The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-04 00:00:00

V' ENING, DECFMBER 4, ifi63.

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BAIL COURT.—Dze. 3.

Attar Term Nisi Prins Sitturp at Westmtastar.—(Befor•
Mr. Justine Blackburn sad a Common Jury.)
HICKS r. DUMN.—OARIBALDI °Men&

Tide was an action to reams 1991. 19s.
Mr. Lesion was counsel for the plaintiff ; the defendant
did not appear.
The plaintiff was a colonel of cavalry. in Oaribaldre army
in Italy, and the defendant was a brigadier-mefor in the
same regiment, and he is now an officer in the insurractionaq
army in Poland. The present action was to recover 900
ducats, or 1501. English money, for fodder, shoeing, he.,
paid for by the plaintiff, the defendant giving him his
order on the paymaster of the regiment. On presenting
the order for payment the plaintiff discovered that the de-
fendant had drawn the money. He lent the defendant 6!.
at Sorento, then 101., and he paid 331. 19s. orderly-room
expenses, which latter sum the plaintiff found the defend-
ant had drawn from the paymaster. He obtained an order
of sequestration in the Italie& oourte, but the defendant
withdrew from the country, and it was doubtful whether
the plaintiff would ever derive any benefit from the present
proseedior. The plaintiff mid the defendant had repeat-
edly promised to pay the money.
Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with
execution in four days.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Dsc. 3.
(Mon Mr. Comminioner Fano.)
IN 11 NOUNS AND PRILIT.
. .

The bankruptewe7reanetio;e4Trs,- of iiriPer St. Martin's-
haw This was the sitting for discharge, the tankrupts
haviespassed their list eliminations. Their joint liabilities
are 4,3041., spinet which there are assets of 9501. Priest,
who a~pppeeaar to have traded on his own account, has sepa-
rate liabilities to the amount of 12,1631., for which sesunty
is held by a portion of the creditors to the amount of 8,87;li.
The accounts were prepared by Mr. F. B. Smart.
Mr. Pargood opposed for the assgness and creditors ; Mr.
Denny, for creditors ; Mr. E. appeared for Robbie,
and M
r. R. Griffiths for Priest.

Mr. Bargood said the cabs was one of some magnitude and
much importance. The trade of the bankrupts was rather
a special one, their clientelle oontisting principally of
pawnbrokers, and their badness being chiefly the
sale of unredeemed pledgee and other property sent to them
by pawsbroken, to whom they bad to account for the pro-
web. The cases of the two bankrupts differed mate ien]
that of Priest was by far the most aggravated of the two.
Nearly all the debts bad been contracted in • fiduciary cha-
racter ; the deficiency mixing from funds not being paid
over. Otte might be a greater defaulter than the Mbar,
both might have drawls out and spout more then they were
entitled to, but Priest had does so to a much greater extent
than Robins. There was a deficiency OD the joint estate to
the amount of 3,0001, solely arising from money which they
had received and failed to head over to their chants. It
was in reality a robbery of those who had employed .
The Commissiooer—You ma call it a breach of trust.them
Mr. Bargood said it ap to him to be nothing but a
deliberate system of robbery. Priest had been in business
slope for some years, and was joined by Robins in No-
ember, 1859, who pro a premium of 5001. to come* and
brkt in a capital of 5001., all which we. last. Priest
owed 4,3501. to unsecured creditors, sad nearly 8,0001. to
those holding security. Re was, in fact, insolvent when
Robins joined him. Robins's unsecured creditors only
amounted to 1661., and he had given up property nearly
sufficient to realise that.
The bankrupt Robins was examined at ooriaiderable
length. The case being unfinished, we abstain from going
into details, as very grave charges were brought by Mr.
Robbie against his partner and against persons in their
employ.
The further hearing was adjourned till Monday next.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Wan 13sras Mama)

arelltilOW Braelburri, a well-dreawd woman? sur-
rendered to take her trial for having wilfully and felomouly
mused a false entry to be made in the register of baptiams of
St. Peter'. Church, Pimlico.
Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Collins coaducted the prosecution ;
Mr. Outage defended the prisoner.
The charge was preferred under a recent statute known as
the Births, Marriages, end Deaths Registration Act, which
makes it a felony for any weft to caws a false entry in say
relating to either of the wls ea sbove.mentimied
o atilla:h_ register, and every perm convicted of such an
offence is liable, at the discretion of the prodding judge, to
bs sentseeed to penal servitude for life. The circumstances
connected with the present prosecution were somewhat re-
markable. It appeared that • young woman named Augusta
'ffibble was in the service of Mr. Dodd, • beershop-kotper is
Little Belgrave-equare, and that on the 14th of May she was
delivered cf • female illegitimate child. Oa the 10th of Jane
she west to the district registrar's office and reen-
tered the child in the name of Ada Augusts
Mary Tibbis, and it appeared that co the mine
day elm and the prisoner, who was her aunt, acid • man
named Cooper, who were to be godmother and godfather to
the child, proceeded to St. Peter's Church, Pimlico, for the
of having the child baptised ; and as they were
..elong the prisoner said that she should have the
child ptised in the name of Dodd. The girl libble
told her that this was wrong, and that she had already
child in the names of Ada Augusta Mary
registered the
but the prisoner was represented to have stated
that she did not care for that, and she gave the mimes
of Ada Augusta Mary Dodd to the Rev. Mr. Snowden,
the officiating minister. The child was consequently bap-
tised in those names, and the names of Richard Dodd
sad Augusta Dodd were given as the uremia, and an
entry wee made to that effect ; and it was for the false
information thus alleged to have been given by the pri-
mmer that the present indictment was preferred against her.
It should be stated that Mr. Seowden was unable to
identify the prisoner as the person who gave hits the
information upon which he made the entry, and although
Cooper, the godfather, eau examined, it turned out that
he was exceedingly deaf, and the precise circumstances
wider which the entry was made appeared to be involved
in • good deal of obscurity.
Mr. Dodd was examined, and he stated that Augusta
Tibiae had been in his service for about two years, sad he
remembered her beiog delivered of • child on the 14th of
May last In consequence of some information that he re-
ceived subsequently he went to St. Peter's Church and
looked at the entry in the book, by which it was made to
appear that he was the father of Augusta Tibble's child ;
but he declared that this was not true, adthat no improper
Intimacy had ever taken plans between this girl and
himself.

In answer to questions put to him in cross-examination
Mr. Dodd stated that Augusta Tibble only had a mother
living, and he and his wife acted as parents to her. He
denied that he bad been accused by the neighbours of having
an improper ittimacy with Augusta Tibbls, or that it bad
been stoned that his wife had gone out of her mind in wa-
mpum*, of his keeping the girl in the same house with
her. He said it was true that his wile's mind was affected,
and he bad endeavoured to get her into a lunatic asylum,
but that her condition arose from her having a paralytic
attack about fourteen months ago. In consequence of her
condition he was obliged to live apart from her, and in con-
sequence of her being at times very violent be had cowshed
the parish doctor, with a view to get her into some asylum ;
but her coalition turned out to be not such an would justify
such a step being taken. He admitted that hotted bought
a wedding ring and keeper for Augusta Tibble, but ha said
that be merely did so at her request, and he was not aware
what her object was.
On re-examination by Mr. Sleigh, the witness declared
most solemnly that there was oo truth whatever in the sug-
gestion that improper intercourse bad taken place between
him ad the girl Tibble.
Augusta Tibble was next examined, and she deposed to
the facts connected with the alleged false entry in the parish
register, and she also declared positively that Mr. Dodd was
not the father of her child, sad that the bans of marriage
had been published, and she was about to be married to the
real father.

Mr. Orridge then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
he urged that even suppootog she had acted in ►he way that
wee alleged, that she bad only said wh►t she believed to
be the truth when she stated that Dodd was the father of
the child, sod said so from the information that was given
her by the witness Tibble. He also remarked upon the
absence of any motive on the part of the prisoner for wil-
fully making a false statement, and said it appeared to him,
from all the facts in the case, that the girl libbie was just
as likely to have given the inform►tion to the clergyman, in
reference to the name, sa the prisoner. He went on to say
that the ease appeared to depend entirely upon the evi-
dence of the girl Tibble ; and he should nail witnesses who
would contradict a great portion of her testimony, and parti-
cularly with regard to the nature of her conomion with
Dodd.

Baron Channel' interposed, and said that before the
learned counsel stated the nature of the evidence he Pro-
posed to lay before them, be felt it right to inform the jury
that before the jury would be justified in convicting the
prisoner they must be astiafied, tint, that the prisoner gave
the informatios which led to the Getty being made ;
secondly that the informatics WY fAIMO ; sod thirdly, that
it was fi;lse to her knowledge ; sad unless they were satis-
fied upon all these poitta in the affirmative, the prisoner
was entitled to an acquittal.
The jury, after a short consultation, said that they should
like the use to go on ; and winterises were then examined
on behalf of the prisoner.
Mrs. Stuckey, grandmother of Augusta Tibble, and the
mother of the prisoner, stated that on the 14th of June she
saw Tibble, and asked her who was the father of the child,
and she replied that it was Mr. Dodd. She also said that she
bad put the child in his name on the register, and she
thought she had • right to do so. as it was his child. She
said that Augusta 'Dibble also told her that Mrs. Dodd was
mad, and that Mr. Dodd intended to get her into a mad-
house, and if he could sot do so lie would put her in the
none ; and she mid at the tame time that if anything
happened to Mrs. Dodd ebeshould be Dodd's wife, and that
she intended to stick to him as long as she lived, as he was
the father of her child.

Mn. Hills, the muter of the priaoner, and the aunt of the
girl Tlbble, deposed that after the letter was coofiued she
west to see her at Mr. Dodds, and told her that she had
brought great &armee upon her mother, and at the same
Use maid hog who the father was, and atm told her it was

Mr. Dodd, and be intended to have married her before, in
order that the child might be born in wedlock. Mn. Black-
burn (the prisoner) who was memo; upon this being acid,
observed, "The old fool! How one be do that whoa be has
got a wife living ? He had better leave that alone." (A
laugh.) This witness also proved that *pea smother occa-
sion she took a new dress and a weddierring to libble, and
she put on the ring sod said that it fitted her exactly, and
asked how she looked, and Mr. Dodd said that she had
better put the ring oat one side, for if her mistress were to
r see it there would be a row. (A laugh.) This whams Men
I contradicted the girl Dibble in refinance to several other
matters, and particularly as to her haviag been at Margate
with Mr. Dodd, and to their having passed as man and wife
at that place.
Mrs. idaridsoombe, another sister of the prisoner, stated
that on the 28th of August she saw Tibble, and observed
that she was wearing a wedd log rinteand a keeper, and she
asked her if she was married and a replied that she was,
and bad beep a long 'tune. 'Witness asked her how she
meld be married whoa Dodd had a wife alive, and she in.
plied that everybody did not know that. She then asked
her whether she was not afraid that Mrs. Dodd would come
and turn her out, and she mid she was in there, and
the old would lever come there any more. She asked
her if Mrs. Dodd knew Dodd was the father of the child,
and she replied that she dared my she guessed at it ; but
what did ahe mare. She was well provided for. Mr. Dodd
allowed her 10e. a week, and she sent her mother the
amount of Bs, every week.
Mary Creswell stated that she nursed the girl Tibble in
her confloseteat, and heard ber tell her aunt (the prisoner)
that Dodd was the father of the child.

Mr. Sleigh having replied,
The learned Judge then proceeded to sum up. He said
that registers of births and deaths were mom care-
fully kept at the present day than they were in years-
past. The present indictment was pr frond under as act of
parliament of very repent date, which had bees pared in
order to render more secure timeliest. which were deemed in-
efficient. The registrar might at some future Use, be re-
quired to prove a title upon certain important purposes, and
it was therefore of the greatest public importance that mush
registers should be more carefully and correctly kept. His
lordship then proceeded to comment upon the evidence, and
said the drat question for the jury to consider was whether
the prisoner war the party who gave the information to the
clergyman at the time of the remehy, and next, whether or
not sash information wet. true or false, sod if it were true
she was not, in his opinion, liable to the indictment ; and
spin, whether if they were of opinion that the informatics
was given by the prisoner, sad that it wan not true, she was
at that time aware that it was untrue, and if they were not
satisfied on all the potato he bad alluded to they must give
the prisoner the helmet of the doubt.
The jury retired to deliberate, and after an absence of
about an hour returned into court, and delivered a verdict of
Not Guilty.
The declaim was received with a burst of applause from
those in the gallery, which was immediately suppressed, and
the judge said that if the officers could point cut any pence
who made the disturbance he would instantly commit him.

(Before Mr. Justice Dyke.)
Samuel Shorflaed, 26, soldier, was placed at the bar on
an indictment charging him with unlawfully attemptiog
feloniously to administer to Mary Prescott certain pawn
to wit, cyanide of potassium—with intent to isjar• bet.
Mr. Chambers prosecuted ; the prisoner was andefeedeL
After the facts of the ease bed buss stated by Mr. Chem-
berm the fallowing irides:le wee adduced :
. . .

Jr Wreath—depend that she raided at Cirencester-
road, and was a domestic *arrant. She had
been keeping company with the primmer nearly four thara,
and had agreed to marry him if he gave op a soldier's life
and would settle quietly down, but she had refused to
marry him ogees he sold out. She remembered
Friday, the 16th October. Oa that day she met the pH-
weer in the Bayswater-road, and they walked together
down Orfordqdreet, where he went into a chemist's shop.
When be eszneciet abe naked him 'lntim had been buying,
when he said " tobacco." She remarked that it was a
strap place to bay tobacco. He replied that he often did
that in hie part at the world. They then proceeded se far
se South Audley-street, when they went into the
Albemarle Arms. The prisoner called for a pint of ale
which they partook of together. When they had drunk it
nearly all writhes ssw him put something white into the
ghee, when she immediately got rip and went outside. He
followed her with the glass in his band, and asked her to
thew back. She refused, telling him that she had seen him
put something into the aisle. He said, "Yon need not
drink it ; I only want you to come in and sit down. I
never meant to poison you, bat myself." She replied,
" What a predicament I should have been in if you bad
taken the poison, and died before my eyes." The poem=
then came out and told the prisoner he believed he wanted
to murder the woman, upon which the prisoner ran off.
She had on several occasions lent the prisoner money, alto-
gether about 201.
The prisoner croesexamined this witness at some length,
when she admitted that she bad met bun the night after
the occurrence, and they bad parted very affectionately,
promising to write to each other every day. She had also
speed to get a room for them to live in when they were
married.

relice.oxistable 4 C deposed to taking the prisoner into
custody at the barracks. W hen told what the chugs was,
he said, " I know nothing as all about the affair. 1 was in
soother part of the town at the time. The witness
received a white powder from Mr. West, which he took to
an analytical chemist.
The potmaa of the Albemarle Arms, South Audleystreet,
mid when be beard the first witness say the prisoner wanted to
poison her, he got posseerica of the glare, and on pouring
the ale on to the ground, he discovered a white powder on
the bottom. On putting his tongue to it he found it to be
of a very sharp and acrid taste.
Dr. Bedlock next gave evidence. He had analysed the
powder brought to him by Mr. West, of the Albemarle,
when he discovered it to be cyanide of potassium. There
was quite enough to destroy life. Cyanide of potassium
was used by soldiers to clean the gold work about their
clothes.. . _ _

In defence the prisoner made the following statement.
He met the prosecutrix on the evening in question in ac-
cordance with a previous arrangement, and after they had
walked for some distance be went into a chemist's shop and
purchased some cyanide of poteasiam. They after wards
proceeded to the Albentarle,Audley-street,where he ordered
a pint of ale. They had drank it all bat a small glassful,
when he (the prisoner) put in the ayaonide of potassium.
He pad it in boldly, so that she could gee, as he wanted to
frighten her by making believe that he was going to poison
himself. The potman, it was true, bad said he wanted to
murder the woman, but she knew getter than that. In fact
the next Light he had seen her, and she had promised to
marry him. W hen they parted they kissed each other very
affectionately, and promised to write daily. Nothing was
further from his thoughts than to poison the woman or him-
self. All he wanted was I. frighten her.
Justice Bylee summed up at some length, and said it
certainly did appear a strange thing, if the prisoner wanted
to poison the prosecutrix, that be should obtain the poison
in her presence, and afterwards attempt to administer it in
a public bar-room.
The jury expressed a wish to leave the court to consider
their verdict.

After being absent for about an hour, the jury returned
into court ' • and the foreman stated that they could not
agree upon their verdict, and that he saw no chance of
their doing so.
The Judge said that u thin was only • misdemeanant.,
he should not order them to be locked up all night. The
learned judge than asked the prisoner whether he desired
the jury to be discharged.
By legal advice the prisoner said he did.
Judge—Then I shall order you to he set at liberty. I
shall make no order for • further trial, but proceedings can
at any time be taken out against you. Gentlemen of the
jury, you are discharged. I don't wish to know the exact
number, but I believe the majority is in favour of the pet.
goner ; but if anyone think. fit to take proceedings out
afresh, they can do so, but I shall make no order except that
he be discharged.
The prisoner immediately quitted the dock, when he was
arrested by the military as • deserter.
John Hetherington, 40, grocer, was charged with uttering
a forged order for the payment of 28/.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Williams defended.
The jury Acquitted the juisorter.
• Patrick Leach, 17, was brought up for judgment.
The learned judge, after commenting upon the ebormity of
the crime of which he bad been convicted (of assaulting his
owe father with intent to do grievous bodily burin), sea.
Wooed him to he kept in penal servitude for three years.
(Before the Recorder)
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John Glynn, 32:butla ; Elizabeth Glynn, 32, married;
and Elizabeth Wheeler, GO, spinster ; were iudieted together
upon • charge, the two former of stealing, and the latter of
receiving, well knowing them to be stolen, a large quantity
of jewellery and other articles of the value of 50/.. the pro-
perty of John Bragg.
Mr. thffarl prosecuted; Mr. Collins defended Wheeler;
and Mr. Besley defended the female Glynn.
The case lasted a considerable time, but the brief fact.
are these. It appeared that the two prisoners Glynn ob-
tained situations at the prosecutor's as footman and cook
respectively. In the first instance they procured a false
character from the woman Wheeler, who kept a lodging.
house, nod stated that they had been in one gentlenise's
service for above 18 months. Taking advantage of the
absence of his master, the male prinooer oo the 13th October
ateowided with a large amount of property, value over 501,,
• terosiderable portion of which was afterwards found in the
possession of the two female,.
The jury found the whole of the prisoners Guilty, sod the
Recorder sentenced each of the women to 12 months' im-
prisonment. With regard to the male prisoner, be was
sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for the space of
eight yews.
(Before the Common Serjeant.)
Catherine Andrew, a goal looking young woman of the
class koowo as unfortunate, was indicted for stealing swatch,
value 41., the property of William Thomas, from hi. rerwre.
The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty
and numerous former oonvictioos for watch robberies weir
proved against her, the last term of imprisonment she bad
undergone being of 18 months duration.
The Common Serjeant, in passing seeteoos, remarked that
this was one of the worst crises that had come before him
for some time. It was bed enough when these robberies
were committed by females alone, but the offence was
greatly aggravated by the fact that the prisoner had been
emitted by no less than three bullies, who at her signal
rushed forward to aid and eaaivt iu her act of spoliation. It
wee manifest she was an old offender, or she would not
already have undergone 18 months' imprisonment. She was

• moat dangerous person, mid the sentatioe upon Ler was
that she be kept an penal servitude fur the term of fire
yens.
John Murphy, who was acquitted on the previous day of
embezzling divan small sums of mosey received by him as
collector to the tininess of the Royal Liver Friendly Society,
was again put on hie trial on another indictment, &saying
him with • similar often.

Mr. Metcalfe (with whom WM Mr. Abel) again appeared
for the prosecution; and Mr. Daly for the defence.
After a long inquiry, which comprised an examination of
accoante which would be incompreheosible in a narrative,
the jury returned a verdict of Ouillp, accompanied with a
'twos( recommendation to mercy on account of the prisoner's
previous good character.
Mr. Metcalfe intimated to the court that he was instructed
by the prosecutors to join in that recommendation.
The Common Serjeant said that but for the recommenda-
tion both by the jury and the prosecutors he should have
passed a much severer sentence than that which be was
about to pronouns, and which was that the prisoner be kept
to hard labour is the House of Correction for the awe of
six calendar mouth&
George Hinsood, • respectably attired young man de-
scribed in the calendar as a barman, was indicted for ate:ding
the sum of de., the moneys of James Forster, his master
and employer.
The jury, after • very brief deliberation, pronounced a
verdict of Guilty ; and
The Common Berjeant said that if there bad been any
previous conviction proved against the prisoner he should
certainly have sent him into penal servitude. He had ob-
tained his situation by • false character, and had scarcely
entered it before be commenced robbing his employer. The
sentence of the court was that the prisoner be kept to
hard labour in the House of Correction for 12 calendar
months.

Yr. Poland mestiosed to the eoart that a warrant was
out against Cheltenham far Larkin given a false character
to the prisoner, by repraseating that be had been in his
orrice as barman for 18 months.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT. —.9 ZRTFORD, Dsc. 3.
The eommissios for the county of Hertfordshire was
opened yesterday by Mr. Judie* Williams. There are
about 20 persons for trial, live of whom are charged with
stack horsing, one with burglary, three with night poaching,
one with attempting to commit 'Weide, and the remainder
are ordinary mar.

THE POLICE COURTS.
BOW-811LPXT.

The Rec. Samuel ifte-kleicweit;, a clergyman of the
Church of England, was charged with being drunk end in-
capable of taking are at himself, and Lieutenant Arthur
Bkongeld, 19th Itagimeat, was Changed with attempting to
reams him, sod ire4ting a irisetnlato.
. .

Policeman Bicknell. P 67, stated that about two o'clock
that morning he found the defeedaet Micklethweite drunk
outside the door of Evans's supper rooms in Covent. garden.
He proceeded to remove Mr. Mick Whereto, who resisted
him and whams was obliged to procure the aid of three
other constables in order to remove him. On the way to
the station Mr. Bloomfield laid his hand on witness's shoul-
der, and said, " Yoe shall not take that gentleman to the
station." Mr. Mieklethwaite was, however, taken to the
station, and Bloomfield, who bad followed all the wail;
Jew:
taken into custody at the etatioc•house door. Mr.
Bloom-
field did not appear to be the worse for liquor.
Mr. Ificklethwaits contended that he was not intoxicated ;
and Mr. Bloomfield said he oily interfered because he
thought the police were using too much violence.
Mr. Henry said that a drunken man often resisted with
pest violence, and it required some force to remove him.
Bystanders were very apt to believe that the police used
too mace violence, but if they thought so the proper course
was to report such conduct to the authorities, acid not to
interfere with the constables, who could not tell whether
such interference proceeded from a good or a bad motive.
He should fine Mr. Mickletheraita ss. for being drank, and
Mr. Bloomfield 20a. for interferiag with the polies in the
execution of their duty.
The fines were paid.
MARY LEBON

Belrani Cristojeri, a young orgsn----grinder, visa cited to
appear before Mr. Mansfield, to answer a couple of stun.
mouser for offences alleged to have been committed 2..i.ltsre
ea the 19th and 26th ult.—" for that he did refuse to
from the neighbourhood of a certain home belonging to Mr.
Babbage, No. 1. Donet.etmet, Mancheaternquare, after
being requested to desist playing on a certain instrument."
A fter the facts of the case had been stated,
. . .

Mr. Babbage said that for nearly twelve months be had
not brought any one before the court, but he must say
that during that time he had been meet grievously ioco•-
veoienced. To state within the truth he had bees disturbed
no lees than 100 times whilst at his work, and had gone
from Ids house to order the men away. The people in the
neighbourhood encouraged the men in their ways. He could
not, hang, go along the streets now without being insulted
by persons living io the neigh hourhnod. Ile was celled
after when he went about. It had become a regular nuisance
to him.
The evidence being interpreted to the defendant,
Mr. Mansfield said—lt does seem to CM that this gentle-
man is subjected to a very great persecution. It is to be
hoped that such a course of persecution as he endures sa a
scientific man is not mentioned in any foreign newspaper ;
for, if so, it would be degrading to the population of this
oountry. These men are setae to annoy and team by a set of
ill-conditioned people. As for the insults that this gentleman
is subjected to in the streets, it seems impossible that
people era be found so boorish and so brutal as to carry on
each practices. Mr. Babble's ia engaged on works that •
class of people like these have no conception of. When I
heard the evidence first I had my doubes whether the
defendant could be deemed culpable. From the evidence
given it appears that he (defendant) really acted maliciously,
and therefore I shall show him no indulgence. I shall order
him to p►y a penalty of 20e. and costs upon each summons.
Before the van came, the money, 445., was paid.