The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-10 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

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Thomas Evans, 19, and George Turner,l9, two militia-
men, were charged with a felonious assault upon Hearietta
Grotland. In different counts of the indictment the pri-
rears were separately charged as principals and as ars-
seers to the C 061111113100 of the offence by each other.
Mr. Parry prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh was counsel for the
prisoner.
The case lasted the greater part of the day, but the
details are of oourse totally unfit for publication. The pro-
Heath:, wuo is a respectable girl, 16 years old, it appeared
was crossing a field called Salter's Field, at Hensel' New
Town, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 3rd April,
when she met the prisoners, who, after making use of some
most disgusting language, assailed her, threw her down, and
both committed the (Meuse alleged against them in the in-
dictment.
In order to contradict the evidence of the proseentile,
sad to throw discredit upon her testimony, several wife
user were called with a view to show that she had hew
guilty of immoral conduct upon other occasions ; awl tee
=mw wen examined, who swore that they had had
per intimacy with her upon several occasions. Tbry
contradicted themselves, however, and prevaricated a good
deal while under examination, and both admitted that they
were on very friendly terms with the prisoners.
The leaned Judge having summed up the whole On%
the jury very shortly returned a verdict of Guilty yawl
both pressers.
iflit•Soll was deferred.
frillier Herrington, 28, was indicted for the man-
slaughter of Joseph Tamers. Mr. Parry prosecuted. The
prisoner was defended by Mr. O'Brien.
The prisoner in this case was also a militiaman, and it
appeared that on the 10th of April he and some of his coos-
rains were in the tap-room of the Castle public-house,
City-road. There had previously been a quarrel aad fight
with some of the party, and one of them, who was an Irish-
ran, had got his face out and was crying. The deceased,
who was the potman of the house, upon seeing this made
some observation to the effect that it was always the way of
the Irish to cry at the sight of their own blood, and as he
want out he said that he.. hated the Irish!" The prisoner,
who is an Irishman, immediately got up and followed the
deplored into the serest, and it appeared that he struck him
a very violent blow with his fist under the left eye, whisk'
knocked him down, end his head came with great violates
upon the grand, and ha received a maven wound near the
temple. He was taken to the hospital, and for a short time
appeared to be going on well, but erysipelas subsequently
intervened, and death was the result
Mr. O'Brien addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, ,
and urged that there was so intention on his part to do the
deceased aay serious mischief, and that he would not have
resulted him at all if he had, not, u he thought, insulted
his weary in the first instance.
The jary found the prisoner Guilty, but recommended
him to mercy on amount of the provocation he bad re-
tie was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for four months.
Imes stated in wart during the day,lthat the missing
referred to in the application for the postponement
e! do leial of Mr. Bevan on the previous day, had bees
Mod, and it appeared that one of the clerks to the solicitor
Wire prososattos, who had gone to the telegraph °Hos to
telegeagat he a witness la the sass, had left them there, and
wen hand by some persons connected with the 'Ha-
mad headed over to the promoters.

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