The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser. — 1854-08-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

PLATT.—Then you guilty P  therefore, directed Taylor to be acquitted and discharged, bat the sentence on Williamson was deferred. Mr. ➢lonk said that the ground upon which the latter was recommended to mercy was, that he had himself admitted the perjury before leaving the presence of the magistrates, expressed his contrition, and desired to be allowed to tell the truth, but the magistrates had at once committed him for trial.  - The FoßEasAN.—Yes, my lord. His LORDSHIP, in rather an indistinct tone, then made some observations as to the danger to commerce if the captain of a merchant vessel were to go to sea every voyage with a halter about his neck. In the hands .• )e safe.  THE MURDER BY A SWISS EMIGRANT  man wou  Antonio Tobacchi, 25, a native of Tessin, in Switzer land, was indicted for the murder of John Kelly, man, in Preston-street, in this town. A mixed jury of Englishmen and foreigners were empanelled to try the prisoner. Tobacchi, who is a tall, powerful man, intended, with several others of his countrymen, to emigrate to Australia, and actually sailed in the steamer Great Britain the first time she started on her last voyage. As will be remembered, however, that vessel put back, and it was shortly after her return to port that the fatality happened. Mr. Aspinall prosecuted, and Mr. Overend appeared for the prisoner.  Mr. Sergeant WILKINS remarked ihat in the other cases against the prisoners the witnesses were precisely the same, and intimated that it was now unnecessary to go ou with them.  Baron PLATT replied that it was not for him (the learned judge) to withdraw any prosecution. He had read the depositions in the three cases, (about a hundredweight of papers,) and each had produced upon him precisely the same impression. Mr. BLAIR : if your lordship expresses any opinion in the matter, I have no wish to press it against your lordship's opinion. _  The first witness called was Wm. Bowman, a publican in Preston-street, who stated that, on the night of Thursday, the 11th of May, the prisoner was in his publ: in company with another foreigner and a female deceased came iu shortly afterwards, and (according evidence of this witness) placed himself in a attitude before the prisoner. Witness, however, I him out before any blows were struck. Some time after, he heard what had occurred.  Baron PLAY', : You have a right to prosecute : all I can say is, that these three cases have made upon my mind precisely the same impression.  :house, The  Ultititately, the le'arned Judge having expressed his readiness to go through the papers again in the interval between the rising of the court and Monday morning, in order to see if a re-examination of the documents might change his opinion of the case, Mr. Blair consented to leave the matter in his lordship's hands. The court rose on Saturday about six o'clock, the trial of Horner and Chadderton having occupied the entire day.  fighting  turned  Henry Moss, a militiaman, deposed that, a few minutes before twelve o'clock, he was standing near one of the doors of Bowman's house, when there were a great number of persons coming out together. The prisoner was atliong them, and made a stab at him (witness) with his dagger, but he made his escape to the other door, and immediately heard a female cry out for a policeman, and on turning round saw the deceased lying on the ground bleeding. The witness was cross-examined at some length, but nothing material was elicited.