The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

FORGERY IN OLDHAM.

William Taylor, (not in the calendar) a very respect-
able man of elderly appearance, was indicted for having
uttered a forged acceptance to a bill of exchange for £221
145., with intent to defraud William Byrom, James But-
terworth, John Brown, and others (the Oldham Banking
Company.) The jury found the prisoner guilty.

STABBING AT WHALLEY.
Richard Wilkinson, 50, was indicted for unlawfully
and maliciously stabbing, cutting, and wounding one
Wellington Moorhouse, at Whalley.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty of an assault; and
the prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment in Lancaster
Castle for the term of twelve calendar months.

STABBING AT LIVERPOOL.
John 111` Kenna, 25, Patrick Gilligan, 23, and Michael
M` Corkin, 20, were indicted for having feloniously cut,
stabbed, and wounded Patrick Crane, at Johnson-street,
Liverpool.
Mr. Arnold conducted the case for the prosecution, and
the prisoners were defended by Mr. Wilkins.
It appeared .that, on the night of Friday, or early on
the morning of Saturday, the 6th of January. the prose-
cutor was in his cellar, in the act of retiring to rest, when
he beard a party of men come down to the door, and
endeavour to force it open. He went for the purpose of
preventing them, but was unable to resist the pressure
from the outside. The door was forced in, the three pri-
soners, accompanied by three others, entered, and Gilligan
asked for some ale. The prosecutor replied that he was
a teetotaller, that his wife was unwell, and that he wished
them to leave. A scuffle ensued, in the course of which
the candle was blown out by one of the party, and
M'Kenna took out a clasp-knife, and threatened to cut
off the prosecutor's head. Gilligan then laid hold of the
prosecutor in such a way as to prevent him from defending
himself, while WlCenna inflicted two or three cuts, not
of a very dangerous nature, on his face. A woman, of
the name of M`Gregor, who lived in the cellar, wanted
to get out, for the purpose of calling in the police, but
she was struck back by M'Corkin. Shortly after the
prisoners ran away ; and when they were taken into
custody, in a few days after, a clasp-knife was found at
M'Kenna's, which, according to the medical testimony,
would have inflicted the cuts on the prosecutor's face.
The jury acquitted the three prisoners.
The court adjourned at six o'clock to nine this morning.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY.
THE BURY WATER WORKS COMPANY V. BENSON.

This case was resumed yesterday morning, and further
voluminous evidence was heard for the defendant, in which
a number of surveyors and others described the nature of
the embanking, the " pitching" with ruble wall stone, &c.,
the sinking of the banking, &c.—showing upon the whole
that the first measurement of the work appeared to be
pretty accurate, the sinking being accounted for by the
long time that had since elapsed.
The learned JUDGE, in summing up, inclined to the
opinion that the difference between the parties was, under
the circumstances, so little, that it would have been more
advisable to settle the matter out of doors.

The jury, without retiring from the box, returned a
verdict for the defendant. The case was not decided until
nearly four o'clock, so that it occupied the cou.t upwards
of a day and a half.