The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-16 00:00:00

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then preferred against Mary Churchhou.se, she
stolen, on the night of the fire, several articles, such as
table-cloths, candlesticks, &c., which she pledged. A
verdict of guilty was returned in this case. Sentence to
be imprisoned, and put to hard labour, for 18 months.

DEFICAL-DING TICE REVENUE.—Mr. Digby Seymour
made application on behalf of the Crown, to discharge the
recognizances of Thomas Fletcher, Albert Firth, and
William Kerfoot, out on bail, who had been remanded from
the last assizes, on a• charge of defrauding the Customs, by
giving in false returns respecting some fruit they imported.
The Commissioners of Customs had, since the last assizes,
instituted inquiries, which have resulted in leading them
to believe that Fletcher and Firth had been misled by
Kerfoot, and, as they were now willing to pay the amount
sought to be evaded, with all costs, the commissioners re-
commended that the recognizances should be discharged,
as they did not wish further to prosecute. His lordship
agreed to the application. _ _ _ _

CUTTING ANI; WC
perfectly educated) was charg. ..nd wouna-
ing Thomas Grundy, at Farnworth, on the 28th of April
last. On the night in question, Grundy went to a beer-
house, called the Queen's Inn, where he met with several
other colliers. About ten o'clock three navvies entered, of
whom the prisoner was one. Quarrelling ensued, and the
prisoner is said to have been challenging all round. When
Grundy was leaving the house, he was attacked by the
prisoner, and received several atabs in the hand, which he
had put forth in protection. A pocket-knife was found the
next morning about 18 yards from the house, but no knife
was found ou the prisoner. When taken into custody the
prisoner admitted that he had used a piece of glass in at-
tacking Grundy, because he " collared " him, to keep him
quiet. Found guilty.—Sir George Stephen begged leave
to submit to. his lordship a high certificate of character.—
His lordship said he would consider his verdict.
BURGLARY.,--JaMeS Kean, aged 19, who could neither
read nor write; pleaded guilty to having; at Levenshulme,
near Manchester, burglariously entered the dwelling-house
of Dr. R. Slater, and stolen therein several trifling articles,
in May, being discovered in the act. He pleaded not guilty
to another charge of entering the house of Mr. Mason, also
in Levenshulme, on the Ist of May, from which.three
brushes, &c., were taken being disturbed, while in the
house, by the inmates getting up. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty, upon which his lordship sentenced him,
for the burglary to winch he pleaded guilty, ten years'
transportation ; for the one to which he pleaded not guilty,
three months' imprisonment.
BURGLARY AT OPENSITAW.—John Thompson, aged 20,
who could only read, was indicted for burglary and stealing
a watch. A verdict of guilty was returned, and his, lord-
ship' sentenced him to seven years' transportation.
BURGLARY AT BUTLY.—Mary Gough, aged 22, who
could only read, was indicted for having feloniously and
burglariously entered the house of Mr. John Taylor, carter,

t' OUNDIN(

—Daniel Lee, aged 2
ed with stabbin

of Hornby-street, Bury, on the- morning of the .2.6t1r of
May last,. and stolen therefrom a blanket, sheet, and other
articles. A policeman met the prisoner about five o'clock,
with a large bundle of clothes, and when he questioned
her, she said that she had come from Liverpool, where she
had been to fetch them out of pawn. The jury found the
prisoner guilty of burglary. His lordship said it appeared
that it was not the only case in which she had been con-
victed of ferony ; this was the third time. She pleaded
that necessity had driven her to it. Sentenced to seven
years' transportation.

31ANsLA GU'rEl3.. William Sellers, aged 52, who could
neither read nor write, hawker and broker, was indicted
for having at Prestwich-cum-Oldham, near Manchester,
caused the death of Jonathan Booth, aged. 44, a grocer. On
Whit-Friday, the deceased went into a public-house kept
by one Joseph Taylor, where he met the prisoner Sellers.
The conversationtmaied on domino-playing-, when the two
agreed to have a game for half-a-crown and' a quart of ale.
They first, preparatory to the wager game, had one to
decide who should have first chance. The deceased lost,
whereupon, he refused to play the wager game. Alterca-
tion ensued, which was closed by a fight, and when the
deceased turned round to talk to the landlord', the prisoner
struck him on the side of the head, which caused him to
reel a little, and thenihe followed up this by zu blow on the
face, about the lips, which caused a flow of blood, and sent
him stunned lying on the floor, as if dead. Being taken
up, he complained of being sick, and, after remaining two
or three hours, he got home about ten o'clock.. At home,
he became subject to vomiting, and pains in the head,
which increased so that a medical man had to be called in ;
he died on Tuesday, the .16th of May, a fortnight after the
affray. A post mortem, examination took plaee, when
congestion of the brain;. and hemorrhage were found to
have taken place. After a short consultation; the jury
returned a verdict of not guilty.
ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY AT MANCEZESTER:—JOhII
Robinson, aged 24, was charged with having, along with
two others, committed a robbery of jewellery tn the
value of 2300. Mr. Howard is a jeweller and silversmith,
at Manchester. On Wednesday, the 7th of. March, Mr.
Howard, at half-past one, left his daughter, Miss Fanny
Howard, to attend to tho shop_ while_he went to dinner-
A young man came ha, whom Miss Howard had noticed
pass the shop-door before, and he asked the price of a
diamond ring in the window. Miss Howard, suspecting
him, said the window was locked, and that he had better
call when her father was in. She recollected the same
person had called on the previous Thursday. He asked
for a card. - nded +- ' he said it

which, on being ham. .to mini izna
not contain the name of the streets, and he requested her
to write them upon it. Miss rloward turned away to get
a pen, and having a bonnet on, she did not observe that
she was followed until she found an arm had grasped her
by the throat, and she , was forced into the little division
at the end of the shop. She screamed out, but the man
got his hand over her mouth. There being a mirror before
her, which reflected what was being transacted in the
shop, she saw a man busily ransacking the window, hastily
packing up all the jewellery which he could get at. She
was so dreadfully alarmed and injured,, that she was not
even yet fully recovered. The prisoner was recognised as
being one of the persons who assisted the two men in the
shop, in taking away the jewellery, as he stood outside the
shop, driving away any person whose curiosity might lead
him to notice what, was going on in the window. The
blind was pulled down during the operation. The police
apprehended the prisoner some time. after. Numerous
witnesses were examined, who substantiated the above
facts. The prisoner cross-examined them upon thepoint
of identity. After the evidence, the prisoner begged to
say a few words. He said he would: state his case as well
as he could. The:; act was, he was a poor, unfortunate
wretch, taken up on suspicion, and committed, because he
could not find out and point out those who had committed
the robbery. His lordship carefully summed utr.---The
jury, not being able to come to a decision, retired from
court about twenty minutes past six, and returned about
seven with a verdict of guilty. His lordship then sentenced
him to ten years' transportation.
The court adjourned at seven o'clock, until nine o'clock
on Saturday morning.

SATURDAY.
(Before Mr. fustiee Wightman.),

ATTE'.IrP7 TO POISON AT ASIITON-17X.DRR-LYNE.-
Martha Walker, aged 41, was indicted with having, at
Ashton-under-Lyne, on the 24th of May last, administered
nitrate of lead, with intent to murder her husband, Philip
Walker.

It appeared that the prisoner is the wife of Philip
Walker,u, cotton-spinner, at Ashton-under-Lyne. They
had lived in quietness till within the last twelve mouths,
when, in- consequence of the prisoner being found in the
house of a neighbour, a dispute arose beetween them, and
which, had been the cause of frequent unpleasantness since.
They. bad three children. On the Zith of May Walker
returned home at his usual hour of six. o'clock, when he
asked his wife for some coffee, which he usually took on
his return from work.. He noticed, that it tasted very
disagreeable, rough and sticky. He, went to bed shortly
after ten o'clock, awl awoke at one o'elock, when he felt
very ill, and went down stairs, to wash, his mouth out.
His wife asked him what he wits doing, and he told her,
stating that his throat was very rough and sticky. She
said that hers felt so too. He: awoke again about five
o'clock, still feeling poorly. He,went down stairs and got,
some coffee, which was always; ut in a canister for him to
take to the faetory ; his portiOn and that of his children
being kept separate. On, pouring it out, he noticed that
there were white specks in it. On this he put it into
a piece of paper, and took it to-a druggist named Steer, to
whom he gave a description of the pains from which
he had suffered, and requested him to analyze it, He
continued, very ill both on Wednesday, Thursday,, and
Friday ; and, by the advice of the prisoner, he took some
castor-oil. He also took some further portions, of the
coffee placed out for him by the prisoner to Mr. Steer on
Friday; and he told the prisoner that he had done-so. He
also told her that be had tbund some white specks in it,
and he thought she had put it into his coffee-to poison
hips. She said,. I have put nothing in it," In conse-
quence of this a quarrel arose, and Walker. struck the
prisoner with a poker. On the Saturday morning he
found his coffee left out for him as usual; this he also put
in a paper and then into his pocket. He did, not take any
of that coffee, but got some fresh off the mantel-piece.
He still felt unwell all day, and left off work at two o'clock.
He then spoke again to the prisoner, who said there was
sugar of lead in the coffee, and that it had fallen out of a
glass in the cupboard into the coffee. She said she bought
a pennyworth about four months before to bathe her face
with. He then told her that be had informed the con-
stable, Mr. Buckley, about the matter, and that she said
it was sugar of lead, on which she replied that she had
been cleaning the cupboard out, and that she had pulled
over a glass containing the sugar of lead, which fell into
the sugar. He gave information of the matter that night
to the police-constable Buckley.
The prosecutor, Philip Walker, deposed to the above
facts, and also said that on the night of the 21st May he
arrived at home late, and found his wife beating his son
John. He asked what was all this hubbub about. She
said, " Hold your noise ; you haven't above three
weeks to live." He said, " What, are you going to poison
me, then ?" and she said, " No, thou may live as long as
thou can." He had felt very unwell for a fortnight before
this. He was a member of a burial society at Hyde, and
at his death there would be £4 payable to his family.
His wife payed the subscription fortnightly. He looked
every night into the cupboard where his wife said the
sugar of lead was kept. He never saw sugar of lead, and
he did not know what it was like. He saw a glass in the
cupboard, but it was empty. His wife had nothing to do
with her face for twelve months before the time he was
taken ill. -

In cross-examination, he said that his wife had borne
him eleven children, and that five years ago she had con-
sulted a Dr. Gibbons respecting her face, and she then
took something for her throat. His wife is a member of
the burial society at Hyde, and if she died he would get £4.
Mr. Henry Steer, druggist at Ashton-under-Lyne, stated
that Walker frequently bought laudanum of him, and
about two years ago he cautioned him about the dons to
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The woman, who also saw the man run past, identified
the prisoner as one of them. The jury found the prisoner
guilty ! and, eleven previous convictions having been
proved against him, he was sentenced to twelve years'

transportation
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