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CROWN COURT
MURDER.
James Hanson, a mild looking man, aged 36, was charged
with having, on the 21st of March last, at Manchester, mur-
dered Williar
Mr. Am
tion : the

-TUESDAY

Cheetharr

strong and Mr. Wilkins conducted the prosecu-

risoner was undefended.
--___ISTRONG laid before the jury, lb detail, the circum-
stances which he intended to bring forward in evidence.
John Clayton, sworn.—l am a waterman. I live in Rich-

Mr. AR

ard-street, Rochdale. lam the captain of a boat belonging
to William Shepherd. On Saturday, the 21st of March, I
was at an eating-house in Tibb-street, Manchester. I left
at half-past two, and went to the Crown and Anchor. From
there I went to the boat. That was about three o'clock.
Some men were there, loading my boat with slates. Mine
was the only boat at the Manchester end. I went then to
the Brownsfield Tavern, in Brewery-street. The prisoner
was with me all the time. We met the deceased there. The
prisoner and the deceased were the two hands in my boat.
I left the Brownsfield Tavel n about a quarter before eight.
was asleep, during the afternoon, about two hours, on the
,or. John Cheetham left with me at about a quarter before
'it. I don't know whether I left the prisoner and Wm.
Ahem there or not. I know that they were there before
asleep. I was drunk when I left. The prisoner and
eased were algo drunk. I went to Mill's-hill station-
, the railwal, and slept there all night. I returned
about nine o'clock on Sunday morning. I met Hanson in the
street, near the Brownsfield Tavern. He asked me where I
had been all night, and I told him. He said I had not been
there, and that he had heard of me being in Manchester.
He said, " Why, Bill's dead." I said, " He's not, surely,
is he ?" He smiled, and said, " No, he's not dead, but he's
such a face as thou never see." I said, " Come, let us go
look at him, and see how he is." When I left the boat,
there was some horse-corn on board ; nearly a bushel. He
-id the corn was stolen • somebody had stolen it, but he
-+ know who. He did not say anything about a sack.
arn was in a sack. He said another boat had been
ed of some ropes. He did not say who had done it.
said Bill had told him that four men and a woman
.ad pelted him on his face. This was as we were go-
ing along to the boat. About this time, directly after nine
o'clock, we got to the cabin of the boat. I opened the cabin
door, and saw the deceased kneeling, with the upper part of
his body on the bed. His hands were under him, like; on
his side. I called him by his name three times, and he never
answered me. I shook him by the back of his waistcoat.
He never answered. I got hold of his hair, lifted up his
head, and looked at his face. He was dead, but warm. He
was dressed all but his hat. His hat was lying on the floor,
' 41,e crown broken nearly out. lie had two black eyes
His lip was swollen, and the 'end of his chin
and one of his cheeks, I believe the right, was scarred. I
think it had been done with feet and fists. The cheek looked
,s if it had been dragged along the ground. There was a
*tie blood, about the breadth of half-a-crown, on the floor,
-- -fife. It looked as if it had been done by conti-
.

With
swollen up

nual dropping in the place. The prisoner said, " Wkat must
we do now, John ?" I said, "We must go and fetch a po-
liceman ; he's dead." I went for a policeman and found
one. The prisoner went with me. We took two policemen
back with us to the boat. The policemen went on board.
There were three pieces of blue slate found in the cabin by
the policemen. As we were carrying the body off to the
Infirmary, the policeman picked up a piece of a brick about
three yards from the canal. I believe the prisoner did not
help to carry the body, nor did I. The piece of brick was
bloody. I and the prisoner underwent an examination al-
most immediately, but were dismissed. Hanson was taken
nost immediately. The bed-clothes in the cabin

ambled as if they had been slept on. I Saw a wooden
mallet found on the cabin-floor by Soulby, the constable.
We had used it to break coal with. I had seen it on board
the boat on Saturday. The corn amounted to about eight
or nine feeds. It was about an hour after the body had
been removed that this mallet was found. A part of a loaf
was missing from The cabin, but no lines. The sack which
contained the corn was missing, and I never saw it after. I
saw my boat last about half-past three on Saturday after-
noon, close to the wharf wall. There was part of a truss of
hay on board. A portion of this hay had been taken. The
prisoner had only been with us a week. 1 never saw him in

a passion.
By the pr

soner.—Did I not assist to carry the body to

the bearing-barrow ? Witness : lam not quite sure.
George Rose, sworn.-1 am a private watchman to Mr.
Binns. He has a factory which overlooks the arm of the
canal in which Shepherd's boat was. The boat was lying op-
posite our engine-house on Saturday, the 21st of March. I
was on duty that night. I heard a cry of murder two or three
times from a boat which lay there. This was between ten
minutes and a quarter past seven. I, in consequence, went
into the engine-house to see what it was. It was a darkish
night. I was about fourteen yards from the place._ When I

got there, a man was coming out of the boat, and the cries
were not repeated. He came out of the cabin and went into
the wharf. As he came out, he said—" I will cut your head
off if I could find a stone. I will make you remember for
throttling me." I did not see any other person in the boat.
I saw a man put his head up at the cabin, which the other
had come out at. The man who had come out threw some
stones, or something of that sort, at the man who put his
head out. He kept going about the yard, and searching for
stones, and throwing them. He kept swearing at him, and
- hat he would do at him ; he said once—he would
id, " I dont care for the boat—l can have
He went on to the boat and towards the

threateni

murder him
another any day
cabin. 'I

_lead of the man had disappeared once, but re-
appeared again. He kept calling out watch, and telling the
man who threw the stones to go away. The man, who had
gone on board, either struck, or threw, or kicked ; and then
the man who had his head out of the cabin dropped. My
impression was, that he fell from a blow. All was still from
that tim

The man who had thrown the stones was going
ito the cabin, and was about half down when I went away.
All this occupied about twenty minutes. The man that was
killed said something to me just at first, but I could not tell
-it was, that they had been fighting, or summat
—summat about fight. I did not say anything to him. I
never interfere with boatmen, they are often fighting, and
they would have broke the windows if I interfered. I did
not see enough of the man who threw the stones to know him
again. He had something dark coloured on him. It was
either a round jacket, or a waistcoat with sleeves. He had
on a pair of light coloured trousers. I saw a man named
Bold, come up with a lime-boat, after this matter had begun.
He came through the lock, and brought his boat up by Shep-
herd's boat, passed it, any lay about a quarter of a mile fur-
ther up. I heard no disturbance after that time. The per-
son who threw Stones appeared to me to be a less man than
the prisoner. The floor where I stood, was about three feet
higher than the deck of the boat. The man was speaking
angrily when he threw the stones, and he had a voice like a
lad's voice. The prisoner did not, at the coroner's inquest,
speak at all like the person who was at the boat. About the
same time as the murder was done, I saw a man on the con-
trary side of the lock-gate : this was just after Bold had come

hat it was—

.....__o; the lock. He shouted, as -I
thought to me, but I
could not tell what he said. I heard a sentence like " come

James Bold sworn—l live at Hatherlowe, the other side of
Stockport. lam a boatman in the employ of Messrs. Booth
and Co., lime-dealers. On Saturday, the 21st March, as I
was ttoing: through Brownsfield Loch, I was near Shepherd's

boaC•iCwas about eight o'clock. I saw a man come off the
top of the brick wall on to the end of the balance pole. He
vas apparently coming out of Bridge's slate-yard. He
mped off the balance-pole on to the bank. He ran towards
corner and then back. He stepped back, and began to
stones or brick ends. He said, " I'll either
Kilt thee or cut thy head off." Another voice cried out,
" Get off with thee—get off with thee ' • I'll have no more to
do with thee." The voice came from the stern end of Shep-
perd's boat. The man who got the stones kept drawing
nigher to the vessel. As I passed Shepherd's boat I said to
George Rose, " There's a storm here, I think, George." The
man who was upon Shepherd's boat—l think it was the man
ho had gathered the stones—said, " Jem, what must I do
" There were two persons upon Shepherd's boat ;
_

stber so

at him

son deck, and the other partly in the cabin. I said,
Leave him alone." The man in the cabin was crying out
' Watch," and the other said he did not care for all the
ien in Manchester. He then took his foot, and, as I
t, gave him a severe punch. I thought I heard a
(slip.) He jumped on the bank, and began rattling
• the slates. I said, " Leave him ; I think thee's done
-
enough at him." Ile cursed and swore, and jumped on the
hatches, and began to throw slates out on the bank. I did
riot hear anything frpm the man in the cabin after the kick.
I knew the deceased, anti I knew him by his waistcoat when
I saw him at the dead-house in Manchester. I could only

iought

, he was so disfigured. I could not
ir to the waistcoat. The man who threw the
s had on a pair of light-coloured trousers. He had a
lad's ;he was speaking in a passion. I can't
sower is like him or not. My name is

swear to the waistcoat

Lk voice like

Jantes ; the man called me " Jena." I don't know the pri-
soner at all. There are many knows me that I don't know.
By the JUDGE.—I saw a lad on the contrary aide of the
anal, who shouted something which I thought was " come
yt

James Howart
Tavern. On the
Tavern is

sworn.—l am a waiter at the Brownsfield
of March I was so. The Brownsfield
Jout 150 yards from Bridge's slate-yard. On the
the 21st of March, Wm. Cheetham and John
at the tavern, and the prisoner. Between
•eased went away, and the prisoner went
risoner asked Shepherd, the owner
some money.. but he refused to give him any.
In liquor except Mr. Shepherd. I'saw the
line o'clock. He suppered his horse, and
)f beer. Jds. Howarth and Jas. Cheetham
Prisoner told me that some one had been,
n shamefully. That was all he said about
walked out. I did not hear Howarth say
nff to him. The prisoner had a pair of light-coloured
and a waistcoat on, and a waistcoat with sleeves.
-,ny more of him that night. Howarth said
Cheetham's boat being robbed. Between
morning, I saw the prisoner. I saw him
`le was inquiring for the captain. He said
"If he could have waked

m wer

of the boat, fo

were in the he
and beaten W

it. He soon afte

I did not see

five and six next

again about nine,
he could not tin

William, they would have gone with the boat. He (William)
has such a face as you never see." One of our servant girls
said " have yoir gotteti noliody to him. He replied—". 9;
only bleeds at the nose a little—l think he'll do in a Int
away, and the captain (Clayton) and the prisoner
pack in a short time and said, " William's dead—where
-all we find a policeman ?" The captain had tears in his
eyes. The prisoner had not time to go to the boat when he
went out; he only went a short distance and met the captain.
James Howarth sworn.—l am a boatman, and I live at
Boreshaw Clough. I belong to a boat owned by John Cheet-
ham. On the afternoon of the 21st of March I and Samuel
Cheetham left our boat, and I returned about six. I re-
mained about half an hour, and then went to the Brownsfield
'avern. IMI _ on the Piccadilly basin ; .there was a
ick between my boat and Shepherd's. 1 returned to toy
oat about half-past seven. I remained till about a quarter-
iast eight. I left my boat then in the same place. I went
Brownsfield Inn to give my horse its supper, and on my
return the was shifted nearer to the lock. I found that
three towing-lines and a pair of trousers had been stolen.
When I discovered the robbery I went to the Brownsfield
Tavern and told the waiter. The prisoner sat in the tap_
I said the lines had been stolen, he said "have
if they would lend us a line. He said
one word about his own boat

He went

ly boat was

past eight. 1 ieu may uu.
to Brownsfield Inn to giv

I asked I
LI. He d

nor about the man who was dead. This
._;;;;;110-t;i-ni.ne o'clock. I went back to the boat and Samuel
Cheetham and I took it through the lock. We fastened her
alongside Shepherd's boat. When we got there the prisoner
cried out "Jena," and asked us if we had any matches. I
said no, and he asked if we had any sulphur. I said we had,
and I took a piece about half as big as an egg. He tried to
make a fire and he could not. He went to Mrs. Jackson's
at the lock-house fur a light. It was then about half-past
nine. Up to this time he had not said one word about the
deceased. The prisoner gave me a piece of dry line, and I
ent and got a light which was handed to the over the wall.
gave him the lighted rope and followed him into the cabin.
• • I him to make a lire. I saw the deceased sitting on
the sleeves of his shirt were bloody. He said, "it was
dun i'th cabin," and the prisoner responded, "it was done in
the street." Tire deceased had been resting with his head for-
wards towards his knees, but he raised himself up. One said
it was done in the cabin, and the other in the street, two or
three times over. I then came away. I went next morning
about six o'clock for the hauling line which he had promised
to lend me. The prisoner was in bed; and the deceased, with
his clothes on, lay with his back on the bed, and his feet off.
I asked the prisoner if he would find me the line, and he said
he would. He got up and dressed himself. He had to heave
the line from under the bed. As soon as he had got dressed
he shouted out " Bill ;" but as the deceased did not stir, he
got hold of each arm, and shook him, and kicked him on the
bottom of his shoes. He pulled him off the bed on to the

41aielkit Mg ksteer4lithe oo a his ad sunk to

the ground. He'neithet:stirred nor'spoir. Hewil; not dead.
He gave a great snore when I went into the cabin, and I could
see the veins of his neck give way. I did not think that any-
thing ailed him, but that somebody might have hit him over
the nose or summat o' that. The deceased was in the same

bed as he had occupied the night before, and I supposed him
to be stupid with drink. The prisoner had, on the preceding
night, a light coloured pair of trousers, and he had the same
con next morning. He was not lifted up while I staid.
Samuel Cheatham.—l am a fellow-boatman with the last
I was at the Brownsfield Tavern on the 21st of

witness

March. The prisoner and William Clayton were quarrel-
ing. The prisoner was angry and called the deceased names.
Clayton tapped the prisoner on the cheeck, and told him if he
wanted to fight, he would fight. I left the tavern a little
before seven, and they were all three there. Clayton was

asleep on the form. I next saw the prisoner at the same tavern
a little after eight. The prisoner suppered his horse, and I
and Howarth left him !here. lye went to the boat, and found

that our lines were stolen, and I sent Howarth back in con-

sequence. I went to the prisoner's boat next morning. I
looked into the cabin. The deceased was in a kneeling pos-
ture, close to the bed, on which his head rested. The prisoner
pulled the deceased over, and he then lay on his back. He
seemed pressed for his wind, but I thought it was with what
they_had done at him to awaken him. 1 saw marks on his

cheek and chin. There was dry blood upon hrslaCe: His
eyes were swelled up as if he had been fighting.
Thomas Sidebottom.—l live in Long-street, Manchester,
and work in Mr. Bridge's slate-yard. On Saturday the 21st
of March, I left soon after seven o'clock. I saw the prisoner
a little before seven go out of the yard with a bag, like pro-
vender for his_horse in it. I could not tell what it was. It

appeared to he heavy. If it were corn, there would be half-a-
dozen, or more feeds. I had seen the deceased, a little before
that, go out of the gate. He was very drunk. William
Paton locked the gate when we all went. The prisoner stood
outside the gate, and asked if we were going to lock up.
Paton said, in aminute." I asked the prisoner if he were
_ .

going in. He said he did not know, but he went in a moment
after. He had not the bag with him then. There is no en-
trance to the yard but through that gate, except over the wall.
Tha wall, at the lowest place, is six feet high.
_ . . .

. -
William Paton ;corroborated the testimony of the last wit-
ness, so far as related to the interview at the gate.
Thomas Prichard, of Booth-street. Manchester.—l am in
the employ of Mr. Booth. I left my work on Saturday, the
21st, at seven o'clock. About half an hour before I left, I
saw a man pass into the yard towards Shepherd's boat. I
_

could not tell who it was ; I did not notice. 'Some time after,
shortly before I left, I saw a man, with a bag on his shoul-
der, go out of the yard. It was not the man I had seen go
in before. I did not see him go back.
Sarah Taylor.—l five at the Brownafield Lock-house. On
the 21st of March, a person came into the house, and got a
rope lighted about seven o'clock in the evening. Soon afte
t:

1 heart cries of murder repeated about three- times. I did
not take any notice, as I am in the habit of hearing such

Soon-after Bold came, and told me what he had seen

I did not hear any cries

He said he had seen a good fight
after that.
Martha Jackson, daughter of Mrs. Jackson, who keeps the
Lock-house. On the night of the 21st of March she deli-
vered a light to some one who handed a rope over the wall to
her. She heard the screams of murder three times.

George Fisher.—l am a carter, in the en ploy of Mr.
Airy. On the 22d March I was at the stable in Browns-
field. On my way to the stable I met with the prisoner. He
asked me to pay for a pint of ale, saying that he was unwell.
I agreed. He said they had had a serious misfortune ; that
John Cheetham's boat had been robbed of the whole of the
lines, and William Cheetham had been very badly used. He
had lent John Cheetham an old hauling line. Their corn
had been stolen, and he bad an extra feed and that was gone
too. He said two men and a woman had abused the de-

ceased.
Prisoner.—l said four : the deceased told me four

Peter Hambleton, a beer•seller, stated, that the prisoner

was athis house on Sunday morning, the 22d, wheii he told
me that two men and a woman had been on board and had
used Cheetham sadly. He said he had requested deceased
to get up and wash himself and he had assented. Witness
remarked, that it was strange that they should have so many
robberies, so many Saturday nights together, and that no one
should have looked after them. Two or three boats had
been robbed of their lines some different Saturday nights be-
fore that. Witness asked the prisoner why he did not alarm
either him or Mr. Wormbold about it. He replied, " I
thought he was only sadly beaten and he would he better in
the morning." He said they robbed his vessel of a line and
a sack and corn.
William Shepherd, owner of the boat of which Clayton was
the captain, after corroborating a slight portion of the for-
mer evidence, said the prisoner had been in his employ nine
or ten years. When he was in a passion his voice was rather
shrill.

Mr. William Smith, a surgeon, proved that the deceased
was brought to the Manchester Infirmary on the 22d March.
The cause of death was fracture of the skull and effusion of
a great quantity of blood on the brain. There were lacera-
tions of a scalp and several contusions on the face. The
fracture was produced by a blow from some heavy body. A
brickbat thrown violently would produce it, or a blow from
a mallet, but a kick would not.
James Wardle, a policeman, of Manchester, deposed, that,
having heard of a murder, he proceeded to the boat. He
described the appearance of the deceased. The prisoner was
on board, who told him that the deceased had informed him
that he was beaten by four men and a woman, who had rob-
bed him of five shillings and the boat of a line and the corn.
There was a large hole in the hat of the deceased, as if cut
with a slate or a brick. There were marks of blood on the
floor and bed.
John Butcher, a sergeant in the Manchester police, corro-
borated the above testimony, as regarded what the prisoner
stated he had heard from the deceased. The prisoner did
not believe at first that the deceased was so bad as he was.
Witness produced a brick which he had found on the canal
bank with blood upon it. The blood was still on it. The
morning had been wet, but it had ceased raining, and the
brick was quite dry.
James Sauley, one of the superintendents of the Manches-
ter police, proved that there were some marks of blood upon•
a mallet found in the cabin of the boat. The blood was
then quite fresh. The prisoner had on a pair of uncut fus-
tian trousers : there were spots of blood upon them about
the knee, which might have been done when the prisoner
assisted to carry the body. The trousers were produced.
They were of a dark dirty-coloured fustian.
Haworth was recalled by the Judge. He said, in reply
to a question from his lordship, that when he saw the pri-
soner and the deceased, the latter did not say anything that
indicated an intention of blaming the prisoner.
His LORDSHIP, in putting the case to the Jury, remarked
on the confusion which appeared throughout the case, through
which they must endeavour to see their way as clearly as they
could. Ere they could find the prisoner guilty, it would be
necessary for them to satisfy themselves that the prisoner was
the man who had inflicted the injuries of which the party had
died ; if they were of opinion that that had not been satisfac-
torily made out, the prisoner must be acquitted. On the
other hand, if they felt satisfied that he had inflicted those
injuries, they would then have to consider whether the case
amounted to murder, or only to manslaughter. The offence
appeared to have been committed by the man who threw the
stones ; and from what he had, said about his having been
throttled, it would appear that there had been a struggle be-
tween the parties in the cabin, and that the man seen on the
outside had, in a state of exasperation, committed the vio-
lence which had produced the fatal effects described. It was
not sufficient, in order to reduce the crime to manslaughter,
that there had been a fight previously, for if it were proved
that the retaliation had exceeded all reasonable limits, or that
the conduct was such as to exhibit a savage and brutal tem-
per, and a determination to wreak vengeance, it would un-
doubtedly take a more serious aspect. It was always neces-
sary in such cases to ponder upon the evidence very carefully.
His Lordship proceeded to read over the evidence very mi-
nutely, dwelling in his progress on such points as were ma-
terial.
The Jury retired at four o'clock, the case for the prosecu-
tion and the summing up having occupied seven hours. They
returned at five o'clock, and delivered in a verdict of guilty
of manslaughter.
His LORDSHIP remarked upon the barbarity with which
the circumstances of the case had been marked, and passed
upon the prisoner sentence of fifteen years' transportation.
CHARGE OF MURDER.

James Al' Kiveringan, aged 30, was charged with having
killed George Washington, in this town, on the 21st of July.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and
so the .prisoner stood charged in the calendar ; the Grand
Jury had returned a bill for wilful murder, on which the pri-
soner now stood for trial.
Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Murphy conducted the prosecu-
tion, Mr. Wilkins the defence.
Mary Brown sworn.—(This witness is a woman of colour.)
—I am a widow residing in this town. I knew the deceased.
His name was Washington. I know the prisoner slightly.
He keeps a public-house iu Stewart-street. In July last I
remember coming up Stewart-street, about eight o'clock in
the morning. I saw WlCiveringan standing a few doors
from his house. He had a stone larger than my fist in his
hand. I saw Washington pass inc. He went on a-head of
me towards the prisoner. The prisoner stood on the foot-
walk, and Washington stepped off to pass him. (Washing-
ton, the deceased, it appeared, was a black man.) There
were two other persons with the prisoner. When Washing-
ton had passed them, he put his foot on the parapet to go on
it again. The moment he did this, M`Kiveringan struck him
with the stone between his two shoulders, a very severe blow.
The deceased fell. As the deceased was falling, the prisoner
succeeded his blow with his foot, kicking him on the side of
the head. As this was done I ran up. I said, " Oh, Mr.
Washingion's dead." Two or three men and women ran up
to help him up. He could not speak, but bled at his mouth,
nose, and ears. I saw the deceased conveyed home. He did
not recover his senses while I remained with him.
Cross-examined by Mr. WI LKIN s.---I am a native of Ame-
rica, and I get my living by washing for seamen. The de-
ceased was rather infirm. (It appeared that he was 63 years
of age.) One of the men who went up when he fell was Mr.
Smith ; has since gone to sea.
Margaret Treadwell stated, that on the morning of the 21st
July she was in Stewart-street. She saw a crowd, and the
deceased, George Washington, lying on the ground. He was
insensible, and blood was coining from his ears, nose, eyes.
and mouth. I raised up his head and gave him a drink of
water. He gave a kind of cough, and the bloody water all
came gushing back again.
Bridget Lyon.—l reside near Stewart-street. I recollect
the morning of Tuesday, the 21st July last. I went out that
morning in consequence of having heard something about a
black man. I crossed over the street, and saw the black man
lying, as I thought, dead. I went by direction of Treadwell
to get a drink of water. Witness described the application
of the water as the last witness had done. About 25 minutes
after I saw WlCiveringan in the street. He said to a woman
that he had on the night before got beaten by a coloured man,
and he would beat every coloured man he came across.
Cross-examined by Mr. WILKINS.—I don't know the
woman to whom he said this. It was about a hundred yards
from WlCiveringan's house. It was beside the lowest Jew's
kwiaieswhi‘mvassehlfinagtotl.
shop in the street.
I saw him after he had
pri-
soner
lived Daniel
td under Atkins,
chargehouse
owfmhsatenar be obhfi
he lodged.
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gluveori.nw.
I
been brought home. He was sitting in a chair. He was in-
sensible. I saw Mary Brown soon after, and in consequence
of what she said to me, I went in search of the prisoner. I
and my companion found him. J asked him why he struck
such an old man. He said three or four coloured men had
beaten him the night before, and he was determined to strike
the first coloured man he saw that morning. I returned to
my lodgings, and soon after Washington was taken to the
hospital, where he died.
Bridget Dewell, a creole, proved that the deceased was
brought home insensible on the morning of the 21st July last.
William Gaskill, one of the house-surgeons of the Northern
Hospital, stated that on the 21st of July, in the morning,
George Washington was brought in in a state of partial
stupor. He had on him no mark of external injury, but he
had a swelling at the back of his neck. On account of the
colour of his skin, he could not observe any marks of bruises.
He remained in the hospital nineteen days, when he died. A
post mortem examination was made. All the organs of the
body were healthy except the brain. Beneath the scalp on
the right side there was a clot of blood, which could only
have been produced by violence. There was an abscess in
the brain, and a slight trace of inflammation. There was also
a lacerated appearance, which is frequently found after death
from blows on the head. These appearances were all occa-
sioned by external violence. A blow from a stone might
of aggravated man-
occasion such appearances, violence.
of which might have been
produced by one violent blow.
slaTuhghetejru.ry found the prisoner guilty
Mr. WiLxisis called: witnesses, who spoke to the general
good character and humanity of the prisoner.
His LORDSHIP said, the crime of the prisoner had ap.

proaaed very nearly to murder, for he had evidently had
malice in his heart against the people of the colour of those
who had offended. The prisoner was sentenced to trans-
portation for fifteen years.
The Court arose at six o'clock.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-TUESDAY.
SEDUCTION.-AINSCOUGH V. ASHCROFT

The plaintiff, Thomas Ainscough, is farm-bailiff to Mr.
Scarisbrick, of Scarisbrick-hall, and he brought the present
action to recover compensation in damages for the loss of the
service of Jane Ainscough, his daughter, who had been se-
duced by the defendant. The defendant, who was a neigh-
bouring farmer, had access to the plaintiff's house, as there
was some relationship between the families, his brother hav-
ing married the plaintiff's sister. On one of these visits he
took advantage of the plaintiff's daughter, and the result was
that on the 25th May, 1839, a child was born.
Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Cowling were for the plaintiff.
Mr. ALEXANDER, for the defendant, contended that the
case was not one that should have been brought before a jury,
but have been taken before a magistrate, and an order in bas-
tardy applied for.
The JUDGE, in directing the Jury told them that this
course could not have been taken. _ _

The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £4O

DOE DEM. ROGERS AND ANOTHER V. ADCOCK

This was an undefended action to recover possession of
certain premises in Charles-street and Oxford-street, Chorl-
ton-upon-Medlocir, Manchester, let to the defendant as a
weekly tenant. The jury returned a verdict for the defen-
dant.