Northern Times. — 1859-12-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MANSBANGITTER AT BURNLVIY.--jOhll Quinn was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Crook, a little girl about eleven years of age. Mr. Waye appeared for the prosecutor, and. Mr. Russell defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner kept-a shop' at•Burnley, which he had stamped the words. "Kiss me quick." On Sunday evening, the 11th Qf ,September, as the prisoner, was going towards honte, he was.followed by a crowd of hoys, who were shouting after him the words on his toffee. The prisoner entered his house, the boys• continued to shout, and in a start time he opened the door and was seen to threw something towards the part, of the crowd where the deceased was standing. She immediately fell down, and, blood spurted from her forehead. She ' was taken home, and died some time after. The counsel for" the defence contended that there was not sufficient evidence_ to prove that the. prisoner threw anything., The wound was a jagged one, and he believed that could not have been, the case had it been inflicted by throwing a knife. He thought the Wound might have been received from the clogs of the boys as they ran past her. The iron of the dog' would have inflicted a laberated wound exactly similar to the one on the forehead of the deceased. The jury returned. a verdict of guilty. .-His lordship, in addressing the pri;• soner, said, that as ithe prisoner had been very much aggravated by the conduct of the boys, he would not transport him, as he,' should otherwise have .done, but sentence,him to imprisonment with, bard, lahOPr fqr„ eighteenmonths. : : • . ,acv: STABBING AT MANCHESTER, James Hassalrxivas charged with having, on thelard duly last, violently out. and wounded Amelia Brown, with intent to commit murder, Mr. Hopwood was for the prosecuiion, and Mr.. Tarr for the defence. The prisoner had been lodging in the, house for some time, and on the morning in question he was sitting with the prosecutrik talking of her marriage, which -he had previouSly heard. They quarrelled upon the subject, and the prisoner draged her to,the place where the ate was kept, and continued to beat-her with it until separated 'by a surgeon. Th‘ defenee offered was that the prosecutrix had commenced the attack, and many Of the witnesses, in cross-examination, stated that some of the breakfast things -were strewn ,-4bout the floor.. It was also contended by the learned counsel that, the man 'Coed nothavle-committed the assault with an intent to commit murder, and it tytislifar: more likely that the prisoners aggravated by the language of, the prosecutrik, and still further aggravated by the plates and, dishes which she had thrown at him, had seized the axe and,l4vithout reflecting on the possible consequences of his Beat her in such a manner as to inflict the wounds deicribed. Tie also laid stress on the fact that none of the witnesses had seen the prisoner use the iron of ;the 'axe; and, as the sUrgeOn' had stated, the wounds might have been inflicted with a wooden stick like the handle of the ate; the jury should take the most,favourable view of the case: His lordship, in aumMing up the evidence, commented with great severity on some questions that- had her it asked ,the prosedutrix by the prisoner's counsel, fie thought: that if insinuations upon the character erz the • 11 • witnesses Were to'be Owi out withont the, o'loitest foundation, a court ofjustice would becomelktf e: more than d'inachinelfor -damaging the eharactx, ‘3, of wit_ tiessW " The jury; after a short deliberation foUnd the prisbner guilty of cutting and wounding ‘o' ith an intent to do gfievous bodily' harm, and ho wrs sentenced, to penal servitude. SrAnzarm AT BoLror.--Davia p.oberts was indicted ibr having nt Bolton, on the .V6th of October last, felOnionillit cut and wounded .',diehard Stewart, with inten'Vlidisable or do him ser ,6 grievonsibiiqy harm. pre,asnetr ~tor is Faonghrlaaonmqureesiddeifnegndeind ,AXr,Pyr prosecuted, d the prisoner. The BerWick-on-Bolton. Net ,r to the hbuss of 'the prosetutor was that of the pf isoner, and the two Muses were. separated by the hour e.of Mr.: Bromily. Previous to the time of this ocev srence, the proSecuter had had no acquaintance with the prisoner. On the day in clues-_ tion the proseeut,er Was sitting' in his room, the house ' door being opc'd ; the prisoner then came up, and after abusing the pr osecutor for some time, drew his knife, saying that he wovlid defend himself, as he knew the prosecutor