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TY OF A GUARANTEE SOCIETY.
'RUSTEES) V. THE ERITANNIA GoARA-. A
cK upon him with a —A rather important question was vans ,7
at him with it when by
this case as to the liability of guarantee societies.
all the five prisoners plaintiffs were the trustees of a building society, and 14,
stem at him, hitting him an a secretary named Jones, for whose fidelity the Guarani
This took place between two Society had become bound in the usual course of thel
,ome, pelting him, and business. It appeared that on the 30th April, 1851, Joffe!
had got in. A man, had received a sum of money on behalf of the buildiq,
fof the way from society at one of their monthly meetings; held at 0:
n ; and that on reurning b°r°
n, he was knocked down and robxi
The Building Society contena
)ciety should indemnify them. t"
)t see the the ground that they coul „.11";
irst occurrence as the robbery.. /1,7 f
_.,... occurred. There were many persons present Fence of Jones, and 'hat no want of caution nod bass
-
at the time of the stoning. proved to have occurred on his part. It was proved NC;
Margaret Pickavance, sister of the last witness, deposed he had been formerly in the habit of taking a cab fOr the
to the facts of the case nearly the same as the prosecutor, purpose of carrying home Me money, until the eXpens
and added to them that he (prosecutor) was down upon was objected to' by the society; and that ho had
the ground when the money was taken out of bie pocket, them to provide him a saferwthe office, but this had;
and that one of the prisoners was standing over him with neglected. The jury, after hearing counsel at consider, ,-
a knife, when the expression " was used, hie length on bath sides, reterned a verdict for the
Ann Alacintosir, niece of the prosecutor, gave emelt- fendants, and, at the stlggestiotr of his lordship, somerJ;;;,
matory evidence: in cross-examination, she denied that the damages contatgently for the plaintiff at ,Zl6l.
one of the prisoners (Bread) had been a sweetheart of order that the point' Gnaw whether the robbery is a pro
hers, and that she had never said her uncle was to give tectien to the defendants, or net, may be raised ill
her a pair of boots if she would swear for her uncle, or higher court.
that she would transport Tt"""

ASSOCIATION

t was a brici

with it in his possess
bed of such money.

his story differed r that the Guarants;ji
did the latter refused. o

Tas the

first guard against such an

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Prosecutor recalled,—Said that he was dawn once upon. liiakurrayrs OF DV:Ph:lN.—This .
wasN BGINA
an indictine_!,
his hands and knees, bat was standing when the money- against the inhabitants of the township-of Denton, nr
was taken out of his- pot2et, Manchester, to compel them to repair a• highway. i
Counsel for the defence was about-to address the jury*,, prsisecu t , 'Atherton and Mr. Monk *lre for the - Hon s° when the learned judge stepped the case; sad the jury the Attorney-General and' .Mr. Cowling far the defeli,,.
ry
The prosecutors were tb- --4-- +h. 1.----/iwi

lie could

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immediately returned Er ve

of acq

urnp.ta
SENTENCE ON ROBERT ROINDS.—This prisoner was AeVol 1825, for repairing arid insproviag the read fr°,"
here called up, and the Judge having in a most impressive Stockport to Newhouse, in, Yorkshire, and'
manner commented upon the enormity of his crime, sen- theit care the road to Steckpert at the end' of Guilde-10'.
Ka'
tenced him to be transported for 20 years. The portion of the road formblg-the subject of the inet
HIGHWAY Rennenr.—Ricased Cropper, 20, George ment was-a space of 467 yards leading to Gieitle;laws, an
Wesley, 22, James Toppiny, 21, were indicted for having the queetiou at issue was whether the inlialtfitately,
assaulted Thomas Liptrot, at Rainford, on the 21st Feb- Denton. or' the inhabitants of Houghton, att adinl"'ll:
ruary, and robbed him of ss. 'l;hey were also charged township,- were liable for its repair. The ordnance 08_,"
with having assaulted and robbed a man named Bibby, produced-laid down the road as in-Denton; 'and; the .17;;,
have unn::
on the same night. It appcared in evidence that the pro- gave a verdict' that it was in that-township. Lean, 5%;
secutors, Liptrot and Bibby, nail-makers, had been given for the defendants to more the higher cone."
drinking at the Wheatsheaf public-house at Rainford some of tie legal points.
on the evening in question, the prisoners having oleo In another action,
been there. On corning out of the house, Liptrot was Houghton, which involved a qui—,
struck by Cropper and knocked down. They subse-- the previous case, the record was withdrawn.
quently walked along. the lane together, when Liptrot Leas v. ITAtatiecrei.—This case was called, but tier
was again knocked down into the ditch-by Wesley, whew,' being no attorney present, it was struck out. esto
Cropper put his hand into his pocket and took out of it, FLETCHER DANCASTER AND AltorHan.---Thi6,
58. Subsequently Cropper said he hadnevre money, and the next cause in order on the list. Ott being called, P 144,
again put his hands into his- pockets. 1-le had a memo.
,'.Bliss, who appeared far the plaintiff, said he was aft,
randum-book, a fourpenny piece, and some copper, which the attorney, Mr: V. P. Roberts, and' the witnesses Ifti
he lost. Could not say that there were more than two not present, as it. was not expected the'cause would
v
reached that evening. An inquiry was made; but neilr,
ae,,
the plaintiff nor his attorney could be found.—His 41
ship deprecated the eurrelnet of persons leaving the 031,11i0-
raking leave ; gentlemen seemed to calculate;
olraauses not cominz on, and thus tooki-the nuttier re
of those their own hands, wi;hont reference to the court. -ey`r,risr
ei before, him.- The ccaxtesy ought to be shown to the coart.—Mr. P ' "oeurosecutor `hoped his lordship would allow his case to be taken otboe
i the following morning.—His lordship said, from'
-,er
nature of the case, he thought the plaintiff' was Ptuie
mart, otherwise the record should be withdrawn, in be
hope that the plaintiff -would seek his remedy against toe'
attorney. Under the cirentnetances, he mast adjourni.st;
court ; but he begged itto be distinctly understood that;
in future, the cases would be taken in order, and all that
were not ready when calibd on would be struck 'out.
The court then adjourned Shortly before six o'clock-
4o
FRIDAY.—FLETCIIZ7VO. LANCASTER ANDANOTB"
ye,
—This was an,action brought by the plaintiffia wee d
- -to recover f •"

trustees under

Regina v.. fhb' Inhtifatlitl Iff
similar to that? 0

men in the lane when he was struck

William Bibby corroborated in the main the evidence
of the prosecutor; and on being asked to identify the
prisoners, said he bad never seen " any on 'em afore,"
but subsequently 'caused' much laughter by-explaining
that he thought he was asked if he knew any of those
men, pointing to the learned counsel beforegiim.- The
entire evidence both of this witness and the-prosecutor
icality, and kept the learned judge, -as well
:ourt and Jury, highly amused.

1 without

was full of cow

•s then

Other
,f his 1

itnesses

i raised a doub

in the mind

ship as to whether it was Cropper or Topping
h Wesley in than lane;. and the counsel for
Mr. Atkinson, therefore confined his re.
of Wesley, and contended that the
as the result of a drunken brawl.

who was
the defe
marks to the ea
whole affair

The learned JUDGE having briefly summed np,thejury
immediately returned a verdict, of not guilty against all
the prisons
FOP

John Burto

1/420), was indicted forhavingi
in Liverpool; forged an acceptance on, and uttering, a
certain bill of exchange for £l9l 10s. 9d., with intent to
'efraud one Robert Roberts. The particulars of this case
our readers.
that he was a maltster in

will be in the r

Mr. Edwin Hu

stated

Denbigh, and hadno connexion with his fathe

onatban

HugheS, who also resides in Denbigl
bill (produced) from Messrs. Menders and Co., ridblin,
in May, 1851. It was drawn. to him with his father's
name included in it, and he, therefore, did not accept it,
but kept it by him in the ogee. It was put into a cash
box in August. He knew the prisoner at the bar, who
resides in the neighbourhood. He called upon him. in.
September last upon some business, when they made a
bargain for his cash-box and its contents, which prisoner
_
t the time that the bill

He had received

lit for £lO. Did
n it. The aceq