The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-31 00:00:00

BURGLARY

Peter 11PLaughlin, 42, and William Butterworth, 24,
were charged with committing; a burglary at Manchester.
On the 12th September last, the house of Samuel Renn, of
George-street, Manchester, was broken into ; and an alarm
being given, thu two prisoners, who were seen near the house,
immediately ran away, but wera pursued and taken. One of
the prisoners had a poker, with 'which it was supposed an
entrance had been effected tbroughi the coal-vault by forcing

open the grating. A skeleton key also was dropped by But-
terworth on his way to the station. and he had about him

some Lucifer inatclws and a candle
....i►i.•

The prisoners were

The following prisoners were then brought up to receive

Brooks, convicted of larceny-3 months' imprison-

Ormerod, for forging an order for goods-2 years

• John Dcvoynes Barnsley, Who pleaded guilty to n charge
of forgery, was then placed at the bar, and his Lordship ob-
served that he had received representations from his friends,
stating his condition in life, as also his age, and tecotnmen-

ding him to the considei ation of the Court; but he had n duty
to perform to the public, and the crime of the prisoner was
one of so serious a character, that he conceived it his duty to
punish it with severity whenever it was brought before him.
It was not long ago punishable with death, but it had been
mitigated ; and whatever discretion he might exercise, be was
bound to exercise it consistently with his duty to the public.
He (the prisoner) had had a good education, and so far from
dealing with him leniently, he thought it right that he should
punish him with severity. There were many persons brought
up in that court whose crimes might be attributed to igno-
rance, but he had no such excuse, and his education ought to
have guarded him against the commission of such a crime us
that of which he had been convicted. The sentence of the
Court was, that he be transported for ten years.
John Whyatt, convicted of an assault and robbery, twelve
months imprisonment.
A true bill was found by the Grand Jury against Wilmet
Buckley, for murder, at St. Helen's, also against Thomas
Hendry, for arson, at Liverpool, no day has yet been named
for trial.

His Lordship signified his intention of proceeding to-day
with cases of manslaughter, stabbing, &c., in which the
attendance of medical men would be required, except those
connected with this town.

The Court rose at half-past six

NISI PRIUS COURT.—THURSDAY.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN took his seat a few minutes past
nine o'clock.

ALLEGED TRESPASS

HOLFORD V. HANKINSON AND ANOTHER.—This case,
which does not possess the slightest public interest, its im-
portance being confined to parties interested, was partially
Opened yesterday. Mr. Knowles and Mr. Monk appeared
for the plaintiff; Mr. Wortley and Mr. Watson for the de-
fendant.

The declaration alleged that the defendants had broke and
entered into a certain close of land belonging to the plaintiff,
situate in Pendleton, in the parish of Ecc;les, and on the
highway between Mar chester and Bolton. rive pleas were
put in by the dcfeneants, the principal of ,which was that
there was a road over the close, used as a public highway,
which justified the i'ef udants in trespassing upon it.
Mr. KNOWLES, in thtailing the case, said that though the
subject of inquiry wra not very important either in extent or
value, it was oecessai y that the rights of the parties should
be settled, and the position defined in which they stood to-
wards each other. Ihe learned counsel then detailed the
circumstances : after vk Well. Mr. 'WORTLEY offered to refer
the whole case to some genthmau at the bar, but the plain-
tiff refusing, the case proceeded. In the course of the trial,
several other propositions to refer were made by Mr. Wort-
ley, and, like the first, declined. The trial lasted till half-
past one, from five o'clock last night, when it terminated in
a verdict for the defendants, thus establishing their right of
road over the land belonging to the plaiintiff.