The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

nec• 24. 1844

„sUTH
ANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1844.
Choi, RAPE CAES.
of _ 8 Brindle, 60, was indicted for the commission
,iwtrhaepevjoifue
oArnn Turner, at Preston. The prosecutrix
is
respectable innkeeper at Preston, and bad
;es ;ember t prisoner for many years. on the 18th No-
„Toter the prisoner went to the house of the prosecutrix.
of the until a late hour in the evening. The whole
the gamily had retired to rest, with the exception of
falleaprosecutrix and a servant, the latter of whom had
with :sleet). The prisoner then assaulted the prosecutrix
afferieerat,vieleuce, threw her down, and committed the
given „with which he stood charged. An alarm being
th:ttieeidatsist assistance, to he: *tr.was eventually rescued by her friends coming
The prisoner observed, when appre-
, Y the police-officer, " What a shocking thing
t
atieh -esaeuld live to this age, and then should conitm
Retite!ut act at last." The prisoner was found guilty, and
Aolg_ced, to transportation for life.
c large
stood 7.‘ie Kelly, a young man apparently about 23,
TaYlor d with having committed a rape on Jane
married at Tottington Lower-end. The prisoner was a
the
earatetters
delieee , roa. and was employed by the postmaster to
in the neighbourhood of Ramsbottom. hit.
Mr. Rors,e of his occupation, he called at the house
as
a hervar,!"well, surgeon, where the prosecutrix lived s
when si", and while there, having watched his opportunity
der ee was alone, assaulted her in a most violent man-
, and, it was alleged, - • accomplishing his
Parpnee was alleged, succeeded in
),,After.l
',tr. M aong cross-examination of the prosecutrix by
thettzh?a, who appeared for the prisoner, his Lordship
Prisn,e‘ the case could not be carried further, and theh
served theas accordingly acquitted. His lordship o -
he wi,,,, with respect to the resistence in such cases,
in all'aed it could be made more generally known, that.
fled ine,,,a of that nature tee parties attacked were justi
ejaldr -tlopting every means at their disposal ; they might_
,taw:lY:r•e'e weapons which nature had given them, and
pose ,bite, or ....,_r,
tve put the man's eyes out, for the e:_t_iire-
gre„t didrotecting themselves from his violence. r
,i4clitie•ecu,ltY was, owing to the delicate nature of such
"%en' - ,Iri making such a matter public. But elder
attack- might teach the younger, that iii case of such
the nes,llle best course to adopt Ras to fly at the face off
vicoe'n'erLeY, and use their nails with the utmost degree of
that e • If such a course were adopted, he felt
aslClube -
eotne re. such as they had been inquiring into would
Ge "8 frNtletit.
Auti-°Pe Birchail was charged with commi'ting a Tye on
Peareci'herrington. at Pemberton, near Wigan. f
thte
aar
e-
? 17, thhar. the prosecutrix was a yowl woman
and
",8Y in ohavlng formerly worked in a coal- n the
I)",
a?
o-eareh
°, etengeatioe, the 2nd of September, she was minb
_vi_
ktan, tiiv.-YEa ent, and walking along Goese-green, X
man, accosted
fa her
"et. and''' Pll3oner, with whom was an old
at 4,, ()tiered to procure her a situation with
latio- Asht
b isoner
n ....:„, which she acceded to, and after some conver-
thoid- "1, the part'es, it was agreed that tee pr .
..
took
4he calf it, a short time arid take her to the plate.
lltr iliPti.hisserer accordingly
'waited upon her and 1
ume,, cv direction of Lord `s plantation, where they s.,
efiectin' ,s9rne fields, where he eventually succeeded in
settee gf
.U 1 s Purpose Tie jury retired. and at er in ab-
Primr,°' about aquarter of an hour returned, finding the
-eergue.y.
guilty, Sentence, transportation for life.
Inhe , HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
24, w 'lnsher, 24, John Locker, 24, and Win. Cho,lterlon:
ton :re ;
'itdicted for robbing Peter Newton, at Warrianga
farnien the 12th November last. The prosecutor i
I.
bee, :' residing in Cheshire ; and, on the 12th
.Nove.n
tingtOnal' at the Star and Garter public-house, in War.-
sueere i drinking together with the prisoners. -
0, c left about twelve and the proseewor soon after.
The
the eels arriving at a dark, place in Bridge-street, one. of
taittiT,B°ners (Fisher) came tip and accosted him, asking
111sed:r BiXPence, the others following him. This
.he re-
thee st,,a,ad they then accompanied l•im,. with the view, as
ceedin .Led, of pi oviding him with lodgings. Atter pr.ne-
?ishe g a little further, Locker pinioned his arms, while
down, rdied his pockets ; and one il them knocked him
QIN"; and abused him in a most brutal manner. They
,eurieeisn away. Mr. James Pollock, for the prisoners,
nig niveed there had been a mistake as regarded the tak.-
deuce the depositions, which did not agree with the evi-
%show wt
by before the court. He called witnesses to
13Y thenuat the case was totally different from that openeda
!Ilk] diereaecution : that the prosecutor was in RI .
had ~bo7t know what he was about, or what. money he
tablic..ll4"l'la); and that the prisoners were never_ at the
.4ordet • ouse
at all with hint, as had been stated.—His
.. • v 14) at
the evidence imufficien. to convict.
discharged. of -
acquittal was then taken, and the prisoners

coNct
in ALING THE BIRTH OF A CI ILD.
14,1,the birti•lohn.vtone, 27, was found guilty of
laboured of her child, at Manchester, in November
sentenced to two year's imprisonment and hard