The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

HOUSE BREAKING.
Todd, 22, and Jenne& Farrell, 21. were charged
e dwelling-house of James Twiss,

from 30 pairs of shoes,
that adinisiion had been

f shivs were

One pair of shoes,

Iseeutor's daughter, was found in pos-
n-Farrell.—The judge summed uu with
Id seemed to think that the
Todd with tl

, and censured

po3seAsion of a bundle which
he pursuit. After a few 'na-
ry acquitted Todd, and found
transportation.

A. meanly-dressed man here interruptect the court, and
red to be brought forward by the. Judge. On
ed what he had to say, the following colloquy

being asi
took plat
JUDGE
Man.
are mo!
junc

What have you to Fay

I mean to say that the proceedings of this court
st hypocritical.
3E.—And I conmit you to gaol for one month.
him into custody.
,lan.—Thank you, my Lord.

11013 SI
44, wa

2 Elliott,

urglary, at Sal.

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baton, had been stolen on the night his house was
entered, and amongst them a shilling of the reign of
George IL, with a remarkable inscription engraved on it,
rhich was identified by the prosecutor, and found on the
7. The prisoner was observed by a
a witness, standing on the seat of a

boy, who appiared

water closet, an 4 the same witness found in the water
closet a-number of papers, also identified by the proAecu-
.

t')t, as well as some skeleton keys, and a joiner's gouge
stuck up with a view to concealment on a ledge in the

aer made a very-rambling

The jury found the prisoner guilty. A previous
conviction was proved, and the sentence of ten years'

►ansportation Was passed

LARCENY

Michael Furlong, 36, and Mary Furlong, 29, were
charged with stealing a child's frock, and other articles, at
Preston, and also a quantity of carpet, at Bolton. The
female prisoner pleaded guilty, but remained at the bar,
and was accommodated with a chair. The only evidence
against the male prisoner was, that he was in the posses-

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sion of the key of a box, in which the stolen property was
found. He was acquitted. The female was sentenced to
six months on each of three indictments, with hard labour.

William Ban

ARSON

r, an intelligent looking lad of 15, was
g set tire to a quantity of cotton in the

f manufacture in a carding engine at Heaton Nor-
is, on the Ist of March. A lad employed in the same
establishment swore positively to seeing the prisoner
throw a lighted match upon the cotton, and then run away ;
but upon cross-examination, varied considerably from his
original statement, and the prisoner was acquitted.
The grand jury. was discharged at two o'clock.

ARSON AN D ROBBERY

John Ingham ,Bond, 30, was indicted for setting fire to
the hat warehouse of Messrs. Owen and Eyton, at Man-
chester, on the 6th of February last. It appeared that
there were no fewer than four fires lighted in different
parts of the building, leaving not the slightest doubt that
in

s the work of in incendiary. A number of hats, in
m unfinished state were also stolen at the time of the fire.
The prisoner pledged some hats with a pawnbroker at
Staleybridge on the 6th of February, and portion of these
hats proved to be the property of the prosecutors. To
obtain admission into the warehouse a hole had been cut
through the door, and a razor belonging to the prisoner,
formerly in good order, but now a good' deal worn, as if
from rough work, was found to correspond with the
marks in the wood where the bole was cut. It was con-
tended for the prosecution, that the prisoner being found
in the possession of the property, under the circumstances
detailed, would fix upon him the guilt of having set fire to
the place. The prisoner, who took copious notes during
the trial, subjected the first witness (prosecutors' foreman)
to' a long cross-examination. He was found guilty.
Sentence deferred.
The court rose at half-past five.

NISI PRIUS COURT

-THURSDAY

HOWARD V. WOOD AND OTHERS

This was an action of replevin. The plaintiff, Mr. James
Howard, is a butcher in Bury, and the defendants, Abra.
ham Wood and Thomas Grundy, are magistrates of the

of distraint upon
ment of his port]

e goods of the plaintiff for non-pay-
-2d.) of a lighting rate. It ap-
: of the rate-payers and in-

ared that at a pu

habitants of Bury, a lighting act, passedifi 1836, was
adopted by a majority of at least two-thirds of those pre-
sent, and twelve inspectors were appointed to carry it
into effect. At a subsequent meeting it was resolved that
a sum of £7OO should be raised, and the churchwardens
were empowered, for this purpose to levy a rate of Sd in
the pound. The only question to try was whether the
rate imposed in 1843 was valid; because, if it were, the
seizure of plaintiff's goods was justifiable by law. On be-
half of the plaintiff a number of technical objections were
urged, which were, however, overruled, and his lordship
quaintly-summed Up as follows:—"Gentlemen, different
people see things in different lights. Mr. Howard has
proved himself a hero., In 1843 a rate of is. 2d. was levied
upon the plaintiff for the purpose of lighting the township
in which lie lives ; and what he says is, that he ought to
have been rated first at 75., and afterwards at 2d. ; and
because he was rated all at once, he has brought the pre-
sent action (a laugh). This being the case, it is my duty
to tell you that yon must give your verdict for the defend-
ants, and the plaintiff has the satisfaction of knowing that
he has settled the question."—A verdict for the defend-
ants was accordingly returned.—Mr. Baines, with whom
was Mr. Thornlinson, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr.