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1,,c Jere
.0e hail...crow I
Three of them we...oy tinged with blood, sh()
the (dottier which I fourid to the prisoner- '
Vent to the prisoner beeansc he
told he said he wanted to see Mr. ‘VoodB, Lis c
„std nothing to him before

I tare t

~ i s
i WAtaieeteen, feloblokVelY i'-'1()hell 'll'Al
•• ~ the person of the ..81 . .
intent to viola,.
prisoner also stood chatgeu
t:;tl„l.lBetalllteil,6a.l(ll,ltt.let6eilt,,' eille, in g . il 0 tl._,
,n 1: d Ell!
icilet n F
i'irilnirli viaval ,i . wwiitf.l
d t' e others with
for the
abetting.e
It appeared, front the evidence..
The
next day I i of joiii,,,,.ki.uurrnivii ; and the first
~
knocked at the etli-door, ! with.
one or the morning of
elaster. •
that between twelve and
~ .
aisndeshdated the saute female, an a. ,
aiding
wished to
at the door. She had gone, to bed, herself.t
..th..
some-
„Ili), I made a noise,
.inu.s,_,.
One of them afterwards got in o
fol-
ly, e
!prosecution,.) ,iDecember, they went to the prosecritrifsho±senililnlyd
1 the -tot
I ' being in
(it'
"vt' into her bedroom, and was immediately
into
was present. He said _ mac, present. I then went for Mr. Woods
,but ao back win 0,,
was from home. I told tri iri •i• final.Ae I 'returned Isj
'
from Mr. Woods' I i ' the
' l, while the others stood by in
rst
underw Ii o t
lei entered t ewr endi d
ag
wot,
et!a.
met .tile. Greenall, the inegstraie. I 1 .
I lowed by the. other three.
ompi,sheil the offence stated,
d some cases to dispose of before him. I then told the 1 a"'e
and said nothing. Ile pressed her • .
rrhefi
the room,
the act she screamed out, and
prisoner Mr. Woods se f •
home. \‘ lien I went into i she ' i not ere out. After .:
the cell, Mr. Greene!! a•s ri"
prisoner , cow, ,
in,
who were ►e I t in by two of the party,
dowe so that
nas at the door,
‘iiiid the
two neighoours came
could see hire I. then left the cell.
said
prisoner :iglu,
knocked at the. 1
Lee, and Lovatt were ap-
r wished
soon after, and lie said when I went to
away laughing. Ilawkesworth:
him that he ee
• tdered himself to the
isdte t? See I‘ll.. Greenall, whom I told what who opened the door from the inside. They all then went
i prehended. Griffiths afterwards suitee,
11,1:eg‘,1,,iritsaolii:akesal tt hen we got into the cell, the prisoner i _
_,iee.
in the house, but said
being
I"senhedoor. Ilawketworth,
a stateinent, but, Mr. Greenall cautioned him police.
prosecutrix let them in herself by.t
ageinst makin ••
Ile admitted
~ i
',,i'l, lt Waii' 't
twice. Ihe prisoner turned to tee, and
for the prosecution,
tri.._ ,
~, me that did the deed. I hope you will be a I
lie 1 when they were taken. Dr. Brown was
got out of the
-Liu to me. I then stopped 1;
thee stated, t' t he' I Lovett, and Lee also admitted being present et tl e house,
ono and cautioned him.
__-
and Mr. -Wilkins defended the prrisoners, andfrom
wentr to the Bird-ill-hand, and had a
Riess of rum, ailial li•
d th'itt she had quer-
ja.h_
~
w.t 1
his issvi e had another ; that he left the Bird_ witnesses,
that she was addicted to drinking ;1
ad
found her alone with
'".'. 1, il k wife, when the bells ware rineing a little witnesses, that the proeccutrix had parted f her husband ;
1 the case
after Six o chi • ; that his wife had
use Ihe jury stopped on the road, because he had s wheii t been browi beatiinieg iiiii,:dii
1 her husband in his own
addressingho' them, and acquitted all
seen nwaft Wigazi; that he had oicea'sionotoa gogirl i
nstvoi whom
field, . !yelled with a married woman, wh,o, la
1 when Mr. Wilkins was
tee— ;,fraillowed him,and
and began to brow-beat him again ; the prisoners.
alild'`.l,twaUielalreljuinped uo, pulled his knife out of his pocket, I
CROWN COURT,—SATURDAY,
be did it, no I •in the throat ; he said he did not know how
me that afterriuw he
ROBBERY.
indicted for
got out of the field ;he afterwards told :. Before Mr, STARICIE, Q.C.,it the Grand Jury-room.
crown,
outofher he hail done the deed, he look three half •
house of :lane Daniels, at iallord, in the
oti hint, was th pocket ;he said the knife which I found Samuel Dixon, aged 36, and John Riley, were .
how he e knife he used. He said he did not know haeing entered the . got out of tile field.
M k conducted the prosecution.
prisoner and h •
and other property. Mr. . on
e did not say anything.
The clothes were SiIoWLI to the month of November last, and stealing therefrom two gowns
Cross .
lne; tvl--"uiined.—
Inc.
Tilliecloln,fotatit.,ld upon him
trying the door
Lie said that li stabbed her with the The prisoners were undefended.
that Dixon had been observed.
was
con-
duce
,in ariseererto a question from It appeared .
Prisoner
upon the
li was, in consequence, placed _
otter the clothes ar
whilst I was 'mil es who were present when I showed the of the prosecutrix's house on the night the robbery e not here. They bad ea„„, to him witted. A watt;
the
prisoners,short time afterwards,
a
d the shirt?'
eto fetch Mr. \Voods. (This witness pro- premises, and bulb
prieoner mere' • clothes, lied candlestick
, upon whic
several handleshad
been tied up ready to
Mrs. Ili }cast cast his eyes several times.) upon them ; and
e was recall • ' h the were found therein and secured. Skeleton keys were found
' st both the
siresaid Wai the , . called dad shewn the candlestick, which be. convened away.
Prisoner's. '
as the prisoner's William Edwardo;litaY une-
prisoners.
in upon the serious offence
seae also identified the clothes The jury returned . a verdict .of guilty again
ton on the 28th Nov u dainore.--1 was assistant to Mr. Gar
convicted,g sentenced Dixon
ton Buckle:, •,land exarnihed ou that day the body of of which the prisoners had been
ld
Riley to twelve months'
cut incised of tit% •found a large wound M - Mr. STARTUP, after comment
the neck, a to transportation for seven years, at
three niches ;
carotid artery of •°flg, and two • depth, The • i nment.
impr so
in ,
BURGLARY.
Iv.. .
the left side was
iodpipe was conipl eI • cut nearly through. rite
Partly a stab,
and 't. } severed. It appeared to have been
was caused b• tl partly a cut. The death of the deceased
Ilse ,
n.,.e t y le sudden loss of blood, caused by the 't
I.
th.i_ao. 'at low Produced would cause such a wondwT‘ wound,
'
e,'c,uu..t. potar from the clothes to have been an tr There
narnie,s_t!l an advanced state of preeancy. y
Jame
eixi:teined.—l have been twelve years in ice.pract
corouer. Aftertherein the charge had been gone into, the prisoner
eautiuued
titiieinent, which was taken down by my father, who
read over and risoner very particularly. It was afterwards
the corer,
~ , _
en•tri 'l.' he following deposition was then read
got :cWilp
oftenrichurch last Sunday afternoon, arid afterwards
and I told I ; iny wife wished rne to take a walk with her,
~,, ler to put her bonnet on. She went up stairs and
"El so, and • '
e °l and a hOle shawl. She told Mrs. Rigby to leave the
of thelva',,4,',,l4e, perhape, should not be long. We went out
so we weLi. door ; and she said, ' We will go this way ;' and
pooria
.urtt‘uvp the bill to the Bird-e-th'-hand. She had been
hid ,t:i,i'lled
in
or three days, but felt better in the afternoon,
we Were coating:.a walk. We had each a glass of rum. When
at least I thou oht we heard the St. Helens coach coining,
Helens
eoacight it was it, and I asked her if it were the St.
been out
nt,' , nd we went on after it towards home. I had
eailf.ei't_w work a month last Monday. I belonged to the
thsoael°,,;7, and had got my card and went or, tramp. I went
ollrrieeti ;rtoenchester, and called at her aunt's svhere we were
cad sweetheart On our way home I was telling her about an
loade her
.e airt of min, then I had met at Wigan. So it
would inoii, .ea I°tl3 and she gan upbraiding me, and said I
tbat g• t at allY,oody rather than her. We were going past
a,,,, , tae-place leading into that field by the New Houses,
she followed rather short, and I went into the field, and
I threatened Joel , still upbraiding me about this woman, and
not what about i;Nztiastilr would do at lier if she did not hold her strlet'iuF °II so, thajTsall nonsense ; and I was so mad at
pulled my knife out of my pocket and
~,, .4 iller."
,:%•inr'. j , s the case for the prosecution.
riot attet'rki Isles addressed the jury for the prisoner. He would
the deaf Pt to dispute the fact that the blow which caused
but hewuas.of the deceased had been given by the prisoner,
nut be colitguiltY of manslaughter and not murder. It could
tented an ' ehrled that up to that fatal moment he had enter-
plain thatthing but the strongest affection for her, but it was
sior:eitea_u , at times she laboured under a strong degree of ex-
". ityeand was so, to a considerable extent, on this ocea-
evinced!, dwelt upon the jealousy the deceased had always
wool,
,tnrough the careless levity of her husband, and which
hid
.`l._Oe aggravated by her love for him • the fondness he
ttiahe'w.aYS displayed for her • the absence' of any previous
moo!' the good humour that'existed between them to the
. .
~,_•_";eut of the catastro h •
p e , the probability that so public a
t''ce would not I
oeeri
e_ . lave been chosen had the crime of murder
Cit,4 buntea?plated ; that her jealousy might have been ex-
coach
,y seeing him notice Some female the. St. Helens
on.
„ , that this exc't • '
'''e reto w, • , i ement might have been increased by
hi rum . a men she drank at the Bird-in-hand ; that the noise
tio,LY.O II d been heard might have been that of their (.1. ta.
.
aau , that she mi ht b •.
143; arid th tin •g as a taken the scissors out to stab
stale!, ~ a llls passion he suddenly seized his knife and
tl,
,^ 'ler. In support of the latter 1 •heP d d
iypot. esis aea e to
re tact of flan blood 'atid, area being on the shirt wristband of the left
prevhya
.. to the nature of the wound. Had he gone there
let, „tie'lY to take her life, would he Lave
thrust the cloth
bee44:lo,7eound to staunch the blood ? but the thing having
cealreent ' ' aaeuld he not naturally try every means of con-
wee, ,
.1, The more lie • losed her, the more indignant
Were abe at her aspersions, until he had become, ae it
tee,e'
cerupletely maddened, and struck the fatal blow. Under
hrld reumetances the crime would be that of manslaughter,
eot
leo murder.
LIT "u Prisoner fre ue • shed ja_ e q ntly s tears during the delivery of
, e nets
s very pathetic and powerful address.
priLu 1 arned JoDGE said there could be no doubt that the
i ''ener had Pr
erfi been the cause of the death of his wife, and that
th ee'r to red
ere • uce the crime from murder to manslaughter,
bin tnoat have been sufficient
provocation to excuse the
test,-''''' He did
Plated • liot see any such provocation, as the law coil-
jury te ,in the evidence on this ease. It would be for the
tjf mudeconsider whether the blow was inflicted in a moment
a44/04.banger, or that it resulted from a lurking malus
Nvent thro r°tlght dudey provocation. His Lordship then
*IN.
TP,lgh the ce, commenting upon it as he went
one Thee
rather concealment of the matter told against the pri-
ao far
47,'. . than in his favour. Unless her jealousy went
it would' P instigate her to use violence towards her husband,
tig'ioner, sob no no mitigation of the offence charged. The pri-
atreci:lts.confession, had said nothing about his wife liar-
eea the hirm which he naturally would have done had such
'ion de eBe• If no more took place than was on that occa-
io aet
not bee'ci:thed
:laiaughter by the prisoner, the offence was murder, and
/Nilti saver t° a question from a Juror, the JUDGE said it
"Iler had
a_e.ho difference in point of law whether the pri-
-I,l.uestoo c_`_uiple his statement early or late. In reply to a
ords. Cr° i another Juryman, his LORDSHIP said that no
seaeatiouever strong, could, in the eye of the law, be a
,A. bailiff•l' •
Neil, laving been sworn to keep the Jury in some con-
tented` and retired ..
Pot, without meat, drink, tire, or candle,.
t.
,_ at ten u •
4',lt past ,_ !mutes past two o'clock, and were absent until
The o two 0 clock, when the • returned a verdict of Guilty.
Prisaojt)retnan said ).
like d
the Jury would to recommend the
~, rto mere ••f
ae1••"e Jea, ) I y had the power.
ettNied toga d they had the power, but whether it could
toThe por.L_ 14 as !mother matter.
„t44e,ratie,,.`"Vi said that was for his Lordship's own con-
,,,,Lcirient Tie founded their recommendation on his own
4 he
_.
"n statubug confessed he could not see the grounds on his
Ili, Orient.
ii,"ttat e°ltheslttp k
as ed for the depositions before. the ma
ste e, e- 'um reti 1,..55 4, absent few to confer with Mr. Justice Coltman.
PI
_called o a leW Minutes, and on his return the prisoner
awful slime
the blackPlu—proclamation was made, and the Judge
a•,l!' senteoe, t'll Upon his heed and proceeded to pass the
just theot tiocelootetleath in the following terms
fel Pronounce, I Y : a jury of your fellow-countrymen has.
theT"rder• t' a verdict that you have been guilty of vril-
oh,Y were hoe_ , a.a painful duty they had to perform, but
„4"gatitt hoe to discharge it in accordance with the solemn
eae: "f teilio their oath. I also hare the melancholy neces-
-110 at justly g You that for that crime of which you have been
feiTleed---yottvieted, for no other verdict could be pro-
toll .
Th_ must die an ignominious death upon the scar-
, elde..,e urY have recommended you to the favourable
,0 the 'goon ef the ,
seolee Ponee..o‘,.. e '-ourt, oda the statement which you made
e,unieBevere
prunvie r,. thinking that you may leave received
that t see that •ocation from our wife. I inuet own that I
e,. Yoe we_ 3'ou had such provocation. I cannot consider
joc,tl tee:you (e instified by any words which she may have
_ 0 Ehe estmat'No words in the eve of the law, nor ought they
ti
ouBr he 4 lon of common sense, could palliate your raising
eouleteea hgeti.,)!•oo barbarous a manner, and inflicting a wound
the e endatileTat . eternity• All I can say in reply to their re-
etteeeretar" la,. that it shall be immediately forwarded to
thlrittio,,
vcdlYiX
.state, who, I have no doubt, will pay it that
,vl4e4aY rejig it deserves. I earnestly implore you not to
trit,st',Ynq Rtandl'ee UP.On this circumstance. The crime of
Re
old had , convicted is of serious magnitude, and you
,4`ueid eat i,rtereat brutality even to tell your wife that you,
thaw, aariealrie,
.hroat, but still more to do it. Circumstances
ao‘Vour o;.t.len the course of this investlgetion, which show •
ig,'.l by Prev i° have been completely steeled—most pro-•
,ova up t`,.;,_vieeis vicious habits—to become a murderer. You
to urn' wi;'o4'ent to the unfortunate creature—tile wife of your
lali'lake her Tri You ought to have cherished and protected.-,
hiatauroitlt'eace with God for the errors which she may
area `Y of theed,' and of which we all have some ; but the hu-
it appy v. laW gives you time than •gave your
eaior, let". ... more you
a4;',o,_
ee you ,_ u You have yet some few days to live, and-. I
life ha.a? se them in repenting of the crime for which
a,,vee led to t'Oe.en forfeited, a y other which I fear
etteritdhe advii'eeetormation of sobrutal a character. You will
joat_u a
,the
.._ !.assistance and counsel of the clergyman who
petrcaetion.7.°: ,t and I entreat you to cultivate, under his
pertia_tioe of ;LBate of mind which, two days after the per-
(leo". I ree'e eed, led you to unbosom yourself to other
aav, ee, thy oMmend you to ask that pardon for your great
tesil'ttir, Y, h lieuhg I!
the secy of God and the merits of the
the ~.0 aa,,
~ canno granted to you here, and now pro-
tia,
Cl"w, who uot my sentence uponbut the sentence of
- at °"e rninist
eoaae
.e 40,11 e a er I am. It is, that yon be taken to
ti, nierit
palace
emence you came, and from thence to some
bad` You be'die_e.of execution, that you be hung by the neck
le qi,!.°s eut don and that after the space of one hour your
etc yo, ~"'an and buried within the precincts of the gaol,
F,'D 04.yotiros ve been confined, and may the Lord have
beirr.Prlsoner oul.
4,,,,,Y..1ng ,i 0
vi_received the sentence with great firmness,
[a,_Trorn the Pb le signs of emotion, and walked quietly
ef
_alit prevas dock with the gaoler
tn w"tts the."' t° the
court the ladies,
v. withe_ re wer. Jury coming into co , ,
the b. 'raw, iri , great to present, were requested
er ehartged
wcorisequenc of a prisoner being placed at
12; ,Chi an indelicate offence.]
Or chOrd
tOe hits% aVlor, an ill-lu?'". • old man,
'e: statenceel arse of 75 °0 ing, dirty, decrepit
a tot-
A eletnient ' .4 Placed i ~ Wes earned to the bar in n
two
•Nil, h ' with 144, n a chaiT. lie was charged o .
re.
ltdon a; ii__ad Cereal 1
e o g. at Warrington, brutally and
ppe. ce, Nebo
v._ .0 nexion with a little girl, named Mary
ed 'red, a me,'" only six years old ' The prisoner was,
tittle . were h'"ooltnaser and the **Hs whom he had pol-
l's 14to, arr,.wtt sehola, rs ! One indictment only was
a leo --, su
Vitae proceed
..e offence being full • made out, the other
tee, etioo ,co with. Te •
whollyunfit for
pti,'' at 01.. he.), di._ e details are
that ex-
teaate lia_iee jedian'..:',-otied a degree of depravity
judge
ta"'arlr, the es'eet4V°ll and disgust. The learned
141, it that. ri ob cii,' .rentence of transporlaizon for I:111_ !
I,lst helYae too !er aa IY, all who had heard the case
time
takenu
vest,tl 1178", aBsailed I, ''", : On the prisoner beingenthe J ''aterh, e4ordeha, hisses from man person i
feio?ile G,,.', it mast I..ar (1, that, though the feeling
expressedCOurt.
eitv,'iotedeeeri, ee, 47.
oceeressed in due respect to the
tar le, Ya aseaulte4
ast,
_harged with having, at Manchester,.,
oil e
ueufit gainst Crh wd. carnally known Mary
.Ryan, a g":'
likielQt air fir public. Pl- The details, in this case also,
triiiiii
at_eat,, out ation.
. The prosecutrix, it appeared,
Ltaler tuPtied tae
e.en she was assaulted, and, the Jin-y
j‘‘'orioa,ZEri.eriaraanesre, the prisoner was discharged. The
sett, :43 ilak.k,__
rut .
' 4114 jvh . 36, hreery Griffith, 21, George
4 Lee were Charged with having, ou

u;,:. lie ha
which h

colinnuni very heavy on his wind,
e:ite to him. I told him I could no

ny communication
tiaht *-

John Berry, aged 21, ;asinLiecl.for burglary at Egerton,
a place in the neighbourhood of Bolton. Mr. Cross con-
ducted the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended.
The prosecutor is a farmer named William Marsden, and
it appeared that, on the 25th of August last, his son, on
returning home in the evening, found the doors of the house
open and the prisoner coming down stairs. He was immedi-
ately seized, and a saw, a chisel, and a crow-bar found upon
him ; but uo opportunity had been afforded to him of carry-
ing any property away. Access into the house had been ob-
tained by the prisoner by the key, which was customarily left
for the prosecutor's son when he staid out in the evening.
The prisoner was found guilty, and he was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment.

HOUSEBREAKING

Benjamin Knowles. aged 31, and Raehael Knowles, aged
31, were indicted for breaking into the dwelling house of
Thomas Crook, at Tonge, near Bolton, on the 17th of Janu-
ary lost, and stealing therefrom a copper kettle, tour brass
pans, and other articles. The circumstances of the entry
were uninteresting; and the prisoners were detected through
offering. the pans for sale at a furniture broker's. The female
prisoner was acquitted ; the other prisoner was found guilty,
andsentenced to imprisonment for nine months.