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      August 21,1852. The G Tae Qf Freedom. 21

      August 21 , 1852 . THE g TAE qF FREEDOM . 21

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      Assize. North Wales Circuit.-Chester. Th...

      ASSIZE . NORTH WALES CIRCUIT .-Chester . The Stockport Riots . —Sentences op the Prisoners . —Previous to sentencing the prisoners , the court heard witnesses to the characters of Gleave and Pell . The learned Judge then proceeded to sentence the English prisoners . He said—George Pell , William Buttery , and Mark Gleave , you have been severally convicted hy a most attentive jury of the crime of riot . It would ill become me to pass anything but a very severe sentence upon you . With regard to

      3 ' ou Gleave , you were concerned in all the outrages . Yon were " seen not only stirring the fire in front of Mr . ° Frith ' s house , where all the articles from the house and chapel were consumed ' but also coming out of the vestry of the chapel which was broken into . After a short time you were seen breaking into the houses of the Soman catholics in another part of the town . { am therefore satisfied that you were a party in the transaction not only at Edgeley Chapel , but in every part of the town where there w ere disturbances , and the sentence upon yon is , that you I o imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the space of two .

      years As to you , George Pell , you were seen demolishing the chapel , j t was proved by the individual who testified to 3 'our good character that you could have been there but a short time , yet you joined in the outrage , and were seen with one of the pieces of wood , which must have been torn out of one of the chapels , striking at the walls and demolishin g the windows . I hope I am not doing wrong in giving you 18 months' imprisonment and hard labour . You , George Buttery , allowed yourself to join in the outrage , and the sentence upon you will be the same , that von be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18 months .

      The three prisoners wept , and appeared very much distressed . Sentences upon the Irishmen . —The learned Judge said : — Thomas Feeney , Patrick O'Hara , Roger M'Dermott , Michael M'Dermott , Thomas Murphy , Thomas Garvey , and Patrick Xaugkton , you have all been severally convicted , on evidence that cannot be disputed , of a very serious riot indeed . With regard to you , Thomas Murphy , it is difficult to express the indignation that one feels for the brutality that you and others were guilty of . A harmless , inoffending man coming down the streets of Stockport , having been sent by his mistress for his

      master , was met by men , probably ten or twelve to one , who surrounded him , and hammered him on the head with brickbats . If that outrage had been carried a little further , you , Thomas Murphy , would , perhaps , have had to answer for his death . I most truly rejoice that the outrage on Pickin did not take his life . It was not from any relenting , or any good feelon the part of yourselves and others that it did not so end , for as soon as he was struck down with the brickbat , you , Thomas Murphy , was seen kicking him as he lay on the ground . The idea of kicking a man when he lies in that helpless state is

      something utterly revolting to us . You must remember that in punishing you , it is not only for the murderous assault , but also for the riot . The sentence of the court upon you is , that you be imprisoned and kept to hard work for 15 calendar months . You , Feeney , were seen as a ringleader breaking into houses , giving the mob orders , and yon yourself were throwing stones . The sentence upon yon will be that you be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for ten calendar months . You , Patrick Naughton , were convicted of an assault upon Pearson , and were seen throwing stones at the school . The sentence upon you is , that

      yon be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months . You , Thomas Garvey and Patrick O'Hara , were seen flourishing a banner and a poker , instruments calculated to inflict the greatest possible injury upon individuals , to whom you were opposed . Your ]) unishinent will be imprisonment with hard labour for four calendar months . You , Roger M'Deraiott , were not in the riot in St . Peter ' s-square , but you were seen throwing stones at Inspector Walker , and you were afterwards dragged out of the house and considerably hurt . I hope I shall not be doing wrong in sentencing you to imprisonment to hard labour for three calendar months . As for Michael

      M'Dermott , I am sorry to see one so young in his position ; he was seen throwing a stone into Mrs . Graham ' s house . If I thought he was throwing the stone at Mrs . Graham , I should give him a greater punishment ; but I think it was not so , because the stone did not enter the room through the window where she was sitting . The sentence upon you is , that you be imprisoned aud kept to hard labour for two months . The Murder arising out of the Riots . —Matthew Mulligan was charged with having murdered Michael Moran , on the 29 th of June last , at Stockport . Mr . Welsby and Mr . Davison were counsel for the prosecution , and Mr . ' M'Intyrc on behalf of the prisoner .

      Mr . Welsby stated the case . The unfortunate deceased , Michael Moran , was an Irishman , -who only a few weeks before the mihappy occurrence in which he met with his death , had come over from Ireland to see some friends living in Stockport . He was residing with a brother-in-law , named Flannigan , with whom he called to see a person named Eitev , about half-past eight o ' clock in the evening of the 29 th of June . Biley was not at home , and they proceeded home though Lord-street . At that time the English lads were running down the street , pursued by the Irish party , and Flannigan said they had better hasten home . He ran away , leaving Moran in the street . Moran became engaged in a scuffle with an Englishman named and

      Wood . Wood had been struck with a stone on the back , turning round cpiickly he caught hold of the deceased , pulled him down , and they both fell together . An Irishman came up with a rod in hzs hand , and struck Moran on the left side of the head . Moran had previously risen—he again fell , and Wood disengaged himself from him . As Moran was in the act of rising from this second fall , a man ran across from the other * i de of the street with a poker in his hand , and struck the poor man another violent blow on the right side of the head , which took such dreadful effect on him that he died at two o ' clock in the morning of the following day . Witnesses were called to prove that the blow with the poker was struck by the prisoner .

      The jury found him " Guilty of Manslaughter , " and he was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation .

      NORTHERN CIRCUIT . —Liverpool . Burglary at Manchester .- —George Taylor , Ellen Taylor , Thomas Green George Metcalfweve convicted of a burglary , at Manchester , in Jmie last , and sentenced as follows : —The two Taylors ( man and wife ) to ten years' transportation each , and Gieen and Metcalf ( against whom previous convictions were Proved ) to fifteen years each . Roubeby of Post Letters . —John Morgan and Michael Old-Mi were indicted , the former for stealing , at sundry times , and the latter for reeeiving , with a guilty knowledge , a £ 50 note , a

      Assize. North Wales Circuit.-Chester. Th...

      £ 20 note , two £ 10 notes , one other £ 10 and two £ 5 notes , and five other £ o notes , from various letters posted in the Liverpool post-office , and addressed and directed to various parties . The guilt of the prisoners was clearly established , and being found Guilty , they were each sentenced to ten years' transportation . Bobbery at Warrixgtox . — Charles Maguire , James Foy , John Davies , and Mary Noon , were indicted for stealing from the person of John Williams , a half-sovereign and other money , his property . The prosecutor had accompanied the female prisoner into a cart-shed at Warrington for an immoral purpose , when the three male prisoners set upon and robbed him . They

      were apprehended about an hour afterwards , drinking in company together . There were some doubts as to the woman s guilt , of which the jury gave her the benefit , and Acquitted her . The others were found Guilty , and severally transported for ten years . Burglary at Manchester . —Thomas Moore was convicted of a burglary at Manchester , having been previously convicted of felony . There were two other indictments against him , which were not proceeded with . Sentence , ten years' transportation .

      Assault and Rorberl- at Man-Chester . — George Phillips was indicted for having , at Manchester , in company with two other persons , violently assaulted and robbed James Drinkwater , on the 17 th of July . This was another case arising out of keeping late hours , and indulging in intoxicating liquors . He was found Guilty , and sentenced to ten years' transportation . Burglary at West Derby . —George France , 27 , was indicted for having , in company with seven other persons , not in custody , broken into the house of Mr . John Owen , a farmer at

      West Derby , near Liverpool , early on the morning of the 1 st of June last , and stolen about £ 80 in money and a large quantity of plate . The defence set up was an alibi , and Mr . Tindal Atkinson very ably conducted the prisoner ' s case ; but the jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to transportation for life . Forged Uttehaxce . — - $ 3 m »*« jZ JVitkim was indicted for forging and uttering a certain acquittance for the payment of £ 30 . There were several counts varying the nature of the offence . The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to seven years ' transportation .

      Middlesex Sessions. Robbery By A Cabman....

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Robbery by a Cabman . —William Broion , a cabman , was indicted for stealing a railway wrapper , the property of J . H . Dawson . The offence with which the prisoner was charged consisted in his having appropriated to his own use an article left in his cab by a gentleman whom he drove from King ' s-cross terminus , to Clapham . The prisoner was found Guilty , and sentenced to three months ' hard labour . Imperilling the Public Health . —Three of the Paddington dust contractors—John Gore , Henry Tame , and — Stapletonappeared pursuant to their recognizances to receive judgment .-

      —The Assistant-Judge briefly went over the several circumstances connected with the case of the defendants . In the summer of 1850 prosecutions were instituted by the parish authorities against the defendants and three others , Darke , Collins , and Holdsworth , for keepingwharves on the Paddington Canal , and accumulating on them large quantities of refuse , sweepings of the streets and areas and vegetable matter , keeping pigs , & c ., which were a serious nuisance to all the

      neighbourhood . When these indictments were tried the parties withdrew their plea of " Not Guilty , " and pleaded " Guilty ;" and it was arranged that he , as it were , should take the burden on himself to see that these nuisances were removed ; or , at any rate , if they could carry on their trade without causing a nuisance to the neighbourhood ; but , if not removed or abated , they were to be subjected to such a fine or punishment as he should think fit . He went himself to Staplcton ' s wharf , as he had been told that the accumulation there was the refuse

      of Covent-garden-market , which , as it consisted of th . 2 refuse of fruit and vegetables , gave out a most offensive smell . He perceived a most horrid stench from it , and twice gave him an opportunity to remove it , telling him that he must cither give up his contract for removing the sweepings of the market , or must take them elsewhere , and he received his ( Stapleton ' s ) assurance that this should be done . Two months after this the nuisance was lessened , and the pigs were given up , and the

      defendants gave him to understand that their wharves should only be used , as places to which the dust and street sweepings might be brought , in order that they might immediately be carted awajr again , and he told them that they should only carry on their business if it could be done without nuisance , as he considered it hard that they should he deprived of getting their living altogether . During- last summer this was pretty well attended to , but since , on going to Gore ' s wharf , he was much annoyed to see that there was still an immense

      accumulation of dust and ashes , which in itself was a nuisance , although not so great a one as before . Tame ' s wharf was also in a very bad state , and , although Staplcton ' s w as better in outward appearance , he was almost sickened with the smell . At Westminster , at the last sessions , there he informed them that all must be removed by this time , and found that this had been done by the other defendants , but he was informed by a police officer that the Covent-garden refuse was still brought to

      Stapleton ' s wharf ; and he went there , and Stapleton assured him that it was not the case ; only occasionally a cart came at night , and went away in the morning . He thought from the stench that this was not the case , but he had not got 300 yards from the place when he met three carts coming there full of this stuff . The carts had Stapleton ' s name on them , and , on questioning the man in charge , he found the supply was going on . He then fined him £ 300 , and ordered him to enter into his own recognizance for , £ 500 , and find two sureties in £ 50 each .

      Mr . Clarkson assured the learned judge that the parish of Paddington at the time these poor meen took their dust-wharves did not possess that degree of refinement which they now showed . Formerly an " ordinary stink" was not only tolerated hut was even not " unexceptable ; " but now they were so fastidious that he presumed they would soon water the streets with Eau de Cologne . The Assistant Judge said the fine of £ 800 must be paid before anything could be done ; aud , as Stapleton declared he had not the means of complying with this sentence , he was taken into custody ; but in the course of the day he paid the money , entered into the required recognizances , and was liberated .

      Criminal Assault by a Madman . —Mo King , was indicted for having committed an assault on a young woman , with intent , & c-Mr . Giffard appeared for the prosecution .

      Middlesex Sessions. Robbery By A Cabman....

      The prisoner , a thin , meagre-looking Hindoo , repulsive in appearance , was described as 30 years of age , and when placed in the dock the deepest possible wretchedness and misery appeared depicted in his features , and the general opinion in the court was that lie was a madman . When the charge % vas in-, terpretcd to him in bis native language by Seaman , 150 II division , an intelligent [>/ : ; • ' -. ! k > turned his eyes upward and said in broken Eir-lisii , - me poor man ; no hurt no ladies . " He pleaded guilty a the charge . Lockyor , th officer , stated that the prisoner had been twice before convhv i of offences of this description , but he had been desired bv th- rovernor of the house of correction to say that the

      general impression m the prison was that the prisoner was of unsound mind . He would crouch down in a corner of his cell for days togef ;• .: !* , refusing his food , when suddenly he would break into such paroxysms of madness that nothing but downright strength could subdue . Mr . Witham said the best thing would be to sentence the the prisoner to a long imprisonment . He had already had one sentence of a twelvemonth ; and if it was found that he really was out of his mind , the visiting justices would make an order for his removal to one of the lunatic asylums . He then sentenced him to be imprisoned for eighteen calender months .

      Stealing- Oats .- - William Goates and George Smith were indicted for stealing twentry-thrce sacks of oats , the property of Charles Cochrane , from a store-houe under the Klackwall railway . They were found Guilty , and Coates , having been before convicted , was sentenced L o be transported for seven years . Sentence on the other pri . » o ,.: r was respited .

      Westminster. A Brutal Fellow.—John Neiom...

      WESTMINSTER . A Brutal Fellow . —John Neioman , a powerful looking fellow , was charged with the following brutal assault . On Saturday night lie returned to his lodgings , 22 , Yeoman ' s lane , Brampton , accompanied by a common prostitute , with whom he locked himself in his room . His wife came in shortly afterwards , and being informed of the circumstance , naturally became much excited , and , accompanied by the landlady of the house , knocked at the door of the apartment . In two or three minutes it was opened , when the fellow rushed out , and

      having felled his unfortunate wife to the earth by a desperate blow , and attacked the landlady in the same brutal manner . The assaults were both committed in the presence of a police * man , who prevented any further violence by taking the prisoner into custody . Defendant , in answer to the charge , replied that he merely asked the prostitute in to take a little rum with him , when his wife and the landlady came to the door and made a great bother about it . Defendant was committed for two months in default of paying . £ 5 . Daring Robbery . — Susan Anderson , a woman of the town ,

      was brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with the following daring robbery : — Mr . Edward Francis , a clerk in the London and Westminster Bank , stated that he was proceeding along the King ' s-road , on the way to his house in Oakley-street , Chelsea , on the previous night , when the prisoner accosted him and importuned him to accompany her home . He refused , and requested her to go about her business , but she clung to him , and while he was endeavouring to disengage himself he discovered that his watch had been cut from his guard and was gone . Prisoner immediately after this left him , and a man came up at the instant , and laying hold of him gave the prisoner an opportunity of escape . The prosecutor , however , succeeded in

      shaking him off , and overtook the accused , whom he seized by the shawl , but unpinning it , she left it in his hand , and again darted off . He renewed his pursuit , when the fellow before alluded to seized him , and threw him heavily upon his back . As soon as he regained his legs he went in the direction the prisoner had taken , and met a police-constable , to whom lie narrated the circumstances above detailed , and had scarcely done so , when , on turning down a by-street , the prisoner was observed standing as composedly as if nothing had happened . A policeman proved that on suddenly rushing on the prisoner and seizing her hands , he found in one of them the prosecutor ' s watch , which she immediately dropped . She was committed for trial .

      THAMES . Attempted Violation . —Mr . John Brewster , a middle-aged gentleman , who resides at 3 , Teignmouth-terraee , Philpot-street , Commercial-road , East , and who was said to hold a lucrative situation on Downc ' s-wharf , Lower East Smithfield , was charged before Mr . Yardley with having attempted to violate his servant girl , Amelia Norman , aged 18 . It appeared from the evidence of the complainant , a good looking , modest girl , that she was in Mr . Brewster ' s service , and that on the night of the 25 th of \ July she gave up her own bed to accommodate

      some of her master ' s friends , who were on a visit to him and his wife and family , and made up a bed for herself in the parlour . On the morning of the 27 th , at 5 o clock , her master opened the folding doors of the parlour , and told her it was time for her to get up . He then came into the parlour , where she was in bed , and , to her great surprise , got on the bed and began to take improper liberties with her . She begged of him to desist , and leave the place instantly , which he refused to do , and behaved very scandalously . She , " however , resisted his

      efforts and offers of half-a-sovereign , and eventually he left the room . She left the place as soon as possible afterwards and told her aunt , and had been very ill ever since from the alarm it caused her . Mr . Yardley said , the girl not having observed at the time the state of the defendant ' s dress , there was not sufficient evidence to send the case before a jury ; he would , therefore , fine the defendant in the full penalty of £ 5 for the assault on her , or two months' imprisonment . The fine was instantly paid .

      ' SOUTHWARD The Misfortune of being Tall . — Henry Bryant , Susan Harris , and Sarah Williams , notorious thieves , were charged with stealing a purse containing a half-soverei gn , a half-crown , and a gold ring , from the person of Mary Ann Richards . Prosecutrix said she was the wife of a tradesman , residing at No . 15 , Pleasant row , Kensington , and , about an hour previous , she was passing along Newington Causeway , when the prisoners surrounded her , and collected a mob . Harris said to her : " They say they have got a horse down a well here ; you are tall ; look and see . " Witness perceiving a hole near a scaffolding , went to look , and while doing so they nearly pushed her down the hole , and with such force that she Tell down . On

      recovering herself she put her hand to her pocket . She missed her purse , and , on looking round , she perceived the prisoner Bryant going away with it in his hand . She distinctly saw the end of the purse hanging from his hand . She instantly called out " Police , " and followed him . He ran away , and she lost sight of him . Soon afterwards she went to the police station and saw him in custody . She also missed a gold ring which she had just received from a jeweller in Newington Causeway . The prisoners were committed for trial .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21081852/page/5/