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CROWN BIDE.—BURGLARY.
Norm?, IfOLouglii.ir,:igod ; John Henshato,
aged 18 ; and lfilliamlfireames, sod 22, were Con-
victed of a burglary hid robbery in LiverPOol. They
• were apprehended by- Hie °Merle at three o'clock in
the Morning-of the Itth'of..May, ifterthe loose had
been broken into, and preperty to a consklerable'
*mount taken away. deibt therefOre
that the house had been broken into in theenight.time,
so as to constitute the crime of burglary, Nn cif-
, ramatance worthy of notice Was disclosed on the trial.
Several other burglaries Mere laid to their charge, het
of course not proseeoted.
FORfatitir.
Patrick Muiphy, aged 34, was pot upon his trial
far having forged an "endirsement on a bill• of ex-
Change for 981. 16s. with intent to defraud Wilbert
Caitlin, at Liverpool. •
,Ara, MlLes condaded the prosecution.
..1 • Wiliam Cashen, the Prosecetor; stated, that early
- in flaky the Prisoner had bought lookiug.glasses from
bise, to be sent abroad, to a large amount, and gave
trio a hill for 981. 16s. drawn by. a person of• the
attune of Raynor, and accepted by Richard Buttner,
'White Hart-court, BishOpsgete Without. It was
endorsed by several names. After the Prisoner had
_given it to the witness, he asked it back that I:e.might
• endorse it, and then ha endorsed it " James Steen.
ton.". -Ile had previously aiven„his.sesidence, 16,
Clarenoe.street, and there this endorsement ass made
in the witness's presence. On his cross-eseinination
by Mr. Cnoss, he admitted that be bad never applied
for payment to the acceptor.
Daniel Macken carted the looking-glasses, and;
conveyed them according to the Prisoner's directions:
Charles Cashen, Prosecater's son, went to the
Prisoner's holm on the 7th of July, and told him
be mast come to his father. Prisoner refuted; and
after all evasions and ettempti to escape had failed,'
he struck him with the fire-shovel, threatening to,
cleave his skull if he came nigh him. Witness got
thiatirece, and gave him in custody to a constable.
Mr. Caosi.—You gave him in custody because be
etruch at you with the shovel ?—Yes. Very well. 4
John Miller, a police.officer, knew the Prisoisee-
els years.. He went always by the name of Fantle
Murphy.
Richard Owen, a watchman, knew the Prisoner
for six or seven years. He was always called Patrick
Murphy, and he answered to that name. He never
beard of any other name for him. He worked about
list docks. He was a Inmper. . .
Mr. Cross.—He is an Irishman ?—Yes.
- Yes; end therefore they call him Pat. You were
Sot•aware it was a nickoame?—No.
A, good many nicknames are often mistaken for
teak namesl—Yes, I believe they are. And no nick.
same iiroore readily applied to an Irishmen than Pat
311orphyez- Very well.
John Higgin, the jailer, knew him several years,
. *ad emir. knew him by any other name but that of
Patrick Murphy. •
. This was the case for the prosecution.
John Wilson, clerk to Mr. Shawcross„ merchant,
Liverpool, sold goods to the Prisoner on the Sd
. of February, 1813, to upeards
.of 201. He. war
known to him only as James Staunton. He paid for
the goods, -He had helloes. With him once or twice
since. Ile still went by the name of Staunton ; he
never was known to witness by any other name.—
On his crow-asamination, he thought that the two ,
last times he had seen him were between May, 1813,
and May, 1816.
Mr. Mit.N..— My Lord, I'll prove by Mr. Iliggin
that he was during that period a prisoner in this Cassie.
Mr. Caoss.—This, my Lord, is only to raise a
prejudice in •the minds of the Jory, anal not to esta-
blish a contradiction, for it would not be a contra-
• diction after all.
Mr. Mit.NE.—No; I can prove by Mr. Main
that your witness is very loose in his answers at beet.
Mr. Cnoss.—Yes ; and you ire loose in your evi-
dence, and very irregular too.
Mr. Baron Woos) said, that Mr. Higgin ought to
have been asked •that question before, and that he
could not now be called. . _ .
Pat was found—hot Guilty.
HORSE-STEALING.
Thomas Damson; aged 20, was convicted of steal-
ing .a gelding, the property of Michael'Geffey, at,
Manchester. , . • ✓
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MANSLAUGHTER.'
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Thonias Sham, aged 29, was charged with killing
and slaying Jeremiah Hayes, at Liverpool, on the
4th May last.
The Prisoner is a carter. He allowed his horses
to drive on a considerable way 'before him. Catha.
vine M'Donald, crossing the street, was thrown &ewe
by one of the hones, and most have been run over
bed not the deceased rescued her. •In doing so he got
himself involved with the shaft; his colter-bone was
indwell, two of his ribs were driven in, so
,that they
punched•his lungs, be died 'ln eonseipietice. Guilty
--Insprisonatent for Two Moth.
Richard Peer" aged 18, was charged with kill-
ing and slaying Anthony Fox at Liverpool.
, They had been drinking, and had quarrelled. The
deceased threardown the Prisoner, who rose up and
atrack the dm Oa on the heed with &poker. Death
was the consequence. ,
The Prisonsr said be had nothing to ley for him.
self,
,but that he trusted to .their mem% and hoped
they would, consider that he had. beee-in-prison since
the beginning of April. tisilty,lmprisonasent for
Eight Months. . . .
CUTTING AND STABBING.
JosepA Doyle, igesl 44, was charged with ma-
ficLously matting and stabbing Job* Smiths with in.
tent to murder, Or teusains and dliablesoc Ando some
grievous bodily barns. ' 1.. .•,:
Jotsso Smith was acquainted with thst,Prismser two
years. • The 'Milton kept .11104490 mi iq
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Thomas street, Liemittri. Vitness, lodged Atith
months;him *fur fiv i Prisoner •Ited,been eLI Abel
time in•the Boinigh Nil, for . debit, urn%
.the. lAA
two or three weeks. He had never hetkeey gear-
with Mtn. to' the ropes in' whiCh .be slept there,
• two -Mri.Voyle'X father and *he. slept,
)ne -of -thetu.—Mro. Diyie and the children•
the other. • Qn the 14th of July hp went to bed,
'woes nine rind ten o'clodk. Ws. Doylit'i father,
not sleep with *him that night. lkwoke by a
at the Coos door and he saw gte Prikoecr
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John ~irtit v Est up,-feake• ba-aokuife in his hand,
and he is Murdering me."' He got up, and caught
him round the neck, and said, ," tAre you going to
murder your wife, or What do 40...0n0 ?" Pri-
saner then struck her three times,
.arid she fell.—
.Witness thoeght her dead. Be told her to get up ir,
•she was aide, and to go a Hight. She did so.. Prba
. loner turned round to fella* her down stairs.. *Wit-
pets pet his hand gently to his breast. to.prevent;
him from ,following her. Prisbner came forward„;
.end , hit him-a slip on the breast: lie, gave a.;
weceed blow, and- -then .114 witness felt the blood
igeshing on his hand.• Witness struck him, and put,j
Asa.on his knee.. The' Prisoner• got up, pulledl
witness's shirt over his head, end pre him thee
stabs on the naked side. 'He theo,let hiM go, and
,no towards the door. Witness broke open his shirt'
and held the Prisoner, who shouted 66 murder!" to I
Areasectidiert, who were biltetted in the house. and
slept in the other room, nut added, that the witness
..was murdering him, and that he had• caught hint in
6 bed with his wife. Prisoner forced open the door of
.llte•rauras in which the soldiers slept. They after.
;wards rolled together down the stairiks'''"K Wich.
'MOM come in, and secured the Prisoner.-'' ' ' •5'
,Cross.namined.—lle mold not say whither the
'don was locked or not. The Prisoner did force the
door. open. Upon hie oath Ise- was not in bed with'
her. The Prisoner was jealous' of her with antral!,
man. He bad been since eating and drinking'.iiistlii
-Prisoner's liaise, and paid for it too. He sew.prise
last on Saturday.
ti Joseph Bennett, a watchman, foind them both at
'the foot of the stairs, Smith stark naked, 'both n 0
them bloody. The Iwo soldiers came not of there
An assist the watchmen, one of them writh'a bayonet/
Prisoner swore that if he had lot one of the soldiers',
bayonets, be would have stabbed them both (Smith
.and his own wife). Mrs: Doyle had nothing•Ciff bet.
her bed-gowns Prisoner appeared quite-sober.-
Samerl Scott saw the Prisoner throw a knife titer`
a houseinina back yard. • • •
-.Edward Jones found the knife there, and now proat4
:dared it. It was a large clasp-knife; thelereeNtet
Ancrusted with. blood. •
. William Wright, a surgeon, was called home-
; distely to see Smith. There were-four wounds on
breast, exactly such as that knife would • have
made. The most dangerous was between the third
and fourth rib, which penetrated the cavity of. the I
chest, and wounded the lung. 'Vlore was another
large wound, which would have been fatal, bat that'
it was stepped by the breest.bone.
Mr. Baron W00D..--Prisonert what have Stets to
say. for yourself ? • • •
The Prisoner.—My Lord, I had come home from •
prison ten days Winer; my friends got round newit
and I got groggy. When I was tipsy my mistress wed'
jawing at me. I gave her a gentle slip, and blackened
her eye ; I saw nest morning that her eye was black (°
she was very angry; end would not sleep with me.. I
flattered and corned her to get her to bed, but she
would not. I made a custom of going to )lop op the
Clothes about the children before I went to bed, and
whenever I awoke in the night i sent to see that the
' clothes weie hopped about them ; I never found the
door locked before; this night I felt with my hand
and found the door fastened; I listeued, and heard
my mistress and him talking In bed. I broke open
the door, and, my Lord, caught , them both in bed
committing adultery. I struck him most viciously.
She leapt out of the bed to go towards the children.
I got hold of her ; Smith put me down. Shg said,
'‘ D--nhis .eyes, stick to him, Smith." Had I a
sword or litiyoset.. I should have run them both
through: I bless Gad that I have not killed them ;
hut let me see the men that would not, on finding We
wife, the mother of four children, committing adul-
tery—let me see the man that would not do the same,
Sir, please your Honour.
M r. Baron WOOD.—have you any witnesses ?
I'risonor.-1 was so foundered that I could not
think of getting witnesses in see them.
Mr. Baron WOOD explained the Act under which
this prosecution was brought. If it would have been
murder had death ensued, then this was a capital
offends; if it would have been only manslaughter,
then they must acquit the Prison Pr. Ile was of opi-
nion that most undoubtedly death in this case would
voly•have been manslaughter. Adultery was laid
downinthe books as that kind of provocation which
made killing manslaughter, end of the most justifiable
kind. If they did riot believe the Prisoner"s tory,'
yet Smith himself. adesittedlhat ate hati,Arst struck
the Prisoner, sed that the door bid hoop lockml.--r
Not Guilty.
MIL SWF.
The cause list contains • the enormous number of
136.. • Two only are marked for Special Jade.. One
Cgs',
.and that en exotic, occupied the Court the
whole or this sley —Milburn. and others v. DeWhelp.
dale. It was an issue from the Court of Exchequer.
The: question. was, whether a modus of 15 eskeps of
oat-meel, payable for the tithex of corn and grain;
comprehended a whole parish, or only partiroler died
tacte et *t. Another question mos •involvedt wha-
the...common lands lately enclosed. must not at all
events be egoepted. Answers for.the Demand Chap.
ternf Carlisle to a bill.filed in the .Exchequer in the
YPIIS .I.6sa were put in evidence, ar.wer• terriers- of
4731 m 111749, and a lease ot 179.7. • Various other
ancient documents were produced arid verified by the
steward of the Dean end Chapter. Parole evidence
wee slso put io requisition, especially to show that
the coutivion lands had formerly.been.ploughed, end•
renteind rigs and furrows when they wereeectini4.
WOO for the. Plaintiffs, that, is, isidiog the model
'good enil comprehensive lathe eatesaaleimolL • •
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matobetkagoinst Marais, the baker, to.cfight tan 'Foos.
day neatsthrne meek, for. nee hundred anions, , in:a
i o.eo,proor, feet. time. &Donne! and Don arc gun.
•doreu. to Ceweabury to fight on she...last day of oho
races. , Cabbage, the celebrated Bristol man, and
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