The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-27 00:00:00

(Caws CouirrTßeton Mr. Justice Wightroan.)

Jaw Day was chervil with utteriog counterfeit coin
at Ounbridge.
Mr. OrrWge prosecuted.
This wail a prosecution directed by the Mint authorities,
sod the jury having convicted the prisoner, a previous
conviction fora like *Heap was proved against him by as
officer from Norwich, in which city he bad been tried and
imprisoned for nine calendar months. He was now asa•
tencedto three years' penal servitude.

THE MURDER AT WHITTLESET.
Just before the rising of the court Mr. Metcalfe, who
defends the prisoners charged with this crime, applied to
have the trial tpooed to the neat arises. John Grego,
who is cha ith the murder, was committed as loos
back as March last, but the other prisoner, William George
Smedley, who is now indicted with him, was only com-
mitted .° the 7th of this month. This men Smedley was
• witness against Green before the magistrates, and his
apprehension and committal took every one by surprise.
Mr. Metcalfe stated that the course the prosecution had
thought fit to pursue had so completely altered the coin-
plesioe of the case as against Green, that it we. impomble
to defend him properly, and as Smedley was joined in the
indictment with Green, and bad been so recently committed,
time had not been given to allow of his Wows being pre-
pared.
The postponement was opposed by Mr. Keane, who, with
Mr. Markley, is for the proesentioo.
His Lordship mid in such •we he thought if reasonable
pounds were shown he was bound to grant the application.
The priemers sought this delay on wise, seemed to him good
grounds, and it would bemgrievous thing if the trial sow
took plaits, and at • future time it turned out they bad in
camomile:et been unfairly or improperly coovictad.
The Lord Chief Bum at this stage of the proceedim
came on to the beech, and the judges, having conferred, Mr.
Justice Wightmas said if as affidavit were filed stating
that the primers would be prejudiced by the trial pro
eoediug, it should stand over to the neat wises.
The murder was • barbarous one. The vietim, • woman
of bed character, who it is semested was enticed into •
malting where the prisoners were at work, and then
murdered, an attempt being made to burs the body.
The orimin•l business of the maims wee !Wilted by seem
o'clock.

THE POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL

Jolts Calder, said to be • son of the late Major•Geseral
Calder, sod James ir.Doitald were charged before Aide--
man Lawrence and Aldennan Condor with feloniously re-
ceiving the contents of two letters, the property of the Poet-
master-General, knowing them to have been @talon.
It appeared that Mr. Austin, • stockbroker, of Token.
house-yard, dispoued of 43 shares in the Sciode Railway at
the request of Mr. Bennett, to whom he pre a cheque for
404, sod at the same time he returned 72 shares in the ammo
railway, having been unable to dispose of them on account
of the signature not appearing genuine. This took place
on the 3rd of July last. The account rendered- by
Mr. Bassett, whet is a stockbroker, of Copthall.
chambers, was that Calder brought the 115 Sciede
Railway shares to him to sell for him, alleging be had been
recommended by some ow in the Post.oflioe reapply to him.
He declined to do business for Calder without a reference,
whereupon be referred to • City solicitor, and then said he
wanted to dispose of the shares for hie aunt, who lived at
Rochester, and showed Mr. Bennett part of • letter con.
tracing en authority to sows person not named to sell the
shares. He ultimately returned the 72 shares with the
doubtful signature to Calder. and at the same time gave
him Mr. Austin's che qua for 40/.
Mr. Upward, a stockbroker, of Throgmortoo-street,
identified the shares as the same be forwarded Mr.
W. H. Nieholeoe, a banker of Rochester, for his
sister, stoat the end of June last, or the beginning
of the present month. He aught to have reoeived them
back shortly afterwards, but they had never reached him.
Mr. Nicholson depend that he forwarded the shares in
quess.ioss to Messrs. Upward and Godwin, sod the authority
produced by the prisoner was part of the letter witness
wrote to them. That letter was posted by the beak porter
au the Zed of July. Prom documents found at the lodgings
of the two prisoners it was evident they were acquainted
with each other, and it was suggested they were connected
with others in the systematic purioiniog of valuable
letten, but at what part of the trawl' these
robberies occurred the authorities were unable to discover.
The mildews against 311)01181d was that a letter was
Mr. Laud, a merchant of Moorgateetreet, con.
ousted to ,
a draft for 101. to his favour from the Clydesdale
Basking Company, and drawn on the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, in Lothbury, on the Bth of July, and that on the
following day the prisoner M'llonald presented it for per
meet with Mr. Lard's endereemest being forged to it.
MiDosedd, who said he was not guilty either of forging
the eadonesseA or reesiving the draft with a guilty know-
ledge, was then committed for trial on both urges ; and
Calder was also committed for trial far feloniously receiving
Irks Bards Railway shares, value 115/.

CLERKENW ELL.
g • barons maker, of 7, Chapel-
plots, Live mui charged before Yr. Barker with
violeatly assaulting his wife, fluearmati Chambers, at Isling-
tos, four days after her marriage.
Yr. Jolla Washer; appeared for the eomplaineat.
Irmo the midterm it appeared that the wariplairuust and
the defendant were married a few days nom, and that the
defendant got drink oa the first day, but the "happy" bride
said she did amt take say police of that as oho thought it wee
weal for thehridegroona to get drunk ea the Int day. la,
laugh.) Re, however, did riot mend on the .rood, as ea the
third be very math *based bar, being still is aa inebriated
stole. On the fourth day be struck her, but that she did
net take much notice of. A de), or softer sparriage
the broken were put into the hones for 44 arrears of
rent that the defeodent owed, amid the familiars, which
nearly all bologna to bar, she bay* impeded 231. far
tbethonte to make it " a little comfortable," mis seised.
iiiirdast tried to prevent the landlord, who is died,

from taking an pert in the seizure, but failing in that be
began to strike him. The complainant got between the com-
batant% an which the defendant strock her on the bead
with his 6.ts, and and be would have her We.

The defendant, w►o treated the mati;r:sa joke, said he
meat her no berm, and what he had doss was aU for
bre. (A laugh.)
Mr. Barker ordered the defendant to enter into his own
moogaissoces iu the sum of 1004, sod to find two sureties
in the stun of WI. each to keep the peace for three Loofahs.

SOUTHWARK.
Nathaniel Bales, styling himself Sir Nathaniel Bale,
Bart., Lord Paramount of Lambeth, Lord of the Maser of
Bedford, and claimant of vest estates in Englead and Wales,
and a lima descendant of Rio` Ethelred, with John Thomas
Brown, a respectably 0000ected young man, surreodered on
S remand, charged with coospirma to defraud the Rev.
' Charles Septimus Allen Dicksoson of 31. ss. and other sums.
Mr. Edwards, the solicitor to the prosecution, communi-
cated with his client. and shortly afterwards he eetered the
court and told his worship that, after mature consideratioo,
his client bad come to the determination not to proceed any
further is the matter.
Mr. Combo observed that if such was the ease the defend-
ants would be liberated from the eMr. Chipperfield, the solicitor for the defendant Brown,
expiesaed his surprise at the withdrawal of the charges
without any notice beteg gives to him by the other side.
He was prepared with evidence to upset the whole of the
prosecutor's testimony', and to show that be wee a very dis-
reputable character, having attempted to raise mosey on
Haiee's name. Had the aim been thormghly investigated,
be (Mr. Chipperfield) would have been able to show that
the prosecutor was the criminal, and not his client.
Mr. Combs said that be had perused certain documeem
headed in to him which did tot reflect very highly on pro-
secutor's conduct, so he supposed he thought it best to let
the matter drop to prevent en exposure.
Mr. Chippertield told his worship that be was provided
with evidence to show that the Rev. Mr. Dickenson bed
committed gross perjury at the last examination. Under
tl•itse circumstances, be was instructed to ask for a warrant

agiunst bun for perjury. As far u Mr. Brown wee con-
cerned? be wu a young man of high character, aod to vindi-
cate his honour he felt bound to proceed apinst Dickenson
for perjury.
Mr. Combe at coos granted the request, but the Rev. Mr.
Dickenson bad vanished. A summons was, however, issued
for hie attendanos to answer the charge on a future day.