The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

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be Mr. bitANDI' bait' lhat 'Taylors cubnueuce nau
en abused by some party.
Its/118 LoRDSHIP directed this matter to be brought on in
Court of Queen's Bench—the highest court of criminal
Justice, in order that the circumstances of this case, and
the grounds of the application should be laid before them.
The prisoner was then remanded until the next assizes.
ATTEMPT TO SUFFOCATE A CHILD.
Marl/ Ann Bullen, charged with having, at Manchester,
on
. the Ist of April last, attempted to suffocate her infant
by throwing it into a privy, was acquitted on the
ground of insanity.

ASS A U LT.
James Burgess, 22, was charged with having attempted
10 Strangle Amelia Burgess, his wife, by placing his hands
upon her throat.
Mr. BRANDT stated the case. The prisoner and prose-
!lttrix lived too-ether as man and wife, at a place called
Duringil the 19th of April, when they were separated.
lo the month of June the prisoner broke some win-
dows at the house of the prosecutrix's father, where she
was 8 •
taTmg, and, on the 6th of that month, called to make
betarange about the payment for them, when he saw
wished her to go into one of the rooms up stairs, and, on
her refusal, he closed the door, and fastened his hands
round her throat with such violence that she fell on the
floor. Upon this she screamed out, and the prisoner took
11,P a knife, which was lying on the table, and endeavoured
to cut her throat. Assistance was then procured, and she
Was taken away in a state of insensibility, from which she
did
not recover for some time. The prisoner was then
aPPrehended.
Mr. J. Por.Locx made a very powerful appeal to the
jury on behalf of the prisoner.
_ Re was found guilty of an aggravated assault, and was
irntenced to two years' imprisoment and hard labour in
Lancaster Castle.

BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL.
John Quinn 16, and William Williams, 16, two
house o
"veer's, were charged with having entered the dwelling.
f Able Boadle, tea-dealer, of Liverpool.
Mr. BLAIR stated the case. It appeared, that, on
Tuesday. the Gth instant, the prosecutor, Boadle, fastened
11Pois shop in the evening, and retired to rest, leaving all
Safe. In the morning, when the shop was opened, the
premises were found in the same state, apparently, but,
some tune afterwards, it was ascertained that some money
had been taken out of the till, and a piece of bacon from
adjo:ninu store-room, also, ,a number of farthin.gs.
soot was discovered on the counter, and footmarks,
T,"1" were traced to the cellar and thence to the chimney,
Where, it appeared, the thieves bad effected their entrance.
the course of the morning, about half-past three, a
police-officer, named Kirkpatrick, saw the prisoners com-
10gfrom the direction of the prosecutor's shop, and, on
Seeing him, they ran away, but they were, eventually,
secured. A piece of bacon and some money, which was
afterwards identified as part of the property stolen, was
found upon them : their clothes were also covered with
soot.

The prisoners were sentenced to four calendar months'
imprisonment and hard labour.
The Court adjourned at five o'clock.

NISI PRIUS COURT—SAIURDAY,
FARRAR V. DEFLINNE.
The examination of witnesses for the plaintiff occupied
the whole of this day, and at the rising of the court the
plaintiff's case had not terminated.