The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-03 00:00:00

April 3, 1849

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.

Zee. he ..fr,;458 Abraham Ball
(35) pleaded guilty to having, at
committed wilful and corrupt perjury.—Sen-
d to transportation for seven years.
ARSON AT LIVERPOOL.
ain Cornforth De:mine (33) was charged with
haviand ..ws, at Liverpool, feloniously set fire to a certain shop
and C,.ehNilse, with intent to defraud the Yorkshire Fire
openinue Insurance Company. It appeared, from the
for th g statement of Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, who appeared
little prosecution, that on Monday, the 6th November,
boire before nine o'clock in the evening, the top of a
Was on the south side of Swift's-court, Castle-street,
ratiooond to be on fire. This building was in the occu-
tillerl of the prisoner, who catried on business as a aer-
froon here. and who had taken it about three years before,.
the pre Printer named M`Gowan. Shortly after taking
Pircrrnises, the prisoner insured them in the Yorkshire
tw and Life Insurance Office for £5OO. Until about
Wee4l°cths before the fire, the paper shavings which
B._ie the refuse of the prisoner's work, were put into
tii`ueics, and deposited in a loft; but from about that time,
state, were allowed to lie about the loft in a loose
440_ a, and were allowed to accumulate much more than
~_l. Three or four weeks before the fire, a lad named
of sg, who is in the prisoner's service, noticed a quantity
The°PPer wire, rolled round a long stick, in the shop.
:hleal sr wire,
down to pick it up, but founfctlihiet fastenedri
to itTh,,
wni; or.
. He then called the attention
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wire was a r""`• .9 Liel• IL 11.10Ile 7, 1 Mitlvv tin akuv
fterwards fastened to a nail on tr inner
into of o the outer door, and was traced up the staircasefore e loft where the shavings were. A short time be-
tted" Ilatk ;fi', (me of the lads employed by the prisoner,
dsil"ea
's
detained from dinner by the prisoner,
he (..e.red litraWen dnwn stialre and null the wire, while

taarereu7iner) went-into the loft. He did so, and re-
be for there for about a quarter of an hour ; and it would
World a jury to say whether he was not then testing the
Atiublotllittnitag of his contrivance for setting the place on fire.
week before the fire, also, the prisoner took a
and „Y of Paper shavings, strewed them on the floor,
out teb them on fire, and on one of the boys trying to put
Will ro fire, he said,'" Let it be ; I am just seeing whgt it
Were 2' A- few nights before the fire, as the boys
Streei,e,a,ving the place, something like a piece of wire
the fi; mein on the face on the stairs. On the night of
t'eloelet, the Prisoner was at the shop until nearly seven
264‘veG:;e leaving, at
night (although he afterwards stated to
Belo that he had not been there in the evening).
he went down stairs, and was down for
Oft minutes. He afterwards took a candle, pulled his hat
he-Zweig up into the loft, where he remained about
and iefi.euLtes. He then came down, put out the candle,
boys 4i, toe shop. In about 20 minutes afterwards, the
the'
_alt. One of the apprentices named Webster was
he foai: t o Come down, and as he was pulling the door to,
fort and there was some resistance. He pulled it with
after' and then heard something snap. In about 20 minutes
tiara this the top part of the place was found to be in
two :' The prisoner subsequently offered to set up his
erd4P,Pkrentices Webster and Tomlinson in business, in
said ii;4lat they 'might say nothing about the fire; but he
!ititil be their business was to be carried on in his name
incur e had got settled with the insurance company. The
be.anace company, having entertained some suspicions,
W. 8' shertly after the fire, to make some inquiries, and
Boit rnithies, their agent. called upon Webster. to make
tiottehinquiries from him on the subject. Webster did
place ekn make any communication as to what had taken
but subsequently, in consequence of some Fommu-
lei, m with his parents, he did give Mr. Smithies some
of a-T'c ation.—The learned counsel then read the evidence
the Horner, to whom the prisoner had talked about
351billty of the place having been set on fire by a
and er Pulled against a piece of sand-paper by the wire;
Solitha.lso some statements of the prisoner's to Mr.
Pria„l"; and he concluded by stating that although the
Lot pro Claimed £595 from the insurance office, he had
tio,t"oPerty to above half that value in his place on the
prooftq the fire.—A number of witnesses were then called
Quiz. e the case for the prosecution.—They were cross-
she 'Red by Air. James, at some length, with a view to
atidwothat the fire had been cawed by a flue from a stove;
441 ''so that the prisoner had more property than the
fire of the insurance in the shop, on the night of the
(rew• The case occupied the court during the whole of the
tIJ: At a late hour, the jury retired to consider
mal,r verdict, and after being absent for three-quarters of
"rur, they returned into court with a verdict. of not
rh Y.—The announcement was received with a loud
mret
tits of applause.—His Lordship severely reprobated the
lia,eal,/lly expression of feeling, and one man named Wil-
effi- 'shley Wilson, who was seen by one of the police-
eers clapping his bands having been brought before
corn was committed by his lordship until the rising of the
Lift next day.

PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
thp, :le. Whole of these two days was consumed in finishing
le- trial
A of Mangnall and another v. Benecke, for an al-
hPu
.infringement of a patent for stretching, drying, and
prolnsh,- muslin fabric. We reported the first day's
t "eedioga in our last. At the conclusion of the pro-
raeted case, the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiffs.

„ CROWN COURT.—WEDNESDAY.
sq.l;P: "liam Green and John Williams, convict,ed. of
.bur-
VrY, were sentenced, the former to two years imprison-
gnt and hard labour in the House of Correction at
11,.5t.0n, and the latter to transportation for ten years.
"I,lllams had been previously convicted.
s„.„'‘.°ah Cleg onvicted of cutting and wounding, was
-"‘encea to six cmonths' imprisonment.
tn,,"ne M'Grath, who had been sentenced to eighteen
at'aths' imprisonment for uttering base coin, was laced
in the bar. His Lordship remarked that after consider-
the her case, he had come to the conclusion to mitigate
rjaentence to twelve months' imprisonment.
fo""ertrY Rodgers, 18, was convicted of having uttered a
t 0 defraud
shipping note for the payment of £2, with intent
Zodefraud Martin Cross. He was sentenced to twelve
~ntbs' imprisonment.
le, °TY Lovatt was indicted for having, on the 17th of
&feu, thrown a quantity of sulphuric acid upon the per-
din of Margaret Pearson, at Liverpool, with intent to
augare, and to do some grievous bodily harm.—Mr.
pattes stated the case to the jury. The prisoner and the
Psecutrix are neighbours, and in consequence of some
413ute, the prisoner went to a druggist's ship and pro-
th„ted a pennyworth of oil of vitriol, which she threw over
guilty of the prosecutrix.—The jury found the prisoner
1-4...LitY of an assault, and she was sentenced to six months'
'"Drisonrnent.
co Three men, named Haslam, Smith, and Bullagh, were
ittneted of having stolen a quantity of brass and other
k,,."eiles attached to a steam-engine, at the colliery of the
st't of Bradford, near Bolton. Bullagh requested the
41:erintendent of police from Bolton to give him a cha-
pii t,,er• With this wish the superintendent readily corn-
of eu, informing the court that he had found the produce
1,0130 less than fourteen robberies upon his premises. His
th,„tdsbip sentenced Bullagh to fourteen years'transporta-
in,,",. and the other two prisoners to eighteen months'
psonmn.Ellenl, Ford, an old woman, indicted for having forged
te-4rnber of shipping notes, was found guilty, and sen-
ced to two years' imprisonment in Lancaster Castle.
virf a,rY RTnolds was indicted for having committed
befn'ut and corrupt perjury, on the Ist of December last,
ire the magistrates assembled in petty sessions at
—l,;"ebdale; but the proof failing, the Judge stopped the
ye, and the jury acquitted the prisoner.

CROWN COURT.—THIIRSDAY.
)11Ie Crown business having been got through, Mr
—.°4 Alderson sat this morning for the trial of causes.

BRECKELL V. PRINCE.
fro 4 this action the plaintiff sought to recover damages
ittna the defendant for the loss of his daughter's services,
nsequence of her seduction by the defendant.
ivree
Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Crompton appeared for
10;,P
n,aintiff,ndand Mr. Serjeant Murphy and Mr. Atherton
Ve defeant.
411;1-he Plaintiff, it appeared, kept a large public-house,
11cLatiso was the owner of some bathing machines, at
to "'le, near Liverpool; and the defendant was a railway
4er.itractor, engaged on some dock works going on in that
or,lghbourhood 'rho plaintiff was the father of children,twenty-
.of whom the daughter whose seduction
tr,„the-.;.. the gronnd of the present action was one. W hilst
er,„ lormation of the docks on winch the defendant was
iti:afied Was progressing, he was in the habit of frequent-
Alai,`,,„e Plaintiff's house, and there frequently saw the
haaid""s daughter Ellen acting in the capacity of bar-
-4116 After scraping an easy acquaintance with her
ik.),-,,rtlY before Christmas in 1847, he one day found her
tij,"'ng alone in the bar, and, seizing the opportunity,
made her if she were engaged, as he thought she would
e live, an industrious wife. Being answered in the nega-
the became her formal suitor, and was received as
ho by her relatives. Their marriage was talked of, and
ho
was looked for for their future residence. In
hati`earY, 1848, the plaintiff's daughter and her mother
4%0 quarrel, and the defendant soon after coming in,
atile her what was the matter, and on being informed,
tied '0 her, " Well, lass, you had better have been mar-
tosta ti,,wkilen I asked you; will you come to my lodgings
renal P' This she refused to do ; but the defendant,
111, itinTg two hours with her alone, accomplished her
tie was for some time afterwards kind to her, till
Ilap4 °lied he was paying attention to another ady,
;430„e4 ,lolyneux, and finding herself-in thefamily-way,
relle the same time, she upbraided him, and they quer-
ttsed here telling him that he was " a villain" for having
4104 e so ; on which the defendant said, " Then I've
golis„.;tta You." She was obliged to leave her father's
lifer„- coasequence of her condition, and in December
'tBo tie child was born. The defendant then offered her
kike' be paid at intervals, if she would affiliate it or
vtoilmother person which she refused to do unless he
k bind himself' to the payment, which he did not do.
tk r. S
ge 1/4 erjeant MURPHY having addressed the jury for
endant,
diet fr,tcsitnsuir summed up ; and the jury found a ver-
b ~,,the plaintiff—damages, £2OO.
ff 'll-ANCRESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE
sott-4,r Co. V. BLINICHORN.—In this case. the plain-
-444 gut to recover from the defendant, who'is a railway
the
etor at Gloucester, a sum of £625, alleged to be
:Qe e(rLacccunt of three 'railway calls. It appeared that
fi44-ate'dPanY under which the plaintiffs sued was an amal-
.-hiltidertakin. which included several extensive
the plaintiff" purchased the shares in one of the
qtletV which formed the amalgamated line, and the
,as in (which was merely one of law) was whether he
tge for calls under the newly constituted pro-
defe'ria Verdict for the plai.ntiff Z 75., with leave for
ant to move on certain legal points.

ISi
PRIUS COURT.—THIIRSDAY.
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4113 Was
URTINIER V. HEALD AND ANOTHER.
the clef,. an action of trespass for false imprisonment
144i,itpdants haviner taken into custody and confined
" 011 suspicion of fraud.