The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-14 00:00:00

30 ki4ksiNer f!.lf

potion r.Eitued Taylor,
now the year when
debts. It was neither
whether it was in 183(..

hlewhite said it was necc
lend they should know th
Bower said they knew no.
was another cornmunicati
1810, and he replied that
table, lie said there wert
tors must have heard him
the subject of the bad deb'
the bad debts and past-du
of the over-due hills till t

meeting since 1837. 1 hp
twining• the amount of over
of the board of directors
like this was produced. I
every meeting. I did not

eye over theta. I ger
man said. I have read s
others. I joined in the re
some of the statements
these statements. I tl
accounts of the overd
swore just now that the
had not seen a stateme
before Mr. Edge mentioned
the repert and the dividend.
over due bills should be om
bills." I will not swear tin
securities for money. I will s,
of making the proposition and 01
jected. lam not sure that I sr.
Mr. Hebblewhite took place in 18
before the audit in 18-10. I can't
summer of 1839. I joined In th
the statement of Mr. Bower. My
versation took place between the r
I joined in the recommendation to
Edge objected to the mention of th-
sure whether I swore it was it
the time. I don't know whi
meeting or subsequent. I r
not to dates. You can't get
that the observation was mat
for considerable amount at tr
There were some forgeries of ti
There were none of any amount
I cannot say if there were any i
bank stopped. I have no doubt there
tell if there were any in 1838. W'
them bad debts. I got a letter in
Re-examined.—Some of the Ms
join in the recommendations. In
was declared, but I cannot say wl
curred in the dividends after the f
majority. Mr. Bower was chair'
spokesman. A paper like this ws
committee, but we had no power
was a correct statement or not. 1
considerable capital on hand, ai
believed that there was a balant
bank ; and I believed that the di
would be paid out of the profits,

I did

t me t

il of ~

Mr. KNOWLES here intimated that the next wi
he should call would give testimony of great let
it was just seve❑ o'clock he would put it tc
whether it would be advisable to proceed.

It was then intimated that th
this day at two o'clock (Friday.
case should be adjourned till
Eventually their being a differenc
as to the day, it was decided to g
Alexander Graham, was the n,
manager of the branch bank at
tailed a variety of losses which ha

circumstances of some sp
works by the defendants, b)
tamed. Tbss witness ‘sas und,
hours, tracing the defendants
books ; but the late hour vvhici.
us from reporting his testimony, v
plicated and discursive chz._
journed at a few minutes pas,
witness's examination m chief being
enable him to search for an account o
the defendants Bower and 1E1:ado-chit(
bank.
The trial is expected to last the who:
We believe that there are still ab,
cases to be decided, so that the learn,
occupied here until the opening of tern

Lcter. 11ic c

CHESTER ASSJ.ZI

TUESDAY

Before Mr. Justice

URDEI

THE WITTN ALL WOOl
Ii gin. TVarburton, aged 32, Sam
Richard Evans, 32, were placed at
being out in the night-time on the 22c
armed with certain tire arms for the

game.
There was also a true bill against
wilful murder of Richard Cheaters,
night in question, but it was not proce
ney-General entering a nolle prosequi
The Attorney-General and Mr T
prosecution ; and Mr. R. G. Te
soners. The brief facts of the (
o'clock on the night mentioned,
mache, M.P. and Mr. Corbett %N.(
in preserves at Wittnal Wood. A'
guns fired, and proceeding to tl
poachers, when a conflict immedi:
firing off his opponents gun. A
keepers was found dead from a g
soners were clearly identified as
alibi was attempted to be estahn
jury found all the prisoners guilty
imprisonment and hard labour, the I
been in prison for five month=

'e out v

ATTEMPT TO rn

li
A simple-looking farmer's servant,
aged 19, was charged with having al
other noxious drugs, on the 18th Nc
Turner, with the intention of causing 1
- • -- unlit for

The details of the case we...
ladies were not excluded. It appea.—
Elizabeth Turner were fellow servants U..
Holt. at Acton, and the latter bei
and she took it, but instead of its ppre
roc
effect, it caused the death of the decease
against the prisoner rested entirely onli
He was found guilty, and the ldg
that, had he been indicted for murder, lie
he could have escaped a conviction, s,
transported for the term of fifteen yCP

SENTENCES.
Edward M‘Dermot and Peter Farney, who had
been found guilty of a rape, on a poor mat -
they met in the road at Alderley, were sent
ported for life

ND RAPE

VIE MOWER •,
James Ford, who was convicted onoan
wilful murder of Samuel Shaw, at M.
up and sentenced to death, the learned Jt
as no doubt
must not hope for mercy,
having inflicted the fatal blow on the huh,
erso
his bleeding wife from is side into an
had violated her pn.
The prisoner, who was a
way from the bar, either fell or threw UM.
into the room below, but did not receive th
wash conveyed to the cndened cell in great
Tis terminated theo businmess of the •

an of vi.

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THE WILESTINGWOB.TH PoisONING (
ordinary nature of the Char-re agiiir.
recently committed to B
last,
gp-
her husband in October last, has inu.._
inquire into the circumstances of her k
death, as well as that of her child, and the e
has been of such a nature that application v
day last to the coroner forithe county, Mr.
a warrant for the exhumation of th
heb foe odie
ws.
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.—Tlloi
return of illegitimate children registerSed ir
West Riding of Yorkshire, Norfolk, um
shire, in the respective three years 1831
which return has been laid upon the table
Commons, on the motion of Mr. Stuart W
-iOTtlel
In 1831-33.
r, 'ton

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Lancashire • • • .
York, West Riding
Norfolk • • ..

Surrey
Hereford

Loss of
a STEANtErt.--On Fr.
lowing remarkable occurrence, in wh,
and afterwards wrecked, attended will.
at Tynemouth, near North Shields. A.
on the look out at the entrance of the riv
se
l amongst the rocks, called the Black M
Tynemouth Lighthouse and thaenrduianfetderrav,bb.aesinug
to be a teamer. The alarm was install,
life-boat s
eas manned and put off to render
before arriving alongside the vessel, much su
at finding only one man on
board,barwi .
lo via
of the wreck and conveye re j
hebtn cae: -
landed be attempted to go away, without
gig
Customs officer detained hire,
jumped eo
vveelisoela9rbc: m
for some time, lie admitted having, •
the steamer from her moorings in thlll..-
ore of him
in making for sea she drove on the rn-A.v"
tabout
tlu2r
n o'clockf theotni
diel,iusrhsed acyo
Illiii ,rl,l
, but het t,
must
otherto t
hgeert
mh earn o, ff
hetshaei
dti,gilui tine rp
dmruos,tvnhieldv,e
fpoerriirseliescalwyneroyths:ortml
20 horse po
up, to swim to the locks
;, coal merchants,
was
to be drot
Williie tsa siarnsme
ad, i
ctwhhiaat
rit
id thetswonol
aesrtniedgaicmn
oeesr g,
(, which
carudleLdLsoDni.scTovhseTviNtSt;ll.lre
meeting
used for towing
and that the man wehsoseils
Ats
tgioleneccooloi:tploetfell
ofe teeting of James G
out of the harbour.
Saturday last, citin,'
deuce,
opoeores,o
asn ofto tire
deuce, as to tire
transactions
. Rutledge, gave tin
bill discounter, and Inucitifoaiiilsedwith the br ike
" I seek to prove for £B.67'', toontillat ow
bankrupt. I describe myself' as a ~nit t leis;
am so by act of parliament, but becaus I
occupation. 1 have been in business
rate of interest 1 took in my bill transactiot.
rupt amounts to 61) per cent. I always mad,
by checks, and those checks I can produce.
not the average rate of interest
en I too
morin k all
(5 my
with the bankrupt ; I have take.
recollection will not serve me to state
interest I have taken. 1 would not
taken £2OO per cent. (Laughter.)
proof the bill for £2OO for one month, on wh
count £2O, thus making the advance at the i
cent. per annum. I did not seek him, he sot
what be offered me I in most cases accepted.
ever I could get. (Laughter.) I mean, I t
offered me : Mr. Jaines.—llid
little? INlr. liutledge.—lslo; in ia.
a silver coffee or teapot, I forget win,.
to the ;£2O ire paid me for the discount,
(Loud laughter.) I gave for his bills of a.,
amount of £8752. I hold no other securith.
desire to do wouldfor I always bad such faith in 1
I told him I rather have his bills th
one else. I held for a short time so-
sington, accepted by
.Mr. Wherhittaker ;
G
away, because I desired rat to have
I can hardly now believe that he is insolvent, L
myself his book-keeper for four or five years, 1
portunity of ascertaining that be made,
in the ,
transactions, 200 per cent. for his money. j
not think I was taking too much in the tiu..:
him.

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