The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-09 00:00:00

of 7001. to Mr. Masterman to abandon his claim ; akt. he
had accepted, and the property was now vested in no
&mignon. Of coarse, after all that delay, the mime
had been unable to sell within the time allowed by tko,
statute, six months from the date of the order. The sale
of the property was now fixed for the 6th of July ; .4 to
allow time for the preparation of the necessary deeds, he
asked the court to extend the time allowed for tele to the
let of September next.
His Honour, being informed that no one objected to the
application, made the order accordingly.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
1121 Z CASZ OF MR. MAD&

Mr. Beasley, who is instructed to prosecute in this cm,
on behalf of the Treasury applied to the court to pastpais
the trial. on the ground one of the witnesses wu ill
and unable to attend.
. . .

Mr. F. H. Lewis. who appeared for the prisonerond be
had no objection to the postponement.
The trial will consequently stand over to the July union
Benjamin Everett, 42, arespectabledooking man, described
u • printer, was charged with receiving • quantity of
leather and other articles, the property of George William
Shelton.
Mr. (bridge prosecuted ; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., wee
specially retained, with Mr. F. H. Lewis, for the defense.
The prosecutor in this cue is a boot and shoe maker, own
log on banner at 14, Chrispatreel, Poplar; and on the niglit
of the 22nd of August last year his house was broken into
and • quantity of boots and some kid skins, to the valor,
of about aor., were stolen. Since that time • man named
Simpson was tried for the robbery. A man named
Yates, who his been sentenced to ten years' penal
servitude, was also concerned in the robbery, and from in.
formation which the man Yates has given since his convie,
Lion, the prosecutor went to the bons* of the prisooce
Everett, is company with two officers, and having told him
that his warehouse had been broken open, and described the
goods which had been stolen, asked the prisoner if he had
bought some boots and shoes of • man named Yates. The
prisoner said he did not know anyone of that name, and
bought any boots of him in his life, and denied alto.
gether ha bought any goods of the description lost.
The convict Yates was examined as • witness, his being
the principal evidence. He stated that on the night of the
220 d August last the prosecutor's house was broken
into, and some boots and shoes stolen, which
were brought to his house by the man Simpson. who was
accompanied by two other men known as ' Velveteen"
and " Scotch Dick." They were brought in • cart at about
1 o'clock in the morning. He took them to the prisooer'i
house and told him he had got something that would suit
him, and showed him the goods, and the prisoner asked
what be wanted for them, and Simpson, who was with him,
said 301. The prisoner said that was too much, and
offered 20/. for them. Simpson, however, agreed to take
7.31., and the bargain was completed, and the witoen
(Yates) received a sovereign for his trouble. The prisoner
asked whose they were and Yates told him they bad come
from Shelton's. The main point, however, relied Nam he
the prosecution wee the fact of the prisoner having deeded
all knowled4e of the man Yates when questioned by the
prosecutor, it being alleged. on the part of the proucution
that they were well acquainted with each other.
Mr. Chambers made an earnest appeal to the jury on be.
half of the prisoner, and he contended that the charge
meted entirely upon the evidence of the man Yates, who,
he said, was upon his own showing • witness entirely
unworthy of belief. He also called witnesses to prove that
OD the night spoken to by the wittier Yates he was engaged
in sitting up with a sick person named Hendrick.
[The trial was proceeding when our report left.]