The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-10 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Nana Rea, 53, sod Henry Read, 21, her son, were
charged with stadia( a considerable sum of mony, the
property of Joseph Rankin.
lo awither roan the money was Ind to belong to Mary
Ann Vicken.

The prisoners were elm charged with feloniously receiving
the property, know* it to have been stolen..
Mr. F. H. Lewis etioducted the prosecution ; Mr. Met-
calfe mid Mr. Begley were counsel for the prisoners.
The cirministanoss under which this charge was uelemed
against the penmen have bees very fully detailed in the
various inquiries that took place before the magistrates and
before the cormer, and they were of rather peculiar
character. The de:sued was aa aged man, who had re-
tired from busbies', and was of very penurious habits. For
about two years previous to his death he had lodged with
the ferule prisoner and her husband, who were person in
• very humble coodition of Ids at Delano, and
he paid them twelve shillings • week for his board
and lodging. The decamped bad formerly resided with one
of hie relations, a Mime Vickers, who lived in the name
neighbourhood, and it was known that at this time he was
in of • sum d between WM and 6001. in notes
gold.red During the greeter portion of the time the do-
ceaseclodged in the house of the female prisoner. it seemed
that he was almost bedridden, bat it was observed that be
kept his money in • box is his bedroom, and the evidence
west to Dhow that the incoeywassafe in the mouth of March,
1863, sad it appeared that is Jane of the same year the de-
ceased made his will, by which he bequeathed the whole
of his property to Miss Vickers, who was his mooed
cousin. Is the following mouth of November the deceased
died, rather suddenly, and ie onsequeece of acme °imam-
staaces that subsequently transpired • coroner's inquest
was held upon the body, bat the decision the jury arrived
at was that the death arose from natural causes, and the
prisoners were subsequently committed to take their trial
upon the present charre. It appeared that immediately
after the death, Miss Vickers went to the house of the
prisoner Maria Read for the purpose of taking pos.
session of the property of the deceased ; but
to her astonishment, all the money she could
find was • sum of 121. She asked some questions of the
prisoner relating to the money, but the denied all know-
ledge of more money than the stun that was discovered, but
she stated that • abort time before Mr. Rankin died he
had been visited by some person who represented himself
so his friend, and that after this person had left she found
he deceased in • state of stupor, and the suggested that this
person might have taken the money that was supposed to
be minion. Further inquiries were then made, which led
to the discovery that the prisoners had both been
engaged in changing for gold various bank Dotes, among
which was one for 2001., which noes were proved to have
been in the possession of the deceased shortly bdoire his
death, and this led to another demand being made wpm
them for an explanation as to bow the money name Leto
their possession. The prisoner Henry Read seemed in the
first 'potence to have treated the matter very cavalierly,
and told his mother not to answer any questioes, and to
" let them go to law ;" but eventually, upoliaest:
the female prisoner said that the
pressed
g'iven her the money. These were the principal
facts in support of the charge against the prisoners, the
evidence leaving no doubt that they had changed bask Dotes
belonging to the deceased ; and the principal questios for the
jury was whether these nous had been gives teaser by the
decepaed, or whether they hod unlawfully possessed them-
selves of them during the lifetime' or after the death el the
deceased. With reference to this point it was urged that
the statements made by the prisoners were very suspicions,
and that it was extremely improbable that • man of such
Latina as the deceased should have given away inch ••
large sum of money to strangers, and that if he had does
so be would not have made a will afterwards leaving the
property to his relation, bliss Vickers. One circumstance in
favour of the prisoners was, that it appeared that they did
not seem to have acted with any secrecy, and that the notes
were dialoged at the shops of tradesmen by whom they were
perfectly well known and that their right name acid
address were endorsed upon the notes. As an in-
stance of the penurious end niggardly habits of
the deceased it may be stated that it was proud
in the course of the case •by a lady named Sewell,
who was use of the district visitors at the houses of the
poor, that, shortly before his death, she administered some
relief to him upon his repressetatioa that be was in a des-
titute condition, although at this time there was no doubt
that he was is possession of a very large sum of money.
The learned counsel for the primmer' contended on their
behalf that as regarded the young man there was no eel.
dance whatever to show that he bad anything to do with
the robbery, even supposing • robbery had been committed,
as all that was proved against him was that be bad thaeged
two or three of the notes, at the name time giving his real
name and address. With regard to the mother, it was
urged that there was nothing to contradict her seamiest
that the money had been given her by the deemed for the
kindness he bed received front her.

Mn Hut, a married daughter of the female prisoner,
waa called as • aad said that daring the last
year she was living at her mother's house, and was ac-
quainted with the deceased, and the stated that 00 two or
three oocesices her mother told her that the deceased bad
gives bar beak notes, sod that once she saw him give her a
bank sou, stating that he did so as • resompease for her
Itiodame to him. This witness also said that she heard that
the &mend did sot wish it to be known that he had given
away the money is the manner stated, for tear he should
have his ndatious dowel
!poi him
L'poe being

this withers mid that she re-
membered se-siog a 2110/. note in her mother's poseasekm,
and that she afterwards ea. the gold that had been ob-
tained for it at the Bank of England also in her poserision.
When she was asked what had become of this mosey she
said that it was all spent, and did not know anything more.
Mr. Lewis, I. replying epos the endows, remarked
upon the absurdity of supposing that an old miser, such as
the deosaaed clearly was, should give away 1001. and 2001.
notes in the manner represented, and that there could not
be any rethosable doubt that the female prisoner had
yielded to the temptation that presented itself, and that
she had taken an opportunity of *peeing his box and steal-
the rnoßezz,
ha. log summed op, the jury, after delibe-
rating a short time in the box, retired.
They rebutted into court ia about halfds-boar sod gave
ave Mid of Not (Joky as regarded the prisoner Henry
Read, and found the mother Guilty.
Mr. Lewis said that the mosey that was stolen was
almost everythiag that Mire Virden had to depend reps,
and it could bsrldy all be spent. He suggested, therefore,
that seethwee should be postheasd, in order that the pri-
sms, Maria Read might have an opportunity of giving some
iaformation upon the sakject if she thought proper to
do so.

Tit; ItAteardar granted tits spoliation.
Allis Hurray, 32, painted guilty to a *harp of stoslisi
• woad

_
Baker, • eietel ogler belesagieg t. the City polies, 's-
teamed the mass that the wee • most deeperate
character. be bad already ew motemod to yam' earri-
tads, and wee at pnowit at large wider a ticket-of-ham
The Recorder metemeed him to eight years' penal servitmlit.
Philip Joy, 54, • respeetablelookteg was, who pleaded
guilty Let swims to novena belietraeute ehergisg ham wI
embrzali ea MMUS belaregiag to bU employes, Norm
Deal, at Cockaper-eirret, wee breoght ttp is jodgmest.

Is
by that the prisoner had been for two ye.rs
employed by the presenters ha a embdeetial capacity, ard
that he bad embersled money beloogiog to them to
the amenat of 6001. The mosey seemed to have be,,
waded in reelagspeeFlatimm

He wee eseeiiiewied to mem by Mr. Lewis, who sp.
Hand fee Ile preematies, es the ground of his previous
ebemmebse, sad bM leaving giving certain information to
RirsirlsordiaLet mid be wee unable to discover any mitiga.
tin eirrtmemanes.in the awe..
.I.lr prisonerbed.embezdad

a vstszi=aaas of mosey, whidt be oseasset to haws spew
ia moats, sad his ads of dialogist, appousd
to vo saisaistsme • ouy_saasidsrablo period. Coder
than oiromtlease 101* "inks to osatosee the pn.

moor to lour yam' pool sentinels.

RAILWAY .AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN
PARLIAMENT.

Yesterday the second committee on metropolitat.
railways, to which has bees migned for oossiderateon foci
of the new schemes from the originsl committee, met e
room No. 4. The examitese ecissists of Mr. Heeee:d
(ehainses),Ooleoel Mr. ffsleatlel.34- A. Smith. sod
Lord Doak*UM. Mr. Oolseid e, Q.C., laid before the con..
mitts* the merits of the Metropolises Railway Oenapany's
Crextensions to Notting-hill and Brompten. The
:Lice will be of 1 mil* 7,, chains from the
authorized western termination of their railway, bear
the Great Western Hotel, Paddingtoo, pseneg near
the south side of Mosieweeed, Bayswater, under th
Uxbridge-read at the easternmid of Notting-hill High.
street, to a point at liessiagtoe-plaos. Notting-hill, near
and to the south-west at the junction of High-street and
Salver-street • oleo a further extension of I mile 43 chine
from that point, passing near zed by the west side of
Church-bun, under Highetrees. Keesington, near the
north-west eagle of Kessiegtosequare, and the ))'unction of
G lottcester-road and Cromwell-road, to • poiotat Alfred. piece
West, Thu:doe-square, sear the South Keneiagton Mumma.
The proposed lines ante be completed in fire year.. and
the company also undertake to construct a road out of the
Cromwell-road, opposite Exhibition-read, to Alfred-plan
West. For these purposes it is proposed to raise 1,261406 tic
by new shares, which may be maned as a separate capital
charged on the profits of these exterisions, and 40),000(. hr
loan. Mr. Fowler, having described the engineering fee.
suns, Sir kL. Mayne, Chief Commieekeer of Police, end
Rams. Alexander and Holden, owners of property on the
route of the line, were *sambaed by Mr. Cripple at consider-
, able length, and the committee adjourned. Lord
Stanley's committee mimed the bill of the
Laudon. Chatham, and Dover Company, for their
now lines at Battersea, southern works, and Kest
works, and adjourned the consideration of the clauses to
Wedeaday. The CYO for the North Devon and
Somerset Railway was opened by Mr. Rodweli,
The chancier of the coal tragic in Genet la
with the Great Eastern Northern Junctioss
Rail-
way owned the attention of that committee
all day. The competing case of the Lancashire Usice hail.
ways to that of the Leaemehire and Yorkshire Compaaje
extissions in the name district, was opened daring the day.
It is poposd by it to make a railway of 11 miles from the
BL Melds Railway I. Wigan, sod of 16 miles from the
North Union Railway between Wigan sad Standish to
Blackburs, with seven smaller branches ; 600,006'. to be
rained in shares, and 166,0001. on loan ; the London tool
North Western to be authorised to subscribe 10(60u6e., and
to raise that sum by new, ordinary, or preference shares
the new company to be authorised to contract with the Lon.
doe sad North Western for the use, workisg, and traffic of
the intended lines. Wittman' were, muoined by Mr. ben:.
son sad Mr. Calvert. The clauses fee the amalgamation 4
the various Welsh railways were settled • and ooetinuou
proceedings occupied tb• committees on L. Edinburgh oat
Glasgow aid Dahlia Geoid Justifies Railways. In Lard
Redesdals'a committee the Erith Tramway. Bill was passed.
It authorises LieuL.Colonel Wheatley to construct tram.
ways from the ballast pits or cliffs at Erith to the wharves
on the river, and to the North Kant line. The bills for the
Edgware, mid London Railway, and Chichester
Heehaw mt, were also pored.

XITIOPOLITAN SUBWATIL—The whitewall examined it
this committee esterday in favour of the bill were Mr.
11LP., Hr. , the architect, and Mr. Carpnael,
owe of the members of the Metropolitan Board of Works.
llTthrunon or THE Longo, Sawoos.—Yeaterday the
committee appointed to coridair the best maths for ;hi.
lain the Leedom sewage met for the tint time, Lord R.
Hooters in the chair. Mr. J. Thwattes, the diairmao of
1 the Iletropoliten Board of Weeks. was the ••*pal wit.
Delle examined to favour of the plan propounded by Hears.
Napier and Hope, reported on in favour by the Slam
Drainage committee.
Hotspur %%attar Imrsovzstharr.—This bill came before
Lord Stradbroke's committee, sad Mesas. Haywood, Shaw,
sad Need! Wife examithd. The opposition for the pa
companies, sad Mears. Member, Pentifth, Wood, and
others, was sokesquently owed by Yr. Merewether sod
other learned counsel, sod the easimittee adjourned.

MARKETS.

LONDON wrEILLY DOCL

Sodas—Vt. 1. lads It trot LOU
Matulttus badsl 54.577
last India
Nam baskets
Moak top
Havasu bolos
Cuba bores
=pallasetwado
LSO SST
Da.
CUSES-11`.1. 11/0
&
C.11:6 bits.! 8,164
Media
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& Costa Ma St
000oa boss US
forsdp
ekart
De,
MCI. LI boa US
Warms —Means of
POS.Ua loos 906

$.061
12.131
11,11144

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929

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1.246
1,074
73
646

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11.1111
WON

611,1011
22.9101
19.100
141.401

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110,7011
lON

10,514
18.096

114.. g?

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TALLOW.—The tallow market has bees quiet to-dsv,
and the 'dimes of lest week has ace been filly maietained;
in feet, to affect sass a decline from the best point of
per cwt. must be submitted to. From Petersburg the
market comes firm, at 42 a. r.; es. 330. Oar quotatims
are :—.Spot. old,
July to September, 41s. 9d. to 42a. ; October to Decem-
ber, 445. to 445. 3d. ; North American, 40a. to 40s. &1.,
good to flue ; South Americas, 425, bit pipes ; Australian
best, 40a. 6.1. he, to 38m. low sad weak. Cocos nut oil
quiet; Cochin, 411. to 41s. Gd.; CeylocR 3i s. Gd. to 38a;
Sydary very hills °florist ; nocaleally, 3ce. to 38e. 6d. good.
Palm all steady ; 355. 6d. fine Lagos ; 33a. to 335. tid.
A.—(From the circular of Means. Smith sod Chiles.
dated Mooday *remise.)

OVlTON.—Lrrnioot, NAT 9.—We hare hod • poi
burner with hardening prior. Sales to-day Or 11000
bolos, including 4,000 For approartios and moo& 700
Asorions, M. to 29* ; 150 Peniant, kn., 2tid. ;
Matoribera, Wed. to ISt& ; 100 Mawr and Bahia, 17d. to
rld; 000 lapis, M. to 2901. ; Smyrna, 22d.
to 4d ; 9,&10 Burr, 11d. to 23d. ; to 21d. ;
Jaw, 19id.

WOOL AND WORSTED.—BaagrOan, NAT 9.—Then
is but little animasioa ia our market to-day. The tales of
wool have bees ves7 small, sad only to meet immediate
requirements. In worsted yarns the domed is also mon
Latent& Spillers are, however, so well employed that they
neither press for fresh orders ear make say conomake is
price. The only Imams doing is peas is for fancy fabrics.
Theetrade is plain goods has been quiet to-day. Plain
a owe Melly me mace militate& Prices are cot
higher thaa they were last week.

OATTLF..—Livizroot., Mar 9.—The supply of cattle
and 'beep was about the same as oe last Moodsy. The de-
mand slow for bee( at lest week's prices. Sheep in fair
deemed at higher prices. Lambs in very good demand at
fall prima. FM lambs very mares.

CRYSTAL PALAU.. ONO SHILLING DAY.
HOTGAT, MAT S.—Admissions an mom* 736; ditto
by mama thaltais. 3113 ; 1449.
Moss THAN ivra AND aims THAN sm.—This
gnaw $0 the laesset and bad Mock at spring and =maker
patterns seer anbeallied for Wane wean/ The world-tamed
ISt. Iranian at Alfred wohb Haw' the ortginatce's only ear
',Wham 71, Brookdareet, lianovae•agnare. Yetablished leal.
—(Ad