The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

August 20, 1844.

LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES

Uri Thursday afternoon, the Commission for the South-
Urn Division of this county was opened in the Crown
Court before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice
tresswell who left Lancaster by the one o'clock train,
and arrived in Liverpool at five. They proceeded direct
to the
John Crown Court, accompanied by the High Sheriff,
u Fowden Hindle, Esq., of Woodford Park, near
Blackburn, and the Under-Sheriff, James Neville, Esq.,
of Blackburn. The Mayor, the Town-clerk, Col. Tem-
pest, and other gentlemen, were present ; and after the
Commission had been read by the newly appointed Clerk
of the Crown, Mr. T. S. Shuttleworth, the court was
aBd6iTcphur;uss:cladieernsud.ntil half-past eleven o'clock the following
Morning.
ar for the present Assizes contains a list of
and write Of this number, 16 can read, 30 can read_
imperfcy 2 can neiter red no wite, an.d
12 can read atlnd writeB well.h The agesr ofr the pri-
shlanee
mrs range from 16 to 81. The cases to be tried may
-olts classified i—cutting and wounding, 6 ; throwing.
'vitriol on the person 2 ; manslaughter, 7 ; burglary, 13 , torse-stealing, 2 ; highway robbery, 7; bigamy, 4 ; for-
reaelrye,r4irc;
eo,ffences against the Mint, 5 ; rape, 4 ; unnatu-
Murder, 1.
tran 1; attempts to murder, 5 ; returning from
BPOrtatiOn, 1 ; concealing the birth of a child, I._i
misdemeanoursthis catalogue will drnonurbdtleersnsfbe added the name of George Evans, for the
last. Jane Millins,at Manchester, on Wednesday
Jucti
The Chief Baron sits in the Crown Court, and Mr.
ce Cressvrell in the Nisi Prius Court.
17 The Salford Hundred list, for the present Assizes, has
or trialcauss, and t
13he West Derby list has 95 causes set down
n all 2 causes.
abs Friday morning, at a quarter to eleven o'clock, the
'Jes attended at St. George's Church, where, in the
tiaence of the Rev. J. W. Whittaker, D.D., Vicar of
tallekburn, and Chaplain to the High Sheriff, prayers
were read by the Reverend J. B. Monk. Their Lord-
-214138 then proceeded to the Sessions-house, and, at half.-
Oast eleven o'clock, the Right Hon. the Chief Baron, Sir
Frederick Pollock. Kt., entered the Crown Court. He
"'as dressed in his full robes as Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer,
-°llrt was opened with the usual fo -thenh the following gentlemen were sworn asrmalities, and
THE AURY.
John Plumbe Tempest RND J
t, Esq., Tonge Hall, Foreman.
The Hon. Conn Lindsay, Haigh Hall.
The Hon. George Granville Francis Egerton, Worsley Hall.
Peter Ainsworth, Esq.. M.P.. Smithill's Hall.
Peter Bourne, Esq., Heathfield.
Samuel BrzteEsizizqninesite,irsiicame.
WilliamosepFfeldwen, Esq., Witton”House.
Frederick Sewallis Gerrard, Esq., Aspect House.
vribert Henderson, Esq., St. Anne's Hill.
Josephi Hornby, Esq., Liverpool.
Joseph Langton, Esq., Liverpool.
John Frederick Lees, Esq., Werneth. Win. Marshall, Esq., Penworth3m Hall.
Thos. Moss, Esq., Otterspool.
John Lewis Phipps, Esq., Doe P,,rk.
Shakspear Phillips, Esq., Barlow Hall,
Joseph Ridgway, Esq., Wallsuches.
Thos. Sands, Esq., Elms Wood, Mosley Hill.
Humphrey de Trafford, Esq., Trafford Park.
Samuel Taylor, Esq., Eccleston Hall.
Wm. Gerard Walmsley, Esq., Westwood House.
David Willis, Esq., Liverpool.
The CHIEF BARON then addressed the Grand Jury.
lie said,—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, in addressing to
You a very few observations on the calendar of prisoners
Whose cases will be brought before you, I am happy to
observe, while it exhibits unfortunately, a deplorable
-combination of every possible crimethatcan be committed
Willa the person or the property of her Majesty's sub-
aildnbil
public
evidencep'eace, t :1; fft any
'ea.'', almost without exception, it contains no cases of
Ilia tending generally to disturb the
caploserablree: observe in the cases in the calendar
°- any public discontent or disloyalty, and,
il a great consolation in looking over so de-
s r, . catalogue, in which I find among a number of
are -0' amounting to ninety, between twenty and thirty
cases of either wanton or wicked injury, involving the
life._,and safety or the health of her Majesty's subjects.
3. olarge isthe proportion of cases injurious to life and
,leas a disregard of the law upon a matter in which the law
'Peak ,ha,tic and strong, for upon no point does the law
and t4"auguage so plain and so clear as that human life,
fore. thate of her Majesty's subjects are to be pre-
Tgrmeaet protected as far as possible. I may add, there-
bande even while I am sitting here there has been
to tZto me the depositions of a case, involving the
_ or and serious charge of wilful murder, adding one
motor
turarieh' ea"
catalogue of that description of crime.
tehese remarks specially with reference to one cose,
11;i:ter:out: 11
7.
Wra
your attela . Swanton. It is in the calendarvNero.
c7t
considerl
,o.ne inquest appears to have Teturned at e
India-
aughter, and I think the commitment by h
I
of manslaughter, but I think it right to call
,eionyiteow tohfe
the law
wandto explain to you what
because it
your
itulgtne , may be by no means intended to withhold.
applicable to such a case ;
Cop „,,T:4,,and I think it will be a fit subject for considtenran-t
theywhich”."etn You will go beyond in your inquest
_ enin coroner's inquest was found, and send up the
ynsa ers for trial. It appears to be a case of an attackii
Zguseftitaell on
his
Wife.
indica? • I abstain from using any hars
I abstain from using any expression thatdmtabye
eef any excitement of feeling, or any thing beyon 0 _
feelin ,wrong, and the sense also of compassion and f
thin4,..oveards the other sex, whenever exposed to any
to tce 'tike violence or outrage, but it appears, according
conseene,,P,?sitions
at
tth wile of Wm. Swanton died in
Provoke-cc kce of an attack made by him upon her, whether
whether h'y any misconduct on her part, and especially
tersobeir°l'olted by any personal outrage, or public. or
" I wishljUrY on her part, it may be for you to inquire,
subject.to state what I consider to be the law on this
the d In 1,
fi. eath of the first place,
.whoever has been the cause of
~st ihst . fellow creature is held responsible, in the.
lies no orce, as
creature t Party who
having been guilty of a murder, and it
has produced the death of a fellow-
tti.aketory °veaccount for it, to explain it, and to give a sl-
,Plivi wh. ason of the unfortunate and melancholy pc:T-
.-oat er• it},
tify One. Gee party stands apparently charged with
strikes yialen ntlernen, an assault or blow will not jus-
to raise anotheere,that shall produce death. If a person
breas".Pc'e,eterif
extra the blow be not violent, be. not such as
mistake to
plurdt, '•'' the br'e anger which may exist in the human
emuslenient, and it be returned by a
iwpertioveeo:tpiorondiuicte.;
remembered tha
ltiSlify violence ;h
silpPo°' that is undoubtedly murder. It is
.a
fsemthisattaekveetroysluittle provocation, and be it
alangt'age alone will never furnish such
suppose that:any assault will
dat shall
_eapon tendin end in death, especially if thefvio-
eath has been accompanied by use (-.)llny
4wantoa th to produce death. In the Case of 11, i iam
no difficol ere was no such instrument used, but I have
of the means in laYing down the law to be, that such a use
armed tv'''.ear's that a man may have (by clogs or shoes
Von by iron) indicating a cruel—indicating an inten-
cts, of doing
. / ills a
'eating a Some very grievous wrong—indi-
di„;,__
,n. entire disregard of the life arid safety of the in-
W° in_ respect to whom he is exercising that violence,
Part by oY law, make him responsible for the life of the
1.3' so attacked, in my judgment, just as much as if he
used a murderous weapon. It will be for you to s_y when
You come to examine the evidence to be taid before you,
Whether there is any excuse for the violence that that hues'
band used towards his wife. It will be for you to con.
eider whether the nature of the attack that he made upon-
ber—whether the nature of the attack and the repetition
of it, the part of her person that was the subject of "violence indicates that to your minds—always his
, gentlemen,
remembering that in the course of the discharge of the
solemn and severe duties of justice, you are still to re-
p.eration, 'which'
Member the infirmities of our common nature, and to
take into your consideration every circumstance of exas-
peration, your judgment, although nothing jus.
tides, but which palliates the extraordinary violence that
Aerate]yoy to
appear which to have been used. But I call your attentiont to
it iii order that you may do your duty, taking care
belong
the important functions that
404' and, at the same time that it may be abundantly
Which thehat those extraordinary acts of violence with
the verdictia
law will calendar appears to be full, are not such as the
that if
intot visit with the severest punishment; and, also,
Made out by the inquest on your part, and
one which on the part of the other jury, that the case is
'which which
naturall falls within those principles against
vere deter law has directed •t most solemn and most se- t,_ee, jr..
1„,le ordioagm,e_ly, cases of' swilful murder. Gentlemen,
r sure 3,011/ 'Juries that you . have to discharge, Imaem
irrl cop re
need no information or assistance from
, Puortaat f:f years that many of you have exercisedthet'
!El, Merely to
!I'M St ponee'rons that belong to the oftiee, rendersour_u it
asrarY for me to remind you that y
!,. Put the
__a ertain whether there is evidence sufficient.. ',amiss 700 P rt.y ondt
a LI his trial. With these remarks, 1
The Grando osor.
dr e your important duties."
jan'e / jurY theng
tint 8 rzlt • retired.
awfully, at.in, aged 37, indicted for having, at Wigan,
w(?nnded IletunaliiouslY, and feloniously stabbed ande
grVi°l-1s bodily t•Y Catterall, with intent to do him some
th "ooas wiisharm, yeas found cruilt of an assault. t
ailing h. °n' 27 plead d guilty to an indictmen
"nee of len with having,'e y
to bur corrosive fithrown an
at Manchester, . . .
3,, o and di„ uid upon Phoebe Cockup, with intent I„.Llichord , figure er.
-01., aneheate rvoo/ho„, .
-.4affe, -r, unlawf no- at
,e, 17, was found guilty of havi b,
diets 'Minot 'Minot_ ailY and maliciously thrown upon Jane
&_ rc her. Y f
o' aquafortis, with intent to burn and
in "Thoet ~., •
oae 11,4 rat/A, 8 ,
giliity. eof Jose , charged with committing a burglary
P .
atrla 34,
Ph Gregory, at Manchester, was found
wfmndin. T, C'rea, 3f,
}AM gri ; --aruel xt,', vras found guilty of stabbing and
was clef: °us bodily t° Y, at Rainhill, with intent to do
rred.
The en m'--In all these cases sentence
urt ro t half-past fire o'clock.
NISI PRI-
hero Jti„.; US er„,
• --,iee Cress ell •-•' u RT.—FR.IIIAI%
e 12 o'clock.
w took Is
ois seat in this court a little
The „si . . iuostt
ord ociaintiff in this BART. a. WORSLRY•
bUtChe.tne Manor case is Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., velld.,
.who : pf Manchester and the defendant., a
f 0 his to! in violation of th ' right of the plaintiff,
eat] he ah, tat at a stall C .
g the-4 other h I as stated
not authorised. t w _
ittid , right s had combined for the purpose of de-
..erend
_, glit of the lord of the m The case was
Ye ."eu, as rdiete fe.. were seven othersof ansUilar nature.
, kr. it 1 the Plaintiffs in all.
ior th' atartio pooRE V.
REDELLIEN.
the d e phietiifwith whom was Mr. Compton, appeared
It weiNant, ' and Mr. Watson and Mr. Atherton for
warm
" goo
taare.a t for
__ 9 brought to recover the sum of £3OO. as
itou.i,E. cturer.ods sold and delivered. The plaintiff is a
barge) I.ltie de 1 4.E Manchester, and the defendant a dealer in
than w allies, at the same place. In January last a
tth as road
turici e latter e between the plaintiff and defendant,
qualify pie_ should be supplied by the former with six
aalitY of .„,s, of mousline de laines, a sample of the
..Soreed th.,,,7f10n was shown at the time. The price was
'‘) 4as Possible. Du the goods promised to be delivered as
D •
unng the month of February, at se