The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-23 00:00:00

unless he paned a very heavy matinee upon him. He We
paned spas him a matinee d ten plane penal servitude.
Thomas Concrete, SS, salesmen, pleaded guilty to
333 bonnets and 176 hate, value 401., the property cif=
Blundell wed amalbsr, his masters.
Mr. Drage promented, and Mr. Daly defended.
Mr. (Midge said that the prisoner was in the service of
the prosseukors, and while employed by them he had taken
advantage ef the aonfideocie reposed in him to rob there to
a very lane extent. Upon Brit finding that it was the pri-
soner who robbed them they had reduced bis wary 301. •
year.
The primmer bogged the court to deal mercifully with him
this time, as he bad got into gay compauy, and been led into
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The Common Serjeant said he had very onions donbta
upon his mind as to whether he ought not to pus upon him
• sentence of penal seminude, but as the law now stood he
weld not pass upon him a soutanes of penal servitude for •
short time. He should, therefore, now sentenos him to 18
months' imprisonment, with hard labour, hoping that as he
was but • you n=l: might still have an opportunity of
reckintirej his

Edward Biber, 22, • German, described as a watch-
maker, was indicted for uttering counterfeit sovereigns,
well knowing the manse to be counterfeit.

Mr. Orauturd, Mr. Oolaridge, and Mr. Giffard prosecuted.
It will be recollected that at the semnil examinations be-
fore the magistrate the prisoner was defended by Mr.
Beard, instructed by the German Legal Protection Society,
but far some reason or other that society has turned its
back apex him, and be wee yesterday undefended. The
evidence wan Interpreted to him by Mr. Albert, the inter-
prefer.

It appeared, front the opening statement of counsel, that
the pnsoner had gone into several public-houses, and in a
great many instances had succeeded inpeering sovereigns
in payment for some trifling article which he purchased. In
11101•011L1 instances the sovereigns which he offered were
refund in consequence of the faulty character of the ring
when sounded. The appearance of the coin was moat per-
fect, and it answered to the test of weighing, being pre-
deely the weight of • good sovereign. It was subsequently
discovered by some of those who bad taken these sovereigns
that they were counterfeit, their value being about 17s.
Idormalion having been given to the police that such coin
was in circulation, adios were pouted respecting the
fraud, the refit of which was that Mr. Cook, of the Salisbury
Arms, Oarnamilirstrest, City, GPM the Prisoner at-
tempting to one of the mina in question upon him,
at once painhe police, and gave him into custody. The
prisoner upon being taken into custody wee exceedingly
violent, and when at the station refueed.to give either his
name or address. When searched, some good money in
gold end silver won found upon him. When sired where
be got the sovereigns from, he replied from a pawnbroker
with whom he had pledged his watch for 24 Mr. Miller,
from the weighing department of the Bank of England,
was celled, and proved that the sovereigns were counterfeit,
and had been struck by • die. They ware very perfect, and
would not be detected by an ordinary observer, being
only slightly imperfect in the letters. In every other re-
spect they bad a genuine appearance; and their intrinsic value
was, as has been said before, about Us., these being an alloy
of *tins to the amount of the other is.
faredhe. jury found the prisoner guilty, and sentence was de-

Alfred MuniSa. 31, jeweller, pleaded guilty to three in-
dictments, charging him in the first instance with uttering
a forged order for the payment of money with intent to
defraud ; the second, for feloniously uttering a bill of ex-
change, with intent to defraud ; sad the third indictment
charged him with obtaining certain goods within three
mouths of his adjudication es a bankrupt.
Mr. M. Williams prosecuted, sod Mr. Batley defended.
Sentence postponed till next sessions.
Thomas SmilAers, 17, who war last math= convictedjor
an attempt to murder a little girl, wail brought up.
In puling sentence, the Common Sergeant said he had
not the slightest doubt that the prisoner had fully intended
to murder the child. He had taken her away from London,
and had, in the vicinity of Lea-bridge, thrown her into •
ditch eight feet broad and a foot sad a half deep ; but, pro-
videntially, she had been aide to scramble out. The sen-
tence of the court was that the prisoner be kept in penal
servitude for five years.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. Payne.)

WiAiamSimmondt Thomas Sleatrage , GoocAe,
Henry Tayl”r, nod Pekr Out6ill were placed at the bar,
indicted for stealing, killing, and receiving a pig, value
21..25., the property of Mr. John B. Bateman.

Mr:J. E."-Palmer prosecuted; Mr. Grantham defended
all the prisoners, who pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Palmer opened the cue at some length.
It seemed from the voluminous evidence given, that the
prosecutor lived at Church.yard-botiom wood, adjacent to
ilite wood, and on the 12th nit. Ind a fine, fat pig M •
sty, which was duly fed with fattening meal and acorns by
• man named James Holloway on the night of the 24th of
October, but on the following morning on the same person
going to the sty to give the pig his customary meal, it was
found to be miring. A close examination of the sty showed
that there were marts of blood, and these marks were
tracked for some distanos towards Highgate wood. In this
place a but was found, which appeared to have been used
by a great number of men who were engaged as charcoal.
burners, in which they cooked their food. and near
to the place was also discovered a cave which these
men appeared to have used. A polies sergeant went to the
but, and there found the prisoners, and on their clothes
pig's hair was adhering, and they were stained with blood.
A tilted cart was standing near, and in it was discovered a
pair of trousers, which were a/so stained with blood, and
the prisoner Simmons said they belonged to him, this cart
having been used by the prisoners to sleep in. About 30
yards from this place were found two tubs, and one of them
was found to contain a pig's tail, which was produced, but
the witness who was called declined to commit himself by
swearing that it was the identical tail of the pig that bad
been stolen. When hair was observed on Taylor's clothes,
he said it was dog's hair, and Simmons accounted for the
hair on his clothes by ruing that be had slaughtered a
bone • few days bettors. In the hot in which the prisoners
slept was found a knife covered with blood, and with which
it was supposed the pig had been killed, and a large stick
also covered with blood, which had been used to stun the
pig with, so as to prevent noise, and to enable them to re-
move it from the sty. A quantity of pig's hair was toned
buried in the hut, and • little distance off, In digging up
the ground, the entrails of • pig were discovers&
Mr. Grantham addressed the jury for the prisoners, and
contended that there was no proof whatever that these men
had killeda pig, and accounted for the hair on their clothes
from the slaughtering of • horse • few days before by Sim-
mons, and he believed that no one would attempt to affirm
that the few hairs produced were not bones' hair but the
hair of a pig. No part ot the pig had been found but • tail,
and it was shard to suppose that any one could be found
reckless enough to swear to a tail as being the tail of the
pig that was stolen, either as to the length or the colour of
it (Laughter.) He went over the evidenoe,and said es it was
too uncertain for the inn to act upon, be Doped they would
say the charge was not proved, as it was the bounden duty of
the prosestion to make out their case. .

ifF.Payiee&niined up the and the jury, after
half au hour's eoesultatioa, Acquitted all the prieoaers.

THE POLICE COUR2S.

MANSION-HOUSE.

William Peak describing himselfsea milliDer's traveller,
wee brought up before the Lord Mayor, charged with steal-
ing from behind a cart in sc. Martin's-le-Grand • basket
containing • quantity of linen wearing iappareL
The cart of Mr. Salmon, a carrier, in Hill-street, Peck-
ham, was standing in St. Martin's-le-Grand on the previous
evening. Mr. Samos was in the front, having only a
moment before placed a baakst containing a large quantity
of linen in the heck of the cart, which he tied with • rope
twice round. He suddenly felt the front of the cart go
down, as if something weighty bad bean removed
from behind. He looked round and saw the pri-
soner running away from the cart with • basket on
his shoulder. He followed him, and saw him napped
by • police constable. The prisoner then said the
bukst was given to him by • man to carry. The basket
contained, besides the linen, • parcel containing nearly 21.
in money. The ropes by which it win tied had neon cut.
The Lord Mayor maid if the prolocutor had bad • chain
instead of a rope the robbery might have been prevented.
He supposed the linen was worth thout 10/.

Theriroescutor mid be lost • basket a short time back
for which be bad to pay 401., and upon that occasion •
chain was used isstend of • rope.
Partridge, the gaoler, said he had no doubt the prisoner
was known. and
The Lord Mayor committed him for trial.
CLERK EN WELL.

Thomas Halsseell:;Fthe aim beer-shop, Miseriesfield-
street North, City-road, was charged with uolawftaly as-
saulting and besting Thomas Brows.
Mr. Ricketts, for the complainant, stated that although
the assault was committed so far back as the 12th instant,
his cheat was still in a very bad state. He then handed in
the following medical certificate :
"I hereby certify that Thomas Brown is under my osre,
suffering from erysipelas of the head and face, resulting
from a contused wound of the scalp.
(Signed, "J. T. Poem, M.D."
Mr. Beard, solicitor for the defence, said his could not
object to UZI adjournment, but his client was mace sinned
against than sinning.
Mr. Barker adjourned the case.
William Smith, no home or trade, and William &niter,
good, were charged with refusing to work in the labour-yard
of the Islington workhouse.
Charles Brown, constable to the trustees of St. Mary,
Mineola, said—List evening the two prisoners were sup-
plied with a lodging and breakfast, and being required to
perform a task under the Honseleas Poor Act, they refused,
Mr. Bramwell said that morning he receivrd the pri-
soners and 12 others from the trustees of St. Mary Isling-
ton. He gave them the hammers to break stones, and the
=were the only two who refused to take them.
a fl
ns of refusal to work were eery frequent of late.
One of the primmer, said that they were not allowed
enough to eat. They could not work as men upon it.
Mr. Barker—l shall send you both to prison for 21 di'
with bard labour.