The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yoax, Disc. 20.
841,1111 Ilia. Jranos Tairovao.
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Alfred Wnddingeos, 20,wasii;liet;i—for the murder of
his own child, at Sheffield, as tbs 18th of August last,
by sneering its had from tho body with a shoonalmem
knife.

The prisoner, a decent.looking young man, and not at
all of a forbidding or repulsive countenance or demeanour,
pleaded, in a firm tone of voice, "nut guilty."
The facts of the cake, which have been already published,
having been given in evidence, counsel for the prisoner
proceeded to contend that he had committed the crime
when in a state of insanity. The jury, however, after
some deliberation, found the otiaoaer Guilty, and the
learned judge immediately p Nakao) of death upon

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-YEBTERDAY.

TAomas BoirdifeA, 26, pleaded guilty to an indictment in
which he was charged with having stolen several sums of
money, amounting to 101. his. 611., the moneys of William
Farran his miller.

The prosecutor in this cam is, as is well known, the lessee
of the Olympic Theatre, and the prisoner was employed by
him as messenger. Mr. W. Ferree, jun., gave the prisoner
the sums ho was charged with stealing to pay for advertise-
ments of the performances in the Morning Chronicle, Morn-
ing Herold, and the Sun, but, instead of doing so. he
appropriated them to his own use. He left the theatre
on the 4th inst., and shortly afterwards these arta of larceny
were discovered.

The court sentenced him to one year's hard labour.
Limtare Julius Celli, 25, a German, was indicted for
having unlawfully attempted to obtain • diamond ring, and
other 'theirs, value 2451., the property of Richard Atten-
borough, with intent to cheat him thereof.
It appeared that, on the afternoon of the 30th of Novem-
ber, the prisoner went to the shop of the prosecutor, •
pawnbroker and jeweller, 68, Oar rd-street, and signified
to the shopman that he wished to see • diamond bracelet
which was in the window, ticketed 1501. Accordingly it
was shown to him, and he then wished to see • necklace,
the price of which was GO guineas, and then a diamond ring
value 351. The shopman did not like the appearance of Ids
customer, and, while showing him the ring, placed the
' other articles snide, by way of precaution, upon which the
' prisoner desired them to be replaced before him on the
counter, and taking up a piece of piper, he wrote down the
figures, and made an offer of 2301. for the three articles,
which was accepted. lie desired them to be sent to Chris
tie's Hotel, and the shopman repaired thither at tho ap-
pointed time. Being suspicious, he took the precaution of
making some inquiries of parties at the hotel, the result of
which was, that he was convinced he had • swindler to deal
with. The prisoner, it appeared, had, on the same afternoon,
gone to the hotel and engaged • suite of apartments u the
agent of Count Beckendorff, who, he said, would arrive that
night at half-past ten o'clock, with the countess and family.
After doing this he went to Mr. Attenborough's, and his
hiring of the rooms, no doubt, was part of his scheme to get
the property in question into his possession. When the
shopman was shown into the apartments where the prisoner
IMP. he took the bill (the shopman had not delivered the
goods), and went into an inner room, as if to submit it to
some one, and on his return he inquired if the ring could
be altered in else. Ho was answered in the affirmative, and
then he wished to take the ring into the inner room,
and said something about "Madame," to induce the
shopman to suppose it was for a lady. The shop-
man said that the ring could not go to the lady ;
" Madame" must come to the ring, and then the
prisoner finding that ho was suspected, went back to the
room an if to fetch " Madame," but he slipped on his over-
coat and went down stairs through another door. As be
was about to leave by the street door one of the servants
asked him if he had paid Mr. Attenhorough for the jewel-
lery, when he replied, "Me no English." He was de-
tained and given into custody. It is almost needless to say
that no Count or Countess Beekendorff made their appear-
ance at the hotel. When searched the sum of 21d. was
found on li'm.

The criainer, through an interpreter, in his defence, said
in effect that he had acted on the instructions of a friend at
Paris, who was to have arrived that night, but he bad
destroyed the letter, as it related to private family matters.
He said nothing about his having wanted to show the
ring to Madame."
The jury found him Gently, and the court sentenced him
to eight months' hard labour.
Mr. Buchanan, the magistrate, said there were in the
House of Correction at the present time 21 Germans, regular
scamps and thieves, and he bad no doubt the prisoner was
one of the gang.
The interpreter said the prisoner whited to be sent back
to Germany.
The Assistant-Judge—The sooner he gets back to Ger-
many after the eight months the better. (A. laugh.)

Mr. Teatimes, Goa of the deacons of the chapel, came out
and mind one of the boards from the prisoner and broke it.
A distorbanee ensued, and witness took the prisoner into
custody on the charge of causing an obstruction.
The boards were produced, and a placard similar to the
ones pasted upon them was handed to the magistrate. It
was an ordinary bill of the Ilernton-street Sundarschools,
announcing that a public meeting would be held, but on
the top of the placard the following appeared in large let-
ters :--'t From 17,367 scholars in the north auxiliary 123
only had been admitted into the attache,. Above o 0 per
cent. of juvenile crime, above 50 per cent. of the prostitu-
tion of the county are supplied from Sunday-schools-
-45,000 Sunday-school children annually become drunkards."
There was a second bill of a larger description pasted upon
the boards, and it ran as follows The present method
of informing the inhabitants of Kensington of a religious
service is adopted in consequence of the refusal of the dca- '
cone of Moreton-street Chapel to allow the annexed bill to
be put on their notice board."
The witness said there was no serious disturbance in'
front of the chapel before Mr. Trotroan came out and broke
the board. The prisoner walked up and down the street
by the side of the kerbstone in the road, and nut upon the
pavement.
Mr. Martin contended thet there was no cite against the
prisoner, as he was not upon the pavement.
Mr. Beadon said it was a very foolish proceeding, as there
were other means of calling persons together. He could
not commit the boy, as there was nu offence coinnaitt..,d, the
prisoner being at the time in tho road and not upon the
pavement. The sergeant had acted very preperly in taking
the boy into custody, as he might have been seriously in-
jured if he had not been taked out of the crowd.
The prisoner was then discharged.
Mr. Watson asked his worship if he could not proceed
against Mr. Tisdell for having aided and abetted in the
matter ?

Mr. Beadon was of opinion that he could not in the pre-
sent instance, as it had not been proved that the boy bad
committed any offence. It the boy had obstructed the con-
gregation, or prevented persons 'rout enterir.g the chapel,
then Mr. Tisc:ll would have been liable.