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ti-e left side of the head. lam sure it was on the left
side of the head. It was on the different side to that
of the first blow. The deceased said, "Oh dear, lem
done." I then got him to the court-house, and he
was seen by Mr.. Walters. I rem lined with him until
a quarter or twenty minutes past eleven o'clock. He
was alive when:l left him, but 1 never saw him alive
after. He did not speak after he was struck with the
wood, but sighed and moaned very much, and also
after the first blow. They asked his name at the
court-house, but he was not able to tell them.
Cross-examined by Mr. M'INTYRE—When I and
the Englishman assisted him to Ryley's house he
walked all the way.
By the JUDGE—The deceased walked when he came
out of Ryley's with my assistance and the assistance
of an Englishman. After he received the last blow
he could not walk at all.
John Wood, moulder, living at Stockport, deposed
to being knocked down on the evening in question,
and to having seen the prisoner with a piker.
Martha Warcham—l am the wife of William War-
eham, living in Wellington street. Was in Lord-
street on the night in question, between eight o'clock
and five minutes past. Upon looking down Lord-
street from the corner of 'Wellington-street saw a
mob of Irishmen coming from St. Peter's-square. On
looking up Lord-street saw about fifty lads running
and the Irish after them. Saw two young men in
conversation against the wall at Barlow's corner.
They were John Wood and Isaac Wood. There saw
two Irishmen running from Sandy-brow towards
Wellington-street. One of them, with a blue slop,
had a half brick in his hand and the other had stones
on his arm. The man with the slop threw the half
brick, and it struck John Wood on the back. I saw
Wood run into Baxter's shop. Shortly after I turned
round and saw a man in light clothes and J. Wood down
together. A man came up with a stick with an iron
crook in his hand. He struck the man in the light
clothes on the left side of the head. Am quite
sure of that. The men then ran down Lawrence-
street. " Murder" was then called. I went to the
man in light clothes, who was between Baxter's and
Goodwin's windows. Wood, the man who was un-
dermost, had got away. The man who had got light
clothes on had got a stone in his hand, and when he
got the blow with the crook it rolled over Wood's
shoulder to the ground. The man who had been
struck was then in the act of rising as if to get
away, when a young boy came up with a poker and
hit the man in light clothes, with both hands, on the
right hand side of the head. The man fell to the
ground like lead. I turned round to the man who
struck, and said, " Thou murdering thief, thou has
killed him." That was the prisoner, lam sure of it.
Saw him at the inquest and recognised him. The
man who was struck was a good-looking young man,
he was an Irishman.
Cross. examined—When I saw the blow struck I
saw Mr. Axon close to where the struggling was
going on. The man with the poker went as far as
St. Peter's Church.
William Wareham, husband of the last witness,
who was with her at the time, corroborated her
statement. He identified the prisoner as the person
who had struck the deceased with the poker. Witness
spoke to the prisoner, and said he deserved hanging,
and ought to have the poker taken from him.
Cross-examined—There was not a blow struck by
an Englishman at that time. lam certain those lads
did not strike the man. Saw the prisoner in custody
about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes after.
Elizabeth Kirkham, who lives in Wellington-street,
stated that on the night in question, when in Welling-
ton-street, she saw John Wood struck by a man over
the head with something he had in his hard. John
Wood and that man came to the ground together,
Wood under. Wood got away; then the other man
was getting up, when the prisoner passed witness
with a poker in his hand. Should not have seen him,
but he touched her elbow in passing. He then struck
the man who was getting up with the pokereaver
hid
head. The man fell down, and witness ran away.
John Royle, who lives at the corner of Welling-
ton-street, deposed to Moran, the deceased, and Wood
wrestling together. Both fell, and just before Moran
could get up he was struck with a poker on the right
side of the head. Wood had then got away among
the crowd. Moran fell to the ground from the blow
of the poker. The prisoner struck the blow with the
poker.
Thomas Powell gave evidence similar to the above.
George Cadman, one of the police-officers, deposed
to having ;apprehended the prisoner on the night in
question in Lord-street, at from five to ten minutes
past eight o'clock. Apprehended him at the top end,
and, as he passed down the street, it was exactly a
quarter-past eight by St. Peter's Church. The pri-
soner ran into a house, and, from what was said by
the people about, he apprehended him. The prisoner
had a sickle in his hand, and he dropped it.
Medical evidence was given to prove that death
was caused by fracture of the skull.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. M'INTYRE then addressed the jury on behalf
of the prisoner.
The Learned JUDGE then proceeded to explain to
the jury the difference between the crimes of murder
and manslaughter; after which he read through the
whole of the evidence.
The jury then retired, and after an absence of
forty minutes returned a verdict of Guilty of man-
slaughter.
The prisoner Mulligan was sentenced to fifteen
years' transportation.

NORTKERN CIRCUIT.—Liverpool, Aug. 16.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice \Vicar-
max.)
GRUNDY V. CAPE.
In this case Mr. Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Segar
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins
for the defendant.
This was an action for libel, in which the plaintiff
sought compensation in damages for having been termed
by the defendant, in a letter to a Mr. Hobson, " a liar
and a scoundrel." It appeared that the defendant had
a house and garden to dispose of at Manchester, and
that Mr. Hobson wished to take it, with the furni-
ture and plants, at a valuation. As the parties
could not agree to take an old valuation by a
Mr. Fisher, it was then agreed that eaoh should
appoint a valuer, and Mr. Hobson appointed
Mr. Grundy, the plaintiff, who is an auctioneer, as
his valuer, Mr. Grundy saying that he did not know
much about plants, but that he would arrange about
that. Subsequently, in a conversation with the
defendant, Mr. Grundy was understood to say he
was directed not to value the plants. This led to a
dispute between Mr. Hobson and Mr. Cape, Mr.
Grundy denying that he had said anything of the
kind, when the defendant wrote a letter to Mr. Hob-
son, stating he had no hesitation in saying that
Grundy " was a liar and a scoundrel." The plain,
tiff, on cross-examination, denied that he had been
before likened to "a harp struck by lightning," or to
a " blasted lyre."
For the defence it was urged that the conduct of
the plaintiff had not been straightforward in the
matter ; that the defendant was a man of warm tem-
perament, and called things by their right names ;
that he did not, as a certain noble lord was said to
have done, when he wished to politely impute false-
hood to another, say that "he had postponed the
interests of truth to the expediency of the moment,"
but called a wheelbarrow a wheelbarrow, and said
of the defendant what he thought of him. The
damage, however, was of the moat trivial kind; and,
whatever their verdict, the plaintiff would eat his
mutton chop after the trial as heartily as he appeared
to have eaten his breakfast before it.

His Loausurr summed up the evidence to the
jury, and
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mage3 40s.

The Court, in the course of the day, got into
the second list, and disposed of a number of unde-
fended cases.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord Chief Justice

CAMPBELL.)
John Morgan, aged 28, and Michael Oldfield, aged
43, were indicted, the first with stealing, and the latter
with receiving, knowing it to be stolen, bills and notes
to the amount of 751., the property of the Postmaster-
General.
Mr. Adolphus, Q.C., and Mr. Milward ap-
peared for the prosc.cation; the prisoners were un-
defended.
It appeared that a person named Hoyle on the 17th
of last February, posted a letter at Halifax, contain-
ing a 501., a 291., and a 51. note, addressed to
" Messrs. Glendenning and Wilson, soap-boilers,
Liverpool." This letter never arrived at its destina-
tion, and inquiries were therefore instituted respect-
ing it. It appeared that Messrs. Glendenning and
Wilson resided in tb e district for which the prisoner
Morgan was letter, Jarrier. It was also proved in
evidence that the prisoner Oldfield, a short time after
the letter waa missing, wont to a bedding manufac-
turer, and or tiered a quantity of bedding to be made
up in two p arcels, for which he paid a 201. note. This
one which had been sent
note was identified as the
in the min Sing ietier. Alorgan after wards ordered a
carrier te, go f.nr'i fetch these parcels from the bedding
nainufacturer's ,in order that they might be sent to
Seaforth. , e carrier having got the goods took
them to apr ,blie-honse near at hand, where the pri-
soners werr for him.
Lo, ~suin having summed up the evidence, the
jury fou' id both the prisoners Guilty.
They were sentenced to be transported for 10 years.

CRIMINAL COURT.
O.ENTRZL OLD COURT;
police constable, surrendered to
John ila,zzard, a
take his trial upon an indictment charging him with
:
wilful find cc rrupt perjury.
Mr. =Dunce pr(Thecuted ; Mr. Ballantine was coup"
sel for the d el'endant.
The pros ecutor of this indictment was a person
named Caviii tier, who keeps grocer's and chandler's