The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-31 00:00:00

March 31, 1846.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES.

CROWN .—TUESDAY.
Ris LORDSHIP read anCOURT opinion of Mr. Justice Willi-
ams relative to the case of Richard Bent, who, at the last
assizes, it will be recollected, was charged and found
guilty of personating a voter at Bolton municipal election,
"" In whose case a respite of judernent was moved. It
IPPeared that the word " wilfully " had been omitted from
ertain counts in the indictment, and the question which
bad been raised was, whether this omission did not vitiate
it °se Counts. Mr. Justice Williams was of opinion that
did, and that judgment must be arrested.
j, Put Williams was indicted for having uttered and
1„°f1 a bad half-crown to Sarah Feber. Another count
"4,0 e indictment charged the uttering to Ann Lucock.
The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty, and he
,„
"as sentenced to one year's imprisonment to hard labour.
Wilkinson, 28, was indicted for unlawfully has-
Io his possession fifteen false and counterfeit coins,
'tended to pass for shillings.
said His LORDSHIP, after examining the counterfeit money,
•
In the rough state in which it appeared, it
th was ex-
-'euingly doubtful whether it coul
Rd be said that e pH-
iTiner intended to utter it. This being considered fata!,
the Prisoner was acquitted.
ii„,.ane Kilian, 38, pleaded guilty to having intermarried
belt, Johnston Rolston, Patrick Kilian, to whom she had
a Previously married being then alive.
"Is Lordship sentenced the prisoner to four months'
hard labour.
tojarnes Jackson, 23, pleaded guilty to having mariied
441 Clarke, his former wife being at the time living.—
rd as sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months to
-4 labour.
fßichard Loynd, 46, pleaded guilty to having feloni-
VY married Margaret To
sentenced towers, his former wife being
at the time.—He was six months' im-
-,sonrnent to hard labour.
7 :avid Howarth, 27. was indicted for having, at Little
er, on the 3d of February last, feloniously cut and
,Ibounded John Douedale, with intent to do him grievous
n
;milY harm, &c.—The jury found the prisoner guilty of
assault only. Sentence deferred.
tr. fchael Sagar, 21, was charged with having, at
atehinworth and Calderbrook, in the parish of Roch-
gt-,4, feloniously and violently assaulted Hannah Scott,
4 d stolen from her person half-a-crown. Several wit-
t:,,ales were called, who gave the prisoner a good charac-
r; for honesty. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but
..„,,,ornended him to mercy on account of his previous
"'".9! character.—Sentence deferred.
i William Howarth, 35, Patrick O'Neil, 30, and WU-
tp:l4 While, 32, were indicted for having feloniously cut
41s, Wounded Robert Fletcher, with intent to maim, dis-
fi7, or do him some grievous bodily harm.—The jury
te4ll the prisoners Howarth and O'Neil guilty of an as-
The la Only, and acquitted White. Sentence deferied.
The of this case occupied nearly four hours.
14,71.'c Prisoners were then indicted on a chare of the
W °ffences committed by them towards one John Hey-
toe , arising prefer of the same tr ansaction. This indict-
W4l.t had been pred in order to reach .the prisoner
Ilene, and the prosecution went for merely an assault.
Prisoner was found guilty. Sentence deferred.

CROWN COURT.—WEDNESDAY.
NiltenrY Boys, 31, (neither read nor write.) was found
Y. anti sentenced to transportation for life, for having,
ja allot, feloniously killed Robert Tattersall on the 2d
1141,111,Y last. The prisoner, deceased, and other parties,
at (AL'een drinking on New Year's Day at a public-house
at i'swaldtw istle, near Blackburn, and were going home
kid!? o'clock in 'the morning, when a quarrel took place,
pris:eeeased was hit over the eye with a stone cast by the
an", and died from the injuries on the 3d March.
elia-(tries Michaelson, 26, (superior education,) was
kentfed with having forged a bill of exchange for the pay-
A'Ood ",,,4300, with intent to defraud Sir Benjamin Iley-
%lilt' tie withdrew his plea of Not Guilty, and pleaded
Y.p
kien ,r* • °I.LocK appealed to the Court on behalf of the
diZ'er• Theisoner had considered himself entitled to
asiderable Sum of money, and being in the greatest
cetl teo"' and unable to obtain any employment, was indu-
his .()Eurnit the offence with which he was charged.
"146e'rt°1113111P deferred judgment.
perfect) William Marson, 27, (could read and write im-
torodtlleaYbo'ilwr,sfsorsentenced to one years' imprisonment and
cutting and wounding John Taylor, at
.11101:41 vverpt:PPeared that Taylor and a man named Al-
''c'n had ",_gh.thag when the prisoner, hearing that Mar-
tashed got hold of, Almond, and the former
twaeerkevvitilti TaYlor, and inflicted a deep wound on his but-
the knife. Ad the parties, except the prisoner,
n2Prnved to have been dreadfully intoxicated.
keriat el Clegg was sentenced to one years' imprison-
Alianhard labour for a burglary near Rochdale.
Qreee %Voss pleaded guilty to having married Walter
to ~"1. her former husband being still alive. Sentenced
six months' imprisonment and hard labour.
feloqin Flinn, who had been previously imprisoned for
fift.nY. Pleaded guilty of burglary, and was transported for
jjen years.
itirid Howarth, who had been found guilty of wound-
So; aD rm gdale, was sentenced to eight months' impri-
-,tnent anti hard labour.
titration: Howarth, Patrick O'Neill, and Wm. White,
whom had been convicted of assault, were sentenced
imprisonment
and O'Neill to eight, and White one months'
''..ptisonment and hard labour.
ti Suar, conv te ious day fo robbery,
141, sentenced g
to twelveicted monthhsprev imprisonment,r and hard
k 4.4 chard Foster, previously imprisoned for felony at
foOehester, pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary at Sal-
' and was sentenced to ten years' transportation.

Mr. 13 CROWN COURT.—THURSDAY.
loard
411ry • LAIR intimated to his Lorp, that as the Grand
eln the case of Mr. Howell, the manager of the Ha-
ttie Iron Foundry, had ignored the bill, it was not
Gees ration of counsel to offer any evidence on the
od cero-
tetur„lnquisition. The jury therefore, under direction,
!Thue,_ll verdict of acquittal.
loth eLuills against John Jenkins and George Gillaird,
tittio!uarged with manslaughter in this town, were also
• or
:elite:" Ledger, 22, (could neither read nor write,) was
'or er;eed to two months imprisonment and hard labour,
eilLicl 114411E1g at Manchester the birth of her illegitimate
erJeant wmarls
Nt • intimated to the Court, that,
:greed it" consideration, the parties in the libel case had
satisfied
in the suggestion of his Lordship. and
bkij satisfied to hold the prisoner, William Stephens,
'tor dia LORDSHIP said he would take time to con-
h.the Gat amount of bail he should fix.
Ij.,o„rand Jury were dismissed at eleven o'clock, after
tilt,„-"ship had thanked them for their services.
-o?l3,annan and Daniel
.Handley were found
old 1.0 having, at Manchester, in their possession a
Etcl4ls r coining.
Niterl Caliert was acquitted of •a charge of burglary at
ao the 20th December last.

t!ilortPv,,IIP:ND JURY ROOM.—THURSDAY.
gfnarter twelve o'clock, ROBERT B. ASEMSTRONia,
beaßecorder for the Borough of Manchester, sat
4uiiiiieftalinal cases in the Grand Jury Room.
fr7til noberts was sentenced to ten years' transport-
lte't burglary and robbery at the house of Richard
flVlanchester.
kirinie was sentenced to two months' imprison:
14/tpti ~,ulgarny. The prisoner and his wife had agreed
-lati-`e, and the latter had married again before the
trPiietratlid so.
te,aLo4 Bentley, 19, John Kenyon, 20, and Mary Ann
tio4si were charged with having, at Manchester, bur-
tip,s4 ke„/, broken and entered the dwelling-house of Tho-
VaeC'e.Y, and stolen therefrom a quantity of wearing
ata wi4o it turned out that there was a possibility that
4,re„leas tV,bad been left open, and under these cir.cum-
Nh`aY. it" two male prisoners were only found guilty of
m„keh''enYon was acquitted. John Kenyon and Mary
'aelplcln Were further tried, on an indictment, charg-
-44;11041_111th having broken into and entered. the dwell-
;4l4 eh' of James Gourley, and stolen a pair of boots
twaiwir nu the 21st of January last. They were
ihs-ntY of larceny. Bentley was sentenced to two
andtisonment y'
hard labour • Mary Ann Kenyon
bee and hard labour, and John Kenyon, who had
tilL'llitt:e convicted of a similar offence, six months and
eo ye,urr for the larceny on the 21st of January, and
Ary:ra' transportation for the larceny on the 20th of
it:t4a
:14e",are;", 19, was charged with having, at Manches-
"V`i tii.r'auslY broken and entered the dwelling
biustatltii. stolen therefrom one watch, twenty gold ea s,
410: kehal box, and various other articles ; and Eliza-
Mitr."llagan was charged with having received the
rutin,lg them to have been stolen. The prisoners
Nibo Rd guilty. Slater, who had been previously con-
4(Vistmaa sentenced to seven years' transportation,
-agau three months' imprisonment and hard la-

k;/.0411 I CROWN COURT.—FRIDAY. William
itlci,aQei,Cs,irkhanz, 26, Samuel Broadhurst,
_ten'iln 32,
were
Ztkleted ;6, James Cearke, and Charleson D k
1th,,4 of (3 "having, at Warrington, the night of the
•,.114.4,; witt'ebruari feloniously assaulted James Jontehse,
qt'' pitha sharp piece of iron, st.ruck him upoh
kit as,ah intent to do him some grievous
in
nodily
whichharm.
the
tosktlersttlt was committed in a street row,
w
as the deputy-
riciktsble were engaged. The prosecutor
hit, eye °l' . Warrington, who was_ wonunded over tbe
4, iron dog,"
tr4,ta ha,'
iwith an instrument
.called
114044i'' at ' ueen taken from the timber.yaaFd,odferAelnrd.eMd.toht-e
sLatchford--Mr. Sergeant Wdkinsd
Broadhurst
,",t4.4eon' and contended that Kirkham
'Cr th "litY only of a common assault,au anddisethhaartgtehde.
c,),,,t ill, l'ee prisoners ought to be at once
I‘4,Ah foetid Broadhurst and Kirkham guilty of
ktrs.',6l4seeult, and acquitted the other three Prtieepnreefreer-
r‘eo::•les said he understood it was intended
ionst the
tqeoerlediettnent, of the same character,
I,llella,ilt4il ;_k?ld, although not engaged in the case, he
'2,.''' 6" 418 duty to apply, on their behalf, that they
kr 'it -ye time allowed to prepare a plea of war
telonis
ileLfl\lr
tkril, th , • Monk and Mr. Burke, for the prosecu io ,
ri t • rr, as the second indictment was for a riotoul_asy4-
'L'et, 64 ei a different character to the former. The
IV% ,s'wever, oPpose the application for
thought
iliti,per..t..l,,le prisoners to prepare any plea they
Y4tt'; 4.4 "i 8 Lordshi after looking at the indictment,t_e
• leared to hipm, that both transactions were the
,Ikllatitn:he Prisoners might stand down : and,
‘4ti then t-rs' the counsel fur the prosecution might coinuF'der
i
110(hateetY would proceed.—SubsequentlY, Mr.
Burkeceed
Sot' tho t° his lordship that they should not
It4DiNerr°ther indictment •, and the learned Judgperothen
Wtoto'Ne'n, Broadhurst and Taylor to eighteen months'
tleTk 4•1211 t• The other prisoners were disc.harg d
tplile? 'l,ll,ttoa.7e/eugh, 27, was indicted for having, eat. St.
ro, , en assault upon John Cunliffe, and stabbed
" he qt_tiktneitifeh,
etuhresreabftyerc.ausing a mortal wound of.
'The prisoner pleaded not

guilty.—Mr. Grainger appeared for the prosecution, and
from his statement it appeared that on the Ist of January
last, the deceased, in company with two fellow-workmen.
were sitting at work in his master's shop at the back part
of Church-street, St. Helens. The prisoner came into
the shop, where he had occasionally worked some months
before. He was intoxicated. He asked• a man named
Simms to lend him lid. Simms refused, and the pri-
soner then made a similar application to the deceased,
from whom he also met with a refusal. An angry con-
versation ensued ; they both stood up, and the other men
saw a blow struck, but could not tell trom whom it came.
Both parties afterwards struck, and both fell to the
ground, and the witnesses saw the deceased attempting
to bite the prisoner's thumb. One of the witnesses
threatened to strike the deceased if he did not let go the
thumb, and he did so. Both then got up, and at this
stage Simms and the other persons present unfortunately
left the shop, and what took place afterwards there was
no evidence, except what was said by the prisoner himself
to the police. But the witnesses saw the deceased come
out of the shop shortly afterwards, staggering, and heard
him say, "I am stabbed." He was fol owed by the pri-
soner, who took to his heels, and was ultimately captured.
The deceased died the same night, and his death was
owing to a wound he had received in•his back from a
shoemaker's knife. Simms had left the knife on a seat
when lie went out of the shop, and it was found under
the deceased's seat afterwards. The prisoner was de-
fended by Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, and was acquitted.
James Howarth, 28, and Henry Howarth, 19, were in-
dicted for having, at Oswaldtwisle, feloniously damaged a
carding machine, in the mill of their employer. It appear-
ed that the prisoners were employed in the 'mill, and en-
tertained some grudge against the carding master. On the
9th of February, James Howarth said to Henry, that the
carding master was against him, and that he would try to
banish him if he could. For some days the spinners found
great obstruction in proceeding with their work; and on
the 13th of February, the prisoner James Howarth, was
seen to get under the scotching machine and put paper
under two of the gratings. The effect of this was to pre-
vent the dirt falling through the gratings, and to injure the
carding machine. James Howarth was found guilty, and
the other prisoner was acquitted.—Sentence was deferred.
II m. Henry Chapman, 22 was indicted for having ut-
tered a forged bill of exchange, with intent to defraud
Samuel Aston.

Samuel Aston is a capsule manufacturer, at Bordesley
Green, near Birmingh'im, and received by post a letter,
dated Lord-street Chambers, Liverpool, 23rd May 1845,
signed William Bell, ordering 10 gross of copaiba capsules.
Sent the goods; and afterwards received another letter,
dated 28th of the same month, enclosing a bill for £29 18s.
9d., ptaporting to be signed by W. H. Norcliff and Co.,
Liverpool, end addressed to Mr. E. Williams. This bill
was a forgery.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended
him to mercy on account of his youth and the belief that
he had beers an instrument in the hands of other parties.

His Lordship was of the same opinion. Sentence—two
years' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of
Correction.

•
GRAND JURY ROOM.—FarDAY.
(Before Mr. ARMSTRONG, Q. C.)
Edward Birch, 42, and James Hardy, 21, were in-
dicted for having, at Manchester, together with several
other persons, with personal violence, robbed Charles
Dailey of a watch and 12s. in silver. The prisoners and
Dailey had been drinking together at a beer-house in
Tib-street, and a neighbour saw the prisoners and some
other men, who had thrown him on the ground, ill-treat-
ing him. When he reached home, it appeared from the
evidence of his mother, that he had been robbed ; but in
consequence of Dailey having gone out of the country,
the evidence was not sufficient to establish the fact of the
robbery.—The jury found the prisoner Birch guilty of an
assault, and acquitted Hardy. Birch was sentenced to
six months' imprisonment, but a point was reserved in
his favour, similar to one which had been raised by Mr.
Joseph Pollock, in the Crown Court, as to whether a pri-
soner could be convicted of an assault, under an indict-
ment charging him with robbery.
John Heddon and Cornelius Hartley were charged
with having, on the 22(1 instant broken into the house of
Mrs. Warburton, publican, at Bury, and stolen a quan-
tity of provisions, wine, spirits, &c.—Hartley was found
guilty, and sentenced to ten years' transportation, and
ileddon was acquitted.
Edward Parry was found guilty of having returned
from transportation. It appeared that, at Salford ses-
sions, in 1834, he was sentenced to be transported for
fourteen years.—To be imprisoned six months, and at the
expiration of that term to be transported for life.
Philip Ribby, a boy 16 years old, was charged with
stabbing Lawrence Murphy, who said he was 11 years
old. The wound was inflicted with a knife, behind the
ear. The occurrence took place in Hornby-street, Liver-
pool, and the boy appeared to have given the prisoner no
provocation • but just before the wound was inflicted, the
prisoner had been fighting with another boy, and the boy
had struck him with a stick.—The jury found the priso-
ner guilty, and he was sentenced to one year's imprison-
ment, the last fortnight solitary.
Mary Ann Henry was found guilty of stabbing Eliza-
beth Evans, at Liverpool, with intent to do grievous bo-
dily harm. On the night of the 20th of February, Evans
was going with a companion along Northampton-street,
when the prisoner came into the street and brandished a
knife. She struck Evans with the knife on the arm, and
a person said, " You are stabbed." Evans said, " I am
not." " Then if you are not," said the prisoner, " You
shall be ;" and she immediately stabbed her on the left
breast. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and she was
sentenced to fifteen years' transportation.
Robert Rodney Hazekes was indicted for having ut-
tered counterfeit orders for the payment of £4 each, well
knowing them to be forged and counterfeit.

This case has already been published. The prisoner
went to the house of Mr. James Church, publican, and
obtained money upon shipping notes, which he repre-
sented as having been signed by Captain Quayle, of a ves-
sel called the Derby.
The prisoner denied his knowledge of the documents
being forged, and said he had received them from a per-
son on board the Derby, whom he conceived to be the
agent of Captain Quayle.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to two years' imprisonment and hard lthour.