Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-13 00:00:00

that a highly improper course has been pursued against
the persons Wholtvill be brought before you. I don't
feel that I 'can occupy your time any longer. Should
you have any difficulty in the cases which will be brought
before you, I shall be happy to give you every assistance
on my part.

The 'Grand lury having found true bills in several
cases, the court proceeded to the

TRIAL OP PRISONERS.

BURGLARY AT NORTTI MOELS.—Thomas Tithering-
ton, aged 19 years, was indicted for having, at North
Mods, on the 28th 'of August last, stolen from the '
house of William Dodson, provision dealer, a drawer
containing lh 114. Several witnesses were called, and
from their evidence it appeared that the prosecutor's
house was all secure on the night in question, excepting
the kitchen window, which was a few inches open to
admit air, and it was supposed •that an entrance had
been effected at that place. About four o'clock in 'the
morning, a policeman met the prisoner carrying a
drawer and a pair of shoes, which he threw down and
made off. The shoes were known to be those of the
prisoner, and in consequence he was apprehended on the
charge of burglary. At the time of the arrest the
prisoner was barefooted. The prisoner, in his. defence,
stated that his shoes had been stolen from him. The
jury returned a .verdict of " guilty." Sentence was
deferred.
ALLEGED BIGAMY AT LIVERPOOL. Bridget
Lenaghan, aged 35, was indicted for having, at
Liverpool, on the 27th. April, 1854, feloniously
married Patrick Mooney, her former husband
being then alive. Mr. Rattles appeared for the
prosecution. Several witnesses were examined, who
proved that the prisoner had been married sonic 17
years ago in Ireland, to a man named Bernard Branni-
gan, and again in Liverpool in 1854, to Patrick Mooney,
by whom she had two children, her former husband
being still alive. The prisoner stated that she had not
seen her husband, nor heard of him, for nine years
before her marriage with Mooney, and that she had
only lived with Brannigan for six months. This state-
ment was admitted to be correct by some of the witnesses
for the prosecution. The jury at once returned a verdict
of " not guilty." His Lordship said—l "am not at all
satisfied that this woman was brought forward for the
ends of public justice.
ASSAULT AND ROBBERY AT LIVERPOOL.—Thomas
Clarke, aged 29 years, was indicted with having, at
Liverpool, on the 18th October last, assaulted a sailor,
named James Burns, and stolen from his person 7s.
Mr. Deighton appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Scott for the defence of the prisoner. It appeared from
the evidence, that the prosecutor went out en the
evening of the 18th of October last, with a companion,
to a public-house in Gloucester-street, where they spent
some time. The prosecutor became partially intoxicated
while in the public-house, which he left in company
with his friend, between twelve and one o'clock in
the morning, and they separated for a time in the
street. The prosecutor Burns went to Skelhorn-street,
where two mex came up to him, the prisoner being one
of them. Burns was knocked down n and from the
treatment he received, he was rendered nearly insensible ;
but previous to that, he saw the prisoner by the light of
a lamp, and knew him to be one of the persons who
bad assaulted him. The jury found the prisoner guilty,
and he was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, that
being the thirteenth time he had been convicted of
felony.

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.
—Edwin Moorhens°, twenty-seven years of age, was
indicted with having, at Ashton-under-Lyne, on the
28th of August last, feloniously assaulted James Ham-
mon'il, and, with violence' stolen from his person a
watch. The evidence went to show that the prosecutor.
was walking along Crab-street, Ashton-under-Lyne,
about twelve o'clock on the night in question,
when the prisoner came up to him, and knocked
his hat off, and whea he stooped to pick it up, the
prisoner made a snatch at his watch-guard and drew the
watch from his pocket. A struggle ensued, during
which the prisoner wrenched the guard asunder and
ran away with .the watch. The prosecutor gave in-
formation to police-Officer Chadwick, and the prisoner
was taken into custody: On the house being searched
in which the.prisoner lived, the watch was found in a
flue covered with soot, where it was concealed. A ver-
dict of "guilty " was, found against the prisoner, ,and
he was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.
FORGERY AT IVIA-Nenr.sTEn."—Christopher Kelly (22)
was charged with feloniously forc'ing at Manchester, on
the 17th October last, a £5 bank note, and uttering the
same, knowing it to be forged. He. was also charged
with forging and uttering at Salford, on the Bth October,
another £5 note. Mr. Liddell conducted the prosecution,
and Mr. Torr defended . the prisoner. On the 17th
October the prisoner went to a public-house in Oldham-
street, Manchester, which was kept by a person named
Bell, and bought a quart of pale brandy, requesting the
landlady to serve him -quickly, as he had a horse and
cart at the door. When the brandy was supplied,
a £5 note was tendered as payment. Mrs. Bell
saw at once that it was a forged note
and asked the prisoner to wait till she would show it to
her husband, and at the same time sent for a police-
officer, into whose custody he was given. It was after-
wards ascertained that the prisoner had passed a forged
note to the same amount on the Bth October, in a public-
house kept by. a person named Barlow, in Cross-lane,
Salford, in payment for some gingerette. The prisoner
was found guilty of the offence, and the prisoner asked
for mercy on account of his wife and family. His lord-
ship, in passing sentence, said it was a painful duty to
pass sentence upon prisoners, on account of their wives
and families, who were in some measure punished for
the crime of the husband and the father. If, however,

that were taken into consideration, the law could
not be administered. It was the most painful
part of a judge's duty to apportion the amount
of punishment, but fortunately in cases of forgery the
judge had little discretion left him, for he believed it was
generally understood that the punishment for every such
offence was very severe. Bank-notes were necessarily in
great circulation in a commercial community such as in
Lancashire ; and it was quite right that the public
should be protected from having pieces of worthless paper
passed upon them for good gold. It was the worst kind
of robbery; and he should, therefore, sentence him to
neither more nor less than the law demanded—six years'
penal servitude.
BURGLARY AT LITERPOOL.—James Morris, 23 years
of age, was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the
24th October last, burglariously broken and entered the
dwelling-house of Ann Hogan, and stealing therein
twenty pounds of beef.—Mr. Preston conducted the
prosecution.—The prosecutrix went up stairs after she
had secured the house, and on hearing some one inside,
she came down again, and saw the prisoner ran off.
She never lost sight of him until he was arrested, and
during the time he was being pursued, he threw away a
piece of meat which she identified as her property:—
The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced' to nine
months' imprisonment.
FORGERY AT MANCHESTER.—ThOMa3 Gibson, aged
14 years, pleaded guilty to having, on the 13th October
last, at Manchester, feloniously formbed an order for the
delivery of goods, and with having uttered it knowing it
to be forged. His Lordship, in passing sentence, observed
that there were two kinds of forgery :.one of a very serious
naturea nd which was always visited with a very heavy
punishment, the other; simply amounted to obtaining
goods under false pretences. Fortunately for the primer
his offence was of the latter class ; and he should, there-
fore, sentence him so six' months! imprisonment.
DESTROYING A CARDING MACHINE. Thomas
Beaty, 25 years of age, was indicted for having at
Newchurch, on the 6th September last, feloniously
destroyed a certain quantity of cardings and a carding
machine, the property of the executors of the late John
Lord. ir. Cross conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Scott defended the prisoner. The prisoner was a
stripper and grinder, and was employed in the carding-
room of the factory, in company with several other
operatives. While so employed, he applied a screw-
turner to one of the screws of the revolving cylinder, the
effect of which was to bring the teeth of the cylinder
into violent contact with the clearers, causing serious
injury to the machine and the material then in process
of being carded. The defence offered was that the
former overseer had given his consent to the prisoner
adjusting the machine, as he was thoroughly conversant
with its mechanism, and that there was no malicious
interference. The jury returned a verdict of not
guilty.
The court then adjourned to five minutes to nine
o'clock this morning.

THE SALE OF OLD STORES. A return has been
published to-day showing the sums paid into the Ex-
chequer during the three years ending 1858, as the pro-
duce of the sale of old stores. The amount paid by the
Naval department in theyearslBss-56 was E 73,358,
in the years 1856-57, £104,600, and in the years
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