The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-01 00:00:00

GAROTTING AT OLDHAM.

Henry Thompson, 27, and Richard Chisnall, 30,
were indicted on a charge of having, at Oldham, on
the 12th day of March, 1861, assaulted William
Elliot, putting him to bodily fear and danger of
his life, and with violence stealing 30s. of his
monies.

Mr. Cottingham prosecuted, and Mr. Scott
defended the prisoner.
On the night in question, the prosecutor and
prisoners had been drinking at a public-house, and
Elliot left somewhat bewildered. He went into an
entry close by for the purposes of nature, and
while there had his money in his hand. He was
dragged out by two men whom he believed to be
the prisoners, and being throttled he soon became
insensible. The prisoners were seen in the neigh-
bourhood by various parties, and when apprehended
a purse, a pocket-handerchief, and pieces of money
similar to those stolen from Elliot were found upon
them.

The prisoners were found guilty, and Chisnall
was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude and
Thompson to three years.

FORGERY BY SEAMEN,
James M'Kee. 27, and George Dickson, 17, both
sailors, were charged with uttering a forged ship-
ping note at Liverpool. They induced Mr. James,
keeper of a spirit vaults in Norfolk street, near the
docks, to advance £2 on a document in the form of
a wages-advance note, purporting to be signed by
Thomas Williams, master of the Imogene, lying in
the Prince's, dock. The signature was discovered
to be forged, and the prisoners taken into custody.
They were thund guilty, and sentenced, M.Kee
to fifteen months, and Dickson to twelve months'
hard labour.

RECEIVING STOLEN NOTES.
Elleri Elkinson, a good looking, well dressed
young woman, of 23, was indicted on a charge of
having feloniously received three Bank of England
notes knowing them to have been stolen. In the
latter part of February, a cash-box containing about
£4O or L5O was stolen from a public-house in Old-
ham, and on the Ist March the prisoner offered three
Bank of England notes said to be part of the property
stolen, at a tea-dealer tend money changer's, at Old-
ham, who hesitated to receive them. She asked if
theywero bad, but he replied that he found by his
notice books that they were part of stolen property,
and expressed a hope that she had receivedthem from
some respectable person. She said she had received
them from Mr. Geo. Woolley, waste dealer, Staley-
bridge.
The only person to whom such a descrip-
tion would apply was Mr. John Woolley, of Staley-
bridge, but on being confronted with that person
the prisoner said he was not the man she meant,
but " Mr. Woolley, the chief backer of the Staley-
bridge Infant." It so happens, however, that Mr.
Woolley of whom she disclaimed all knowledge, is
the person who enjoys the distinction in the sport-
ing world. Prisoner said she had been living with
a person who represented himself as Mr. Woolley.
She_came from London with him.

Mr. Higgins prosecuted, and Mr. Samuel Pope,
who defended the prisoner, urged that if the pri•
soner had known the notes were stolen, a money
changer would have been th,c last person whom she
would have asked to change them.
Verdict—Not Guilty.
There was some applause on the delivery of the
verdict.