The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-04 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
William Bucknell, 47, contractor, who was tried and
acquitted on Monday. upon an indictment framed under the
Bankruptcy Act, which charged him with not surrendering
at the Bankruptcy Court upon the day fixed for his final
examination, after he had been duly adjudicated a bank-
rupt, and who w•s afterwards put upon his trial upon •
second indictment, which alleged that he had unlawfully
neglected to give up certain books, papers, and property to
his assignees, with the intention to defraud his creditors,
was again placed at the bar.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned • verdict of
Not Guilty. _ _

The defendant was then tried upon a third indictment,
which charged him with obtaining debentures on the rail-
way that had been alluded to in the coons of the inquiry,
to the extent of 9,0001., by false preteoce•
The Recorder, when the ease for the prosecution bad con-
cluded, observed that it appeared to him in the first place •
very extraordinary thing that the assignees had taken the
course of conducting a prosecution against the defendant for
defrauding • railway company, and it rather led to the con-
clusion that they were the real prosecutors on this occasion.
As to the specific charge before the court, he was of opinion
that there was not a tittle of evidence to support it.
The jury, consequently, again returned a verdict of Noe
There were several other indictments against the defen-
dant, but no evidence was offered in support of any of
them, and the defendant was ordered to be discharged.
THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
Robert Buxton surrendered to take his trial on an indict-
ment charging him with havingeent dimeeedmeat to market
unfit for human food.

This was one of the prosecutions instituted by the Board
of Sewers for the City of London, and it appeared from the
evidence adduced that the defendant, whohad been formerly
in the Norfolk Polies, and afterwards one of the warders of
the prison at Wisbeach, has since, for about two years, car-
ried on the business of ► botcher, horse-dealer, and cattle-
jobber, in that neighbourhood. On the 30th January a oow
which was diseased and had died, was sold to• man in that
locality, who carried on the business of a cat's-meat man,
tub be sold the carcass to the defendant for 2/., telling him
at the time that the caresse was only fit to be boiled far
wt's-meat. According to agreement the defendant was to
return to the witness the hide of the animal, which was
worth about fifteen shillings. The four quarters of the
beast were then sent up by the defendant to Leadeohall-
market to two different tradesmen. On its arrival they had
some doubts about its character, and called to it the atten-
tion of Mr. Wilds, the inspector of the market, who found
the meat to be in a meet horrible condition, and that por-
tions of the ribs had been rubbed with hot fat is order to
make the meat look better.

Mr. Ribton raised a number of legal objections to the
form of the indictment, which were overruled by the court.
Mr. Commiedocer Kerr summed up the evidence to the
jury who immediately returned • verdict of Guitea, and
dm defendant was senteneedto be imprisooed for Az mouths
and also to pay a line to the Queen of 251., sod in default
to be further imprisoned until such fine be paid.

During the day, in the New Court, the grand jr re-
turned a true bill agaioat Joseph Brook., and Isaac :cokes
for the wilful murder of the policeman Davey at Acton.