The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-21 00:00:00

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CROWN COURT, WEDNESDAY.
THROWING VITRIOL.

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Ann Marrow was indicted for having on the 18th of April fe-
loniously wounded Samuel Wade, of this town, by throwing a
sabarter of a pint of vitriol npon and over the face and eyes of
hide, the said said
.Satenel Wade, with intent to maim, disfi,
gu.e. or disable him, or to do him some grievous bodily harm.
Nlr. Ht.l.roN appeared for the,prosecution, and stated the
Case to the effect that Mr. Samuel Wade was a merchant re-
aiding in Liverpool. He had employed a great number of wo-
men formerly in his business, but in consequeuce of a fire
-which took place, some time ago, he was under the. necessity of
disehargieg a great number of them, and amoogst the rest the
who had been in his employment for a considerable
time. The ptisoner had called upon. Mr. Wade sever-al times,
and had requested hiin to receive her into his employmeut, but
be was unable to comply with her request. It would be proved
by the evidence that on the-18th April the prisoner had pur-
Cfiated .a qUahtity of sulphuric acid, commonly called. oil of vi-
triol, at the shop or a. druggist iu this town • she had then gone
to the office of Mr.. Wade; and waited fur him outside. When
hN came put hbe a:sked hitii to take her hack into his service.
Ile had 'Put his hand into his; pocket and was about to give her
a Milling., when she 'teirnediately threw the vitriul in his face.
. Salaue-1 Wade sworn.—Witness said he was a cotton dealer
in Liverpool. His Office was iu Rumford-street. The prisoner
was in his employment for many years. In December lust there
was a fire on the, premises, , in consequence of which he was un-
der the necessity
,of discharging a number of .his servants, the
prisener amongst the rest. Saw the prisoner several times af-
ter that, on occasions when she applied to him for work... She
Icid called at his office on the 19th March last.. In consequence
of her conducrat that time he was under the necessity of send-
ing for a police ()Weer, into whose custody he delivered her, and
she was subsequently brought before the magistrates on his
charge. Witness appeared against her, at that time, and she
was 'sent to prisim in coniequence. After this he did not see
her for some months. On the IBth of. April, himself and a
voUng man of his, saw her standing opposite to his office, at
about four o'clock in the' afternoon. Saw her again shortly af-
terwards Still standiug there, but did not speak to her. At a
((barter past eight o'cltick he left his office. Went past, the
Town Hall in the direction of Cattle-street, at which time he
heard quick footsteps behind him, upon which he turned his
bead and saw the prisoner following after him at a quick pace.
The lamps were lighted and he could see her distinctly. Pre--,
sintly he heard the prisoner addressing him in a most bland,
and mild tone. She said, " Mr. Wide, will you please
to give me two-pence to buy my breakfast in the morning."
Witness turned a little but continued to walk on. He put his
,hand itito his pocket'and said, here is a shilling for you. Ile
was about to add, "hut I hope, what you have undergone will
have the effect of causing you to amend your way of life." Ile
had uttered, however, but the first two words "ot this sentence,
when something was thrown over his face.which cause4'him ex-
eructating torture and almost drove hint into a state of madness.
It was liquid. The prisoner was then about a yard or a yard and
a'half from him. He could not observe afterwards, the pain-
havingrendered hitn incapable almost of thought, noralid he
see what became of the prisoner. . Ile immediately ran with all
his speed towards the shop of Mr. Butler, the duggist, Calling
out with all his might thLt he was ruined, some one having
thrown vitriol in his Vice. lie became quite blind, but some
person, he could not tell whon, took hold of him, and led him
to Butter's shop. He had seen his. hat and coat stnee, and was
sore that the injuries they evidenced were done by the liquid
which was thrown upon him. The judge here informed the pri-
soner that she might put any questions she thought proper to
the witneiss. The prisoner said she wished to ask the witness
how he had behaved to her in December last. The, learned
judge hnmanely recommeuded her, if this question related to
any by-gone dispute, not to put it, as it would prejudice her
case.

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Richard Edwards depOsed that he was a resident in Liver-
pool: On Saturday, the 18th Antal, 'was in Exchange-street
West, where he observed Mr. Wade running, shouting very
badly, and the prisoner pursuing him. Observed the;prisoner.
She rail' close behind Mr. Wade and appeared tole thumping
Man. She pursued hiM till he crossed Water-street. Prisoner
dropped a shawl in Water-street. He (wituess) did not see
any thing in her hand at this time. She returned for the shawl
immediately. Witnhis asked het what 'was the matter. She
replied that " the old scoundrel had not suffered enough."
When she was reuniting for the shawl, immediately after hay-
ieg quitted Mr. Wade, witness observed'her liftinjer a cup to her
face exaniining to see what it contained. Cault# t say what
sort of cep it was, but thought it was a coloured cup. She
hoOd in her hand for a short time, and then thrOy h into the
middle of the street. A person named RoSS, a coachman, came
to the spot, and between them they took hold of the prisoner
and led to the shop of Mr. Butler, druggist in Castle•street.
There he found Mr. Wade, who was having his face dressed.
He there asked the prisoner what had induced her to do such a
thing, having been informed of the circumstance in the shop.
She replied that the oirrviflain had not got half enough. Wit-
ness went back to the spot where he had ;seen the prisoner throw
away the cup, but was unable to find More than two small frag-
ments of the handle of it.
Johu Ross corroborated the eYidenee of the above witness.
Mr. Heath, an assistant at the shop of Mr. Butler, stated that
he was in the shop on The 18th of April when Mr. Wade was
led in: he had attended to him. Mr. Wade's face was quite
wet and shining, as if it hid been smeared with oil. He found,
on examining it, that it was covered with a corrosive milseral
edict, which Was dropping frona'the nose, and streenaing deism the
face, which seemed to be about three-parts Covered with the
liquid. 're
.the best of his knowledge and belief this-liquid. was
sulphuric *Mid, 'commonly called oil of vitriol. Mr. Wade wits
taken into the back shop, where magnesia and 'Water was ap-
plied to neutralize the acid, after which lime-water and linseed
oil was made (ie of. The effect of the acid was te hum the
skin. Mr. Wade's face was yeti' much blistered, and a midi
quantity of skin adhered to and came off with the lint which
was applied saturated with the remedies. A surgeon was sent
for, who arrived in about twenty minutes. Blistering was gene-
ral over the face wherever the vitriol had been thrown; the
upper part of the face, howeVer, was the worst.
Mr. Manifold aaid he Wars a'surgeon, and had been in practice
twelve years. RerneMbered having been sent fur to Butler's
shop oh the 18th 'April. When he arrived there, he foand Mr.
Wade with his face covered. Witness removed the covering,
and saw that Mr. Wade's fare was externally very much in-
flamed. Sulphuric acid, Or vitriol,is the most corrosive acid
that can be applied to the skin. ' Mr. Wade was sent home.
The effect of sulphuric 'acid applied to the skin would be to
destroy it, The blisters were on the outer skin, and that was
the comMenceinent of the destruction of it. It %amid take some
time to destroy the whole of the texture of the skin.
Cross-ex,rinmed by the JuonE.—lt is the natural conse-
quence of the application of vitriol to destroy the skin. Ile
(ilir. Manifold) only attended Mr. Wade at first: he afterwards
gave up the cure to Mr. Hicks, Mr. Wade's family surgeon.
Same portion of the cuticle was destroyed, but the injury was
not what he, as a surgeon, would call a wound:
Mr. John 'Hicks said he was Mr. 'Wade's family surgeon, and
had been inlartictice thirty years. On the night of the 18th of
April Mr. Wade had called upon him in a carriage at about
half-past nine or ten o'clock. He accompanied him home, and
examined his face. He was desirous of examining his eyes, but
the face' was so swollen that he could not. The face was in-
flamed and blistered, but worse on the upper than the lower
/art. The skin was destroyed by the blistering, and afterwards
cast off in' the shape of slough by aberration. This process took
place in consequence of the apptication of some corrosive acid.
The skin was eventually destroyed and sloughed off in about
three or four days. Witness attended Mr. Wade for about a
The Junrix.—At any time during your attendance was there
what you would pronounce to be a wound on Mr. Wade's face?
Witness.-•--Yes.
JUDE.—Then your opinion as a surgeon is, that he had a
wound?
Witness.—Yes, aosuperficial wound.
--- Jcuce.How would you define a wound?
Witness.—A wound is the destruction of any part.
jUnna.—Of any external part?
Witness.— Y es.
JeDGE.—W.: any external part destroyed in this case?
Witness.—Yes.
John Kershaw, an apprentice with Mr. Pleston, the drug-
gist, recollected that on the 18th of April the
to their shop, and liana purchased a prisouer had come
pennyworth of sulphuric
acid, commonly called oil of vitriol, or 'vitriol. Witnesi served,
her with it. "She received it in a tea-cup. It filled one-third of
the cup. and might he about a quarter of a pint.
William H. a etze, Police-officer, said that he was sent for
to Butler's shop on the 18th of April, where he found the pri-
soner and Mr. Wade. The latter was given into his custody,
and he-took her to Bridewell. On the was lie asked her what
could have inducell her to commit such'an act. She replied,
the old villain had charged her with setting his place on fire;
him. She would take his life, if
She had an apron on. r Witntss
had a large hole burned in the
at were burned in a similar way.
,rella were now produced by truewas completely burned off. 't he
al a great portion of the silk of

thing in her defence, but handed
ud ge.
course of an elaborate charge to
itend to pass sentence on the pri-
Ity, as the law permitted ii doubt
re to be referred to the 'decision

ton of about ten minutes, pm.
;ainst.4. prisoner,

131111 Y.
arbe, charged with having, at South-
port, ri; the 15th of July last, in the 'dwelling-house of Ralph
Peters, Esq., feloniously stolen two bank notes for the pay.
silent of five pounds each; one telescope, four pair of spectacles,
one eye-ktass, three seals, one key, one ring, and a quantity of
wearing apparel, the property °lathe said Ralph Peters. The
case for the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Hutton. The
facts of the case were as fellows:—On the 15th July, Mr.
Peters went to bed at half-past eleven, leaving all safe. At
half-past four o'clock in the morning he was called up, when he
discovered that his study and strong box had both been broken
open, and the articles above enumerated stolen. The cash box,
rhich was of wood, was taken into the garden and broken open
with a brick.
John Webster, a police-officer of Southport, proved thatle
had found a pair of shoes in the study which exactly fitted the
prisoner.—A boatman on the Leeds and Liverpool canalstated
that the prisoner had overtaken his veseel, at Lvdiate, cfn, its
way to Liverpool, and requested permission to ride. which was
accorded to halt, and when they arrived at Maghull, he had
given witness a five-pound note to get changed, which was
effected at the Red Lion public-house, from where witness took
some drink on board the nat. The prisoner received the change
from the note, and when they arrived at Chiseuhale-bridge he
(the prisoner) got out, wanting witness to take the bundle toe
certain public-house Which he named. The witness did as he
was desired, but, in the mean time, an account of the robbery
had reached Liverpool, and when the
_prisoner called for his
bundle he was taken into custody by alalsall and Parkinson,
police-officers, who conveyed him to bridewell. Mr. Peters
identified the property, and stated that the prisoner had formerly
been his contidantial servant for eleven months. The prisoner
put in a written defence, to the effect that he bad been in great
distress since be left the service of Mr. Peters, and the robbery
was committed by a young man whom he had met on the road,
who hail given flan the bundle to carry for him; he therefore
begged the merciful consideration t4thejUdge. The jury found
the prisoner gui!ty. The learned „judge informed the prisoner
that lie had made an appeal for that which it was nofin his
potter to grant. The prisoner was sentenced to be transported
beyond the seas for the term of his natural life.
Edward Afalfane was indicted, charged with having, it Man-
chester, feloniously put off twenty-eight counterfeit shillings, at
a lower rate and value than the same, and by their denomina-
tion import. The case fer the mint was conducted bY,Serjeant
Atcherley. It appeared by the evidence that a woman named
Mary Radford, who was employed by the Manchester police to
purchase counterfeit money. h;id seen the prisoner at different.
times, and induced him to sell het several shillings, athoutiting
in all to twenty-eight. Mary Radford, the principal witness
hid paid the prisoner for the counterfeits in marked money-,
which she had ',received. from Berwick and Green, two police-
officers of Manchester. She then gave .intbrmation to the
latter, who took the prisoner into custody with the marked
money in his possession. The prisoner, in his (ideate, said

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but she would'yet dtp worse for h
she sherlel he strong for it." SI
here ptuslueeti the. apron; which
front. 'the sleeve. of her gowi
Mr. Wade's hat, coat, and unit,'
witness. The trout of the hat w
cost was much discoloured, and
the umbrella clestrOyed.] ,
The !,,leoticr.did not say any t
is a wiil t;.`lr stmtem era to the .1u
ledriiert4utiGE, in the co
the jury, said its the did not int
saner in. ease slid was found guil
as.to the caso, which would have
of the j4.lw,s. • •
The jury, after.. a deliberatic
no:;:.crd a verdict of Guilty aga
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• - ROBBI
George Canzrhe'l war indicted,