Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-06 00:00:00

THE LEDBURY MURDER

We have already ziyen
close-of the sol

summary. w
of the trial don to tlu
•ohnsel for the defence. On

its summing up with

1 in their lives ha

to, enfer upon such a momentous inquiry,

in endbavourino; to come to a right conclusion. lie did not
thirilc it r:O4-it for the interests :)f the prisoner o:• the public

The>eviiienc

°Me- prisoner's frldit, wOiTieOn;tiWa'case. uponwliich
juries might safely act. - There would be a hundred circum-
stances in a case fike this, which thn most clear-headednuan
could not foresee, which would be all one way if the-man
were guilty, and all the 'other way if he were innocent, like
so many dumb witnesses standing •a6.iiiid mid pointinx,with
'silent finger to the culprit. They had no'comfection.with
each other.
,They were proved by witnesses who of-them-
selves proved very little, but if they all conspired to point
to one result, it was a means of determining, without which
great .crimes and great criminals could never be. brought
to justice. Othe other hand,
_one fact pointed decidedly the
other way—many, the rest was all of no avail;. and if there
were one or two facts pointing more al,

Luaa Gue.mater way,
the effect of the whole would be seriously diminished. The
prbsecutiou Aid not pretend to offer. direct evidence, but cir-
cumstantial testimony, upon which,-if it all tended one way,
they raightsafely convict. The defence said th:-„tthis was not
an ordinary case of suspicion, but that all the circum-

_ = , -- - ----- ---- ------ . nemeia with shooting James Linley, with intent to murde
stances set up would be entirely dispelled by a careful investigation. They were to aispel: frcm their minds him. Iniwetor Linley applied for a remand, prodneing
everything relating to the prisoner's former life, because certificate of the inability of the injured man to be present
apLicsoodrTfr,hof
could
no objection M
nothing of had been proved, and, as. far as they were
that Mr. Branson, who, with Mr. Broadbent, appeared for the
concerned, there was nothing against him but this terrible
: Not to-day.to a remand. The prisoner
charge. • Even if there were other charges against him, clerk)
Prisoner: ri- Smithamtilehi magistrate'sot'bo t-
it would be monstrous to bring them forward now without the man, sir. Mr. Smith :- I hope you sureare have
not shot
chief constable has some evidence to offer against you.
notice. [Ms lordship then proceeded to comment upon
the voluminous evidence, scanning!: the circumstances Mr. Branson said he had no doubt that he should be able
with great clearness of observation, ,and making.remarks to establiSh the innocence of his client, .It would be urged
upon them, telling. unfavourably upon- the prisoner, who that the offence was a trade outrage, but he wished it to be
leaned his face upon his arms on the rails of the dock, understood that the prisoner had been a sheriff's bailiff for
never once raising his head.] liiis lordship continued ...-7-- many years, and had no connection with .the trade what-
The other clerks in the office .came out of the investi- ever. Mr. Smith said the evidence at present obtained did
gation without a stain upon them, and it was painful for not bear against the trade at all. Mr. Branson : But
there 'to give evidence upon a capital charge against general -report connects the trade with the outrage. The
their former companion. - The life of the prisoner was in Mayor : 'The report is erroneous. Mr. Smith : At present
their hands, and he thanked God it was not for . him, but there is no evidence against the trade. The prisoner was
them, to decide. It was also true that the life of persons then removed in custody until Saturday. As previously
in the condition of the deceased was also in their hands. stated, Linley, the injured man, has been in the habit of
Lone women must not, be murdered ; their protection visiting at frown's house, and there.are. reasons for be-
was the law of the land, which is a mere abstraction, lieving that Brown's jealousy had been excited -by fami-
and the law oil the land -he now saw before him in the liarities bet Ween Linley and his wife. Brown and his
persons of the - twelve jurymen in that box. The wife— the latter of whom, had sat next to "rind drunk
law which • protected the lives of her Majesty's with Linley—left the Crown Inn three or four minutes
subjects must be firmly administered by them. They before- the pistol was fired. Shortly afterwards,- Brown.
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iron a solemn uuty to uiscuarge to tile prisoner, not 4-allowed the injured man to the surgery of Mr. Booth, and
to convict him upon suspicion ; but they had also procured a cab to convey him home, all the time talking in
a solemn duty to discharge to the public, not to acquit a very excited manner about the occurrence. He is known
him if they believed him to be guilty. Direct. evi- to have been in the habit of carrying a small pistol, and
dence there was nom • but if juries always waited for such an instrument has been foundat his house, capable of
direct evidence, very iew criminals would ever be con- shooting a bullet of about the size of the one used. Prisoner
victed. Having rapidly reviewed the principal points has also told the most contradictory stories as to his know-
in the ease, his lordship said he could see nothing upon ledge of the circumstances of the occurrence ; and he cor-
the notes and cheques upon which it would be safe to responds in appearance and dress with a man who was seen
rely. It had been said by the counsel for the defence that to leave the passage immediately after the tiring At
the evidence respecting those notes and cheques was fright- present, however, the evidence against the prisoner is.by ful. That depended entirely upon the credit they thouzlit means of a conclusive character.
they might repose in the witnesses Sims and Thomas. he
could hardly think they had come to swear away a man's
life on this occasion, by swearing that which they had
never seen. If they believed those witnesses, the prisoner
was proved to be in possession, not of the stolen cheques,
but of a cheque Which was burnt in his room. That was
what the evidence amounted to. The witnesses appeared
to be competent to judge, and they swore positively. He
had said, in the course of his remarks, all that he
could say in favour of the prisoner, and he wished from
the bottom of his heart that there were other obser-
vations presenting themselves to his mind in . the
prisoner's favour. lf, from the bottom of their con-
sciences, they thought he was guilty, they must do their
duty to their country, and find him so. If, on the other
hand, they did not think it sufficient, they should joyfully
acquit him. And if they entertained any doubt, not a
capricious, ,but a reasonable and a substantial doubt, they
would-give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt. With the
counsel on both sides, he wished that God might guide them
to a right Conclusion

HOUSEICEEPERS.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers,
5, Elliottstreet, at ls. 4d., is better than you pay ls. Bd. for
at any other establishment. • • • a

BANRRUPTS.
Mary Kent, school-keeper, Kensington.
Samuel Whitfield Morgan, share-broker, late of Throg-
morton-street, London.
Francis Juvver Franklin, plumber, Bridge-street, South-
wark.

Ellen Ruth Amoor, brewer, Hastings.
Frederick Tapley, Commercial-road East.
Thomas Hughes, cattle dealer, Aberllolwyne, Cardigan-

Janies Shaw, cotton doubler and warp maker, Hudders
field.

William Eastwood, builder, Fnirfield, near Liverpool

29.orting Anttitigtaa.

The jury retired to consider their verdict. In about
forty-five minutes the bailiff came back, and said the jury
could not agree. There was no action taken upon this an-
nouncement, and the jury continued their deliberation.'

BRIGHTON CLUB RACES.—FRIDAY
Brighton Club Plate of £5O. Half a mile.

At three o'clock his -lordship sent a message' to the
jury that he would retire to his lodgings, and would return
to court to receive their verdict. At ten minutes to four it
was announced that the jury had agreed on their verdict,
and a message to that effect was sent to the judge, who
immediately returned to court.

Katrine
Plate of £lOO, given from the Race Fund, added to a Sweepstake;
of 5 sous each.

Fontagne .....
Colleen Bawn

Eleven ran.
Plate of £6O; to be ridden by Members of the Club. Onemile.
Fadladeen 1
Motebello

The jury having been conducted to their box, and their
names having been called over, the Clerk of Arraigns u
quired, amidst- the most profound silence,
Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed u
verdict

The Claret Handicap of 5 soya each, with £5O added; to be ridden
by Members of the Club. T.Y.C.
Theodora

9on yon

The Foreman : We have.
Clerk of Arraigns : How say you ; is the prisoner at the
bar guilty or not guilty..?

Cock-a- Whoop 2
Brighton Club Stakes of 10 sort; each, with £5O added..
Courier
Rechab " ' •

Maiden Plate

Foreman : -Not- guilt v

Weatherbound
Pauline

tion, wa

ized with a fit, and

Beaten Handicap of £5O,

Kiss Blear

This was on his

which he fell when thi

LATEST BETTING
EBOR HANDICAP (YORK).
16 to 1 against Go-a-head (t).
20 „ 1 „ Longrange (t).

procured

repeated to him by Captain Glirin, the
governor of the gaol, whom he clutched by the hand, and
said, " God reward you for your kindness." lie was
removed from the dock with difficulty, his f

verdict, until it v

IXTURES.
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TILE SALE OF LORD NORTIJWICK'S COLLECTION.-"rni
London correspondent of the Manchesfer Guardian writes :
The sale of Lord Northwiek's pictures had been fcrtilc
which beset

in Illustration, e.
picture-buying more than most businesses. The collection
was a very motley one. It included meod deal of rubbish,
with a great many really fine works., The latter were the
acquisiton of Lord Northwick s maturer life ; made at a
mc, own knowledge • and undoubted taste wore

Lichfield
Yarmouth 3O
Totness and Bridgetown 3l
Derby Summer

'IC-TWO OF LIVERPOOL,

'IRST INNINGS,

Itilisilygn"i'd—eAs‘ in malting his purchases. As years grew on
him, Lord Northwick fell more and more into the hands of
the dealers, and was no doubt heavily, victimised by them.
I ani told (on authority I am little inclined to p

b Jackson

that a certain dealer, Or certain dealers, were in leagtie
with his servants, ,who received, a regular salary to tele-
graph' td hitn or them the appearance of any rival dealer in
the field; and whose cue • it was to throw. 'all posiible
obstacles in the way of such interloper's access to my lord,
till the regular dealer arrived
_to checkmate the intruder.
I have heard, too, of the fortunate dealer of. -dealers
goinff dOwn'with a bad picture and coming back'with a
good one, which he or they had gamMonect the feeble-
witted and dim-eyed old connoisseur into exehangin,
for his or their trumpery. The prices received at the
sale are Considered by the trade to •ba've been very good
ones on the average ; • but, as I have said, not -,a; few
strange contrasts may be found betwee

W. Clarke, Esq., b Jackson
E.•W. Ilornby, Esq., b Reynolds
Perry b Reynolds
T. H. Chapman, Esq., b Reynolds ......
W. Birkett; Esq., b Jackson
T. D. Hornby, Esq., b Reynolds
J. L. Birkett, Esq., run out,
C. 11. Bird, ESq., b Reynolds
J. C. Fraser, Esq., b Reynolds
F. Napier, Esq., b Reynolds
A. F. Orridge, Esq., c Diver, b Jackson
It. Gladstone, Esq., e Clarke, b Reynolds
• C. E: Horuby, Esq., b Jackson
Ilinkly b Jackson
T.' H. StOlterfoht, Esq., not out
11. W. Todd, Esq., b Jackson -
C. L. Huson, Esq., b Reynolds
W. Langton, Esq., b Reynolds
b 7, 1-b 5, w, n-b

ALL ENGLAND,

..an seumg
A.. Martin Schoen? for example-7-a valuable and
genuine example of this rare old German master for
which Lord Northwick had given £5OO, was put up for sale
at £5O. A well-known dealer - bid £5l. There WfIS /In

-FIRST INNINCIS.

It. Dalt C Perry, b W. Clarke
T. Davis c Perry, b Ilinkly ..... .
E. Stephenson c Bird, b Clarko
T. Hayward c Napiez, b sharps •••
A. Diver c airindrod, b 'linkly.

vance; ant

he..picture was knocked dOwn to him at that

Julius alnsar not out

prim.; ' iuc seater of the picture to Lord Northwick was at
the sale, ,but had accidentally quitted the room before this
picture was put up. You may imagine his disgust when on

W. I'. Locxuati., • ier h W. Clarke
Alfred Clarl'e c-Na,Pnt

the price he. liad got for it when it last changed hands.
I could mention other instances as striking in the other
dirPptinn of nirtnrne whirl) had been sold within the last

George Andersen.
J. Jackson.
F. Reynolds.
101, 1-b 1, w 7, n-b

five years, at Christie and Manson's, for eight axle Lea
guineas, fetching their £2OO and £240. I should add that
your Manchester dealers have not been the least con-
spicuous for the boldness of their bidding's, and their noble
disregard of what is usually considered "market value"
in the metropolitan picture-buying world. It is presumed
that those gentlemen are buying for their own market, and
;4-cs r m.otion, by the way, that Lord

ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN AGAINST TWENTY-TWO OF

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Northwick's will has,not been discovered. The pictures are
not included in any entail, and were, therefore, disposable by
will. 'What if a will were to be found niter the sale, lean-
ing the pictures to Cheltenham ? lam informed that an
y them was en-
agreed to by other

posittg 01

was no

•-,-,..—NRCONI). DAY.
Finer play than that exhibited yesterday on both sides was cer-
tainly never witnessed on any ground in the World ; the weather
(which
drawback . was very. unfavourable in the. morning,) being the only
Although the " Twenty-two" did their utmost, the
" Eleven" proved more than a match for them, and even money
was laid at the finish that they won in one innilgs. This, h )Weyer,
Islcaemd sthsecabreactltyinPkroobrabtliele, a;,/iTer;nooglag»ieenbtleeinnigot,hebeTioi most likely
ore,sinielt;
fielding, the " Eleven" would have found a very diff.rent game to.
pla.y. It is almost invld ous to particularize; but Mr. Chapa:a as
" long field, called forth rapturous applause, one of the " Eleven"
quietly :remarking; " I don't care how few of that sort I lay
against." The "Twenty-two" were unfortunately deprivA of the
services of Atkinson, who had met with an accident, and which
was greatly against them. The play will be resumed this monting
at 11 o'clock, and should Caesar and Anderson then have the same
command of the ball as they had last evening, it will appear to be
" all over."