The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-THIS DAY.

, This being the first day of Term, and it being supposed
that Mr. O'Connell and bis co-conspirators would be
, called up for judgment, there was a large crowd assem-
, bled round the courts from an early hour, and the excite-
ment appeared much greater than during the trials.
Mr. Justice Burton came into court at eleven o'clock,
and the gentlemen who were about being called to the
bar having been sworn before him he retired, and came
into court again at half-past one o'clock, accompanied
by Mr. Justice Perlin, when the usual business of swear-
ing-in the jurys was completed. The court, which was
densely crowded, remaining in breathless silence, evident-
ly expecting that some reference would momentarily be
made to the case of the Queen against O'Connell.
At this time none of the Crown Counsel appeared in
Court, nor were any of the traversers present. Mr.
Whiteside, Q. C., was the only one of the traversers'
counsel who' was in court, and as a large bag with a pile of
briefs lay before him, every one seemed to expect that be
would rise for the purpose of alluding to the State Trials.
Mr. Tomb, Q. C., and Mr. Martley, Q. C., both coun-
sel against the traversers in the State Trials, shortly after
took their places at the table, and every eye was fixed on
them in anticipation.
Mr. Whiteside then rose, but it was only for the purpose
of moving for the appointment of a commissioner of affi-
davits in the town of Newry; and after a few other mo-
tions of no public interest, the Court was adjourned until
to-morrow, without any mention having been made of the
State Trials, to the evident astonishment of all present.
P.S.—A side-bar rule was entered this day, calling upon
the traversers to come up for judgment on Friday.
The sentence, therefore, hangs over until that day,
when no doubt some new legal expedient will be resorted
to, to gain a few more days' delay. Much difference of
opinion prevailed as to the verdict likely to be pronounced,
the prevailing opinion amongst the O'Connellites being
that the arch-traitor would only be called upon to give
bail for his good behaviour, which, however, it was thought
would be a greater punishment to him than imprisonment
or fine, or both.

THE WILL FORGERIES CASE.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-YESTERDAY

At ten o'clock Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Justice Wil-
liams, and Mr. Justice Maule, took their seats in the
Court, and on Barber, Fletcher, and Mrs. Dorey, being
laced in the dock, the latter fainted away, and it was
some time before she recovered. The Attorney-General
was not in attendance, but was represented by Mr. Earle,
Q.C., with whom were Messrs. Clarkson and Bodkin.
Mr. Baron Gurney proceeded to sum up. Having ex-
plained the nature of the indictment and given an outline
of the transaction, which the evidence for the prosecution
went to shew the prisoners had been connected with, he
proceeded to remark on the main features of the case.
At the conclusion of the Learned Judge's charge, the
jury retired to deliberate on the verdict. After an absence
of a quarter of an hour, they returned into court with a
verdict of " Not Guilty" against William Henry Barber,
and " Guilty" against Joshua Fletcher and Georgiana
Dorey.