The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-15 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT—CAOYDON, Aug. 14.
(Before Baron Bramwell and Special Juries.)

BOWES AND ANOTHER V. PONTIFEX AND ANOTHER.

l'his was au action upon a contract to recover the price
agreed upon for a large quantity of old metal supplied to
the defendants,

Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. C. Pollock, were for the
plaintiffs, and Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Beresford were
for the defendants.

The plaintiffs were metal merchants, and the defendants
carry on an extensive business of the same description in
the City. It appeared that they had contracted with the
plaintiffs for the supply of a considerable quantity of old
metal, and the ground upon which the claim was resisted
was that the metal supplied was not according to sample.
The case was one entirely devoid of public interest.
The jury in the result found a verdict for the plaintiffs
for the full amount claimed, less £2O, which was allowed on
account of some of the metal being of an inferior descrip-
tion.

TEALS N. WILHELMS.
This was an action to recover £135 for goods supplied to
she defendant.

Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Sergeant Ballantine, and Mr. Pren-
tice were for the plaintiff; and Mr. Montague Chambers,
Q.C., and Mr. Murphy were for the defendant.
The plaintiff is a woollen merchant at Leeds, and it ap-
peared that the goods in question were supplied by him to
a person named Ellis, who carried on the business of a tailor
in Basirghall-street, and who has absconded, and, it was
stated, had made away with himself. The ground upon
which the defendant--who carries on an extensive business
as a tailor and outfitter in the Poultry—was sought to be
made liable in this action was that he was a partner of
Ellis.

The case was likely to occupy the whole of Ihe remainder
of the day, if not to be adjourned.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, Aug; 14.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
SENTENCES.

This lordship passed sentence upon the following pri-
soners :—Wm. Johnson, Wm. Murray, and Joseph Owen
(all youths of 17), charged with burglary at Liverpool—
Johnson to six months, and the others to 12 months' im-
prisonment; Henry James, 23, burglary at Liverpool, 18
months imprisonment; John Wilson, burglary at Salford
(previously convicted), four years penal servitude ; Mary
Carr, burglary at Salford, six months imprisonment; John
Smith, for the manslaughter of his wife at Manchester, 18
months imprisonment. •
ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AT LIVERPOOL.

Thomas Finnerty, 29, and Catherine Grath,
LGarinatg, a
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charged with assaulting and robbing
Liver-
pool, on 31st May last. Laing, it appeared met the female
prisoner in Chapel-street, and went with her to various
publichouses, upon leaving one of which he was seized by
Finnerty, who grasped him from behind, knocked down, and
then robbed of his watch by the two prisoners. The police
were on the alert, and though Finnerty was captured almost
immediately, the female prisoner was not captured until the
following day. The watch was not recovered, but the pri-
soners having been clearly identified, the jury found both
guilty. Finnerty (who had been previously convicted) was
sentenced to 10 years penal servitude, and M'Grath to 15
months imprisonment.
Stephen Nixon, 19, was charged with stabbing Thomas
Partington, a waste-dealer, on the evening of 13th June
last, in Salford. Partington was going home through a pas-
sage which led to his house when he met the prisoner, who
asked him for money, at the same time using a threat to the
effect that if the money was not forthcoming he would have
Partington's life. Partington declined to give prisoner any
money, and being somewhat alarmed he went back for assist-
ance, and returned shortly afterwards. As Nixon was still
there, and apparently determined to resist the entrance of
prosecutor into his house, a scuffle took place, during which
Partington was stabbed in the shoulder, though with what
kind of weapon did not appear. Not content with stabbing
Partington, Nixon followed him into the house, and
threatened to repeat his violence, but did not do so.
In defending the prisoner the learned counsal urged that
he did not intend to do any grievous bodily harm, but that
he was empowered to collect a debt due from Partington,
and that having become excited in the scuffle which had
taken place, ho had imprudently stabbed the prosecutor
under the influence of that excitement.
The prisoner was found guilty of unlawfully wounding,
and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.
Thomas Boswell, described as a French polisher, was
charged with stabbing his wife, Mary Boswell, with intent
to do her grievous bodily harm. On the 3d of June the
prisoner, came horse to his house, in King-street, South
port, very much intoxicated, and a violent quarrel took place
between him and his wife. Later in the day the wife sought
protection from her husband's violence at the house of a
neighbour, named Stevenson. While she was there the
prisoner was observed breaking all the furniture in the
house, and Mrs. Stevenson remonstrated with him, but
without effect. Subsequently the prisoner and his wife met
again at their own house, when the prisoner exclaimed ,
"You --, you are here are you ?" and taking a joiner's
chisel (which he had previously been noticed to be sharpen-
lag)
.. he struck his wife on the back with the sharp edge, in-
Biding serious injuries. The prisoner was heard at the same