The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

THE MARCH SESSIONS

The court for the trial of prisoners within this borough
was opened yesterday, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq.,
Recorder. The calendar contained the names of 106 pri-
soners for felony, and 10 for misdemeanours. Of the
whole, according to that document, 45 could neither read
nor write ; 49 could read and write imperfectly; 18 could
read imperfectly ; and 4 could read and write well.
The following gentlemen were sworn of the

GRAND JURY.
William Atherton, Date street, Merchant, Foreman.
Joseph Brereton, Jordan.street, Timber Merchant,David Behrend, Cable-street, Shipbroker,
Edward Cox, Chapel-street, Broker,
Thomas Chaloner, Queen's Dock, Shipbuilder,
John Dutton, Exchange Buildings, Broker,
William Henry Dobie, Queen Anne-street, Merchant,
Dan. Jones Fynney, Fenwick-street, Corn Merchant,
George Langford tosberry, Tithebarn-street, Merchant,
Thomas Britain Forwood, North John-street, Merchant,
Richd. Forshaw, jun., Dale-street, Stock and Sharebroker,
T. Forsyth, Exchange-street East, Stock and Sharebroker,
Edw. Glazebrook, Brunswick-street, Wine Merchant,
Edw. Humble, Blackburn-place, Hope-street, Gentleman,
Geo. Kendall, Rodney-street, Merchant,
H. Littledale Exchange-buildings, Broker,
Edw. Moon, / fithebarn-street, Merchant,
Robert Mather, Mount Pleasant, Gentleman,
John Backhouse Neilson, High-street, Sharebroker,
William Nixon, Vernon-street, Rectifier.
The proclamation against vice and immorality having
been read,

The RECORDER addressed the jury as follows :—The
calendar at this, the present quarter session, contains the
names of 116 persons for trial, and bearing in mind that
this namb!r has occurred within the space of six weeks, I
cannot congratulate you on the present aspect of crime in
this borough. There seems to be no reason to question
the efficiency of the police, for you find from the list, that
in 26 of the cases which come before you, the police have
either deteCted the offenders, or rendered material service
in apprehending them. I notice, with satisfaction, six
cases in which pawnbrokers, by causing the apprehension
of parties giving in pledge stolen goods, have rendered
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service to the ends of justice, and have thus
reflected great credit, not only on themselves, but on the
profession towhich they belong. On looking at the depos.-
tions I think there are not any requiring remark or direction
from me; and I shall leave the cases to you, satisfied that
your intelligence and general knowledge will enable you to
decide what portion require to be further investigated by the
petit jury. It is nearly three years since I first had the
honour to occupy the position which I now do, and
during that time 1 have observed, with some attention, the
statements of crime ; and, in calling your attention to this
subject, I would rather refer to some official dccument.
than make any statement of my own. I would first call
your attention to a return which I find in a report recently
made by the Inspector:of Prisons in this district. In that
return I find the total number of persons convicted at the
Liverpool Borough Sessions, in each of the last five years,
to be as follows :

Conviction
... 613

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