The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-28 00:00:00

BIGAMY

Charles Warren, 32, was charged with having, at Bed•
ford, married Ann Smith, and afterwards with having fel°.
niously married Mary Pearson, his former wife being then
living. Verdict, guilty, sentence, eight calendar months'
imprisonment.

SHEEP STEALING.
James Wilkinson, 35, was indicted for having, at Stretford
killed a sheep, the property of Septiruus Lambert, with
intent to steal the carcass. He was found guilty, and sen-
tenced to transportation for ten years.

CATTLE STEALING-

William Martin, 18, was indicted for stealing a cow, the
property of George Fazakerley, farmer, of 'Walton-on-the-
Hill. Found guilty, and transported for ten years.
The Court adjourned, at half-past five, until nine o'clock
this morning.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—MONDAY
(Before Mr. Justice Coltman.)

The learned Judge entered the Court and took his seat a
few minutes after twelve o'clock. There was a very full atten-
dance of counsel. No addition appeared to have been made
to the list of " leaders " in the front seats. A jury having
been summoned, the trials commenced about half-past twelve.
In conformity with the order of court, made some time ago,
the Salford list was first taken.

GOODS SOLD AND DELIVERED.
PAGET v. CLIFFE.—This was an undefended action to
recover the sum of £2l Bs. 6d., the value of certain goods
sold by the plaintiff to the defendent. From the statement of
Mr. MARTIN, who represented the plaintiff, it appeared that
the plaintiff, who is in the wine and spirit trade, in Manches-
ter, in October last, supplied to the defendant, who is a

can, a quantity of spirits to the value of the amount claimed
Verdict for the plaintiff; damages £2l Bs. Gd.

PATCHETT v. DUNLOP.-1n this case a verdict was taken
by consent for the plaintiff for £B7 10s.

ACTION FOR BORROWED MONEY.
'RIGHT V. WILLIAMSON.—The plaintiff is a baker re-
siding at Salford, and the defendant stands in the relation of
son-in-law to him. In December last the wife of the defend-
ant borrowed from the plaintiff the sum of £4O, which was
specially obtained for her out of the Savings Bank, and, when
the defendant was applied to for repayment, he denied his
liability. The defence now set up was, that the defendant
was not indebted. A verdict was returned for the amount
claimed, £lO 10s.

ACTION FOR DEBT.
SMITH v. JEFFRIES.—An undefended. action by a spirit
merchant in Manchester, trading under the name of Messrs.
Arrowsmith and Ryder, against an innkeeper, at Bury, to
recover £22 for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for the
amount claimed.

ACTION ON A MORTGAGE

Low v. HoLT.—This was an action by a mortgagee against
a mortgagor, in which a verdict was entered by consent for the
plaintiff, none of the circumstances being entered into.
ASSIGNEES, OF CHADWICK V. JONES.—An action to re-
cover £193, the balance of an account, alleged to be due for
goods sold and delivered. It appeared, however, that the
goods had been sold on commission only, and consequently a
verdict was returned for the defendant.

lIINDLEY V. CHESHIRE.—Verdict for the plaintiff.
FLETCHER V. STOPFORD.—An action upon a bill of ex
change. Verdict for the plaintiff.

ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT.
THOMAS V. WORRALL AND ANOTHER.-Mr. Brandt and
Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Wortley and
Mr. Atherton for the defendants. The action was brought
to recover damages for an alleged breach of contract.
The declaration stated that the plaintiff had been in the
service of the defendants as foreman drab and fancy dyer,
and that in consideration of his services being given to the
best of his skill and ability, the defendants undertook to find
him employment for the period of four years, and to pay him
£3 per week for his services ; that they continued to do so till
the 9th of February, 1843, when they dismissed him without
reasonable and probable cause. The defendants put in several
pleas, the most important of which was that the plaintiff
had not served them to the best of his skill and ability, and
thereupon issue was joined.

It appeared from the statement of counsel and the evidence
of the witnesses, that the defendants, Messrs. James and
John Mayo Worrall, are extensive dyers in OrdsalMane,
Salford, and in the time of their father, as well us subse-
quently, the defendant was engaged as foreman drab and
fancy dyer. Altogether he had ben in their service for a
period of more than seven years, and had obtained the repu-
tation of being a very skilful, active, and intelligent
workman. In the early part of last year the defendants
entered into the agreement with the plaintiff, which was
the subject of the present action, in which there was
penalty of X2OO upon either party if they receded from it.
The plaintiff' brought the action to recover the penalty,
alleging that he bad tendered his services, but they were
rejected, and he had been dismissed on the 4th of February
last. In support of his case, Joseph Booker, a foreman and
bookkeeper in the defendants' works-, was called, and he
proved, generally, the case as stated for the plaintiff.
In his cross-examination, however, which was of very great
length, by Mr. Wortley, the witness described a variety of
instances in which the plaintiff had spoiled the work entrusted
to him, and for which the defendants had been called upon
to pay, and many instances of absence, without reasonable
cause, during which time the plaintiff's wages were paid,
although other men were necesssarily employed in his place.
Besides these, in their letter dismissing the plaintiff, the
defendants alleged that he had, during the turn• out of dyers
in August last, tampered with the other men, and had not
fulfilled the conditions of his engagement in other respects.
No evidence, however, was called on the part of the defend-
ants ; but Mr. Wortley, in a very able speech, contended
from the testimony of the plaintiff himself, that ample prod
had been given that he had not discharged his duty to his
employers as he was bound, to the best of his skill and
ability.

The JUDGE in his summing up read all the evidence to
le jury and left them to say whether the plaintiff had ful,
led his part of the contract.

The jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict, and
after
remaining in consultation until half past six, they returned
into court with a verdict for the defendant.
The court adjourned till nine this morning.
The total number of causes to be tried at these assizes is
149, among which, are several special juries. • We believe
that one case in the Salford list in an action against a party
for violation of the marriage vow.

LEWES, MARCH 23.

(Before Mr. Justice Palleson and a Special Jury.)