The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

YESTERDAY

Patrick Hartigan, a huge Iriahman, was charged with biting
off the finger of his sister-in-law on the previous Wednesday
night. The parties reside in Porter-street. On the night
stated they were quarrelling, and during the affray the prisoner
seized the hand of the woman, thrust one of her fingers into
his month, and bit it off at the lower joint. The prisoner was .
ordered to find bail, himself in .C2O, and two sureties of .RlO
each, or in default to be imprisoned for one month.

THEFT BY A DOMESTIC SEETANT.—ATIO BUrgeSS, a woman
who had lived as domestic servant with Mr. Jetties Jones, of
Stafford-street, was charged with stealing wearing apparel. On
Saturday, at six o'clock, the prisoner had been discharged from
her situation ; but she (lid not go immediately, but remained
until nine o'cloek, and after-she had left it was discovered that
shelled taken a quantity of wearing-apparel, and it was subse-
quently found in her box. The prisoner was sent to gaol for a
month. .

~•AN.IRISH Row.—Peter-Gill, an Irishman, was charged with
being one of a mob who had created a Hot and disturbance on
the previous. Sunday. in Preston street, •and with ill-treating
an Irishman, who did not appear to give .evididence. The
prisoner was ordered to txty a fine of tOs., and in default, to.be
h»prisoned for a month,

GETTING INTO THE WRONG QUA RTERS.--TIIOM4B
a young than, was brought before the court Under the follow-
ing circumstances :—On Saturday night the prisoner had been
found in one of the bed-rooms, in the house of Mr. James
Lockley, eating-house keeper, Itichmcnd•row, "in the act of
undressing himself. He wa, taken to bridewell. The prisoner,
in reply jp the charge, said he hozi been drinking a qunutity of

rum, and he supposed, having found his way ir.to the bed-
room, was undressing himselt under the impression that he
was at home. Mr. Lockley and the officer gave the prisoner
an excellent character, and, after a caution, h vas discharged.
STEALING SHIRT STUDS, &c.—Mary Jones was remanded
on a charge of having stolen a set of shirt studs, and severe
articles of wearing apparel, from the house of Mr. Barnet,
Waterloo-road. The prisoner had been in the habit of calling
with the washerwoman employed by Mrs. Barnett to fetch
away the articles requiring washing. The studs had been
placed on the chitnney-piece, and immediately after the
prisoner had left the house, they were missing. The studs
were found afterwards to have been pledged by the prisoner.
On searching the prisoner's house, forty pawn tickets, for
articles stolen from the prosecutor's house, were found.
ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—George Murphy, Michael Maher,
and John IVl`Shee, three fellows who infest the streets, com-
mitting knock-down robberies, were sent to gaol for three
months each, for assaulting several sailors and prostitutes in
Robert-street, on the previous Saturday night, and stealing
from them is. 9d. and a coat.

ASSAULT ARISING OUT OF RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE
Thomas Davies, known as a pugilist, was charged with havh.
wounded Michael Kelley. with an axe on Saturday night week,
in a court leading out of Johnson-street. The affair arose out
of relig'ous animosity. The prisoner is a Protestant and an
Orangeman, and the wounded man Kelly, is a Roman Catholic.
On the night stated, it was alleged that the prisoner ran out of the
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were Roman Catholics. Mr. Owen, for the defence, called
a numberof witnesses who deposed to a regular and systematic
system of annoyance having been pursued towards the prisoner
by the prosecutor and his friends, and stated that a crowd
armed with knives, slates, pokers, &c. assembled at the end of
the court in which the prisoner resided, and threatened him
with vengeance and death. Mr. Owen contended that, even
supposing the prisoner had inflicted the injury charged,
in proof of which there was not sufficient evidence adduced,
had the prosecutor died, the offence would have been held
to be justifiable homicide.—Mr. Mansfield said both he ar
his brother magistrate were of opinion that great provoce'
bad been received by the prison r; but nothing could
the use:of a deadly weapon unless there were immen.
imminent danger to life threatened; and in this case it
had been shown that when the prisoner had reached his own
house, and might be said to be in comparative security, he re-
turned and used the axe. The bench had some doubt
whether they ought not to send the prisoner for trial • but,
taking all the Circumstances of the case into account,' and
as no fatal consequences had ensued, they thought the ends
of justice would be satisfied by dealing summarily with the
`sP. The prisoner must pay .4'5, or be imprisoned for three

ARRINGTON

officer I

Saturday