The Sun. — 1848-08-28 (London, England)

CRESSWELL.) Joseph Cuddy, Edward Murphy, and James O'Brian, were indicted for having, at Liverpool, conspired together with divers other persons to procure and transmit to Ireland large quantities of arms and other weapons, for the purpose of being used for insurrectionary and other unlawful purposes. A second count charged the prisoners with have sent 1,000 pikes to Ireland for the purpose Of bring used as aforesaid. The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty, and traversed until next assizes.  m. indicted -li . Thomas Lees, 11m. Parry, il efaor having oil having Michael Morris, and Ames West, were hl .. , the Ist of May, and divers other days, conspirdd td ex-?.V.halir . cite discontent in the- minds of her Majest 0 • • r--, . • )I' likrAiiisktho laws, to obstruct the execution . y subjects 1 a the laws '----' •-'--- '' - - 014 make insurrections, routs, and riot * „<--,:..?-- " ' a s, and that in ',",,....._ ,- pu-sdance of such conspiracy they did miserable it h ';l7-....... ..?, - Itg bodies, so as to create terror and ()get er alarnx m h ...'-t'-liA;1;:il mitresin t her thalesty's subjects'. • • - - t e , .cIN.-I:'' :. ' ','"' The.prisoners all pleaded Not'GUilty, and declared ---r : -4—; .. thei w sh to be :tried these assizes. •. tvp - t ~,-t_,.-1 es West was arraigned on an inddietment for -4r.il ag at Ashton, and pleaded Not Guilty. . , i , Piritneis .0' Donnell and Matthew Somers were arraigned on an indictment for conspiring to transmit arms to Ireland, and with hating done so to be used for insur• rectionary purposes. The prisohers pleaded Not Guilty, and traversed to the best sums.  7T.34-4, a.. 411  John Flinn, James Downey, James Mooney, Owen Gunn, and Edward Birch, were arraigned on an indictment for riotously assembling, with other persons, at Manchester, armed with sticks and staves, and assaulting a constable.  They pleaded Not Guilty, and having been in custody twenty days, must be tried. Peter Murray M‘Douall, the well-known Chartist leader, who was out on bail, was called on to surrender to an indictment for a treasonable conspiracy, but did not appear.  It L' understood that about thirty prisoners, against whom bills have been found, were lodged in Kirkdale gaol, yesterday. Wm. Johnson (or Brallagan), the man mentioned in APLane's case yesterday, was arraigned on the coroner's inquisition, for the murder of the child at Ashton, but as the grand jury ignored the bill, no evidence was adduced against him, and he was consequently acquitted. _ _ _  Charles Gallagher, aged 20, who was charged with the murder of his wife, on the first night of their marriage, at Liverpool, was also arraigned on the coroner's inquisition; the grand jury having ignored the bill against him, and no evidence being offered, he was acquitted. James Sanc4ford, aged 27, was indicted for a felonious assault on Alice Lingard, a child under ten years of age, at Manchester, on the 21st of May. The jury retired, and were absent about three hours, but at length found the prisoner Guilty, on which, the prisoner being called on, said he wished the age of the child to be inquired into. His LORDSHIP said there could be no reason to dispute the evidence of the parents on that point, or the finding of the jury as to the charge itself. That finding would but a short time ago have been followed by death, for it was the worst case he had ever known, and he felt it was his duty to sentence the prisoner to be transported for life. His Lordship then passed that sentence on the prisoner.  Thomas Rankin, and twenty-one other Manchester Chartists, were arraigned on an indictment charging them with conspiring to incite to insurrecitms. They all pleaded Not Guilty. Many of them traversed, but many elected to take their trials now, and several, including Cuddy, O'Donnell, Somers, Murphy, and O'Brian, who elected in the morning to traverse, now expressed a wish to withdraw the traverse and be tried now. It is, however, understood that the " Attorney-General will tomorrow make a formal application to postpone the trials of those indictments where some of the accused have traversed, on the ground that it would be ineligible to try some now, and some at a future assize, on the same indictments.  August 26.