The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1852-08-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

BURGLARY.  Thomas Williams, 20, was indicted for having burgleriouslv entered the dwelling-house of Mary Stuart, at Manchester.  Mr. Hodge prosecuted. The prisoner was not defended.  The prosictitrix resides in Albion.st eet, Manchester., On the night of the 17th of July, a pers, n na ned Gledhill was passing along the street in which the house of Mrs. Stuart is situate, when he observed the prisoner and another man standing near to the house of the prosecutrix one of them lifted up the cellar grid, and the prisoner entered. Gledhill went up, replaced the grating over the cellar mouth, gave an alarm, and the prisoner was captured in the cellar, the other man having run away. Some clothes had been removed from a basket in one part of the cellar and placed in another. The prisoner, in his defence, said the cellar grid had given way with him on walking across it, and that he had been accidentally precipitated below. The prisoner was found guilty. He was sentenced to be imprisoned one year in the county gaol and kept to hard labour.  MALICIOUSLY CUTTING AND WOUNDING  William Jenkins, 41, was indicted for having feloniously stabbed, cut, and wounded Alice Jenkins, his wife, with intent to murder her, to disable, or to do her grievous bodily harm. _ _ _ _ _  Mr. Raffles prosecuted. The prisoner was without counsel. _  The prisoner and his wife resided in a room in Cannonstreet. Salford. On the 21st of June the prisoner was drinking at a beer-house, and prosecutrix went to fetch him home. On the way, he made use of angry words towards her. When at home, she wished him to partake of some tea, which he refused to do. He then sent a boy, the son of prosecutrix by a former husband, out of the room. After the lad had gone out, the prisoner said, " Now, what could Ido if I thought proper ? Who is there here to hinder me ?" She replied, " There is no one here to hinder thee, but I hope thou is not going to do anything." The prisoner then turned round towards a table, upon which there was a knife, seized the weapon, and struck her a blow on the lower part of the cheek, which inflicted a deep wound of three inches in length. His LORDSHIP here intimated to Mr. Raffles that he thought the case could not be carried beyond the charge of unlawfully wounding. The prisoner was found guilty of this offence, and he was ordered to be imprisoned for the space of three months.  SINGULAR CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER  James Drummond, James Weldon, and William Platt, three respectably-dressed young men, were indicted for having, at Manchester, killed and slain Benjamin Holding Saxon.  Mr. Wheeler prosecuted, and Mr. Monk defended Drummond and Platt. Weldon was without counsel.  About eight o'clock on the night of the 17th of July last, the three prisoners were engaged in teasing and striking a boy of weak intellect, named Walsh, in Lloyd-street, Hulme. The boy ran down an entry, and a neighbour came out of his shop to ascertain what was the matter, The deceased, .who was a grocer in the neighbourhood, also came out of his shop, stood at the top of the passage, and asked the other shopkeeper whether the prisoners were pickpockets. Upon this the prisoners began to assail Mr. Saxon. One of them struck him a blow on the back of the neck, the consequence of which was to cause him to fall forward. Mr. Saxon got up, but almost ho. mediately again fell backwards, but whether from the effects of a second blow or from the injuries of the first fall did not clearly appear. Mr. Saxon was raised up, when it was ascertained that life was extinct. The prisoners ran away, but were subsequently apprehended.