Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-21 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE -1:11. MA 'NSFIELD.

CHARGE OF MURDER BY ENDEAVOURING TO
PROCURE LB ORTIOIT.
John Godfrey Patrick Bride, surgeon, was placed in the
dock charged with having, at Liverpool, en the 18th June,
1857, wilfully killed and murdered ono Margaret ild`Creal.
Mr. Brett stated the case for the presecetiee. He said the
prisoner at the bar was a ee gene, who had carried on
business in Liverpool for some time, and thec..harge against
him was, that by using an instrument for the purpose
of assisting the eeeased Margaret M'Creal to pracare
abortion he inflicted a wound upon her womb, which pro-
duced inflammation of which she died. If at were-male
cut to the sa isfactioia of the jury that the pr Boner was
engaged in the commission of the felony described, and that
the use of the instrumentcaused the death of ere,„ woman,
be would undoubtedty be guilty of murder. The deceased
woman was a stewardess on board of a ship named the
William Cumming, which at the time of her death was
lying in the 'Victoria Dock, Liverpool. On the 23rd of
June a medieal gentleman was called ha to see the deceased
who was ill in her berth on board the ship. Frcni the
statement she made to him he treated her as e person who
had recently had a miscarriage; IQ consequence of which
she was much exhausted and had been suffering hemor-
rage to a great extenr. He was not then aware that NTH PRIUS COURT.
anything else had happened. The woman died on the 10th BFFORE BARON CHAN N .AND XD A SPECIAL JURY_of July,. but before she died, du: consequence of something YEOWALD v. SCHAFFER.—This was an action on a charter
which she stated, the prisoner was taken, into custody. The party, and was brought to recover a sum of £4OO and
prisoner was taken to the hospital, to which the deceased upwards ascommission alleged to be due to the plaintiff
woman had been removed. He had a solicitor with him and upon the charter of the ship Mount Lilac, of which the
had an opportunity of cross-examining the woman upon defendant is.cap'ain and part owner,-for a voyage hence
the evidence she then gave. She made a moat important to Calcutta and back to Liverpool. Mr. James, Q.C.,
statement aff,:oting the prisoner. The statement she then with Mr. Brett, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
made, which would be given in evidence before the jury, Monek, Q.C., with Mr. Millward, foe. the defer:dint. It
and upon which she was ercss-examined by the solictor appeared that the Mount Lilac, ad,
ve,s.of .1,000 was
who attended on behalf of the prsooer, was to the effect in dock in Liverpool in the month of. January, 18:56, and
that when she came home in the stip she was in the that Mr. Schoiten, a partner in the firm of Messrs,
family way ; that she spoke to a woman who came on Hermann, C .x, arid Co , the agents of the vessel here,
board the sbtp to wash the officers' ciethes about a surgeon, req:lested the plaintiff to obtain a charter efor her to
and the woman mentioned to her the name of the prisoner Calcatta and back. The plaintiff accordingly waited upon
at the bar. The dec:ased went to -the house of the Messrs. Syers, Walker, and Co., who ultimately agreed to
prisoner, but on the Prat occasion the other woman being charter the vessel for the run ; but when the terns were
with her. She told the prisoner some oiler story; but submitted to the defendant, he expressed a wish to tele-
going a second time alone, she told him that the was in graph to his cc-owners at Bremen, before closing with the
the family way, and gave him to understand that she offer. Mr. Walker cmsen!ed to a short delay, and
desired him to pro2ure abortion. She then utAted that matters were supposed to 'main in atatu 9i:o. On the
the prisoner undertook to do this, and that he used
26:h of January, Mr. Brown, of the firaa of Messre. Vets,
an instrument which he Passed into her womb on two Brown, and Co.. who were in the meantime retained by the
taken in
or three several occazions, and that after that she was defendant, called upon Mr. Walker to know whether he
, and the medical gentleman already mentionei would charter a vessel to Calcutta and back. He stated
was call, d in. The woman died on the 10th of July. that the name cf the ship was ,the Telemac ; but when
The most important evidence alter hers was that of the Mr. Walker saw the captain he found that he was the
post mortem examination. On the pose mortem .examica- defendant, and that he had changed the name of his vessel
Lion it was found that the eat'ance of the woman's from the Mount Lilac to the Telemac. Mr. Walker
womb , xhibited a wound ja,t where a wound might be chartered the vessel, the terms being slightly changed
exp,c ed by the introduction of such an instrument, or by from what were prop red at first ; and the plaintiff,
such an operation unskilfully performed. This wound conceiving that it was he who bad really intro-
would be shewn by the medical evidence, to have produced duced the parties, claimed his commiss.on on the
intimation, which caused the death of the woman. If charter party. The defendant denied his liability, and
upon the evidence, the jury were satisfied that the prisoner out of that the present action arose. Several witnesses
at Ye bar did use the instrument, that bis so doing caused were examined for the p'aintiff, among them Mr. Walker,
the wound which the doctors saw On post mortem exam- On his cross-examination, Mr. Walker said that there
ination, and that that wound canted the inflarnationLof were general), a great number of shipbrokers trying to
which the woman died,it seemed to him, (Mr. Brett) tnat effect charters—that it was a regular race between them as
the case against the ptisonor was fully (are out. The to who should get the commission, and that shipbrokers
deposition of the deceased was then put in and read, and were generally were a very great nuisance. (Laughter.)
medical evidence given as to the appearance of the womb For the defence it was denied that the plaintiff had
on the post mortem examination, and the wined which completed the coatrr.ct with Syers, Walker, and C:.+. ; and ExmAcr FROM REPORT ow Ceevicr PRISONS."
was represented as having caused the death of the woman. it was urged that the o'er to them was simply a proposal, perience shows that of 1,000 cmvicts released from
The facts on which the prosecution rested have been which either Party was at liberty to rescind. As to the prison 200 will relapse into crime, with less SUCCeSS than
recently made public, when the case came before the change Of name of the vessel, it was merely changed because before; 300 will abandon crime, as a bad speculatien,
magistrates, and are briefly set forth in the opening state- she was then purchased by a foreign firm. It was also alld because their skill in thf eying is pretty well lost ;
went of counsel- The details of the evidence are wholly contended that Mr. Schoiten had no authority to retain the 400 will bona fide, and from principle and choice, adopt
nett for publication. Mr. Tindal Atkinson addressed the plaintiff, and that, in Point of fact, he had not been a good course of life, and become useful members of
jury in defence of the prisoner, and stated that hg would retained. The case Point
don Wednesday evening, society ;shod 100 Will become invalids, and end their days
Foy() by evidence? that the *eased brad admitted having but is a jury old not be oblaissi, both parties agreed to in a workhouse,

-William Naylor was couicted of forging, at Bolton, the
names of two securities to a loan paper for £5. When
the policeman who arcested the prisoner was reading the
names to the paper on the occasion of the ease being b2fore
the magistrates, he read the names incorrectly. Upon this
the prisoner, although he had but just positively denied
the charge, cried out, " That is not the nairv, and I :'mould
know it, for I wrote it. He was sentenced to six Moths'
imprisonment, with hard labour.
The c3urt then adjourned to this morning

BEFORE KR, HARVEY.
UNWIIOLE4OMR M EAT.--31artha LancaVer was fined ss.
and costs, for expEing her sale' in Warwick street, on the
15th inst., 901bs. of unwholesome beef.

' GALL-4,NT CONDUCT.—ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—A female,
named Anne Garnett, was brought up, charged with
having attempted to commit suicide by flinging herself
into a water pit, twelve feet deep, in Rake-lane,
She would have undoubtedly lost her life but for the brave
and humane conduct of a sailor, named Caleb Spencer,
who, at the risk of his own life, jumped i to the water
after her, and after a sharp struggle he succeeded in getting
her out. His Worship complimented Spencer, and
ordered him 51. The prisoner was remanded for a week.
COUNTY COURT BAILIFFS CHARGED WITH FELONY.—
Richard Hall and Simnel Lougmeade, two bailiffs
belonging t ► the County Court, were charged with
stealing a picture, end for having assaulted Mrs.
Fletcher, a publican, living at 17, Argyle-street,
Bluck was for the complainant, and Mr. Stone, the
high bailiff of the County Court, attended for the de-
fendants. Mr. Black opened the cos: at some length,
the facts being these—there was. a barman named Taylor,
who had been in the employment of the complainant, hut
who had left. and filed a schedule in Lace iste.r. There
was a warrant issued from the County Curt for the
seizure of Taylor's gcois, at the complainant's house,
and it was alledged that the property consisted of
two or three pictures, and a conole of pair of trousers, the
value of which was said to be I'2. The charge against the
prisoners was that they ran up stairs, seized a picture value
£lti, the property of complailant, and carried it off,
at the same time assauting her. Mr. Bluok admitted
that he -could not sustain the charge of felony, and it was
abandoned. His worship said, if there was an assault
eemmitted, the proper (lainer to apply to was the court to
which the defendants belonged. He discharged them.
Mr. Stone complained of the police for having taken the
charge. Mr. Clough said, it was all the fault of the com-
plainant for persevereing in charging- them with felony.
They were then discharged. Mr. Stone wished to state,
that a fellow who was brought up a short time since, and
who said he was a bailiff of the court, had stated a taise-
hool, as no such person was in any way connected with the
court.

A LICFNiED RUNNRII CHARGED WITH FRAUD —Capt.
Stuart, R.N., emigration officer, appeared to call for the
withdrawal of his license horn James Montgomery, a
licensed passenger rinner. Montgomery was summoned
before the magistrates for fraud, on Tuesday, but did not
appear. A warrant was then issued .en the complaint of
Captain Stuart. The lac's, which were chiefti the-se,
will better explain the can, :—James Dunean, Margaret
Duncan, and SainuA M.Guirk, natives of Ireland and
intending emigrants, wrote to Licerpocl, to the office
where Montgomery was ergaged, enclosing money to
engage a passage, and had an acknowledgement in return,
scaring them a passage in the Lady Franklin. They
came to Liverpool in proper times, and met Montgomery,
who resides, or resided, at 24, Dublin-street, and by whom
the acknowledgment was signed. They paid him .E 7 10s,
the balance of money due, and had a ticket given them
in the usual form. Tcey want on board, but whea the
pas Trprs were being passed the agents knew nothing of
them, and they were, of . course, sent oc shore, and the
charge against Montgomery proceeded with. He refused
to appear to the summons, and the officer entrusted with
the warrant reported that he was not to be foand.
Captain Stuart new prayed, under the nth section of
the Passenger Act, 1854, that the Court should infl ct a
fine, and withdraw his license, Mr. Mansfield ordered a
fine of £5O to be recorded against Montgorrry, and his
license to be withdrawn ; and if any portion of the fine
shall be recovered, the some to be given over to the
defrauded passengers. Shortly after Mr. Goodere men-
tioned to the Court that Messy. Tracy and Baldwin,
passenger agents, had, ill the kindest and mast humane
manner, presented the Duncans and M'Qairk with a free
passage in one of their first ships—one now ready for sea.
Mr. Mansfield said nothing would be more humane and
considerate on the part of those gentlemen, or more
fortunate for the poor people.
CHARGE or CONSPIRAO7I.-Ntr. Cobb appeared to prefer
a charge ot conspiracy against John Dry, sergeant-at-mac
Thomas Nate, and Wdliaoa H Il trn. The latter auctioneer
to the court of which Mr. Dry is an officer. M-. robb.
in limine, withdrew the charge against Mr. Hallam. Mn
Aspinall, barrister, appeared for Dry, and Mr. Roby,
solicitor, for Peete. The facts were briefly these Mr.
Worship, an attorney in Liverpool, issued a distress warrant
at the suit of a lodger in the house of Mr. Hugh Mac Donnell,
Grove-street fur money dee for lodgings. The warrant,
Mr. Worship says, was made oat to Mr, Dry and his as-
sistants. Under this instrument a piano-forte was seized,
taken to Mr. anal sold. In some time Mr.
Worship met Dry, and asked for the money which was not
paid, and an action was commenced against him by Mr.
Worship at Mac Donnell's suit. He pleaded, and when
the action came to be tried, it was foand that Dry's name
had barn replaced in the warrant by Penh's. This substi-
tution was the basis of the charge. Mr. Aspinall ridiculed
the idea of a criminal chvgs even if that was stated
could be proved. Bat it would not. The truth was
that some five aetions had been brought about this piano.
[Mr. Cobb : Three only.] Weld, three. They were
referred to arbitratloa, and this was an unwarrantable
attempt to influence the arbitrator. Mr. Mansfield thought
the question before him was the one substantially before
the arbitrator, and should be decided there. The summons
must be dismissed.