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

August 20, 1814.

LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES.

On Thursday afternoon, the Commission for the South.
era Division of this conty was opeed i the Crown
Court before the Lordu Cfiief Baronn andn Mr. Just!ce
Cresswell, who left Lancaster by the one o'clock train,
hnd arrived in Liverpool at five. They proceeded direct
to the Crown Court, accompanied by the High Sheriff,
John Fowden Hindle, Esq., of Woodford Park, near
-Blackburn, and the Under-Sheriff, James Neville, Esq.,
of Blackburn. l The Mayor, the Town-clerk, Col. Tetne-
Irst, and other gentlemen, were present ; and afterth
v'oninsission had been read by the newly appointed Cl er kof the Crown, Mr. T. S. Shuttlewortb, the court was
adjourned until half-past eleven o'clock the following
Morning.
mine calendar for the present Assizes contains a list of
g,iB,4°,e.rs. Of this number, 16 can read, 30 can read
an
;:write Imperfectly 28 can neither read nor write, and
oltis2racnagia read and write well. The ages of the pn-
vitriol
on
t,eefrom 16 to 81. The cases to be tried may ba thus classified :—cutting and wounding, 6 ; throwing
person, 2 ; manslaughter, 7 ; burglary, 13 ;
horse-stewting, 2 ; highway robbery, 7; bigamy, 4; for-
ag.etrY' .4 ; offences against the Mint, 5 • rape, 4 ; unnatu-
Z. crime, 1; attempts to murder, s;' returning from
"nsPortation, 1 concealing the birth of a child, I i
'Murder, a ; miademeanours, 2. To this catalogue will
laabautr.der of
doubtless be added the name of George Evans, for the
Jane Millins, at Manchester, on Wednesday
J uctice The Chief Baron sits in the Crown Court, and Mr.
Creswell in the Nisi Prius Court.
,a.The Salford Hundred list, for the present Assizes, has
--in 132 causes.
loiretaaaiasei s' anadli the West Derby list has 95 causes set down
Ja9l-11 Friday morning, at a quarter to eleven o'clock,. the
al:l'We attended at St. Geor's Church, where, in the
It: nee' of .the Rev. J. W. Whittaker, D.D., Vicar of
I, cliburn, and Chaplain to the High Sheriff, prayers
ah'ren„a,kact b 9 the Reverend J. B. Monk. Their Lord-
pastrlede: ri proceede t the Sessions-house, and, at half-
yen o'clock the Right Hon. the Chief Baron, Sir
eriek Pollock ' Kt., entered the Crown Court. He
was dressed in his 'full obas as Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer.
The rs
then ozourt vras opened with the usual formalities, and
- --1' fallowing gentlemen were sworn as
J };
13 PluMbe
T T E
est H G RAND URY.
p, Esq., TonJ
ge Hall, Foreman.
41,e 7l HOn. Colin Lindsay, Haigh Hall.
The Him. George Granville Francis Egerton, Worsley Hall.
.I.Peteeterr toinswert Eschakhrithill's Hall.
Samuel In'oelis, Elq., Manchester.
William Entwisle, Esq.. M.P., Rnsholme.
-Joseph Fielden, Esq., Witton House.
tnrier,lericaeSendwerallis Gerrard, Esq., Aspect House.
Henderson, Esq., St. Anne's Hill.
Joseph Homby, Esq., Liverpool.
Langton,-Esq., Es, Liverpool.
aj qohn Frederick Lees, Werneth.
Wm. Marshall, Esq., Penwortham Hall.
Thos. Moss, Esq., Otterspool.
John Lewis Phipps, Esq., Doe Park.
Shakspear Phillips, Esq., Barlow Hall.
u W Joseph Ridgway, Esq., al eh es .
Thos. Sands, Esq., Elms Wood,
Trafford Park.
5 Mosley Hill.
Humphrey de Trafford, E
Samuel Taylor, Esq., Eceleston Hall.
Wm. Gerard Walmsley, Esq., Westwood House.
David Willis, Esq., Liverpool.
...The CHIEF BARON then addressed the Grand Jury.
tte said,—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury, in addressing to
You a very few observations on the calendar of prisoners
whose miles will be brought before you, I am happy to
°llene, while it exhibits unfortunately, a deplorable
combination of every possible crimethatcan be committed-
lagainst the person or the property of her Majesty's sub
-
as, almost without exception, it contains no cases of
sepdiate,o.ar of a act tending generally to disturb the
`e-na,,ee ; and I observe in the cases in the calendar
nge°litle'd ---e °I anY public discontent or disloyalty, and,
plorabr' that is
, a great consolation in looking over so de-
cases a cauogne, in which I find among a number of
ricart amounting to ninety, between twenty and thirty
fe es of either wanton or wicked injury, involving the
Solar safety safety or the health of her Majesty's subjects.
L..n arge isthe proportion of cases injurious to life and indica-
g a disregard of the law upon a matter in which the law
aaans.peaediphliaiteicngannadgesstrnong, for upon no point does the law
plain and so clear as that human life,
pre-
fore, a' safety of her Majesty's subjects are to be pre-
tnd Protected as far as possible. I may add, there-
great anidlP tn.
thserions
handed a" even while I am sitting here there has been
more to me the depositions of a case, involving the
charge of wilful murder, adding one
I make ts e_ heavy catalogue of that description of crime.e
the Queen uese remarks specially, with reference to one co-,.,
The co
of
iza ronees
v• Wm. Swanton. It is in the calendar N 0../.
gistr inquest appears to have returned a verdict
alkalplisliter, and I think the commitment by the ma-
Your Ett.,l,°„ne of manslaughter, but I think it right to call
cowlick i.i"an to the case and to explain to you what
beeans r.
--e view of the law applicable to such a case;
e it
which ether you
judgment may be by no means intended to withhold your
ton _ ila and I think it will be a fit subject for consideraa-t
will go beyond in your inquest th
pri_eoa iii the coroner's inquest was found, and send up the
.b 5a tiers for trial. It a ears to be a case of an attack
lanr nian on his wife. PIP abstain from using any harsh
nditatge• I abstain from usin any expression that may
/lease o"er a...u..Y excitement of feeling, or any thing beyond the
feeling tc;?..n,g, and the sense also of compassion and of
tusing llke ids the other sex, whenever exposed to any
ole depovt3iiotilence or outrage but____it appears, according
p liaeglielle, °us, that the wife of Wm. Swanton died in
...,44,."0kea b of an attack made by him upon her, whether
""ethea Y anY misconduct on her part, and especially
Person i?eavokea b
but / aloihry 00 her any personal outrage, or public or
tub' wish to r part, it may be for you to inquire,
Ject. scstate what I consider to be the law on this
the death oi the first place, whoever has been the cause of
frat install fellow creature is held responsible, in the
lea no the ce, as
having been guilty of a murder, and it
f•reature toPartY who has produced the death of a fellow-
tlsfactory reaccount for it, to explain it, and to give a sa-
‘°°' la vita re of the unfortunate and melancholy posi-
that el-1,,, I°l tip
tIfY th -"e. G a Party stands apparently charged with
at6l,-e vioieo entlernen, an assault or blow will not jus-
to I:ea:lota:re .that shall produce death. If a person
breast,- „:"aue extiselp,f the blow be not violent, b.e not such as
Murder - the aC'e anger which may exist in the human
Mistake t "Don
to w nw be lenient, and it be returned by a
PrOVO OSu . that is undoubtedly murder. It is a
realer:llb Dense
4 nel y violence tbdattehietak
catered th diat - rttle provocation, and be it
,‘, at lao every i
st'S ''n ,itis a gaage alone will never furnish such
vvie eto produce eto suppose that:any assault will
shall end in death, especially if the vie-
swe tending f eath has been accompanied by use of any
wanton
spinlg I.° Produce death. In the case of William
no dipc ore was
of
tisaieul la no such instrument used, but I have
arme",e Means thYlng down the law to be, that such a use
ti 0n with ; ,at a man may have (by clogs or shoes
Lon by his :ron)
indicating a cruel—indicating an inten-
deat.ing an
entire
of. doing some very grievous wrong—indi-
_lriduaj ia 're disregard of the life and safety of the in-
ssaorntid, by
larwes
f:s..,Y So attacked. in
pinecatiLo whom he is exercising thatviolence,
lip in ny responsible
u dgm
will , j
ufsot r
ast hme life
ch f 1
~Zn a murderous weapon. It be for you to say when
!vnet7`,nl come to examine the evidence to be laid before you
her there is any excuse for the violence that that hos:
band used towards his wife. It will be for you to con
glider
, whether the nature of the attack that he made upo-
oer—whether the nature of the attack and the repetition
of it, the part of her person that was the subject of his
violence indicates that to your minds—always, gentlemen,
remembering that in the course of the discharge of the
solemn and severe duties of justice, you are still to re-
enernber the infirmities of our common nature, and to
take into your consideration every circumstance of eras.
reration, which, in your judgment, although nothing Sus.
,tptiles, but which palliates the extraordinary violence that
aears to have been used. But I call your attention to I,l‘etrantorder that you may do your duty, taking care tem-
to 3,0e,,13' to exercise the important functions that belong
kn6v,7l' an,d, at the same time, that it may be abundantly.
which ttlaat those extraordinary acts of violence with
law - e ealen ,
woi cot . c,ar appears to be full, are not such as the
that if it
i:isit with the severest punishment ; and, also,
the verdict Made out by the inquest on your part, and
°,..111! which „millne part of the other jury, that the case is
w ici, the law has directed its most solemn and most se-
in the
ordin, namely, cases of wilful murder. Gentlemen,
Vhite sure yeorY duties that you have to discharge, I am
lisle nu you
4 need no information or assistance from me.
altn'Zstaiit at ant that many of you have exercised the.
is I,ls,,,anneee. una that belong to the office, renders it
t° -,Y to a -seta for me to remind you that your duty
dismiss
the
paacrertmo
whether there is evidence sufficients
Thlss "II to cIY on his trial. With thes.e remark , I
, e Grand , 'acbaree , • ortant duties."
"Mesita • 'Jury th a ) oOr important
nroawf itgai, en retired.
u. idly, Winn,
tided
H Inalici
and
I,,?rie ' aged 37, indicted for having, at a
ena °118137, and feloniously stabbed
, Thom boo ha atterall, with intent to do him some
a Y
With h :
margin,,.-8, rri/80,,,, m, was found guilty of an assault.
tines, him :" 41, pleaded guilty to an indictmentn
to k - -, cor, •
-I A aving, at Manchester, thrown a t
aurn and
_,%s auid
Ph b C k with inten
Rieh u Rfi
1-ac'ure her.upon ce e oc up, asao,., ard -roco
taare'neater, unl ous, 17, was found guilty of haying, at
diaa 3' a rloantrfallY and maliciously thrown upon Jane
~_eure her. 'of aquafortis, with intent to burn and
in orznel ,San •
e boa "71,18 b •
Y. use of , , c arged with committing a burglary
Y u°SePh Gr • Patrick 1, eeory, at Manchester, was found
wolltodinp. Litz griecCu:nbiel 4,-A-1 was foundand
was deferred. guilty of stabbing
odity l'""° Y, at Rainhill, with intent to do
The co ann•--In all these cases sentence
urt rose at half-past fire o'clock.
Mr j NISI
1111--(,
before ustice Cresl4 URT.—For DAY.
12 O'clock. "yells ook i,
-As seat in this court a little
The ltastty
o ation of
lord Plaintiff' in h. , BART. a
b af the ma tla • .
Iltch. WORSLEY.
, 110 r of Mae is Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart.,
velicled-eVrao, in ri- 1 nchester, and the defendant, a
that a 16 Meat
the loco
fe.a e aad at a stall the right of the plaintiff,
aong 0 Others bad not authorised. It was stated
iMdefear right ofcombined for the purpose of de-
erdicts tc - were sevenrLotolfieths
lr .4ed, a.
e maner. Thetcase was
.Mr i. r the piainti
in r of a similar na ure
n all.
,Or h. 'Nan' cooKE a REDELLIEN.
the tdeer_PlEtioltni'ff.With Whom. was Mr. Compton, appeared
It wendant. , and Mr. Watson and Mr. Atherton for
Day,,,, " an action
aaa'rr.arit kr
~,_lOll brought to recover the sum of £3OO
seas
rac„'i'aactuaera.".alla sold and delivered. The plaintiff
batZlnne ac h;',' Manchester, and the defendant a dealer in
that th 'Kea lnea, at the same place In January last a
tandr e latterde
between the plaintiff and defendant,
quality aiee
-Fuld be supplied by the former with six agre'el wheieBh Mousline de laines, a sample of the
B°oll UP, an was shown at the time. The price was
Os poss . - d the goods promised to be delivered as
itee. During the month of February, at se-