The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-27 00:00:00

C 7 8i STILL AND STILL.

The bankrupts, father and son. were ironmongers and
ironfounders, of Winchester. This was the ►djourncd
examination meeting. Unsecured debts, 2,2t:31. ; &meta
realised. 27:W.

Mr. E. Reed opposed; Mr. R. Griffiths supported.
The charge against the bankrupts wu that they had made
away with property of 2,GC3/. since the begiooicg of theyear,
and had sought to account for it by fictitious accounts. It
appeared that they had executed a bill of sale to a Mr.
Bentham, an accountant, for no consideration ; he bad seized
the whole of their stock, and had sold it to a brother of
one of the bankrupts for 9C3i.
Mr. Samuel Booth, merchant, of Birmingham, spoke to
a representation by the bankrupt in December that they
were solvent, and had stock worth 3,00/.
[The case was proceeding when our report left.]

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

The sittings of the Central Criminal Court were resumed
this morning. before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the
Recorder, Alderman Finnis, and Alderman Sir R. W.
Carden, Alderman and Sheriff J. C. Lawrence, Alderman
Jones, Mr. Under Sheriff Fairer, Mr. Under Sheriff Jones,
tic., sic.
There are 107 prisoners for trial at this session.
The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, ad-
verted to the fact of there being two cases of wil-
ful murder to be disposed of at the present
session, sod he at the same time expressed his
roe:et at being compelled to express his opinion that mimes
of violence to the person appeared to be very much on the
increase. The first charge of murder was against a man
named King, who was charged with the murder of • female,
but it did not appear upon the depositions whether she was
his wife, or whether he had been living with her as his
wife. However, she had left him for some reason, and be
went to her and endeavoured to induce her to go and live
with him again. This she positively declined to do, and he
struck her with • chisel which he had in his hand,
and inflicted two wounds in the abdomen, from the effects
of which she died the next day. If the grand jury was
satisfied with the evidence it would be their duty to find •
tree bill against the prisoner. The other case of murder
was one which would require the most careful consideration.
The prisoner was a sweep, named Samuel Gardiner, who
was charged with the murder of his wife. The prisoner,
it appeared, was in the habit of going out very early
in the morning, and on the morning of the murder
he left his house at half-past 4, and he was seen
by one or two 'Mammas, en several occasions
between that time end 8 o'clock, about the
sicinity of his house. At about eight o'clock • young
woman who lived with the prisoner and his wife as servant
rushed to a surgeon, and said her mistress had cut her
throat. The surgeon proceeded to the home, and found the
deceased womau lying on the floor with her threat cut, and
a knife in her right hand. A few minutes after the doctor
arrived the prisoner entered the room and asked what was
the matter, and at the same time took the knife
from the hand of the deceased, and observed to
the servant, " You're the cause of this." The
medical gentlemen, however, were of opinion that
it was impossible that the woman could have inflicted the
wound herself, as the wound appeared to be from right to
left, on the left side of the throat, and such • wound could
hardly have been inflicted with the right band ; besides the
wound in the throat there were several severe cute on the
bands, one so severe that the bone of one of the fingers
was cut through, which would go far to show that she had
endeavoured to defend herself. It was evident whoever
committed the act wished it to be believed that the deceased
had committed suicide, and his lordship thought the obser-
vation of Gardiner," You're the cause of this," was consistent
with that belief; but he afterwards accused the young woman
with hissing murdered his wife. They both made states
ments before the coroner. The female stated that she went
into her mistress's room to get • limiter, and saw her lying
es the floor with her throat cut. The male prisoner said
be left his wife quite safe in bed when be left at 4 o'clock
in the morning. The ouestion for the jury to consider
would be whether the ceased hal or had not committed
suicide, and, if not, by whom the act was committed, and
to satisfy themselves whether the evidence was sufficient
to establish a prima facie case against the prisoner.
There were four cases of manslaughter, two of them,
however, were not the effect of violence, but
of the alleged neglect of the parties ou.sens• I.
Death was caused in both cases by furiously
driving, and if the grand jury were of opinion that the facts
were established, it would be their duty to fled true bills.
The other two were of a more serious character, one being
against a man mimed Keefe, who was charged with the
manslaughter of his wife by kicking her in the side. The
other charge he would pot go into, as he hail only just re-
ceived the depositions. His lonlship drew their attention to
several charges of cutting and wonoding with intent to
murder, one of which wan a charge *sliest a man for firing
a pistol in the face of his brother. After alluding to
several other charges in the enendar, his lordship concluded
and the grand jury retired to their duties.