The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

LIT:ERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES

PICKING POCKETS AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL.
—George Pendleton, a young man about 18 years of age, THE Courts opened for the trial of prisoners on Tues-
day morning, at ten o'clock, Baron Alderson presiding
was charged with picking the pocket of Mary Bryan, wife over that held in the place usually devoted to criminal
of a labourer, on Sunday, in St. Peter's Roman Catholic trials, while Baron Martin occupied the bench in the other
Chapel, in Seel-street. It appeared that the prisoner took court. The following gentlemen were sworn on the
his seat beside Mrs. Bryan, and, while sitting, embraced
the opportunity of picking her pocket of one shilling and GRAND JURY :
sixpence. She felt his hand in her pocket, but on turning William Brown, Esq. (foreman), Richmond-hill, Liverpool.
towards him he made off. She gave an alarm, and he was Henry Ashton, Esq., Woolton-wood, Liverpool.
taken into custody. On being apprehended, he said he Henry Ashworth, The Oaks, Bolton.
would give up the money if they would let him go. He Richard Birley, Esq., Manchester.
had also picked the pocket of another woman, and at-
Thomas Crook, Esq., Pendlebury, Manchester.
tempted to rifle the pockets of a third. In defence, pri- James Hilton Ford, Esq., Chester.
soner said that when apprehended he had offered to give Henry A. Grey, Esq., Liverpool.
up all the money he had, rather than be disgraced, but John Grimshaw, Esq., Audenshaw-lodge, Manchester.
he never admitted that he had stolen it, or that it was John William Harden, Esq., Liverpool.
the property of Mrs. Bryan. He was committed for trial James Collier Harter, Esq., Tetlow-fold, Manchester.
at the assizes. George Holt, Esq., Rake-lane, Liverpool.
ILLEGAL PAWNING. John Roberts, a porter, was Henry R. Hoskins, Esq., Liverpool.
charged by William Norman, Sawney Pope-street, with Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Oak-hill, Manchester.
taking a pair of blankets from his bed, and making off
John Buck Lloyd, Esq., Liverpool,
with them. The prosecutor said the prisoner and his wife Edwards Moss, Esq., Rohy-hall, Prescot.
Thomas
a lodged in his house on Friday night last; on going into Robert Needham Philips, Esq., The Park, Manchester.
prisoner's room he missed a pair of blankets which had not William Rathoone,Esq., Greenbank, Liverpool.
yet been found. Prisoner said he and his wife had lodged William Stuart, Esq., 1, Rumford-place, Liverpool.
in Norman's for the last five months, and during that Oliver Ormerod Walker Esq., Chesham, Bury.
Charles C arrill Worsley, Esq., Platt-hall, Manchester.
time they had frequently been in the habit, when pushed
Jas. Aspinall Turner,Esq.,Pendlebury-house, Manchester.
for money, of taking articles out of their lodgings and
pawning them to buy food, but they always relieved the In his address to the grand jury, Mr. Baron ALDERSON
goods and restored them on the Saturday night. In this said that amongst the cases which they had to consider,
case he said the same would have been done if he had beeu were a number of charges of murder, one of a very serious
allowed. Mr. Norman said several articles were missing, character, apparently resulting from that defective state
and that he never gave permission for any such use to be of the law, as he thought, which permitted burial clubs to
made of his property. Roberts was remanded for seven exist as they 'did at present. The motive in this case, if
days. there were any motive, was to obtain a sum of money to
THEFT OF COPPER MONEY.—Ann Howard, servant bury two little children,—a motive which might well
with Mr. Murdoch, pawnbroker, in :Mary bone, was charged tempt a person of a bad mind to commit some offence,
with having, yesterday, goneinto his shop and stolen from or, perhaps, the crime with which this person was charged.
a drawer the sum of ten shillings and sevenpence half- It, therefore, behoved those who lied influence in Parlia-
penny, in copper money. It appeared that in the morning mente—and as he saw the foreman of tire Grand Jury was
Mr. Murdoch had, on going out, accidentally forgot to one of the members for the county, (31r. Wm. Brown,)—
take the key out of the shop door; and in the course of he addressed himself to him to see whether' he could not
the day the prisoner was seen by Mr. Murdoch's daughter propose an easy and simple arrangement to put an end,
coming out of the shop, where she had no business to perhaps, to this crime. It seemed a most easy thing to him
be. On loking over the money, it was found that the to prevent it, by prohibiting persons from giving money
copper above-stated had been carried away. The prisoner for the purposes of burial. Burial clubs should. be com-
bed in the course of the afternoon gone to the shop of Mr. pelled to perform, the burials themselves. They might
Foster, a spirit-shop, and bought half a pint of whiskey, supply the funerals, without any profit to members- them-
which she paid for in copper. On being taken into cus- selves. There warddi then be no surplus money handed
tody she had one shilling and fourpence in copper in her over, and this temptation to crime would be entireleetaken
possession. Mr. Murdoch said the prisoner was in the away. Instead of giving: money in order that paeents• or
habit of getting intoxicated, yet he had kept her' fora con- relatives might bury, the' clubs should be compelled‘ to
siderable time, although he had given her notice' to' leave ; furnish the undertaking,. more or' less sumptuous acterd-
• • ing to the contributionre but never be allowed to furtieh.
money. The Judge next alluded to the recent case of the,
murder of a policeman, aial, pointed out that, if it were'
established that the officer'veas justified in making the- --
arrest, and was stabbed by-the. prisoner in custody, the
WEMESDAY
case would be one of murder.- but if the prisoner was un-
lawfully arrested, it would be manslaughter. Proceeding (Before Baron Alderson.,
to remark upon the crime of stabbing, for which there Ito court met at a few minutes past nine &crocl .
were' seventeen committals to the present assize, he Siesaismeo AT ORRELL.—Thomas Clayton; charged
lamented that statistics did not bear out the statement with= cutting and stabbing elieliam,Glasby, on, the22nd
that stabbing was an un-Englisb offence ; for, out of the September, at Orrell, near Wiggle pleaded not guilty.
ninety-pine committed for stabbings in,1852-2., only nine Therprisoner and Glasby, along with others, weredeinkin,gs
were' foreigneree—thirty being natioceof Liverpool, four- in a priblicluesse, when the prisoner became queoreleomee
teen. only beinglisom the rest of Enganth while forty-four and wished; to fight with his (prisoner's) brother. Glasby
ware' from Irefarith and one each fromiScotland and the succeeded- the quieting prisoner, andwent out. Ile•was-
'sled Man, Ilecalleil their serious attentionto the pre- followedibe the' prisoner, who, in going out, took a. sickle'
valence of this clime, with a view to patting a stop to it. from thebelt of a person in the house; With this sickle.
As far. as he and his• fellow-judges west' concerned,, they I he stabbed, Glasby, and cut him severely on both hands,
would• do'their bests to make exampleeorhen.caeee were Glasby resiitedi and knocked prisoner'down, immediately.,
properly' proved; ands at the present assizes, -they would going off into thehouse. Clayton followed him, and aomin.
reserve the' sentenceeem these cases to the' clese' of the stabbed and erit Glasby. Several witnesses were examined,•
business-when they would see the full extent of the' evil, and the juryeafter some deliberation, retenned a verdict of
and appres as, fir as-they could, the proper' retnedys• Ad- guilty of unlawfully wounding.—Sentence; eight montlete"
verting to, the. prisoners• rioting at Wigan;- he' imprisonment
,-
" There ie4another claseof cases, in which tem *ors three GAROTTE B4IO3IFAS IN LIVERPOOL.—gb sv Anderson;
persons are'aceased'of a riot at Wigan, arisir.g:frem. that 26, was charged,withhaving, on the eveningof the 3rd Oct.
unhappy cEieerenee of opinion between the workinenand last, along with., others, not in custody,-, assaulted and
masters, wadi, am, sorry; to say, has been so, prevalent robbed John Sergeant of a small sum of money, about
in this county of late not, indeed, in thle -county fourteen shillings;"- and, other articles, ine Hood-street,
alone, for thisespecies of insanity is pervading ahnost- all. ! Liverpool. It appeared; that the prosecutor hied been per-
labourers in England. It•heo extended even to thengri-e forming at the Amphitheatre, and was going to the
cultural distriets, and with, the agricultural labourer it Theatre-royal. Hewes spoken to by two females, and
has as little good sense and as little reason as Whits in• then suddenly set upon;; and seized by four or'five men,
this case. The'r'eat want ofemowledge on the pert of ' who held him by
-wthwthroat, and prevented hires from call-
the general body of the people-of the real causeshich . ing out. They threwldiu down, pressed uporoleis person,
govern the rate of wages in the world is the prietelpale opened his clothes, and :robbed him of the artier:4e referred
cause of this evil,- If they did • het know a little moreef to: The prisoner was, alleged to be one of the assaulting
that political eccuomy which many people talk of and -so 'Arty, and distinctly- iehintified by the prosecutor es such.
few understand, they would see . that this is not the way Thomas Bagley also spoke-distinctly to the identley of the
in which the thing.= •be done, eeen if it were desirable-- resisoner as one of the aersaulting party. Guilty—Sentence :
to be accomplished, -It is lamentablie that it should be see Penal imprisonment for -five years.
and one cannot heleithinking that it from the want of RORDERY WITH. VIGIANCE, NEAR ASISTONOEUDER-,
experience that this mutter ariseseskre from the shortneese4 VP:vs.—Reuben Towler- and: Wm. Slater were ssbarged
of life in the manuflottuing dietrietsethe perode emploe-edi with throttling, knoc)i ing.' down, and robbing,- Henry
there zre generally very young. The proportion of the- Briekley, carrier, on the atholSeptember last, at Moseley,
experienced to the irosepezienced, theneis very small, an& of a purse, containing' ten.(shiLlings and some slate ties
it-has leersmy unfortunate fate, in the seottree of my offi- Guilty. Both prisoners wcresentenced to penal imprison-,1
°MI lifee to come here and try in succeseiene persons of this ; merit far eight years.
deserireou, for the sante 'sort 'of afoul& Every eight, CireerGse or WOUNDS-I%4I'IVMM MALICIOUS lereesere
,nine, or-ten years a neve-generation arises- s they have not cce',rnlion SEAS.—NigtoinffJackson Nattrassveap,
',the experience or the suferines of their predeteseors, and, taitrof the Matanzas, was charged with having maliciously
by their numbers, they-overbear the more experienced, riots at George Wake, a eesmen on board that ship, at
and thus the thing ariseresfrom time to einee. I don't see Belthe with intent to kill him,: In stating the careeMrs
how-the thing can be preteentedeunless by: more general lefonkfor theprosecution, went' overthe particulars of the
spread, orsound educationeauseng the peore, be that is the shieesvorage to Rio, at which place the captain had hada
onleemodisein which, to mysinindethe remedy can be pro- querrehwith the apprenticeowho was at the time acting
yided.) IB'we. mild do but eliert—if we ccasi teach them as matte Here a number efellte crew left the shipeand
what: was,neelly for their , they would, cease to be some 'new hands were shipped.. The vessel left Reiland
'the prey. oseempty-headed fegood lteews, as they at .presest seem procereledt to Bella, where she was on the 26th Junes-She
tobies. These are the onlyeleseiwations. I have to make had been, short handed on the voyage from Rio to Tisdale.
'on these stews,. We can only deal with them asp tiny are ; While 'there quarrels took plaice!, between several celiac
brought Wore Ins ; but I what that we could: save them crew aud.thecaptain, in the conmeofwhich, having ordered
from 'the isommiesion of thcrieoffenees by that additio' nal the anohoc to be weighed, the-prosecutor refused totKlo
experieneeswhich, from our age, we possees.,eante by our unless• some more , hands wore :got to make up the. full
knowledge,. through edueateine which we arce oil & g _to complement of men. On this' refusal, he (the captain)
communion:: k• to our poorer brethren, if we could,. As it drew a pistol from his pocket ante ha Wake, the prostate.
is;-we canonry repress the crass as itbreakeeut into rho- tor, in thieshoulder. Wake was•so. severely woundechthat
lencee `Ye-shall do that, bet of course witlea. merciful ,he was upwards of three =vain:confined to the hoepital_
disposition;: hecaease, after all owe cannot • help seeing that After sheetizrg- Wake, the entails:said, " I may as wells be
there are preple who believe themselves to be biltheright, hanged at' first as at last,' 'and,. taking two more piitols
although teey. break out into insubordination which tends from hisepoeket, threatened other two of his men. Mr.
to-breaches ofthe peace." 1 Seymomr"Digby having adatessedi the jury on behalf: of
Some bills:were returned ie.aehort time, and the triad the prisoners the jury consulted: for some time, and
ofiprisoners was proceeded witho. returned es verdict of guilty. The, prisoner was sentenced
Roneenee—Efizsebeth Roesee 23oCharleer Ildzateline, to eighteen months' imprisonment, with hard labour,:..
25, charged .with the robbery of THROWING . VlTRlOL.—Aenefee sbefer pleaded guilty-to
2JBOhnandßujteite6443r. Lein Wits,
this town,son :the. 24th September, throwingeocetantity of vitrioliiipon Gabriel Webstereher
were foulest guilty. Sentence—Roweo eighteen, months' husband. Sentence, nine months!. imprisonment.
imprisonment; . the other prisoners foist- years' peual GRIETOUff,BODILY Lleum—Rase Ann Killwuwas
prisonment charged with maliciously stabbing Margaret Murphey,. on
Dennis Mtatoory, 26, pleadoe 'guilty to the obarge of , the morning of. the 20th November, in Park-lane,, Liker-
burglary inethe.hosse of SamneleAslifield, at Wanington ; I pool. It:appeared that botleproseentrix and priseoevare
Jae Graeiee les also pleaded; guilty to a turglitry at unfortunate-girls of the tosvue. On the occasion ktoses-
Heaton Norris, ise the house of William Sandferthe James tion, theprosecutrix, about hielepast twelve in the morn-
Forbes, M', .pleaded guilty to the eleargeoff kiVellig:Robert ing, opeerel the inner door efea public-house in Padre one,
Ball, at West. Derby, by poshinee. him . dowsue _Keen when the:prisoner came mite and, using an oppcebrious
Hughes, ,t3;-. pleaded guilty to the charge of 7311114 and epithet tiavrazxls ,the prosecutrike suddenly stabbed:her on
slaying &mph. Boyle. Maheity . and Grady were• mac the forehead, and also on thessey:e. The jury retnroect a
sentenced to, six months' imprisonment, Ferber!), was verdict ofeigailty of assault., with intent to eeigoure.
ordered to, be, imprisoned three days; Hte*es, to. one I Sentenceighteen montliseboprisenment.
week's solitary- confinement. STAItaBIIG, ;WITH INTEITT.c xo, DisFiGu
CASES OF SatAditßlNG.—Thengs.,Woods,.. Iteeheatted Hands was charged wieeshavieg, on the 29th NOvs last,
for, stabbing Martin Connollyeat GlasshousesymeloWar- stabbed.Jene Simmone,wiCeetWEream Simmonseresieling
rington, onethe 28th Augustewao found guety..ofinalaw. in the borough of Liverpeole Prisoner, it appearsewas in
fully wcaueding merely. Sentence,• three menthe:, impri. the habit-of paying what prosectxteix considered improper
sonment._ visits to: a female lodger, and she objected to his eleing so.
The sanseverdict was also returned in the of An- In an endeavour on the part of the prosecutrix'eleushand
drew Caldwell, an ostler, at the Clifton Annass.Lytham, to get prisoner down sheltie he stabbed the erosecutrix
for stabbing a post-boy in thesameeemploy. The
prisoner on the-fifth* with a pain of 'scissors. His Lc hip con-
and the- post-boy had been iseorrelling, artieaefight was siderestither. case by ea ,nseans. an aggravated owe The
the coneequence,
which endedier the use ef- the knife, as jury, atter a brief ec•nsuleetion,returned a verdese of guilty
date& eautenee, three mortise imprisonment: _ of wilfully wounding. Sentence imprisonmentewith hard
James, Barlow, 26, was felled
.guilty el maliciously labourefoe six weeke-
stabhirgeWna. Garner, a meal
.boatman, at:Stretford, on The court then adjourned t next morniege.
the little September. A (betaken quarrell' between the (Be ,Burnous; Martin.)
parties-led to the deed.. Seoterice, six Yeareepenal impri-
Aoloroe, WITH. ATTRMIPS TO MURDER.--Thos. Bird
sonmente
murder him. The-jury returned a verilest' of guilty of
was indicted for, assaulting George Nicksonswith intent to
JOninh Ainsworth, 53, wan sentenced tom .years ine-
prisenment, with hard labeur, for. a burglary, at Bury. resisting his a,ppreheasion. It wesurged that the
Ronemer 'WITH VIOLUNCE.-Jane..ffickson, 17, John preoner .was .sufferseg- at the time from, physical injuries
Clarke, 21, William Wilk, lee.and , Michael Flynn, 19, of the Inabe, and, leis loreship deferredehis sentence, in
were indicted for assaultieg Michael MelleY, and robbing onler to ascertain Anther particulars 25. to,his then state
hiroof five shilljngs and a hat.- The prosecutor is a pen- ceemind.— Sentence, eighteen months' imprisonment.
goner, and belongs to Preston., On the-arsd of November MANELAVGIIII4II4—John Finnigan deaf and dumb,
he was in Liverpool, hinting come here for the purpose of IrtiS charged way—lin
go
killing John Sheoley, at Manches-
seeSng a friend off to sea. In the eveirseage while walking
tee. Owing ice the physical mfortuoe. of' the prisoner,
aerie' Great Howardeetreet, he fell into the company of the • mode of proceeding with the-,
ease. was unusually
thet female prisoner, who asked' him. to treat her. She difficult, and considerable diseuseion ensued. Mn.
enticed him down Vuleakstreet, where he was suddenly Andrew 'Paterson, the master of' the Deaf and Dumle
attacked by three men, one of whom, (Clarke) held him by- School at. Meehester, under weeose. instructions thee the throat, and the ethers knocked him down, and kicked; prisoner, hads been for about theea years, appeared as.,
and abused him, arid robbed,him of the articles named,
Evidence having been, adduced, the, jury found all the, interpreters The only witness fee, the
years of age ;secution wasa,
prisoners guilty, wash ;the exception of Flynn, who was,. littleboy, named Angus Thorley's, ten
from what transpired it appeared) that the prisoner, the,
acquitted. Hicks; was. sentence d, to he transported for
fifteen years; Clarke and Wilds, each to be imprisoned for,- witness Thorley, and another , were proceeding Aeng:
Garrotroad, Manchester, on thellth of September la.st,
eight years.
• and the- course of their walk they were overtakeio by
BIGAMY.—Afar?/, Jane Wild; 52, was indicted for-felo-. the deceased, who attemptedto take a stick from one, of
•
niously marryiog Jas. Marshall; at Liverpool, her thriller,
husband, Joseph Wild, being then alive. On the 3rd, of the boys s upon this the prlsone.r. seized the deceased; and
pushed him into the canal; Upon a search being;- made:
October, 1837,the prisoner- was married to Joseph,Wild, the-body of the deceased w,as.found. Under the direction
at Rotherham; She. had previously attended thelest illof Iris. lordship, the jury acquitted the prisoner,. on the
ground that the testimony of. so young a witness, was: in-
anhde rstehlef at the ness of Mr. Wild's first wife, and she married hieosome.
eneecient to prove the charge.
hmeonathwsidaecter..,
ThSheye reseppraersaetendted,
timr
suebst:-
BVEGLARY AT CRlTNWALL—DavidMorrimiWnaieted
quently came. to, at- Southport, where she became ac- for burglariously attempting to .enter the house of Mr.
quainted. with Marshall. The intimacy between them Henry, at Crumpsall,. on the morning of the. 29th of
Peter's. January last, and they were married at St. tember last. The jury immediately returned, ce verdict of
Peter's. Church, in this town, in July. Evidence haviel guilty. Sentence, four years' penal imprisonment. been heard on the part of the prisoner, to the effect tha
ELONIOUS ASSAUI,T AT PRESTON.—Lfenry South-
she believed her first husband dead, the judge. sentenced worth was indictedfor having, on the 17th. of October last,
her to. ooe week's imprisonment.—The cunt then. rose. while at work, rubbed lunar caustic upon the nose of one
(Before Baron Martin.). Garnett, with intent to do him bodily- harm. The jury
About- ten o'clock his Lordship took his seat, and the returned a verdict of not guilty, awl the-prisoner was
business of the court proceeded, discharged, after being admonished by- his lordship.
CHARGE OF FORGERY AT MANCIUSTETL—LanceIot BURGLARY, AT MANCHESTER.—Henry Burns stood
Rainforth Gilbertson (aged 43), who. had been remanded indicted upon two counts—the first for breaking into the
from the last assizes, surrendered upon bail to take his house of Mie Armitage, of Long-militate, and the second
trial upon an indictment charging him with having, at for receiving- two kettles and other articles, together with
Manchester, forged the acceptance of Thomas Morris, of six gallons of whiskey and six gallons of rum, knowing
Tarvin, Cheshire, to a bill of exchange for £5O. After the the same to have been stolen. Thomas Hunt, who had
evidence had been gone through, his lordship directed an previously been convicted of felony, was also charged with
acquittal, on the ground that there was not the slightest being concerned in the same robbery. The jury returned
evidence that the prisoner had committed the forgery, or a verdict of guilty of receiving the property, knowing et,
had uttered the bill knowing it to be forged. His lordship to have been stolen. Hunt, against whom a previous
also directed an acquittal upon the second indictment, conviction was proved, was sentenced to eighteen months'-
charging the forgery of the acceptance of Joseph Smith, of imprisonment, with hard labour, and Burns to twelve
Nantwich, Cheshire, to a bill for £B4 10s. months.
THE ATTACK 'UPON BYEWORKS AT PENDLETON RT CHARGE OF FoßGEßY.—Francis Morris wascharged
TURN-oUe Drente—Robert Snapewas indicted forhaving with having frauduleutly obtained the sum of Rae from the
stabbed and wounded James Crompton, with intent to do treasurer of the Brickmakers'Building Society, at Ashton-
him some grievous bodily harm. The charges arose out of under-Lyne, by means of an order which he had forged.
the attack by turn-out dyers upon the works of Mr. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended
Crompton, at Pendleton, on the evening of Tuesday, the the prisoner to mercy, as they were of opinion he had
2nd of August. The circumstances connected with the committed the offence in ignorance. His Lordship
outrage will be in the remembrance of our readers, as will said he fully concurred in the verdict of the jury, and
also the fact that two men were transported at the last sentenced the prisoner to two days' imprisonment, which
summer assizes for taking Part in the outrage and the would admit of the prisoner being discharged that night.
assault upon Mr. Crompton. The principal evidence CONCEALMENT OF BlRTlL—Margaret Clegg, a young
against the prisoner was that of Mr. Crompton and a man woman, pleaded not guilty to a charge of concealing the
named Ditchfield. The former said he saw the prisoner birth of her illegitimate child. A verdict of guilty of
among those who rushed across the yard of the works just the concealment was returned, and the prisoner was sea-
after he had broken away from his assailants and secreted tenced to one week's imprisonment.
himself in an out-house ; that the prisoner was also among CONCEALMENT or BIRTH AT WINDLE.—Jane Young
those by whom he was severely beaten over the head, after stood charged with concealing the birth of her illegiti-
the door of the out-house had been broken open ; and that mate child. A verdict of not guilty was returned, and
he heard the prisoner (who had been in his employment for the prisoner was discharged.
nearly three years) call out to those who were on the spot, LARCENY.—John Lort was charged with stealing
"B— him, kill him."—Ditchfield, who was in the engine- from the person of Mr. Jonathan Wadsworth the sum of
house, confirmed these statements; but Police-constable 14s 6d. On the ground that a material witness could
Barlow, who went into the yard to quell the disturbance, not be found, his Lordship directed that the prisoner
was unable to identify the prisoner as being present.— should be discharged .upon his own recognisances, to ap.
The jury, after consulting a minute or two, found the pear, if called upon, at the next assizes.

freak from reading romances about highway robberies."
Sentence, one month's imprisonment.—John Dunn pleaded
guilty to having, at North Meols, stabbed Edward Cain,
with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Sen-
tence deferred.

ALLEGED ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.— Morgues Darcy,
charged with having, at Manchester, on the 2rnd of
October, feloniously beaten and assaulted William Tone,
and violently stolen from him six half-crowns, was acquitted.
_ ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AT MANCHESTM—

Margaret Warburton was clirgedlvithli;;lni,;i3l7tu--
chester, on the 11th November, taken part in a robbery,
with violence, upon William Newton. Guilty : Six months'

Imprisonment

CHARM.; OF BURGLAIVT AT CASTLETON. - James
Geldard was charged with burglariously breaking and
entering the dwelling-houseof John Buckley, at Castleton,
with intent to steal.—Acquitted.

UNLAWFUL WOUNDING. Patrick M`Grade was
indicted for having at Haulgh, cut and wounded Michael
Tolan, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.—
Guilty of unlawfully wounding: Sitmonths'imprisonment.
BURGLARY. —Denis lifeaughiti was indicted for
feloniously breaking- into• the house. of Joseph Mills, at
Oldham, and stealing- therefrom various articles of cloth-
ing. The prisoner placiedquilty.—Sentence, nine months'
imprisonment.
The court adjourned shortly after fire &Clock.

that when he• changed one for ill-behaviour, he alvrays got
a worse. The prisoner, who was represented as being re-
spectably comeeted, was committed for trial at the sear

EXTENSIVE' RUBBERY 07 SCRAP IRON.—Patrick Dann;
a tall, gaunt looking man, dressed as a dock labourer, was
charged with the theft of a larl,►e quantity of scrap-iron,
the property of Messrs. A. and G. Holme. It appeared
that on the morning of Friday last, a flat, loaded with
scrap-iron. o-

amounting in all to about five tons weight, and
of the value of £3 10s-. per ton, was brought to the quay
of the Custom-house' Dock, destined for the Messrs.
Holme. A little before' eight &crock in the morning,