The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

NISI PRIUS COURT.-SATURDAY.

HOBSON AND OTHERS V. MANBY.—The declaration was in
trover to recover the value of certain goods alleged to be ille-
gally held by the defendant from the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs
are the assignees of a person named Manby, an ironmonger, at
Burnley, in this county; and the defendant is his father, also
an ironmonger, residing at Skipton, in Yorks Lire. In October
last, Manby, whose father had advanced him money to the
amount of £750 to commence business, by warrant of attorney
made over the property in consideration of the sum due, he,
Manby the younger, having at the time com nitted an act of
bankruptcy ; and the plaintiffs, the assignees under the fiat,
now brought their action for the recovery of the goods.—An
arrangement was come to between the parties, by a verdict for
£7OO being taken for the plaintiffs.
FARRELL v. HARRISON.—The plaintiff, James Farrell, is one
of the parties who, the other day, were tried before Mr. Justice
Cressvvell, and acquitted, on a charge of piracy ; and the pre-
sent action was brought to recover the sum 01 £43 10s. for
labour performed for the defendant, Mr. Thomas Harrison.
The plaintiff was the mate of a vessel called the Cora, of which
essel the defendant is the owner, and be (the plaintiff) now

brought his action to recover £43 10s. wages/Dr a-voyage per-
formed hence to-the coast of Africa and back,upon that vessel.
The case set up for the defendant was, that the plaintiff had for-
feited his-claim in consequence of gross misconduct and flagrant
breach of duty. The particulars relative to the dispute which
gave rise to the present action were published at. the time the
investigation on the charge of piracy was heard before Mr.
Rushton, at the Police-court. The Learned Judge-said the ques-
tion was this, whether, in their judgment, the plaintiff-had a
well-founded fear of great, and unlawful, and personal violence,
and whether he slipped the cable and anchor, which- act was
the alleged gross dereliction of duty, trom that well-founded
fear ; if so, they must find for the plaintiff, but if they should be
of opinion that the defendant had established the case which he
had instructed his counsel to set up, their verdict must be for
him. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for .e 43 10s.,
damages one shilling.

CROWN COURT.-YESTERDAY.
TREASONABLE CONSPIRACY AT LIVERPOOL.

On the opening of the Court, Joseph Czt.,:dy, Matthew Somers,
James O'Brien, Francis O'Donnell, and Edward Murphy, all
confederates, were charged with treasonable conspiracy in this
town. O'Donnell and Somers applied for copies of the deposi-
tions taken before the magistrates, on the ground that they did
not know the precise charge against them, so that they could
not prepare their defence.
His LORDSEI IP said they might hear the indictment read at full
length, and if they wished to postpone their trial until next
assizes they might; but as they had changed their minds be-
fore, their election must now be final. .

After some parley with counsel, all the prisoners traversed to
next assizes, and were put clown.

TRIAL: OF DR. MMOUALL.

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