The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-27 00:00:00

CHARGE OR HANSI, ALGHT}.R.

John aged 39, was charged with having, at Man-
chester.,felnuinusly lilted John Meehan.
Thi, was the case of a watchman at Manchester, who. on the
.11th of November last,. had occasion in the discharge of his
duty, to quell a drunken row, in which the deceased. was a party
engaged, By some means or other the deceased had his head
cut severely, and of this injury he died. It had been presumed
that the.vvound was inflicted by a bloc from the stick of ,the,
watchman. The prisoner was lodged in custody under the
coroner's warrant, and had continued in prison sinco Novem-
ber last.
. Wheu.the.ease had proceeded to some length, Mr. Lawrence
Peel, who prosecuted the prisoner, stated that he found he was
not ,able to prove it. The prisoner was defended .by Mr.
Brandt.

The jury signified that they were about to state their opinion,
that there was not a tittle of evidence against the prisoner, and
they thought he ought never to have been imprisoned. A ver-
dict of Not Guilty was taken.
MS U1111).01.11, ordered the prisoner to-be discharged.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

.la.hua Ogdon, 'aged 21, was • placed at the bar, charged with,
having on the 25th of December last, at Prestwich-cum•Old
ham, killed John Seville.

Cottingham appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Brandt tor the defence. •
The prisoner and the son of the deceased were companions.
Onthe evening of Christmas day, another son heard a noise in-
the lower part of the house,. which caused him. to go down
stairs. There he found the prisoner with his shoes-in his hand.
and he (the prisoner) expressed his intention of going to bed
then. lie was desired ,to.quit the house, but he did, not com-
ply. The deceased, who had been drinking at a beer-shop.not
far from them,.rettoned-home at this juncture.. The prisoner
immediately attacked him with great fury, knocking him down
and kicking him. • ‘.
It appeared ill the course of the evidence, that the deceased
had been quarrelling before he arrived at home, and had been
before abused by some one. It could not be determined by the.
evidence, from whom be had received the injury which caused
his death., .The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
The learned JUDGE sail the prisoner had had a very narrow
escape. Had he been convicted, he would assuredly .14ave•been
transported for life,.as. he, and all other. judges. were determined,
by every means in.their power, to put a step to the brutal
practice of kicking individuals while on the ground.

, MANSLAUGHTER..
Peter Erkersley, nged 27,, was charged with.having on the 11th
of February, et ,Winwick, slain Peter Gleave.
Dr. Brown conducted the prosecution, aud Mr. Murphy ap-,
peared on.the defence.
.1 t appeared from the
.evidence, that: the prisoner and Gleave
.were drinking together at a,public, house, at Winwiek, on the
night of Atte 11th of Feb. last. ,When „the,y had got out ;into
the lane, the challenged each other. to :fight. .'They stripped, .
and ,fought three or. four rounds in the lane, after which they
adjourned to a field, and fought 15 or 16 rounds more. The'
witnesses oleseribed it as a fair stand up :fight. They took off
their shoes during the latter part of the combat. . At length,. the
.prisoner struck the deceased a blow, which.knocked him down,
and he lay on the ground :insensible. Ile never recovered his
.consciousness. The,fight.toek place on .Monday night, and he
dii cl on Tuesday morning. •
The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to
morev.
Elis LonnsHlP sentenced the prisoner to one month's impri-
sonment, with hard labour.
The court adjourned at twenty minutes to six o'clock.