The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-22 00:00:00

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Ausssrar, Dec. 21.

Mr. Baron Bramwell arrived in this town yesterday
afternoon, and after opening the commission attended
Divine service. This morning his lordship took his seat in
the crown court at 11 o'clock, and proceeded to charge the
grand jury. The calendar contains the names of 15 pri-
mmer', of whom 1 is charged with bigamy, 4 with bur.
slimy 4 with arson, 4 with night poaching, and 2 with
staling from the person with violence.
John Smith, 32, and William Mason, 36, labourers,
pleaded guilty to a charge of wilfully getting fire to a stack
of hay, the property of Benjamin Baker, at Calvertoo, on
the 23rd of November last. And James Devall, 23, la
bourer, pleaded guilty to setting fire to a rick of straw, the
property of John Read, at Tortilla, on the 13th of /leptons.
ber last.
His Lordship, in passing senteoce, said—Smith and Mason,
yours is the common case of people who are in some sort of
want, and to get taken care of burn down valuable property.
Believe me it is a very great mistake. Why dou't you gc to
the workhouse, where you will be taken care of, and can get
out when you please? Or if you must commit a crime commit a
smaller one, and do not destroy such a quantity of property.
I lantana° you to eight years' penal servitude. Al to you,
Derail, your conduct is worse, as you ware in work, and you
did this because you did not like your master using a thrath-
Sig machine. The use of these machines is of the greatest
importance to poor people, as they are the means of giving
them cheap bread ; you might as well burn growing wheat.
I sentence you to fifteen ears' penal servitude.
Mr. Chapman for the prosecution.
Jain &vers. 28, William White, 24, shoemakers, pleaded
guilty, and Mary Stormer, 21, laundress, pleaded net
RUM], to a charge of borgfarionsly breaking and entering
the dwelling hones of Mr. Jas. Biddiford, a draper, at Fenny
Stratford, and stealing sin silver teaspoons, two silver table
spoons, a pair of silver sugu•toop, a quantity of ribbon,
and other articles to the value of 30/.

Mr. A. R. Stephenson appeared for the prosecution ; the
prisoners were urdefended.
Is appeared from the statement of the learned counsel
for the prosecution that on the night of the Ist Dec. the
prosecutor fastened up his houses, usual, and in the morning
found that it bad been broken into, a square of glue having
been cut out of the window, and that the shovemen.
timed property bad been stolen. On the 3rd of December
the prisoners were taken iato custody at the Bailey Railway
station. and 1100:10 of the stoles property was found on them.
One of the two called out to the girl to run away, but she
was taken, and had on a lady's jacket, the property of the
prosecutor. The prisoners were seen together both the
day before and the day after the robbery.
The facts having been proved, sod Use leaned judge
having summed up.
The jury found the female prisoner Guilty of receiving.
Robert Randall, police-constable 388 T, proved that the
female prisoner was living with Rogers as his wife, in Chel-
sea, under the name of Church, and that she had previously
been convicted before Mr. Sella. White was wanted for a
barglary in Cheleea.
His Lordship sentenced the two male prisoners to ten
years' penal servitude, and the female prisoner to one year's
imprisonment.
The prisoner Rogers, on bearing the sentence, took up
his bat and kicked it up in the air, the hat striking the
large chandelier above the dock, but doing no damage.

Jams Bord. 37, bottom-maker, was charged with bur-
glariously breaking sod fostering the dwelling house of
James Stone, at Newton Longrille on the night of the
17th September last, with intent to sisal therein.
r. Ilarkby appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner
was undefeeded. _

The facto of the case were rather peculiar. It appeared
that the prosecutor and his wife went to bed at about 11
o'clock, and at about 12 the husband awoke and found a
man &Moiling by him bed ; lie tried to seise the man, but he
ran out of the room and into another room. The wife of
the prosecutor followed the prisoner, end caught him by has
1 hair as he was trying to get out of the window.
The prosecutor got out of the window of his own room, and
went round to the window of the room in which the pri-
soner was, and caught hold of him as he was getting out of
the window, be then celled to his wile to "let go;" sod
pulled the primula out of the window and secured him. It
appeared that the primmer had got into the house through
the storeroom window, which he had broken.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. and
His Lordship simmered him to six months' imprisonment,
remarking that he gave him such a light sentence because he
had used no violence.

JusnA Baku., 20, labourer, was charged with setting fire
to a stack of wheat, the property of James Roads, at Meet-
more' ou the 18th September last.
Mr. Newton appeared for the preescution ; Mr. Paine
defended the prisoner.
The course the police took to discover the guilty person
is very peculiar and we should ay noprecedented.
It appeared ?tom the statement of the learned counsel for
the prosecution that the prosecutor was a farmer at Meat.
more, and that bas stacks stood at the beck of his premises,
and at about imlf-past three co the night in question, one
was found burning, having bees seen safe by a policeman at
two o'clock. As nothing could be found out about the fire,
a policrniao was disguised sod hired himself ma a horse.
keeper in the neighbourhood io which the prisoner resided.
He (minutely went to the public-houses sod got very mini.
mate with the prisoner, who told him • series of stories
about this fire, the substance of which was that he sod soo-
ther man set the stack on fire.

A witness having been called to prove that the fire took
Placa.
William Hobbs deposed as follows :—I am a police-con-
stable, sail was i3structed by my superiors to go to Mr.
Bowness, • farmer, at hleottuore. I became acquainted
with the prisoner, ad was very intimate with him. I was
talking to him about the fire, and be said " It's— cer-
trio they don't know who act Mr. Roads' farm on fire, and
they won't know." In the Hare and Hounds, on another
occasion, he rid it only took one match to set it on bre ;
and • person of the name of Sale said it must have taken a
lot of wood to do it. John Sultatone said to the prisoner,
" Hold your tongue, you fool, they will find us out." Pei;
Goner said, " I know better, I will tell the truth—l know
all about it." Sale said he would buy the men's chance of
what they would get for working at the tire ; he would give
the men ls. 6d. and the boys Is. At the statute fair I
saw Polios-constable Clark and the prisoner, and the prisoner
said. "Come and drink, Charley." and he said, " I hope you
will take no notice of what 1 said the other night." I said,
" Was that the truth r He said, " Yes, but don't say ally-
thioa ; I am busy cow, and will tad you more another time."
I said, " Why, you are along with a policeman ;" and he
said, " Yes, but he's a good sort." On another occasion he
told me how the fire was arranged, and that they meant to
burn the whole of the farm down. They were to watch till
the police-000stable was gone, and that they did so, and
then prisoner set the stack on fire. The prisoner, on several
other occasions, spoke of the fire and his connexion with it,
detailing the way in which he went to sod from the fire.
In cross-examination by Mr. Paine, witness said that no
one knew he was • policeman while at Mr. ikmoeme's as a
horse-keeper, and that he made no memoranda of the con-
versations. The prisoner did not want any " poaching ;"
he made • confession.

Several wallows, having been called, who spoke to other
000versatiosta,

Paiosiddremed the jury for the prisoner, and com-
mented upon the cooduct of the pOl3Oll. and contended that
the ease rested on their evidence oily, which was not to be
relied upon. He then called several witnesses, who @poke
to being present when the alleged conversations were said
to have taken place, and who denied hearing anything of
the mod. Ose of them was the person who wee mid to
have remarked that it would have taken a great deal of woad
to eat the stack on fire, and be domed saying so.
The case was proceeding when our parcel was dsspatclupd.

THE POLICE COURTS.

YARLBOBOUGH•STREET.

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Jean Caney, a blind discharged soldier wearing uniform,
and having two or three medals ors his b;east, was otuirged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging.
A constable said that about 9 o'clock the previous avow
lag he saw the prisoner standing in Tottenham-court-road
with a card on his breast. Ileum him receive money twice,
and then took him into custody.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether he sold anything.
The constable said he did not, but the prisoner rid he
was selling almanacks.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said lb* pri.
sneer was blind.

The card was headed to the magistrate, and had printed
an it the following :—•• Please to buy of a poor soldier. I
lost my precious sight in India. Was discharged with a
small pension for a short period. I hare a wife and four
children.

• The war teat hand, and death le nigh—
Fur God and soldier is all the cry
Ent when the war is over, and all things righted.
God's forgotten, and the soldier alighted..•

Mr. Tyrwbitt said he should discharge the man. In we
reentry io the world was • soldier treated sa la this. They
Lad • small peosiou for a time, and were thee kicked out.
The ann. It is only fair to state, has received at different
those greet assistance from this court.
Yea Aglaia Guest, the kepi, of a dimailler's shop la

Tower4treet, St. Martio's.leue, appeared before Mr. Tyr.
whitt to answer the complaint of luspe.nor Avery, of the
division, " That not being doly licensed to sell beer you th,i
unlawfully retail table new in your house."
Inspector West, F division, proved visiting the
deat's shop at a quarter-past eleven on Sunday mormt;•
the 4th inst., and seeing a female drinking some table lea
with which she had just been served. He spoke tattle ut.
fondant, who had been cautioned several times before, an:
ebe said it should not occur again.
Mr. Tyrwhitt told the defend tut that if she would set • ;
to sell beer, being only a chandler shopkeeper, she
suffer for it. It was rather too bed that a chaudler 6,,,
keeper should sell beer, especially at a time when
victuallers, who were at great expense for their
were not allowed to do so.
The defendant was then fined 40e. and NAL
LAMBETH.

Yesterday George Hands, a stout•budt nod bealti,
looking youth of 20, who had only bees discharged tr;.
Portland on Thursday week on a -" ticket-of.leavN"
placed in the dock before Mr. Elliott on a charge of aka,:
• pair of boobs from the shop of Mr. Clark, of Camber w
green.
Edward Cardell, a youth in the service of Mr. Clark, tit
prosecutor, said that on the evening before the prit‘n.t
entered the shop and asked for change for a toterti,-
Wither told him be had not change to give him, as.,l
left the shop, but in doing so he observed him take to a I,
of bouts and carry them away with him. He told bia mut.:
what be had seen, and Mr. Clark at once followe.: t...
prisoner, and broughti him back with the boots in his

Sergeant Stephens, 15 P, said the prisoner was giser ir t:
his custody on a charge of stealing a pair of boots, and t,4
marching him he found in his possession • ticketiof.i...e,
from which it appeared that he had been conv,rt.,i,.!
felony at the Sunny Sessions, on the 19th of Shy,
and sentenced to three years' penal servitude. and had
discharged from Portland Convict Prison on soar;,
The prisoner, who seemed anxiona to addree the
trate, said—For nearly three years I have been in / rust
amongst some of the worst and most vicious character,. Ina
I am very much afraid I came out just u bad as 1 ...at is.
I wu brought to town by the society, and it was icyrueddetermination,as I had a trade in my hands, to !ire botealy
for the future, and had the roaster, instead of the 1.1.
in the shop 1 should have entreated him for work, or lag
part of my money with him till he could get me sor.ettr:
to do ; but the lad being there, and alone, an!
be could not follow me, the temptation at once etatre,:. -
mind of taking the boots, and I could not resist it.
Mr. Elliott—You are committed to take your trial.