The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-29 00:00:00

BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL.

Joseph Dutton, 20, was convicted of having broken and
entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Todd, in Aber-
cromby-square, and stolen thereout two spoons, his pro-
perty, and a dress, a sovereign, and ten shillings, the pro-
perty of Mary Medcalfe. He was sentenced to transporta-
tion for ten years.

FORGER ASES.
Maurice Vincent M' Quin, was found guilty of having
uttered a forged acceptance to a bill of exchange for the
Payment of £5l 95., with intent to defraud Francis Goold
Dutton. He pleaded guilty to two other indictments
charging him with having uttered two other forged accept-
ances for £57 and £37 respectively. He was sentenced
to transportation for life.
Thomas Benson, 42, was convicted on a charge of
having, at 141anchee,er, forged the indorsement upon a
certain hill of exchange for £lB, with intend to defraud
John Singlehurst. He was sentenced to transportation
for ten years.

Thomas Franklin .Rigby, 24, pleaded guilty to three in-
dictments, charging him with having uttered forged ac-
ceptances for £47, £22, and £2O respectively, with intent
to defraud John Prichard, Sarah Gibbons, and Henry
Steele. He was sentenced to transportation for life.
Jamefr Park, 32, was convicted of having, at Manches-
ter, forged the endorsement to a bank post bill for £lOO,
with intend to defraud William Brookes and others. He
Was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and hard la-
bour.

William Tyson and William Alexander were indicted
for having forged a seaman's shipping note, and fraudu-
lently obtaining £5 thereon from William Topping, of
Gibraltar.row Liverpool. They were found guilty.
The Court adjourned at twenty minutes to five o'clock.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—SATURDAY.
The first case taken this morning was
MARSH AND ANOTHER V. POLLARD AND OTHERS.
It was an action for trespass, the plaintiffs in which
were Mr. John Marsh and Lawrence Prenty, and the de-
fendants Mr. Elias Pollard and some of his employees.
Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Crompton appeared for
the plaintiffs; Mr. Hoggins for the defendant. The al-
leged trespass consisted of the knocking down of a part of
a wall bounding the property of the pfaintiffs, in Gore-
street, Toxteth-park. The defendant alleged, that the wall
encroached upon his land, about one foot of its thickness,
and prevented the egress of the inhabitants of his cottages
towards the north. His Lordship suggested a reference,
and this was agreed to.

ILLEGALLY BREAKING AN!) ENTERING.
HOWARD v. BALL.
John Howard, the plaintiff in this case, was repre.
sented by Mr. Whigham ; William Ball, jun., Robert
Newton, and Thomas Marshall, the defendants, were re-
presented by Mr. Martin. The action was brought to re-
cover the value of certain goods and chattels alleged to
have been illegally seized by the defendants, as well as
compensation in damages for the interruption of the plain-
tiff's business. The plaintiff is a master painter, who re-
sides at Cannon Cottage, Southport. The defendant,
William Ball, is his landlord. Mr. Newton is an auc-
tioneer, and Marshall is a bailiff. Verdict for the defend-
ants.

DEFAMATION AND SLANDER. DOLLING V. SMITH.
This was an action for libel. The plaintiff is Mr. Tho-
mas Augustus Granville Dolling, assistant overseer of the
poor for the township of West Derby; the defendant is
Mr. Thomas Smith, a gentleman now residing in West
Derby, but who formerly carried on business in Lord-
street, as a stationer and bookseller, and who, since his
retirement from business, was a candidate for the repre-
sentation of Preston in Parliament. Mr. Watson and
Mr. James appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Baines and
Mr. Cobbett for the defendant.