The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-08 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Wars the Resorder.)
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Storm 34, wee elsupd with unlawfully
peeler Powell.
tha mthat
'l=o prosecuted ; Mr. Bibb was comma for the
.
It appeared that on Boring-day the prisoner end two
other 1111111 in • public-home in OIL AwdzsVa-rud,
Now end they were somewhat the were, far
liquor, and evade use of Tay bad buipme. The promoter,
who was • friend of the landlord, who was not at the time
et hem, trimmed, and told the primer and hie cow
prier they bed better be "merry and Mee; and re-
ward them to be plat. This led to ea alteration, sad
eventually • sing& took place, dories width the prose-
mter sustained a good deal of pausal Masao% and the
=tabbed him in the face with • peeks* ladle, twat
y without inflicting any mime lajery mom him.
11w, llama addressed the jury for the polymer, end the
Mom he endeavoured to make out apposed M he that
the pinthgehew was sot the person by whom the Wary was
lime witnesses were called, who gave the primate a seed
Obillldert and it also appeared that he had • wile the
children derma/at epos him for support
The jury returned • verdict of Gai4.
The prosecutor very kindly recommended the primmer to
the merciful consideration of the court, on account of his
wife and family.
The 80/order sentenced him to nine months' imprison-
ment and hard labour, at the same time observing that the
prossoutor appeared to have acted very properly throughout
the affair. sad that the prisoner ought to be very much
oblipd to him for recommending him to mercy.
Timothy &Wow, 18, tinmen was indicted for feloniously
seg , be to the shop of Charles Davis, with intent to in-
**
There wee also another indictment against the prisoner
for stealing a quantity of pictures from the seine prosecutor,
to which he pleaded guilty.
The Formeator lived in Broadntreet, Ratcliffe-highway,
and the primmer had beeo hie amres for four yam%
sometimes sleeping upon the pr Upon !the 14th of
December the prosecutor left, red Irked up the
place, leaving no me in charge, but the hap to the
prisoner, end upon the annum el ibe i h Demotes •
who wee upon duty um thfweritteh
=sal Isere is the shop and sparks
Leto the halemeet. He at once gave the shift tit
limsegiase hewrieg arrived, the door wee cut epee.~ end the
premier was Mud to be on fire in two MIMI press
one In the shop and the other in the lizr user mar Me
lIION neither having the siislibre resentea wMh tie
other, bat, on the esatoary,
_err eiihrily berm ber set
es firs at the 11•11111 time. BMWa of slimjno slow
were found is fad plasm The hierm fierairarly m►
seeded in eriegMhise the tire beim ttemerise were
complrsly &Warr, bat sot beim Amage-te Ile ankat
et liol. was dom. The preember laving boa ride ac-
quired with the cicantaramere, intrusted the pimMis-
veetteaM the matter, and it was found thet imp molity
_ paintinp bed beet stalsedfrora the parder.
The primer was then questioned Meat the matter, end
the story he told was duo He mid that soma ma led
eons to him end told him that he wasted the bp of the
ttand pm him half-a-sovereign ,• that he then gave
e keys, end that he knew nettiag about the fire.
Upoa further inreliestre, bower'', it appeared that sub-
sequently to the the ther=ttlelmmed, sad, and left
with • friend of Ws the to the promoter.
The primmer, who was wedef%7cl77eclthed to se the
witnesses aei wartime, wad the jury found him Guilty.
The Recorder sentenced him to four years' peel servi-
tude.

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In the as.. of Hearn Wells Young, • solicitor, who stands
indicted for tittering • forged power of attorney for the
truster of 2,4001. New Three per Omit. Anuttitiee, stead-
ill in the saxes of Maria Gobspn, with intent to debug
the Covereor and Company of the Bank of England, Mr.
'stool& applied on behalf of the prisoner that the trial
might he pailponed until seat sessioe, on the ground that
u notice had been gives by the prosecutors that they in-
tended to produce widen» in addition to that already
tbeu lizefore the registrars, the prisoner's advisers required
time to resider the mew matter.
Mr. Gifford, es the put of the preeserkr rid that the
fresh riders spokes el by hi Surd hind vim sorely
eta technical character, but raw the lllMMlllilimeee of the
OWN if en affidavit wore Mod Is the real armour he would
not oppoes the tpowaseM applied Om
The Reoorderpora said it Irma new that an albilvit abould
be died by the prisoner's oeumeal, mud lids having been door
after some *cessation (the orator wee aura to stead

over until tie next emeiiieh
George Nary Derameoi radio looking lad, Mabel as
• taker, aged 10, was Indicted for feloniously wounding
indiessa, with intent to do him some grievous bodily
berm.
Mr. Liner aid Mr. F. H. Lewis Weeded.
It a from the evidence, which wee briedy gone
into, t the prisoner Nod the propeontor were both in the
mince of Mr. Dodm, a baker, living in the Kennington-
raid, Kennington-park, and upon the 11th of December some
quarrel took place between the prosecutor, • man about
40 years of age apparently, and the prisoner, which ended in
the prosecutor striking the prisoner, who threatened to be
revenged. The squabbling continued, and promoter
threatened to use a wooden implement called • potato
smasher, but it did not appear that he struck the prisoner
any more. 7 The prisoner went to bed, and upon the fol-
lowing day, whilst the prosecutor was at work in the bakery,
he felt • sadden blow on the upper part of his thigh, and at
the same time heard the report et a pistol, and turd'.
round saw the prisoner standing with • pistol in his hand,
which be had just fired; the prisoner saying, " You hit
me yesterday, and I have shot you." The prosecutor found
that he was very much wounded, that there were upwards
of GO small shot in his flesh, and be was now so lame that
while giving his evidence in court be was obliged to le
seated. Upon inquiry, it turned out that the prisoner had
purchased the pistol with which be committed the act at a
shop in the neighbourhood, and that for the purpose
of doing so he had pledged some article of jewellery ; be
, pre 6e. for 9ie pistol, and at the same lame bought same
shot, but it appeared that in doing so he edited
his intention not to commit lowlier, but merely
to do some bodily injury, inasmuch se the Mil
ed whom he purchased the pistol in his evidence
stated that the prisoner insisted upon having small
bird-shot, although he (the shopkeeper) premed hint to have
• bullet. of course not knowing the peismer's object. The
prisoner when taken into custody stated that be had no in-
tention seriously to injure the prosecutor.
Mr. F. H. Lewis addreseed the jury, and contended that
although he mid not resist a verdict for unlawful wooed-
ing, yet there was no evidence of any felonious intend is
injure on the part of the prisoner, who, be was happy to
state, deeply regretted having injured his fellow-workman.
The jury returned • verdict of unlawful wounding, and
he was sentemed to imprisooment for twelve months with
hard labour.