The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-29 00:00:00

THURSDAY,

The court resumed this morning at nine o'clock

proceeded with the trial of prison*.
STABBING AT MANCHESTER.—James Pollitt, joiner,
charged with having, at Manchester, on the 2nd of
stabbed William Butterworth. The prosecutor,
he came home on the night in question, found the
"ho was a lodger in the house, quarrelling with
-rworth's) two sisters-in-law. He attempted to
him out, when the prisoner took a knife from his
pocket, and, rushing at the prosecutor, inflicted two
Ids, one on the left eye-brow, and the other in the
1- loin. He was found guilty and sentenced to six
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months' imprisonment, with hard labour

GAROTTE ROBBEItY AT MANCHESTES.—Geo. Battersby,
beerseller, of Edge-street, Manchester, was charged with
having, at Manchester, on the 30th of March, violently
sanited and robbed James Moreland of a gold watch, a
lking stick, and a note-of-hand for £2l. The prose-
; in Manchester, and on the
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zly seized from behind and thrown upon the
ground with so much violence that he was rendered quite
insensible. The prisoner was also charged with assault-
ing and robbing William Breakenridge of his watch and
upwards of £2 in money. The jury found the prisoner
guilty on both charges; and he was sentenced to fifteen
years' transportation.

RlOTlNG.—William Whalley was brought up to receive
sentence for rioting at Wigan, to which charge he had
pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to be imprisoned for
twelve months with hard labour.
FORGERY TO DEFRAUD A BURIAL SOCIETY. Joel
Buckley, cotton spinner, who had pleaded guilty to a
charge of having forged the certificate of the supposed
death of his two children, for the purpose of obtaining £8
from a burial society, was brought up and sentenced to
be imprisoned for three months, without hard labour.

ATTEMPTED WIFE MIIRDEE AT DEOTLSDEN.—Isaac
Newton, silk weaver, was charged with having, at Droyls-
den, on the 12th of July, attempted to strangle his wife,
Sarah Newton, with intent to murder her. The prisoner
and his wife were employed at Mr. Leigh's factory, at
Droylsden, near Ashton. They had been married about
twelve months, but, it was alleged, owing to his jealous
temperament, led a very unhappy life. About two o'clock
on the day in question he followed her upstairs and threw
her on the bed, and, violently seizing her by the throat,
attempted to strangle her. He was also charged with
attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a
razor, shortly after the struggle with his wife.—The jury
considered there was no evidence against the prisoner,
and he was discharged.

GAROTTE ROBBERY AT MANCIIESTER.JOhn Lee,
labourer, George Allen, labourer, and Emma Jackson,
were charged with assaulting and robbing Wm. Blacker,
at Manchester, upon the 12th of August last. The pro-
secutor is a striker in the employ of Messrs. Fairbairn and
Co., of Manchester, and on the day in question he went
into the Navigation Vaults, and on coming out was joined
by Lee and Allen. They followed him down Matthews-
street, where they asked him to treat them to ale. He
refused to comply with this request, when they pounced
upon him, knocked him to the ground, and after throttling
him, and using other violence, rifled his pockets of 138.6 d.
They made a desperate effort to get his watch, but a person
coming up, they made off without being successful in this
latter attempt. The prisoners were all found guilty, and
a previous conviction having been proved against Allen,
his Lordship sentenced him to 20 years. John Lee and
Emma Jackson respectively for 15 years.
BURGLARY AT MANCRESTER. Mary Woodhouse,
charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of
William Williamson, on the 4th instant, at Manchester,
vas discharged.

The Couit- rose at a quarter-past eight o'clock, the
whole of the criminal business on the calendar having
been disposed of.

NISI PRIUS COURT..--TIIESDAT,
[Before Mr. Justice Crowder.]

ACTION ON A CHARTER PARTY.—Hoskins v. Pritchard
and Another.—On the court opening this morning, the
continuation of this case, adjourned from the previous
evening, was proceeded with. The jury, after hearing
evidence, retired, and after some difficulty, gave a verdict
for the defendant.
BREACH or CONTRACT.—Schilizzi and Another v.
Derry and Others.—This was an action on an alleged
breach of charter party. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Schilizzi,
were Greek merchants, carrying on business in Liverpool ;
and the defendants, Messrs. Derry, Evans, and Co., re-
siding at Plymouth, were trustees of a shipping partner-
ship there, trading under the name of the Plymouth
General Shipping Company, and were owners of the ship
Magnolia, mentioned m the charter. The action was
brought to recover damages for a breach of contract
entered into on the 19th of August, 1853. The point in-
volved was one of considerable importance. There was
no dispute as to the facts of the case ; which would end
probably in a verdict being given, guided by the ruling of
the judge.—Verdict for the plaintiffs ; damages B 1,000;
subject to a special case.
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lb:mem os Commecr.—Read and Others v. Aikin and
Others.—This was an action to recover damages received
by the ship David G. Fleming, in an accident arising out
of an unsuccessful attempt to get her into the Brunswick
Dock ; the defendants being the individual partners of
the Liverpool Steam-Tug Company. From the evidence
it appeared that the defendants had engaged to supply
two steam-tugs for the purpose of docking the David G.
Fleming on the 14th of March last. The tugs brought
the vessel from the Sloyne and got her stern foremost
into the entrance gut of the dock, her stern being at the
dock-gate and her head in the river bearing slightly to-
wards the north. In this position she was left by one of
the steam-tugs, and became jammed between the southern
gate of the dock and the north corner of the entrance.
Here she remained fast for some time, no efforts made to
relieve her being sufficient for her extrication. Ultimately
three steamers, in addition to the tug belonging to the
defendants, were employed to drag her out, and she was
conveyed into the river, but by this time the tide had
turned and was ebbing fast. In passing westward the
vessel had to cross the Pluckington-bank, and had all but
got over it when her heel caught the ground and she re-
mained, receiving such damage as it occasioned the ex-
penditure of £6,000 to repair. The action was chiefly
grounded on the allegation that, if the second steam-tug
had remained and done its duty, the vessel's head might
have been eased round towards the south, and she herself
got safely into the dock. After hearing a considerable
body of evidence for the plaintiffs' the court adjourned.