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Liverpool Mercury
4 December 1888
LIVERPOOL CITY SESSIONS
A General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the city of Liverpool was opened yesterday at St George's Hall, the Recorder (Mr C H Horwood), Q.C.) presiding in the first court, and the Assistant Recorder (Mr Leofric Temple, Q.C.) in the second court. In the calendar are the names of 85 prisoners, whose educational attainments were thus defined:-
Neither read nor write, 21; read and write imperfectly, 51; read, 10; read and write well, 3. The following gentlemen were sworn on the
GRAND JURY
Mr William Adamson, broker, Chapel Street, foreman
Mr Joseph Atkinson, produce broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr Arthur Wilson Bibby, merchant, Exchange Street East
Mr William Colbart, iron merchant, Queen Street
Mr John Robert Callender, the younger, merchant, Tithebarn Street
Mr Frederick Easton, broker, Oldhall Street
Mr Andrew Forrester, engineer, Wapping
Mr James Henry Howell, broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr William Henry Kirkby, insurance broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr Hugh Mennard Melly, wool broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr James Maybrick, merchant, Silkhouse Lane
Mr Henry Morton, cotton broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr Louis Philip Montefiore, cotton broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr Frank Giddings Nicholls, general broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr John Richard Pattinson, broker, Tithebarn Street
John Richard Peace, general broker, Ormond Street
James Smith, wine and spirit merchant, Tithebarn Street
Augustus Towill, broker, Oldhall Street
John Benjamin Treasure, glass manfacturer, Vauxhall Road
The recorder, in addressing the grand jury, remarked that some people argued that the duties of grand juries were not so useful as to necessitate the maintenance of such an old institution. He did not agree with such a contention, and thought the numerous advantages given to gentlemen of their station to view the state of crime in a great city like Liverpool, and to have their minds awakened to any mode by which that might be obviated and improved, was of itself an essential service to the public. Grand juries knew very well it was their duty to see that no one was put upon his trial unless there was a prima facie case made out. For these reasons he thought it was right to keep up such an institution, which was as old as any in this country. The duties of the grand jury on the present would not be light, but that was due to the fact that the sessions had been delayed as long as possible so as to be held just prior to the assizes. This had been done so that these cases might be tried at the sessions, and not take up the valuable time of Her Majesty's judges. There was no necessity for him to address them on that occasion, and he would discharge them from their duties.
There is a photo of Silkhouse Lane, Liverpool, the address given for Maybrick, at:
and a "then and now" set of the street at
4 December 1888
LIVERPOOL CITY SESSIONS
A General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the city of Liverpool was opened yesterday at St George's Hall, the Recorder (Mr C H Horwood), Q.C.) presiding in the first court, and the Assistant Recorder (Mr Leofric Temple, Q.C.) in the second court. In the calendar are the names of 85 prisoners, whose educational attainments were thus defined:-
Neither read nor write, 21; read and write imperfectly, 51; read, 10; read and write well, 3. The following gentlemen were sworn on the
GRAND JURY
Mr William Adamson, broker, Chapel Street, foreman
Mr Joseph Atkinson, produce broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr Arthur Wilson Bibby, merchant, Exchange Street East
Mr William Colbart, iron merchant, Queen Street
Mr John Robert Callender, the younger, merchant, Tithebarn Street
Mr Frederick Easton, broker, Oldhall Street
Mr Andrew Forrester, engineer, Wapping
Mr James Henry Howell, broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr William Henry Kirkby, insurance broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr Hugh Mennard Melly, wool broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr James Maybrick, merchant, Silkhouse Lane
Mr Henry Morton, cotton broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr Louis Philip Montefiore, cotton broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr Frank Giddings Nicholls, general broker, Tithebarn Street
Mr John Richard Pattinson, broker, Tithebarn Street
John Richard Peace, general broker, Ormond Street
James Smith, wine and spirit merchant, Tithebarn Street
Augustus Towill, broker, Oldhall Street
John Benjamin Treasure, glass manfacturer, Vauxhall Road
The recorder, in addressing the grand jury, remarked that some people argued that the duties of grand juries were not so useful as to necessitate the maintenance of such an old institution. He did not agree with such a contention, and thought the numerous advantages given to gentlemen of their station to view the state of crime in a great city like Liverpool, and to have their minds awakened to any mode by which that might be obviated and improved, was of itself an essential service to the public. Grand juries knew very well it was their duty to see that no one was put upon his trial unless there was a prima facie case made out. For these reasons he thought it was right to keep up such an institution, which was as old as any in this country. The duties of the grand jury on the present would not be light, but that was due to the fact that the sessions had been delayed as long as possible so as to be held just prior to the assizes. This had been done so that these cases might be tried at the sessions, and not take up the valuable time of Her Majesty's judges. There was no necessity for him to address them on that occasion, and he would discharge them from their duties.
There is a photo of Silkhouse Lane, Liverpool, the address given for Maybrick, at:
and a "then and now" set of the street at
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