The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

Eliza CONCEALING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD.
iarne.9,lJaleY, 20, (could read and write imperfectly,
could AJa/f 30. (could write,) and li:irabeth Daley, 66,
neither read nor write,) were indicted for conceal-
Vile birth of a child at Manchester.
agaieveral witnesses were called, who proved the catse
ilst the female prisoners, but there did not appear o
anY
-er evidence against the male prisoner, who was, op-
tion Lordship's direction, acquitted of any participa-
to,the crime charged against the prisoners. .
Jury found the two female prisoners guilty, and
na i'e,re sontenced to twelve months' imprisonment and
'aoour. James Daley was immediately discharged.
•E • CONCEALING A BIRTH.
tOtellZa.beth Gurnan, 20, (could read,) was charged with
disi3„",ilng the birth of a female illegitimate child, and
dit,aig of its dead body. The prisoner lived in Har-
Pre;rtreet, Liverpool, and had been observed some time
quest(PlalY to the 9th October, when the occurrence in
earne'ettl took place, to be in the family way. On the
15eerii:oende,v:ning, from some information which had been re-
Person named Jones, went to the house of the
re
ntly :1 and found her sitting in a lower room,appa-
• a .),"er ill. On going up stairs, there were. evidences
heineuild-birth having taken place, but the prisoner, on
Ng charged with it, denied all knowledge of the fact.
callerdti:er inquiry took place, and a police-officer was
Lott, when the body of a child was found amongst
ashes in the cellar, wrapped in a handkerchief.
7red
Prisoner afterwards admitted that she had been de-
f.o.4
d of a child on the previous evening..
imprison-
and was
to aunt, and sentenced to twelve months'
hYard labour.
STEALING A COW.
nor write
ederick Kearsley, 33, (could neither read ,)
13e8 charged with stealing a cow, the property of John
therlnett.
Tbe osecutor
an s a
was at the Warringto fair on
241"ovena b d while hittentionn was en-
tate, prosecutor
last ,and
tjo u, one of the cows was taken away. From informa-
-0,4 he received, he went in the direction of Newton, and
that he
ook the prisoner, who had the cow amongst others
roed. was driving along the road. The prosecutor
latel-
y took possession of the cow, and gave the pri-
Zetpr into custody. Mr. James called . witnesses for the
r was in
ence, from whom it appeared that the prisone
and that a mistake had arisen which caused the
~—°Perty to come into his possession. Under these cir-
'lll4Btances the prisoner was acquitted.
•
STABBING AND WOUNDING.
John Delap, 25, (could read and write imperfectly,)
Was charged with wounding Richard Bainbridge, by
striking him with a pitch fork. It appeared the prisoner
was an ostler at Mr. Hayes's stables in Roscoe-street,
where the prosecutor was attending some horses. On
We morning of the 28th of August, the prosecutor went
to the stables to look after his horses, when some alter-
ation
took place, when the prisoner took a pitch fork
'NI stabbed him in the neck, inflicting a very serious
Wound. Witnesses were called to the character of the
p, l''soner He was found guilty, and sentenced to six
-( Blth •har d
imprisonment and labour.

FORGERY.
Robert
teArmstrong, 41, (could read and write imper-
det%) was indicted for it.te_rin.g a forged order for the
10"erY of some goods, with intent to defraud Thomas
o--Y re lv and Joseph Jeffries. It appeared that on. the 25thu
fa November last, he went to Messrs. Eyre, paintmantu-
hithtirera, and requested some goods to be furnished
tern' Which were refused, unless he would produces writ-
afierder- He then went away, and came again shortly
by awards presenting an order, purporting to be signed
Dark°BePh Wilson, painter, of Bedford-street, Toxteth-
al4-,. The articles, consisting. of paint, .&c._, were
itipsrued to him, when, on inquiry. it turned out that no
eo oro.er had ever been sent by Mr. Wilson. The pri-
auer denied that the handwriting of the order was his,
• ,
alten. ne had no intention of committing a forgery, but
ued to pay for the goods. e was found guilty. It
104'ekred the prisoner had been previously convcte.d of fe-
/* He was sentenced to ten years' transportation.
BIGAMY.
IV4 11.4 M Th° R 34, (could read and write imperfectly,)
a . Ma- I •
011 th"‘rged with the crime of bigamy.
.It appeared that
tru., e Bth of January, 1840, he was married at the Regis-
and ,B:°ffice, Manchester, to Alicia Henrietta Cummins,
at T'..gain on the sth of August, 1844, to Jane Clarkson,
filhentlity Church, Liverpool, the former wife being then
thte-e. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to
klonths' imprisonment.
C'Qt4 MAKING A FALSE DECLARATION.. .
retiV lerine Morgan, 20, (could read and write
.imper-
,.,`°re",,'', was charged with making a false declaration be-
kl,sept: Justice of the peace. It appeared that, on the 2d of
ftolu,`„tll,her last, the prisoner went to the shop of Mr.
op' Roberts' Hi hfield-street, and pledged a pair of
s'B kr 25., in'thegname of Mary Brown. On the 20th.
to 11),._,tellIber she went again to the pawnbroker, and
.said
!•allei,"" lost the ticket. A form was filled up and. given
thp" end, after making a declaration before a magistrate,
,trek- Usual way, she took the form back to the pawn-
-I)tisoenr.,' and obtained tbe boots. It turned out that the
141174 had sold the ticket to an individual of the name
'resenn, for a shilling, and the original duplicate was
Priaa:ted by another party. Mr. Innes, on
indict- ofth
!ktet,t"er, took an objection to the wording of
.the
14
the' Which, under the direction of his Lordship, resulted
- acquittal of the prisoner.
CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
;,118Q h-"ine Gillis 58, (could neither read nor write,)
ao e-arged with having unlawfully killed one Mary Soo-
-4t Liver I From the statement of Mr. Paget,
t, %tits , poo .
fi erlin.",.ei for the prosecution, it appeared that, on the
-h° the',°r the 31st August last, the deceased was sitting
lan 'LePs of a house in Craven-staeet, se.wing, w
ill
the came up to her, and, after using some ill
Ljbetlll7,e, went far as to spit in her face. Subsequently
I'
Pr
"°ner proceeded d d to still greater violence—took her
tytht„h„e hair, struck e here and threw her on the ground.
A'he 3,this occurred the deceased was pregnant, and on
meatf":l,4„of September following she was delivered of a
„,etl',7o- O the 9th of October she died, and the
man who attended her during her confinement,
-`ltnee Ito lead that death occurred under such circum-
- as tote conclusion that it had resulted

from personal violence; the prisoner was consequently
taken into custody. His Lordship declared it to be the
most aggravated case of assault he had ever met with, and
sentenced the prisoner to seven years' transportation.

STABBING ON THE HIGH SEAS.
The case of Samuel Brown, charged with stabbing and
wounding Launcelot Reed, on the high seas, in Novem-
ber last, was postponed until the next assizes. The trial
was deferred on the affidavit of Mr. Deane, surgeon,
which was to the effect that, in consequence of the wounds
under which the prosecutor was suffering," he would be
unable to attend and give evidence, without great risk and
danger, during the present assizes.