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co tintry, as it was clear that his object both in seeking the
marriage and in bringing the present action was altogether
of a mercenary character.
His Lordship having summed up, the jury, after a few
minutes' consideration, found a verdict for the plaintiff.—
D amages, one farthing.
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS applied to his lordship to cer-
tify.

Mr. WATSON opposed the application on the ground
that the defendant had circulated rumours injurious to the
plaintiff's character.
His LORDSHIP said it did not appear that the defend-
ant had circulated the rumours she had heard respecting
the plaintiff, but had merely told him of them. He
would consider before giving his decision on the applica-
tion.

CROWN COURT .-WEDNESDAY EDNESDAY

James Parker, 52. who pleaded guilty to marrying
Betty Howarth, at Manchester, his former wife being then
alive, was brought up, and sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment. _ _ _

Joseph 111' Carey, 20, pleaded guilty to a charge of hav-
ing set fire wilfully to a stack of hay belonging to John
Marshall, of Heaton Norris. Sentence deferred,
James Smith, 31, pleaded guilty to an indictment in
which he was charged with stealing a quantity of brass
and lead, at Great Lever, the property of the Earl of
of Bradford. Sentence deferred.

Thomas Quin, 24, pleaded guilty to having, at Great
Bolton, on the 19th of February last, broken into the
dwelling-house of James Spedding, and stolen Nib weight
of bread ; an,l, on he 4th March, stealing two loaves of
bread from James Fairclough, of the same place. Sen-
tence deferred.
John Brown and Patrick Farrel were sentenced to ten
years' transportation for a burglary at Manchester.
James Hogg was convicted of the manslaughter of
George Galloway, at Manchester, on the Ist. January.
The prisoner and other persons quarrelled, in a public-
house, with deceased, who was struck by the prisoner,
and falling against the fender was killed. He was sen-
tenced to one week's imprisonment.

Peter Twist was convicted of having, at St. Helens,
stabbed Thomas Houghton. The prisoner, in conse-
quence of the great provocation he had received, was
sentenced to only 14 days' imprisonment.

John Kelly and Wm. Ockleshaw were convicted of a
burglary in the dwelling-house of Margaret Makin, at
Newton.

James Rodgers was convicted of having, with other per-
sons, assaulted Mr. Keith Kniloch, at Manchester, and
stolen his watch. He had been previously convicted of
felony, and was sentenced to ten years' transportation.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY

OGDEN v. HESKETH, BART.—Mr. Martin and Mr.
Monk appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Wilkins
and Mr. Atherton were for the defendant. This was an
action in tort, to recover the value of certain goods which,
it was alleged, had been illegally seized. The plaintiff,
James O. den, was a pork butcher, residing in Oldham-
road, Manchester; and the nominal defendant was the
late high sheriff for the county. John Ogden, the father
of the plaintiff, borrowed a sum of £BO from Mr. Grier-
son, who got judgment in an action against him for that
amount. In order tl defeat the action, the father sold,
by auction, the whole of his stock in trade and effects,
which were purchased by the friends of the Ogdens for the
young man who continued to carry on the business. The
writ in the action against the father issued, and the goods
in the shop were seized. The plaintiff's case was, that
this seizure was illegal, the property having passed, in a
legal manner, from the father to the son, and the sum
sought to be recovered was £ll3 13s. ld., the value of the
goods, and £ll 4s. 2d., the price of some pork subse-
quently purchased by the plaintiff to carry on
and also sold at the sale. The defence, as submitted by
Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, was, that the sale was a juggle,
and that it was an ingenious attempt, on the part of old
Ogden, to defeat Mr. Grierson in his endeavour to recover
his debt. The case possessed no public importance. Wit-
nesses on both sides contradicted each other. There were
four speeches from counsel, and the case occupied the at-
tention of the court upwards of seven hours. The jury
immediately found for the defendant.
BLAIR v. BENBOW.—Mr. Martin and Mr. Atherton
were for the plaintiff. Mr. Crompton was for the defen-
dant. The plaintiff, Mr. Harrison Blair, was an attorney
in Manchester, the defendant, Thomas Benbow, a gentle-
man residing at Llanidloes, and the action was brought to
recover the balance of an account due for professional
services, in superseding a fiat of bankruptcy which was
issued against him. Verdict for the plaintiff.

.a.
CROWN COURT.—THIRSDAY

Antonio Leso, 21, a Spaniard, pleaded guilty to having,
in January last, at West Derby, killed, with intent to
steal, a ewe, the property of Matthew Rawlinson. Sen-
tenced to seven years' transportation.
John Boyle, 21, was indicted for having, together
with two others unknown, violently beat and assaulted
George Lonsdale, and robbed him of a purse containing
fifteen sovereigns and 19s. in silver. The complainant is
a power-loom weaver, residing in Blackburn. On the 24th
of January last he was in Manchester, when he met the
prisoner ; they adjourned to a public-house, and after
taking something to drink, prosecutor left to go to the
Bank-top Railway Station. The prisoner volunteered to
show him the way. They had not, however, gone far
before the prosecutor was knocked down by the prisoner
and several other men who came up, and robbed him of
his purse containing the money. Guilty. Ten years'
transportation.
James Gledhill, a respectably-dressed men, (who sur-
rendered to take his trial,) was indicted for having, on the
10th of March, burglariously entered the dwelling-house
of James Harrison. The prosecutor is a farmer, residing
at Mosley, near Ashton-under-Lyne. On the morning of
the 10th of the present month, he was awoke by hearing a
noise in his house, and on getting up he found the prisoner
in his bed-room. Oa being asked his name and what he
wanted, the prisoner replied that his name was James
Gledhill, and that he wanted James Harrison. The pri-
soner had effected an entrance into the house through the
kitchen window. It was shown that the prisoner had not
broken into the house with a felonious intent, but merely
in a drunken frolic, and under these circumstances he was
discharged.
Joseph Ellis, 23, William Carroll,l9, Richard Carroll,
29, Robert Riley, 20, and William Bramhall, 24, were
indicted for having, at Manchester, burglariously entered
the dwelling-house of John Martindale, and stolen £2O
in silver and copper, one silver teapot, and various other
articles. Carroll pleaded guilty. The prosecutor is a
butcher, and resides at Ordsall-hall, near Manchester.
He has a shop in John-street, in that town. On the 17th
of December last, an entrance was effected into his shop,
and a large amount of money and other articles stolen.
On the night previous to the robbery, the prosecutor left
about twelve o'clock, to go to Ordsall-hall, to sleep, leav-
ing his house and shop in the charge of his brother and
servants. After he had left, the servant man made all
the doors fast, and then went to bed. The next morning
it was discovered that the house had been entered by
breaking open the grid of a cellar at the back of the house,
in Longworth-street. The prisoners were apprehended in
a cellar occupied by the prisoner Bramall, when a great
quantity of money, and the silver teapot, &c., were found
in their possession. The prisoner William Carroll, who
pleaded guilty, was placed in the witness-box. He reca-
pitulated the manner in which the robbery had been
planned and effected, and said thr.t all the prisoners, with
the exception of his brother, Robert Carroll, were impli-
cated in the robbery. Mr. MONK and Mr. OVENS ad-
dressed the jury at great length, and strongly commented
on the statement of the accomplice Carroll, contending
that there was not sufficient evidence to show that their
respective clients at all participated in the robbery, but
that William Carroll had been induced to confess his guilt
and implicate the other prisoners in the hope that he
might free his brother, and mitigate his own punishment.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty against all the pri-
soners, except Richard Carroll and the approver, William
Carroll. Sentence deferred. The trial of this case lasted
upwards of seven hours.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-THURSDAY.
BROWNRIGG AND OTHERS V. RAE, P.O

Mr. Watson and Mr. J. Henderson were counsel for
the plaintiffs : Mr. Martin and Mr. Crompton appeared
for the defendant.

Mr. WATSON stated the case. The plaintiffs in this
case were the partners in the late firm of Brownrigg,
Miller, and Co., who carried on business in Liverpool,
Glasgow, and Bombay, and who were obliged to stop pay-
ment in the crisis of 1847, and make an arrangement for
the benefit of their creditors. The defendant, Mr. J. E.
Rae, was the public registered officer of the North and
South Wales Bank. Although the action was brought in
the name of Brownrigg, Miller, and White, (the latter
gentleman being a trustee for one of the firm,) the action
was, in fact, brought by the creditors of the co-partner-
ship, to recover from the bank the balance of an account
which, at the stoppage of the house, amounted to
£4876 12s. Bd. with interest. There was a bill of ex-
change amounting to upwards of £2OOO to be taken for
the balance, but the remainder was the sum to which the
plaintiffs would be entitled. The case had before been
tried at the assizes, but Mr. Baron Rolfe considered that
the partnership had not been sufficiently proved. In this
instance, however, they had got the partnership deed,
and by it they would prove that Messrs. Brownrigg, Mil-
ler, and Macgregor were to carry on business at three
places. At Liverpool, under the firm of "Brownrigg,
Miller, and Co., ;" at Glasgow, as " Macgregor, Brown-
rigg, and Co ;" and at Bombay, as "Brownrigg and Co."
Messrs. Brownrigg and Miller resided in Liverpool. In
the year 1847 Mr. Macgregor became a bankrupt, accord-
ing to the laws of Scotland, and, therefore, Mr. Mac-
gregor was not a party to this action, but Mr. White, who
was the trustee under the Scotch bankruptcy, was joined
with the other partners to recover this sum of money, the
cause of action having arisen before the bankruptcy of
Mr. Macgregor. Under the act of the 2nd and 3d Vic.,
sec. 49, he should be enabled to prove that all the in-
terest of Mr. Macgregor passed to the trustee, Mr. White,
who was one of the plaintiffs. The defence to be set up
by Mr. Martin was, that Mr. Brownrigg, one of the part-
ners in the firm at Liverpool, was also chairman of the
Commissioners of Birkenhead improvement. This body
was in the habit of obtaining advances from the North
and South Wales Bank for the improvements at Birken-
head, and Mr. Brownrigg entered into an agreement,
without the sanction of his co-partners, that, on condi-
tion of these advances, he would keep his balance in the
bank as high as £3OOO. It was clear that one partner
could not bind another to a guarantee of this kind, and
he (the learned counsel) believed, when the proper time
arrived he should be able to prove that the balance due
by the Birkenhead Commissioners had been paid off some
time ago.
Several witnesses were called, who proved the partner-
ship between Brownrigg, Macgregor, and Miller,
Joseph R. Beck, manager of the North and South
Wales Bank, produced the banking book, showing that
there was a sum of £4876 123. Bd., in the bank on ac-
count of the firm of Brow: _rig; and Co. In cross exami-