The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-08-12 00:00:00

LWERPOOI, POLICE•'

A p
OuT S oxISFORTI:NES.-011 Tuesdav,, at the Police-oftice,
a young man named Henry Dennett, dressed in a shabbv•
etro% •n frock ~oat buttoned up. at the neck ala militaire. to hula
. want of other articles of (tress, and having a most lack-a-
appearaace, evidently being star-stuck, was bsouglit
..r,o,rie the magistrates charged With haring taken lodgings at a
rot c-house without possessing the wherewithal to pay; and
sui'll'egh poets proverbially can live on very spare diet, yet the
tat, ses are not a full substitute for substantial nodding, in order
ether
which the prisoner had appropriated the sheets amid
ther articles of his bed-room furniture until their absence he-
cants
s ooservable The proSeciaor did not appear to substanti-
ate the •
chargea Batcheldor said that the prisoner was by trade
eal'inet-maker. and was a very good workman, arid could earn
rrod wages; but becoming Connected with a literary society,
conceived that he had a talent for poetry, and tried his hand
Poem, which his friends told him was very cleVer, and he.
s_aoacuever since been .wrirth ant (gym at his arade, refusing to
Rork at it, thinking that bis`talents fitted hint to conduct some
171 e. gazitze or other publication, and that his wits were sharper
top
w his plane and chisel. • air. Hall asked him why he did not
notow his trade; and by he tints attempted that which he was
fitted fur. COmPlainant (opening his eyes): " The reason
i
of left my trade was. I had some Jusffes in some other ways
get 'zness." Mr. Hall! " I would recommend you to try and
eh. sour bread in the cabinet-making business. You are dis-
, ste',rged." The prisoner then,• with an air of great dignity,
out Of the dock.
eli""Mettv BY A SWEEP.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office, a
istar4tlag. boy named Charles Hawkins was placed before the
glstrates charged with having robbed a house. of several arti-
tees!2f wearing apps.ret, &e. Thomas Humphreys deposed to
at in Addlington-street, and on getting up that morning
half-past five o'clock in order to take. a walk, as he was pass-
it passage which leads to the back of his house, he saw the
prisoner and another boy there on the step which led to his
„'tek door. He asked them what they were doing. The pri-
soner .•
sws sepned that he came to see if they wanted the chimney
hisvePing and immediately rushed past him with a bundle under
:_aeoi!, and !continued running. He shouted after him " Stop
er• when he dropped his bundle. ,After pursuing him
,r,ough several streets, he succeeded iu taking hint into cus-
ii`!:•V• Police Constable Carrington then met him with the
nndle which the prisoner had dropped. The other prisoner
It h• On going to his house, he found the back door open.
* d been opened by the prisoners climbing over a wall which
Is covered with glass, and there weie marks of' blood down the
Vssage as if they had cut themselves in getting over.. The
ladle eontained "some liuen, some collars, a pair of boots, and
4 'read loaf, all his property. Carrington, the policeman, de-
posed to hearing the cry of " stop thief." and running out of
t„"1lse where he had just, gone off duty, he 'saw the prisoner
"nulog and then drop the bundle. are took up the bundle,
a
hill afterwards gave it to the complainant. The prisoner told
:11 he had found the bundle. The informations for the prison-
:er
commitment were,ordered to be taken.
I
s„, orkee PIC;KING.—On Tuesday, at the police-office, a re-
- 11',„`ed thief, ale(' about 11 years'old, named John Gorman, the
s',"" of whose.face had taken some years to accumulate to its
'„1 Parent polish, was placed before the magistrates charged by
ji" of the policemeu with attempting to pick -pockets. A po-
Crean stated that about half-past ten o'clock the night before
ilpiast five or ;six boys, like the prisoner, walking down Low-
iinowiiig ahem to. be suspicious characters he followed
-eth, and saw the prisoner make several attempts to pick
rekets; at length he caught him with his_ hand in a woman's
df,k.er, and took him into custody. Prisoner, .addressing Mr.
ai‘a, "Ton my wurd, sur, I was a coining from the fire-works
th°og wi two wimin, sur, and the hoffisur picked me a.gen one o'
e wimin, and then swore I was a picking her pocket, sur. I
sever did nothing namore nor that, sur, but was going home
Vceably to ray father, and niver was in sich an a place as this
°re in all my life." The officer said he saw him make seve-
ral attempts, -and saw him get-his hand fairly into the woman's
Veeket before he took him. -The Bridewell-kee_per deposed that
had been repeatedly committed for theft. He was sent for
three months to the House of COrrection.
DONNING OVER A CHILD.—On Tuesday, at the police-office,
genuine son. of Erin, named John Quilkin, appeared to lay a
e6raplaint before the magistrates against a decent-looking
Itt,lng man, dressed in ostler's garb, for running over his child.
e cumplainant, in the usual Irish fever, jumped up into the
witness box, and addressed Mr. Hall. " Yesterdhay avenin',
sha
r• I was sittin' in my hown house, whin me wife comes in,
s▪ re
Quilkin,' sis she, yer child is kilt.' Kilt r sic I who
kiltthis
r 'There goes the man, sit she a so wid that I followed
8 Man the prisoner at the bar, yer reverence. down Gilbert-
:htreet, afther he had bin in a dishouourableftnanner running'
Mr._ Hall—" Did vou see the child killed ?" Com-
rielnants—'. Shur, no shur, 'but somebody did ; Mrs. Rooney,
ra• Rooney, come din way wid you." Mrs. Rooney: evidently
iollutrywoman of complainant's, then mounted the witness-box.
rs• Rooney then said, " I was sthatidin' in me own door, in
sParling-street, whin this man was rid by, an' the child was
m4nin' across the road, an' the horse tumbled the child over,
I shouted to 'im to stop, but he rhid the harder for id' an' it
45,. trothing the horse at the time he was. Oh! you bagabone,
o's„°,alcing her head at the prisoner, who appeared half frightened
Yet of his wits,) you. know you was." Complainant—"Plase
riverence he's committed a very serious accidence." Ano-
ther Witness, lso an Irishan, here etod up, and deposed that
P "a was ridin' as hard as ivero he could driv when he
Ili'? over the child." Mr. Hall —" Was he riding- or driving ;
bilge, he Witsriding?"' Witness—" Yes, shur, he was
..1"lre, and afther he knocked the 'child down he driv off es hard
It'" he could r ••• an' he drug down a street au' up a hentry,
s-re I never t ufther the child at all at all, but ran afther
1:14, and in the et hantrv, by the stable door, I found the puney,
he was not there. wint lath-the stable an' he was not there,
411' there was a hay-loftoier-the , -Httil-s.-" And
there I suppose you found hint." Witness'—" -No, sitar, we did
rlnd him in the haysloft ; we foud him uder the anger."
auhter.) Goff,- the market constable, ssn id thatm he saw a
great eras, d in Gildart-street, and they were swearing they
would have the prisosier's life. if they eh-Uhl find him. Some one
;„'en shouted, "We've got .and they immediately began to
jump on the prisoner and beat hint with sticks. There were not
sess than fifty or-sixty at him, all Irish s and he did not doubt
tug they would have killed -him if he had not taken him into
4,t,e'da'- At the prisoner's wish, he sent for a surgeon to the
VIII 4, and the surgeon sent'a certificate of the- child's injuries.
received
Hall read the certificate, which stated that "the child had
a slight injury on the forehead, occasioned by a fall,
s", dan injury on his great toe." (Laughter.) Mr. Hall : How
untl is the child ? Complainant : She's shix or sheven year old,
ttr. M Hall: A girl is it? Complainant: No, shur, it's a
Y.—Mr. Hall: What • countryman are you, pray ? Com-
votinant:. Och, what' coUnthrvinan ! I'm au Irishman, satin'
Yer preSince, by that t saiine.—The sister of the prisoner, a respec-
. klble-lOoking female, said she Was very willing to. pay the doc-
tor's
bill. Mr. Hall said shenughttomake some compensation
.14 well. One of the constables here told Mr. Hall that he had
34st overheard the complainant threatening to thrash the prisoner
ti soon as he was let out. The •complainant immediately posi-
yely swore he never said any such thiugs 'Seve. a persona
around him said they had 'overheard him. The magistrate se-
verely, reprimanded hiirn;and.warned him, if he laid hands on the
prisoner, he should be severely punished. Though it was wrong
1,!1 the prisoner to have riddri.the horse fest.in the public streets,
at wrong in the mother ol the child to have permitted it to
st,4l in the middle of the road; and their conduct to the young
~31.41:1 afterwards had been most disgraceful.—The prisoner was
s'scharged on his sister's pilmuise to pay the doctor's bill, and
'ech reasonable compensation as the magistrates should award.
thiNPOKIVIATION AGAINST SAAW'S SALOON.—On Tuesday, at
the
Police-office, an information was laid against John Shaw,
11e keeper of one of the saloons in Williamsou-square. Mr.
sld appeared for the defendant; he, in the first instance, ap-
,'," ied to have the case postponed until next day, on the grounds
ttated in a written application handed up to the magistrates. to
1.7 effect that defendant might have an opportunity of making
'1,1,18 Peace with the watch committee, and, if this sh(iuld be denied,
th4Ylll4; that the magistrates would be as lenient with hint as
*-e). could. The magistrates decided that the case should be
taut into. Mr. Parkinson, of the 'police, then deposed that he
on Satiirday night, the 30th of July, along with Inspector
p:4(lBhaW, to the saloon occupied by Mr. John Shaw. In oue
54-!.,t of the building, the Grecian Saloon, were eight prostitutes
5d twent men. in the -saloon were us% number of men and
restittitesy, and in the.shades, all in the same building, were
:4°4 prostitutes and a number of men; in all, 46 -prostitutes
vind 40 men.• He had no doubt, from the appearance of the
10,,,..en, but that they were prostitutes ; the men were decent
t--'ing men The women were drinking, and walking about
hi-cnlversingwith the men. Bradshaw corroborated this state-
ent, and deposed to ShaW haylng been convicted on the 9th
"April and on the 6th of APW last, for the same offense.
rodd said they did not attempt to deny the evidence; an
ci2Peal against the last conviction had been made, but it had
t,7ken confirmed. Mr. Hall said the defendant was one of those
s" differed from his decisions, and haul appealed; he had got
eoth•
s• of
by his appeal but very heavy, costs, and he now made a
little of necessity. This being the third offence, in the terms
t?' the act, within the period of three years," they should there-
-I°:',e, adjourn the case to the next speCial sessions to be held, or
e "le next annual licensing meeting, to be heard there, and
then
with as the law directed. Parkinson and Bradshaw were
ell bound over to give evidence.
I.llBEastaN's WAGES.—On 'Wednesday, at the police-office,
hseseantain of the Earl Grey, African trader, was summoned
tts'ore the magistrates by James Jones, one of the coopers en-
'elged in his vessel, for non-payment of the wages due to him.
41. e complainant stated that he shipped in Liverpool in Jana-
A?' last as a cooper, and signed articles to go from Liverpool to
'lca and back, at £4 lOs per month. He was absent six
watith's and 23 days, arriving back on the 28th of July. His
. tn'rie had reeeived half-pay, and he made out that there was due
ei°,lsol a balance of £l3 6s. The owners offered to pay him
'I~•,
and would pay him no mire. The captain, in defence,
aid that they had engaged the defendant as a cooper fully corn-
etent to do cooper's work, and he proved not competent. He
t'd had frequently to return his work on his hands; and in-
l'keld of making three casks a day in Bonny he never could
t,ar more than two, and they were not fit to hold oil; they
consequence,' only offered him £2 ss. per month. The
„-,,triPlainant-called Bnother cooper as a witness who had per-
-I)l:,".°ed the voyage, and who gave it as his judgment that the cum-
st,"lnant had properly, whilst in health, performed his theft as a
fk:dPer• They had had sickness on board a part of me,
that was the reason he could not perform duty all the time.
Pose third mate was called on the part of the captain, and de-
sol'e,(l that the other coopers could make their three casks a day,
lealsk the complainant could only make two, and those were
eitel• The log-book was produced and examined by Mr. Hall,
4,, in it was a statement of the incompetency of the complain-
ear:s signed by himself, wherein he agreed tu take L 2 ss. ner
ct,Pth, and which the captain said was read over to him by the
• ef Mate in the presence of several of the ship's crew. The
K:lPlainant said, on his solemn oath, he had only the choice
a;serl him, when so weak that he seas not fit to stir from his
to
'raock, of being put ashore amongst the savages, or turning
ts 'rotas at,..x'a ss. per month, and entering into an agreement
rf that effect. Mr. Hall put it to the second mate, on his oath,
se was the case. The second mate replied the threat was
•'er are
in hit presence. Mr. Jackson, one of the owners,
01d theay wished to have this case tried to ascertain whether a
tlecti shipping as a cooper, and not fit for the office, was euti-
l'r,
~r 0 receive the full amount of' his wages, and they ba ob-
tl,ea to pay it • they were taken in in every vessel by II:icon-tries
iZt. men ship'ping. Mr. Hall said they were not always to
Bond, !!'luten by their signatures iu cases of this kind, as they
foolish acts, but it appeared
tit Mmes did vers. thoughtless and
th rats man bad nothing to cos plain of. From the evidence,
reas
froal ~appeared to have been used, but it appeared to have been
cos, ‘ae gates, given after the document was signed. As the
as an able
s'l Platnant had practiSed this deception of shipping
ettPer, and was not so he ought not to be paid as an able man,
11isa tit" magistrates thought' the amount which had been offered
eial air comnensation. The owners must take care and pay
Nesnla
ar was due according to that rate. Mr. Jackson pro-
s-m that this should be done. The complainant, who is a
elm
raaouel'i.'an, gave his evidence in a very stupid and confused

I -
h 4 NAIrlenNT BEQUEST,.—We understand, that the late
died "L'Adatu,l,:ig., formerly a merchant in Liverpool, why
willatthhis estate in Scotland a few Weeks ago, has lett, by.hts
„tloth„e sum of £5OO the Caledonian Free School, and
lxi:euto'rssu,n' of £lOOO to be distributed at the discretion of his
a, among the principal public charities of the town.
his 00, we hear, le ft ,e. 40,000 to be distriltuted, likewise,
executors, among the legatees named in his will;

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L TrE'l7 POOL ASSIZES.

These assizes commenced Yesferria•. The Judges
were in the. fit st instance expected at two o'clock on Wed
nesday.- Mr. Justice Coleridge, however, was engaged
during the-whole of Tuesday in trying a cruse of some
interest respectinp,: the validity of a will iri' the -vieinity of
Ulverstune;'and Mr. Baron Parke in the Meantime-took,
two other Causes. Wednesday night,. however, the
will cause had not, come to a conclusion, and,lyir, justice
Coleridge had, after that, one other cause to try. Mr.
Baron Parke arrived in town at twenty .niirtutes4O ten
o'clock on Wednesday nighcand'ithinediately proceeded
to the Court, where the commission Was opened. The
calendar has. now increased to twenty4our pOspners.
At:a little after- ten o'clock Mr. Baron:Parke, aecom-
,panied by the High Sheriff, Charles Standish, Esq., and
preceded by trumpeters and javelin-men, arrived at St.
George's Church, where prayeYs were read by the Rev. J.
B. Munk after- which an ;,appropriate,, sermon, was
preached by the Judge's-chaplain, from the sth chap-
ter of the General Epistle of. James, at the, 9th verse:—
" Behold,' the Jud;re standethfbefore the Lord."
Immediately after the service, at a little., before twelve
o'clock, his Lordship, accompanied by the.. High Sheriff,
and the Mayor, proceeded to the Court. After the names
of the magistrates, &c. of the count' had been read over
by the Clerk of the Arraigns, the following gentlemen
were sworn on' the Grand Jury

JOHN IRELAND BLACKBURN, Esq., Foreman.,
Sir Thos. Brancker John WViecar, Esq.
James Aspinall, Esq. Charles Orrell; Esq.
, 3. B. Barclay, Esq. Thomas Potter, Esq.
William Brown, Esq. Shakspeare Phillips, Esq.
William Calrow, Esq. . Joseph Ridgway. Esq.
W. W. Curri.2, Esq. Samuel Stanifortb, Esq.
Pattisson Elanaes, Esq. - Charles Tayleur, Esq.
John Fort, Esq, Robert Lomax, Earl-
William Gale, Esq. W. Gillibrand Umbreth,-Esq.
Charles Ilorsfall, Esq. Richard Willis, J un.,‘ Esq.
Charles Lawrence, Esq. Joseph Walker, Esq.
The proclamation against vice and immorality having
been read, his. Lordship proceeded to charge the Grand
Jury as follows
" Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—We meet for the first timein
this place in the discharge of our public duties. It is a great satis-
faction to me to be able to assure yore .that your labours on the
present occasion will be by no means severe. And when the •
extent which yoU practically serai on the grand inquest is
considered—(l say practically, because, in point of fact, your
duties extend over a great part of the county of Lancaster,
notwithstanding the division of the county which has been
made, and wisely made for forwarding the ends of publicjus-
tice)--and elle nature of the population of the districts which
are under your jurisdiction; the offences are exceedingly few.
On the, present occasion there are, no doubt, a few cases of a
very painful nature; there are many cases, also, of violence
contained in the calendar before you, and, indeed, when we
consider the nature of the population, their employments, and
their habits, it is hardly to be expected as yet that any efforts
that are made for their improvement, and that are, making, and
I hope will continue to be made, can prevent the commission of
crimes of violence, and other crimes, on some occasions, consi-
dering the habits of a great part of the population, and the
facilities for the commission of these crimes afforded to them,
and particularly of gratifying the crime of drunkennesi. A
great many of the offences on the calendar may be attributed
to that source, which may be offered as an extenuation, though
there is no excuse for the commission of any crime, and an ex-
cuse drunkenness cannot be. There is one of the charges
which will fall under your consideration of a peculiar nature ;
it is a charge of murder committed under very peculiar and
singular circumstances.
,The only point you will have to in-
quire into in this case is, whether you are satisfied that the
offence was committed, on the testimony of an eye-witness,
who herself saw her father destroy a woman by shooting her
dead with a pistol. But there is something so singular about
the commission of this deed, that it might be thought .that you
should inquire whether the' person committing it was insane at
the time, not that there is the least warrant for such a suppo-
sition; but the case is sc, peculiar that it might, perhaps, oc-
cur to your minds. I should therefore recommend that you
should not entertain the inquiry at all, and for two reasons.
The prisoner seems to have destroyed the unfortunate deceased
in a moment of love and despair, when she refused to accede
to hit proposals of marriage, and when be did that, he destroy-
ed her in a manner, which might suggest n. 4, inquiry I have
stated, but which I advise you not to enter into, arid for these
two reasons. First, in all cases the law requires suet. offences
to be proved by the most clear and satisfactory evideaaa,
and unless it is so made out he cannot be considered tha proper
object of legal punishment. And the other reason is that such
enquiry into his'insanity cannot be attended with any satisfac-
tory result, for,: should it ultimately appear on his trial that he
was at the time of the commission of the offence in a state of
mental derangement, provision may then be made for securing
him in future in some place of confinement during the king's
pleasure, without turning him loose on the public. If you
should throw out the bill, or if a coroner's inquest should in any
case find a verdict that such an offender is insane, the law pro-
videsno such remedy, and therefore is is necessary as a prelimi-
nary enquiry only, that youlhould not enquire into that at all, but
merely enquire into the facts of the offence. Of the fact of the
murder having been committed it is perfectly clear, and in that
you can have no difficulty. There is-also another case in which
a life has been lost; the case is a charge of murder against the
mother of an illegitimate child. In all such cases you need not
to be told that you must he satisfied that the infant was born.
alive. And although there are circumstances confirmatory of
the infant's having been born alive, from examinations which
have taken place, yet these examinationsfdepend greatly on the
care with which they have been made, and are often fallacious;
• and you will have to consider whether the infant was born
alive, and if its death was owing to some other act of violence
If you cotne.to that conclusion, you will have to find for the
graver offence; if otherwise, the law assumes another, aspect
in being guilty of a misdemeanour only in concealing the birth.
There is another case, of arson, in the calendar, of some little
difficulty. A person of the name of William Kelly is charged
in the calendar `with having " feloniously and maliciously set
fire to certain stacks of wood, the property of John Mills." I
have seine doubt whether what is in the calendar described as
an offence would be an offence amounting to arson. It is de-
scribed as "setting fire to a stack of wood." . It appears they
were boards placed up in a timber yard. I should doubt, there-
fore, whether this offence will come within the statute; but it
appears that in consequence of this fire the adjoining dwellings
were set on fire. That would constitute the [offence of arson,
and, no matter whether or not the prisoner intended to set
these buildings on fire, the offence will be Complete. And the
law makes every act of this kind criminal, if done wilfully.
And if a house is set on fire in consequence of some other adjoin-
ing-substances being set on fire, the offence is complete, and it is
nut required that you should be convinced that there was any feel-
ing of,spite against the owner of the property. If deliberately done
it mustbe Wicked in point of law. The poiiats you will have to ad-
dress yourselves to in inquiry will be to ascertain whether this of-
fence is committed, audby whom. The first point lobe made out is
that this fire did not occur accidentally; it occurred after midnight
in July, and in two places at the same time, which affords rea-
sonable presumption that it was not anything else butdesign. The
next point is, whether the prisoner is the person committing the
offence. This depends on the testimony of a boy, who said he
clearly saw the prisoner, in company with three other persons,
close to the timber yard at the time of the fire. The prisoner at
the bar had also a motive for setting fire to this timber, as he
had formerly been in the service of the prosecutor, and had re-
fused to work at the wages the prosecutor had fixed, and had
been in the habit of interfering with the workmen who chose to
work at under prices; he had, therefore, a motive, which you
will do well to consider. And the testimony of the boy is suf-
ficient for you to draw the inference, that he was one of the
persons who was guilty of setting the wood on fire. If you
come to that conclusion, it will be proper for you to find a bill;
but if not to that conclusion, it will be better to dismiss the
charge, because, if sou find a bill, a decision on that bill must
be final; whereas if you do not, it is not final, for afterwards,
on the confession of an accomplice, or from further evidence,
.the prisoner may be convicted. The sole point for you to con_
shier is, whether the circumstantial evidence leads your minds to
the belief beyond doubt that the prisoner was the person who
committed the offence. I have made all the remarks necessary
on all the material cases which will come before you. There is
one charge of manslaughter against a prisoner named Mellor. I
am not quite sure that that bill should be presented to you in
that shape, for it may assume a more serious character; for if
not the dreadful crime of wilful murder, it approaches
very close to it. There is a charge of cutting and wound-
ing one of the police of this town. The charge is against
a person of the name of Michael Dillon, who, it appears,
was in a state of intoxication, and
,had had sonic quarrel;
the policeman interfered to put a step to some little tumult
that had taken place in the street in consequence, and he
struck the prisoner rather violently with his staff, who irn-
raediately struck him a violent blow in return, and cut his
arm. The first point in this case will be for you to consider
whether the blOw was in tended for some other part, apd in-
tended to do some grievous bodily harm, and that will not be
the place where it was inflicted. It would,appear that the arm
received the wound in order to protect the policeman from re-
ceiving a blow on the breast. If you think the blow was in-
tended for any vital-part you will come to the conclusion that
some grievous bodily harm was intended, and then the consi-
deration will be whether this offence would have been murder.
In this case it would appear that the blow was not inflicted until
the policeman attacked the prisoner with his staff; but if that
POliceman had a right by law to do so, or even to give him a
blow to prevent the commission of violence on others it is a wil-
ful act, and the policeman's having struck first would afford no
excuse if the prisoner had killed him. It is not that excuse
which lessens the offence of murder into manslaughter. I dont
think there are any other cases which will be' presented to you
that will require any assistance from me ; if vou should require
my assistaie.e I shall he most happy to bestow it. • .
The Grand Jury then retired, and a true bill having been
found—

iIIaAMY.
•
James Cements, 24, w t..t.igeci with having two wives. The
prisoner pleaded not St*:

M T. Willidnison conEcted the vrosectitiori.'rtre lifisrmer was.-
tlniefe _

1,,,1v:.ard Davies producel the r4*inters of the two marriages,
one solemnized at illauchester, and the other at Eccles. The
registers were read in court.
Sarah M‘Maliii knows the prisoner at the bar, and was pre-
sent at the first ntarviai;e, whiCh took place on the 16th July, 1832.
Thomas Itos4 wa, present at the second marriage, at Eccles,
on the Ist of Apia last.
The prisoner mu defene pleaded his poverty, arising from the
low wages he received for his work, and the bad terms on which
he lived with his former Wife. He had supported the child. In
replyto'a, question from the judge, the prisoner said he should
call his wife as a witness.
The judge hems remarked that a most material part of the
evidence was wanting' to prove that his former wife, was living
at I he.time he married the second.
Thomas Guest had seen Ellen Maiwell, his former wife, that
morning. '
The Judge summed up very briefly, and the jury immediately
returned a verdict: Of Ts be transported seven years.

ROBBERY.

William Todd, '22, was ararged with having stolen two six-
pences; from the persons of John Brown, at Stockport.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Dr. Brown conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Brandt the
defence.
John Brown sworn.—Was at Stockport on the 14th of -Feb.
last. Was going to see his nephew, and on the road was dyer-
taken by two men, Boyle and Todd. Knew Todd before, jtt
not by name. When they overtook me, Todd tapped me on e
shoulder, and said " John how do you do ?" I said, " you have
the advantage of me, but 'you have guessed my name." We
came soon after to a lamp, by the White Lion public-house,
and I saw their faces, and- knew I had seen them before.
They wanted me to go into a public-house, but I would not. I
thought that they were good company, as they were laughing
'and joking, and went with them about three or four hundred
yards. When we got to the bridge, Boyle laid his hands over
my mouth, and held me back, while Todd put his hand into my
pockets, and robbed me of two sixpences. After they got the
money they gave me a knock, on my knee, and I fell on my
back. I gave information of the. robbery to Sadler, a police-
officer, at StoCkport, and gave a full description of the men.
Cross-examined by Mr. BRAN DT.—I set out' with the inten-
tion of seeing my nephew, but was stopped by the prisoner and
Boyle. I slept in the Overseers' Office on the night of the rob-
bery. I had the keys of the office that night and the whole of the-
next day, Sunday. Mr. Bolton, the governor of the Work-
house,'sOmetiruesleeps the keys, but 1 had them at the time of
the robbery. Left the Overseers' Office about twelve o'clock
to go to the Workhouse, and came back to clean myself.
Went to see my.son, at Gatliff, between the hours of three and-
ten o'clock. Had but three gills of beer during the day. Was
a pauper at the time. Had the money in my pocket from Sa-,
turday night. Met the prisoner and Boyle about-three or four
hundred yards from Vernon Bridge. We passed the public-
house, but did not go in. They never left me. Did not see
any person until after the robbery, when on My retern-1 satv a
man and woman under the lamp at the White 'Lion- ' ›issi
By Dr. I3ROWN.-1 judged the. time from the publicAibusa
being closed.

Joseph Sadler,. sworn.—l am a Superintendent of Police, at
Stockport. On the 14th of Februarylasti was going my usual
round to see that. the beer-shops were dosed: Saw'the prisoner
near Vernon aridge, in Stockport, a few minutes-after. teh at
night. William Royle was with the prisoner.• spoke:to therm
and ordered them to go out of the street. They went in the di-
rection of Heaton Norris. I saw Bcown, the prtisecutor, about
twenty minutes after, near the Wellinu"ton • Bridke.',. 'coining
fiord Vernon Bridge, he complained of having been robbed,
and gave me a description of the men. In consequence I ap:
,prehended Hoyle the following morning. I searched for Todd
frequently at his own house, but could never meet with him. I
never saw the prisoner until he was apprehended.
By Mr. BRANDT. There was a woman in company with the
prisoner whom I have since learned was his mother.
Matthew Owen.—l am a constable at Ashton-uuder-line, and
received information by letter, of the robbery. I took the
prisoner into custody on the 13th of April last. 1 asked him
what his name was ? and be answered, "John Lee." I told
him he answered the description of a person charged with
highway robbery at Stockport, and that he must go with me to
the Police Office. On the way I again enquired his name, and
he replied " John Lee." Before locking him up, I asked him
if his name was not Todd ? He said it was of no use denying—
his name was Todd; but he should get off at the far end, mean-
ing Liverpool ; said that the old man could not indentify him,
as he wore a blue coat on the night of the robbery, and if that
d—d fool Boyle had held his tongue he would have got off.
He confessed "that he and Boyle had been at Mu oday's public-
house; and we afterwards went over the bridge, Royle on one
side and lon the other. I met my mother, and she took my
arm. Ou our way prime, we met Sadler, and he told us to get
out of the street." I delivered prisoner into custody at Stock-
port.
Wm. Munday.—l keep the "British Protection" public-
house at Stockport. Prisoner and Boyle were there, and left
about 10 o'clock. My house is about 200 yards from Vernon
Bridge.
By Mr. BRANDY.—I did not see the direction in which they
went. Prisoner had lived in my service about six weeks, and
in that time I never heard anything against his character; he
lived afterwards in my neighbourhood and I never heard any-
thing to his prejudice.
Joseph Sadler proved the examination before the magistrates,
it was read over to the prisoner, and signed by the magistrate.
A written defence was put in by the prisoner, of the same na-
ture as the confession made to Matthew Owen.
Joseph Sadler recalled. Had heard of charges of felony be-
preferred against the prisoner, but he had never been coin-

The pr.oner, in defence, said that the statement of Matthew
Owen was faiie, but acknowledged he had given a false name.
The following tiitnesses were called fur the defence.
William Bolton; I am governor of Stockport Workhouse.
Brown was a pauper, and he was at the Workhouse about ten
o'clock on the morning of the robbery. He came to ask leave
to go to Gatliff. Cannot speak Positifelv as to the hour. He
could not have slept at the Overseers' Office unless he left the
doers open.. Brown told me there had been a pauper staying
of the Office all the night previous.
_ _ _

By the JUDGE.-1 had the keys of the Office. Have a dis-
tinct recollection of the circumstance from Brown's coming to_
ask leave, and also from the fact of his having his tobacco given
out on a Sunday, a practice different to the other paupers, who'
are supplied on the week day. •
By Mr. BRANDT.—I gave the same account in writing when
Royle was tried. I recollect. Brown asking leave to go to Gat-
-1 should have prevented him taking the keys.
Mary Todd.—l am the mother of the prisoner, and remember
the 14th of February. I met,my son that night between Mun-
day's public-house and Vernon Bridge, and went home in com-
pany with him. I saw Sadler on the road who spoke to my sow.
I never left the prisoner until we got home. He (lid not attack
any one whilst I was with him. -
13y Dr. Brtowti.—Nobody was With us. When Sadler spoke
to us we were alone. lam sure Boyle was lot with us. No
one ever came to my house to look after the prisoner. He had.
no other place of living; he came home regularly to his dinner,
and slept there constantly. The prisoner's grandfather came
to the house the following morning and mentioned the circum-
stance of the robbery. Prisoner said he had done nothing
amiss, and would not go out of the way. Any one that wanted
him might have found him at his home. He sometimes went
from home for a short time to seek employment, but he never
left home from a wish to conceal himself. From the 14th .of
February until the 13th of April he was not. Irons home any
length of time. I know Sadler, the police officer. He never
came to my house to look after the prisoner.
By Mr. Bitmsrr.-1 did not know Royle, he might have been
present, as there were several persons passing at the time.
Joseph Sadler, re.examined.—l called frequently at the house,
and saw his mother. She accompanied me to the Police-office,
and put several questions to me. lam sure that Royle was in
company with Todd when I spoke to them.
The learned Judge summed up the evidence very minutely,
and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of
Guillq.—Sentence of Death was recorded against the prisoner,
with the understanding that the prisoner would be recointnended
to the clemency of his Majesty. and probably the sentence
would be commuted to transportation for fourteen years.
:James Garbott, 26, was charged with having feloniously stolen
one cow, the property of Peter Ruffy, at Parr. The prisoner
pleaded guilty, to the charge.
The learned Judge commented at some length on the heinous
nature of the offence, which, some short time since was punish-
able with death, but at present the legislature had fixed the
punishment of such crimes, and it was not at the discretion of
the Judge to altar the sentence, except under very particular
circumstances. The sentence of the court, therefore, was, that
he be Transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life.
Robert Mellor, 31, was charged with killing and slaying James
Tattersall, at Prestwich-cum-Oldham. To this indictment he
pleaded not guilty.
Jonathan Hopkinson examined.—Was at the Park and Uni-
corn public-house, at hoyden, on the 17th of July lust. The
deceased, James Tattersall, was there. He was perfectly sober.
Saw the prisoner there. He came in some time after the de-
ceased. Prisoner said that the deceased had challenged hint
to a wrestling match some time previous, and that be would
wrestle him then. Deceased said he would have nothing to do
with him. A short time after, about twenty minutes, deceased
got up to drink with a man named Spence, and, on returning,
the prisoner caught hold of him by the breast, put his arms
round him,' and threw him with great force upon the floor.
Prisoner fell upon him. When the prisoner got up he caught
hold of witness, and he (witness) proving the better man threw
him down. Afterwards, I went to Tattersall and said " What
is the use of lying there ?" but received no reply. I took the
deceased to the back door, thinking he was sta. He never
left the house until he was buried.
In reply to a question from the prisoner, the witness said that
he never noticed any angry words between deceased and pri-
soner—that he sent for a doctor attd exerted himsc:if to the ut-
most to render assistance.
Anthony Spencer also bore testimony to the absence of all
angry feeling between deceased and prisoner. Prisoner gave
the deceased no notice whatever, but laid hold of him quite un-
expectedly and threw him down.

Abraham Kershaw's testimony was precisely to the same
effect.
Robert Wolstenholme Howarth Leech.—ls a surgeon. Was
sent for immediately after. Saw the deceased. His arms and
legs were paralytic. I had some conversation with the deceas-
ed, and told him that he was in a very dangerous state, and
asked him if he (the prisoner) intended to do hhn harm, and he
replied he did not. He died the next morning at half-past two
O'clock. I examined the body after death. There was a m up-
tore of blood between the vertebrae, and would be produced by
-a violent blow. This would produce death. The prisoner ap-
peared very much affected at the result.
The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the jury immediately
returned a verdict of guilty.
In passing sentence, the learned JUDGE observed that it was
very clear from the evidence that it was not his intention to in-
flict bodily injury, and that the circumstance palliated in a
great measure the crime of which he was convicted. The sen-
tence which he thought would answer the ends of justice was,
that he be imprisoned one calendar month from the date of his
apprehension.
Patrick Maguire was arraigned on the charge of feloneously
killing and slaving William Devereux. To this charge he
• pleaded not guilty.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Brandt.
Mr. Holyard, sworn.—ls a surgeon, residing at Manchester.
Made au examination of the body of Wm. Dever.,'x, on the
3d of May lastiHad not attended him professionally before that
time. The were several internal marks of violence both on the
head and body ; also several external appearances caused by
Severe blows. If he bad not known the reported cause of his
death, he should have expressed an opinion that the deceased
had died of disease. There was also inflammation of the brain,
produced, as is frequently the case, by 'adulation of the lungs.
James Houghton—l live in Hulme, near Manchester. Was
in Prime-street, on the sth of March, about ten o'clock at night.
Heard a cry of murder, and saw-Devereimx knocked down... He
was standing at the outside of a public-house, in
„which them e
was a tight. Three men were turned out, who immediately fell
upon Devereux, and struck hint with their fists. After he was
knocked down, all three 'kicked hi .• on the sides of his body.
I saw the prisoner at the bar kick him frequently. Thomas
.Batty, a butcher, came up, and asked the prisoner if they in-
tended to murder the old ratan? upon which prisoner struck
him. •He returned the blow,. when the prisoner-ran Olt I ran

THE LIVERPOOL SfAkii:Aidj.

after
named Grace.

MANSLAUGHTER.

and le was taken by a man

Thomas Baity—l live in 'Jaime. Heaid .an alarm, iknd.on
coming mr with the crowd, saw the prisoner 1:11,,ck the
down, and then kick him. The deceased was lying on. his belly.
They kicked him on both sides of his body. They were very
heavy blows. I said, ”.you are not going to kill him." when
prisoner struck me. I struck him again, and he ran off. -De-
ceased appeared very flinch distiessed.. There was some blood
on the right cheek. He required support to go home. The
first blow was under the eye, on the cheek. I knew Develeux
well He never was well afterwards, but always complained
wheo Isaw him. The deecii4ed Was wrought to the Old Bailey
inia coach to attend the trial.

Thomas Carter--Was a watchman in Hulme in March last.
Did not see the. assault. Heard a cry, and
.took the prisoner,
who was running away, into custody. Saw deceased afterwards.
He could not go home without assistance. He came on duty
two or three times after. 1 saw him once or twice after the
assatilt. Ile never was weil.afterwards, but always complained.
Saw him at his own house, when he was partially decayed. This
was about three weeks before his death.

The LEA RNEDIUDGE summed up ve:y minutely, and the jury
returned .a verdict olguilty.- In passing sentence, the Lii,•4u.NEn
JUDGE expressed his determination to, visit with the, severest
punishment the law allowect all the peisons ;who were guilty of
the revolting. practice of kicking when on the grouud.—To be
transported for seven-years.

.Thomas Warburton was indicted for killing and slaying one
Ann Wood, at Bury. . , .
Mr. BRANDT conducted the prosecution, and Dr. BROWN the
defence.-

Thomas. Brown sworn.—Lives on the road between Bolton
and Bury. On the Ist August saw two cars on the road, Tho Mas
Warburton, the prisoner, driving one, and Mr. Wilkinson the
other.' Pris Oner's was galloping, the other coining at a shag)
trot. This was between seven and eight o'clock in the evening.
Prisoner was first, and used his whip very severely. He lost
his whip, and stopped to pick it up, when Wilkinson passed him.
There were five or six persons iu the car. When he-got on the
car again he went at the same rate, galloping and flogging very
severely. - -I told him I would have him Put in Prison for abusing
his horse, but don't know whether he heard me. I ran after the
car down the hill, and, saw the prisoner run his car against a
cow,-and block it down, and at the same time upset the car.
All the people were thrown out. I saw deceased lying in a
ditch, and thought She. was in a fit.
By Di.:Bitows.—No one particular was with me. I knew
Mr. Wood. Waaelese to them when they passed. -
Robert Peaice..-Am 13 years of ago. My father liveS in
Bury. I -was :driving his cows. on tho.night of the accident.
Saw Iwo cars coining along the road. Did nut know the pri-
soner - nev were coining on, both abreast.. I called out
,
stop. Prisnnei whipped in coming down the bill. Wilkin-
son's car pullet' a little to one side, the other ran against the
car and knocked it over. The car was upset. 1 saw a woman
under the horse's feet.
By.pr,;BilowN.—l know Thomas Johnson, a bricklaver. It
was dearhis house. Betty Cleag was riding in the car driven
by ,Wakinson. .We pursued..Warburton while he was picking
up ; He was galloping both .befure awl after. lie
overtook us, and, Was,,justiabreast_ •when the car wis thrown
over._
iil:lk),.e 3n,.vrkeot
ov i xtac
oneN vilkainese.onsh7seliad not been galloping
ii.;
;By hIi:"BRAN DT.—Saw Warburton's car first at Button.
Hannah Titiney.-,--Wa.s in the car, driven by Wilkinson.
We were about 40 yards a-head when Warburton started after
hating picked.bis4hip up. -
William Wood. I am a son of Ann Wood, the deceased.
Was ready with her .in the car. Remembers 'SVarhniton
dropping' his whip ; he got, out to pick it up. When he gut
into the car again, he struck the horse twice, and it broke into
a sharp trot down the hill. Believes it was a hard-mouthed
horse. Heard mother tell prisoner to drive ou and not let the
• car overtake us. •

Thomas Johnson.—Saw the cars pass my own. door. 'Wil-
kinson was fist, going faster than Warburton. Prisoner's
horse 'was a very, old one, and could not go fast Wilkinson
struck the car as ho passed, and Warburt..m tried to pull up Lut
could not.

Mr. Rayner.—l am a surgeon, at Bury. On the Ist of Au-,
gust wee called in to see the deceased. 1 met them bringing
her at the end of the village. She complained of pain in the
abdomen. There was a-7`rupture of the bladder and much he-
morage internally. This was caused by a rupture of the vein,
and in my' opinion, was produced by being thrown out of the car.
Several witnesses were called,, who bore testimony to the pre-
vious good character of the deceased.

The'learned Judge briefly commented upon the evidence.—
Verdict, Guilty. Co he imprisoned cud kept to hard labour
fur one mouth.

BIGAMY.
Joseph ffestsnmeand was charged with having married two
wives.

Mr. RusitTos appeared for the prosecution, and stated the
case. Dr. Bnowrq for the defendant.

Win. Hewit deposed to living in Manchester, and to his fa-
ther being clerk of St. John's Church. He assisted him in en-
tering the marriages in the register. On the 22d April the pri-
soner ta Me to him to ask if he would become a witness to his mar-
riage. He was so, and the parties were married at St. John's
Church, in Manchester. He saw him sign the certificate and
the book. He was married to a person of the name of , Mary
Scott.

Cross-examined.—She was quite a stranger to him.
The register of the marriage was here put in and read.
Mary GeOrgy, the wife of Alexander Georgy, deposed to liv-
ing in -Roscoe-street, Liverpool, and knowing the prisoner. He
had lived with her. He left her to go to Manchester; lie after-
wards returned. He did not bring his wife along with him.
He kept company for some time with a young woman named
Sarah Martin, who lived in the service of Mr. Lamb, in Rod-
nev-street, and courted her both before and after he went to
Manchester. She was present when the prisoner was after-
wards married to Sarah Martin at St. Thomas's Church, Liver-'
pool,in•May last.
'James Ainsworth, constable, deposed to taking the prisoner
into custody in consequence of some information he had re-
ceived. He took him into custody on the 26th May last. Ile
said. that Scott, his first wife, always kept him. drunk until he
married her; he was sorry for his second wife, but as for his
first he cared nothing abiflt her. This witness produced a copy
of the register of St. Thonnuo'o Chureli of the ccrtifitatc of-roar
riage. - • • •

Hewitt recalled.—He knew Mary Scott to be alive; he saw
-her about six weeks ago, with the sign of Joseph Westmorland
over the (164 of her beer-shop.
Sarah' Martin-, the second wife, a respectable-looking servant
girl, was then called. She deposed to having kept company
with the prisoner for. l.s months before she married him. She
saw the first wife • tile day after the prisoner was taken. She
only lived with him two days before he was taken into custody.
She was married on the 24th of May.
Hewitt was again recalled, and said the first ssife was about
50 years of age, the prisoner is quite a young man, only 22 years
old.

The counsel for the defence said he had a very singular case,
but he could not Substantiate it, and therefore it was of no use
bringing it forward.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
His Lol<nsuty, in passing sentence, said that he only remem-.
bered oue parallel ease;'which occurred at Appleby, and in that
case the .learned judge had thought fit to pass the extreme
punishment which the law allowed. He rnivt do the same in
the present case because the prisoners conduct had been most
abominable to the young woman. The condition ho had placed
her in was very different to the one which she had previously
occupied. He had ruined her character under the pretence,
for it was none other than a pretence, of making her his wife.
This was an offence which had become very common. The
sentence of the court was, that he be transported for seven
years. •
[The particulars of this case appeared in our police reports
of the day, and the circumstances were these :—The prisoner
was kept •drunk for two or three days, being supplied with
money and liquor by the first wife. 04 awaking cue nrurning,
he found the first wife in bed with him, and she said she had
gone there under a solemn promise of his marrying her, but
which the prisoner knew nothing of. He was again plied with
liquor, and a licence bought, which the first wife paid for, and
in a moment of thoughtlessness and inebriety he married the
first wife, who, as stated above, is a widow and about 50 years
of age. Repentance, however, soon followed, and he left her
and returned to his home in Liverpool, and renewed his inter-
course with the second wife, the woman of his affection, and,
after about a mouth, married her, Two days after, the first
wile had him apprehendedl
The court was now adjourned till this morning at nine
o'clock.