The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-22 00:00:00

KIRSDALE QUARTER SESSIONS.

These sessions were resumed at the court house, Kirkdale,
yesterday morning, for the trial of prisoners. The Eight Hon.
Lord Stanley, M.P., presided. The other magistrates on the
Bench were—W.. Hall, Esq., J. A. Tinne, Esq., S. W.
Harden, tut., E. Thealtstone, Esq., J. Pollock, Esq ,
Preston, Esq., J. H. Wrigley, Esq., E. Gibbon, Esq , J. M.
Ashton, Esq., and W. G. Unsworth, Esq.
The usual official preliminaries having been disposed of, the
following gentlemen were chosen as

THE. GRAND jUNT..
Themas Fletcher, fruit broker ..
William Barton, coal merchant ,.
Thomas' Rinks, tea dealer:.
Francis Bond, book keeper
Robert B. Barton, coal merchant _ .... • . Dooley.
Samuel Barrow, sugar refiner
William D. Clayton, gentleman
Richard Daley, gentleman - Do.
Edward S. Flynn, broker ...
Peter Gaskell, gentleman
Charles Hutchings, engraver..
William Hop', grocer
John Brooks, mercer
Richard Hainley, grocer...
Edward Hohne, bullion dealer
George Hand, gentleman
Thomas U. Harbridge, broker ..,
James Hayes, cotton spinner
Richard Barton, chemist . . .
....
... Westlei4 h.
William'Johnson, iron founder -
Henry Haymoad, hroklr Litherland.
Thomas Britton, cheinkt ..... .
Peter Aldersay, agent
Lord Stanley, in addressing the grand jury, said there was
nothing' in the present calender which. he thought, required
him to direct their especial attention. The calendar was rather
heavier than usual, as it contained- at present 48 cases, none of
which, ' however, were of a serious character. He then
reminded the jury that it was their duty not to try each case,
but to find a bill, if there was a piirna facie case; and, if not,
it would he their duty to ignore the bill. He then expressed
a hope that they would at once proceed with their duties, and,
in order that the court might get on' with the business, find a
bill as speedily as possible.

The calender contained the names of 44 prisoners, most of
whom were charged with having committed felony, but there
waa no case in which any public interest was involved.

The court shortly after proceeded with the trial of the priso-
ners, and adjourned until this morning.

SHOCKING SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED
MURDER IN BIRMINGHAM.

For the past two or three years, Frederick Keatley, aged
about 50, his wife nearly 20 years younger than himself, and
their son, new 13 years old, have resided in Hill street,
three doors below the Grapes public house, Birming-
ham. Keatley was formerly a sign writer, painter, and
glazier, but from illness and other Causes relinquished his
trade, and set up a small grocer's and huckster's shop at his
dwelling place in the street named. About twelve menthe
back he was visited with that calamity, generally known by
the name of a " stroke," which deprived him of speech. By
the adv!ce of some friends in London he went thither, ob-
tained admittance to one of the metropolitan hospitals,' and
partially recovered from his indisposition, He returned home
a month ago, and though hs had regained his speech, it
was evident that his mind was affected. Previous to his
journey he had conducted himself somewhat eccentrically;
and, moved by jealousy, had repeatedly quarrelled with his
wife. On his return ho continued to ill treat his wife, and
her life appeared to be daily in danger from his violence.
On Friday and Saturday he behaved ,like a madman, and on
Monday was, if possible, still more outrageous. For some
days he had declared his intentio❑ of going over to see some of
his friends at Worcester; on Monday, and Mrs. Keatley had
prepared him clean articles of apparel to take with him, but
when the time approached for him to start, he deferred his
journey until the following day (Tuesday). He retired to beti
with his wife at ten o'clock, and nothing more was heard of him
until Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, when bis wife ran into
the yard, habited only in her night clothes, her head and face
streaming with blood, screaming" Murder." The poor woman
applied for refuge at the first neighbour's house, hut admittance
was refused her. A kind hearted woman (Mrs. Lawden),
hastened to her aid, took her into her dwelling, stopped, as well
as she could, the blood which was copiously flowing from severe
wounds on her 'kull and land, and ascertained from her
that the injuries had been inflicted by her husband. Mrs.
Lawden had, during the preceding night, dreamt that
Keatley had cut his throat, and after hastily attending
to the bleeding woman, she hinted that he who had com-
mitted the outrage, might have killed himself.- In company
with a man she proceeded to Keatley's bedroom, where she
saw him lying on the floor on his face, surrounded by a pool
of blood, She laid hold of the unfortunate suicide, and asked
him whether he could speak. He answered, "Yes." She
turned him over, saw the blade of a carving knife in a wound
in his throat, removed it therefrom and flora his left hand,
which still firmly clutched the haft. She then asked him
whether she should raise his head ? Ho answered "Ah "
She did so, and in order to stop the blood which gushed out of
two wounds in his neck, she compressed them as well as she
could with her fingers until a surgeon arrived. Mr. Oliver
Pemberton promptly attended, bnt before his arrival Keatley
had ceased to exist. Mr. Pemberton applied proper remedies
to Mrs. Koatley's injuries, and she will, it is hoped, recover.
The account given of the tragical affair by the widow is, that
she got out of bed shortly before eight o'clock ; her husband
was then drunk, and she enquired from him whether he would
have his breakfast in bed or get up for it. He told her he
would get up, and immediately afterwards while she was
engaged in putting on her stockings, he struck her a blow with
a poker on the bead. She put up her hand to ward off
another blow, and received a cut thereon from a second
onslaught. Before he could lay hold of her, she ran out of
the room into the yard.