The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-08 00:00:00

LANCASTER, MARCH 6.

Samuel Fitzpatrick stood indicted for having put off or sold
a quantity of counterfeit coin to Patrick Higgins, at Liverpool.
Patrick Higgins is a licensed porter at Liverpool. He had
known the prisoner at the bar for six or seven years. On the
lath February last became to witness's house, and said to him
that he had just returned from Birmingham, where he had done
exceedingly well, having become possessed of a quantity of
coin to the amount of no half-crowns, 357 shillings, and D
sovereigns, and that he should like to sell him (witness) some of
them. Witness consented to buy some, and appointed to meet
the prisoner the following day. When the prisoner had de-
parted, witness went immediately to Captain Gasket!, of the
Liverpool police, and that peraisti employed bins to purchase
a quantity of the coin, and furnished him with ss. for that
purpose. He accordittgif met the prisoner on the next
and purohased froN him nine half-crowns, in payment for which
he gave the -,..,rsoner 4s. Witness subsequently gave the half..
crowns. Captain Gaskill,

Gaskell, of the Liverpool police, deposed to employing the last
witness to purchase the half crowns from the prisoner. He gave
Higgins five marked shillings to buy with, and after the pur-
chase he met Higgins and the prisoner coming out of the pub-
lic.house, and he apprehended both of them. He found upon
the prisoner nine good shillings, four of which were the marked
ones witness gave to Ittggins. Upon searching the prisoner he
found stitched Ars the back of his waistcoat 318 half-crowns„
29 sovereigns, and 3.57 shillings, all counterfeit. Witness de-
livered too coin to Mr. Palmer, the superintendant of the
Lii-erpool police.
Mr. Palmer produces\ the coin.
Mr. Powell, of the Mint, declared the coin to be counterfeit.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE theta sentenced the prisoner to seven
years' transportation.

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house, but on the fo,tlawing day, in the neighbourhood of Mr.
Lumb's house, the prisoner was picked up out of a gutter by a
watchman, sad drunk, and was conveyed to the watch-house
for safety, when there, in roiling about, a shilling dropped out.
of Lis mouth, which was discovered to be counterfeit; this led
the officers in the watch-house to make further search about
his person, vy:bon three other bad shillings were found in his
possessl,o,A, It was subsequently learned that the prisoner .as
the same man who passed the bait half-crown to Mr. Lumb for
a glass of rum.—Death recorded.

A man named Willkori Elliott, formerly assistant to a re.
spectable surgeon of Manchester, was convicted of stealing two
cows, the provesty of Edward Loesgden, a farmer, residing at
Castletor, in Debyshire. It was satisfactorily Droved that the
Pri+4:,ner had stolen tile cowl from the field of the prosecutor,
near Peak Forest, An-cil afterwards driven them to Manchester,
where he (the prisoner) slaughtered one of them at the &laugh-
ter-honse oi-Mr. Thomas Hi'ditch, of that town.
4' prisoner called several witnesses, who gave him an e-:-
eellent character for honesty during the time they had known
him.

Sentence of de,,,,tn was recorded against the prisoner ; but
the Learned Jw:tge intimated that he should recommend him to
his Majesty' merciful consideration, in consequence of his pre.
vious, character.

William Ands o
stood indicts,} forha'vnine
gld,erolny mthaen :Ifthrespeof cAtaubgluesat,ppaeattamnacne.,
cheste; killed and slain Ann Andrew, his wife.
The prisoner's wife was Ass the frequent habit of drinking
ardent spirits to execs& azDd on the day of this unfortunate oc-
currence, both ~:cle• aeen going home Considerably in liquor.
Shortly af'm kiwkr. going into the house a neighbour, named
EIiPIWO3, Twig, heard a child, of which the deceased had been
de vexed about three weeks ;vivre, crying. She went into the
house, and finding the cle,,xtased lying asleep in the chair, took
away the child witt,.,:•,it waking her. At this time she thought
that theprist%.4 was up stairs, as she did not see him. Shortly
afterwards she heard them gum-telling, and went into the house,
an 4 saw the prisoner strilke the deceased, who thereupon took
up the poker and said that if he (the prisoner) hit her again
she would break 'aia, head. He took the poker from her, and hit
her again tv‘Os his hand. Other blows followed, when the de.
ceased ce4l upon the ground insensible, and was found to be dead
on being lifted from the ground, after the last blow. On being
told that his wife was dead, he seplied, " Dead 1..-be -..."
Another vAisikesa mere that when his (prisoner's) wife lay
upon Vilasround. OA the prisoner kicked her violently.
ti?Jatdower, surgeon, deposed, that the bruises were
the cause of death.

Several witnesses gave the risoner a good character, and the
Learned Judge havirwsuramed briefly, the Jury returned a ver-
di" of Guilty,-seutence deferred.

NISI PAIL'S.
SEDUCTION-WALKER v. WHITELY.

The plaintiff in thia ease was a Mr. Walker, a farmer, re.
siding at Bolland, near Bolton, and the action was brought to
recover damages for the loss that he had sustained by the seduc.
Lion of his sister, Ann Walker, by the defendant Whitely, a
master ctogger, resitting in the same village.
Mr. POLLOCK stated the case for the plaintiff, from which
it appeared that the defendant had seduced his sister, a young
woman, twenty years of age, under the promise of marrying her,
and that in consequence of such promise the young woman had
so far confided in him as to be induced to yield to his wishes,
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lessd ; fro.
but
quent in his visits, au.l at length discont'snued his visits
altogether.
and she became pregnant, and was delivered of an infant.
Evidence was adduced to prove that the defendant had paid
his. addresses to the plaintiff's sister for two years, an',, that it
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Mr. wAttliots examined the witnftse,s, and elicited that
tea vWntltf had allowed the defenclut and his sister too much
license, and had suffered the to sit up all night on several
occasions alone. Darnages„one farthing. Costs, forty shillings.
The trial of Cunwa, Broadhurst, 41sAmort, and others,
accused of sedi•,!ous practices at 111an.chester, is fixed for Mon-
day next; :.se 12th of March 1,,0rd Melbourne has been 5ub-
p07,5.1.4 4sy the prisoners w.give evidence at their trial.

weekly
Lwe4 meeting last night,—
Mr. Red-
man NATIONAL POLITICAL UNION.--The
~,Ctotushve,ciir/ orfoothaiiss, elein .dhotubiceir.
man in the chair—when Mr. Tbornas )lurphy moved that A
petition
be prtesented to the Legislature, praying that the
Reform Bill. intended for Irelarid SLOlaid be assimilated in all
its principles and, particulars to that a England. The petition
wkareeeived witlitout 3 dissentient voice,
. and ordered to lit
for signatures