Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—LivicarooL, August 18

CROWN COURT.
BEFORE MR 1311101 WiTSON.

His Lordship en'ered Court at nice o'clock yesterday,
and proceeded to pass the following sentences :
James Gray, who was found guilty on Monday of
assault and robbery, was sentenced to six years' penal
servitude.

George Whitham, who was found guilty on Monday of
pacing a bottle containing gunpowder, and other explo-
sive materials, against the house of Mr. Redmain, in
Manchester, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.
Owen M'Conville was Eentenced to twelve months' im
prisoument f unhewfully wounding
Riehsrd Bleasdsle was sentenced to eighteen months'
impris-inment for unlawfully wounding. -
George Jones was sentenced to eight months' imprison-
ment, for burglary at Parr
James Ryder, who pleaded guilty of forgery, at Man-
chester, was sentenced t 3 four months' imprisonment.
Henry Rimmer, and James Bennett, who pleaded
guilty cf burglary, at Live:poi, were sentenced to six
months' imprisonment each.
Thomas Booth, convicted of a garotte robbery at Rcch-
dale, was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude.
VIOLATION. William Bull, aged 23, farm-labourer, was
charged with having, on the 31st July, 1837, at a place
called Heaton Norris, feloniously and violently assaultsl
and ravished one Betty Wilson There were several
serious discrepancies in the statement of the prosecutrix,
in consequence of which his Lordship directed an acquittal.
James Brocklehurst, who was charged as a party in the
same ease, was then pot up. No evidence was offered by
the crown, in accordance with his Lordship's suggestion to
that eft et, end the prisoner was discharged.
STABBING--Catherine Woods, aged D, hawker,. wag
charged with having at Liverpool, en the 7th April, 1857,
feloniously cut, stabbed, and wounded one Elizabeth
ll'Orlynn, with intnt to do her some grievous bodily harm.
It appeared that the prisoner an I her sister were in the
house cf the prosecutrix, and some glance' toek place
between the latter and the sister. The prosecutrix state
that the prisoner, who was at the tine cutting a child's
hair, jumped up, and struck her over the eye with the
scissors she be d in her hand, ittlictirg a severe wound.
Mr. Horioby prosecuted. The jury found the prisoner net
guilty, and ehe was accordirgly discharged.
AS3 S.ULT UPON A WIFE. - J01:13. Cuff, aged 36, cutler,
was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 29th March,
1837, feloniously aesanhed Frances Cuff by kicking her
on the heal, and on various parts ef the body, with intent
to do her Some grievious bodily harm. The prosecutrix
was the wife of the prism, r, wile lived in Ben Jonson-
street, Liverpool. The statement made by her wag, that
on the night in question, she left her house about eight
o'clock, and went to a public house in the neighbourhood,
where sbe had some drink. After that, she went to the
house of a neighbour in Ben Jonson-street, where she f-ll
asleep. She was roused by a violent blow, and was able
to perceive that it was her hui.benl who gave her the blow,
when she became insensible from its effects. Other wit-
nesses deposed that the prisoner struck her on the head
with a quart pot, kicked her on several parts cf the body,
jumped on her, t nd threw her into the street. The prose.
cutrix admitted, however, on cress-examination, that she
was f equenly in the habit of going to the public house,
and that on the night in question, her hush vnd brought
home his wages, 53, which he gave to her, and told her to
buy something to eat, but Ins:eed of doing so, she went
to the public house and spent 3s 61 of it with
another woman. It also appeared that in the
house wee-e the prisoner found the prosecutrix —a
lodging-house kept by a woman named Money—there
lodged a man named Burrs, a returned convict, of whom
the prisoner was jealous, an whom he had frequently
accused her of going to Mrs. Mooney's to meet. The
prosecution in thi. care was condec el by Mr Whigham,
and Mr. Simon defended the prisoner. The jury found
the prisoner guilty of unlawfully vrcundirg.
VIOLATION.—John Smith, aged 40, a provision dealer,
living in Stretford-road, Manchester, was charged with
having vialated the person of Mary Jane Griffith., aged
fourteen, a servant employed by him. Mr. lave prose-
cuted, and M. Blair defended the prhonar. The jury
acquitted the prisoner.
MANSLAUGUTER.—Moses Wo dward, aged 25, and
James Woodward, aged 28, both colliers, were charged
with having, at Sutton, on the 29 h June lest, killed John
Rob,nson. Mr. Lareische prosecuted, and Mr. Aspinall
defended. It appeared from the case f r the prosecution,
that on the 2)ch of June last, the prisoner Moses Wood-
ward met with the deceased at the back of a public-house
where the two prisoners were drinking A quarrel too k
place, but without at that time resulting in anything
serione. The prisoner Noses returned into the public.
house, and the deceased went away. Later in the day,
however, the prisoner; again met the deceased at the
Sutton Copper Srneltir g Works an I the pri-oner Moses
immediately set upon him, and knocked him down. Bo h
the prisoners teem kicker him when down with such
violence that one of the wit: eases declared he heard the
skull of the deceased ' crack." The deceased at once
became insensible. and while in that condition he was
taken to a house in the neighbeurhe _d. Subsequently he
was retnavel to the workhhouse, and there erysipelas
ensued. He died on the 29th of June. Tee jury returned
a verdict of geilty. His lordship deferre I sentence.
AIieLAVOiITT,A —Luke Burn, 51, hawker, Thomas
Gantley, fteory operative. Hugh Gantley, 19, factory
operative, Itdicard Gtn.l-y, 19, labourer, and Michael
Mitchell, 23, dye-, were charged on a cerener's warrant
with having, at Meneheoee, killed Bernard Harrington.
Mr llopwatid prosecuted ; llr. Fearnley defendel t fro of
the Gentler. eh l the other Prisoners were uulefended.
It appeared that on Saturday, the Ilea July, t .e deceased,
who was 22 years of age, met the prisoner Burns in the
street, near his res;dence. The uncle of deceased was with
and accused Burns of not having behaved well to
deceased, by to ning him cut of hislodgings hout notice.
'
Soon after deceased was siting in his uncle s cellar, tilien
an attack was made upon the door by the prisoners and
other men, and in the " row" which ensued, it was alleged
that the deceased received blows which catnel his death.
It did not appean however., that any of the prisoners was
seen to u e violence against the deceased, except the
prisoner Burns, and a man named MtLaren, wh) was
not in custody. His Lord hip directed an acqiittal in the
ease of all the prisoners, oxeept Barns. The jury found
Burns guilty. Sentence deferred.
CUTTING AND WoUNDING —Timms., Howard, aged 30,
factory-hand, was charged with having, on the 4th July, at
Wigan, feloniously cut and stabbed one Gerard Ashcroft.
Mr. Evans proseeutel, and Mr. Bowler defended. It
appeared that the prisoner and some other men met the
prosecutor upon a road on the day in petition, awl a fight

originated among them. The prosecutor was stabbed in
the neck with a knife, and the wound, he alleged, was
inflicted by the prisoner. The jery found the prisoner
guilty Sentence deferred.
ROBBERY writ VIOLENCE.— Charles G. Allen, aged 22.
seaman, and John Maenzie, 23 seaman, were charged
with having at Liverpool. on the Bth of July, 1857,
feloniously assaulted one Joseph :Martin, an 1 stolen from
him 15s , a cap, and other articles. Mr. Tinthl Atkinson
prosen tel. The prisoners were nnilAfended. The pro-
secutor was a labourer, living at Southport. He had
taken a passage to Boston in the Sca-King, which was
then lying in the Huskisson Dock, and some days before
she sailed, he went on board to look at-her. H 3 there s tw
the prisoners and other seamen, and in order to ingratiate
himself with them he sent out for 53. worth of
drink. When the &irk had been consumed, the
prisoners invited him into the forecastle, it being then
about nine o'clock in the morning. He went in, and was
immeliately attacked by the prisoners, who struck him
with a slung shot. threw him down, searched him all over,
and robbed him of 15s, a cap, and other articles. When
he succeeded in escaping ashen, he at once went to a
policeman ; he was then so much exhausted and faint that
it was some time before he could state what had happened.
He was covered with blool at the time, and the officer, on
going on hoard the vessel, found much blood in the fore-
ca 41e Several articles identified as the property of the
prosecutor, were found by the officer in the possession of
the prisoners. Thti' jury found both prisoners guilty.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock to nine o'clock this
morning, when the case against the parties concerned in
the death of the seaman, Andrew Bose, on board the
Martha Jane, w 11 he proceeded with.

BEFORE MQ. ATTORNEY-GENSRIL BLISS., Q.C.

TRIAL OF T. F. LISGB F3lt EMBEZZLENIENT.—Mr. Monck,
Q C., and Mr. Ovens, appeared for the prosecution in
this case, and Mr. Wheeler for the defence. Mr. Monck,
in opening the case said: That the prisoner had been for
some twenty years in the service of _Messrs. Kershaw and
Co., of Manchester, and had held during the whole of that
time, situations of more or less confidence in their
emplosment ; their confidence in hint beirg always con
sidereble, and latterly almost mann:lll-e 1. For ten or
twelve years. he had been the principal caihier, anti such
an idea as d oubting his perfect intsgrity. never entered
their heads until very recently. His duties were to
receive all monies which came to their firm in the way of
business, and to keep them in his possession until in the
discharge cf his ordinary duty, he had to pay them over
ei her to the bank, or by paying accounts which became
due from the firm to var.ous pers •ns The books under
his control, and in which he had to make entries for the
purposes of these cash accounts, were a cash receipt book,
cash payment hook, barker's cash ledger, and the ordinary
bark pass book. The firm had two banking accounts ; one
for particular transactions, such as the receipt of money
by hills, and things of that kind, and the payment of
monies in the same way, at the bank of Eegland, and a
general deposit bsn'zing, account with another bulk adow-
ing interest, which the bank of England did not allow.
It was the prisoners duty to receive money, to keep it in a
d-aver of which he had the exclusive possession ..nd key,
and then to make payments in she usual course entering
in the cash receipt book the amount and corresp tinting
date, accurately and properly, when he received the money ;
entering in the cash payment bock the time when he pcid
it; and keeping in the bankers ledger a true account with
the hanker of all transactions on one side and the other.
He htd for the purpose of assisting him, in the parrot-
manee "f then dutien, a cub-csahier or clerk, nana:ei
helmerdine, whom he (counsel) should call before them.
Now it happened that in February of the present year, a
circumstance occurred which attached some suspicion to
the prisoner; and Mr. Sidebottom, one of the partners,
eying been informed of it, took an opportunity of speaking
to him and sekng for the key of his drawer. Having ob-
tained the key, Mr. Sidebottom charged him with a defi-
ciency in his accounts The prisoner used some exprea-
sion which amounted to an admission that he was wrong
in his accounts, and Mr Sidebottom then said to him
" how much is it ;" is it £5,000 ? The prisoner said it was
more than that, it was about £B,OOO. Mr. Sidebottom
and he then wont to the prisoner's horse, where Liogs
pro lueed some papers in the nature of vouchers and
receipts for money, from a person or persons to whom he
had lent or given it upon deposit, in his own name, and as
his own money. They returned to the warehr use for the
purpose of investigating the books, and going through
them print by point, until they ascertained where the first
deficiency arose, and where, in point of date and trans-
acti-n, the first misappropriation took place. It was due
to the prisoner to say, that he net only very freely con-
fessed what he had done, but rendered all the assistance in
his pone*, and, inasmech as he knew a hat had taken place,
he frankly pointed out the different .entries which ware
improper, and this one transaction was so pointed out by
him. th A he ('he learned counsel) now charged him with
:he misappropriation cf his master's money, a circumstance
which amounted 'e embezzlement. Considerable ingenuity
had been practised with regard to this particular
transaction. About the 28th of December, 1855,
a stock-taking took place 'which would occupy
some little time but which would be completed
upon the 28th. at that stork-taking an account would
be taken of the cash account, as appearing upon the two
cash becks of the prisoner, and of the cash which would
remain at that time in his drawer, to represent the difference
between the one and the other ; and if all the books had
been brought in fo: one view upon the 28th, the facility
for committing the offence with which the prisoner was
charged would not have existed, because the whole would
have been open to one view, and the inaccuracy of the
balance would have been apparent. Bat they were not.
The time of taking stock did not correspond with the time
at which the bankers balanced up the pass bo )1e and re-
turned it in its balanced state, they net returning it until
the 31st of December ; so that there was a period of three
dais for any person who so chose, and who had access to
the beaks, to make any entry 'which mignt conceal any
deficiency which existed in the banker's pass book. Upon
t' e entries in the b )ok as exhibited before the 27th of
Decsml'er, there appeared to be a balance in hand of
£3843 6s 91—a very large balance, and which showed the
magnitude of the confidence reposed in the prisoner by his
employers. Supposing that this had remained unaccounted
for when the banket's pass bock was returned on the 31st,
the defalcation would at once have been apparent On the
27th however, the day before the balance is made up,
there appeared an entry in the cash payment book of
-t2.000, 4. sum for which he would have credit as part of
the £3.000, and which would reduce that amount to some
£l,BOO and odd. If that had been accurate all would have
been right; but it was not In the meantime the prispner
received from time to time monies into his possession, and
br the 31st, the sum which he would have in his posses-
sion, was swelled to upwards of £6,000. It would be
perfectly easy, therefore/ ke hiTa to pay 42,000 Ito the

hank, and obtain be'ore the 31st (the time to which the
banker's pass book was made up), credit for that £2,000,
though the dates would not correspond. In conclusion,
the learned counsel summed up the charge in a few words.
In the oash-payment book the prisoner took credit for
£2,900, as paid by him into the Bank of England, when,
in fact, no such sum was ever paid. In that lay the
embezzlement with which he now stood charged.
Mr. Sidebottom was examined : He said he was a partner
in the firm of Kersnaw and Co , and that the prisoner had
been in their service for twenty years—for the last twelve
years as cashier. He had charge of the bank ledger, cash-
payment book, cash receipt book, and bank pass-book.
In February last the bank ledger was in arrest., and wits ess,
in the presence of the prisoner, directed Mr. Shelmedine,
the assistant cashier, to post it up. In May, in conse-
quence of a communication made to him by Mr. Shelme-
dine, he had a conversation with the prisoner in the private
office, in presence of another of the partners. He asked
him if his cash account was corre^t, and the prisoner, after
hesitating, replied that it was. Witness then asked him
for the key of the cash drawer, and when it was given up
said, " I know now it is not right. How much is it—is it
£5,000 ?" The prisoner said it was more—that it was
between £B,oooand 49,000. Witness then went with him in
a cab to his house, and the prisoner wont up stairs and
brought down a pocket book containig receipt vouchers for
several thousand pounds. He also produced two bills—
promissory notes—one for £lOOO and the other for £2OOO,
and also his draft rccepted by Walter Glover for £5 500
He lent the money to Glover, who carries on the business
of finishsr and dyer in Manchester. He was in the habit
of doing work for the firm. Next day he had another in-
terview with the prisoner in the presence of Mr. Kershaw.
Mr. Kershaw said it was a bad affair. and ailed the prisoner
if he ware at liberty or able to point out the way in which
he had managed the account. The prisoner replied that
he could do it and would do it The prisoner then brought
the cash-payment book, and pointed to an entry of £200)0
as having been paid into the Btnk of England on the 27th
December, 1855 There was no corresponding entry
in the bank pass-book. He explained that it wa-
in that manner he ccvered his deficiencies. The
witness then explained, by reference to the hooks, that on
the 27th December, 1855, the balance on the books
appearing to the debit of the prisoner was £1,843 Os. Di
It should have been £2,000 more, as that sum, though
appearing in the cash payment b-mk and bank ledger,
NM never paid into the bank. OA the 31st December
£2,000 was paid by the prisoner into the bank, but
between the 28th and 31st he had received several thou-
sands more than that sum. Mr. F. Hampson, solic'tor,
of Manchester, deposed to the prisoner and Mr. Side-
bottom coming to his office on the 7th of last May. Mr
Sidebottom observed that the prisoner had robbed them
to a considerable amount, and the prisoner said it was
so. Witness asked him what h: did with the money,
[ and the prisoner replied that the rem-hers which Mr.
Sidebottom had would show that he had lent it to
two parties—one of them Mr. Walter Glover. The
vouchers represented far more than XS,' CO, but the
prisoner accounted for that by stating that some of the
money had been re-paid, bat that he had never given
up the vouchers relating to those sums. He then made
out an account, showing that £8,825 was the full amount.
he had taken. Witness wired what he proposed doing,
and the prisoner said he should like to make any restitu-
tion in his power. Witness asked if he would make au
assignment of the debt from Glover to Kershiw and
Co , and the prisoner consented. The assignment was
executed. After that, Glover petitioned the Bankrnpo7
Court, under the arrangement clause, and offtred a compo-
sition of Bs. in the pound. Cross-examined by Mr.
Wheeler Glover paid nothing, but offered Bs. in the
pound. The whole arrangement was not yet completed.
Mr. J. S. Kipping, clerk to the Bank of England at Man-
chester, produced the pass-book. There was no entry of
£2,000 as having been paid in on he 27th of December,
1855. Mr. Wheeler addressed the court for the defence.
He urged that though the prisoner had been gtvlty
of a grave moral wrong, he was not guilty of the crime laid
to his charge in the indictment. He had not appropriated
one farthing of the money to his own purpose, bat had
been guilty of the folly and imprudence of lending it to a
man whom he believed perfectly solvent. It was improper
for him to have done so, but when he was guilty of the
imprudence he never believed that his employers would
suffer from it, nor would they, had not Glover became
insolvent. If Glover had continued solvent, the money
would have found its way back into the coffers of the pro-
secutors, and the prisoner would In.ve been saved from the
dangerous and disgraceful position in which he now stood.
His Lordship, in bumming up. said that nothing could be
clearer than that the prisoner had, to use his own words,
robbed his masters of £8,825, and the only question for
the jury was, whether the offence was one of larceny or
embezzlement. The jury, after a brief consultation, re-
turned a verdict of guilty of embezzlement. His Lordship
deferred sentence.
TEM/MING STONES AT RAILITIYS.—Martin Clarke, 13,
and Patrick Clarke, 13, watchmakers, were indicted for
having, at Manchester, on the 27th of le-t May, maliciously
thrown stones at a train in motion, on the L :ncashire and •
Yorkshire railway. Mr. Saunders prosecute-±, and Mr.
Wheeler defended. The offence was clearly es'ablished
against the prisoners, and they were each sentenced to
three months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
The Court rose at five o'clock.

NISI PRIUS COURT.

BEFORE MR. BARON CIIANNELL.

Ilia Lordsh.p took his seat on the bench this morning
at rine o'clock.

TOPPER V. lllG Z AND ANOTEIER. —This action was brought
to recover the snm ,4 £216. The plaintiffs and the de-
fendants lived in Manchester. After the case had been
proceeded with for ''t short time, a legal technical objection
was taken to the firm of action, the result of which was
that the case was v ithdrawn.
Ts MPL AND 0 MIMS V. HINDLZ AND °TIMES —This action
was brought to recover £lB3 13s. Gl, the value of 420
pieces of shirting. The plaintiffs were Messrs. Temple and
3utclifte, cotton spinners, of Manchester; and the defend-
ants were Messrs. J. and T. Hindle, commission agents, of
the same place.
Mr. Atherton, Q.C., with whom was Mr, Millivard, was
for the plaintiffs, and Me. Hill, Q.C., with whom was Mr.
Spink,, was for the defendants. Mr. Sutcliffe, a partner
of the firm, proved the sale of the shirting to the defend-
ants in the mouth of April last, and to the delivery of the
goods to the defendants, but denied that they had ever
authorised them to sell them to a parson of the name of
Whittaker, who was insolvent, and therefore held the de-
fendants as their agents as responsible. A. verdict was
given for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed.
CECIL V. TAYLOR.—In this action Mr. Joseph Cecil, the
assignee of Henry Oakes, was the plaintiff, and Mr. Ben-
jamin Taylor, a builder, was the defendant. Both the
partite carried on business in Sheffield. Mr. Hill, Q.C.,
was for the plaintiff; and Mr. Atherton, Q.C., was for the
defendant:

The facts of this case consisted principally in the vali-
dity of a bill of sat, given by the insolvent, Oakes, to the
defendant, Taylor, to whom he was rola•ed by marriage.
The jury retired to consider their verdict, bat had not
come to a decision on the rising of the court at a quarter
to seven o'clock. They were accorlingly locked up.

THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD."

TO THF. EDITOR OF THE NORTHER,T TIMES

Sir,—Being a constazt reader of your valuable

•,
and wide-circulating journal, I beg leave to correct
an erroneous assertion made in your edition of this
morning, viz., that the Lightning is the " fastest
ship in tho world." With all due defference to
yourself and her owners, I beg to say that the ship
Dreadnought beat the Lightning, on a fair trial,
side and side, on the 9ih December, 1855 ; con-
sequently the Lightning cannot be the fastest ship.
The Dreadnought has never been beaten by any
ship, side by side. The full plrticulars of the race
can be given, if necessary Being sure, on the part
of fair play, that you will insert he above article,
—I am, sir, your humble servant,
S. SAM eELS,
Commander of the Dreadnought.
Liverpool, August 18, 1857.

LITERATURE.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YEsT F. RDAY.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MIL MANSFIELD.
A " PLITTRILIR."—A very powerful fellow, named
Edward MGM, was charged by- Inspector Comlyn under
the following circumstances. It appeared that on Monday
the prisoner sold the shirt off his back for eighteen pence,
and, along with his wife, got drunk in a public house in
Vauxhall-road. When he had no more money, he created
a great disturbonae. The inspector was called on to re-
move the prisoner's wife, and on doing so he was knocked
down by the prisoner. A crowd of nearly 1,000 persOns
collected very quickly, and began flinging stones in all
directions, cracking squares of glass in windows, or crack-
ing skulls, if met with. Officers 153 and 783 cams up,
when the prisoner actually tore the coats off their backs.
(Here the garments were exhibited, and such " flitters
never were looked on.) The prisoner was sent to jail for
twe months
VIOLENT ASSAULT.—Mary Reddington, of New Bird-
street, was brought up on remand, charged with having
committed a violent assault on Salina Weetan, on the 10th
ingt , by striking her a violent blow on the forehead with
a stone, during a fight that took place in the above street
on the eveeing in question. A fall report of this case
appeared a few days ago in our paper. Mr. Cobb (for
Mr. Campbell) defended, and elicited from the prose-
cetrix that she was not quite sober at thb time, and she
also admitted that she went about the streets with a
frying pan " taking sketches of peoples heads"—(loud
laughter) —this sort of " sketching" was explained by the
woman, as giving the peop'e cracks on the skull with the
frying pan. Some ha'f dozen witne-ses were examined
pro and con, an I at the termination, his Worship sentenced
the prisoner to pay a fine of £5, or to be imprisoned for
three months.
Tile Snip Pet -omen —The four dumpers who stood re-
manded en a charge of stealing 21 b Atlas of ale f om the
ship Molvolia ware brought no Mr. Bluek defended.
The case was healed de novo, and the prisoners were C3M-
min ed for sevea days with hard labour, under the Criminal
Justice Act.
DESERTING A WIFE-AN b DESERTING THE ARMY.—John
Keegan, a tailor, was charged by Mr. Hughes for deserting
his wife and three children. Two years aero the prisoner
deserted his family and enlisted, and latterly he got tired
of th, military life and deserted that also. He was con-
victed of the former offence and sentenced to three months
hard labour.
SHOPLITTING.—Three young women, named Mary Burns.
Laura Edwarde, and Mary Jones, were brought up by
John Griffi,h4, a market constable f James's Market, who
said he saw them in St. James's-road, with a dress in their
possession, which he suspected they had stolen. He arrested
them aid it was discovered that the dress was stolen from
Mr. Darling-on's, of Greet George's-street Burns pleaded
guilty, and was sent to gird for three months; the others
were discharged, The evidence not being sufficient.
Ass ~U..T.—Walter- Carr, charged his brother-in-law,
William Jardine, a carpenter, with having assaulted him
on the 13th April. Mc. Dagears was fir the complainant,
and Ms. Pemberton for the defendant. It appeared that
complainant was maerie l to the prisoners sister, and there
Was sets dispute of a family n tture between them. The
parties were in the employment of Messrs. D. and C.
M'lver, and on the day in question, the alleged assault
was committed. The prisoner then went to sea, and was
arrested on a warrant when he came back. Mr. Pember-
ton attempted to show that the assault was committed in
censequence of the complainant having assaulted his wife,
the sisterof the prisoner.. The prisoner was bound in his
own recognizance in a £lOO to keep the peace.
A DARING THIEF.—A young fellow, named James
Sloane, was chage] with having stolen a quantity of
Guernsey frocks, value Sc. each, from the shop of Mr
George Davis, of Park lane. Tee prisoner sn ore] the
Chop, took a bundle of 20 frocks, and ran off with them.
He was arrested with the things in his possession. The
prisoner was sent for trial.
HEFORE MES3R3 EMI AND HAYWOOD.

AS3AULT —Edward Hugh Lewis, of 12, Croston-street,
Great Homer-street, was charged with having assaulted a
yourg married woman, nam.d Elizabeth Harris, of the
same street. Mr. Bluck was fir the prosecution, and
Mr. Dangers defended. The facts were these :—The
defendant is the owner of some houses in the street, and
on the night of the 23rd July he req tested Mrs. Harris to
let him know if one of his tenants, whom he imagined was
about to decamp, without paying rent, would make an at-
tempt to remove the property. Some time about 10 o'clock,
it appeared the complainant calle'l on defendant, when
she alleged that he committed the assault complained of
Her husband was at sea, and she mentioned the affair to
some neighbour4, and when her husband came home, the
charge wa3 brought Mr. ID-aggars cross-examined the
complainant, with the view of showing that she was not
free front blame, bnt failed to do so, and the bench inflicted.
a fine of £5 on the defendant.
A warrant was issue] for the arrest of an emigrant
runner, named James Montgomery; who stands charged with
the violation of the last act of parliament on this subject.