The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

CHAP.GE OF DEFRAUDING A LOAN SOCIETY.

Jane Harvey, 32, George rlia :18,nd,Steph;tz Par-
kinson, 21, sere charged with an attempt to defraud the
Trustees of a Loan Society, at Liverpool.
The case for the prosecution was stated by Mr. Paget.
On the Bth of July last, the female erisoner Jane Harvey,
went to the office of the North British Loan Society, and
applied for one of the usual forms preparatory to obtain-
ing a loan. She was afterwards called on and told to
bring her sureties on the Friday following, and she came
accordingly, bringing with her the prisoner Banks and a
person named Woods. On being asked for the other
surety (the rules of the society requiring three) she said
be was engaged on the river and could not come till the
next day. Banks on being asked his name said it was
George Harvey, and made his mark accordingly. Woods
also signed it. The parties were then told the money
would be paid on the signing of the note by the other
surety. On the next day Harvey called in company with
the prisoner Parkinson, and being asked his name, said it
was Murphy, and signed his name accordingly. The
money was not paid over. Some suspicion then arose, in
consequence of information that had been received, that
Parkinson and Banks were not the parties they repre-
sented themselves to be, and the three prisoners were
eventually given into custody.
The jury after a few minutes' consultation found all the
prisoners guilty, and they were sentenced to two years'
imprisonment.

hIALICIOOSLY CUTTING AND WOUNDING.

Timothy O'Brien, 40, (could read and write imper-
fectly,) was charged with cutting and stabbing John
Richards and William Jones. at Liverpool, in July last.
Mr. Cardwell conducted the prosecution, and the pri-
soner was defended by Mr. Wilkins.
Mr. CARDWELL briefly stated the facts of the case. On
the 11th of July last, between three and foal- o'clock in
the afternoon, the officer of the borough court of this
town, John Shanahan, went, will three assistants,
Richards, Jones, and Smith, to execute a writ of posses-
sion, and to give the parties, who had established their
right, possession of the premises occupied by the priso-
ner, who kept a provision shop in Charter-street. On
entering the shop, and being about to produce the war-
rant, they were attacked with an iron bar by a person
who acted as assistant to the prisoner, but who was not
then taken. At the commencement of the attack, the
prisoner called out for a knife, upon obtaining which, he
made a rush and tried to stab Richards, and, on Jones
going to his assistance, he also was struck and received
several wounds from the knife which he had in his hand.
The police then interfered, and the prisoner was taken
into custody.
After the case had proceeded, and one or two witnesses
had been called, Mr. Wilkins declined making any de-
fence on the part of the prisoner, provided the first count
in the indictment, namely, the charge of murder, were
abandoned. The prisoner would plead guilty to the other
counts.

The jury then returned a verdict of guilty on the counts
charging him with cutting and maiming, but acquitted
him of the intent to murder.
The prisoner was, after a most solemn and impressive
admonition from his Lordship, on the nature of his crime
and its dreadful consequences, sentenced to fifteen years'
transportation._

Henry Hamilton, Peter Took, and James Kean, were
discharged by proclamation.

This was the whole of the crown business.