The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-28 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH ERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 26.
(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
Cornelius Cane was indicted for feloniously cutting
and wounding Patrick Branan, at Manchester.
Mr. Cross was fur the prosecution ; Mr. Pollock for
the defence.

It appeared that the prisoner and Branan lodged at
the house of a Mrs. Kirk, and, on the night in question,
they both came home at a pretty late hour. The pri-
soner's brother was with them. The parties had some
ale, and while they were discussing it, a person of the
name of Kelly, who was upstairs, came down and sat
with them. The prisoner then began to sing a flash
song, of which Branan disapproved, and told the pri-
soner he was not fit company for an) body. This, it
would appear, had irritated the prisoner, and he retorted
that he was better reared thaa Branan, that he had more
money, and that he was better company into the bargain.
Kelly recommended them to drop the subject, en which,
turning on Kelly, he said—" I have had it in for you for
seven years, and I will stick you before I leave the
house." He some time after said, " Martin, you are
a pig-butcher, and I'm one too, and I'll open
you and Pat Branan before you leave the house."
Branan was then putting on his shoes to go away,expressing
his dislike to this disturban_e, when Mrs. Kirk inter-
fered; and after a sort of scuffle, all parties got to the
door. The policeman came up and advised them to be
quiet. They all then went back into the house, on
which the prisoner ran up the stairs, and said he would
cleave any one who followed him. Mrs. Kirk was at
this time insisting on his leaving the house, and called
to Branan to assist her in putting him out. Branan
took hold of him by one arm and Mrs. Kirk by the
other, and all the parties got together in a kind of mere
in the hall, in the course of which the prisoner struck
Branan with a knife on the left side of the neck. The
knife proved to be a case knife, which a short time
before had been in the kitchen. The wound inflicted
was a very serious one, being three inches long and two
deep, wounding the windpipe. He was for some time
in danger.
Verdict—Guilty.

His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said that he per-
ceived with disgust and horror that the practice of using
the knife in quarrels was increasing, and so far as lay in
his power he would endeavour to put it down.—To be
transported for 14 years.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
BELL V. HARRISON.
This was one of several actions in the cause list by
the public officer of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Joint-
Stock Bank, against the customers of that concern, the
affairs of which are now in course of being wound up.
The present action was to recover a balance on a
banking account.

Mr. Knowles and Mr. Unthank were for the plaintiff;
Mr. Martin and Mr. Warren for the defendant.
It appeared, that in August, 1845, the defendant
entered into an agreement for a partnership with a per-
son of the name of Kirk, in the Farnacre colliery. For
this he was to pay 7,000/. Kirk had had previously an
aecount Kith the bank, under the name of Kirk and Co.,
which, after the partnership, was altered into Harrison,
Kirk and Co. It appeared that the bank, at the time
of the partnership, had a mot-gage on the colliery for
20,0001., and on the 10th of October the defendant sent
notice to the bank and to Mr. Kit k, that he would not
carry out the agreement, as he had been led into it by
misrepresentation and fraud. The question in dispute
was simply whether the payments made during the part-
nership by the firm were made to the general account,
or were applied, as the bank alleged, to particular
items. In the form‘r case they would be applied to the
first debits in the account?, and would therefore reduce
the gross amount of the credits previous to the 10th of
October, when the notice waa given. The defendant had
paid 2021. into Court ; the balance claimed beyond that
sum was 7341.

The jury found that the payments were made on
the general account. There was, however, still a
balance of upwards of 2001. due by the defendant. Ver-
dict accordingly.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BO W-STREET.

MRS. BLEWITT AGAlN.—Yesterday morning Mary
Ann &mitt, whose husband was shot by John Graham,
in Drury-lane, on Saturday, April 25, was brought be-
fore Mr. Jardine charged with being drunk and disor-
derly, and also with committing two assaults under the
following circumstances :
A young female, named Ellen Kilday, stated that
about eight o'clock on the previous evening she was
standing at her door with her mother, in White Hart-
yard, Drury-lane, when the prisoner came up, and,
without the slightest provocation on their part, com-
menced abusing them. The landlord happened to
pass at the moment, and the prisoner, addressing him,
used a gross expression with regard to witness. Find-
ing that no notice was taken of her observation,
she went away, but, returning in a short time,
she renewed the abuse, making use of the foulest
language, upon which witness desired her to go about
her business, as she did not wish to hold any conversa-
tion with a blackguard, when she flew at her mother,
accusing her of having sent in papers to the magistrates
of this court to induce them not to allow a public sub-
scription to be raised for her, and assaulted her, but
there being no policeman in the way, she left, and in a
few minutes came back and committed an assault upon
witness. Her disorderly conduct created the greatest
confusion, and the house was obliged to be closed.
Constable 52 F division said, that on one occasion he
found the prisoner drunk, and on trying to get her away
she abused him very much. He then went his rounds,
and in ten minutes, having found her again creating a
disturbance at the door of her lodgings, he took her
into custody. On the way to the station she threw her-
self (14,wn, and caused a mob to assemble. She had been
twice previously at the station, but was discharged on
promising not to return to the same place, or cause any
further disturbance. _

Inspector Logan said, that when the prisoner was
brought to the station she was not only drunk but very
violent.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said, that the
witness's mother threatened to give her a " leg up" with
the maglstrate; and whenever she passed she called her
foul names, although she never offered her the sligh:est
offence. She was mere'y taking a bottle of ginger beer
in a shop, when Mrs. Kilday assaulted her, and tore the
bunch of hair produced from her head. She admitted
having been convicted and fined at this court about seven
months back for an assault, but that had nothing to do
with the present charge.
Mr. JARDINE asked the complainant If she was appre-
hensive that the prisoner was iligelv to repeat the
offence? The complainant replied-tha: she had no
doubt of it, as she was constantly keeping the :tire
neighbourhood in an uproar.
Mr. JARDINE said that site should be
protected• and
ordered the priioner to find twtwosureties in the sum oq
101, each, to keep the peace for 'three menthe,