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

FORGERY,

William Bethel!, aged 30, was indicted for uttering a
forged acceptance to a bill of exchange for £l7l 75., with
intent to defraud William Maddock, and Messrs. John
and Thomas Johnson. Mr. Brandt stated that the pri-
soner, in the course of the year 1812, had a place of busi-
ness at No. 57, King-street, Manchester, thence he ad-
dressed several letters to Messrs. J. and T. Johnson, of
Runcorn, and obtained from them a quantity of Soda
Ashes and other goods, for which on the sth of March,
1813, a bill for £l7l 7s. was enclosed in a letter signed
William Bethel. This letter was not in the hand writing
of the prisoner, but several other letters written by the
prisoner relating to the transaction and referring to the
mode of payment, which was to be by bill, would be put
in and read. One of these letters contained the particu-
lars of the bill. The body of the bill was in the hand-
writing of the prisoner. It was accepted, payable at
Messrs. Masterman and Co's, London, by William
Maddonk and Co., of Beswick, near Manchester. Mr.
William Maddock, of Berwick, would prove that the se-
ceptance was not his, and that he did not know whose it
was. The prisoner had married a daughter of Mr. Mad-
dock two or three years ago, without the knowledge or
consent of the father. On the sth of July, about the time
that the bill became due the prisoner wrote to the Messrs.
Johnson, stating that there was a misunderstanding be-
tween himself and his father-in-law, but that would not
interfere with the payment of the acceptance, The facts
having been proved Mr. Wilkins addressed the jury in be-
half of the prisoner, contending that there was no proof
that the prisoner had uttered the acceptance, knowing it
to have been forged. His Lordship having recapitulated
the evidence to the jury, they pronounced the prisoner
guilt) There was another indictment of a similar nature
the prisoner, but it was not proceeded with, and
the learned Judge sentenced him to be transported for the
term of 15 years.

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- STABBING AT ASHTON.
Thomas Mullineux, 18, was charge: wit:hp
stabbing Abraham Riley, at Ashton-under-Lvne on thye
17th of January last, with intent to disable or do him
.to an indict-
some grievous bodily harm. The jury found him guilty
of an assault only, but recommended him to mercy. His
Lancaster Lordship
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mejnothcriliCargniknegYh.i2m2,with a burglary in the house of Mr.
John Todd, at Manchester, and stealing therefrom a coat
containing £lO, and other articles, was sentenced to
two years hard labour in Kirkdale.
Henry Cordell, was indicted for feloniously receiving
the above-mentioned coat, knowing it to be stolen. He
was found guilty and sentenced to one month's imprison
ment in Lancaster Cowie.

RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS.

John Critchlow, 13, and Thomas Cooley, 17, the for-
mer indicted For s ealing wearing apparel from the hou'e
of James Howarth, at Maiwhester, pleaded guilty, and
the latter charged with receiving part of the property

knowing it to be stolen, was found guilty, and it appear-
ing that he had been in prison on ten previous occasions:
the learned judge sentenced him to be transported for ID
years. Critchlow, who was also niscovered to be an old
offender, was sentenced to ten years' transportation.

FALSE REGISTRATION OF A DEATH.
Ann Jones, who pleaded guilty to a charge of causing
a false entry of death to be made, was brought up
and sentenced to seven years' transportation.

EMBEZZLEMENT AT MANCHESTER.
Thomas Stanley S'udlow, 18, a youth of very respect-
able appearance, was placed at the bar on a charLe of
having forged a check or order, for the payment of £55 at
Manchester, on the Sth of February last, with intent to
defraud Messrs. Jones, Lloyd and Co., bankers, and also
a person named William Crowther. On the Bth of Feb-
ruary, the prisoner presented a check at the hank of
Messrs, Jones, Lloyd and Co. for £55. Some suspicion
was excited that it was not a genuine one, and Mr. Crow-
ther, the pretended drawer, was ser,t to, when it was dis-
covered to be a forgery, on which the prisoner was taken
into custony, when he admitted that he had drawn the
cl'eck himself. Mr. Wilkins said he had no real defence
to the prosecution. The jury found the prisoner guilty,
but recommended him to mercy on account of his youth.
Mr. Wilkins then called Mr. Patchett, of Chat Moss, who
gave him a good character, and stated that he had been to
sea for sortie time. His Lordship then sentenced him to
two years' imprisonment and hard labour in the Kirk-
dale House of Correction.

NISI PRIUS COURT.—FRIDAY.
BREACH OF COVENANT,
HOLGATE AND OTHERS W. KAY.
This was an action upon a covenant in lease, brought to
recover the sum of .£l4O, the amount of two half-years
rent of certain premises in the vicinity of Rochdale. The
case resolved itself into a question of title, encumbered by
legal technicalities; and it was ultimately agreed that a
nominal verdict should be taken for the plaintiff for the
damages laid in the declaration, subject to a special case
to be drawn up for argument in the court above.
ACTION ON A WAGER.—AINTREE RACES.
FLINT V. SHARP.
Mr. Brandt appeared for the plaintiff in this action,
which was undefended. It was brought to recover the
sum of £o, which the defendant, who is an attorney, had
lost in a wager made with the plaintiff upon the Trades-
mens' Cup, run for at the last Aintree Races. The de-
fendant pleaded that he bad never made the wager alle-
ged, and in addition he put in a special plea of considera-
'ble length, which was not stated, even in substance, as he
did not appear to support it. The wager was proved by a
witness who was present and saw it booked by the par-
Ales. The defendant backed " Knight of the Whistle"
against " Aristotle,"—taken by the plaintiff at 6 to 4.
The " Knight" was defeated by the namesake of the
Stagyrite ; but the defendant did not pay the " honoura-
ble" debt : hence the present action. The Judge refused
to grant immediate execution, which was applied for, and
in answer to another application to certify it was a proper
case to carry costs, his Lordship directed an affidavit of
the facts upon which it was grounded to be made in the
first instance.

ILLEGAL CONVERSION.
LILLEY AND OTHERS ASSIGNEES V. BARNSLEY AND
OTHER. _

The declaration in thisca:eWas in trover, for illegally
converting fifteen copper rollers. The first plea put in
by the defendant was one of not guilty, and secondly that
the plaintiffs were never possessed.
The Jury returned a verdict for the defendants.

ACTION FOR DEBT.

STAN WAY AND ANOTHER V. BLAKE.

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An action to recover £45 14s. 2d., for work and labour
done by Edward Cresswell, a bankrupt, in Manchester,
of whose estate the plaintiffs are the assignees, against
Thomas Bake, a brewer, in Chorlton-upon-Medlock.
The sum of £l5 had been paid into court : and the only
question in the case was as to the validity of an I 0 U,
given by the bankrupt, in 1841, to the defendant, for £45.
The jury found a verdict for the defendant.
The court adjourned at half-past four o'clock.

CROWN COU RT.-SATURDAY.