The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-19 00:00:00

VITRIOL THROWING Al MANCHESTER

Harper, a man in an advanced stage of con
surnption, indicted for having, on the 24th of April last
thrown a quantity or vitriol upon the person and clothe
of Agnes Innes, with intent to do her grievous bodil
harm, was acquitted.

.John ill`Dougall was n, .‘.l for assaulting and rob
bins George Hobson, on thi, night of th- 18th of March
at Manchester. The proseeuto. at Sheffield,
whilst proceeding to his 10, _..gs in Lever-street,
-ter, on the night in question, was accosted by a
io took hold of him, and brought him into an
4,-ied to get away, and whilst trying to do so
-.mil and another man came up, struck
',non, and held him whilst the
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TTER ROBBERIES FROM THIS LIVERPOOL. POST- OFFICE.
Rickard Bamber, a youth aged 15 years, pleaded guilty
a post let ter on the 26th of March, and another
h of April, the property of the postmaster-
s prisoner was also charged with having stolen

on the

bank notes for

£lO, the property of Wil-
ce deferred.

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V AT MANCHESTER.
'oberts and Patrick 211' Gee, labourers, wen
► burglarinusly entering the house of Mr

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`louse, of Mercer-street, Manchester, on the
of April, and stealing a quan-
Id bed clothes. The prisoners

Chas. White
night of Sat urc
tity of wearing apparel
entered the

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ring the temporary absence of the
inmates, and were observed running off with a bundle.
One of them was caught just as he was leaving the house,
and the other a short time afterwards. Mr. Ashheton
Croft appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Monk for the
prisoner M*Gee, on whose behalf several witnesses were
called, who stated that he was in his own house at half-
past nine on the evening on which he was stated to have
committed the robbery. His Lordship having summed
up, the jury found both prisoners guilty; and, by order of
the court, the parents of M'Gee and a lodger in their
---9 taken into custody for perjury. Three pre-
victions for felony against IVl‘Gee were then
recorded, and a paper was handed to the judge, signed by
several persons, giving RobertsG a character for good con-
duct. The prisoner AP
wastransported for seven
years, and Roberts sentenced to be imprisoned, with hard
labour, for six calendar months.

•
ASSAULT AND ROBBERY AT SALFORD.
William Wilson, 32, charged with having assaulted and
robbed Joseph Burns Normanton, a professor of music,
resident in Manchester, on the evening of the 30th May,
was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment.

FIRING A HAYRICK.
William Edwards, a lad 16 years of age, pleaded guilty
to setting fire to a stack of hay, the property of John
Newton, at Bold, in April last. The prisoner stated his
object in committing the offence was to get into prison,

as. he was far from his friends, and did not know what to
do. Mr. Pewliston, draper, Wrexham, with whom Ed-
wards lived as assistant, and Mr. Williamson, draper, with
whom he served an apprenticeship before he went to Mr.
Pewliston, gave the prisoner a very high character, the
former offering to take him back, if acquitted. Sentence
deferred.

BOILER. FXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER

Thomas Williamson and Thomas Egerton were charged
with haring, on the 25th of March, caused the death of

Timothy O'Neil and eight other persons, by wilful negli-
gence in the management of a steam boiler. Mr. Monk
and Mr. Pollock appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Wheeler and Mr. Seger for the defence. it appeared
that the prisoner Williamson was the lessee of certain
premises in Riga-street, Manchester, in which was placed
a high-pressure boiler, of 25 horse power, for the purpose
of working some circular saws. The other prisoner, Eger-
ton, was his engineer. There had been reason to suspect
that the engine had frequently ')cen short of water, and
the prisoner Egerton had been accused by his master of
neglecting his duty, and had, in fact, got notice that he
would be discharged. On the 25th of March, Ire "parked,"
that is, tightened with tow, the cylinder on the top of the
boiler, in doing which he was assisted by several of the
srwyers. He afterwards attempted to get the engine to
move, but his efforts were unrvailing ; he also attempted
to move the fly wheel arid the piston roil, hut failed in
getting the engine to work. At this time a blue glimmer-
was noticed to proceed from the boiler. The engine ought
to have been started at two o'clock, but nothing could be
done with it till nearly three, when the explosion took
place. When Egerton was spoken to about the engine
he said he would not have so many masters, and shortly
before the boiler exploded, he said, " there's no steam
by -, its a case." Several witnesses were called,
who proved the facts of the case, all agreeing that the
cause of the accident was a deficiency of water in the
boiler, which was stated to be very defective in con-
struction. Williamson at this part of the trial was
discharged, and after an address from Mr. Wheeler, and
an elaborate summing up from the judge, the jury found
the prisoner Egerton guilty. Sentence deferred.
The court rose at twenty minutes past seven.