The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-17 00:00:00

BURGLARY.

Thomas Williams, 20, was indicted for having burgle-
riouslv entered the dwelling-house of Mary Stuart, at
Manchester.

Mr. Hodge prosecuted. The prisoner was not defended.

The prosictitrix resides in Albion.st eet, Manchester.,
On the night of the 17th of July, a pers, n na ned Gledhill
was passing along the street in which the house of Mrs.
Stuart is situate, when he observed the prisoner and ano-
ther man standing near to the house of the prosecutrix
one of them lifted up the cellar grid, and the prisoner
entered. Gledhill went up, replaced the grating over the
cellar mouth, gave an alarm, and the prisoner was cap-
tured in the cellar, the other man having run away. Some
clothes had been removed from a basket in one part of the
cellar and placed in another.
The prisoner, in his defence, said the cellar grid had
given way with him on walking across it, and that he had
been accidentally precipitated below.
The prisoner was found guilty. He was sentenced to
be imprisoned one year in the county gaol and kept to
hard labour.

MALICIOUSLY CUTTING AND WOUNDING

William Jenkins, 41, was indicted for having feloniously
stabbed, cut, and wounded Alice Jenkins, his wife, with
intent to murder her, to disable, or to do her grievous
bodily harm. _ _ _ _ _

Mr. Raffles prosecuted. The prisoner was without
counsel. _

The prisoner and his wife resided in a room in Cannon-
street. Salford. On the 21st of June the prisoner was
drinking at a beer-house, and prosecutrix went to fetch
him home. On the way, he made use of angry words
towards her. When at home, she wished him to partake
of some tea, which he refused to do. He then sent a boy,
the son of prosecutrix by a former husband, out of the
room. After the lad had gone out, the prisoner said,
" Now, what could Ido if I thought proper ? Who is
there here to hinder me ?" She replied, " There is no
one here to hinder thee, but I hope thou is not going to
do anything." The prisoner then turned round towards
a table, upon which there was a knife, seized the weapon,
and struck her a blow on the lower part of the cheek,
which inflicted a deep wound of three inches in length.
His LORDSHIP here intimated to Mr. Raffles that he
thought the case could not be carried beyond the charge
of unlawfully wounding.
The prisoner was found guilty of this offence, and he
was ordered to be imprisoned for the space of three
months.

SINGULAR CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER

James Drummond, James Weldon, and William Platt,
three respectably-dressed young men, were indicted for
having, at Manchester, killed and slain Benjamin Holding
Saxon.

Mr. Wheeler prosecuted, and Mr. Monk defended
Drummond and Platt. Weldon was without counsel.

About eight o'clock on the night of the 17th of July
last, the three prisoners were engaged in teasing and strik-
ing a boy of weak intellect, named Walsh, in Lloyd-street,
Hulme. The boy ran down an entry, and a neighbour
came out of his shop to ascertain what was the matter,
The deceased, .who was a grocer in the neighbourhood,
also came out of his shop, stood at the top of the passage,
and asked the other shopkeeper whether the prisoners
were pickpockets. Upon this the prisoners began to
assail Mr. Saxon. One of them struck him a blow on the
back of the neck, the consequence of which was to cause
him to fall forward. Mr. Saxon got up, but almost ho.
mediately again fell backwards, but whether from the ef-
fects of a second blow or from the injuries of the first fall
did not clearly appear. Mr. Saxon was raised up, when
it was ascertained that life was extinct. The prisoners ran
away, but were subsequently apprehended.