The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL MAY SESSIONS.

The May Sessions of the Peace for the borough of Liver-
Pool commenced on Wednesday, in the Crown Court, before
Gilhert Henderson, , who had been appointed by the
Recorder to act as his deputy on this odcasion, in conse-
quence of the indisposition of the learned gentleman. Mr.
Henderson was sworn in, and took the oath of allegiance in
oPen,court, previous to the commencement of business, before
Wm. Potter, Esq. and Wm. Earle, Esq., two justices of the
Peace for the county, and Thos. Shaw and John North, Esqrs.,
consttwo members of the Town Council. The court having been
ituted, the following gentlemen were sworn the Grand
Wm. Posbary, Esq., merchant, of Plumpton-terrace, foreman
James Bateson, broker, Shavv-street.
Robert Lewin Bolton merchant. Gambier-terrace.
Richard Bryans,,,Jun.', merchant, North John-street.
Thomas France Bennett, merchant, Castle-street.
Rhj°lln Wilson Carter, corn merchant, Oil-street.
Craig, merchant, King-treet.
Thoma_hard Dawson, sharebroker,s Exchange-street.
VenrYs Berry Horsfall, merchant, Exchange-buildings.
Jenkins, merchant. Goree.
"roes Logan
merchant Oldhall-street.
Charles Stewart Middleton, merchant, R,umford.place.
jEdswaePn M,rd Moon, merchant, Tithebarn-street.
Thomas Manan, broker, Dale-street.
.;,,ooerartin, broker, Water-street.
-ttatribest_Nilather, gentleman, Mount-pleasant.

____ux, rectifier, Dale-street.
4eorge Ramsden, gentleman, Canning-street. .
The CLERX of the PEACE having read the Queen's
rastion against vice profaneness, and immorality,
,- ,
procia-
loll! DePutY REE'oitnEn addressed the Grand Jury as rol-
ws•---Gentlenaen of the Grand Jury, in consequence of the
illness of the learned recorder, it falls to my lot to meet you
On this occasion. The experience which many of you possneass.
renterinrteedree.rfs
tiheunecessary to say anything as to the general
important duties upon w. hich you are about to
be consider:number of cases which will come before you will
.ni__llable, but none of them seem to be. such as to re-
;vii investigations any
;1 ~.fre . nY special direction or advice ; but if in the course of
At
points of law should occur, the best
Alresissetoatnce in roY power will always be at your service.
busi , however, I shall not detain you longer from the
yourn"3, Which is likely to occupy a considerable por f
titne,--The Grand Jury then retired to their room.
24. ROBBERY IN A HOUSE OF ILL FAME.
Charr: irttin, aged 28, and Mary Ann Branham, 30, were
a tee,paged with' having, 0i the 24th April last, stolen a watch,
inld
Mr,nNtillings, the property of Edward
.Morgan.
~
t°wia, Nt Na ti is a clerk, residing with his father at New-
he had b"tgomery. On the night of the 24th of April last
on his ween at the Shades in Williamson-square, and was
whom he
Way home when he met the prisoner Irwin, Pis Pock Titled to her residence in Primrose-hill I.n,fle had in
ilt Peulehtihs the property above mentioned. It is impassible
root, the Who circumstances. Mr. Moran had placed
Propeirti' es
hen circumstances.
d his
his head. The prisoner Irwin. left the
rl)(4l,,Which he examined his clothes and missed
him
Ilia srata;. Ji,h prisoner Branham subsequently tavteMor-
gat' waa, a "18 a renaarkable feature in the casemtuna
communication
Wit hothccv?rding to his own account, in
!etuallY sle "e
.prisoners after he was robbeedo,mand that he
into cu
,r, todr with Irwin till the morning when he gave both
-he .turf:
It ab„,.Y fours Irwin guilty, and acquitted. Branham.
was jrsl,7a,ed that Branham was an old offend , but this
toonths, t' 3 firSl offence. The latter was sentenceder to twelve
34r. NI ItnPrisonment. The learned Douty-Recorder said
be 4110:ercigahnisw:4,zeinns:st: in consequence of his bad conduct,
IPi/tioli?li /.1' Irr AN OFFICER OF CUSTOMS. . .
stolen four It
4._
shitisii?unPs fillips, aged 32, was charged. with having
, hp of Charles Maki- Taylotr.l.e
servic:P7lred that the prisoner, who was a tid.e waiter mt
the prail°' the customs, was, in April last, stationed on hoard
Nliller 7F°a, which was lying in the Waterloo Dock. .
sanle
8,.,aY0r, fhe second mate of the vessel, slept inetnlige.
above :;te-rooin as the prisoner, the berth of the former hi
from these of the latter. On the 24th of April Taylor missed
the antri Prneket of the trousers.which he had worn on Sunday
raate b,„°,.' teu, shillings After a consultation with the chief.
Ihillin - resolved to mark some money. He marked six
of ga, which
a Pair f °esday morning, were left in the pock
he ex.,
.0 trousers. Miller went away, and on his return
foesshiiiirrnined the trousers when he found that only two
was toll
.rernained, four having' been taken away. The coin
41.1+,-4 by two
parallel lines cut over the date. It was
An iti, 8t the prisoner had been at Sixsmith's public-house.
Lad 0 Pector arid a ,
taken P°liee-officer, who were informed of what
ienutrred, went to Sizsmith's where the prisoner. was
marked n 0
xe,ustoy. He was searched, and two shillings,
itibiB -8
"I 'Miller had marked his shillings, were found
ts.o shill9(et• The drawer at Sixsmith's was examined, andt
Sizsmith!n" aimilarly perked were found. The waiter, zit
niorpio 3 PrOVed that prisoer had been there twice tla
aoller gan:d had Paid for drink. On one occasion thF prt-
could not in
'liver, hus t on the second occasion the witness
Primr.vtrecollect in what coin he paid.
trosoner Nr_4l4xs spoke at some length in defence-of the
t the " i '-'
'
e said
—e ~,au no hesitation whatever in atttri-t
the chief robbery
to another person. He contended that
tlizance
ort7lte of the ship was the only person who had cogd-
Wh° he asked e money being in the pocket of the trousers, an
tdard could have taken it but him ?
dePoswed th skeh" and Patrick Mooney were called. They
Arlythi„_ ut they knew the prisoner, and had never heard
The"ttgalust him before.
ll°4, said, asPl'll. RECORDER in the course of his summing
pPothPoint ii,, to, the nuation against the mate, there was
es.„` t„,"e evidence which tended to support such an
'lnid th-; iris 4 he .lure,
afterlea few minutes' consuP.ation,
50(1 the
to harder
guilty. Ile was sentenced to be imprisoned
o tnird labour for six calendar months.

wifficroisl'tALlNd THURSDAY
PROM A COUNTING- HOUSE. .
tNs jr,dieteaC;Wliett, 15, able to read and write imopferAfercotiliyi:
bold Jatoes
ii,or stealing from the counting
oerrio-bknife, onre°wtono.toianveicoikg,arocoaesep,
aoitrie
opfairscoi:fsossuopsreesc,taacnleds,
one
The pros .
rn and
the Prisonereeution was conducted by Mr. Black
Thbeuci ;cum -
sten",
of
t, Was defended by Mr. Venabolr..
.4Y last, wh": ease were reported in our p
utlWied in the fb,,e,sirlgular mode in which th.leicpart4nerotfyi'mueens--
'art fully 6,„.._,..nettrient was discovered in his bed-room
cotlnting joi-,'"lieul. A 4:20 note had been missed tromtitmhee
tfloal!plreillnr-31,-i-Zie-sotfhaerfierrn in india,nuildirigs during.
hoo,ue ote, the
propertynOlicitnhehisrobseedculooor,mwhboelsnegcostehuaenrteihnegd-
foun l been broken o e ' pDecember, last, was therein
Thee defence, 1410 A the policeP-o4ffiln
elapsed substantiall - Was, that four months having
the etweeo the tirne oflthea' robbery and the discover y ,
.f
the itriosperty, was too long to • tify the charge of robber 3.
eteo el'et outht to have been indicted for ste.al.mg ; but
duet oo !Tit had
.been co, there had been no suspicious con-
he
Jury Part relative to it
to th,,,reyonothuendgrtohuenpdriostoris; guilty, but recommended him
vouth. Sentence deferred.
34). RORIIERY PROM TOE PERSON.
t!lre•Afavui2t4.et Edwards 28 Martha Jones,
e Zse' 40. were in diet'ed for having feloniously stolen
14, and Ellen
4qAetles:"teigns, four half-crowns five shillings, and ten
The 78, the property of Benj. Thomas, from
the pr. ]Ur pert returned a verdict of not guilty in favour of a I
his person.l
nitio4l;Ziertsi; and they were discharged after a brief admo-

fo_')Ohn Gip, , STEALING LEAD.
11: h4vig 'fel 19! and Thomas I,Vignall, 28, indicted
taken,
b,,tl carried °4l°°,lY ripped, cut, broken, stolen,
were
e'°P!rty
c,.
and 141 b, weight of lead, the
,I):igaaifilloltiletrit Prodsham, on the 10th of May.
tt) .'Nlleri.eV weas stripgpuelttlYir m an unoccupied house belonging
e
leese NetTd3hrn, in Too/teeth-park. The prisonersdwtehe
gill a PortiZiOfhefore and after the robbery ; an
Ni.wss
andfo it, was found in a cellar.
en
reviously
Irapritoted of
TrlisgrtY NN ignall, who had b
e d teo six months'
free altlotTtehnt to hard labour WaansdseGlitllntcoe hard labour for
;Jlia /to
,liet. kira Highness Prince Albert held a levee, by desire
a4l'ttitee. eatY, 00 Wednesday afternoon, at St. James's
OUr AA ler;l,,the i),--sri Se
-NE AT A FUNERAL. -On Sunday after-
tlir'pe,4 iti ti,",„'Y,°f an old pensioner, named Penfold, was in-
tif ,-I,` 414,, "f enurchyard at Patcha'm a small village about
I ~,'"_,e d (,-.4.01/1 Brighton, on the London-road. The wife
4 Opp e.:tqflahletireiSbeadnwassasatetihrieedf itnnoaobroecoming manner, and fol-
er. Behind her, at a
who
1t s-BTee, was another female, in widow's weeds, who
to tOld, an deeply eePtY concerned in the sad ceremony as
,Mrt.
It graved,. °n the corpse leaving the church, followed i
to d 11 hiB "0 the no small astonishment of the spectators.
fro %Net, that the strang widow was also married
ill tvi paredd • - e pf 1 I's first wife,
the Ingle 104, 1, olt proved. She was en o c . .
taphkinie ,eParated many years ago. He enlisted in
vire'°lirig I,i lig 9ragoons, and went abroad. On his retu.rn,
Ibiket:lll4liseTra"rrsielfe to be dead be married again. His first
again and we,
believe her husband is living;
Ilfr,et4ilta,
tililga! the death of her first husband, she resolved,
o,„ by i!ent, to pay him the last sad tribute of her
hie ‘i
/)°tent 4,eeing him laid in his grave. There is another
Pro,rBt wif;e4Boo, perhaps f r king herself known as
s iie.rty, wh'iohPeinfold, it i's soaidm, died possessed of some
lllc,ti'l'ltAL Sae lays claim to.
:4t:tief°ll s!_,Prnl'ulliVl°N.-A report made. in the Irish
ilt4dest..t.'e Natiu°,lll,, in 1703, by the
. Comm t
4tilititeopil::it
eet to 0v e a ,
4,
thactotnhcrlouudgeld,
h‘e.ii.t li a resolution ' t
e e
that c°
Her
favourable interposition
`,l'‘,),i)litit..th,ey'nu„f_ thia kingdom may be relieved from the cah!-
p%
rtati,i "It‘v labour under, by a full enjoyment of their
ti, tht Prtse.,,." bY a more firni Union with England."
'ae "ill - atiOn wasvoted by the house. The address
ri -" 'Ho
at b. 4* use of Lords Ist October, 1703, concluded
itie Nik we are sensible [}ratour reservation is owing to
lisv,e'l it I,44"erf to the C c.. preservation
land so we are con-
kin-rria en,;:4lld tend to ourrfit7ho'fr securityj and happiness to
trai';`°tll.''re,pcitnPrehensivecraned entire Union with that
ttipe4k4:ll
riot.-
entehoeuser tbe answers returneir\liwere iln,goe4netrhael
voil-41e0t4 Presentingagttiritg.l3l?n thef 4thd..
oaroch
p tedll,l- to' the
tPa4,tl(l c071460ve mentioenerl, as; hraev7nrigehad the unanimous
ti'll>, 1740;114'80e:1J ;:)f a full h.ouse, and prayed. the Lord Lieu-
-15 claee , the ii.:_? carry it into Lieu-
execution.
.0n the 9th
addllla c 4, entre Lr'o.,House of Commons in their address
ata;reiis „r°*ti b„a eu her to add greater lustre and stret.gtb
:'it 'ei -"' the /'. 4 Yet more comprehensive Union." file
lit,a !n•e,,e . nsh House of Lords o the 15th July, 1707,
,1:144,,, ;ef3sitrd:lll/:r°eig.taenrcirn,,s, stilli
ri'ti strongeruei
i .inwn j:sadvootni,r of an- Union.
and foresight.
~ .1.1, `e pf 14" °I ail Union aye`(You% 'lreland," under the
kicjiN i, l'• O'Connell, is; eager fog a severance of it.
'ia ). veeveq Pr h h. •
tc ler ill t , 0 a,,llity that for the future a general gaol
th 'Th 4'ce Wile
tor the vaste awful ,_ e throughout England early in the
tliptsi,l, , nu.,
,ineerease of crime in the country, toget.her
4,444 I,e4ttve calllm° r of offences handed over to the assizes
1, tkah, ho dal8e(I our calendars to assume an appearance
;1;4,4; j'e for the Precedent. The late circuit has been re-
ro'Ne'itieyeryco"er'theirning amount of its criminal busi-
Lte,to bu !tself; juntY the
sesame overcharged calendar has
V a vtli sit,es% f 4deed, exceedinglY heavy has been the
ittio 01l- ' 0 the • -
' • - .'
it,o4*tr a% u Y one ~._5, sizes, that the Ordinary judges hav
to cairlieen'a sty 'to the task of disposing of it, and the
4 .e(lihto !oariel who ere joined in the commission
kt",gell ttnsol,ersreqUisition for the purpose of trying the nu-
'tti'4e ,4,11c04,4131.14 the county of York, what with learned
ij.th444. 4 4 Nile f•,, Ic4lers,. there Were five or six courts open
lo4eal,_tlo h_
tttlie
0,.,1F the disposal of the various indictments.
j tied
al,V,lngs to be by no means desired ;
_ !goia,l".utti.e assizes at all, let them be brought he-
ttt
fowl. ii 4
zliCtllie ages of the land if parties
let their cases be at-
4'ittrfo,4,tet:rit oil,liellert3riparloCfloepntilitYe and dignity which we generally
fl , Queen's judges. One of the
at'are a 4 the ,ayse-... .3' a trial at the assizes is entirely
hillloil_ ela _ ase,_ _ e-shift expedient of sending an accused
to %
.uPpeara: counsel for adjudication Nothing can be
tt:.4llte,cre than trving offein some grand-jury
ll'ilitthotahltil:',.erYli,
uNA:aidtBrit'„b:e:', with, e
dn o riders
ve n i en c e so
hfl?er , jatir:di gien,
l!'t ,d 4)
diedht,.l4'rso t°gether,prisoOnecresrs4nuoldper to shoulder
ii,ticao, eiorei nd the Presid. .• r ntleman who
ti,ef qe set i or peth„,, , ir Judge age .
tieNvitl
eriup !0,,,,e
pro•Ta the Same day, has himself.,be,e_n_
Ittlyi4l, e
riciltial
cua_ts_ecuti n. If solemnity be at ,p.i,,1u.7.,
p, tiltri(ltted ser, ar ~ these assistant courts are hi..,uelY_
4 4,14, the to the
ei-e,e9rding to the necessarily limited I),
iiiiNtlde,,Y are at !cults, and the heavy nature of the c
4 gril"i iipon thverfte,..,
Ni- ~, unaroidablo ; the criminal l'
" ON or th:qthern Circuit tias actually ri.,
r"" Pro4ot w jfift 4/ P
0:4),',- fq st 3 '

COURT OP PASSAGE-TtIESDAr•.

office, described-the departments to which the prisoner at
tended, which were the returned letter office and the window.
Messrs. Dirom, Richmond, and Co. and Messrs. Edmond
and Co. have private boxes at the Postoffice, for the letters
addressed to them. Mr. Bond corroborated the testimony
of Halsall, as to the discovery of the bills of exchange at
Leeming's residence, and proceeded to say, that he found in
a division in the returned letter office, which was entirely
under the charge of the prisoner, two packets addressed to
the firms above named. These had the appearance of having
been opened and re-sealed, and had the word " refused " on
the part where the direction was. The packet addressed to
Messrs. Edmond and Co. had been re-sealed with the seal
appended to the watch. He (Bond) found also a memoran-
dum belonging to the prisoner. The latter snatched it from
him, saying, he had no right to examine his private memo-
randums. The prisoner attempted to tear out a leaf, but the
book was secured. On the leaf was written, " Miss Davies,
42, Pleasant-street." The packets found in the prisoner's
office appeared to bare arrived by the overland mail by
Marseilles, and the London post mark was, 7th April, the
Liverpool mark, Bth April, on which day they would come
into the prisoner's possession.
Frederick Maitland Davidson, stated that he was one of
the firm of Diron, Richmond, and Co. They had an esta-
blishment in the East Indies. The letter produced was from
their house at Bombay. The bill produced for £2OOO. was
from their house in China, and was payable to them. The.
bill for £3OO, was from their house in Bombay. The other
bills of £lOO, £142 4s. 10d., and £79 lls. were also theirs.
It appeared that the prisoner had placed the documents be-
longing to each of the firms in the envelope addressed to the
other. Mr. Davidson proved that the whole of the docu-
ments, consisting of bills of lading, &c., found in the packet
addressed to Edmond and Co. were intended for them. Ile
showed that one of the letters referred to a bill of exchange
for £lOO, and to a letter addressed to Baring Brothers and
Co. from Lord Ashburton, which was found in the envelope.
The same letter referred to the bills for £3OO, and £142 4s. 10d.
The firm have duplicates of the bills of exchange.
Robert M`Kin, partner in the firrn of William Edmond
and Co. of Liverpool, and at Bombay of William and
Thomas Edmond and Co., stated that the packet produced,
addressed William Edmond and Co. was from the firm at
Bombay. The packet was transmitted on the Ist of March
last, and he (witness) left Bombay on the 2d of March. The
two bills produced, one for £2OOO, dated Canton, 26th Dec.,
1842, and the other for £43 Ifs. 4d., dated Bombay, 31st
January, 1843, were part of the contents of that packet.
There was enclosed in it another bill of exchange for £5OO.
Mr. PEACOCK said this last bill for £5OO was yet missing,
and there had, as yet, been no time for inquiry after it, as Its
existence had only been ascertained this morning. It appeared,
however, from a letter in the prisoner's possession, addressed
to a mercantile firm at London, that attempts had been made
to negotiate it.
Mr. RUSHTON asked whether application had been made
to pay this £5OO bill?
Mr. PEACOCK replied in the affirmative.
Mr. RuswroN hoped it had not succeeded. The publica-
tion of the circumstances now would certainly prevent it from
succeeding.
Mr. PEACOCK expected to be able to trace the bill very
soon.

From other evidence brought forward, it appeared that the
prisoner had taken a letter containing a link of beads, which
had been put in the post-office by Julia Dalton, a servant,
residing with Mr. Marsh, Scotland-place. The beads were
intended as a present to a Mr. Sherlock, Bachelor's-row,
Dublin. The person who wrote the letter for the girl forgot
to put Dublin on the back of it. This was remembered after-
wards, and the girl made application for the letter at the post-
office, but was informed that it had gone to London. It wz:s
proved that it was carried out by the deliverers of this town,
and returned to the department of the prisoner, who, instead
of transmitting it to London, took it into his own possession,
and it was found by Halsall, in a flour barrel which stood
close to his bed.
A letter, which was found in the lining of the prisoner's
drawers, was addressed to Messrs. J. and W. Brown, Goree.
This letter had been sent out and returned. It was proved
that the words " refused " on the letters were in the hand-
writing of the prisoner.
To all these charges the prisoner declined to make any
answer.
Mr. RUSHTON then committed the prisoner to Kirkdale,
to take his trial at the next assizes.
Mr. Davidson here said he was under th• necessity of
proceeding to India, and be was desirous of being relieved
from further attendance.

Mr. RUSHTON said the officers of the crown would con-
duct this prosecution, and the application must be made to
them. For himself be should not think of granting it.
Mr. DAVENPORT, who appeared for the defence, said that
in order to satisfy the friends of the prisoner, he wished to
know whether the court would admit him to bail.
Mr. RUSHTON replied—No, certainly not. This was one
of the most cruel cases he had ever known, for it not only
dishonoured the establishment in which the prisoner was a
servant, but it embarrassed commercial matters in a very
high degree. It was a felony of the most grave character;
and he could not, for a moment, think of taking bail. The
prisoner must be committed upo❑ all the charges.
The prisoner was then removed.

A soldier writing to his father from Limerick, says—" I
forgot to caution you against having anything to do with this
Repeal business, as we have received particular orders
respecting it. Every Chelsea and Kilmainham pensioner
taking part in it will be struck off the list immediately."—
Cork paper.

REPEAL AND CIVIL WAR.-At a meeting of the repealers
on Monday last, at Dublin, Mr. O'Connell after stating that
he despised Peel and Wellington and regarded their threats
as a mouthful of chaff, said •' There would be no civil war in
Ireland as long as he (Mr. O'Connell) lived. The people
would keep at the legal side, and if others invaded them that
was not a civil war, and he promised them that there was not
a Wellingtonian of them all who would shrink less than he
from that contest, if it was forced upon them. Violating no
law, the repealers would keep on constitutional grounds, as
long as it was left to them; but, said Mr. O'Connell, if they
throw us from that, then rce vie/is for the contending par-
ties. (Great cheering.)"

SECRETS OF THE CHARTIST EXECUTIVE.-It was stated
last week that Campbell, the secretary of the Chartist Exe-
cutive, had decamped to America, taking with him the hooks
of the National Charter Association. Since then it has been
intimated to the executive that Campbell had, previously to
his flight, pledged those books, with a large number of cards
of membership, for the sum of £l6 15s. 9id. and that they
will be delivered wp by a Mr. Arthur O'Neil as soon as the
lien upon them is paid off.. The defection of Campbell,
O'Neil, and other firebrands, from the Chartists, had des-
troyed all the confidence which they had formerly in each
other. Evisn Mr. O'Connor himself, who boasts so much of
his disinterested services and sacrifices in the cause of Char-
tism, is charged with being a venal and time-serving public
character. The following charges are made against him :
That he accepted £2B for lecturing and assisting at Mr. Stur-
ge's contest with Mr. James Walter, sen. ; that he demanded
£l9 from Mr. Rogers for his services at the late contest be-
tween Mr. Gisborne and Mr. John Walter, jun. ; and though
last not least, that he received from Mr. Sturge's committee
the sum of £5 for an active agent, to whom he only paid £3
putting the remaining £2 in his pocket. Mr. O'Connor as
a matter of course, denies these charges, but his accusers
allege that they can prove them.

Mr. BRUNEL'S CASE.—Some particulars of the treatment
pUrsued by Sir Benjamin Brodie in the case of Mr. Brunel
have been made public. It appears that the accident hap-
pened on the 3d April. Sir Benjamin was consulted on the
18th, and found that the half-sovereign had passed into the
windpipe. A consultation was held on the 22d, at which it
was decided that the half-sovereign was probably lodged at
the bottom of the right bronchus, and that it was movable.
It was determined that every effort should be made for its
removal, and that for this purpose an apparatus should be
constructed for inverting the body of the patient, in order
:he weight of the coin might assist the natural effort to
•it by coughing. The first experiment was made on the
The body of the patient being inverted, and the back
gently struck with the hand between the shoulders, violent
cough came on, but of so convulsive and alarming a nature
that danger was apprehended and the experiment was discon-
tinued. On this occasion the coin was again moved from its
situation, and slipped towards the glottis. On the 27th
tracheotomy was performed by Sir Benjamin, with the in-
tention of extracting the coin by the forceps, if possible; or,
in the event of this failing, with the expectation that the
opening in the windpipe would facilitate a repetition of the
experiment of the 22d. On this occasion, and subsequently
on the 2d of May, the introduction of the forceps was )at-
tended with so much irritation that it could not be persevered
in without danger to life. On the 3d another consultation
was held, and it was agreed that the experiment of inversion
should be repeated as soon as Mr. Brunel had recovered suffi-
cient:strength, the incision in the windpipe being
kept open.
On Saturday, the 13th, Mr. Brunel was again placed on the
apparatus, the body inverted, and the back- gently struck.
After two or three coughs he felt the coin quit its place on
the right side of the chest, and in a few seconds it dropped
&Qin bis mouth, without exciting in its passage through the
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TIIS ROBBERY-AT THR LIVERPOOL POSTOPFICE,

On Tuesday, at the Police-office, John Leeming, a clerk at
the Postoffice, in this town, was placed at the bar, on a charge
of having stolen letters. The first witness was Mr. Wilks,
assistant to Mr. King, wholesale jeweller, 18, Bridgewater-
square, London. Mr. Wilks stated, that on the 7th March
last, he received from his employer two gold rings set with
pearls and diamonds, which he was to enclose in a letter and
send enclosed to Messrs. Roskeli and Son. He enclosed
them and sealed them tip and addressed them to Messrs.
Roskell and Son, Church-street, Liverpool. The two gold
rings produced, the witness said, were those which he had
enclosed. About three weeks afterwards he heard that the
rings had not been received.
Philip Phillips, the errand boy in the service of Mr. King,
described the custom of - the establishment, as regarded
putting letters in the Postoffice.
Mr. Robert Roskell stated, that in February last, he sent
some stones up to Mr. King to be mounted in gold. He did
not receive the articles so soon as he expected, upon which
he wrote to make inquiry, arid was informed in reply that the
rings had been sent through the postoffice. He believed the
stones in the two rings produced were those which he sent.
George Rose, a jeweller, in the service of Mr. King, iden-
tified the two rings. He made one of them himself about
two months ago.
Miss Martha Davies, of No. 42, Pleasant-street, stated,
that she first became acquainted with the prisoner on the
28th of February last. She had some knowledge of him
previously, but had never spoken to him before that day,
which was Shrove Tuesday. She saw him again on either
the Friday or Saturday following, again on the Monday, and
again on the Tuesday following. She was in the habit of
seeing him frequently after that. After she bad seen him
about four times he showed her a ring, (produced,) and asked
her to accept it. He said; if she would not take it he would
throw it behind the fire. She then consented to accept it.
He gave her another ring, which he said he had bought in
Manchester, but he did not say where he had got the first
ring. She kept both rings till the preceding day, (Monday,)
when she delivered them to Mr. Bond, a clerk belonging to
the Postoffice.
William Augustus Bond, senior clerk in the Postoffice,
stated, that the prisoner was a clerk i❑ that establishment.
It was a part of his duty to face letters, which had been
sorted, to the delivery windows were the private boxes were
placed. Messrs. Roskell and Son had a private box. A
letter addressed to them, posted in London on the 7th March,
would arrive on the morning of the Bth, and would be sorted
for the delivery windows and put into the private box that
morning. The prisoner was at the delivery window that
morning, and the letter would go through his hands.
The prisoner declined saying anything in reply to the
charge. He was committed to take his trial at the next
assizes.
On Wednesday the prisoner having again been placed at
the bar, the following evidence was adduced against him.
Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the General Postoffice, was pre-
sent to' watch the case.
James Halsall, constable,. stated that lie apprehended the
prisoner on Monday, the Bth instant, at the Postoffice. The
prisoner said he resided at 34, Hunter-street. Halsall went
there with Mr. Bond, senior clerk at the. Postoffice. In the
prisoner's apartment a pocket-book was found. It was ex-
amined, and in it were found seven bills of exchange, one
for £2,000, drawn at Macao, dated 31st December, endorsed
to Messrs. Dirom, Richmond, and Co. ; one for£3oo, drawn
at Bombay, dated 24th February last ; one for £lOO ; one for
£142. 4s. 10d. ; one for £79. lls. ; one for £2,000; and one
for £43. 18s. 4d. When he apprehended the prisoner he
took from him a watch that be was wearing, to which was
attached the seal produced.
Williams Augustus Bond, senior clerk at the Pos►