The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-07 00:00:00

THE
,EXPRESS, - „WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER -7, 1864,

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T. Ilumphrey, b Grundy 4
IL Jupp, b &undy
T. Hearne, b Grundy
G. Griffith. c Joy. b Wootton 7
G. Bennett, b Wootton
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Woottonßtddulph, b Wootton
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T. Lockyer, c Chatterton, b Darstan
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James LW white, jun., b Walla=
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T. Sewell, not out
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MARTLEHONE CLUB AHD GIBOUND V. COMITY OF NOEFOLE.
—This return match will be commenced to-morrow at
Derebam, Norfolk, and the following is the list of players
announced :—Mszylehose : Sir J. SlokE, B. A. Fit=
M. P. Fitzgerald, C. F. Buller, H. Arkwright,
Parnell, Captain S. Stephens, E. E. Bowen, R. D. Balfour,
Biddulph, Onindy, and Wootton. Norfolk: Hoe. T. De
Grey, Captain Beggs, T. E. Beige, W. R. Collier. A.
Craig's. T. S. Cartels, H. Gall, C. Marshall, G. H. Tuck,
Fin, and Willett.
THE Scum 000ETT Somata —To-morrow sod Thum
day a match, for the benefit of the above, will be played on
the Surrey Ground, Kenaingtonaval, when Eleven Players
will cootend against Sixteen Geotlemee ; wicket!' to be
pitched each day at 11 o'clock. The following is a het of
the eleven :—Beauchamp, T. Gunn, T. Hnmphrey, Mantle,
Marl* Feeley, Sherman, Shepherd, G. Street, J. Street,
and Tanner.
THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF Flarr-oramer Cum.—
Eleven of the club will play a match to-morrow in Victoria.
park against Eleven 'Amused Victuallers.

' SINZLI WICKET.—lure. James Lillywhite, Pryor, mid
Wootton will play a single wicket match against Messrs.
G. Bennett, E. Pooley, sad T. Humphrey this day an the
Middlesex County Grat ad, Islington, seer the Cattle
Market.

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MIDDLRSHI 886SION8.

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(Baton Kr.florjeant Graft.)

Bober! Biggs, aged Se, described aea clerk, was iediated
for embeezbag 11. Us, and othermoseys received by him
ou account of" hie employee, Mimi. John Quick and Co.,
coal merchants.

- Mr. Ribton7iipaared for the prosecution.
The am turned avow the oonstruction of the law as to
whether an agent 1 or can be deemed a servant, sad respon-
sible as inch for his sots of embezzlement.

The primer was employed as • conimiasion agent, repair-
ing a oommiesion of 2s. per ton upon every order he mold
obtain, with power to receive the money, to be paid over
the morning after received.
The case was very peculiar, and elicited from the very
numerous bar present Tina= decisions that had occurred
on the seine question during their experience.
Mr. Ribton drew the attention of the court to the impor-
tent difference between the word, of the new act (the Con-
solidation Aot) and the old act, and submitted that the new
act seemed to have been framed for the °apron' purpose of
meeting the technical difficulties which had been raised on
the various cases cited by his learned friends, who were
acting as so many amid come on the present occasion.
Mr. Serjeaat Gude. bevies recalledthe prosecutor, and
elicited from him the terms upon which the prisoner had
been employed (his detaketioes amounting to 114 i.), told the
jury he felt bound on the point of law to rearm the thee for
the opinion of the Courted Criminal Appeal ; they would find
the prisoner Guilty, and in the meantime he would be held
to bail, himself in 401. and two sureties in 201., to appear
when called co for judgment.
Maria A1t041074, 24, lightermam was indicted for stealing
21 bottles of brandy, the property of Frederick Stutchbury,
from a certain beige called the Frederick, in the port of
London. The case was clearly made out.
A previous conviction of two years' imprisonment for
felony was then proved against him.
Mr. Serjeant Gaseiee said under the new act he had no''
alternative but to sentence the prisoner to be kept in penal
servitude for seven years.
John greed, 28, boiler maker, was indicted for mali-
ciously inflicting grievous bodily 'term upon Charles Cole.
Mr. Bexley, iastrnrtrat by Mr. Board. prosecuted ; Mr.
Collins defended the prisoner.
Ithppeared that on Wednesday evening, May 7, the priaceier
seemed the house of the prosecutor, who is the proprietor
of the Windsor Castle Tavern' in the City-road, beteg at
the time the worse for liquor, and asked to be served with
some drink. This was very proyeely refused, but like many
more of his chew the prisoner thought he could get what he
required by making use of the most foul and disgusting
language, and when asked te &ski he became more violent
and threatened personal injury on anyone who should in-
terfere with him, and went so far as to threaten their lives.
The prosecutor'imother, who was in the her, tried to per-
suade him to go away, but to no effect. Finding that
good words were thrown away upon the prisoner, the pro-
secutor went round to the front of the bar, opened the
door, and told the prisoner to go. The prisoner then io the
most savage manner rushed on the prosecutor, wised him
by the neck,and when outside the house tried to strangle him.
The prisoner then threw him down, and fell upon him with all
his force. The prosecutor pot up and tried to get away
from him sod go into the house by the side-door, when
the prisoner rushed at him, kicked him three times on his
leg, the effect of which was to break it in two places. The
prisoner then ran away, but was pursued by a witness
named Buckle, who was peering at the time, and when
overtaken was kicked by him in • most savage manner,
and at the acme time premier used threats of • very violent
nature, and he seemed more like a wild beast than a man.
The prosecutor was taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
where he kept his bed for several weeks, during which time
his life was in great danger, and be would probably suffer
thrush the injury for the remainder of his life.

Is'crassiminatios b! Mr. Collins, he aid that the
broken leg would still be a very useful one, but it would
always be • little shorter than the other. The prosecutor
had delirium tremens, and but for this his leg would have
been amputated.
Mr. Collins—Then it was a very good thing for him that
he had delirium tremens, as it saved his leg.
The jury found the primmer Guilty of an asmult for the
Pu ofcausing bodily harm.
2r7fi erjeant Gamlen said this was a very brutal act, as
the prisoner had rendered this man a cripple for life. The
sentence of the court upon him was, that he be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for 18 calendar months.
Gror9e Ferrier, 34, shoemaker ; Frederick Newland, 22,
labourer ; Ellen Enema, 27 ; Edward Sayer, 30, bootroaker ;
and John Doris, 23, bootcloser, were indicted for being
found by night, without lawful excuse, in the possession of
a jemmy and other implements of housebreaking, with is-
tent to commit a felony.
Mr. Serjeast Gaudio summed up the evidence, and after
• few minutes' 000sultatioe the jury found all the prisoners
Guilty.

Previous convictions were then proved, with 'antennae of
penal servitude, against all the male prisoners, in three cues
second convictions with similar sentences at the Central Cri-
minal Court, Surrey Sessians, and also in this court.
Police-constable 200 said he had known the woman
Brans as the associate of thieves for the Let 13 years. She
induced young women to go out shoplifting, but generally
assuaged to escape herself.
Inspector Potter said he apprehended Davis on a former
isocasson, end found oar him a number of skeleton keys.
When he was taken into custody, witness and other oftoers
ware kicked and knocked about by the prisoner's

Mr. Serpent Gamlee said he bad no doubt they all be-
longed to a regular gang, and that they were old hands was
shown by the way in which they conducted their defence.
All the tour men had had previous convictions and been
sentenced to penal servitude, but as it had no effect on them
the time wan come that they should be got rid of. The
sentence on each of them was, to be kept in penal servitude
for seven years, and the woman to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months.

minion, upon which the whaler told her to to
careful of the money, u a cousin of hers bad been
robbed a few days before while crossing the river in a boat.
She added that else would pot the money all right end tals-
lag the gasket oat of the girl's band alte pretended to plus
it within NW boson of the child's hook, end then ism*
diataly ran away. The little girl examined the peahen and
found the mosey gone, and raising a cry of "atop thieV
perused the prisoner, who was captured and earnyed to
W police-station. On being searched there the sweaty
court summons and a half crown were found concealed on
her person.
The jury, without hesitation, convicted the prisoner, who
was sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment with bard
labour.

Thomas Hubland, a little boy 12 years of age, pleaded
guilty to an indictment charging him with embezzling two
several sums of 4/. 10a. and 7a. tid., the monies of Thomas
John Brooks, his master and employer.
The prosecutor carries on the business of a dyer in the
Camberwell-road, and the prisoner was in his service
as errand boy for the last two or three months. The
prisoner's duty was to take out the goods to the customers,
with the bills ; but hq had no authority to receive the amounts.
By the exercise of great cunning and much effrontery he had
obtained payment of amounts to the amount of 121., and
had never accounted to his master fora single farthing.
The Deputy Chairman sentenced the young delinquent to
six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the House
of Correction.

Just before the usual adjournment of the court and jury
for lunch, the prisoner John Evans, who was convicted, as
reported above, of the dating robbery in the Stockwell-park-
road, was by direction of the court again placed at the bar.
The Deputy Chairman, addressing the prisoner (who now
appeared in the garb of a convict) said be had been sentenced
to five years' penal servitude, but the court had been re-
minded that under the statute of last session the court could
not, after a former conviction for felooy, pass a leas sentence
than one of seven years' penal servitude. The @eaten°e
therefore upon him was that he be kept in penal servitude
for the term of saves years.
The prisoner, who manifested the utmost indifference, was
then removed from the dock.

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