The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-08 00:00:00

y refused to come to ai
After r

ut Mrs. H. Cutts, their
-,kneo of
s and the trusiews , ultimately
—.Lined that Alr. Cutts should give her £lOO down, and
adhere to the first proposition as to the settlement. In
I addition to this the watch and chain purchased on his mar-

were first given to ii

I solicit(

hat the

in his l

meet in the pre
and it was

purloined from her

the ele

,nt wearing apparel (the most
obtained with money secretly

ad it is but justic

trinkets, &e., were given up
o Mr. Cutts to say, that Mr.
hired that gentleman's con-

the lady's uncle, de

duct to be " handsome and liberal in the extreme." This
agreement was completed on the Saturday, and Mrs. H.
Cutts remained at Chesterfield until the Wednesday, when
she took her departure for Worksop, in company with a cele-
brated swell coachman well known here and at Retford.
Her conduct at Mr. Evans's inn, at Chesterfield, on the
above-named Saturday, was very extraordinary and alarming;
and such was the apprehension entertained from her ex-
citement that the stomach-pump was resorted to. She was
known to be in the habit of taking exciting drugs, and dur-
ing one of the paroxysms she gave the sum of £BO to Miss
rrnbi watch to her brother ; but of course

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ment of four calls, was justified in saying he was relieved they were given up to her again. From this period up to
from all responsibility • and when there had been a breach of that of her death, Mr. Cutts was totally ignorant of whither
the engagement in taking advantage of points of law under ,_e had
she gone, until Saturday week, when he received
the act of parliament ? Such was the history of the first part intelligencerothels, he immediately proceeded to Miss Sankey's,
of her appalling death. Accompanied by one
of Mr. Macauley's defence ; the other part rested upon legal of his b
points which he (Mr. Dundas) would address to the learned at New Ferry. It appears that during her residence
judge. On the evidence as it stood there was no register of at New Ferry, she had represented herself to be the. Hon.
proprietors till February, 1838, and then, for the first time, Miss Coutts, and at other times as the lion. Miss A. Coop-
Mr. Macauley's name appeared as a registered proprietor. er of Watnall-hall, Nottinghamshire. We are informed
He was not an original subscriber, therefore he must have that she bad previously lodged at two places before she went
been made a proprietor under the terms of the act of parlia- to Miss Sankey's, and that she was in the habit of getting so
went. Notice had been givento produce the transfers under intoxicated and excited, that the people of the house were
which Mr. Macauley was a purchaser. If they were produced obliged to watch her when under these circumstances, lest she
he should see whether they proved what the act required be- should set herself or the houses on fire. There is no doubt
fore a person could by. law become a proprietor. Mr. that this fatal propensity caused her death. When she lived
Macauley, if he purchased the shares at all, purchased them
d e rs probableof
a stocking thato n thean
d fatal
garterni g night
were
rne whichfou nd sohiei
with her husband she was guilty of this practice, and she was
from some one who was no proprietor ;he might have pur- always anxious to have a candle burning in her bedroom at
chased them from some one who was the rossessor of scrip night.
but who could not at the time be a proprietor because the
holder of stock was no proprietor till he was registered, atudi to death that she was intoxicated, and had not undressed, as
no one was registered till February, 1838. The .learned
of this Miss
counsel quoted the 10th section of the act in support Sankey delivered to. Mr. H. Cutts of letters
nneitinn nnritand;nn. thnt nntii the register had hee'! sealedtheitciins
mass
from noblemen and gy.,,,i—..... _.__,,
wast
he leg.

g lir
ue
rrds
had been -e--o-r; ;.... Lii,iemen with whom the guilty Wolllgll
containing
of these adm
pubiLum, cuitt.eaumg way uuLl• .•••• - -o-
no holder could legally transfer his shares. Another ob-
i asnh
,e t
o representedothers
that
hheerr
husbandsel
hi hrlYllng ; some of them were very curious,
jection he should take was that a certificate ought to have
y-infiated affectionate assurances. To some
been given by the seller to Mr. Macauley, because without it
there could be no memorial of a transfer or sale, and the treacherous
seller continue liable on the production of the transfer ; if it
were produced, he should see what was the consideration possession of her
these artful schemesropey, leaving her without funds. By
upon the face of it, for that must be duly stated according tofastil'leadvoibcttairflineodf
she obtained from time to time consi-
derable
the 55 George 111, chap. 84.
Mr. CuusswELL as • -ked whether his learned friend meant frequent remittances. In some letters she is addressed as
it Nir
to contend that his client had stated that on the transfer '''y dear Mary Anne," and the copies of her replies
which was false? breathe the spirit of youthful fervour and affection. From
Mr. DUN DAS dared say that Mr. Macauley, when he delicacy to those who would suffer from the exposure of
signed the transfer, did not care one farthing for the consi- their connections, the names of these writers are suppressed.
deration, for he was,
a mere nominee. When that instru- Mrs. Cutts' maiden name was Mary Steele, and not Mary
ment was produced, he (Mr. D.) should see whether the Anne ; she was born at Palterton, near Bolsover, in the
numbers were properly inserted, which he apprehended was county of Derby, in 1819. Her late father was an opulent
necessary. There were other objections, which went to the man, and highly esteemed by all his neighbours, She was
root of the whole direction. The first of these was, that married to Mr. H. Cutts on the 14th January, 1838, and
died on the 14th ultimo.—Nottingham Journal.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

STEALING A SHAWL

FRIDAV

miserable-looking woman was brought up, charged wit
inn a shawl from Mrs. Ridgeway, a lodging-house keep
ark-lane ; also, with having pledged the same with
ibroker in town.
rs. Ridgeway stated that on Wednesday night she nu

lane, in a state of a intoxic
recognised her, begged some mo

risoner in Pa
ner having

conveyed

She then to

s gave infor

lentified the prisoner, who was sentenced to be in

for three unotiths

NBROKEF

lamas Timmons, a boy ten years old, was accused of
ing a table-cloth from Mr. Beasley, with whom he had
employed, aim pledging the same with Mr. Holland,
abroker, Scotland-road.
:r. Beasley said he engaged the prisoner to keep an office
ad in town. For some time past several articles were
;ed from the premises, and, having suspected
_the pri-

toner, he discharged him. Afterwards he employed Mini t
attend-upon his sister-in-law, from whose house the prison(
had stolen a table-cloth and pledged it.
The mother of the boy stated, that when the t
was brought home she inquir
being told that he had receic

he had

c-ted him to take it to a pawnbroker, a

of money.
Mr. Beasley thot

;ht the pawnbroker was greatly to bleu

,6 to w 1

he should be inquired at
goods from children of ten y

was customary to tak,

-Mr. Rushton was convinced that the pawnbrokers
be checked. No good would be done tilt five or six c
individuals were indicted. Every day some one or c
these cases were brought up. The mother of the b,
yielded to poverty, but the pawnbroker had no exec
had taken the article without any. questions, and
have known that a child ten years old could not hone!
tain possession of a table-cloth so valuable as that otrt
He considered the pawnbroker highly culpable, and sai,
would remand the prisoner till Saturday. The prisoner
remanded accordingly.

)ther of

STRIKING A SAILOR ON THE RIG

- Riley,,chief nmieoith;;llip Mary, was charged with
flogging and otherwise striking John Cornish, a seaman in
the said vessel, while on her voyage from Bombay to Liver-
pool. - -

The complainant stated that he had been flogged and stt
by the chief mate while in the performance of his dat
that his health had

titled t

miss the ca

I the s

YESTERDAY.
SUSPICION OP ENTERING A HOUSE, WITH INTEN

!k. young man of the name of Edv

Takes, was placed

before Mlli Rushton, on a charge of being fc

en th
Mr. L

A under v

eeper, llslitigton

t, about half-pact ten o'cl

It yard, and
whom he had a scuff

pnsone

Idiness to be carri

El the prisoner
e saw the pri-

Le yard wall, about two
and assisted Mr. Lister