The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL MAY SESSIONS

The May Sessions of the Peace for the borough of Liver-
-I)"leoromenced on Wednesday, in the Crown Court, before
Gilbert Henderson, E:q•, who had been appointed by the
Recorder to act as hiss deputy on this occasion, in conisier-.
quince of the indisposition of the learned gentleman.. I .
Henderson was sworn in, and took the oath of allegiance
before
oeencourt previous to the commencement of business, befo
the,Po Esq and Wm. Earle, Esq., two justices of the
Peacefor ou'lity, and Thos. Shaw and John North, Esqrs.,
two members of the Town Council. The court having beers_
jeoairisytLtuted, the following gentlemen were sworn the Grand
WM. Posber, Esq•, merchant, of Plum pton-terrace, foreman
James liateson, broker, Shaw-street.
Robert Lew'n Bolton, merchant, Gambier-terrace.
Richard Brians, Jun''' merchant, North John-street.
Thomas Prance Benntt, merchant, Castle-street.
Jpehn Wilson Carter, corn merchant, Oil-street.
illgh Craig merchant
t Kin -street.
Richard Da;son shanre'brokger, Exchange-street.
Thom, b
Henry' L'errY Horsfall, merchant, Exchange-buildings.
Henry
TJenkins, merchant, Goree.
cs s ''ogan, merchant, Oldhall-street.
wardedatlesSitewart Middleton, merchant, Rumford-place-
..l . 'lnon, merchant, Tithebarn-street.
~,Oiseph Mann, broker, Dale-street.
Thomas Martin, broker, Water-street. .
Robert M James
, miler, gentleman, Mount-pleasant.
George tries Mulleneux, rectifier, Dale-street.
'r,.,Ramsdenrgentleman, Canning-street.
"'ktns,'.lc (-LEAK of the PeAcr. having read the Queen's procla-
against vice, profaneness, and immorality,
I e DePutY RECORDER aduressed the Grand Jury as fol-
Twei*--Gentlernen of the Grand Jury, in consequence of the
1 alatehriiiisof the.learned recorder, it falls to my lot to n eet you
tr..s., °ccasion. The experience which many of you possess
-4,7lerS it unnecessary to say anything as to the general na-
enetOf the important duties upon which you are
.aboutto
bet! The number of cases which will come before y•ou will
rosiderable but none of them seem to be such as to ro
yout!;e4 special direction or advice ; but if in the coiursbeestf
aasisrvestigations any points of law should occur,..t the
Pres.ance in my power will always be at your senficem. At
liasi;ll,,t' however, I shall not detain you longer
Your ti•l' which is likely to occupy a considerable portion of
which
Grand Jury then retired to their room.
maria
_ROBBERY IN A HOUSE OF ILL FAME.:
char d litin, aged 28, and Mary Ann Bran lam, 30, were
't passe having, on the 24th April last, stolen a watch,
tNI to
ail.,
.sovereigns, two half-sovereign,ss, trwoaohalf-crowns
lowaMr, m Wings, the property of Edward
..lr? g •
at...,ew-
, k Nan is a clerk, residing with his father New_
"e had he°N°oiery. On the night of the 24th of Aprilrd wasl
(1 his 1,,ae,r1, at the Shades in Williamson-square,
p. keen, , oame when he met the prisoner Irwin, whomai he
t.. 8 Pdtlled
ipockets the her residence
;?_Pililish the property above mentioned.s It is impossible
Ir:o4a clothes birrenatilteiellreurnscianc,e .e placed
1' 400 which he is
hales' • d The cpNlrioisrtn.hlenselorarngl
li iB° PiearttcYl: The prisoner
Branhamine subsequently gavelhoirtn.
Ran was Iti. la a remarkable feature in the casetli, t I
l
with botielecl) ding to his own account, in communication !etUallY sle lie
,Prisoners after he was robbed, and that lie
int, custody t with Irwin till the morning when he gave both
Tlie in,
4:
It ap Y found Irwin guilty, and acquitted Branham.
Was jrra,red that Branham was an old offender, but this
Moutha,l!' sfirst offence. The latter was sentenced to twelve
all'4lPrisonrnent. The learned Deputy-Recorder. id
,(or
be wedgaill. would not, in consequence of his bad conduct,
ins expenses.
Wi// 1."" fly AN OFFICER OF CUSTOMS:
ktolen ;0°74 .14.180 n Phillips, aged 32, was charged
with having
It a,
shags'"Shillin the property of Charles Miller Taylor.
servie,t,'Peared the prisoner, who was a tide waiter in the
the Fr of the customs was, in A pril last, stationed on boardi
killr4rtna, which s;as lying in the Waterloo Dock. C Chas.
sato, atm Ylor, the second mate of the vessel, slept inli
above that e-roo as the prisoner, the berth of the former beingise_
front 4, of the latter. On the 24th of April Taylorsmo..._ady
the ,u"lne Pfocket of the trousers which he had worn on ,uo_d_e,
etc um
ten shillings. After a consultation with the chief
hstixt
Ihillin resolved to mark some money. He marked
heap; 81:
oV'flitirehti,soen Tuesd.ay morning, were left in the. pocket
.. exainined eh' ra• Miller went away, and on his return
d that only two
stuilin.,„ _
.t e trousers, when he foun The coin
was ,11'41!mained, four having been taken away.
r°on that"d by two parallel lines cut over the date. It was
An in, the prisoner had been at Sixsmith's public-house.
tllakkdeti.oe.P(ll:eatertr7dand a police-officer, who were informed of whates
„, , i ' went to Sixsmith's, where the prisoineurirw„
-,ariced 0 custody. He was searched, and two shillings,
two his
~,,a_!eltir. Nliller had marked his shillings,
were'.d, and
" foul.ri
two shei"liei!
.The drawer at Sixsmith's was examined, w
Sisami,i.,"gs similarly marked were found. The waiternat
morniniglias proved that the prisoner had been there twice Ir_..t.
84er paidil•ti have_ tat the
drink. On one occasion the_. Pie,
could
hot in silver, but on the second occasion the witness
PriMr. IT
Nrecnliect in what coin he paid.
s°fler.E‘ He Spoke at some length in defence of the
outin. the tie said he had no hesitation whatever in
_attt.lrai-
the niit,: robber
Yto another person. He contend
cot
.t
nizauen of ate of the ship was the only person who had
and
Rho, h Lt-e In°nev being in the pocket of the trousers,
P,tiwea a.,1-,e(l, CO have-taken it but him ?
They
adte,),Ptliidrtqhalt‘ethhcle;
kannde Patrick
_Mooney were called.
ThellZinst against, before. w
e prisoner, and had never heard
111', gaid, a-Pt;il, KCORDER, in the course of his summing
s
Lie point i'r'• t°
the in against the mate, thereh
an
4Pthesi " the evidence which tended to support suie . n
found thea• . The i
ArY, after a few minutes' cOnsul.atio
and ke,i. prison a ;1
^°tY• He was sentenced to he imprisoned
" (0 hard labour for six calendar months.

THURSDAY.
kri/P STALIN'G FROM A COUNTING HOUSE.
*IIS ine:4, I:9rneitt 15 able to read and write,nalPFrf.ercethlYi:
how jae,eu tor stealing' from the counting house of 1
per„,
n. ea troWn,
co 4. "el °ne tootjal.ipeiceikg:rocnaesep'aoir'e oPfairsc°ifsssoPresc;taacille.ds' one
The N.O
the pris'onerecuti" was conducted by Mr. Blackburn, and
The circum-
stances efti,„,was defended by Mr. Venables..
day last,
wh-, else were reported in our pul-.llici.a7t:i,ospnebfreotdfyilmr'oueoeinisl_-
tioned ili tC t;", 'ihglar mode in which the (
was fun . - .iniiettrient • s discovered in
c_.
4,. ) detailed. A
~ottu tinhouse
of . 4:2o'"'raiote had been missed from the
'fiell. bring.loner
was
thedfirm in Indi.a.buildings during the timed
bed-roenn being searcher
hoe,lee‘te, the prorpertanof t
(--OS)ehisrosecutor, whose counetirne!n;
fonha th,!,(l, )een broken (Yipen in PDecember, last, was therein
elaie,l,"_el,,-. qd, the police-officer.
-,u, ience substantially was, that four monthshavinogf
the pt.' uetween the time of the robbery and the discovery ;
the
.oPerty, ~,.„5 t l
Pri - toolong to justify
.the charge of robbery
but
ed,ueerit
_if
that
lolliangllit to have been indicted for stealing;
i'l,`.." is Part rebl'aetinvesOto, therei had been no suspicious con-
mercytt,',Jury f
shed theprisoner guilty but recommended..him
Uh
ground of his youth.' Sentence deferred
kliar RORIIERT FROM THE PERSON.
uig'!"( Edwar(lB, 28, Martha Jones-, 14., and Ellen
three
Be, 40, were indicted for having feloniously stolen
IlPee„°"reigns, four half-crowns, five shillings, and ten
The ' the property of Benj. Thomas, from his pe.i,of all
the The
.itlrY returned a verdict of not guilty in favpu,
caw_
liitiorl ;611ers, and the - were discharged, after a brief a 1
ironi the court.)

John .
STEALING LEAD.
for ia.,,,i6Wf, 1, and Thomas Wi nail. 28, were indicted
ahnl cartlfelonieusly ripped cut,g broken, stolen, taken,
rteriert.''" awaY, two ta s ;rid 11b. weight of lead, the
`inert.
of Robert Prodshparn, on the 10th of May.
1 ,rh:iialiii Jileaded guiltY•
.° kr. epur was stripped from an unoccupied house belonging
leek r" as
in Toxteth-park. The prisoners were
tad Is ,ner both before and after the robbery ; and the
Gill Portion of it, was found in a cellar.
Fetitieter found guilty'. was
nail, who had been previously,
Ittrii,Prilon,,°f a misdemeanour was sentenced to six months
grta tcontebn3t to hard labour'; and' Gill to hard labour for
Ilia
of Reyai. l'"'...77...."''''''''''''
by desire
41.heer mit,eighness,Prince Albert held a levee,
‘e, .1 4LY, on NS ednesday afternoon, at St. James's
i
11 GUI.
b (N
tel? 1," the 12,01,eRNE AT A FUNERAL.—On Sunday after-
°fth ell in th ' of an old pensioner, named Penfold, was in-
tee NI e churchyard at Patcham a small village about
the tle4 fr°rn 13 ' I I: don-road. The wife
.oteect , -eeettleA rig iton, on the on.
spew ner husb,, was attired in a becoming mariner, and fol-
iip tel dist and as chief mourner. Behind, her, at a re-
1, Deated ance, was another female, in widow s weeds, who
to the 45%leePty Concerned in the sad ceremony as Mrs.
It dg
grave ,_°ll the corpse leaving the church, followed it
t°,7," whis'tthe no small astonishment of the spectators.
fto,,eased,
and that the strange widow wasd;: also married
wife,ict
4,1 whnro
.$o it proved. She was Penfol s
atip "'skill' ' separated many years ago. He enlisted in
if tin !"g tYagoons, and went abroad. On Ins return,
ttle a,
Iti'o4, wife to be dead, he married again.
.His first
lit°,l he, a.tried ag,aii, and we believe her husband is living ;
afre'4 trneneg of the death of her first husband, she resolved,
''letinn h Penitent, to pay him the last sad tribute of her
Ilisr Neill'. teeing to laid in his grave. There is another
',rat ~:r `eason, perhaps for making herself known as
Itlprty, w'iheietio,ld, it is said, died possessed of some
1104,1,t4t _ she Jays claim to.
stat le of 11' 'FRE tINioN.—A report made in thr Irish
kl of th.
xtitootis in 1703, by the Committee ' on the
litrhaty b c ,Aation" concluded with a resolution that Her
litillabjeee„ra`ledthrough her favourable interposition
.'', the °' this kingdom may be relieved from the cali!-
'rhi4ititnti'linoW labour under, by a full enjoyment ofthei,r,
4 tePres' and. bY a more
.firin Union with Engrand.
th,ltlie iti,l entation was voted by the house. The iddress
N• t'r'.l2 it 1 "se Of Lords, Ist October, 1703, concluded
-sing* 've art sensible that our preservation is owing to
kihope it ~.t!''!'led to the Crown of England, So we are con-
t. 5 tri'rd tend to our further security and happiness to
tet,4tlona.,, e comprehensive and 'entire Union with that
NC'''' and To these th •
1. 'tikice . apt e_ !e answers returned were in general
ept_ r, In neouraging. On the 4th March, 1704, the
voi re Presenting the Bills, referred pointedly to the
ttn: and eona above mentioned, as having had the unanimous
3tli tit', 8 tisent of a full house, and prayed the Lord Lieu-
-141% 1707aPPort to carry it into execution. On the 9th
te,%!;eeen' the Irish House of Comnions in their address to
aqrate cr,eintLeted her " to add greater lustre and strength
'4lt .'3 Of the by a yet more comprehensive Union." The
l'ilt;lresseti Irish Ilouse of Lords on the 15th July, 1707,
*et, " old
,In terms still stronger in favour of an Union.
Itaidatts deeito:reland," influenced by wisdom and foresight.
'4lTilnee of 4: (:),,t ?t1 LT oio 11 as " Young Ireland," under the
4 t,e i, C. " Connell, is eager for a severance of it.
forksint:tY Rill Probability that for the future a general gaol
it l',. The take place throu hout Fnyland early in the
the ,tt at
increase of crime in -the country;together
I'lllo4l, bast nutober of offences handed over to the assizes
kati ha
e eanae
calendars to assume.. an appearance
n abl n pricer
tptt; i e for shello
e:
The late circuit has. been re-
e tentn,very rwheltning amount of its criminal busi-
tq'vrn eg tseff.c?otY the same overcharged calendar has
tee bneine_s indeed
, so exceedingly heavy has been the
arinwholiy
t; of the assizes, that the ordinary judges have
tll:''ere‘'es.,f4eeri9(ltial to the task of disposingand tbe
Nt:fled nt: enonse.l who were joined in'the commission
4 diet' Prlsone. tequisition for the purpose of trying !be noi
~,t the and e0,,..8
.111 the county of York, what with learnec
etti 6i, 48414 ti`un.lnussioners, there were five or slx courts open
,:re,,, Lt ~,
_,. for the disposal of the various indictments.
t,uee ttie., of things to be by, no means desired ; if parties
_
floe !elte`;_r
.the assizes at all let them he brought vet
4°°k ''
with 1! Judzes of the land ; let their cases be a -
generally
Ittfate,t
up. a teht, ~
fore and dignity
be
kt.
1 a the
'4:4
. ' • • which we g.e
of
the
hteeated LQJects „'. uetore the Queen's judges. 0
,t .oee a by the e.-.oPosed by a trial at the assizes isnientire_liyi
,N. 4,te.,
,rnake-shift expedient of sending an
cans
be
4:0t),,`" iti rit,,,j.? 8 roe-shift
for adjudication. Nothing car.'
1.,.
eloo,i.n74e:ir arete7ea,nee than trying offenders in some gram3-iduge-',
'll,th 11,11.1nry w'i'taurnber, with no conveniences 0
the'a otheate huki'asTes, accused, officers, or pubflicr.
'
the day hr Pereo,3" together, prisoners shoulder to shoulderwho
lir eNrveetnre,
..._, and the presiding judge a gentleman. been
ii,hls i,,5 lin ,ouf Perhaps the same day, .31'114 in
has
hjinsetiatll de-
kiti_s" crirnin7 prosecution. If solemnity be a
highly
1 q tii five, am 41 courts, these nssistant courts
.ar• i
e_
tit.actar.o, tted t. Y‘et, according
Its, ill% they utir''le Circuits to the necessarily
the heavy nature ot t i
us.-
'ti,"leed, , at Present unav i lable • the criminal b '
into
kilt drn the Norther 9tCircuit has actually run
limited (el pea.
Y 8 of the present i term, --Justice of Peace.

COURT OF PASSAGE—TunsnAr.

SED L'CT 101. i

BILLINGE v. HASLAM.-I❑ this case Mr. JAMES ap-
peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. VENABLES for the defend-
ant. The plaintiff, John Billinge, was a cowkeeper and
publican, residing at Edge-hill ; and the defendant, James
Haslam, was a fitter, working at the station of the Grand
Junction Railway, Edge-hill. The action was brought to
recover compensation for the loss which the plaintiff had sus-
tained in consequence of losing the services of his sister-in-
law, Margaret Carter, who was seduced by the defendant,
himself a married man. It appeared from the evidence of
Margaret Carter that she lived as servant with the plaintiff;
that on the 14th of April, 1842, the defendant, who with his
wife lodged in the same house, accomplished his purpose
during the temporary absence of Mr. and Mrs. Biliinge and
his own wife ; and that on the 15th of January in the pre-
sent year sbe was delivered of a child. 'Witnesses were also
called who detailed expressions which the defendant had used
indicative of his intentions to seduce Margaret Carter. Mr.
Venables, for the defendant, contended that the plaintiff
could only recover for the loss of service, which could not be
much, as he could easily have got another servant. The
Learned ASSESSOR said there appeared to he little loss of
service, but the jury must consider to what damages the
plaintiff was entitled for the outrage to his feelings, as head
of the family, in having his wife's sister seduced whilst a
servant in his family. The jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—damages, £lO.