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SHOP ROBBERIES AT MANCHESTER

... MMiROB013 BERIUES AT MANC1' EXETh., A robbery of the most daring and unexampled descrip- tion was committed onl Monday, in the middle of the day, at the shop of Ml'. Howard, jeweller, in Market-street, the I pri:cipal and most busy thoroughfore in Manchester. At 1 o'cluek in tile afternuoo, M,-. Ion--t ol I hio OnSiStalits vwict acay fromn the shop to dline, and the only person left ill ...

PRESTON POLICE CASES

... I (Bcefsse the Mayor, ?? Monk, R. Lawe, and J. Bairstoo, Esqrs.) i ALLEOGED FELO. ?? Irlshwoman, named Jane Walsh, was arraigned on the charge of stealing a pair of trousers, the pro. perty of Ann Collins, with whom she lodged. The evidence against her, however, was so weak that she was discharged. A MILITXAxAN ax TtounL .-Samuel Heaton, a warlike spirit, billetted at Mr. Waddington's, New ...

BLACKBURN COUNTY COURT

... B&ACKBURN COUNTY COURT. The weekly sitting of this court was held on Tnesday |S last; John Addison, Esq., judge. Fifty-one cases were T entered for trial. The advocates present were Messrs. pi Clough and Backhouse. PI TuRNEs V. BEVERLEY.-The plaintiff Is a tailor and in draper in King-street, and the defendant an attorney at la Enfield. The action was to recover the sum of £13 13s. w 14d. for ...

COUNTY COURT.—MONDAY LAST

... I COUiNTY COURT.-MONDAY -LAST. I (Before.J. Addison, eq. I Judge.) This court was held on Monday last. Forty.-lve owes were entered for adjudication. R. Taoupsoit v. T. FzELDmnG.-The plaintif is a builder, In Eanam; the defendant is a sawyer. The action was to recover £5 4s., for goods sold and money lent. Defendant add that part of the goods were paid for, but, on reference to the plailtifis ...

CLITHEROE ELECTION PETITION

... I\ CLITHEROF ELECTION PETITION. | YESTERDAY.-B Y EXPRESS. ref (From our own Reporter.) kel The committe& ee-ssmbled this morning at eleven fro o'clock. net Alice Hothersall, examined by lfr. JAkt§, said: At (LE the election in July, 1852, I was bar-maid in the Swan o'c Hotel, at Clitheroe. No. 1 room on the first landing wad gis engaged for Mr. Aspinall. Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Francis gol Bayley ...

SHOCKING TRAGEDY ON BOARD THE GUY MANNERING, AT LIVERPOOL

... SHOCKING TRAGEDY ON BOARD THE GUY MANAVERING, A.T IVERPOOL. MURDER, & ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. V (From our own Reporter.) I LIVLRPOOL, FRIDAY, JAN. 14. t A melancholy affair took place on board the packe,- ship Guy Mannering, at Liverpool, on Wednesday night. A man named Christie stabbed and killed a Spaniard, named Manuel De Costa, and afterwards attempted to t commit suicide, by jumping ...

DREADFUL MURDER AND BURGLARY IN BEDFORDSHIRE

... DREADFUL MURDER AND BURGLARY IN I ?? - BEDFORDSHIRE. I LEIoUTON BUZZARD, SATURDAY EVkN1NG._The in- habitants of this town are greatly agitated by two crimes of unusal magnitude which have happened inclosesucces- sion-the first the brutal murder of an old woman, and the second the plunder of property from a jeweller's shop to the extent of about £1,000. The murder was perpe- trated yesterday ...

SHERIFF'S COURT.—MONDAY

... I SHIERIFF'S COURT.-MONDAY. I (Before IF. A. 17ulton, Esq., Assessor.) RAW5TORNE'S TRUSTEES V. THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAIL- WAY COMPANY. This was an action in which the court was called upon to assess the compensation for damages inflicted upon some land through which the company's line passed, be- longing to the late Col. Rawstorne, by certain proceedings of the defendants, in 1847. The sum ...

COUNTY COURT—TUESDAY LAST

... :I , - COUNTY COURT-TUESD,,r LAST. The fortnightly meeting of this court was held on Tuesday last, before W. A. tIulton, Esq., judge. There were fifty-two plaints entered for trial, and ten notices of commitment. TAIING AN OniDER PROM TrE MANAGER OF A MILL.-' EL LION v. RAqsOss.-The plaintiff is a master whitesmith and mechanic, residing in Wigan, and sought to recover from the defendant, who ...

BLACKBURN COUNTY COURT

... zI j (f. Addison. Esq. judge.) IIPORTANT RAILWAY CASE. S. H. NVRATII V. leiE LANCASHllRE AND YoRKsHIRE itAILWASY CO.UL'ANY. In this case, the particulars of which were given in our last, His Honour on Tuesday delivered the followingjudgment :-The plaintiff, a surgeon, was sent for at arl early hour in the morning to attend a person who had beers just run over by one of the de. fendants' ...

LIVERPOOL SPRING ASSIZES

... LIVERPOOL SPRING ASSIZE.S M1r. Justice Creswell and ilt'. Baron Martin arrived at Liverpool oln Tuesday afternoon, fromn York. Their lord- ships were inet at the Lancashire tand Yorkshire Railway station by the Mayor, the Town Clerk, arid Mr. Deacon, of Preston, the uniler sheriff, awl conveyed to St. Georg'es Hall, where the Coimmnission was opened. Their lordships after the openinrg of the ...

PRESTON POLICE CASES

... JoIre ?? Uayor, and R. Pedder and; W. Ainsvorth, Esqsa) ILl SING YOU A SoNG.- Francis Englishby, a Pauper, was charged with creating a disturbance on the resionus evening. Prisoner was drunk, and engaged in a brawl with two women, in Church-street.-Bench: Will You leave the town ?-Francis: In half an hotsr.-Bench: 'ell, do so and don't let the constables seeyou after that le5-Francis: Thank ...