The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-25 00:00:00

THE FORMS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT} MBER 25, 1863.

(Ware the Baaorder4

William Pelham, 26, clerk, iris indicted for foloisimmly
Sorting epos a mortals bill of inhume fat the payment el
mousy Use sioosptasoe of us William Bow, with Weal to
defraud. Tbe prisoner wu Mewls. Indicted for Moak**
forgiu upon two bills .f
exelnage eadoussasst of Jelui
Bear, Wastes sad Edward Woolen, wit► haul todsfned.

Mr. Mead appeared to premeds ; Mr. Sleigh defeedmL
The *tow at Lint pleaded set guilty, hat afterwards
withdrew that plea sad pleaded guilty.
Mr. Poland that* shied the fade at the COW It ap-
pears that Mr. Welfare, the prcescutor, keeps • lean °Mee,
sod some tame ago the pneewr treat to idea and requested
him to discount a bill or 634 drawn by himself sad pm
to be acespied by a Mr. Jetta Thoth'. Mr. Wel-
fare it, and co its hemming doe the primmer ,
*min west to the office sad salmi Mr. Welfare to allow the
bill to stead over fora short thee, ea Mr. Weeks was act
gaits prepared. The promentor dated that be meld set
le4ltetaad over, vim the primmer ream bill
for 501. drawn by himself sad te be aempted by
Edward Vestal. Mr. Welfare reared the
ea UM bill, when the first waspad, sad the
quitted the dike.
Mr. !Mettle, for the ddeace, urged the Basseder to deal
as lightly es he could with the mom; who was a yeas(
man of met respectable consesime. and Data mostly a
=pommed of moriderchle mesas, hat batillig lardy
a partherthip with a man by which he was Mated
to beggary, he bad daze that which his fathom melted
▪ namely, the forging of the bills in quietist, bat at
the eases time with set the slightest intestme of defined.
lag Mr. Welfare—intending when he had somewhat
repthed his position to hare secretly paid the mom is
question,
After a amber of yammer to charade, had bees called,
The Recorder said there eertaialy were some exteenthiss
eirommaires ia the ease in favour of the primmer, who
%irto have booth an irreproachable character Wiwi*.
ritator wee then restemed to be imprisoned for the
mace of eighteen calendar mouth,.

JoAn siiriit 14, 24, rimer, Joteph Pemba*. 30, largenss,
and Jamas Clarks Mercian, 29, alines (ow ail), was le•
chaired, the tie loaner with staling, sad the latter with
reneineg with &guilty knowledge, a oak of tamales valve
241., the property of ltolple _ MOAN Pries ad alas. al
Prise'. Wharf, Bleakirion-bridge.
, Mr. Giffad sad Mr. Stirling precasted ; Hardest was
defended by Mr. Serlerat Patsy sod Mr. F. H. Lewis ;
andol ILL Ribion opposed as behalf of Smith ; and Pootberty woo
oodod.

The whole of the priemiers pleaded not irony.
Mr. Gifferd, io opening the case, said the widows wide&
be should by before them appeared to apply to the two
tint swimmers with regard to the stealing, mid d reseivieg
with a redly koowledge on W. part of the We'd. On the
24th Jim* it seemed that a quantity of casks, among them
baiter the one io question, were a hoard • barge *bide wee
statioeed at Prigs Wharf, ready to be takes the mitt mora-
ine to am of the rem& holuagais to the Omani Steam
Nerigateen eNnepasy. The amt moraieg the seek wee
moo, sod wain,* foemand4weraty boon it was loud be
paradise of the primmest Harriane, who was an oil and
odour man of Queenhithe. When questioned as to
the Feensitea of it, he stated that he bed par.
chased it for IN. of two TM% who Loud sat to he
the other two prisms% Smith and Pemberty. On bolsi
premed, however, he afterwards admitted that be bad only
sire 121. for it, which wag just half its We. The weight
of the cask aod its coolants was about 5 met, .ad certain
marks ems on it. by which it was at one identified. The
mw Smith sad Pemberty were apprehended, when it was
fatted that both moo haul been seen lurklne OW the spot, If
sot actually me the bare shortly before the theft. With
regard to timelier men, tb• only @Adam spabst '
him of waiving with • guilty koowledp waa the fad that
he knew the soar am sad their exact positioo, that be bad
purchased tbe cask sod the to ne ti much below their
value, mad deafly, that on og pomembe of the pro-
perty
hisbe bad oaeceeled it la one el the cellars connected
with eerier. .

Harrissinioaasel caossexamined the various witness.
wither's', to ahoy that his client did sot lisow the other two
that In had not emerald the mak, and that le
ta7i:Ta • very fair prim for it nedersil the circumstances.
Whoa the as se was about half completed,
ibiejest4 Parry asked the Recorder whether he thought it
wan straw awn& against Harrison to go collie jury.
The Reserder, after looking over the depositions, said le
really thaeght the "widow* was not strong sow& to *m-
oist.
Thu jay thew wader his direasioa rearmed • meet of
A • is the ere of Harrison.
. RAW' made ea esracet appeal ae behalf of Smith,
virgin that then was not sullicieat evidence spirt him to
jwisify them arevistiag him.
The jory bead Smith sad Pembertyd:illy.
Semical Amer soovietioas were proved a est Pemba*,
the dreams beim ars* of the same ptioe as the pre
seat eam
IheßalaeLrll6.l4ooed Posiborty to air and Smith M
Iv* pees! unite&
groma4/4.84 21, Jake Whims, 22, TAataist aft's. n. sad
Gawps Mali, lb, all lirisksealtem were Whited firr Wash
/ally J irellamsa, with West to do him
mem grimes' beim
Mr. Sleigh sad r. ppesesabeil ; IPSO de
Mr
°wow, sod New by ilk. The
ether peiewame were Isishailsi.

AU the Kimmins pleaded not guilts, with the siask,
of New, wbopleaded guilty to uolawfolly assaulting.
It • that the whole of the prisoners were brick-
makers, !ilium at Hyde, and on the day in question they,
together with the prosecutor, were in • public-house when
some quarrelling took place between them, and on Wellman
leaving the house they followed him, and New struck him
• violent blow on the head with • stick, fe,m the ill effects
of which be was obliged to he confined to his bed for over a
fortnight. The only evident,s against the other prisoners
was that one of them bud admitted they were all in the
affair together.
Tee three prisoners—the two Albums and Hall—were ea
quitted ; but New, who pleaded guilty, was aeatenesd to
four mouths' imprisonment.