The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser. — 1854-08-15 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SOUTH LL.  of a merchant vessel are charged with having, by ill-usage and starvation, caused the deaths of two unfortunate .otified that the compersons, who could not, of course, get out of the vessel, Assizes for South Lanbut who were in reality imprisoned there. But we must St. George's-hall on Wedlook at what we are about here, because I need not tell ,)ened till Thursday. The you there may be fault upon both sides. A lazy crew may protracted sittings at Lanmake it necessary to inflict punishment, and we must take ..ecasionedb the la e amount of business before care, in endeavouring to do what is right, to do justice. y rg , . .te courts there. The judges, Mr. Baron Platt We should not on the one hand encourage insubordinaand Mr. Justice Crowder, arrived at the Lime-street tion, nor on the other brutality. If you are satisfied, station of the railway, and were received by Richard Fort, however, that the treatment of those persons produced Esq., the High. sheriff, and J. B. Lloyd, Esq., Mayor. death, and that treatment was exhibited with the intention Immediately on arriving, their lordships proceeded to St. to cause death, the crime is murder. So, gentlemen, if it George's-hall, where the commission was formally opened ; is of that brutal character which was likely to produce subsequently their lordships, attended by the High- death—if it was such as was natural to end in the death sheriff and his Chaplain (the Rev. S. W. King, rector, of of those men. the crime is murder. But if there has been Northwich), the Mayor, and Mr. Alderman J. an illegal beating and illegal treatment, but without the -4 to St. George's Church, where Divine intention I have mentioned, or without the probability of At its conclusion, Mr. Baron death resulting, then, gentlemen, the crime would be bat .-us-house, when the criminal manslaughter, because they would be doing an illegal act, which was not naturally directed to deprive the party of life, nor an intention to do so. In that case the crime would be manslaughter, because by an illegal act death had followed. I am sure, gentlemen, you will discharge your duties diligently, and the sooner you retire and send some bills to this court the sooner we shall be enabled to repair the loss of time which, I am sorry to say, a pressure of business at Lancaster has occasioned to this town. The grand jury then retired. Tin PRESTON "Loci-orT."—George Cowell, weaver; Michael Gallagher, schoolmaster ; Mortimer Grimshaw, weaver ; Luke Wood, weaver ; John Brocklehnrst, weaver ; John Lang, weaver; John Gardiner, spinner; William Parkinson, spinner ; James Waddington, draper ; Joseph Dolphin, spinner; and Thomas Gregson, spinner—all of whom were out on bail—surrendered to answer a charge of conspiracy at Preston. The indictment, which was found at the last assize, arose out of the unfortunate state of things which so long endured at Preston, and which had become a matter of general notoriety. That very unhappy state of things having now come to an end, the masters, desirous not to revive any past feelings, and hoping that what had passed had passed for ever, desired, with his lordship's permission, not to offer any evidence against those parties, and that they should be acquitted. His lordship having assented, the jury found a verdict of --A the - -ors were discharged -fter b:  NCASHIRE ASSIZES  f the dela.  was th  H. Turner,  Service was ce  Platt proceed,  WN