Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-01 00:00:00

ame ward heard loud cries

proceeding from the child, whicl
mother. On the following morning
that the child had sustained se
bruises on different parts of the body,
naval had been much injured. _
languished, and died on the 26th of tb
.Lcatherhouse.

I was then in bed with its

me very

nd -that 'the

workhouse, who had made a

ad sustained

on the body could not

been (

The mark-s
sed by'
The
ise and

id by its inOthei

accident, or by the 'child bcing ON
judge having pointed out ,the law r(
drawing the destinations between mull"

the jury considered
.of m

mu
His lory

and returned a verdict

dship di

MURDER- TN MA

'with having killed and mu!

a one Wm

"Sowler pro's'ecuted : from his
appear that, on the night of the o
took a notion into his head that Jane 0
of his, residing in SPittlefields,
rocket-handkerchief. He went to her anu
6ie denied hating it, and abused him for
impudence. A man, named Warrior, a' odger in -Sam.
Cooper's house, he!rring the altercation, came out and joined
the parties. Warrior struck the prisoner, and they ad-

3, it WOilld.

)per, a neighbot
;ter, had stolen

lanelles

journed into Wilmnt
disturbance, fizhtine,

street, wh
and kickin

Crect up a g

means the prisc
At this time th

parties then

t and hat. The
me. "In .about

soner again paid a visit to Jane Coop(
his demands respecting his handkerebie:

and reiterated
This time he

and hat, and it was o

he had a shoemaker's knife in his hand.
a shoemaker by trade. lie was very much
in drink at the time. Cooper refused
the handkerchief, and
ith

The pi
excited, heinf.
to give him

a severe blow _ a large brass candlestick, so
severe that he actually recoiled across the street.
Warrior again came out and struck the prisoner and
knocked him 'down, Warrior falling along with him. At
this time a crowd had collected, and some person called out,
"He's got a knife." Warrior again struck him with his
fist on the face, and somehow or other Warrior got stabbed,
and was taken into the house bleeding profusely. The
unfortunate man, 'William Benson, was coming along the
street, and fearing that the prisoner had a knife in his hand
he went over to him, threw him down, and attempted
to take the knife from him. lie did not succeed
and the prisoner got his right hand clear, and immediately
struck the deceased with the knife. This wound was in. the

abdomen, and he inflicted another wound inside the right
thigh, severing the artery. The consequence was that the
man died almost immediately, before a surgeon arrived. Mr.
Wheeler and Mr. Roberts defended the prisoner. A numeer
of witnesses were called to prove the case against the
prisoner, and His Lordship, in summing up the case, said it
could not be regarded as one of murder, and '
jury simply to consider the question whether or not the

'acted the

prisoner wa

'ghter. The jury found that

the pr

received

amount of quarr
taken r 1

sum of £l5O was claim it ifoT the dollciency. Additional.
evidence . was .given to the effect, that upon the Ist of
February there was fourairun-lint 412 the Toxtcth Dock—
the same hut which laud been .used by Selford in the
Brunswick Docl, «vf a'bo6k in the handwriting (if.

:, a le; if

Stetford. This leaf was compared with the bOok.
sent .in by Stetf oxd, and `found •to . vary. . Mr.
Chaloner suspected Jontething wrong, and he proceeded:
to make inquiries, and had ,the prisoners and Stetford
arrested m the 15t1 'cif :March,. Stetford made what was
called a clean brews tof it, and said that he consented• to
alter the weights • :It the suggestion andpressure •of Wright
and Boucher. Tl'.ey Irst added -10 per cent to the actual
weight, and the ..arn*-:- satisfied they again

added :5 per cent.,

endeavoured to ti.etr

and the Shanghai

.ble and ran ashore

'endants refused to
ground that the

knowir

t he

Abraham Wolf, the two Germ