The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

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Thomas Lloyd, aged 43, was indicted for having feloniously
married, at Liverpool, in January last, one Margaret Lea-
therbarrow, his former wife, Elizabeth Walworth, being then
alive. The prisoner having pleaded not guilty, Mr. MONK
proceeded to address the jury for the prosecution, but bad
scarcely entered upon the facts before the prisoner withdrew
his plea, and pleaded guilty. The prisoner said that he had
allowed his first wife 10s. a week, and that he had maintained
both wives. It appeared that he had made the allowance
stated ' • but the JUDGE did not consider this fact any pallia-
tion. His lordship called the second wife, a young woman
of 22 years of age, and she stated, in reply to a question whe-
ther the prisoner had informed her that he was previously
married to another person then alive, that he had made no
such statement, but had represented himself as a widower.
His LORDSHIP said that the prisoner had gained nothing
by withdrawing his plea, for the evidence would have clearly
proved the offnce. He had inflicted a grievous injury on
Margaret Leatherbarrow, by placing her in a position as his
legitimate wife. For this offence he must be imprisoned for
twelve calendar months, and, during that time, to be kept to
hard labour.

BURGLARY

John Thomason, 19, stood charged with having, at Cul-
cheth, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling-house
of Samuel Hindley, and stolen therefrom two pairs of shoes
and other articles, the property of the said Samuel Hindley,
and also of Isaac Hindley.

On the night of the 19th November, the proseoutor and his
family retired to bed, the windows being previously secured.
In the morning, when the prosecutor got up, he found the
window had been broken open with apparently, a piece of
plane-tree, which was found, and the opening was large
enough to admit the prisoner. He afterwards found that the
articles stated, two pairs of shoes and some bread, his own
property, and some cheese and bacon, belonging to his bro-
ther, Isaac Hindley, had been stolen.
Thomas Hindley, another brother, said he slept on the
ground floor, and was disturbed in the night by a person
striking a light with a lucifer match. The person went out
of the room, but returned a second time. Witness was so
much alarmed that he durst not stir. The person was like a
boy.

On the same evening, about a quarter to eight o'clock, the
prisoner, it was further proved, was seen in St. Helens, (ten
miles off,) and there pledged the shoes, which were identified.
When apprehended, part of the bread, cheese, and bacon
were found upon him, and he afterwards admitted to the po-
lice officer that he broke into the house.
The jury immediately found the prisoner guilty.
His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be transported
for ten years, which he stated was the shortest period the law
pointed out for the offence.

ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON

Denis Towers, 25, was charged with having stolen sixteen
soverigns from the person of Mr. John Collinson.
John Collinson said he lived at Salisbury. On the 16th
March last he took ten dresses to Longridge fair, and sold
them for £l6 10s. He left the fair about four in the after-
noon. He saw the prisoner there, who left the fair with him,
and went some distance with him. They parted near Rib-
chester, and the witness sat down by the road side. The pri-
soner came up to him, knocked him down, put his hand in his
pocket, took out the money by force and ran off with it. One
of the sovereigns fell on the ground, and was found on the fol-
lowing morning. Witness had known prisoner from his in-
fancy. When prisoner ran off, witness cried, " Denis, what
are you taking my money for ?" VGitnesswas rather intoxi-
cated. A police officer at Bolton received the prisoner in
charge, and read to him a report of the robbery. Prisoner
then admitted that he knew Collinson; that he had accompa-
nied him from the fair; and had found fifteen sovereigns on
the road, which he knew to be the prosecutor's. He denied
having knocked down the prosecutor, and said he would not
account for not having returned the money to the owner. He
also said he had bought the suit of clothes he had on with
part of the money. Another officer, who apprehended the
prisoner on Sunday last, found a watch and four sovereigns
on his person. He also admitted having bought the watch.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of taking money from
the prosecutor's person. There being another indictment
against the prisoner, he was put down.