The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-05 00:00:00

DAMAGING MACHINERY

Thomas Smith was indeted for feloniously breaking a
mangle-wheel, the property of Mr. William Hartley, cotton
spinner, of Castleton, in this county.
Mr. GREEN stated the case for the prosecution.
Joseph Whitworth deposed.—l was in Mr. Hartley's em-
ploy, and Thomas Smith. the prisoner, was overlooker of the
self-acting mules. He left on the 6th of July, and was
turned away. Smith lives a few yards from the mill. On
passing his house on the Bth of July at night he called me in,
and asked me how we were getting on. I told him we had
two or three Sawneys broken. Some persons were coming
up, and he told me to lie down. 1 did so. When I got up,
I saw Caleb Norris coming towards the house. I was going
home, when Smith said—" H ere, Joe, I'll tell thee what thou
must do first thing in the morning." Smith called me back,
and said, " Get an iron nut and put it in the mangle, and oil
the friction pulley." The mangle wheel belongs to the self-
acting mules. He told me to put the nut on the farthest
pair. He saidif Mr. Hartiey's son, or Caleb, the overlooker,
could not remove it, he should stand a chance of coming back
again. The following morning I put a nut in the top of the
mangle wheel, and it broke three teeth. I did not oil the
friction pulley because it would have stopped the spindles
from running.

The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him
to mercy.

His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned
four months.

HOUSE-BREAKING.

John Hardman was indicted for entering the house of
Mr. Jacob Fletcher, innkeeper, of Little Hutton, on the 7th
of July.
Jacob Fletcher.-1 keep an inn in the township of Little
Hulton. On the 7th of July last, about twelve at night. I
locked up the house, and remained on the watch. In a little
time I heard the footsteps of a person in the back yard.; and
soon after I heard a pane taken out of the window of the bar
parlour. My wife made a noise, and I went into the yard
and saw the prisoner coming out through the window. I
struck him with a poker, and he went through the window
again into the parlour, and I caught him. There had been
a square of glass taken out, and by this means the window
was unlatched.

Job Harrison, police officer, stated that, when the prisoner
was given into his charge, he said he was forced by hunger to
commit the act.

The jury found the prisoner guilty.
There was another indictment against the prisoner for
stealing various articles belonging to Mr. Fletcher three days
before he was caught in the house.
He was found guilty on this indictment also. Sentence
deferred.

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CROWN
COURT.-YESTERDAY.
SENTENCES ON PRISONERS CONVICTED

On the opening of the court, his lordship proceeded to
pass sentence on the following prisoners, who had been con-
victed in the course of the week:—

William Pennington, James Wild, and John Hodkinson,
for a burglary in the house of Jacob Scholes, at Chadderton,
in April last, and the two first for stealing a calf—were sen-
tenced—the two first to fifteen years' transportation, and the
last to twelve years. Peter Pennington, who was tried with
them, for the first offence, was acquitted.
Buckley Scholefield, for a burglary at Ashton-under-Lyne,
in May, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment.
Robert Horrocks, for a burglary at Turton—the same pu-
nishment.

James Shipley, for feloniously stealing from the person, at
Warrington, several sums of money, &c., and also with two
other similar separate offences ; and John Gent for being
implicated in two of the robberies and assaults, were each
sentenced to 15 years' transportation.
Mary M'Birnie, for having at Great Lever received a num-
ber of siver forks, some kniues, and various articles of
wearing apparel, she knowing them to be stolen, was sen-
tenced to ten years' transportation.
George Baxter Grundy, a well-dressed young man, for
having, at Manchester, forged a warrant or order for the
payment of money, with intent to defraud Messrs. Jones,
Loyd and Co., bankers, was brought up for sentence. His
LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be transported for
fifteen years.