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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

SO
ri LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES. Davies, the chemist, who stated that he had subjected the
liquid handed to him to a chemical examination, and
I found it to contain abundance of oxalic acid.
Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the defence, and,
after making a few observations, the jury intimated that
it would be unnecessary to proceed further. They imme-
diately returned a verdict of acquittal.

4 CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY.
Ateraze62traguire, 11, John Flynn, 16, Daniel Creed, alias
tyer2ue 25, and George Brown, alias Peter Bowen, 31,
COtalte,rf4.
'lndicted for having, at Wigan, unlawfully uttered four
acquitt eit sixpences. The prisoner, Daniel Creed, was
u, re ' The other three were found guilty, and Ma-
tlitris "as The
to be imprisoned for one month,
s,ll To r three months, and Brown for two years.
shiirah Pattenon, 16, was found guilty of uttering a base
itnPrisgon at Little Bolton, and was sentenced to one year's
me
Joh n t.
4 tjar
ttliltY tgreaves, 19, and Mary Dawson, 20, pleaded
h :
ufor,tiered
-,,n, ° the -aving had a mould in their possession, at Pres-
Purpose of making base coin ; and also to hay-
*ere a counterfeit sixpence at the same place. They
14*f!,,,L:ach sentenced to be transported for ten years. .
.retnainder of the day was occupied with cases which
unfit for publication.

BIGANIY

Ellen JVhittaker, 33, (could neither read nor write,)
pleaded guilty of having married, at Leeds, one John
Russell, her former husband being then alive. Witnes-
ses were called to character. His LORDSHIP sentenced
the prisoner to one month's imprisonment.
GIVING A FALSE REGISTRY OF A DEATH.
Elizabeth Jones, 38, (could neither read nor write,)
was indicted for making a false statement regarding the
death of her child, for the purpose of having it inserted
in the register. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but
recommended her to the consideration of his Lordship,
on account of the circumstances of the case. It is stated
that the officer who apprehended her found her in a state
of the most extreme destitution, having no bed to lie on
except a few shavings in a corner of the apartment. His
LORDSHIP wished it to be understood that the act was
one which would be enforced against parties offending, '
and sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprison-
ment.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY.
11 (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
dale lei. e3use of the Queen v. the Guardians of the R9c.i,l-
- gen tin ton Was fixed for Thursday. Eleven cases, in which
tled ernan of the name of Gandy is the defendant, s.vere
th.' for Tuesday next. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly is specially
gaged in these eleven cases.
This lIARDY AND ANOTHER V. WILKES.
IN iiWs an action brought by the plaintiffs, Mary Hardy
tit 11 4gn Unthank. extensive wine and spirit
merchants,
itip6anchester, against the defendant, Henry Wilkes, an
the ;,Per, of Salford to recover the sum of £4B 7s. 5d.,
7oe of two lots Of gin
i',.ne defendant leaded the general issue.
yerclict for the Pleaded the general issue.
for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.
This Gins V. WILKES.
atie, 'ias another action against the defendant in the last
tit ww,o Pleaded that he was never indebted. The plain-
lkle„
n'”lei William Gibb, a wine and spirit merchant, of
titintit er, and the sum claimed was £49, the value of a
'oey of
spir
cut rv.
04 int relic f
1 -or theitsP laintiff for the amount claimed. Exe-
a week.

Margaret Wallace, 65, (could neither read nor write,)
was indicted for a similar offence at Liverpool. It ap-
peared that on the 20th January, the prisoner went to
Mr. Chubb, the registrar of Great Howard-street dis-
trict, and stated that her son had died, giving his name
as John Jones, at the same time obtaining the certificate,
On the 17th of February she went again, and wished to
register her child, which she named Emma Smith, and
was then given into custody. The jury found the prisoner
guilty. His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to three
months' imprisonment.
DISCHARGE OF THE GRAND JURY.
At four o'clock, there being no more bills for the Grand
Jury, they were discharged.
BURGLARY.
Michael W'Donnell, 18, (could neither read nor write,)
and John Lord, 21, (could read,) were charged with
entering the dwelling-house of James Lord, at Rochdale,
and stealing a till containing four sixpences, several four.
This w reoevvoon V. SMITH.
1
4aiest tVetiittaetion brought by Robert Gregg He orrwhotoudf preinsnuynepriejueshuanLiuradb.ouat
brotherfteeu shillings in silver. The
of the prosecutor, was
kidephiP to a
thesmodaallastiriMaorfklanSdmiinth, toneitry th
hbourhogod of admittedP as evidence, and the case was, therefore, taken
Niii..el3°n, called MoorliPey-close. only against the prisoner M'Donnell. At the close. of
tied tilt rande and Mr. Monk appeared for the plaintiff, the case for the prosecution Mr. ATKINSON made an in-
Aft e' Martin and Mr. Hill for the defendant. genous appeal to the jury, who immediately returned a
het w r tbe case for the defendant had been opened, aver- verdict of guilty against the prisoner. He had been p.re-
as returned for the plaintiff-Damages Is., costs 40s. viously convicted of felony. Sentence-two years' im-
:tThis 40oneeLeow v SWINDLEHURST. prisonment.
at'k_i4s-twaslu action... bioug.ht by Benjamin Goodfellow Thomas Booth, 46, charged with the manslaughter of
tewent. Thomas
devvi.ndleh!irste, for the infringement of a Simon Bamford, at Bury, was brought up and
.discharged,
itrelltth,t it
Was useless,
1 ati d for the infringement of a Simon Bamford, at Bury, was brought up and discharged,
he defendant pleaded that the invention was not no evidence being offered against him. The bill had been
Paned that the plaintiff was not the thrown out by the Grand jury.
krli',end a variety of other pleas to a similar effect.
kali% tnee and Mr. Webster appeared for the plaintiff, NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY.
heartM. fiz‘nowles and Mr Crompton for the defendant. MORTON V. HALL.
andAativ,is stated the *ease. The.plaintiff is an engi- The plaintiff, Jesse Morton, sought in this action,
„, nois , illwright, carrying on business at Hyde, near which was undefended, to recover from the defendant,
su4lie `S'er and the defendant. was, until lately, a roller. Alice Hall, the sum of £25, the value of a colt sold to
llatl r, but sinet;attuatileeigieiduein.mfriankgeermaetnptroefstthune'rtent he the plaintiff, and warranted by the defendant to be sound,
tieti Enet by the
and the although it proved to be unsound.-Verdict for the plain-
tSill,t °Plsl,". brOtlght for theg infringement of a patent which tiff, £25.
,It._aatar-4,4,,e1i.ad obtained for certain improvements. in SENIOR V. VICKERS.
th44l-en4l.!' a mechanic pistons. In the construction of This was an undefended action, to recover the sum of
it e Pisto;il",es, an object of first-rate importance was, that £92 18s, the balance ofanaccount between the plaintiff,
hwork d should be so adapted to the cylinder in which John Senior brewer, of Manchester, and the defendant,
ttessaeee as that thershuld be as little as possible of Wm. Vick. srs, innkeeper, of the same place.-Verdict for
tertalitree'twe_if steam. When the steam-engine was first the plaintiff, in the amount claimed.
$ ' It ''' the Piston was of an extremely rude charac- HANSON V. ANDERTON.
t.tlted to tebonsisted of a mere block of wood, which was This was action to recover the sum of £24 17s 11d,
e arid e e cylinder as tightly as possible. But that was being thi: first instalment, with interest, on a promissory
44 XtrercelY objectionable, and to act very indiffer- note.-Verdict for the plaintiff.
the ho all-then
tthbiespiston, was covered with leather in MERKIN V. MOODY.
prep Pe by
e the escape of steam might, be This was an undefended action to recover thesumof
iitanther T„'''„ ,This was found objectionable also; for the £5B 7s 3d. for goods sold and delivered.-Verdict for the
pi:11, of sits:lts Pliability in the course of time by the ac- plaintiff.
b"°11 of ' neat• Thee, instead of a piston of wood, a SPENCE V. LAWRENCE.
e%vefillecaieial *was
.introduced, and that piston. bad a This was an undefended action on a promissory note,
keisaence
_vi,. With a kind. of hempen wrapper, and, in con- made in New York, on the 29th February, 1840, for 4a7
the evil was to dollars, 34 cents. Commissions having been sent out to
tiititiii,ull'atiedefuntlenitthae.bealtaestcjicitv of the hemp,
. But the hemp after a time became take depositions in America, the evidence was altogether
ei.„.le Pa
impseiastle ; and then a metallic piston with a me- documentary.-Verdict for the plaintiff, principal and in-
be-`liti zevas discovered, in which the plaintiff made terest, £ll5 Os 3d.
trlte,litotee,ovetnents, in the profits of which he ought to WALKER V. TRAPPES.
‘tB, Ir'.".. The plaintiff, when he devised the improve- In this case, by. consent of the parties, a verdict was
Yue as in the employ of the Messrs. Ashton, of entered for the plaintiff.-Damages £470.
t4i4ol'.4i.rielleie_ was an extremely ingenious man, and. after BRADSHAW V. NEWTON.
11411 ti, toi:jeTi,93ind to the subject he hit upon the inven- A verdict for the plaintiff was in this case entered by
fsetithe inv 'it:. Baines here explained to the jury. He consent.-Damages £33.
let Y etes ea!tan had the effect of making the piston per- WINGFIELD V. HOLLAND.
I, r.ess. 01-tight, and that it would be pointed out by the In this undefended action a verdict was entered for the
syBetetti,'tsLas a great improvement. According to the old plaintiff for £2m908\71.
but asder ere Was only a pressure against the side of the AGHAN V. FULLALOVE.
trth ' which Prevented the escape of steam that
.way; This was an action of trover brought against the de-
eetlisuree,Pninatintiffs invention had the effect of causing a fendant, an auctioneer at Manchester, to recover the
the also Only against the side, but upwards and down- value of a quantity of. furniture soldb •m on account
tot, 'eape' so as to make the whole tight, and to prevent of a Mr. liohn, but which it was alleged ywhals tae property
tiotiseabiedof steam in any direction. The Messrs. Ash- of the plaintiff.
leie,was en the Plaintiff to obtain a patent ; the specifica- Mr. Wortley and Mr. Crompton were for the plaintiff;
the,4o, ,nd
thenin in 1839; the piston came into general Mr. Martin and Ikr. Green for the defence.
Pted 2 locomotive department of railways it was It appeared on the case for the plaintiff that Mr. Mona-
, s ea, with
waB. ~.,e of Lia_Pprobation. In the year 1841, a person of ghan had hired the goods in question to Mr.. Bohn at the
1)14i°1? en,,j `l.asett was introduced to the plaintiff. He rate of ss. a-week. The furniture consisted of tables,
to ttitifiese !leer out of employment ; he offered to get the chairs, bedsteads, and other articles of that class, and was
eiliare4KTers for the piston ; and he asked the plaintiff worth it was alleged from £6O to £65. They remained at
iit ell w, aim
with a model of the invention, a request Mr. Bohn's house during the
.montis of kugust Sep-
ot°.F4sed ..8_ anniediately complied with. Hansett never tember, and October,. but early the month of No' vem-
soiLliele defeZorders, but entered at once into the service ber they transferredto the sale-room
were, it appeared,
uf
Nir.alaiter at, who then carried on the business of a of the defeadant to he disposed by auction. '1 he
whirls-41a, , but who changed his trade, and became an plaintiff having discovered this, went to the defendant to
tifec.l)We!,r, and had since gone on making pistons, expostulate, but in vadm. Het afterwards was present at
disposal of the pro-
of Jpsetent.'ne_closest infringement possible of the plain- thetsale, andhuprwoet,e.esrteauadgaaipnes the;son who accompanied him,
odeartBtltistlfatt, helnwelnBt44, overwhte n ther t plaintiffa u
de zumnlclide thatawgee er . He ,
were turned out by the defendant and his assistants, and
4, filar, 8 Piston was in thoughsoubstaenscoen' not in every the sale proceeded.
14-,,,,liaebsiati,t,he same as his own,-that there was in reality For the offence it was alleged that the
them
us
him
mereb senttiie
41 itiltteirena 1;-,il
bdeiesut i
pri
iert i ot rid
.between the two,
plaintiff;hn s ,
that
nact otriilseeyqsuveenrceenouft ae saleut, _,9 h
lent, but on the Ycon-
IN, number of witnesses had been examined to prove trary, they were to be paid for at the rate of £5 a-week,
con-
date t• ke
and that Bohn at the time this sale by the defendant took
tiqUalaat°wLEs addressed the jury, on the part of the place had actually paid to the plaintiff on this account
thei.s4d take He said the case was simply this: the plain- three several sums of £ll, £lB, and £9.. It
uweansuealulefgaeud
cif c) Were, uthont a patent for an improved piston; and that be had come to Mr. Fullalove in
bc.onse
kh ' heathererefore, two questions for decision,-first advertisement by the latter of a pul ic houseq for sale
e•refere it was a new invention-he meant new Bohn stated that he wished to purchase, and with a view.
tio,N, -nee to the description given of it in the speci- to so doing was about to dispose of his furniture.. The
1,,b to epri then object it was intended by the specifica- defendant advanced some money on its deposit, and it was
lit4st the seipc:3 ad then, supposing it to be new, whether sold in the usual way by auction. It was alleged that
!fir'tiitziatem-eildant did Was.tan
ofinthfringement of the patent. the plaintiff had, as was stated, called on the defendant,
l'er 'eifd it/let the
plaintiff's patent con- but at that time made no claim to the property,.eamplain-
m4Cet of dY little in Whatm waserl new,eand that almost every ing, on the contrary, that Bohn had not paid him for the
444 itetnesanili we hich it presented had already been intro- whole, and that he was likelyotnotrbaeLthoeray? loser.
but ihe case
~,,tArt:s of Witnesses
patent; and he promised to call a The evidencei was very c
"a ii r the !'_aaaFs to prove the truth of this allegation. finally resulted for the defendant.
ti /14 1 c't ination of witnesses, Mr. BAINES re-
le44!thkie caasrisp s .2 TRESPASS ON A COAL MINE.
LEES V. WROODFALL AND ANOTHER.-In this case
tit 'itiß ittOaterial ummed up very minutely, reeapitula- Messrs. Watson, Cowling, and Spinks appeared for the
Irttltb
,to th_ P.arts of the evidence on both sides, an.d plaintiff audMr. Beanhdet and Mr. Addison were counsel
lik'ti ite teventejoinrY to say-first, whether they cons!. for the defendants. T plaintiff was the assignee of a
der4 Of 118efOl. 4 new ; secondly, whether they consi- lease of the coal under a field called Acre Field, in the
e es the d , and thirdly whether they believed the neighbourhood of Oldham, and the. defendants were
ilhe'!t sarneef:endatit's piston and that of the plaintiff the proprietors of the coal in the Grimsby mine, on the
Nrral4 iiilsry f
Hin Principle and mechanical construction? land adjoining. It was alleged that tbe defendants had
ative-ad for the plaintiff, damages ls.; and gave broken and entere. d the Black Mine of the plaintiff, taken
answer toe plaintiff,
the three questions put by the coals therefrom, injured the shaft, and filled up the ways.
The damages were laid at about £2OO. The defendants
1 C1t0,,.. -________.....-__
had paid £46 108 into court, and alleged that this was the
Iv '4 ''''N COURT.-WEDNESDAY. extent of the damage. The witnesses having proved the
likli 4P44 Win
BURGLARY. case for the plaintiff the only defence set up was, that the
tst4Y,es, at c4st,a_ raleY, 18
jury found for the
, (could neither read nor write,) claim
.was an exorbitant one..
oti 111 a't Ne'i,,l•o entering the dwelling-house of Henry plaintiff. Damages £165, less thTehseum paid into court.
he the niNtilieen, on the Bth January last. The prosecu-
tth_,(the 'Olt i,7, residing at the Fox Tavern, Wigan, and CROWN COURT.-THURSDAY.
iligt i,,ltips.aee.eucestion the house was in care of his wife, SENTENCES.
the tO ,I4eltig atbq r) having arrived home at a late hour, . Ellen Divine, 19, for having endeavoured to conceal the
t)t tlish.eeP, Nee eto gain amission, retired into the hay- birth of a female hild, of which. she had been delivered
14 peri3 L. Airs &tet
Havre prisoner was at that time. During at Heaton Norris-four months' imprisonment and hard
tatthe ibauti tances was alarmed by hearing the sound labour.
mar °Nee. ?rig in the house, but dared not go below. Thomas Williams, 34, for stealing pairof boots from
till)ill 41 then BsLi,t Was ascertained that the house had been the house of Thomas NI ells-twelve
hteci!
preirt andmonths' imprison-
coat taken away. On the same ment anti hard labour.
Thel.."er Pawned the shirt, and was taken into Robert Mellor, 29, for marrying Catharine Dempsey,.
Jury .
1114 Nilo% acquitted the prisoner. his former wife being then alive-three months' imprison
to l'Prigbe neOW STEALING. went and hard labour.
'bre:teidinz' 43. and Henry Wright, 18, pleaded John. Garratt, 1.4, for the manslaughter of Thomas
athim
e rY. Sentencea Cow at Dunham in Cheshire, on the Trainer, by throwing a brick at Liverpool-one
e iati ' menthe' imprisonment.
slit e 2. deferred.
ofd .es ,°')•ia, 1,, ROBBERY. William Massey, 30, for damaging machinery in the
4 C 44141, '' (could neither read nor write,) pleaded factory of Messrs. De, burst, at Salford-four months'
i,l raraa? eatingw apparel from the dwelling-house imprisonment and hard labour.
1,1A4k 44 44•°plie Atherton. Sentence deferred. BEASTIALITY.
-u4
_N '‘lqty 'o,'Eo ATTEMPT TO POISON. John Boweock, 41, (could neither read nor write,)
tts;\OA tetna "I, (Could neither read nor write,) who charged in an indictment with the attempt to com-
-31, 4ttelnptntded from the last assizes, was charged mit an unnatural crime at Stretford, on the 20th February
4.l(ttefeo4dn,k oottod.Poison Margaret Murphy, at Salford. last, was acquitted.
it; the',N,,d by macted the prosecution. The prisoner BURGLARY.
'ltlihNl. "lc Open r• J• Pollock.
~ki4i;iitei.a.as ehar gethe case to the jury. The prisoner
ti!
PoisonhitilegedPu . with the offence of attempting to
„.qe4,, ten,
,he
~_ and the person on whom the attempt
(Ziitein gi4rees`urie was his daughter-in-law., the wife
Sstillee ola/lee, urd, andurP,bV• The old man lived with
iih_thi,e,ee,6..
,Job 4 Murphy,
dependant on
ofthem for hisprisoner,
ii,"; re il
eacale I:'i
tne,t) i.sisn'ureusriPdtte Vd ,inti)the
anotherbusuosne the
The prisoner
.rei4,.ted, with ilia slaw did not agree, and he freuently
i!,,,ti,e4,) 4
the er, and several times said he would be
'lite ee4o le the 6th of June last, the prisoner was the
ilv:4',liitio'slt‘sieig :f illio_use Who. got up, the family at that
come till'ros;''' Mur"leself, his son James Murphy, and
e pe-eatr PuY• The neat person who got up
'lilt Attt Isancta' Margaret M h When she came
bk 411 b was s.tt. - urp y.
rine,,, ~, for „ollin,. r.,,, ing by the fire, and there was
tht`tikr4,es eti'ne prlse,..?tle prepared coffee, as was her
lei ose,i`• mac" inthee
and her husband, and placed
Nelaties to i),''en the a Pan to make herself tea for
she tei„ 44 for sh,
a__ 'Water was ready she put the tea on
4,' tp4lAte, teri.:l,4 went into the yard, leaving the
hnet? 4e„' When Y nescrbed. On her return, in about
04 'd `lek • about toadd
peril 'd torte with it more water to the tea,
I`4aitred "bat s aPPearance in the pot, as it
deep ), , e „itt, ,discoloured, as though eggs had
414 alias it. While looking .
t) is bred iii„ have at the tea, priso-
reqeh:akin ' to 1,403'°?, put in the tea ?" She said,
te, eel Ilte.g eggs iti ;:v. Prisoner asked if she had
;tl,itli throe 41,,,e theli‘i' threwhe said there were none
~iii
-'4,e sa, Lae lir,ui_ away the tea leaves, and
to l' that'!'e ind' uin a cup ; and on making more
our ce disc it was not. water and from the same ves-
11)4siete04:!)0°14uarettteariNT, and she took it for break-
sa, e, who rid aft Ich she had kept was shown
he et of httn. , ast„,, erwards delivered to Mr Watson,
fi 114, A, !st, Of'san xamination, delivered. it to Mr.
t 4 th Whi. 'lle a . Manch
ept.,e 0-,:ee ti.i eid, ester, who detected the pre-
kl 'lleti'lsoe ' Pattie Some oxalic acid was found in the
IN tmte (led ier by
one o
reSided, which had been bought
forlect4t'l, eler,tl eons, Ile of his sons The prisoner was
4gittnk hl, and 24.euee of the Circumstan which
l'es4l doise its'ilid be did not do it, but that the
Ititee lerself, and intended the mixture
eile,
Were
called ; the principal being Mr

William Fox, 18, (could-neither read nor write,) and
Peter M'Cormick, 18, (could read,) were charged with
entering the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Myers, at Pres-
cot, on the 13th of February last. Both were found guilty.
They had been. previously convicted of felony, and had
been in custody each six times. His Lordship, after a
suitable admonition, sentenced them to ten years' trans-
portation.

BIGAMY.
Charles Butterworth, 55, (could neither read nor write,)
was charged with Laving been married on the 14th of Ja-
nuary. 1810, to Mary Clegg, at Rochdale Old Chureh
and on the 28th of April, 1839, to Betty Creer, at Mid-
dleton Church, the former being then alive. The prisoner
said, in his defence, that having been absent abroad for
twenty-five years, an I not hearing from his first wife, be
conceived himself at liberty to marry a second time. The
jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to
the consideration of the court. He was sentenced to one
months' imprisonment.

ASSAULT

John Yearsley, (30,) could read,) was charged with
wounding Mary Unsworth, with intent to do her some
bodily harm, at Farnworth, on the Ist of February. The
prisoner Said he was intoxicated, and, it would appear,
had made a mistake in the party he was assaulting. He
was found guilty, and sentenced to one months' imprison-
ment.