The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

April 4, 1848.

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-.4 LANCASHIRE SPRING ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY.
SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO MURDER.
Af",r,nzal Harrison, 35, Adam Gillibrand, 30, John
lii74eBleY. 55, and Joseph Eccles, 21, were indicted with
"'ng, at Tarleton, on the Ist February, feloniously shot
Robert Cookson, a gamekeeper in the service of George
h;rlthebY Leekek, Esq., near Rufford, with intent to kill
gent The prisoners, with three others not in custody,
P, ..baelung upon the premises which Cookson was
4,--4°Lnred to watch, and when the latter, with other
baa...tell.re, went up to them, Gillibrand fired a double-
h. 711 ed gun at him, and about 130 shots were lodged in
tlp°C)dY• The chief witness against the prisoners was an
rover named Halliday, on whose unsupported evidence
sos Lord
shiP refused to direct a conviction. The pri-
atehrs were then arraigned on the charge of being found
911 cer
istain
ease, grounds armed. The same objection applied
and the prisoners were consequently acquitted.
A.br NANSLAUGHTER.
kii Manz Ashworth, 33, was indicted for feloniously
4(ii,! nig Nancy Colclough, at Bury, on the 28th Fela:, by
,ving over her with a cart. The evidence was tO the
effect that the prisoner, who was drunk at the time, did
not exerciso sufficient caution. He was found guilty, and nteneed to one month's imprisonment.
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
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rhom‘as TVelsby, 23, and James Morris, 32, were in-
Zo for the assault and robbery of John Nuttall, at
roolitc n, on the night of the 19th of January last. They
ala,a7,_ay the prosecutor's hat, but in consequence of an
w„,--`o.'neY were prevented from taking his mon. They
aia-innd guilty, and a former conviction beini proved
port-a— "elsby, he was sentenced to fifteen years trans-
tion ; Morris to twelve months' imprisonment.
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At
DISMISSAL OF THE GRAND JURY.
into the close of the above trial the Grand Jury came
disp court lose
and announced to his Lordship that they had
then r all the business before them. They were
isc iargrd.

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- Ai1,48 Slater BURGLARY.
ight of ti, 26, was indicted with having, on the
izn..haoligi.iel...e.fortohnl,Daecember, feloniously entered the dwell-
tolen ve (31 Robert Sutton, a farmer at Widnes, and
tim
of Sir Cpehtis cheese and other articles. He was
3°nrneut. tY' anu sentenced to eighteen months' impri-
under Prisoner was a pensioner, and had served
his
iNoafpoiteurr.e. His conviction will deprive
Smaller 35,
John s BURGLARY.
ablet-
and James Gore,a, youth of respecd
On v_aPPearance, were indicted with having, at
ißlackterroe I
th e night of the 24th February, burglarions
e avvelh .Yff 105..,d
f„, ng-house of James Massey, and stolen
413,74„ `'n• and other articles. They were also charged with
the g personal violence towards the prosecutor. None of
ia,:- Property was found upon the prisoners, and their
'4ltification not being complete, they were acquitted.
BURGLARY.
ihant, ni.• Robinson, 26, and William Rodgers, 20, were
reted with having burglariously ent-- I the 1

--A aouse of
114°8411 Dobson, and stolen two coats and one waistcoat,
Zich were found pledged at Warrington for 9s. Both
Isoners were found guilty, and a previous conviction
„ log proved against Robinson, he was sentenced to 15
'ears' transportation ; Rodgers, two years' imprison-

NISI PRIUS COURT.---TUESDAY.
la 'l'AT,Tersti v. Ross.—This was an action brought by
d"'111-isin Standish, late sheriff of the county, against the
,"efendant, Thomas Ross, for the recovery of the value of
ri—„rtOi goods which the defendant had sold, but which of
°"t oug,ht to have been surrendered to the sheriff, in
pa
of damages obtained in an action tried at the
wa erpool Assizes in the spring of 1846. The plaintiff
to s nonsuited, with liberty to his counsel (Mr. Martin)
hnove for such a sum as the Court might think fit.
th—IILT°I4I V. ASHTON.—The declaration stated, that on
and 27th September, 1845, the defendant broke to pieces
1 _ shattered fifty panes jp of lass in certain houses be-
ginzestteo the plaintiff, situated at Falesworth, near
;Inchr. The defendant pleaded not guilty ; that
. the
ft Zt°vgs were not in the possession of the plaintiff; and
sessio e 11°'ises were affixed to a certain close in the p
t„„ nof the defendant. When the case had been par-
tolYrehfeearele,
ea verdict was' taken for the plaintiff, subject
nioWtheria'auliNdaction were
v.. WALTON.—The parties in this
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Ithich the sonMn, and the mother sought to. recover _
mind He her, as administratrix to h hus-
the vprropert
Y. had been employed manea_gerfaet
tintif; 'Y kills near Manchester, carried on by h
, at a saki.;
of £2OO per year, in which capacity
46beylitintied to act pto October, 1847, when the amount
Vildt t: be recoveL was found to be owing by him.
tDI,,AI ndant admitted that the owed the money, b
o—AL thni• 1. r ti.,,, ,a. he
....
to„ plaintiff:As a partner. A verdict was returned
the 1°,41(..L4, v• BROWNHILT —The plaintiff is a trustee of
he 80—"e° s Tavern Building• Society at Manchester, and
been sought to
recover possession of a title-deed which had
131)844Losited as security for a loan of £360 to one
PI% of kin, and which deed subsequently made its
.ilitredhciatu„.i.wTrtaithmeer:Sgolveesasi,ety's box into the hands of the de-
virtually no defence, and a verdict,
was found for the plaintiff, subject to
s'u to £4O if the deed were given up.

WEDNESDAY.