The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1851-12-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MANSLAUGHTER. John Watson, 19, was indicted for having feloni°llBl/ killed and slain John Hartley, at Burnley, in October last. Mr. Simon prosecuted, and Mr. Monk defended th•  prisoner. On Wednesday, the Bth of October, the prisoner, together with the deceased (who was a powerful roan, 32 lee!. of age) and several other persons, were drinking togetew. at Latbam's beer-shop, at Burnley, and remained doing so until eleven o'clock at night. As the parties well, leaving to go home, a quarrel took place between two 7 them, and the prisoner interposed to restore peace. 1114 this he was taunted and struck by the deceased sever times. The prisoner ran, and was pursued by the de; ceased. The prisoner then took a atone from the grounet and struck the deceased with it on the head several dwelt from the effects of which it was averred he had died. °II the two following days after receiving the injuries, the deceased and others were drinking hard, and on the turday the deceased was employed to raise a nesd weight from a coal pit. On the Sunday he comaplkl.„. that this had had the effect of causing him great !Will; his head. He continued to grow worse, and died on w' following Wednesday. In cross-examining the witnesses, Mr. MONK elicited that on the night before the deceased had received the injuries which it was alleged had caused his death, be ilea been engaged in a fight with a man named Bradshaw, an. that the prisoner had always borne the character ef_i; quiet, inoffensive young man, whilst the deceased 11"' noted as a fighting man. The medical evidence was to the effect that the blows, on the head were the primary cause of inflammation of the brain, but, that had proper treatment been received( these would, in all probability, not have terminated ((lOC' Mr. Moles submitted to the jury that the points for their consideration were—first, was it made out to their satisfaction, beyond all doubt, that the deceased had CO' to his death by reason of the blows given to hire by the prisoner ; and next, if be did so come to his death. wll6 the act of the prisoner, in striking in self-defence, el` illegal one ? His LORDSHIP, in summing up the case, told tbei that the points for theirconsideration were those submit,‘"" to them by the learned counsel for the prisoner, and al' mented upon the facts of the case as they bore upon the propositions laid down. The Jury found the prisoner not guilty, and he 110 discharged forthwith. Thomas Armstrong and Ralph Ashlon, who pleadeti guilty to breaking into the counting-house of Isaac son, at Preston, and also to feloniously breaking into the dwelling-house of Anne Rigge, of Preston, were sentence,' to be transported for the term of ten years. Joseph' Taylor, who had pleaded guilty to a burglary. the dwelling-house of Edward Stanley, of Oldham, September last, was ordered to nine months' imprison' ment, with bard labour. . At a quarter before six o'clock, the court adjourn.until nine o'clock the following (this) morning.  The calendar contains the' names of seventy-four prisoners. There are three trials for murder, (twc from M 80; cheater and one from Aughton,) four for webbing and wounding, six for burglary, ten for manslaughter, two for housebreaking, and the usual number of orditary offence' The case of Robert JOnes, who embeizled about £5OO I.o' longing to the parish authorities, is appoint(' to be tried before Mr. Justice Erle, this day, (Tuesdav,) and that William Blunt, for the manslaughter of lie brother, 03 Toateth-park, to.morrow, (Wednesday.)