The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-26 00:00:00

CORONER'S COURT.

There was a rumour yesterday, in reference to the death of
an American sailor, and it was stated that he had died on board
ship, in consequence of ill treatment. It must, however, be
gratifying to find that after a most searching investigation, there
was not a shadow of foundation for such a report. The facts
were these. It appeared that the name of the deceased was
William Thomas, awl that he was shipped at New York (to go
to Charleston) for the ship Cavalier. He went on hoard at
Charleston about the 4th February. and next day complained
of a violent pain in the head. He was attended to,
but 'in a day or two afterwards his body broke out
all in blotches, just like small pox. He was not able
to do any work, and the Captain ordered every care to be taken
of him, giving him his own shirts and clothes, as the poor
fellow had but little of his own. The chief officer of the ship,
Mr. M'Knight, paid every attention to him and gave him
medicine, with the best food ; and in fact did all that could
he done for him. The deceased continued very ill all the
voyage, and died on Tuesday morning, after the arrival of the
ship in port. These facts were fully established by the evi-
dence of two or three witnesses. The coroner said he was
glad that the present case proved an exception to many which
had come beforo him, from time to time, on board American
vessels. It would seem that the poor fellow had had
the best of treatment, and ho was lerr.py to hear it. If the jury
credited the evidence, and there was no reason whatever
to doubt it, they would return a verdict of death from natural
causes, by the visitation of God. The jury at once said they
were quite sltisfied about it, and found a verdict accordingly.
An inquest was held on the body of a child, under the
following circumstmees. From the evidence of the sexton's
wife, b,longing to St. Martin's church, it appeared that the
body of the child was brought to the grave yard to be interred,
and that a female accouchenr, who signed herself, " Mrs. Pen,"
had given a certificate that the child was still born, so that
the burial fees in such case would he very small. The
sexton's wife thinking all was not right, reported
the case to Mr. Blake, and the consequence was an
inquest. Surgeon Kemp, who made a post mortein examina-
tion of the body, said the child was not only not still horn, but
that it was, at least, three weeks old, and that death was
caused by a loathsozie disease. The coroner remarked that
in future lie would not take certificates of death from such
women as Mrs. Penn—[The certificate proved her to be a
very ignorant arid illiterate person] --in future, and directed
the sexton's wife to detain parties going with bodies to be
buried with such certificates. These certificates were pro_
cured for the purpose of saving fees, but lie would not receive
them in future, for he could not tell, perhaps, but that a
murdered child might be brought to be interred with such a
certificate. The jury quite agreed in the observations of the
worthy coroner, and then found a verdict in accordance with
the evidence of Surgeon Kemp.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT BUTTON STMEBT.—TIie ad-
jeurned inquest on the body of Michael Kane, the boy who
was killed in Button street, as detailed in our paper a day or
two ago, was held yesterday. A question arose as to the
stability of the building and boiler. Mr. 'William Risliton,
surveyor of buildings, was examined, and, in reply to the
Coroner, said he received a letter, of which the following is a
copy :—" 14. Button street, Feb. 27th, 1857. Sir,—Mr.
Thomas Kent, next door to me, is making alterations, and
has got a boiler in, I believe, for the purpose of getting a steam
engine up. I can assure you the wall has moved three inches
from the top floor. I will thank you to inspect his premises,
as the shaking of such machinery, I am sure, will
pull the roof in.—Yours respectfully, A. ROBINSON."
I examined the premises, and there was nothing about the
walls &c., in my judgment, to lead to any danger whatever.
The Coroner then went over the whole case, and explained
the law of the case to the jury. The jury consulted for a few
moments, when one of them said; " I am afraid, sir, there
is one of the jury not capable of returning a verdict." Coroner :
Why not, sir ? Juror :" He has been asleep all the time,
sir." Here several jurors proceeded to shake a gentleman at
the lower end of the box, and after apparently much
exertion, the gentleman was really awakened. He looked
very sleepy certainly. The coroner said there were thirteen
jurors and he could take a verdict from twelve. The jury
then consulted for a short time, and retuned a verdict of
accidental death, and at the same time they were of opinion
that the officers of the Corporation (Mr. Fresh and Mr.
lijsliton) had properly performed their duty, and the jury felt
much obliged foe the attention and attendance they had given
in the case. Mr. Kent, the owner of the premises where the
accident took place, at the suggestion of the worthy coroner, said
he would make pecuniary compensation, so far as that could
compensate the father of the poor boy.

The Sardinian Government has replied to the recent
recalliot Count Paar by recalling its Embassy at Vienna.
The Ooirespondenze Autrichenne quotes the speech of
Count Walewski at the Paris conferences, denouncing the
excesses of the Belgium press, and expresses a hope that
France and all Europe will condemn the licentiousness of
the Piedmontese press.

It is stated that orders have been received to discon-
tinue the surveys about to be made of the two or three
vessels engaged to convey troops to China. The impression
is strongly entertained that, instead of troops being des-
patched direct from England, troops will be removed to
that destination from Persia.

THE AFFAIRS OF NAPLES.—The Independence Beige
states that Chevalier Pinelli left Naples on the 12th for
!tome, and that he will I.roceed thence to Paris and Lon-
don, with the view of bringing about the resumption of
diplomatic relations between Naples and the courts of
England and France.
FLOGGING IN TILE ARMY.—A. return moved for by Mr.
W. Williams, M.P., shows that in the year 1854 the number
of persons flogged in the army was 42, and the total
number of lashes inflicted, 1,125; and that in 1855 the
number flogged was 44, and the number of lashes, 876.
The usual allowance to each culprit was 50 lashes ; and
the crimes were chiefly insubordination and disgraceful
conduct. •

WHAT LORD PALMERSTON WILL Do.—There is sufficient
distrust, however, lurking in the minds of the English
people of the real amount of glory with which England
came out of the Russian contest, to make them cling
despairingly to any one who will flatter them, and himself
too, on so tender a point. Till some newer topic takes its
place, therefore, the war will b 3 a •sure source of popu-
larity ; and, as it is the one thing by which Lord Palmers-
ton can hope to be remembered, he will not fail to keep it
before our eyes.—Tke Union.
INCREASE OF PUBLIC EXrENDITURE.—We printed an
abatract of a return, which showed that the army and navy
vote bad increased from £14,123,255 in 1836 to
£50,564,624 in 1856. Another return to the House of
Commons has been issued, by which it appears that under
the head of miscellaneous services, comprising public
works and buildings ; salaries, for public departments ;
law and justice ; education, science, and art ; colonial
and consular services; superannuations and charities ; and
special and temporary objects, the sums voted have increased
from £2,545,948 i❑ 1838 to £6,724,250 in 1856.

DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH SHEEPSTEALERS NEAR
BARNSLEY.—Oa Friday night, between 11 and 12, as
Walker, a policeman at Wontwell, near the Lundhill
Colliery, was going his rounds, he saw some men carry off
two of a flock of sheep. He followed them across a field at the
end of which he saw two of them stooping over the sheep.
He knocked down one of them, and managed to handcuff
the other, when the rest of the party came up, and inflicted
such severe injuries upon him with knives and life pre-
servers, that it was with the greatest difficulty he crawled
to a farm house about 80 yards from the spot. He lies in
a very precarious state, and it has been thought necessary
to take his depositions. The sheepstealers are supposed to
he part of a gang that has :lately infested Barnsley and the
neighbourhood,

SHIP Naws.—The American ship Monmouth, in her
outward voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, fell in on
the 14th March with the schooner Lynch, of Falmouth,
bound from Falmouth to Drogheda, about twenty miles
from Holyhead, then in a sinking state. It was blowing a
heavy gale from the west south west. The Lynch had
sprung a leak on the 13th, the pumps were choked, and
the cargo, which was grain, had shifted. The Monmouth,
when the captain saw the signal of distress, hove to, and
the master and crew, three men and a boy, took to their
boat and got on board her. Soon after they came on board
one of the seamen of the Monmouth fell overboard, and
Captain Doane, of the latter, in the most gallant manner,
jumped overboard and rescued the man. Captain Proctor,
who is the owner of the Lynch, was, with the crew, put on
board the Hulda, Captain Davy, on Friday evening, and
reached this port on Saturday. The vessel is uninsured, and
the captain and crew have lost all their clothes and the
property they had on board. Captain Doane acted, we are
informed, in the I,indest manner to those whom he rescued.
Waterford Mail.

THE NEW INCOME TAX ACT.—The new Income Tax
Act, which received the Royal assent, has been printed.
It provides that, "in lieu of the rates of duty chargeable
under the several acts in force relating to the income tax
for the year commencing on the sth April, 1857, there
shall be charged, raised, collected, and paid for the use of
her Majesty, &c., for and in respect of all property, profits,
and gains chargeable under the said several acts, the
reduced rate of 7d for every 20s of the annual value or
amount of all such property, profits, and gains, subject to
a further reduction of the rates now in force, in the same
proportion that the rate of sevenpence bears to the rate
of one shilling and fourpence in the several cases men-
tioned or referred to, in the second section of the act
passed In the 18th year of her Majesty's reign, c. 20;
provided, nevertheless, that where, under the I.st men-
tioned act, any person is now chargeable with the rate of
elevenpence halfpenny, for every 20s of his property,
profits, and gains, he shall he chargeable for the year
commencing as aforesaid, at the rate of fivepence for every
20s of his profits and gains. From the sth proximo, the
duty on profits and gains, under £l5O, will be tivepence
in the pound ; above that amount, sevenpence."

CROWN COURT.
BEFORE MR, BARON MARTIN.

CAUSE-LIST

FIRST LIST.—SALFORD HUNDRED.
Plaintiffs' Attorneys. Plaintiffs. Defendants.
1 Ex...Summerscales kT Dunkerley,and ors v Lees and ano
3 CP...Samo Belihouse and ano (EJ) v The Mayor &c of Wchester
4 Ex ..Stead Caz2nove and ano assees (sJ) v Finuesey
6 QB...Atkinson and Co Pat and ors assees t, (PJ) v Lawe
9 Q8...F AndreW Irving ( a') v South Eastern Railway Co
10 Ex ...Sale and Co Thickham (sa) v Anchor Assurance Co
11 Ex ...Same • Blane (ea) v The Lane & York Rail Co
12 QB...Higson and R Thompson .(sJ) v North Eastern Railway Co
13 Q8...J H Dearden Charles (sd) v National Guar Ass Society
14 Qa...Worthington & E Duncan v Harding and ano
16 CP...W K Taylor Lawton (Fa) v Whitaker ,
17 Ex ...Sale and Co Fanshaw (s.i) v Peet P 0
19 Ex ...Dickenson Webster
v Harrison
22 CP...M Potter Sheridan f:,, v New Quay Co
23 Ex ...Brooks and M Braman v Lees

Redfern
Austin
Rymer

J. Hall
Lewis, D and Co
Newton and R
Sale and Co
North
H Forshaw
Milan and Son
Cobbett and W
Southam

SECOND LIST,—WEST DERBY HUNDRED,
1 QB...Bennett and S Wilkinson Oa) v Teall
2 Ex ...Rowe Waring Junr v Everth
3Ex Lewis and Co Smith , (sa) v Long
4 Ex ...Same Price [(sa) v Dillon and ors
5 Ex ...Avison and R Martin (sa) v Frangopulo and ano
6 Ex ...Hodgson Allen v Gibson ,
7:CP—Barnett and M Stubbs (sa) v Baker
8 CP...Francis and A. Hutchinson viConroy
11 CP...Yates Jun French and ors ' v McHenry
12 Ex.. Wright and H Or marod - :, . v Turner and ors exors &c
13 Ex ...Barratt Suckling v Bayldon
14 CP...Bolton Baker (sa) v Stubbs
15 QB...Lowndes and uo Mavrogordato ; (sa) v Ilindson
16 Ex ...Pya and Ca Burgoyne v Jackson
18 Ex ...J and II Gregory Stewart (sa) v Wright and ano
21 Ex ...Same Same (sJ) v Smith and ano
22 CPL.W and C E Eaton Bohn° and anr , v Buckley
23 CP...Yates Jun Jones adinor &c (sal v Provincial Insurance Co Eagavorth and P
24 QB...Lowndes and Co Ely (sa) v Bell Harvey and Co
25 CP...Dodge Harrison and anr (at) v Lee Yat ea 'Jun
26 QB...Kirkbank Shillingford (es) v Chester & Holyhead R. Co Swift and Co
27 CPL. Johnson Hignett v Blundell II Forshaw
28 QB...Lowndes and Co Brennand (sa) v Ker and ors J 0 Watson;
29 Ex ...Harty and T Mann v Scott
30 Ex ...Fletcher and II Grainger and ors :(ca) v Kirkpatrick ' Lowndes and Co
31 CP...Grimmer Swinnerton (sa) v Lon & Nor Western R. Co Swift and Co
32 CP...Roscoe Allan (sa) v Walters ,
..-a- . Mewburn and Co
33 QB...Lowndes and Co Ilolderness and ano v Bohtlingk II Forshaw
34 Ex ...Fletcher and H Meek v Foyn Lownd( s and Co
35 Ex ...H Forshaw Baines (sa) v Royal Ex Assurance Co Freshfield
36 QB...Shattock Leather v Busby and ano Hinde
37 Ex ...Williams Gurney and I.lx v Lloyd . Ritson
38 Ex ...Godfrey Jones v Hughes ' ; Campbell
39 Ex ...Neal and M Ford and anr v Hannay a-4
40 Ex ...Lace and Co Neilson v Andersson ,:.,, J and W Clare
4l Ex ...Duncan and Co Miller and anr (sa) v Fletcher and anr
42 CPL.Roby , Houghton and ux admix &c v Hignett and anr
43 CPL.Teebay Gill a a v Sparks and ano
44 Ex ...Conway McKnight v Duckworth and ano
45 Ex ...Same Jones v Same
46 CP...Rawson and Co Bottomley -- (sa) v Nuttall
47 Ex ...ii Forshaw Cotesworth and ors (sa) v Wood and ors
48 CPL.Johnson Parkinson v Jackson
49 QB...Fenton and Co Radcliffe, Baronet v Whitworth and ano
50 Ex ...Darlington Harrison .• . v Worthington:.
52 CP ...Johnson Hodgson v Hodgman
53 QB...Hassal • Penny and ano exors v Pollard and ors
54 QB...Wills and S Fraser v Jordan
55 QB...Shattock Deane . v Littledale and ors
56 CPL.Backhouse Edmondson v Wade
58 CPL.Deane Preston and ors v Tamplin and ano
59 Ex ...Ward Mackay and ors l -. v Oliver
60 QB...Swan Warden v Stone
61 QB...Swift &Co The March. of Londonderry (se) v The Sunderland Dock Co
62 CPL.Backhouse Dean v Wright
63 CPL Same Dean and ors v Wright
64 Ex ...Haigh and T Bredin . (sa) v Eatough •
65 Ex ...R. Birchall Wright v Bankes
66 CPL.T and R Radcliffe Aspden v Fielding and ano
67 Ex ..North and Co Whitley and ano (sa) v Parr and ano
i6B QB ..Lowndes and Co Johnson and ano (sa) v Croft Russell
I 69 QB...Shattock Tapson . v Swift Blaekhurst
70 Ex ...Pemberton Blundell v Gossage J Ansdell
71 CPL.Backhouse T Hartley v Greenwood l Hall and Co
72 CPL.Same W Hartley v Same ' Same
73 Ex ...Kaye Goddefroy and ors !! (t.a) v Hegan J B Lloyd
76 CP ...H Forshaw Whitaker v Lawton *.- :',,, ' A .. W K Taylor
77 Q3...Lowndes and Co Parry and ano v Trustees Birkenhead Dock Bircham and Co
78 QB...Same Crosby and ors (sa) v Wilcox and ano ; H Forshaw
79 Q 13...Shattock Blane and ux a t v Willoughby and anr

SPRING ASSIZES.

His lordship took his seat on the bench yesterday
morning at nine o'clock.
FORGERY AT MANCHRSTER.—John Salmon, aged 69,
an engineer, stood indicted with having forged an order for
the delivery of goods, with the intent of defrauding Mr.
James Thompson, of Manchester. The case was clearly
proved, and the jury found the prisoner guilty of obtaining
money by false pretences, and his lordship sentenced him to
three months' imprisonment.
BURGLARY AT RUSHOLME.—Robert Rockliffe, aged 37,
a machine maker, and Betsy Wood, aged 34, a charwoman,
stood indicted with breaking into the house of Mr. France
J; Gill, and stealing therefrom two pairs of boots, and
other articles. Oa the night of the 13th of February the
house of Mr. Gill was entered by a back window, and
several pairs of boots belonging to Mr Gill and his servant
were taken away, as was also a variety of other articles.
Oa the morning after the roblry the female prisoner was
found pledging a pair of boots at a pawn office, in Hardman
street, Manchester, when she was given into custody. The
two prisoners were at the time of the robbery cohabiting
together. The male prisoner was acquitted, as there was
no proof that he had over had possession of the stolen pro-
perty. The female prisoner was found guilty of receiving
the boots, knowing them to have been stolen. Rockliffe
was then placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen a
gun, the property of Richard Hughes. When the prisoner
was apprehended on the foregoing charge, the duplicate of
a gun, which had bean pawned by him, was found in his
possession. That gun was identified by Mr. Hughes, who
stated that it had been stolen from his premises on the fich
of February last. The prisoner was found guilty of
receiving the gun knowing it to have been stolen. Sentence
deferred.

MALICIOUS ASSAULT AT MANCURSTER. - James Delany,
aged 20, a factory hand, and Peter Killday, aged 18, a
cooper, were charged with havin; cut and wounded James
Henshall, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. On
the night of the 11th of January the two prisoners were on
the Rochdale road near Manchester, behaving very violently
in a bee, house, each having their knives in their hands.
Henshaw afterwards heard them having some words, and
seeing Delaney about to strike a person with the knife, he
interfered, the result of which was, the knife was plunged
into his neck, i7.flicting a wound which confined him to his
house for several days. The evidence went to show that
the prisoners had not been mixed UP in the original affray,
and the jury therefore took a merciful view of the case, and
returned a verdict of guilty of unlawfully wounding. His
lordship, in passing sentence upon the prisoners, expressed
his determination to do his utmost to pat down the use of
the knife, and therefore sentenced them each to be impri.
soned for eigheeen months.
MORE STABBING.—George Browne, aged 30, an iron
turner, stood indicted with having unlawfully stabbed
David Foster. Tne prosecutor and the prisoner were both
employed in a foundry at Bury. On the night of the Ist
of January, they went to Bolton together, and eac'a- having
had some drink, Browne had a quarrel with his wife, and
took up an axe and threatened to kill her with it. Foster
rushed between them, when Browne became more violent,
and seized a knife, and stabbed Foster through the shoulder.
The wound inflicted was a very severe one, but in addition
to that, Brown used additional violence, and Foster became
insensible. For the defence it was urged that the prisoner
was in such a state of intoxication, as not to be aware of
the mutilations he had nnamitted. The jury found the
' prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to 18 months'
limprisonment wi h hard labour,

STEALING A Cow.—John M'Carthy, and Joseph Riven
were charged with stealing a cow, the property of Mr.
Joseph Carmock, of West D -rby. The prisoners were
found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
ment.

BREAKING INTO THE HOUSE OF TILE AMERICAN CONSUL.
—James M'Donald, aged 20, and John 111‘Donald, aged
20, a labourer, stood indicted with having, at Southport,
on the 19th of February, broken and entered the dwelling
house of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Esq., and stolen tharefrom
a coat, two silver cups, and various other articles of plate
and clothing. The robbery was effected on the night in
question, and soon after the two prisoners were found
trading with the articles stolen. The two prisoners showed
a considerable amount of ability in cross-examining the
witnesses, and in addressing the jury, some of their
remarks causing a great amount of laughter, contending
that they had purchased the property, but did not know
that it had been stolen. Guilty. John M'Donald was a
ticket of leave man, and had been six times convicted.
Sentence deferred.
'The Court soon after adjourned.

Mordaunt
Walker and H
Thornley and J

Conway
Holden and Son
W Heaton

Stone

Atkinsons and Co
Same

Shattock
Swan
J and H Gregory
Same

Lowndes and Co
H Forshaw
Radcliffe and M
Swan

Littledale and B
Lowndes and Co
J B Wathen

Turner and Son
T Taylor
Pickop

NISI PRIUS COURT.
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE CROMPTON.
BENNETT V. SIMON.—This was an action of (jectment, to
try the right to some property and rents of some tenements
situate in Bilberry street, Manchester, subject to a chi,:t
rent or charge of £B5 Iss per annum. Mr. Hill, Q.C.,
and Mr. MillwArd appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr.
Manesty for the defendant. The question was one of a
mere point of law, of no general interest ; it may, however,
be stated that the property is situate in one of the lowest
parts of Manchester, in a neighbourhood where landlords
have frequently to resort to the aid of the police to enable
them to collect their rents. In the course of the bearing
of the case, one witness stated that in endeavouring to
collect the rent of the property in question, under which

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the ejectment was sought, he had to call in ten policemen,
had he not done so, he would, most probably, have been
violently assaulted, as bad been the case when making
distraints of similar property. It further appeared that the
police would not interfere in making distraints, but only
did so when a breach of the peace took place. The arrears
due on the tenements for chief rent amounted to
upwards of £l,OOO, and whenever a distraint was
attempted, the plaintiffs had been beaten away by the
inhabitants, although twelve bailiffs and been employed.
The judge said that it appeared, from the evidence
adduced, that the resistance was made about two years
azo, and he was not satisfied, neither did he think the jury
would he, that there was no power to collect the rents, by
the strong arm of the law, at the present 'ime. Jury :
'We are not satisfied my lord. A nonsnit was then taken
by clnsent, the alternative being left to the plaintiff by an
adverse verdict.
BREACH or PROMISE OF MARRIAXIB.—HUGRES v. FRODS-
RAM.—This case, which was an action commenced for a
breach of promise of marriage, standing No. 10 iu the
szcond list of caoses, has been settled.

CONTESTED VALIDITY OF DEEDS ALLEGED TO HAVE
BE: N EXECUTED BY AN IDIOT.—BREACH OF COVENANT.—
BATE v. WtßsTEß.—This was a peculiar case. Mr.
Knowles, the Attorney General for the Palatine and Mr.
Wheeler appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Hill, Q C.,
with whom was Mr. Hatton, for the defendant. The
action was brought by one John Bate against Egerton
Webster, the defendant, for a breach of covenant, whereby
the defendant had engaged to pay to the plaintiff certain
rents of premises situate at Tattenhall, in the County of
Chester. During the whole trial, which occupied the
greater portion of the day, the name of the defendant was
scarcely alluded to. The chief feature in the case was
the question to be determined, as to whether Peter Filter
Kinsey deceased, had executed certain deeds to the plain-
tiff. and a conveyance of property, when he was in a sound
state of mind. The plaintiff in his pleadings, averred in
the affirmative, a:d the defendant ia the negative. The
conveyance of property had been made by the deceased
Kinsey, to Bate, on conditions that the latter allowed
former the sum of £4O a year, during his lifetime,
and £5 per year, to Thomas Kinsey, and as the
validity of the deeds was disputed, the defendant
had refused to pay the rents for the premises to
the plaintiff, as conveyed to him by the deceased P. F.
Kinsey, who was alleged to have been a lunatic when they
were thus conveyed. Mr. Knowles having briefly stated
the case as to the defendant's liability, stating that th
main questions would rest upon the late Mr. Kinsey's
state of mind when he executed the deed of conveyance.
proceeded to call witnesses in support of the plaintiff's
ease. Mr. Parry Jones, a solicitor, of the firm of
Harper and Jones, of Whitchurch, in Shropshire, pro-
duced deeds executed by the late Mr. Kinsey, on the
14th, 16th, and 17th of February, 1839, of which he
was the attesting witness. At the time Kinsey executed
these deeds, the witness considered him to be in a sound
state of mind ; had it been otherwise, he should not have
allowed hint to have executed them. In furtherance of
the vie a s of the deceased's sanity, the learned counsel
called John Spencer, the parish overseer of Tattenhall,
who stated that he had known Peter Kinsey almost from
his childhood, and that he had been a pupil of the witness,
who kept a school in the village. He was a dull scholar,
and there was much difficulty in teaching hint the
alphabet, but he did not say that the deceased was
insane in consequence of that, as he had known many
grown up people who were sensible, and yet could neither
read or write. P. Kinsey, he was sure, knew the value of
money full well, and was not only careful with it, but
exceedingly parsimonious. He was a fancier of pigeons
and rabbits, which he'frequently sold to advantage, and he
was quite sane. He could distinguish the difference be•
Breen a rabbit and a pigeon. Mary Spencer, an old woman,
a shopkeeper of Tattenhall, with whom the deceased Kinsey
had boarded and lodged the same year, stated that, althoegh
she considered him a person of weak intellect, he was
well aware of what he was doing. On his return
from Whitchurch, after having executed the deeds, he
informed him that he had disposed of his property for
an annuity, and boasted that he considered he had
made a good bargain. Several other questions were
then put to the witness by Mr. Knowles, who several
times exclaimed to her "yes, yes," when Mr. Hill
objected to this continued acquiesence in the witnesses
statements, and in addressing his lordship said, that
when he had spoken to Mr. Knowles on the subject, all
he got front the learned gentleman was " yes, yes" to
himself. The Judge good humouredly remarked, that
Mr. Knowles was only treating Mr. Hill as he had
treated an old woman, which observation created some
laughter amongst the members of the bar. On cross-
examination by Mr. Hill, the witness admitted, that when
the late Mr. Kinsey was between thirty and forty years'
old, she was in the habit of washing him. He might be in
the habit of sucking his thumb like a child, but she could
not tell that he walked up and down the village slobbering.
She knew that he bad set dock seeds in a neighbouring
field, and did hear that he was to be summoned before
a magistrate for the offence, but did not recollect ever
saying in reference to that matter " What can they do
with an idiot." Kinsey might have gone Lao the ponds with
his clothes on in the winter time to look after jacksharps,
for any thing she knew. Sae was not aware of the cir-
eumstance of Kinsey wanting to get married to one of Mrs.
Houghton's servant maids. Mr. Hill then further ques-
tioned the witness respecting a contemplated courtship and
marriage, when Mr, Knowles made some remarks which
caused a slight intetruption,when Mr. Hill said they would
hear presently how Mr. Kinsey went about making a propo-