The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-17 00:00:00

TABBING IN BURY

Isaac Johnson, (430 was indicted for having, at Bury,
wounded John Howard with intent to do him some grie-
vous bodily harm.—Mr. Blair prosecuted ; the prisoner
was undefended. it appeared from the evidence, that for
some time prior to this occurrence the prisoner had been
in the service of Messrs. Walker, Smith, and Hacking,
at the foundry, in Bury. He was a turner, and when
business became slack, in May last, many of the hands
were dismissed. On a Saturday evening, Mr. Thorpe,
the foreman, by order of Mr. Howard, the manager, in-
formed the prisoner that he must be off work until there
was some for him to do. On receiving this communica-
tion, said that he would not be off work either for Mr.
Thorpe or Mr. Howard, and at eight o'clock on Monday
morning he came to the place, and at ten Mr. Howard asked
what he was doing there. Prisoner said he was doing his
work. Mr. Howard told him that there was no work for
him, and that if lie remained he should receive no pay.
The prisoner took up a " rest key," which is an iron in-
strument belonging to the lathe, and inflicted a wound
upon Mr. Howard, about two inches in length, which
extended through the scalp to the bone. The prisoner
was arrested in Bolton, whither he had fled, and on being
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stabbed and wounded Robert Grundy, with intent to do
him some grievous bodily harm.
the prisoner was undefended. Ir. Cross prosecuted ;
as-
sault here waslt appeared that the
utterly unprovoked, and was wholly inex-
plicable. About the hour of half-past one
o'clock onmorning of the 25th of' July, the prosecutor who wasthe
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collier, was proceeding down Bolton-stree;,--Burr, -un
when he had reached Mill-brow, the prisoner, whom lie
had never seen before, came up and struck him on the
breast and said, " I'll do for thee." The prosecutor stag-
gered, reeled round, and fell, and it was then found that
he had received a severe punctured wound with some
sharp instrument on the breast, from which blood was
flowing freely. No weapon was found upon the prisoner

when arrested. A verdict of guilty of a grievous assault
was returned. The prisoner was sentenced to twelve
calendar month's imprisonment, and hard labour.

MANSLAUGHTER A

NORTH MEOLS

Nicholas Leadbetter, (19), was indicted for having, at
North lkileols, killed and slain Thomas Leadbetter. Mr.

Owens prosecuted, and Mr. Pollock defended
peared that the prisoner and deceased were cousins, and
that on the 29th of May last they were in a public-house
together at North Meols. They had a quarrel, and went
out for the purpose of having a stand up fight. The de-

It ap-

ceased knocked down the prisoner first, and then the di

ceased was knocked down. He was taken up in an insen-
sible state ; he never recovered his senses ; and he died
shortly afterwards of extravasation of blood on the brain,
the result of external violance. The prisoner was ac-
quitted. _ .