The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-19 00:00:00

THE

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(lkiore Mr. Justice Myles.)
Vincent Morons, 29, an Italian, was oliarpd with at-
tempting to murder John Smith.
Mr. Begley prosecuted ; Mr. Bid was manse for the
&fame.

It appeared that the prisoner end the prosecutor wen
both seams* an board • vowel celled the Danube, which at
the time the occurrence tack place was lying is the Bt.
Katherine's dock. It seemed that a quarrel La taken
pine between the prisooer sad the prosecutor, and the
fanner got bold of a carving knife and made • rush at the
prosecutor with the kith, It happened, however, fortu-
nately. that Mr. Fowler, • custom-house *Meer, who was
oe board in his public capacity, saw what wee gOing on and
be tripped the ninon rep, sad get the knife away tram
sod the learned judge complimented this gentleman
very mach for hit coadoot. The prosecutor, it appeared,
bad goo. W sea, and there was, therefor, no evidence as to

the origin of the quarrel, or alder what 'circumstances the
prisoner bed been induced to act in the manner described.
The jury, six of whom were foreigners, ander three dr.
munstonere returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner was thee charged upon a second indictment
with a common amenit epos the same prosecutor, sod of
this offence he yam convicted, sad sentamed to twelve
months' bard labour.

William Lead, 48, was charged with felosiongly shooting
at Ann Leach, with intent to murder her. Ia other counts
the intent of ohs prrooar wee laid to be to de the prose.
antra grievous bodily harm.
Mr. M. Williams prosecuted. The primmer wee defended
by Mr. Sharpe.
The prosecotris, who gave ha evidence with very peat
reluctance, it appeared was the wife of the • , and
they bad been married for eighteen years. The prisoner,
it seemed, had for some time been a teelotaller, art oat the
day I. question, the 30th of Julhe appeared to have drank
pretty freely of brandy, and he went bone about three
o'clock in a very ea ated rate, artyltoorof afterwards west
to bed. While the pamper wan wto he sae* ate
of hie sons seemed to have called out, ' Where is the pistol?'
and the moment be did so the primmer jumped out of bed,
west to • drawer sod took oat a pieta, aimed it at ha
wife and discharged it. The n appealed to have boa
loaded with shot, some of which i the wall of the
room, but the pronsontris did 1104 11104VO soy injury, sad
the prisoner at first seemed to have endeavoured to explain
his conduct by saying that what he had dose was only in a
lark. When the police way called apes to take him into
custody the prisoner appeared to have been way Molest,
and he threatened to blow out the brains of aayone who
touched him, and when he was before the magistrate he aid
that he bad been sweated to do what he had
dame is conaquence of his wife having pawned his C10412401/2
sad his having discovered a large quantity of duplicates
relating to property that she had made away with, sod
epos his being told that be was charged with shooting at
his wife, he replied, " Never mad ; I dare say she won't
appear against me to prosecute ma." It also appeared that
the prisoner said to one of the witnesses that when he mate.
oat he motet to have hie wife's lila
_ _ _

The jury. short oousaltetioo, found the prf.o.or
oitizsy, apses the second °mat, of shooting at hi wits with
intent to do her grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Justice By les said that if the primmer had been eon-
cited upon the first count of the intlictaseet, be should have
tell it hie duty to sentenos him to mai servitude for life, and
he would have been in ths 000dation of a slave for the re-
mainder of hie days. The offence of which the jury bad
coevicted him was, however, one of a very mime character,
sad the sentence he most pan upon him wee that he be kept
in penal servitude for tea years.
(Before Thomas Chambers, Esq., Q.C., Common Serjeant.)
Rosa WDeresolt, 21, spinster, a roorowlooking woman,
of the elan designated " °storing's*" wee indicted for
feloniously wounding Mary Ann Hays, with intent to do bar
grievous bodily harm.
The primmer was found Guilty, and sentenced to seven
years' penal servitude.

John }Weeder, • micklle.aged mac, of decant appear.
awe, was indicted for having unlawfully, wickedly, and
maliciously published a scialous libel of sad ooncerning
one Henry Nathan.
Mr. Mistoalfecondseted the prosecution ; and Mr. Harry
Pahner appesred. on behalf of e defenelset.
Mr. Metcalfe, in opening the case to the jury,-steted that
the prosecutor was of the Jewish perenegon, carrying ea,
in partnership with his sou, an extensive busies's en
drapers, is Whitechapel, and the defendant seemed es the
busmen. of a chandler's shop next door but one to the pm-
seoutor's warehouses, in Greet Gerdentreet. Wltitschapal.
The defendant had D•s
Dees summoned before the magistrates
of the police-court of the district for obstritating the foot
pavement by the exposure of his goods, sad the defendant
seemed to imagute that these summonses had been impede*
the instance of the prosecutor, wherein they bad, totwol
beenrued on the application of the police. Os •
summons for the mos offence, the defendant refused to pay
the small penalty of tour or five shillings inflicted upon b
end, instead of paying, went to mere fee as equivalent
Dumber of days. He no sooner ea= out of prison thea
the defendant placarded the frost of his house sod premises
with the libel complained of, and to which he (Mr.
Metcalfe) would now all the attention of the
jury. The diet ran is then terms, " Natio, ! Owing
to the envy sod malice of the Jew deeper, who bribed the
Peelers to interfere sad fakir swear. I beg to essotinee to
the public that I shell carry op my business as asnal.” The
next pleased was to this effect :—" Beaks, the forpmeter,
the fat on his bases being rank poison, did say at the polies
alert that it was the Jew draper that employed and bribed
him to false swear tar the sake of the worsen that come to
his father's telly shop, as they wear such large hoop that
they cannot get by my premises." The third libel was,
" Where is the low-bred, ignorant Jews? No, Bobby, I do
sot west to bare anything to do with the oat. throat
Jew, or any of his family. Ice &Uses of the Jew draper
sod his Bobby Peeler, my business will be conducted as
usual.

" He that will a Bobby feed
Casio the street dos he pleased.
It's knows that half a pint of best
Will boy a Bobby aaywhere.* (Loud laughter.)
Monk the dowel sad rigmarole alight oases a laugh,
the placards *tasseled lame mobs of people to the frost of
the defendant's presaimti sad cooesiosed sot sally a gnat
sanoyanos but a ooisaidarable Isisdrunse to his bowsaw
The defendaet had bees frequently expostulated sod rams-
aerated with, bat be refused to displace the offensive play
suds until be bed bees oommitted for trial on this &ergs.
Tim prosecutor of this indiction& had so desire but to pro-
tect himself sad resesis la sod y 6.148014 and with
that view the &deadest bad bees communicated with by
Mr. Mitchell for the prosseatios, bat without effect, sad
beam the promastor had bees compelled to some to this
court for protection and redress. Eves wow be would &seep*
a plea of /silty as the defeedeat adoring isio sureties oat
to repeat his offensive sasdost.
The fasts thus stated I. the eposiap speech of missed
were fully proved by the prassestas. ilr. Nedra, a yews-
sable geodesist% wh, proved that he Ind lived as the spot
for the lest 40 years, by Mr. Ilitehell, hie solidlas, sad by
Poliowilessesat Moriarty. 20 I, who head to vela expostu-
lated with the defendant.

Mr. Harry Palmer addressed the jury on behalf of the
defendant, contending that his client had iso malicious
motive, but had merely put up the placard by way et joke.
If the prosecutor had sought satisfaction ►is anew ought
to have been to beteg his ►ction for damages, and sot put
the machine, of &criminal counieto motion. If he had
taken the former course the defendant maid himself have
bees examined in oath, bet ben the law dosed his lip..
lea civil court the prosecutor might have obtained a fee-
thing damages, and be (Mr. Palmer} trusted the jury would
deal with this prosecution at the lowest estimate.

Thu jury, afi'er a abort consultation. rsturacil a verdict
of Guilty.

Mr. Metcalfe intimated to the amid that there were two
other similar iodictraeaM spinet the defendant for Mel-
ling the two sops of the prosecutor is the last cam, but
still they were willing to take as apology, with securities
that this annoyance should sot be repeated.
Mr. H. Palmer held a amelenwee with hie client (the
defendant), but he obetiaately persisted is mat making any
ooncemioa.

The Common Serjeant, in passing sentence, said be could
not but regard thin ss a meet serious (die m% The defend-
ant stood convicted at a most cowardly assealt upon the clia-
rector of a very respestrible man. and to the last moment he
has persisted in it. At first conoiliatory arrangements were
offered to him, and he bad been allowed to go at large cm
bail. Thiß session and the last he bad fuled to surrender,
sod at last his appearance to-day has only beee secured by
the cetreatroent of his recognisance+, sod tie issue yesterday
of a warrant for his approbation. Those slanders ware
worse than if the defendant bad knocked the prosecetor
down and personally injured him ; and this slander was cal-
culated to indict serious injury to him in the eatitnatica of
the nresecutor's friends and nebbours. Under all this
circumstances the sestesos was that for this offeces the
defendant he imprisoned for the sum of six moethe,
and that at the expiration of that term be ester
into banes", himself in 1001., sod two sureties in 501.
each, to keep the pesos towards the prosecutor and all the
rut of her Msjesty's subjects. •
(Berme Ir. Commissioner Kerr.)
Richard Wiphattnak, 32, labourer, and Catherine Camila,
32, spinster, were indicted for feloniously assaulting, to-
gether with soother person, Edward John Sackett, amid
stealing from him a gold chain, a pin, and half a sovereign
in money.

Mr. limp prcsecairst sal Mr. DAT defsaded Wy-
bourgb. The female primmer was usdefeadsd.

r._
The prosecutor io this case is a you man, and os the
day in question, the 29th July, he had hem to a beatmas
is the vicinity of Homelydown. After the beat-rave be
meat with two friends to differest public-bosses. and re.
'mined drinking with them till 1 o'clock, when be weeded
his way hams alone. While passing ailing Tooley-stesat he
was easested by the prisoner Cronin, with whom he got
late einiverwitioo, and while talking to her the man Wy-
bourgh and another mole up, and will. the latter threw
his arm ahem his neck the male primmer robbed him.
Thal try fined the primmer Guilty. and baring bass
both sonvieted before, alts Canniiisiessr sestmesd them—
Cronin to five, and Wybeargli to tea peen' peas! servitude.
Henry Passup, 39, victualler, was indicted for stealing
• phaeton, value 20i.. the peoperty of William Olovet.
Mr. Platt prosecuted ; M. Williams defeeded.
The learned judge Mopped the ease, and under his direr.
tiew Ufa jury returned a tweet at acquilla