The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-05 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER.

Timothy Hetherington was again brought up, charged with
the wilful murder of Peter Jackson. .

Dr. BROWN conducted the prosecution, stating, in the
conclusion of his opening, that there was a quetion whether
the prisoner was sane at the time, and, should the jury so
find in their verdict, in would be taken care of and kept un-
der such restraint that a similar fatality could not again occur.

It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner and the
deceased were both paupers in the workhouse. The deceased
had given the prisoner eighteenpence to take care of for
him, which he had spent. The prisoner subsequently said,
that he had been to the governor, and would _go to him
again, as he had not yet got his money from the deceased.
On the ith December the prisoner went up to the deceased
in the workhouse, struck him with his knee, took him by
the collar, threw him down, and knocked him savagely on
the body, and once on the jaw. He was stopped by some of
the inmates, and was soon afterwards taken to the cell called
the " lunatic." The prisoner was subject to fits, and had
several times been confined in the lunatic. The fits came upon
him suddenly, and lie was sometimes very violent after'them.
He had had fits all night on one occasion, and was a long
time in the lunatic afterwards. The prisoner was a man of
weak intellects. The surgeon of the workhouse saw the de-
ceased about two hours after the assault. He had three ribs
broken and a contusion of the jaw. The deceased died
from inflammation of the lungs caused by one of the ribs

having penetrated that organ. The injuries appeared to have
been caused by kicks. The prisoner appeared to be collected
after the assault, and related what had happened, mentioning
the money and the assault. He said he had frequently asked
for his money, and thought he was justified in striking the

deceased, as be could not get his money in any other way.
He said he was sorry for the circumstance, and hoped the re-
sult would not be serious. W;tness inclined to think that

as doing at the time,

prisoner was not sensible of what he
as he was subject to epilyptic fits, and had maniacal attacks
afterwards. Sometimes persons subject to such fits may have
violent paroxysms of madness without having a fit, and these
may soon go off.
Mr. GREENE spoke ably in behalf of the prisoner, contend-
ing that the prisoner committed the act during one of those
transitory paroxysms which so deprived him of his reasons,
and that he was not then a responsible being, and must be
acquitted of the crime of wilful murder, ar.d he would be dis-
posed of in another way.
The learned JUDG E summed up with great care, and the
jury, after consulting together for a few minutes, pronounced
the prisoner guilty of manslaughter.
/I is LORDS HIP said the prisoner had been guilty of cruelly
assailing an old man, who had not deserved such treatment
at his hands, and the rcult was that he died. The jury had
acquitted him of the charge of murder, but found him guilty
of manslaughter, without being convinced that the act was
done during temporary insanity. The sentence.of the court
was, that he should be transported for the term of his natural
life.

MANSLA L GIITER

John Chadwick, a very stout rough-looking man, aged 39,
was charged with manslaughter, at Manchester, on the night
of the 26th of December, in causing the death of William
Greaves, by shoving him into a canal. The prisoner was on
board of a flat in the canal at Manchester ; and, seeing the
deceased, with whom he had had a quarrel, coming on board,
said, " if you come here, I'll throw you into the water."
He went on board the next vessel, and began to quarrel.
The captain of the flat went on deck, and told them they
most not quarrel there, but, if they would make a disturb-
ance, they must go somewhere else. The witness then went
to the cabin, and the prisoner went down into his own ves-
sel, and closed the hatches upon himself. Shortly afterwards
the witness heard a noise again, and went on deck, and
found that the deceased was struggling in the water. He
gave the deceased a shaft to get him out, and he said it would
not reach him, and afterwards cried, " Ile is there ! He is
there !" as if he wished to assist in getting him out. The
deceased cried out, " Dick ! Dick !" The stern rope was
thrown off, and witness and prisoner tried to get him out, but
did not succeed, and the deceased was drowned. The pri-
had told deceased when he forbade him to come on board,
that he was out of a situation, and he was afraid he would
rob the boat. The weather was frosty, and the decks were
very slippy, and there was no rail round the vessel. The
prisoner bad been drinking hard and was drunk, and ex-
pressed great sorrow. The prisoner said that he had gone
below to go to bed when. he heard the deceased come on
board, and saw the deceased taking some ropes. Whether
he touched him or not he could not recollect, but he slipped
and fell in.

The Jury found him Guilty.
It appeared that the prisoner had been in confinement from
the 27th December. His character was favourably spoken
of.

His LORDSHIP said he would consider the sentence, and
the prisoner was put down.

MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL

fan M' Camley, 18, and John Kelly, were charged with
manslaughter, at Liverpool, by a boy named John Chambers.
The prisoners had been committed by the deputy-coroner,
on the verdict of the jury, for wilful murder, but this major
charge was abandoned by the grand jury. The case was fully
laid before the public soon after the occurrence, and we need
but remind our readers of the principal facts. The deceased
was struck and kicked by the prisoners, at a small " penny"
theatre, in Vauxhall-road, on the 28th February. He walked
home, but was much hurt, and took to his bed next day. The
deceased and a companion, about the beginning of the " per-
formances," at the instigation of some other lads and girls,
once called out, " Emma Templeton,';—the others having
repeatedly before cried out " who made the lad spend his
week's wages? " and to which words " Emma Templeton
were intended, as they (deceased and his companion) thought,
as a reply ; but they did not know what it meant. This was
globe when a girl, who danced and sang on the stage, named
Emma Templeton, made her appearance. The deceased
shouted only once, and Emma Templeton pointed to him
wbeithe did so, as if to mark him out to some one. After
the Performance was all over, the prisoner struck and kicked
after deceased tiolently. The deeased never rose from his bed
he took to it on the following day. He was so sore all
mrer thathe could not bear to be touched, and had to be fed
:bout" atteeetto pen_. Woods, surgeoncwes called te him
larMarchk..., Deceased did not complain to him of
•him very. ill. ientig was afterwards called in, and found
of the spina, which, finally found that he had received injury
by internal ‘c": the surgeon was of opinion, was caused
headed, admilterkittral4- that he prisoner M`Caniley, on being appre-
intention to hurt kiitn. he kicked the deceased, but not with
pion, at the shop whereTlhe other (Kelly) said to his compa-
ceased on the leK, and
adledworks, that he did kick the de-
see me hanged. ," I suppose you will come and
Mr. WILKINS addressed the for the prisoners.
Several respectable persons spoke in, their behalf.
The JUDGE briefly summeds up,r and the jury returned a
'verdict of Guilty of Manslaughte against both, but recom-
mended them to mercy.
had beer, found no foundation for
The learned JUDGE said, that there was
the charge of murder, but they
guilty of
manslaughter, and it did not appear under
enmstances. The most culpable part of aggravated eir-
thelor condo
• their foot, but, as he thought they did •c' was
using not inteed to
the sentence
inflict any mortal. injury, of the court was
that they be imprisoned and kept to hard labour fur
t h' tee
calendar months

MANSLAUGHTER.
His LottpsitiP then sentenced John Chadwick, for man.
slaughter, at Manchester. His lordship said
there were
several mitigating circumstances in the case, and, as ti,e pri-
soner had been in gaol for some time, he should now only
commit him for two months from this time, and to be kept
at hard labour.
The court rose at ten minutes past six o'clock.

-SATURDAY

NISI PRIUS COURT
cKotiBIF
FLETCHER, PUBLIC OFFICER, V.
This case was resumed this morning, and Mr. °EXLEY
continued his cross-examination of Mr. Sheraton, secrete re
to the Mining Company, on the part of the defendants,
Thomas Wilson, Thomas Brancker, jun., Thomas Field,
Timothy Boirrne, Miss Harriet Copeland, Patrick Hare,
John Hampson, Andrew Ralfe, Mrs. Margaret French, and
Thomas Jagger. The general scope of the cross-examina-
tion was to ascertain who had attended the various meet-
ings of the Mining Directors, and to fix the dates of those
several meetings, and to explain what was done at them with
reference to the transactions with the bank.
Mr., WATSON then claimed the right to cross-examine the
witness on the part of the defendant, M.. E. Crosbie. An
argument ensued on this point, Mr. Wortley, Mr. Baines,
and Mr. Cowling contending that such a course was irregular
under the pleas which the defendant had put in. . Tie
COURT, however, over-ruled the objection, and Mr. Watson','
therefore, proceeded with his cross-examinaiion with the
view of establishing that certain other of the defendants than
Mr. Crosbie. were present at the, proprietors' and directors'
meetings, and, in fact, that they had taken an active part