The Sun.
London, England, 1816-09-18 00:00:00

INIPORTANT CASE.

,
ifynds, Esq. 'residing at Htirliriitton,
'was charged' by Frances Stivens; wife of Richard
Stevens, a smith, with'committing an assault tor
certain detestable purpose.
Anin.rHuvlttigej the case to the Jury.
Mrs. Stevens depO4ed, she an'd her husband had
. .
been for ten vears,./a tenant of the defendant's,
„who a married man, and has several children,
particularly one 1
.(.4“4.,ter about 17 years of age:

()it the 19th of "DeCember last, .between 10 at,
11 in the forenoon, Alr: filtulh'calle(l at her
Luthe, when litishantl %vas from hone, and

:said " Where is Dickey ?" and on hest-dying he
WHIN out, he replied, very well, am cone to
Ailagne you us usual." lie thett.proceoeii to tin-
fibertieSwith her, Which she resisted
I 4 as flir",ts bur ut length lie debisVeit ua
anci said " 1)--r► the woman,
fro w;11 let all the peo b pte.ear." lie then wen'
• ,10 icgt--11)&toeie in hergdrilen, where his

Inn) her finsimini'snian were grindifig tin axe,
ater left the"preMnes.
(..:.ros7i._!xlitsiiiied.—She declared she is 35 years
age,, and fias been ritarriea yeas.ll ils
took .sOirte liberties With her nine yearS Ago, of
which-4e ebmplattied to her husband with tears,,
and he said, '' if eeei• lit 'do so again murder
him." In J(dp 18)5 he renewed such liberties,
but site did not then inform her husband., Abe
s W once bed..t.oblii, when he,read
tt it. (ter' to- ht' her flin a KOther of hers, although,
she could both read and write herself. IVlien
tlrii assault she bow complains of hapicned, she;
:did not ni the any exertions to run off, our did she
•

calrfor a?Bistance, but only gave Lin► a gnn►l scol

is far his impudence ; ina did • she tell any te-
niale of it,'as after he left her she resumed the
emplOynient she' had formerly been engaged
viz.' cleaning tier house. She took no steps in
redress of ber assault till, after she and her
band had received notice in Mardi to quit the
.prtinisei of M. Hinds. She denied having ever
said, trithin the last'''six month, that a Gentle-
man at the bar whom she knew, was her best
luiend. She gave Hind no blows nem scratches
%% ht she was time assaulted. She called lOr no
assittance,..although the grinding stone was not
twenty yards off, and she only 'preferred thii
tharg,c hst July.
" . Daniel Hussey, her servant, deposed having seen
"Mr. Hinds
.'come to the house that day; having
:heard hint say " the wot Attn,• don't ipeak.
,louder
having 'heard his Mistress Speaking'
than nSual,. and having heard Mr. Hinds'
on leaving the. house " that ti--al woman is
Awl,"

Cross•eXainined—Considered Mr. Hinds, on
coining out, had abottvi face than:usinil:'
Mr. ALLEY took' n c.iinha revigw-nt the 'evi-
dcnee, and Coittenited it was InOrally impossible
,jot Iwelve men of ennimon nn(lers'f'anding to eon-
yiet, beciolsc no doubt 'w r
hirteve
could
be entertained of the iirfamOus and profly,loc
raeterot hip trecaser. She had concealed former
amours front her unitarily husband; had told
lter.stoty to-d.tv with a 'front harder than brass,
and
„whit b. bid defiance 'to :every feeling ot. rt3o-'
Aesty;she had been' asSaulted in December; 'and;
brui preferred her Complaint only in July. NO
Joan, except one whose 'mind Avas upset trout its.
very-foundations, W.Otild doubt she had preferred
:this complaint noW trout diabolical :revettge On
Mr. Hinds, for ordering her 'and her husband to
gait his -premises. Ile should call vo wituesses •
(he had many call if. the Jury clo:3o,l)ccAuse'
)le.soOposed his calling them would
.be
to. the Jury, as it would in fact lie sup-
posing they doubted a case which .was to every
litmest mind as clear. as- the meridian' splen-
dour, 'A more 'cletesttilAe desiltn titan what
414 delnded, ill advised, and .nnfOrtintate female
bad attempted to execute, he bed never seen, ex-

ecpt in one case before a celebrated Judge in a
'p.smstry circuit; 'where a female, 'after 'detailing
particulars somewinit similar to the impudent im-
tntidest disclosure of Mrs. Stevens, was ,asked by
the Judge why she did not prevent her sedircer
from proceeding, to such unwarrantable lengths
With her 1—" Ab, Ah ! my Lord," said,She," you
tittow no better, for I only wanted to see bow far
the funny rogue would go with his pranks."—He
*(Mr. Alley) had ire hesitation in thinking Mn.i
Stevens Jut the .same,- and he therefore sat (IOW')
with the firmest confidence in their giving a fa-
vourable verdict to his client.

The CH Al ilm,trtsummed up the eviilettce, ant} eb-
served, that there were three points to which .the
aary were bound to attend, first, her not calling
to her seryant who was so near and cold& easily
have come to heri.,thi; secondly, her not giving
*any intimation.,,Rvier female. seftnaintancel. and
thirdly, her not, bringing this action .till after she
bad received notice to quit the premises of the de-
fendant. "!th

The Jury,ivithout any hesitation, found a, ver-
dict of--;-.lside'Cluilty.
Sonic whys C4SCS occurred, particularly one be-
tweUri-a Cat's:meat Merchant and ii:bone chopper,
.which we think too ludicrous for insertion in any
newspaper. We have no tviSlmhatever to do or say
Anything tending to diminish t he:glorious privilege
of Trial by Jury, but ,we must again repeat, that
,when such cases are brought-betore a ,Jury they
tentriln no inconsiderable degree to lessen the re-

Apeci which Englishmen should naturally feel for
buchi'a valuable tribunal,

Yesterday morning a very respectably dressed
ivas fountl.tyownell in the Paddington Canal.
llc tits immediately taken out of the seater and
,:conveyell to the house of Mr; Claridge, the Red
Lion, at Paddington. lie appeitredito: have been
in the water a :very short time; but means were
wed to recover him ineffectually.:

:Bet%veen eight a►►tai nine o'clock on hfa►ttlay
evening, a deck-Lighter belonging to. Mr. A. AI
IttIFT, Witt cut froin itd inoori►tg at Pickle Her-
ring Wharf, ant( after bting robbed of 30 quarter&
of wheat wail then act adrift.

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LANCASTMASSIZES, THUSDAri F•lt•Pt; 12

CROWN SiDE.

THE LATE )(I)TS .vr

, .
John 'Murray, John Willin»th, itich:trit Mug Non;
Peter Cotterel,Ailliant Long, Patrick MackaEl, and
David Jenkins, were charged with to misdemean;
onr, in having, with ether persons to the number
of one-hundred and more, unlaivttilly and riot-
ously assembled at Liverpool,Ain the 10th of rune
list, to disturb the public prate, and inliaving,
when so assembled, made a great noise, tior,antt
disturbance. These. Seven persons Were bound
elver to stand their trial at. the present assizes;
but the'fonr last hanot entered their traverses
or paid the fees. Two of them said they. had paid
their fees to an attorney who was tine in Court ;.
the other tWo bad _employed no attorney, and did
not know that fees required, The 4istlge
told them he' could not proceed with their tibial ot,
their indictment in these cireumstances,
.044
threatened-theta with impriimmtent till the next
Assizes for with the rules of the
Courf,'when the :natter wits at last adjusted .by
the e MI the. t rial proceed. d.
Tlds prnseention arose nut of the siv,enes of riot

and tumult that attended and cosoli'sded Mr. Can-
, ning's late election for Liverpool: Our' readers
will remember, that tor several drys prior to the.
10th Juue great teudency to disorder and
disturbance had manifested itself, and that on
that day the turn's,' arrived at its height, that the
authority .of the Magistrates was despised, the
officers of police' Were insulted, the procession of.
Mr. Canning assailed on its. way from the Ilust-:
ings wirh all kinds of missiles, the windows of
Colonel Bolton's house, where he lived, tiemolish-
, ed, his friends who came to hear Isis speech this-•
persed, 'end hie colours every .where obliged tit
subMit.to the green of the opposite party. The
Counsel for the prosecution disclaimed, on the
part of the prosecutors, all party prejudice or po-.
litical animosity in originating Ilse present indict
ment. The magistrates, he said, had at first ex-
ercisedevery degree, of lenity and forbearance, and
when at last they were obliged tti act with energy,:
they were Supported by all the friends of order
and tranquillity, who merged their political dif-
ferences in ti:•it 'common desire to preserve :he
public peace. The public_ pence, although at all
times a matter of paramount interest, should mote
particularly he consulted during a.populat eleetiOn;
and the first attempts to disturb it repressed, both
because the civil power is the only power which
the
,jealousy of, our constitution will then allow
to be called in to restore it, and .because the con-
sequences of tumult.or the ascendancy of a lawless
mob might he fatal to the exercise of the first po,
Utica. rights of freemen in ehoOsin,P their re-
presentatives. In this view there was no•olfenit

more alarming than a riot, and uo riot more (law
'gerotis than that which 'occurred at a'n election

.
If any'proofs, were wanting of the indiscriniinar.
violence of. a mob when once collected, and
of the duty of all the friendS of order, of what.
ever party; tO disperse it, they would be found in
the attack .on the house of Mr. Bolton, wbv. was
AO much respected for his liberal 4isposition, and
foul loid up foe himself so great a fond of'grati,
tilde for his numerous benetactions. 'flue active
part taken by the different prisoners at the bar
was:attested, and their persons identified, by dif-
ferent .witnesses.
Hubert Reilly, a police-officer at 'Liverpool,
deposed, that he attended on Monday,-the 10th of
June, at Mr.. Bolton's [louse in Duke-street ;' thit
there was in-that street- a great and disorderly
crowd • and that he saw among them the prisoner,
John ilurray, throw stones at Mr. Boltoo's, win-
dows, which broke two panes orglass in the draw.
ing-room,window, second story ; that, upon &this
he secured bias, and delivered him over to-Pass, .a
constable, - The police-odicers• Avert: treated with
great ,cruelty, and Millar, the principal offic`cr,.
-watt Jio severeV won-tided that' his life was in,
danger-; The prisoner, Murray, was ft-Scuttle
• Being :Cross-examined, he said, that: a great
crowd had followed Mr,Catming from, the hustings'
to ltear. him .speak at -Mr. Bolton's ; that
,Mr.:
Cantiing's party left: the hustings hefure r
;
that there was no greater crowd -thau
follows a candidate at
,the time of election ; that
the passes of the.streets were almost. blocked
that Mr. Cloning was preparing to speak,. but
that the multitude, from its extent, conitfnot hear,
and that it caused great.distorbanee by pressing
forward. Stones, sticks, anti brickbats were flying
abOut in all directioni.
William Pass remembered! the last witness de-
liver* Murray into his
,custody, and that lie was
rescued' by the mob ; but witness recognized him
afterwards. ,

Patrick liaglet, who was a special constable
sworn in for the Occasion, identified Miirrlty as
the person ~wbo was delivered to him as 'being
rioter,. and. as 'a' person whom he had taken to
Bridewell on the evening in question.
WlWain Millar- Was at the house.Of Mr. Bolton
on MOntlity, 'the 10111 of June, to preserve the
public peace,. which had be.en broken fOr several
preceding dayt: The mob were throwing stone;
at the windows. • A tormiltuous crowd' had rot-
lowed Mr.• Canninglron) the top of Chnrch-Street
to Doke,sereet, throwing stones and bricks 'at
him, and. all those about him.- A great number
of respectable people; particidarly females of re-
spectability;rhad assembled in the latter Place to
hear I►iin addreAs his supporters frOth
balcony ; but they were quickly dispersed
by the utOb, who threw stones, sticks, bricks, and
other missiles. The witness received a blow with
a heavy brick, 'Which stunned him, and 'confined
Win for a 'fortnight.. •
'James &phial!. deposed to the activity, and
identified the person,Of Richard lioliglifon,Whoin
lie apprehended anti` gave in charge to a constable
illintedit!tely.Oter he bud cominitfed vio-
lence. This constableinanie
who concurred in the statement.'
John NVehster; H 'merchant in. LiverpoOl, bore
testimony against John awl was
'vohnrated in. his e6lenee by
:11 1 Officer,
•cOnducted the, prisoner to'Hrideweit.
Enoch Broadly,' superintendent of the Doek,
ithii
Police, saw Peter
.Cotterel leading on the mob,:
ind. 'F61,41'11110 say, ‘‘. There goes' the Dock' Pe.,
lice, the thieves, the robbers, let us murder aietti
and Juba Hale, tt watchman, ,tivicribed the to

- .
molt, nnfl iilentified• this prisoner Cllc of its.
moo ortive itgentg.
,John Lee mut Joseph Bailey swore to the acti.
vity of the prisoner Long.
Peter Reid deposed to the presence and itolencei
Of the prisoner Meickall.
John Aspinall deposed to the tigtousbehseiOur,;
and,identitled the person; of the prisoner Jenkins.
Mr. VENABLES addressed the Jury for fillet; of
the prisinfers, Marray, :Gotterel; • and Atiiickall,
but adduced .no contradictoty evidenceinor called
any attestations.to character..
The prisoners were all found Guilty.

FLIIDAY, SUPT. 13.
ATROCIOUS M [HIDERS.

Susannah ilolroyd was put to the bar, charged
with three-murders—with •the wilful murder of
her husband, at .Ashton-under-Line, by adminis-
tering poison to him'on the 15th 4,lay of April, of
which tic died on the 18th ; as also with the mur-
der of her own son,- ti boy of eight years of age,
by the same means ; 'and of Ann Newton, an in-
fant of about 15 weeks old, by the same means,
and on the same occasion.
Mr. CROSS', Cotinsel for the prosecution, stated
the law applicable to this case to the Jury, ant!
gaie atrout line of the evidence by which the charge
was suppm;ted. The deeedsvd, Matthew Holroyd,
followed the trade of n weaver, and hail the misfor-
lime not to live on good terns Nr it II his wife, the
prisoner at the bar, by who :it he had three children,
the last of whom was Mentioned in the present in-
dictment.
.The prisoner was in the habit of nursing
illegitimate children, one of whom likewise she was
now chirrged with murdering. About a month he-
rove she exereked this unrelenting cruelty, she bad
a veiy extraordinary conversation with the mother
of this infant, who resided in the
.house with her.
She told Mary. Newton that she had he'd her for-
,.
tune read, and that in the course of one week, and
within six weeks front the period which she was
speaking, three funerals would gig from her door.
One of Oh:destined victims was her husbandbanother
her son, and the third the child of the person to whym
she was addressing herself. She did not delay her
purpose, hovrever, till the six weeks of the for-
tune teller liad e•Xpired; for in abihit a month at=
terwards .she %Mit to a chemist's shop and
.pur-
chased at) ounce and, a half of arsenic, to fulfil the
proPhecy,
.This.happeaed on Saturday, the 13th
of April, or Easter-eve. Next morniagArec
band had some entree for his and
soon after, beettine ill. To restore hinr, site pie.
pared him some wetter-vuel, and is it she mixed
the poison. ~:.(he wretched man immediately felt
that the. gruel
,had an uncommon taste, and
.re-
fused at first to drink it ; but she urged lint) so
strongly., 'by telling hint that " it was the last
gruel ever site would prepare him," that he-com-
plied with her entreaties, not knowing the enigma
hid nude! t.bese,expreisimis, , As helrew ,wosse,
site called in medical assistance,, the better to
allay suspieloti, .and was intrusted by the medical
man with the remedies to administered ;
but she tefastt4l to adar,inister them, „sayitt,g,. it
was of no use, het, huslomd, veoolci
die." Alter the death of the deceased the pri-
Souer, wag ittkritiinto rust befiireilitoGoro;
ner moaleia tall confession of the oneder, which,
as it wm. signed by, her, would he ,gibrett in evi-
dence. ,Tl)o#4,were.twosonots in ,tho.intlictmcnt
respecting Matthew Uolroyd the first charged
tempttte 1:r its:onotehre uiiitt.ch
of Petty
leer turilsioiolcinitil,
; the stcutl►! with
he
died..lt. was
--one occasion,
ajcattisasilsrtyerthollittroe.s.tiTe,s(edl
wo,
as
on
where the latter . wasomitted; t'und the former
could not be proved, Ow Judge felt himself obliged
th direct' tie party to be sequilted, tboogirtbere
.was
.00;4100( that the deceased died by poison. -
John Taylor, Mary. Newtrin, John Swiudels,
Jonathan .1-lagne,
,Newton, and Ihoriras
-Ugderi proved this case.

lice .11-1 M; .sllplipec4 ,pp this cNicfruce, %'I Cl
seemed very clear, and the Jkiry returned
.a
of Guilty.

The Jiidge immediately pronounced 'the awful
sentence of the law, that Susannah Ilohoyfli be-
Jug Convicted of ,so at.rociuns a crime, should be
himged Mpoday,, and.ber body given for dis-
section. The prisoner, who had confirmed during
the ,whole of her trial upparently.insensible to her
Awful situation, and had even heard the word
Guilty without betraying any symptoms of emo-
tion, seemed impressed with the solemn formali-
ties and moving addrecs that accompanied the
delivery of her sentence. The antipathy of the.
numeroas crowd that attended this trial was pow-
erfully turned against the prisrmer, not miry?. front
.the natural horrortelt at the crime for which she;
vvasdoomed to sutler, but from a very general be-
lief that, in her ocqupatiok of nursing illegitimate
.children (who are of course frequently neglected.
by their natuol
,gpardians), she had murdered at'
different times several infants,,in ti?esinemanner,
as she had lately ~dome her husband and the two;
other victims of her unprovoked malice.‘

James Widow nliaa Whelican, and John Cum-
ibis, were indicted for the wilful murdertifJames
Beaghan, near Liverpool, on the 224 of Jane
Our readers may probably remember hearing of
this atrocious murder on the Liverpool vane{ at
the time that. it happened, and of perusing the
aceounts•of its cireumitances in the ptiblic prints.
After it long and patient•investigation, it could: net,
be traced with such:certainly to the prisoners, as.
to convict, though, as was *mentioned by the
Learned Judge, there were strong Circumstances
{ilauspieinn.---The principal: witness was. William:
at the head of the Police in, Liverpool.,
who stated the deptisitions-;olCuramins; when he
.examined hidi, containing gross. contradictions'
and falsehoods ; but beyond presumption arising
front 0b4,4 Inconsistency, nothing:appeared against.
the prisoners. The Jury:returned 4.4erilict of—
Not Guilty.