The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

use of such a deadly weapon as the

of sudden quarrel, a mos

unmanly and cru

. .
Thos. Weld Blundell, Esq., Ince Hall. Liverpool.
R. B. B. H. Blundell, Esq., Daysbrook, Liverpool.
Wm. Clayton, Esq., Lostock Hall.
J. C. Ewart, Esq., Liverpool.
John Fenton, Esq., Crimble, Rochdale.
Wm. Gale, Esq., Lightburne House, Ulverston.
Robertson Gladstone. Esq., Liverpool.
Win. Ford Hulton, Esq., Newbrook House, Bolton.
e
Liverpool.
eLLi
jieesd,aEles,qi.u,nl.V, eErsncie.t,b,COlalrdelmutomn.t,
Thos Liverpool.
Illaule, Esq., Manchester.
Richard Christopher Nagler, Esq., Walton Hall, Liverpol
Robert Neilson, Esq., Halewood, Liverpool. within a reasonable times
Joseph Ridgway, El.q., Wallsuches, Bolton. • for a job. The prosecutor was told him he not the
had refused to perform his e
Thos. Rodick, Eaq., Gateacre, Liverpool. " gaffer," the person who usually employed the men, but that the scrip had not beenis,
Clement Rovds, Esq., Rochdale. he would be there at six o'clock. Immediately afterwards Mr. Baines appeared for th
Humphrey De Trafford, Esq., Trafford Park, Manchester the prisoner struck him three times with great violence for the defendant.
Gee. Johnson Wainwright, Esq., Liverpool. upon the face, felling him to the ground. The prisoner It appeared from the statem
was with great difficulty secured ; and from the testimony plaintiff' was a sherebroker et
The Learned JUDGE addressed the followinare to of Mr. Woods, surgeon of Walton, the prosecutor ap- fendant a cotton broker at the et
the Grand Inquest. I rezret I cannot congrla chargeu peered to have sustained considerable injury, and remained August laat the defendant aeree
upon the state of the calendar. it is exceedingly heavy, for fourteen days under his care. There was a contusion shares in the Huddersfield, -Bra both as respects the numbsr of prisoners and the offences on the right jaw, but blood was only drawn upon the way. The scrip had not been is
with which they are charged. 'lt is indeed one of the inside of the mouth from the parts having come in contact stanoe was known to the defends, heaviest, if not the heaviest, that has occurred since the with the teeth. satisfied with his bargain. The sc,
assizes were removed to Liverpool, at least at the Sum- The JUDGE expressed a doubt whether this was a cut- ber, when the defendant had it sent to nil., ee_
mar Assizes. There are the names of 92 prisoners in the ting and wounding within the meaning of the act. to take it, and the shares were sold out in the Stowe
calendar as it stands ; there are, I understand, five or six Mr. FLETCHER, for the prosecution, quoted " The Exchange against him at a loss of upwards of £2OO, which
other cases, who do not appear yet to be added to it : and Queen versus Smith, 8 Carrington and Payne," where was sought to be recovered.
the number will probably be increased before your labours Lord Denman held that a breaking of the skin from which After the evidence had h
are over. Of the ninety-two prisoners, Whose names ap- blood flowed in the interior of the mouth came within the case, his lordship said b'
pear in the calendar, six are charged with wilful murder,
12 with manslaughter, 13 with malicious injuries to the act. support the declaration, tt
suited.
The JUDGE said this was an authority in point.
person, 16 with burglary, and 8 with highway robbery ac- The prisoner was found guilty of a common assault. KNIGHT V. SWAN.—The plaintiff was Nathan Knight,
companied with violence to the persons of those attacked. Sentence was deferred. and the defendant John S. Swan. It appeareJ from the
Many of these are aggravated cases; and there are be- Sentence
statement of the plaiutiff's counsel, Mr. Baines, that the
sides, in the calendar, as I believe, instances of every Francis Mayrorey. 32, was indicted for the man- plaintiff was a share-broker, carrying on business at Man-
other offence contained within the catalogue of crime. slaughter of Hugh Boyd, at Orrell, in this county. The cheater, and was employed by defendant to buy, on his
It is not surprising, that in the southern division parties were railway labourers. The deceased, when in a account, twenty shares in the Dover and twenty in the
of this great county, containing as it does the two state of intoxication, challenged the prisoner to fight. Vi liitehaven and Furness rpilways, with instructions to
populous and commercial towns of Manchester and Eventually they fought, and in the second round the sell when a good opportunity offered. The shares were
Liverpool, that the calendar should be heavy ; but deceased fell against a tree, from the effects of which he accordingly purchased, and sold at a profit ; but with
it is not easy to assign a cause for its being so died. respect to those in the Whitehaven and Furness Corn-
unusually heavy at this particular time. It may be acci- The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner Parer the defendant expressed some dissatisfaction,
dental. But, at all events, I do not think I should was sentenced to two days' imprisonment. and they were re-purchased. Soon after this the panic
occupy your valuable time by speculating upon causes Thomas Ivey, 24, was indicted for the manslaughter of began, and a call of £3 per share tee. --a- • -
which probably, after all, may not be the trte causes, and William Rimmer. The prisoner was ostler at the Lamb Plaintiff paid. The defer
without any sufficient materials to hazard an opinion with Inn, Wavertree. Whilst be was asleep the deceased shook the shares, they were f
confidence. I find, however, from a perusal of the rimes the prisoner, who suddenly struck him, and he died soon £63 155., which was the same sought to Lae reooveree.
sitions, one unfailing cause for four-fifths of these crimes afterwards. The jury found a verdict of not guilty. After the evidence had been gone into, his Lordship in-
is, as it is in every other calendar, the besetting sin of John Franklin, 45, described as a gentleman, was in- timated that there was no case to go to the jury, and the
drunkenness. In almost all cases of personal violence dieted for the manslaughter of Michael Fitzpatrick, at plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.
and injury, the scene is a public-house or a beershop, and Middleton, on the 21st of July last. ACTION 0., EJECTMENT.
the parties are exasperated and inflamed by intoxication.
So long as the habits of the common people are those of The death of the man Fitzpatrick was caused whilst he DOE DEM. GRUNDY V.
William Grundy and his wi
intemperance whenever an opportunity is afforded—so was in a state of intoxication at the Old Buck Inn. The
long as they are incapable of recreation and social enjoy-
public-house,
prisoner was also there. A difference arose concern- estate of the late John Lees, s
merit, except that of drinking to excess in
ing some tobacco, which the deceased refused to pay
Boyce. The action was one of
of certain . buildings and lan(
for, and at lest the prisoner consented to pay for
much improvement can hardly be expected. It is, how_ for,
which it was
it.• The deceased then required some more, which the
ever, earnestly to be hoped the efforts which have been
the. defendant. The cauae
landlord brought, and he gave half-a-crown in payment, made and are making in thesright direction—by the hen landlord
the change was brought, the deceased said it was assizes, but in consequence of the
c'ounteement of temperance societies, and inducing a e
intervals of labour than
of intoxication, will til short of the proper at un-, for which the prisoner tor- by one of the witnesses, the result of tt
the erroneous and degrading
taste for other recreations in th
rected him. This led t• a further quarrel, in which the
abortive, and a new trial was one
that the property in question
deceased said to the fristmer he would "knock his d—d
gradually effect a change in the national character in
one Thomas Allcock about tl
head off." The prisoner pushed the deceased away, who
this most important particular. Ido not purpose to corn- fell down, but got up again, add was taking off his coat to afterwards it was sold to Willian
mint to you in detail upon each of the crse3 in this calen- fight, going at the same time towards the prisoner, who to John Lees, for whom the pre&
der, nor indeed could Ido so even if I v ere so disposed then struck him upon the side of the head. The de- The defendant, Boyce, is son-in-
for, as you may easily believe that with such a mass of ceased reeled, and the prisoner struck him again upon the claimant under his will. The qua.
-- • ^.• . • • • nuence of certain grount; -ents attaching
more than 90 depositions, and some of them very long, I
have been unable to do more than make a hasty perusal 4f.tc_ea, from the effect of which. be immediately felt upon whether or not the plaintiffs were e
of those which appear to me of the greatest importance. .
of the
^,a
I regret this the less as I am aware I am addressing gen-
`'n arrest, and in cons,
-
tlemen, many of whom have had very great experience as ^eurred without a c,.
--4.-e
magistrates, and to whom the points occurring in the case, which oe.
'
great mass of cages will be perfectly familiar. One of the
'not possess a
'•,
most remarkable cases in the calendar is that of two lads,tiff ha
one 17 and the other 12 years of age, named Joseph
Dean and James Seddon. They are charged with the wil-
court
ful murder of another boy of la years -of age. The cir-
-past f
...........,
cumstances stated in the depositions are such that if there
is sufficient reason for believing the death of the deceased
OF T'
was occasioned by the injuries received from the prisoners,
eamee r
there is nothing to reduce the charge below that of wil- ding.
ful murder. With regard to one of the prisoners, Dean, AI Sand'
who is only twelve years of age, it will be a question for dnight
the jury who try the case whether there be such a degree 0 on 6
of intelligence, or the power of distinguishing between a Hour,.o reps
right and wrong, as would constitute that discretion which
.a follor
the law requires to make him a responsible agent. Under Aland:
seven years of age, the presumption of law is, there is
_termer
not sufficient discretion to constitute a responsible agent ; C. B."
Pr
but between seven and fourteen, it is a question for the o-
do
jury who try the Case; but upon which it will not be nea
emery for you to enter. There is is charge against
Robert Parmes, No. 55 in the calendar, for the murder of •
a woman, named Beteson, who was found dead in a pond, at Aintree, under circumstances somewhat extraordinary, .r.,
past
as the place where the body was found was within a few lately -
yards of several booths in which were a number of per- . the e
sons. The case against the prisoner rests mainly, if not
entirely upon Ws having been the last person seen in her _RI L.—
company. and giving some equivocal, and. as it appears, ,d „Ls,-
false, account of what had become of her. If the evi- ,iit of
dance is sq.& as to lead you to the conclusion that the . by ti'
prisoner might be convicted of the charge, if nothing more as.
appears, it will be proper to find the bill; but if the evi- _sr: rio
dence appears to you such that though it may raise strong zELLO-
suspieions it will not be sufficient to warrant a conviction. .am Gr
it is better not to find the hill; because, if the bill is found ,oat tie,
the prisoner must be tried, and if the evidence is insuf- , go 0,
ficient, be acquitted, and he never can be tried again if Ace, a,
further evidence should afterwards be found ; whereas, if .ON. r
the bill is not found, and further evidence should arise antiff)
hereafter, a fresh bill may be forced and the man put upon actior
his trial, and so a failure of justice may probably be ,ut of a'
avoided. A man of the name of Richard Wignall, No. 86 ing to
in the calendar, is charged with the wilful murder of his .ender
wife. If the evidence appears before you, as it is stated in who I,
the depositions, you can hardly do otherwise than return flare
a bill for wilful murder, as there does not appear to be any na
such provocation upon the part of the wife as would re-
duce the case to one of manslaughter. In the case of
William Clapham, No. 53 in the calendar, who is charged
with the wilful murder of Abraham Tweedale, you
will have to consider whether there were any cir-
cumstances which reduce the offence to manslaughter
only. If great and unnecessary violence be used, and with
a deadly instrument, the party using such violence, and
such instrument, will not, if he occasion death, thereby
be guilty of less than murder, though he may have re-
ceived some provocation from the deceased. The only
provocation in the present case was an endeavour by the
deceased to save another person from an unprovoked at-
tack by the prisoner with the same dangerous instrument.
If tbere is any question as to the state of the prisoner's
mind, that is not for your consideration, but for the jury
which will have to try him. There is a case in the ca-
lendar, No. 54, where a woman, named Davidson, is
charged with the wilful murder of her infant children. 1
'nave ciref "-- nerused ' I ' ' k

_ .
tion. The learned judge then sentenced the prisoner to
ten years' transportation.

CUTTING AND WOUNDING

Michael Kilcourse, 36, was indicted for having, at
Walton-on-the-Hill, feloniously and maliciously wounded
Daniel Blue, with intent to do him some grievous bodily
harm.

From the evidence on the part of the prosecutor it ap-
peared that Blue was a workman on the works of the Li-
verpool and Bury Railway Company at Walton, near this
town. On the Sth May last, in the afternoon, the pri-
soner, accompanied by four or five other men, went up to
the prosecutor, with a bludgeon in his hand. and asked

contract between the pi
ease by defendant of cr

vered a; roan

t of
ed by the

t of the co

a for t

of opinion that it did not

e platnuff

is accordingly r

e, which the

reiusing to take
t a loss of

gainst h'r

s were

Mary, trustees of the
the defendant Robert

recovery

e Street,

y held b

a tried at the last August
sineular evidence ',iv...

verdict I
It at

ged to

he year 1793, bnt that

altimatel3

re trustees

--- -
prisoner, who is a surgeon, assisted in an attempt to re- being in arrear, and in consequen,.. lapse of time
store the unfortunate man, but he died in less than a which had occurred without a claim having been made by
quarter of an hour. The prisoner was in liquor at the the plaintiffs. The case, which occupied the court for
time. a considerable time, did not possess any public interest.
Mr. Foetocic made an able speech for the prisoner, After the case for the plaintiff had been heard, a ver-
endeavouring to make it appear that he had struck the dict was taken for the plaintiff by counsel, with liberty for
deceased in self-defence, and that his death was not the defendant to mor., !' -----
the result of the blows he had received. The court rose at half-past five.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, but accompaniei ----.......
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN
their verdict with a recommendation to mercy.
The JUDGE, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, • •
This splendid steamer arrived in our river about fly
said that all must regret that a person apparently respects- n Saturday morning. • She left New York at 3 p
ble, and pursuing a most respectable profession should be August ; passed Sandy Hook at 5 p.m. Took a-,-.7
placed in the situation he now occupied—convicted of Lynas, at midnight on the 14th, and arrived - manslaughttr in a pothouse squabble with a drunken the
is
the
driving
t listi lr cr, h
asaootifnn4hs
.e 3;
ja:asms.
~ make
man, himself being in a state of partial intoxication. The 13 days 8 hours, during which the engi-
Shcooutriseantiroodilf"i
case, however, presented circumstances of great extenua-
tion. No great violence was used notwithstanding much
provocation, and his subsequent conduct had been most Germany; Mr. M. Clarke, and4l2d
proper. The learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner C. B. Tatham, Brooklyn, New Yo
to two days imprisonment in solitary confinement. Providence, R. 1.; Mr. E. K. Ell;
The court adjourned at half-past five o'clock. derton, London; Mr. lirarre”
James F. Booth, England

I. on the Ist
)t, off Point
he Rock, in

'era :—Mr. D. M`Beau
ntucky ; Mr. Shnitz
lerboro', C. W. ; Mr

John Kavanagh
M. An

Brussel

NISI PRIUS COURT.—YESTERDAY.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) 1 illitlen, Chicago' -
ner and Lady, Phu,.
His Lordship entered the court eta quarter- past twelve
o'clock, and the civil business was immediately proceeded 'Wilde, Guatemala; Mr.
with. There was a full attendance of the gentlemen of , naia, Lima ; Mr. C. iullint.,
the long robe.
Louis; Mr. T. Chegg, Poughkeelisle; Mr. J. Steel, _
KAYE AND ANOTHER V. ORRELL.—James Kaye, of
vania ; Mr. Daniel Wheeler, Mobile; Mi:. William Ives, Water-
town, New York; Mr. Joseph Jacobs, New York; Mr. Richard
Mani:hes-ter. was the plaintiff, and Joseph Orrell the de-
Jones, Dublin; Mr. Frederick Catherivood, Demerara; Mr. G
Ai:: ,ral II tsi
k.eleis,r,
Brigham
an:: Trinidad
England;
;d; 11,N
idlrra,. An
daughter,
I Do
an
vtgi
eosm, ern:- ,g
.AlEngland:
nr :Englandt Charles ,
fendant. The action arose out of a replevin bond. al-
leged to have been executed by the defendant. Verdict Charlton, England; Mr. /Robert Denmark, Canada; M
for the plaintiff—damages is.
ALLEGED FALSE IMPRISONMENT. lady, New York ; Dr. Liddell, lady and ch.
HIIDSMITEI v. GOODFRLLOW.—Joseph Hutismith was H. Budd and son, Canada; Mr. A. Bidault
tarn Teh,o nui
the plaintiff, and William Goodfellow the defendant. The W. F. Williamson, New York ; Mr. Edv
declaration stated that the defendant assaulted the Wain- ladv London ; Mr. Ru'D er'
Boston;
Farris, New Orleans; Mr. Charles
tiff, forced him to go through the streets of Manchester Stuart,- Canada ; Mrs.
to the police-office, and imprisoned him there. Freeman, Consul for
cons.An Air. John Evaus, Manchester;
Mr. WA7SON. who appeared for the plaintiff, stated Mr. T. Moult, Mobile; Mr. A. Crowdv, Tobago; Mr. Haynes
that be (plaintiff) was conductor of the Bolton Chronicle,
~
,liii,c(Sat,lyi,l.N.'twßOorsleeans:3 Mr. Ilorney, England ; Alessrs. John
and the action, which was one of false imprisonment, York, D. Searles, 'F'. T. Tnilians,_Rtmeynolds, and A. G. Oakcy, New
i and lady, James Nock.
arose out of the defendant being a little over-anxious in
striving to get a reward offered for the apprehension of an
offender, and giving the plaintiff into custody as a person
who had stolen some money. In May last a person
___ ....... toe.- Lecture.
named Glover absconded from Bolton, and took some , n't-- --:" L- -
money from his emploler, upon which an advertisement
was put out, offering a reward of £5. The name of the
party was Hezekiah Glover, and it appeared he bad stolen
£llO from Mr. Dawson, collector of rates at Bolton. He
was described as being a person about 5 feet 10. bow. legged,
and rather bloated from drinking, and a very different indi-
vidual in appearance to the plaintiff. On the 23d of May,
two days after the above notice appeared, the plaintiff,
who had an uncle named Glover, and was himself called
occasionally by that name, happened to go to Manchester
on business, when he got into company with the de-
fendant, who keeps a public house. There the latter,
who appeared to be on the look out for the party named
in the placard when passing near the police office in
company with the plaintiff, pushed him in and charged
him with the robbery in question. Plaintiff persist-
ed that he was not the. nnnt. 1...... -_A • •

Duncan Kennedy, srevv7orl('
York. ; Mr. John Harbottle,
Mr. MT(

mas iseg
Mr. Geor

Waterforc

anief 1

;11, Neiv Yorl

Ulna; Mr. P. Chaba
); Mr. B. Braun, St

Pennsyl

r. Cassin and
>cotland; Mr.
Orleans; Mr.
cley, London

Those who hare not yet seen the Ojibbeway Indians
will be gratified to learn that their and Exhi-
beiotinocnerwtiiill
abl.
bell continued during the present week at th
Mr. M'Gibbons, of North John-street, has re(
Royal Highness Prince Albert
PORTER.—The almost into."...
--nsed no little stir in this business

an order for four pairs of boWs:
heat of the late weather
d, latterly, it was

almost impossible to obtain a sup!
Porter was decidedly up. Our a
Metge and Co., have, however, seem
is certainly worth testing. It is, as
oil and sweet as milk ;" whilst its fo
it as pleasing to the eye as it is paint:

friends

did stock, that

aminess render.

le to the

25th instant, Mr. Swift, the
visit, at the Golden Cross,
be consulted on every diseas

tended by nois

he was given in charge, and detained at the police office
A discussion then took place between the parties, the
chief constable remarking that the person who had ah.

Hours of attendance, fl
FOR DEAFNESS, With d
above Inn, price 38.

NVIFT'S SPECIRIC
ey be had at the

,uny perused the depositions, and . do not thin,
there is sufficient ground for the charge of wilful murder.
The prisoner appears to have been delivered of one child
in a cab, and of the other in a field immediately after she
had quitted the cab; and one of them, the weaklier of
the two, was deposited under a hedge, in such a situation
that had it remained there it would have died ; but it
was found, and taken away within about an hour
after the delivery, and it ultimately died in about a
week. The surgeons can not. they say, attr ute

sconded was said to be five feet ten, while the plaintiff was
only five feet four; neither was he bloated with drink, or
his legs bandied. Notwithstanding that the description
failed, the defendant persisted, upon which the plaintiff
said, if they had any doubt that he belonged to Bolton, they

SEWN

I. V 1,1.1 •

there and ascertain the fa fact, and he would
remain in custody until the result should. be ascertained. A
hasty messenger was accordingly despatched to Bolton, and
the statement of the plaintiff acing verified, he was liberated
fro

might ser,

) o'clock

LIVERPOOL COR

This DAY.

death either to the exposure,L
or to any act done by
the mother. I, therefore, recommended that the bill
should be sent to you for exposing the child with intent
to cause its death, and not for murder. There are, be-
sides, in the calender, no fewer than eight cases of
bigamy ; and I cannot but suspect, from circumstances
stated in some of the denngiti,.. th.t -------

)m custody; he had, however, been subjected to con-
siderable annoyance, in consequence of being detained on
a charge such as that which had been improperly brought
The learned counsel concluded by ob.-

Exclusive of a mod

ceived very little produce either coastwise or

e have re-
om Ireland

since this day Wed,

the American
er.ll supply of Wheat,

gainsi him

States continue to

st Canada ar

ing that the defendant had no excuse whatever for his
conduct, and he hoped the jury would award such
damages as to teach bim that in his over zealous anxiety
Fared, he must not put

a Corn, and ]
y a few parce

1 ports of Europe

Beans and Pease, as specified i
Our
_market was extremely

•••,t ••o~ IJCIDUII3
UC-
lieve that, if the separation takes place by consent, and
the parties live apart for several years, and have no in-
tention of coming together again, each is at liberty to
If such be the case. the mann....

, which

had been a

le men in custody

v considerable business bas
, especially Wheat, Indian

autal Uri erro-
_
neous and most mischievous opinion is corrected the
better. By an exception in the statute for the punish.
ment of bigamy, it is enacted, it shall not apply to cases
where the parties, having lived apart for seven years,
without hearing of each other being alive, each may
marry again ; but it matters not how long the separation
has been, if the party marrying has reason to believe the
other is alive. It is probahle there are many other cases
in the calender upon which, under other circumstances. 1
might feel it, perhaps, important to make some remarks ;
but, having drawn your attention to the most prominent
cases, and being unwilling, with so much business as you
have before you, to occupy more of your valuable time
than is absolutely necessary, I shall content myself with
saying, if in the progress of your enquiries, any case
should occur in which my advice or opinion can be of the
slightest benefit or assistance to you, I shall be most
happy to afford them.
The Grand Jury then retired to their labours.
On the list of the petty jury being called over, the fol-
lowing were fined £5 each for non-attendance :—Henry
Brierly ; James Brown, merchant, of Liverpool; Edward
Davenport, manufacturer, Little Bolton; Edward Free-
man, Ardwick ,• John Furness, Kirkdale; Samuel Gard-
ner, stationer, Great Bolton; J. Wilson Green, Everton,
and William Imrie, merchant, Kirkdale.

BIGAMY

Mary Ann Dannatt, 26, pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging her with having feloniously married Robert
Farnworth, at Tyldesty, her husband, Thomas Dannatt,
being then alive. Sentence deferred.

STABBING

James Morcroft, 31, was indicted for having, at Ashton-
under-Lyne, stabbed, cut, and wounded John Gibson,
with intent to do him some grevious bodily harm.

Mr. MONK conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner

was undefended

The prosecutor, Gibson, is a shoemaker. On Monday
30th March last, he was at the Old Cross Ta

Ashton-under-Lyne, where the prii
men, also ehomßkers, were drinkini
he belonged to the union. _ When 1.
. .

T!" asked hina—

altercation arcsc, upon which he

e said be did not some
nt oat, and, as he left
I him. Whilst in the

le party ki