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

ALLEGED REVOLT ON TILE 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 seas. In November
last, whilst the ship Cora, belonging to Messrs. Harrison and
Rogerson, of Liverpool, was off the coast of Africa, the captain,
named Gillespie, died. The prisoner Farrell, being next in
command, then took charge of the vessel. Subsequently an
order was sent on board 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
lordship 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, was indicted for having, on the 22nd of
May last, at Liverpool, uttered a sailor's forged shipping note.
On the clay 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 ••°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 Buchant.n. It appeared
that the i risoner, on -the 12th July last, was driving a coach
and two horses up Stanhope-street, at the rate of about eight
miles an hour ; when about half 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 him,
and left. The jury found the prisoner guilty of a common as-
sault. Sentence deferred. _ . . . _

Ellen Loss pleaded guilty to the charge of having, at Liver-
pool, concealed the birth of her child. Sentence deferred.
Jane 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 £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 Mu um Y.)
In consequence of the great number of criminal cases, a third
court was opened, and Mr. Sergeant Murphy took his seat in
the above-named room, shortly after nine o'clock on Thursday
morning.