The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-12 00:00:00

LANCASTER ASSIZES,' MARCH

This morning John Dunn was placed at the Irir,
end indicted for the wilful murder of Nlorvoter
Grimes, of Mount-street, Manchester, on cie 17
January best.
It appeared on the evidence of Marg•iret Arm-
strong, that the Prisoner resided 1111 the oppo.ite
side of the stieet to the deceased ; that on she if.y
of the murder, after shouting and making a gretit
noise, he pre.ented !dwell before the %%nowt% ,
and threatened to shoot the witness (*lto re-1 led with
the deceased) and the deceased; during that pet init,
he was called away by • woman. hut returned 10
about test mintier', when he again threatened them.
at the same time holding a pistol in each Isonct.
After calling to the deceased to take care of hes-
self, he discharged one of then., the contents iti
which entered the deceased under the lett e .r—the
Prisoner then wade In. escape.

'rise evidence of this aliness was corroborated
by others in every esential particular.
The Prisoner wale taken iota custody at a public-
house by serjrant Gustavus Johnson, of tile jht
regiment.
li his defence he said that he had purcharied
pistols at an auction, fur • friend, mid was takiii,;
them to a carrier to be forwarded to lion, when one
accidentally went off.
The Learned JUDGE then recapitulated the ev•-
dence, when the Jury returned a verdict ul—
Guilly
of Murder wader a temporary derasu
The JUDGE told them, that if they iteri.iiiird tie
that verdict, Not Guilty must be recorded.
The Jury then retired, sod in about twenty mi-
nutes returned their verdict of Wilful Murder.
Mr. Ytitaice PARK then proved the awful Pell.
truce of liar law upon him in a very affeeting awl
impreprive manner. lie was executed on t‘f
se'imight, in the presence of an immense iininlier
of spectators. . .

The following is • continuation of the list of
those Prisoners who have been tried :
James Pickup, for stealing five sheep, at Spotland; 44.
mud Taylor, fur uttering a forged Bank note, at Maur- ;
James Thorp., fur a samilar °deuce, at Maiiehests ; JO,
Todd and Elizabeth Tudd, fur a similar off, sire, at Lira • -
pool ; William Smith, fur a similar offence, at Riarkbitru ;
Philip Rogers, fur a similar offence, at Liverpool ; Pei. r
SPlCornsick, fur a aimilar offence, at ditto ; W. Eekrroiley and
Joy. Woithington, for rubbing Edmond Taylor, ua the biro,.
way, al Eccles; John Peake, fur striding a dwell, at Ms•.
ter; Peter Roberts, fur a burglary in she l►nvre of Niched
Williams, at Liverpool; James Harlow and Robert Urns let,
for rubbing Robert Stephens, on she highway at Massesteatri
Wm. Parker, fur maliciously sbuut►ug as, wounding, apt
robbing Charles King, on the highway at Pleassughasi ;
Robert Thompson, fur a burglary, at Salford ; George Meet.
for robbing John Ruwker, on the highway at Predictor,. ;
all Guilty—Death.
William Campbell, fur uttering forged Rank notes at Li.
verpuid ; Margaret Rogers, for a similar offence, at din.;
David Collins, for having furred filth omen is his poa e..
pion, at ditto; Elia. Putman and John Hill, for a similar
offence, at Manchester; Francis Hogue, fur a similar of-
fence, at dittu.—l4 gear. transportatinu.
John Gortud,fur having stolen in She dwelling-bowie of
Jobn Mawdvley,at Cupola, five Rank mites, ace.—,Setsa

yenrr transportation. - - -
Hunch lecrum, fur the wilful murder of her new.horo
child—Acquitted; but fur cuuc.raling the lurtb-41tat mentor

ixsprieonestet.
Joseph Ktehards, for robbing S. %Veatherilt oo Ilse hie,-
way, •t Liverpool—lS enosellts inprisonseeatt and Se be

soki;iped.
Joseph Reid, fur administering an unlawful nail. to W.
Rubinson, at %I/India—One year's imprisonment in Ms
Howse of Correctioa.
Jam-. Lowooil, for killing Sarah Anoe Whittaker. at
Press wich —lmprisoned one inovitk.
John Knowles, charged with making pike heads; and
George Hartley, fur listing two wives—Gall/li.
Simon Barlow, for sieuliog three 11,4-. at Harwich;
Thomas Jackman i-lias Juliirovii, and Rinam,,, fun'
stabbing Thomas Rtnime: said Jane Jvol‘..mo, at Niorib
Mauls; Alhce Ilutterworia, tar mitering a torged bank nose
at Crawshaw Booth; Thomas Neville, fur adininisteri..g
•rstwic to Nancy, Bella, and Maria Neville, and in C •
Sharpies; James Robinson, for killing Sarah Radyarik at
Ea cies; Sarah Pearson, Co. *ening lire to a barn and
at Sali.luiry ; James Lord, far stealing a mare at Maladies.
lee ; Itolwrt Jones, Grange Carnes, Thomas Thompson.
John JOIN'S, John Burrowe, John Murphy, Elia& Adam.,
Mzry Tillie, and Susannah Millman, for a barglary is 4...
boyar of Richard Williams, at Liverpool; Edward Carria4.,
for rubbing C. Barlow us tat highway at Liverpool; Thom ia
Abram, fur riitehisag James Travis en she highway at Hui-
ford; Miles Kende, fur ineriag fuer el barb noon as Man-
chester; Mary Cockburn, foe a litilitillf Winn at Pinto.;
and Joseph Boreltall, foe killing antigayiag bur !koala' 00,
at Anton—Aegailieet.
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14 Liverpool ; Wm. Hahne and Mary Longshnw, for utter-
ing forged Bank notes, at Manchester; Catherine Ritchie
and Catherine Wiklabrats, for a similar offence at ditto; will
Isabella Rugby, for eutiet•ling the birth of her bastard child.
No bills.
Bstkitsmin Mika% for littering a forged Bank note, at
Manchester; Wm. Mika% Geo. Smith, Jon. Robinson, and
Thomas Fotherirgham, for robbing R. Irvin on the highway
at Failsworth; Jas. Brookes, Geo. Hall, Richard Routh.
and James Griffith% for e;iispiring together al Bury, to ilia-
lurk the portslie peace; awl JaillCl Lang, John Bimini%
Charles Whitworth, Richard Johnson, Robert Bomber, Geo.
t 31Ief, and Tinsman Carter, fur a similar offence at Maa-
r hestcr.—No prosecutions.

NISI PRIUS COURT.--Fainae, MAKER 31.
HENDERSON AND ANOTHER, AS4IONERS OF 111`001
ALD AND WARING, BANKRUPTS, V. NURNEY.
This his been the longest and moat iinportant
cause yet tried during the Astit-s, having occupied
the Court until nine o'clock at night.
It tr.it an action in trover to recover the value of
two bills of exchange for 2741. 7.. Bd. and 2771.
101. ad. on and accepted by Mr. Robert Boardman,
which in February 1819, Messrs. 01.D.mald and
Waring had deposited with the Defendant, as se-
curity until a bill for .5001. which he discounted for
them on a gentleman of the name of Lone, in Lon-
doe, should be accepted, and which bills, on the
5001. being accepted, he refitted to deliver up; and
also to recover a balance of 1271. which the Defen-
dant had not paid upon the subsequent discount of
a bill for 537/. Os. I Id. being the acceptance of a
Mr. Einbleton.
11 appeared that the Defendant had supplied
provisions to the ship Sterling, belonging to the
bankrupts, etnonnting to upwards of 900/. which he
controlled were a bona fide sale to them, though
there was some doubt on tlw evidence whether part
was not shipped on a partnership account with the
lizink rot ptt.
The Defendant's Counsel, Mr. Serjeant
HUL-
LocK, admitted that the bills were deposited.on the
terms stated, but contended that upon the subse-
quent discount of the bill for 527/. Os. I Id. it was
not only agreed that the two hills on Mr. Board-
man might be placed by the Defendant to the cre-
slit of the provision account, but that the balance
of dial bill of 5271. 04. 11.1. might be carried to
the same account. To support this defence, the
Learned Serjeant called two witnesses, one a Mr.
Wm. Sainlleach, of Liverpool, who swore, that in
Nlarch, IC% he was at the Defendant's, settling
some 'manias of his own, when Waring asked the
Defendant to discount the bill of 5271. Os. lid.
which the latter at first refused, but that at length
*hey agreed that the Defendant should retain the
two bills on Boardman to be placed to the provi-
sion account, and also 1271. out of the bill for
5271.04. 11.1. to be placed to the same account,
upon which the Defendant was to discount this
latter bill ; and that thereupon the Defendant gave
Waring a check on Mr. Threlfall, his banker, for
400/. The other witness, Mr. Strafford, a clerk to
Threlfall, swore that Waring brought the check on
the 6th of March, and that he recollected his saying
to Threliall that he had been paying the Defendant
for some provisions, that he had paid him several
bills, and that this check fur .100/. was fur the dif-
Grence.

Mr. Waring positively denied any anch agree-
ment to have been made as iiai represented by
Satidbacit. And both the bankrupts negatived that
tl•et• respectively, or that the one to the knowledge
of the other. had made any such agreetnent, and
they swnre that they hail frequently applied for the
bi;l4 ; and Mr. MGDonalil swore, that some time
afterwards he had applied to the Defendant, upon
*inch occasion the Defendant made strong assevera-
tions that he aloud to act honourably and return
the hills. - _ _

Mr. SCARLET? cross-einimined the Defendant's
with . with considerable ability, and at great
length ; and after u very able replay by him, cum-
anri,viiitt upon the improbability of the statement
nimle by the Defendant's witnesses, who »ere un-
conevriteil spectators, sad upon the circumstance of
Mr. 'Eliselfall, to whom the conversation was-repre-
►ented to have been addressed, and who would have
Levis en material a witeitss, not being called ; and
slier the Judge had charged the Jury, they return-
ed a verdict fur the Plaintiffs—Damages 5311.
134. 41.

IBLOWE V. TURNER AND SUMNER.
This was an action in which the Plaintiff and
Defeinhuits were printers in Wig.tsi, for a Idsrl ;
and the Plaintiff' obtained a verdict, with 100 L
damages.

GAMING AT LIVERPOOL.
ICING V. BOTTRIEL.
wns a prosecution of a very unusual nature :
tt t•a: an indictment f led on a Statute passed
i•: t.,e reign of Gen. I I. which subjected persons
t•sitr, should in one day win, by any game of chance,
I,f I.e any bet, the sum of ‘2ol. to a penalty five
tunes the amount of the sum won, which penalty,
oftei the payment of the costs of•the suit, was to be
given to the poor of the pariah in which the offence
*Ns committed.
Mr. Tt N VALI., after some prefatory remarks on
the pernicious consequences of gaining, proceeded
to stale the facts 111 the present case. Messrs. Crop-
per, Benson, and Co. merchants, of Liserituol,liad
in their services ii clerk of the name of Routledge,
and who for bOIIIC time filled the office of clerk of
the Customs much to their satisfaction, which was an
Ober of great confidence, and in which large ailins of
money were intrusted to him ; but in consequence
i.f his beconsiog connected nubs set of gamesters,
he misappropriated the snmiry of his rooliloyerv.
;81.41 had been distoissed from I, it iiilMitt ~,,, ; land it
was 1,1111 the view of repressing this ruinous site in
that town, that the present prosecution had been in-
at i fitted.
Thomas Itatitl.:lge stated, that he was lately in
I;,e service sir Messrs. Cropper, Benson, and Co. as
tue!r Custoni.linuse clerk, is, which situation he was
i,:trusted with large stuns of money. About twelve
rul lo ago he became acquainted with the Defend-
ant, who is at present the keeper of a billiard table
the tows, of Liverpool. On the 15(11 and ltith of
.1 tily last he was with him at the Cock-pit, where
ter made two bets with him of ten guineas each, on
tor, cock fights. Fletcher against Woodcock, for
she two next battles, both of which he lost and paid
I ► the Defendant immediately. Witness said he
the Preston races to a consider-
3erby's cocks; and by
Aimed George Pottle-
guineas to 40 against
main; this wager was

accepted by Bottriel, and hail 311 been balanced in
aecoutit except .51. or at which he still owed to the.
Defeiiiiant. ; which were to
determine the second wager, were continued two
days.
Mr. Caoss made many technical objections ; and
the our which prevailed was this that in the in..
&moron it was stared that the Defendant won the
sum of 20 guineas on the event of divers cock
bitiles whereas there was no wager for more than
one battle, though the same wager was repeated on
the result of a second battle. With respect to the
betting at Preston, more than 24 hours were compris-
ed in the period which was to deterniiiit the wager.
His Lordship, after some discnssi 111 l allowed she
objections, and the Defendant was acquilted.—The
next called out was the

RING v. POSTI.CTIIIWAITE.
This wars an indictment for a s •kr r.fl'ence, but
more successful in the result. The first betting
was on the Ist of July, when Routledge, the wit-
ness on the former trial, het ten guineas with the
Defendant that lie drew the highest card in a game
of lon ; he also bet ten guineas in the event of an
horse-race, which lie also lost, and paid the money
to the Defendant. These beta were made at Pa-
tric:limiters lodgings. Ile also bet with the same
Defendant 100 guineas to :20, that the horse /fa-
slanunithers won the Manchester cup; this wager lie
also lee. and paid 50 guineas on account of it to
the Defendant. This latter betting took place at
Bidtrier. billiard-room. A kind of • debtor mud
creditor gaming account, in Postlethwaite's writ-
was produced, in which Routledge was made
debtor for 105/. on the horse lirucluouumthus.
Mr. CROSS, after taking some objections which
were over-ruled, addressed the Jury on the part of
the Defendant : lie endeavoured to %hew that the wit-
ness, Routledge, was unworthy of credit, even tak-
ing the account of himself to be the whole of what
could he urged against hint.
The Jury found the Defendant Guilty on both
counts of the indictment.

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