The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-03 00:00:00

MAUCH': $1 1864.

4/6 wrangler al lilt Sege" they wets all wails of a
Furious dierelphion. The only szcw that appeared to be
offered for the prisoner's coed was that he was the worse
Llar liquor et law Ise the offence was committed. The
keite that was made use of b the primoner was a very for-
addsbklill•Pete, and the PtUssmator appeased to have bad •
very narrow escape from losing his life.
The jury found the prisoner Beaty.
Suva Channel], is passing seetesee, mid that the con-
duct of the prisoner appeared to him to have been very
bad indeed. He had not only taken advantage of the un-
fortunate pcsition of the yewoator to sedum hies wife from
him, but when be had kindly taken her beck again, be
seemed to have gale to the place when they grave living,
evidsoidy for the purpose of insulting the prosecutor and
committing some miaow' upon him. Under these circum-
stances he felt it to be his duty to esstence him to be kept
in penal servitude for the space of eight years.
(Before the Recorder.)Clark., Wile7ll4 /1, 33, • gentlemanly looking man was
placed at the bar on an indictment charging him with 'steal-
ing two tables, twelve chain, and a quiuitity of other fur-
niture, thsproporty of James Burr, a police constable in
the X division.

Wad Mr. Hudson prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh and
Mr. F. H. Lowe defended.
Mr. Wood said the premier we. indicted with stealing
these goods under somewhat singular circumstances. He
had eloped with the prosecutor's wife, and sold the prise-
cutor's goods. It appeared that the compkinant was a
policeman in the A reserve of the M division. and se such
he was necesearily away from home the chief part of his
time, both day and night. The prisoner was • German
interpreter, who had lodged in the prosecutor's house oa sod
off for more than four years. He wed to go away some-
times for months together, sad • abort time back
he absented himself for tbs space of six
at the end of which time he returned to the house7,lt
again engaged a back slespiageoom over the 'Litchis', and
for this sad partial board he agreed to give 2• per
week. Of coarse the promake left all the
meets to his wife, to whom the money was to be
but from circumstances which bad come out, there was no
doubt that she had never received one farthing during the
whole of the time that the primmer bad lived there. The
geometer had never suipeoted his wife's virtue up to the
time, or jut before her elopement. About six or seven
days, however, before they weal off together something
came to the policemaes ears which opened his eyes a
little, so mach so that he immediately went to his iodide
room, when a violent quarrel took place between them.
The cor palled oat a lifwprenerver, bat the police-
nest used to that kind of thing knocked him down
and got bettor of him. Just a week after this time,
law at night, the prisoner engaged an upholsterer
to take the prospeontoe's goods away for the ram
of 61. or 71. The spite/Maw mid he would rather
wait till the morn*, bat the premier replied that
he was going to Paris at 12 o'clock, and that they most be
disposed of at ones. At that time the pronecutor's wife was
present, and helped to negotiate the sale of the goads. The
upholsterer thee said that he could not fetch the goods, but
if he (the primmer, would bring them to his place he would
purulent them. the moistens the police were commu-
nicated with, and when the vas with the goods drew up at
the broker's door,
.• police-constable was in waiting. Shortly
at wwards the prisoner drove up is a cab with the police-
man i wife, and they were evidently prepared for a keg
journey, for there was • large Weak on the top of the cab,
crammed fall of the fair runaway's goods. The prisoner
wee thee takes into custody. The cue would turn upon
this point—if the woman was about to live, or had been
living. in adultery with the primmer, then the primmer woald
be guilty of felony in selling thees goods. U, however, it
could be proved that he had not best living in adultery,
that he del not intend to go off with her, and that he was
merely selling the goods for the wife, thee, of course, the
jury would return a verdict accordingly.
Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner,
and called the policeman's wife, who deeded that she had
ever committed adultery with the prisoner. Her husbaad
had always been cruel to her, and she had several times
raid she would leave him. Oa the day in question he had
been unusually cruel to her, and she had asked the pri-
soner to go and sell her furniture for her. The furniture
was her own, bought with her own hard earnings. She
had sot intended to go and live with the prisoner, but
to go home to her mother. She had always objected to
the prisoner's lodging at the house.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and
The Reurdw sentword him to be imprisoned with hard
labour for the spew of twelve maths.
(Before Thomas Chambers, Fog., Q. 0., Common Serjeant.)
Joseph Romaine, • respectable-looking middleaged rain,
surrendered in discharge of his Ea to 'ewer an indictment

committing a crime. The mere signing another pentoe's
name did always constitute a forgery, es if there were
as implied authority to ran. that would do away with the
charge of forgery. Tiro, agar, it war quit* manifest from
the radar of the prisoner that he had sot the slightest in-
tention to ddratiel, sad he hoped, if the priscmar was com-
mitted for trial, he would at last be admitted to bail.
Mr. Alderman Hale rid he had only to deal with facts.
He could sat know what the intentions of the prisoner were.
It wee quite clear that a forgery had bees committed, and
he mar seed the ease to the jury, and be et the same time
declined to admit the prisoner to bail.
The prisoner was Wen fully committed for triaL