
• examined, when, at the suggestion of his lordship, the case
was referred to Mr. Greenhough (striking out all pleadings)
to say what damages, if any, should be paid, according to
contract.

A Tutu' SQUABBLE.—Efonnsox V. HODGMAN..—The
.plaintiff in this case was Mr. Hodgson, a gentleman in the
service of the Honourable the East India Company, and
late a subordinate judge at Salem, in the East Indies, and
the defendant was Mr. Hodgman, the owner of the horse
Emigrant, which won the last Liverpool steeple chase. Mr.
Atherton and Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
James for the defence. The action was brought for an
assault and battery, arising out of the following circum-
stances. After the race for the " selling stakes" at the
autumn races, the plaintiff and defendant met at a
subscription betting ro m in Dale street in this town, the
plaintiff having purchased a horse called White Straw-
berry, the winner of the selling stakes (which belonged
to the defendant) for twenty five guineas The plaintiff,
it appeared was in conversation with Mr. Saxon, who once
owned White Strawberry, asking him for information as
to the horse's qualifications, temper, &c,, when the
defendant came up and joined in the conversation. The
plaintiff made some remark which did not please
the defendant, and a good deal of sporting
chaff to,k place relative to the defendant's horse
Emigrant, when the defendant said Emigrant would put
them all in the hole some of these days, and appeared
nettled. Shortly after this the plaintiff was passing up
the room, with his hands in his pockets, when the
defendant jumped from the table, and hit him a blow
upon the mouth, which was repeated several times, and
made the plaintiff reel. The judge stated that he thought,
that a case like the present should not have been brought
into court. The assault had evidently been committed
when both parties were in a state of excitement, and he