The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-02 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.)

OLD COURT.

The March Sessions of the Criminal Court commenced
this morning, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, Alderman Hall, Alder-
man Wire, Mr. Sheriff Keats, and Mr. Under-sheriff
Crosley and Anderton, &c., &c.
The learned Recorder, in charging the grand jury,
said that he was happy to inform them that the number
of prisoners for trial was small, and the nature of the
charges such as to need no lengthened remarks from
him. There was but one case involving the loss of
human life, viz., that of a man named Hanamone,
charged with manslaughter. It appeared that in a
drunken brawl a blow was struck, and the deceased man
fell with hie heal upon the kerb stone, and in that way
met his death. If it were positively proved that the
prisoner Hammond struck the blow that knocked the
deceased down, he was undoubtedly guilty of man-
slaughter. There was another serious case, that of a
man named John Holmes, charged with arson, and as
persons were in the house at the time he set fire to it,
it was a capital offence. The evidence he thought was
very clear and distinct against him. The learned re-
corder then referred to the case of SAsvond and Anderson,
charged with forgery, which wou'd present no legal
difficulties. He regretted to find that one of
the prisoners (Seward) was a member of the profession
to which it had been his-(:he Recorder's) pride, for
many years, to belong, and the crime he was charged
with committing was, as he had said, th ) serious one of
forgery. The chief evidence against the prisoners was
that of two accomplices, an 1 the grand jury would have
to take care that their evidence was corroborated. It
would not, however, be necessary for them to enter into
the case with that minuteness that the jury who would
hereafter have to deal with it would consider it. Ho
thought it his duty to make one general observation in
reference to what occurred at the last session. The
grand jury now administered an oath to the witnesses,
and it was provided that they should place their initials
against the names of the witnesses to whom the oath bad
been administered. In most cases it was not necessary
for the grand jury to examine all the witnesses in order
to return a true bill, but he thought, that before they de-
termined to throw out a bill, all the witnesses in the case
should be examined, for it was impossible for gentlemen
who did not know the merits of the case, to say what
particular witnesses might be able to throw a light on
the subject. He had been led to make this remark, be-
cause he thought that the grand jury of last session had
thrown out bills without examining all the witnesses, no
initials having been placed against the names of some
witnesses who certainly ought to have been examined.

The grand jury then retired to the discharge of their

duties.

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL—This Day.

(BY ELECTRIC TBLEORAPII.)

Fisherman, Janet Pride, Peachum, T. P. Cooke,
Gameboy colt, Mary, Siding, Waterfall, Miss Hark-
away, Tom Thumb, Gitana, Lady Helen, Pizarro, Wea.-
tbercock, Reveille, Miss Birch, Pera, Lazy Lass, Sir
Humphrey, Casee Cou, Jean du Quesne, Garry Owen,
Black Swan, Dangerous, Squire of Bensbam, Forest
Queen, Trembleur, Midge, Albatross, Sting, Lady
Arthur, Harry Lorrequer, Omer Pacha, First of May,
and Wild Strawber►y.

Racing Fixtu]
MAP

vs for 1857.

Liverpool Spring 3
Doncaster Spring 10
Salisbury l2

Warwick Spring l7
Northampton 25
Croxton Park 3l
,IL.

Epsom Spring
Newmarket Craven 13

Abergavenny l6
York Spring 21
Malton 23
Newmarket F S 27

Durham l3
Coventry l3
Catterick Bridge l5

Chester —. 5
Shrewsbury
- _ .

Bath
Epsom 2G

Ludlow - 14

Bibury Club 24
Stockbridge 25
Winchester o 6
Carlisle 3O
Chelmsford

Manchester
Ascot
Beverley, Hull, &c 10
Hampton l7
Newton 17
Newcastle 23
JULY.

Worcester 2
Newmarket

, Nottingham 21
Stamford . 23
Goodwood .28
-UST.
York . l9
Radcliffe
Egbam 25
Stockton 27
Hereford 27

Liverpool l5

Ripon
/forth Staffordshire 4
Brighton
Brighton Club 1
Wolverhampton lO
_...

Reading - 12

SEPT]

Warwick ....
Cardiff
Thirsk
Lichfield
Derby
OCT'

.4 or tballerton
Chester Autumn 6
Wrexham 8
Richmond 8