The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-02 00:00:00

April 1.
CROWN SIDE.

Francis Elope, William Hill, and James Franhlin, who
were convicted on Wednesday for felony, were brought
up for judgment. and the prisoner Hope was sentenced
to be transported fur seven, and the others for ten years.
William Durant, who was also convicted on Wednes-
day of stealing some property from the palace of his
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Addington,
was likewise brought up, and he was sentenced to ten
years' transportation.
These prisoners, together with several others, who
were under sentence, were then taken back to Kingston
gaol, and placed in one of the yards of the prison, and
shortly afterwards it was discovered that Durant had
contrived by some means to scale the prison wall, and
make his escape. He was observed to drop from the
wall at the back of the prison, but before an alarm could
be raised he was out of sight.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.— Warwick, March 31.
Juhn Milward, aged UO, was placed at the bar, chargd
with killing and slaying Mary Brown at the Borough of
Birmingham.
The facts of this case were few, and are soon told.
The prisoner on the night in question was at a house of
rather questionable reputation; in his company was a
young woman with whom he was on intimate terms. On
this occasion he was quarrelling with, and threatening
her. The deceased, a perfect stranger to the prisoner,
came in and interfered in her behalf. Milward swore a
dreadful oath at her, and suiting the action to the words,
he took a pair of tongs from the fire-place, and gave the
deceased a dreadful blow over the head. The prisoner
was taken into custody, and had up before the magis-
trates. The deceased's depositions having been taken,
the witnesses were bound over to appear against him for
the assault. On Mary Brown returning home, she was
t Akon ill, and died.
A true bill for murder was found against him by the
grand jury, and he was now put upon his trial for that
crime. The jury found him Guilty of manslaughter,
and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and
hard labour.

John Baytown, aged 37, pleaded Guilty to a charge of
embezzlement, preferred against him by his master,
Stephen Lewis.
There were as many as nine indictments against this
individual, but having pleaded Guilty as to one, the
others were not proceeded with.
The Nisi Prius business finished about one o'clock.
Mr. Baron Parke then assisted his brother judge in dis-
posing of some of the criminal business. Mr. White-
hurst and Mr. llumfrey also lent their aid, by which
means the business of this assize and circuit was brought
to a close about one o'clock this day (Thursday).

IV ORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, March 31.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)

Michael Seabright Fitzgerald, aged 28, and John
Richardson, aged 22, were indicted for obtaining by false
pretences, 4671., with intent to defraud the employers of
the former, Messrs. Barbour Brothers, merchants and
commission agents, at Manchester.
It appeared in evidence that the prosecutors had be-
come indebted for goods to Langworthy Brothers, manu-
facturers, at Salford, and that it was the custom of the
former, when payments became due to them, to send
the creditor what is called a " payment note," contain-
ing a request that if the amount be found correct, it
shoukl be returned, on doing which the amount would be
paid. Fitzgerald, from his employment, knowing this
custom, and the debt to Langworthy, made out (it was
supposed, for the note was not forthcoming,) a note for
the amount, and got Richardson to present it, as from
Messrs. Langworthy to the prosecutors, who, on his
doing so, gave him a cheque for the amount, he giving
a receipt in the name of " John Smith." The prisoners
divided the money which they got for the cheque, that
is, four 1001. notes, and 671. in gold, and, as is usual in
such cases, commenced a course of the most reckless
extravagance, buying clothes and jewellery, treating
companions, and going from place to place—Liverpool,
Bristol, London, &c., till all the money was spent.
The case was clearly proved against them, and the
jury found them both Guilty, but recommended Richard-
son to mercy, in which the prosecutor joined.
It was stated also, to obtain a lenient sentence, that his
friends would provide him the means of retrieving his
character in a distant land. Ile was simply, they said,
and had been made the tool of by Fitzgerald.
His LORDSHIP said it did not look as if he were a mere
tool—a tool would not probably have got half the spoil.
He added, it was a very bad case, but he thought the
prosecutors were not free from blame—the system of
payment notes was a bad one, and gave facility for the
fraud. He then sentenced Fitzgerald to be imprisoned
with hard labour two years, and Richardson one year,
adding, that if his friends wished to send him abroad,
they might apply to the Government, and he would not
throw any obstacle in their way.
Maria O'Neil, aged 20, was indicted for cutting and
stabbin Mary Ann WCumskey,
to at Liverpool, on the
sth ofJag nuary last, with intent do her grievous bodily
harm.
The prosecutrix and the prisoner were both of the
class termed unfortunate, and lived in the same house in
Williamson-square. On the night mentioned they had
been at the theatre, and drinking a good deal, aid an
altercation had arisen between them during the evening.
After midnight the prisoner went to her bed-room, and
had with her a pointed carving-knife, for the purpose (as
she alleged in her defence) of cutting open her boot.
The prosecutrix went up to the same room, in order, as
she said, to get her night-dress, when the quarrel re-
commenced, and the prisoner attempted to strike her
with the knife. She seized it, but the prisoner kept hold
of the handle, drew the blade through and cut her hand,
and then three times stabbed her in the body. For-
tunately, the wounds she inflicted were not serious, but
sufficient to satisfy the law of the case, and they would
probably have proved fatal but for the protection of her
dress.
The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to
mercy.
His LORDSHIP asked her who she was, what she had
been, and how long she had been pursuing the vicious
life she now led ?—ln answer, she said she was from
Westmeath, in Ireland, but that she had lived in
London from her childhood, till she fell into her
present way of life, nine moaths ago, when she came
to Liverpool. She had up to that time been a
lady's maid.
His LORDSIIP asked the prisoner with whom she
had lived, but she declined stating that in public. lie
told her that his object was to rescue her, if he could,
from her present degraded life, and she consented to
give the information in private. His Lordship then
passed sentence on her of two years' imprisonment, tell-
ing her that he would examine into her case, and pro-
cure her, if possible, a way to recover the position from
which she had fallen.
Michael Bird, an elderly man, a carter, was indicted
for the manslaughter of Mary Ann Meldon, at Liverpool,
en the 7th of January last.
The prisoner on the day in question had the care of a
horse and carriage called " a float," which is a heavy
vehicle running within six inches of the ground, pro-
jecting very much behind, and in length altovther about
twenty-one feet. This unwieldy thing he was ia the act

of turning in a street in this town only seventeen feet
wide i❑ the carriage way, and four feet footpath. Just
at that moment the deceased, a child five years old, and
her little brother, two years old, had come out of their
owa house to go to school, and as the tail projected over
the path in turning, it knocked down both the children,
and crushed her against a step, rupturing, as the surgeon
stated, a vessel in the abdomen, of which she died four
hours after the injury.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, on which his
Lordship, taking into consideration the good character
of the prisoner, the recommendation of the jury and
prosecutor, and that the prisoner had already been in
custody twelve weeks, thought it would justify him in
passing a light sentence, and therefore sentenced the
prisoner to be imprisoned a fortnight.
William Warbrick, iiged 34, was indicted for the man-
slaughter of John Ryder, at Liverpool, on the 7th
February last.

John Ryder, aged 14, on Sunday, the 7th February,
and three other boys of the same age, were in a boat in
the basin of the Clarence Dock, when the prisoner,
being on duty as a policeman, ordered them to come out.
They took no notice, and he took up a piece of brick,
about the size of an egg, and threw it at them. It
struck the deceased (who had a cap on) on the crown of
the head, and inflicted a wound, which bled, but he did
not fall down. Ile complained that he was dizzy, and
he IN as taken to the dispensary to have it dressed. On
the 19th he became an in-patient, and soon after his
admission mortification set in, and he died on the 14th
March. The wound was no doubt the cause of death.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in the first instance, considered

it a question for the jury whether or not death had re-
sulted from the negligence of the prisoner or from the
negligence of the deceased, but on the case of Rex v.
Holland, 2 Moody and Robinson, being called to his at-
tention, he finally directed the jury, that as the throw-
ing of the stone was an unlawful act, the question of
negligence did not arise, and they must find the prisoner
guilty, if they were satisfied that the prisoner threw the
stone and caused the wound, and that death resulted
from the wound.

The jury accordingly found him Guilty.
The prisoner declared that in the throwing the stone
he had mo intention to strike any of the boys, but
only to splash them, to make them come out of the
boat.

lie received a good character, and the jury recom-
mended him to mf-rcy.
His LORDSHIP fined him a shilling, and ordered him
to be discharged.

POLICE; INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Mendel Peisor, a German, who keeps a coffee and
eating house, at No. 5, Hutchinson-street, lloundsditch,
appiared before the Lord Mayor to answer the com-
plaint of Inspector Fosberry, of the city police, who
charged him with having allowed gambling in his house.
The Inspector stated that on Tuesday, the 23d March,
at half-past 11 o'clock at night, he went, in consequence
of information, to the house of the defendant, which
was within a few yards of that of Myres, who was con-
victed a few days ago of having allowed persons to play
at 'lizard on his premises. He gained admittance at the
side-door, and found two persons playing cards at a
table, upon which were lying some halfpence. There
were four men in the room, and an attempt was made to
conceal the cards, and the halfpence were taken up by
one of the party.
The defendant said that the gentlemen were only
playing for two cups of coffee, and that he never per-
mitted gambling for money in his house.
The LORD MAYOR stated that the defendant had con-
victed himself by acknowledging that in his house, in
which refreshments were supplied to the public, he had
allowed cards to be played.
A city policeman said, that during the last four months
he had known the defendant, and that frequently in the
course of that time he had know❑ that disturbances
both within and without the doors took place in conse-
quence of the gambling which was carried on in the
house. The persons who played, were generally shoe-
mrkers, tailors, and poor foreigners. The gambling was
carried on ail night.
The LORD MAYOR commended the vigilance of the In-
spector, and said that the numerous complaints which
had been made at the Mansion House, by the parents of
young fellows who were encouraged to gamble in such
houses, determined him to punish every delinquent pro-
prietor who should be charged before him with having
violated so necessary a law.
The defendant was then convicted in the penalty of
forty shillings.