The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

NIST PRIUS COURT.-THURSDAY

John Hunt was indicted for having, on the night of the
19th July, 1847, stolen a colt, the property of Messrs.
Chadwick, manufacturers, at Eccles, near Manchester.
From the evidence, it appeared that the prisoner was seen
near Buxton, soon after the discovery of the robbery, en-
deavouring to sell the animal. Eventually he was, some
time ago, apprehended in Liverpool. Mr. Monk, who
defended the prisoner, hinted a suspicion to the jury that
there might easily be a mistake as to identity, particularly
as such a length of time had elapsed between the robbery
and his apprehension. On this point the learned counsel
dilated at some length. His lordship then summed up,
and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
George Huyton was charged with having, on the Ist
instant, at Eccicston. stabbed Daniel Holland, with intent
to maim him. Mr. Monk prosecuted, and Mr. Aspinall
defended. The evidence adduced in support of the charge
went to show that, on the night in question, the prisoner
was at the Ecclesto, Arms public-house, and whilst there
behaved in a most riotous manner, going so far as even to
stab the landlord in seven different parts of his body with
a penknife. Mr. Aspinall, in his defence, submitted that
the occurrence had most probably arisen from the priso-
ner having been in liquor, and said the evidence had not
in any way shown that the prisoner had had an evil inten-
tion. As the landlord had shown equal belligerent powers
it was also probable that he himself was drunk. In fact
it was a regular row. After his lordship had summed up
the jury returned a verdict of guilty without any malice
prepensi6. He was sentenced to nine months' imprison-
ment with hard labour.

James Blackshaw, 52, was charged with having, at
Reddish, in this county, broken into a warehouse, and
stolen therefrom 36 hats, the property of James Ellor.
Sentence deferred.

CROWN COURT.-FRIDAY

SENTENCES.—SamueI .111` Namara and George Patter-
son, convicted of au absault upon Anthony latuan.,
Liverpool, and wounding him with intent to do grievous
bodily harm, were sentenced to six months hard labour in
the House of Correction. George Leigh and Benjamin
Anderson, who had pleaded guilty to forging orders for
goods at Manchester, having been previously convicted of
felony, were sentenced to be transported for seven years.
Thomas Bedford, aged 35, was charged with unlawfully
forging a petition, purporting to be the petition of Peter
M'Farlane, with intent to defraud her majesty's customs ;
also, with having forged a certain paper purporting to
bear the signatures of E. Rushton and J. Duke, with in-
tent to defraud the said commissioners. The indictment
also charged the prisoner with obtaining three shillings
from one Patrick Kenny by false pretences. The jury
found the prisoner guilty on the last count of the indict-
ment only, namely, that of forging the names of Mr.
Rushton and Mr. Duke, and he was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL—John
Campbell, 21, was arraigned on an indictment, and also
on an inquisition, charging him with the manslaughter of
Joseph Gibson, at Liverpool, on the 17th November last.
The learned Judge summed up, and the jury acquitted the
prisoner.
Andrew Hunter, William Hardigan, and Thos. Ryder,
were charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-
house of John Unsworth, and stealing thereout four silver
teaspoons and sixteen shillings in silver. A verdict of
guilty was returned against Hardigan and Hunter. Ryder
was acquitted. In consequence of a former conviction,
Hunter was sentenced to ten years' transportation, and
Hardigan was sentenced to ten years' transportation.
Francis Harrison and Joseph Harrison were charged
with having, at Over Darwen, on the 12th of November
last, feloniously killed and slain Michael Horrock. The
prisoners, who are brothers, residing at Over Darwen,
were at a public-house there on the evening in question,
and after leaving it met in the road with the deceased,
who was a sawyer, in Blackburn, after which a quarrel
took place, which ultimately ended in the deceased having
his leg broken, which resulted in his death. The pri-
soners were both found guilty and recommended to mercy.
His lordship sentenced them to six mouths imprisonment,
with hard labour.
PRIZE FIGHT.—John Middleton was indicted for the
manslaughter of Richard Lilley, at Stratford, near Man-
chester, and Hugh Jones, 26, Thomas Welsh, 19, and
Joseph Ellis, 20, were charged, in the same indictment,
with aiding and assisting. Mr. Monk and Mr. Barlow
were for the prosecution ; Mr. Cross defended Jones. The
others were not defended. The facts of the case were
very brief :—The parties assembled at a prize-fight which
took place at Throstle Nest, in Stretford, near Manches-
ter. A large crowd was present ; the combatants were
Middleton and Lilley; the others, and a person not in
custody, acted as seconds and bottleholders. The fight
lasted two hours, when Lilley was knocked down and,
began to bleed profusely from the nose and mouth. He'
was removed in a car to a public-house, and a surgeon was
procured, but he died in almost three-quarters of an hour
of effusion of blood on the brain. It was stated that the
fight was a fair stand-up one, and Middleton was also
much punished. He bad engaged in the fight reluctantly,
and, after his opponent died, gave himself up voluntarily.
The jury found all guilty ; and his lordship, after express-
ing his hope that they would not again engage in such
' unlawful acts, said be thought the ends of justice would
be satisfied by a lenient sentence. They were then sen-
tenced to be imprisoned ten days each.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-FRIDAY
MURDER.

William Cheetham was indicted for having, at Over
Darwen, wilfully murdered Isabella Cheetham, his wife.
It appeared that on the sth ult., the prisoner had gone
home from the colliery where he worked, and because his
wife refused to prepare his dinner, unless he gave her some
money, he got into a passion, knocked her down, and
otherwise maltreated her. She escaped to her mother's
house, but returned home next day. She afterwards was
observed to be black over her limbs, and died on the 30th.
There was no direct proof that the death of the deceased
was caused by blows from the prisoner ; but he certainly
had accelerated it, in some degree, by his brutality, and
the jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter, recommend-
ing the prisoner to mercy.
Mary Ann Page was charged with the wilful murder of
her infant child at Manchester, on the sth of September
last. The prisoner was also charged with concealing the
birth of the said child. After the evidence of the sur-
geon, his lordship directed the jury to acquit the prisoner
on the capital charge, and to find her guilty of conceal-
ment of the birth. Sentence—two months' imprison-
ment with hard labour. _ _ _

John Hughes and Richard Formby were charged with
night-poaching, the indictment containing not less than
eight several counts. On the 18th of August, about two
o'clock in the morning, the watchers on the land of Mr.
Scarisbrick, at Downholland, heard a bare cry, and on
running up to the spot, some poachers jumped out of
concealment, and with cudgels and long poles beat and
kept them at bay. One of the assailants, the prisoner
Hughes, was knocked down and secured—the rest then
ran away. Two nets were found upon the spot, and a bag
with five partridges in it. Formby was not caught at the
time, and the evidence against him was but slight. Ver-
dict—Hughes, guilty; Formby, not guilty. Sentence
deferred.

SATURDAY

cARARGE OF RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS

Titus Brown, a respectable-looking man, (who was out
.on wasludicied for having, at Stockport, received a