The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-27 00:00:00

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-YESTERDAY

red for the prisoner

ith his own languge

1 his to

it touch it

)ver the balance due on

plaintiffs on the de-

iley were counsel for the plain-
defendant.

!COUNT-HARDMAN

plaintiffs, Mr. Charles

Edwards, and Mr. William

of the firm of llardtnan and

who is a partner in the firm of

real, the balance due on con-
Former to the latter. The trial,

other matters were intro-

eventually re-

whether a bill of exchange for
led M'Clellan, of Quebec, on
h the latter refused to accept,
I the balance due. It appeared
iat in 1836, the house of Bud-
msignments of goods from the
nd were in the habit of paying

ice. lu August, 1834, Mr.
received by the plaintiffs from

ict, and that he had joined that
continued under the name of
mount of sales, dated 1835 and
, Mr. Knowles stating that the
30. as the balance.

sed the jury for the defend-
in which his learned friend
plaintiffs, and said the real
M'Clellan, of Quebec, on
as a respectable ship-builder
!d by Budden and Vernier in

plaiatitTs to

o accept it, where.
nner, at Montreal,
that the defendant
as he might deem

,ts, without ever saying that

-taut liable.. But it appeared
come into the possession of

mouse of -M'Clellan, of Quebec,
years after, had the plaintiffs en-
.

7endarit liable for the amount.
period the note was sent to the
lellan was considered in good

'oker from whom it was re-
T the bill for one-half per

r. Knowles how he proposed

house of Budden and
.hing but undoubted bills,
that the bill in question

the purpose of show-

was in good re-

lure, and an account and a

JLES put in some letters from
t, requesting hitr, to take care
with undoubted names. Two
:re also lead, one which eon-
T, 1836, and another of subse-
aintiffs that the bill would be
r, dated the 23d of January,
feet that the bill was returned

;lie plaintiffs) declined

) the further evidence offered by

to that given on behalf of the
that the bill had not been taken
action of the balance due. He
s of the case proved, that at the
possession of the defendant, it
that the house of M'Clellan was

ammed up the case, the jury
and then returned a verdict

he right_to a passage between

re counsel for the plaintiff,
dinson for the defendant.
; plaintiff, with is. damages,

Italian, was indicted for the wilful
,:also an Italian, at Liverpool, in

Iderson conducted the prose-

ienced in forming, such a jury as
namely, one six English, and six
kins agreed to take the jury as it
lishmen, two Italians, and one
the Italian language. Joseph

ng the case to the jury, said the
licted for the wilful murder of
oner was a foreigner, and upon
as it was his privilege, to have a
,ed of his own countrymen, and

)ear against him, would be ex-
through the medium of an in-
the case somewhat long although
The prisoner was an Italian, and

vas also a native of that country.
the same house, with a number

'ears ; the deceased had lodged

They were both musicians, and
!n in partnership, going about the
aer carrying the purse and pa) ing
unfortunate affair they had had a
but it was not supposed to have

;e between them, although it was
On the night of 12th July last,
der slept together, and a man and
Dom. The prisoner went to bed
ie deceased retired between eleven
ast persons up were the lodging-
o bed about one o'clock, leaving a
Ling in the morning. About four
ie house were aroused by a cry of
to death." Toscani, the deceased,
wn stairs as it in pursuit of some

zaw the prisoner run down stairs
]lord came he found the deceased
dge on the face, chest, and belly ;

ed who had done it, and he said
all the lodgers came down stairs,
as the prisoner, whose hat was left
lord found on the fire an iron pot,
►eal and water; this pot he had
t into the scullery, before he went
►e bed on which the deceased and
bucket was found, half-full of the

taken to the Infirmary, where

. The learned gentleman then
:droom, as found by the landlord,
e prisoner calling on the witness
prisoner called in one of the wit.
the deceased was. The witness
d that he ought to go and see him.
is dead, but this was said in order
to be apprehended. The learned
that under all the circum-

first witness called. He said—l
een in this country about 18 years.
tonio Toscani; he lodged at my
know the prisoner ; he has lodged
ears. They slept together in the
; in the same room also slept Do-
e. On the night of Monday, the
ner and the deceased in the house
ollect which of them went to bed
er they had gone to bed till one
etween three and four o'clock I
p bed-room ; I jumped out of bed,
down stairs. I ran down stairs
was on tire. At the foot of the
) had hold of the deceased, who
ed what was the matter, and the
ad, lam dead." I asked hint who
id " Capella." The deceased had
oticed that his face was not much
y was. There was some flour
ice and body. He was entirely
es the custom with Italians in