Lancaster
Sentences Saturday August 22
The business of the Crown Court finished about two o’clock this afternoon, when Baron WOOD passed sentences on the prisoners capitally convicted; all the other prisoners, except Henry HACKING, for bigamy who was sentenced to six months imprisonment, having received the judgement of the Court at the conclusion of their respective trials. His Lordship did not positively exclude from the hope of mercy any of the prisoners- the following is a summary of the proceedings in the Crown Court:-
Capitally convicted and received sentence of death.
Charles MAWDSLEY for rape; Wm FITZPATRICK and Daniel FITZPATRICK, for highway robbery; Richard WRIGHT, Thos. BRADLEY, Barney McCLOUGHLIN, John HENSHAW, Wm CEARNES, Robert REDMAN, Jonathan CRABTREE, Thos. GLEAVES, and Thos. BROOKES for burglary; James SPROUT and Thomas DAWSON for horse-stealing, Joseph WILKINSON for sheep-stealing; Wm RATCHFORD, Christopher THOMPSON, John BURROWS and William STANLEY, for stealing in the dwelling house to the value of 40s.
Transported 14 years – Henry GREENWOOD and John HAWORTH, for croft-breaking; Jaes McANULTY, James WADDLE and Letitia WADDLE for having forged Bank of England notes in their possession
Transported 7 years – Pter JONES, William ROBINSON and Wm. PALFREY-SMITH for simple larceny
Imprisoned 8 months Richard PENRYN, for manslaughter
Imprisoned 6 months Mary YATES and Mary BODIN for concealing the births of tgheir illegitimate children; and Henry HACKING for bigamy
Imprisoned 2 months- Thomas SHAW, for manslaughter
Imprisoned 1 month Robert JOHNSON, for manslaughter
Prisoners Acquitted on trial – Cuthbert WRIGHT, Chas. ROWLANDS, Michael POYNTON, Joseph WILKINSON, Patrick MURPHY, Stephen HARGREAVES, Joseph WRIGHT, Joseph DOYLE, Thomas ADAMSON, William HEAP, and James BUTLER
No Bills against John
Caryl Williams www.old-liverpool.co.uk Old