The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

BURGLARIES.

William Gilroy, aged 18, pleaded guilty to having,
at Skelmersdale, burglariously broken into the dwelling-
house of James Meadows, and stolen a quantitity of
wearing apparel therefrom.—James Taylor, aged 20,
pleaded guilty to having burglariously broken into the
dwelling-house of James Rees, and stolen a quantity of
wearing apparel.—Sentence deferred.
The Court rose at six o'clock, until Saturday morning.

FRIDAY, MARCH 25.
This being Good Friday, their lordships did not sit.

SATURDAY, MARCH 26.

John Craddock, 23, for assaulting and robbing William
Cooper. at Manchester, on the4th March. was found guilty.
Walter Evars, 44, and Andrew Connell. 22, were
indicted for a burglary in the house of John Ellis, at Sal-
ford. Evers pleaded guilty, and Connell was found guilty
of receiving the property. Evars was sentenced to twelve
months, and Connell to four months' hard labour.
John Makin, 22, James Jones, 28, and Michael Pep-
pard, 33, indicted for having, at Manchester, assaulted
Henry Jenkins, and robbed him of 3s. and a pocket-knife,
were acquitted.
Mary Shannon, a respectable-looking middle-aged
woman, was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Wain-
wright, at Liverpool. The prisoner was the superinten-
dent nurse of the Medical Ward in the Liverpool Work-
house; and, on the sth of March, Mary Wainwright was
brought into the ward, suffering from lumbago. Dr. Gee,
the medical officer, saw the woman, and ordered a lini-
ment to be applied externally, and a tonic mixture three
times a-day. It was the duty of the prisoner, on all
occasions, to administer medicine with her own hands, or
to see the medicine taken. On the following day, the
prisoner directed a nurse to administer the liniment to
the deceased instead of the tonic, which the nurse refused
to do, whereupon the prisoner took the bottle out.of her
hand, and administered the liniment, which contained a
deadly poison, to the deceased, who died shortly after.
The prisoner was found guilty of manslaughter, through
carelessness ; but the jury strongly recommended the pri-
soner to mercy. His lordship, in sentencing the prisoner,
said that taking into consideration the recommendation of
the jury, and her previous good character, the sentence of
the court was, that she be imprisoned for fourteen days.
He also suggested that where poisons were used, the word
" Poison" should be written on the bottles as a caution.
In the case against Messrs. Fletcher and Firth, fruit
merchants, and their clerk, William Kerfoot, charged
with a conspiracy to defraud the customs, Mr. Monk
applied to enlarge the prisoners' recognizances to the
next assizes, or to enter into new recognizances. Mr.
Watson, on the part of the Crown, consented to the post-
ponement of the case if new recognizances were entered
into. Mr. Monk and Mr. James, on the part of the par-
ties charged, consented ; and the necessary recognizances
having been entered into, the case was adjourned to the
next assizes.

Sarah-Robinson, 24, Elizabeth Hardman, 26, Wm.
Wright, 42, and Wm. Hardman, 21, for a burglary at
Salford, in the house of Wm. Morris. Wm. Wright, who
received a good character from his employers, and Sarah
Robinson, were sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.
Wm. Hardman, who had been previously convicted, was
sentenced to 10 years' transportation ; and Elizabeth
Hardman, who had been 33 times summarily convicted in
Liverpool, was sentenced to 14 years' transportation.
Wm. Sherry, 18, Daniel Sherry, 18, Mark Leary, 17,
John Robinson, 16, Martin Feeney, 16, and John Keyler,
17, were indicted for having assaulted Thomas Monks, at
Manchester, on the Ist of January, and robbed him of a
watch, value £5. Feeney and Keyler were acquitted, but
the two Sherrys, Leary, and Robinson were found guilty,
and setenced to six months imprisonment.
BlGAMY.—Richard Batho, a respectable looking man,
was indicted for having, at Manchester, on the 18th of
August, 1828, married Elizabeth Pigott, and again on the
12th June, 1850, married Elizabeth Elliotson, his former
wife being then alive. The prisoner was the son of a che-
mist, and his first wife had been a silk-winder, and at the
time of his first marriage he was only 18 years of age, and
his bride 28. She sailed in April, 1850, and returned a few
weeks ago. The prisoner had heard of his first wife's death
in June, 1850, and the second marriage was celebrated with
the knowledge of Miss Elliotson's relatives. He was
found guilty, and sentenced to two nackntbs imprisonment.
Ihe court adjourned until Monday.