The Sun. — 1841-03-17 (London, England)

NORTDERN CIRCUIT—Yang, 1114.acm 15. Alexander Macdonald was indicted for cutting and wound-. big James Riley, with intent to murder or do him some gr:oVOtil bodily barn]. The prisoner and the prouccutor lodged together. On the cVening in Vestion the prisoner came home rather intoxicated, and wont tip into the sleeping apartment. A dispute took place, on Wlich a scuffie ensued, and Riley, proving the stronger of the two, threw the prisoner on his back on then sa'd he wished to have nothn:ar t± Mut and separated them. Riley the bed, and held him there until some other parties, attracted by the noise, came into tl: ltry to do with him, and was about going into bed, when the prisone came across the u room and made a blow at him. He felt immediae'v that he was wounded, and called out for assistance. wa4s  sent for, and it then appeared that he had received a wenn. five inches long in the left side of the abdomen, frotn which, as the witnesses expressed it, half a hatful of his bowels protruded. The prisoner, after giving the blow, went and lay down on his own bed. He was taken into custody, and in his pocket was found a large clasp-knife, with which it would , seem the wound had been inflicted. The prosecutor was for twenty-four hours in the utmost danger from loss of blood, Nv hich gushed from the wound at every inspiration, and for some weeks afterwards was in a very dangerous condition. He is still in a very weak state, and in all probability will never wholly recover. Evidence was given of previous declarations by the prisoner showing an old grudge against Riley. It appeared that on a former occasion they had quarrelled in consequence of the prosecutor expostulating with him for ill-treating his mother. " I told him," said Riley (in the figurative language so peculiar to his country), " 1 told him not to quarrel with her, for the breath of a mother was sweet ; ho would never know how sweet it was until, like me, lie had not one." The prisoner, who is but eighteen years of age, was found Guilty ; and his Lord.lip, after commenting on the exiorritity of his offehae, sentenced him to be transported for fifteen years. thanes Dawson, John Morton, and TVilliam Barr' were indicted for the manslaughter of Felix Ghaloghy, at Sheffield, in Augast The prisoner Dawson was, appeared, ii fellow,workman of the &ceased, and ifi cntiseqttence of O. quarrel which arose between them, they resolved to settle their differences by a fight. They immediately proceeded into a field a short distance from Sheffield, stripped, and fought. Dawson was led home, being then quite blind. Ghaloghy wad eddied to the Infirmary, and died very shady after. His death was occasioned by extravaliatihn of blood on the brain, arising, in the opinion of the surgeon, from blows on the head, and facilitated by his being a hard liver, of which the post mortem examination of the body gave complete testimony. The figlit was conductedwhit perfect rairness. It appeared that Gha oghy had been the party who originated it, and that he was a skilful pugilist and a very quarrelsome character. His Lordship said that even consent did not necessarily negative the averment of an assault. There were two classes of eves of a peculiar kind which might be quoted in illustration. But in this ease the parties met in heat of blood, and in con sequence of a quarrel. If it had bun otherwise, indeed, and this had been what was called an amicable contest, a fight in cold blood, death ensuing, would have amounted to murder. It, could,woul pdbreomviodsed most dangerous ngecroonufisntoedhtabveemit,eilvachi to the weapons naturell down as law that parties might meet to fight and do one another all the harm they had given them. The prisoners were found Guilty, and 'sentenced to pay a fine of one shilling each, his Lordship saying he passed this lenient sentence on the ground that this was not an aggravated case, and he thought them sufficiently punished by the long period of imprisonment they had already undergone. Alexander White and John White, father and son, were indicted for the manslaughter of John Crowdie. Thehaving pris°ttr-leerastedwaercehieldhir their employ with and weremost revolting cruelty. , From the post mortem examination it appeared that the body u.as extremely emaciated. There* were two extensive excoriathe lace, one from the wrist to the elbow, another on