The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-17 00:00:00

NISI PRIUS COURT.-FRIDAY.

Wm. Macaulay, who was found guilty on the previous
day of receiving stolen property, was sentenced to be
transported for ten years.

THE PRESTON WILL FORGERY,

Henry Blackhurst, attorney, lately practising at Pres-
ton, was charged with forging a codicil to the will of his
late wife, Catherine, with intent to defraud the lord pro-
vost and baillies of Glasgow.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.

Mr. 'Pollock opened the case for the prosecution, and
addressed the jury at some length. The facts of the case,
as stated by the learned gentleman, seem to be :—Mrs.
Blackhurst had made a will, by which an amount of mo-
ney was left to the lord provost and baillies of Glasgow,
to build a school, to be named the Maxwell School, in
honour of her former husband, Mr. Maxwell, who was a
native of that city. There were.also other bequests. Mrs.
Blackhurst had added codicils, making a few alterations in
the will ; and it was with adding to the last of these codi-
cils three lines, which made null all the bequests, and gave
to himself the whole estate, that the prisoner was charged.
The various documents connected with the case having
been put in and proved, and the witnesses examined, Ser-
geant Wilkins addressed the jury for the defence. The
learned gentleman stated that the handwriting of the
three lines was smaller than the rest of the codicil, and
that the first words of these lines were written in a dash,
which seems to follow the larger handwriting. He then
entered into a long, critical, and able defence of the
prisoner. . . . .

His Lordship having summed up at great length, the
jury retired. After an absence of an hour and a quarter,
the jury returned into court with a verdict of not guilty.

CASE OF SHOOTING AT LIVERPOOL

John Kilshaw was charged with having, at Liverpool,
on the 10th October last, with a loaded pistol, shot at
Joseph Forester. with intent to do him grievous bodily
harm.

Joseph Forester, stated that he was at the Globe Inn,
in Lawrence-street, on the 10th October. Had one glass
of ale. Prisoner, with three or four others, came in when
he was playing at cards. When prisoner came in he said,
to the landlord, " Do you see that black-whiskered fel-
low playing cards with your wife." Prisoner passed into
the bar, where he used bad language to him. Witness
then went out, and while doing so was called a thief by
prisoner. He turned and asked for an explanation, when
a fight of about a minute's duration took place between
them. Witness then went out ; prisoner followed after-
wards, and when out asked if he was the fellow he was
fighting with, to which he answered in the affirmative.
Prisoner then came within a yard of him, and put some-
thing to his breast—something blue, which he thought
was a knife. Witness was told to run by a woman and
boy, as prisoner had something in his hand. Witness,
after running about twelve yards, felt struck in the back,
and heard a report. Was taken to a druggist's shop, and
then to a dispensary. Was struck about the middle of
the back bone. His coat was perforated, but does not
think his flesh was. He fell when struck by the ball,
but got up again and had to go three-quarters of a mile.
Did not look for the ball.
His Lordship, in summing up, directed the jury to re-
turn a verdict for a common assault.
_ _ _

Sergeant Wilkins said that the last assizes he defended
the prisoner against a charge of assaulting the police, in
which he received several severe wounds; and whenever
he took any thing to drink he became very excited, and
did not know what he was doing.
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His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be impri.