The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

MURDER OF AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD,

Jane WLane, 33, was brought up, and pleaded not guilty to
a charge of having at Ashton-under4.yne, wilfully murdered
William M`Lane, her illegitimate child.. Mr. Monk appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Atkinson defended the prisoner.
On the 24th July last the prisoner, in company. with a man
named William Johnson, with whom she cohabited, went to the
Old Cross Inn, kept by Mr. Hall, and had four quarts of ale.
About five o'clock prisoner was st:.en to leave the vaults and go
into the yard, with the child, about nine months old, in her
arms. She returned about half an hour afterwards, without
the child. She was in a state of intoxication, very noisy, and
was turned out of the vaults. Prisoner subsequently returned,
and, appearing in great trouble, requested to be allowed to go
to he ne, essary. On her being interrogated as to where she
had left the child, she replied, "At home." Shortly afterwards
the daughter of the landlord went to the privy and discovered
the infant in the soil, quite &ad. The jury found the prisoner
guilty of manslaughter, and recommended her to mercy.

ALLEGED REVOLT ON THE HIGH SEAS.
James Farrell, Thomas Coates, John Rigby, James Baine,
and Robert Goodchild, were charged with having made, or
attempted to make, a revolt on the high sf?as. In November
last, whilst the ship Cora, belonging to Messrs. Harrison and
I(ogeroon, of Liverpool, was off the coast of Africa, the captain,
named Gillespie, died. The prisoner Farrell, being next hi
command, then took charge of the vessel. Subsequently an
order was sent on hoard that Farrell should keep command
till the following day, when a person named Dawson would
supersede him. Farrell and the other prisoners said that
Dawson should not take charge; and, in addition, stated that
he (Dawson) had poisoned Captain Gillespie. They set sail in
the course of the following night, and were afterwards pur-
sued; but the Cora got off after a chase of three or four days.
The vessel was afterwards worked to Liverpool, and the pri-
soners were given into custody. Mr. Justice CRESSWELL re-
quested Mr. Bliss, the counsel for the prosecution, to state
whom the revolt was against; and the learned counsel having
acknowledged that there was some difficulty in the case, his
lordshio retired to consult his brother judge, and shortly af-
terwards returned and directed the jury to acquit the pri-
soners, which they immediately did.
Edward Murphy, 20, wits indicted for having, on the 22nd of
May last, at Liverpool, uttered a sailor's forged shipping note.
On the day above mentioned, the note was offered to a person
named Mary Bird, requesting that she would cash the same;
she at first refused, but subsequently did so. giving .e 2 ss. in
exchange. The note purported to be from the ship Middleton,
with the captain's signature. The jury found the prisoner
guilty of having uttered the note, knowing it to have been
forged. Sentence deferred.
Thomas Davies, 29, was charged with having, at Liverpool,
feloniously killed and slain Sarah Ann Buchan:. n. It appeared
that the risoner, on the 12th July last, was driving a coach
and two horses up Stanhope-street, at the rate of about eight -
mites an hour; when about halt way up, .as the deceased was
in the act of crossing the street, she was knocked down, and
received a fracture of the skull, which caused death. The pri-
soner was acquitted.
John Davies, 29, was indicted for having, on the 15th of July
last, at Ashton-in-Mackerfield, feloniously attempted to dis-
charge a loaded pistol at Elias Woodcock, with intent to do him
some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner had previously
formed an acquaintance with a female named Jane Hilton;
they had lived together; and, subsequently, the parents of the
female interfered, and sent her to the house of Woodcock.
Some time afterwards the prisoner went to see her, and on
Woodcock meeting and refusing him an interview, he pulled
out a pistol, and presented it at Woodcock ; he pulled the trig-
ger, but it did not go off; he then said he would not hurt hint,
and left. The jury found the prisoner guilty of a common as-
sault. Sentence deferred.
Ellen Moss pleaded guilty to the charge of having, at Liver-
pool, concealed the birth of her child. Sentence deferred.
Jape Jackson was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the
22d June last, uttered a forged shipping note. The prisoner,
together with a man named M•Connell, went on the above date
to the house of Mr. Little, licensed victualler, Norfolk-street,
and requested -him to cash the note for X 2. He did so, and
on applying to the firm of Messrs. Brocklebank for the purpose
of getting it re-cashed, was told that they knew nothing of it,
and it was believed to be a forgery. The prisoner, on being
taken into custody, stated that her husband had given it to her.
The note bore the signature of Wm. Whiteside, master of the
Valparaiso; the Christian name, however, of the captain was
incorrect. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

GRAND JURY ROOM.—THURSDAY.
(Before Mr. Sergeant MURPHY.)
In consequence of the great number of criminal cases, a third
court was opened, and Mr. Sergeant Murphy lock his seat in
the above•named room, shortly after nine o'clock on 'l'hurstlay
morning.
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HORSE STEALINO.
William Brownbill, 12, was arraigned for having stolen a
horse in Toxteth-park, the property of Mr. Thos. Derbyshire,
and John Stretch was charged wit- having received the seine,
knowing it to have been stolen. From the evidence it appeared
that, at the close of April last, Mr. Derbyshire had a horse
stolen from a field in 'foxteth•park. After due search, it was
found in the possession of Mr. Stretch, tanner. The horse,
which was lame, had been sold to him by two boys7-the pri-
soner Brownbill and another unknown, who has escaped de-
tection. During the hearing of the trial Mr. Stretch.was dis.
charged, it being the opinion of the jury that he was entirely
ignorant of the felony. The Judge said there was no ground
for the charge against Mr. Stretch. After a long consultation,
the prisoner Brownbill, was found guilty, but in consequence
of the foreman of the jury (Mr. Longbottom) having heard a
statement of the trgpsaction from one who had some 'know-