The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-15 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.—YESTVIDAT.
swam Ms. BUOY Purr.
T 143 ALLVJED MLlaorß IN DRURT-LAMIL
Druid &lasso, wes indicted for the wilful murder of
Robert Clark. The prosecution took place at the instance
of the parish authorities of St. Paul, Covent-gardee.
The theologians.' of this case have been published very
recently in the police reports, and the facts u• sot of a
character to aroder it necessary to give the widows la
deo& The asoorrence which formed the subset of inquiry
In& Owe mint 1 o'clock in the morning of the 2nd of
76.. sal Nierilas to the evidence of two women of the
WES assig Taste and Hayes, they at that hour =CM-
=ill*/ descend, who 11,111 very much intoxicated, to the
ar lip Omer, a brothel in Hart-street, Covent-
neeithewn into a room on the first floor,
whosigitak eiiiihßMeme, the wife of the prisoner, demanded 2s.
of the thmeand. He said be had not got any money, but ill-
lilted apes being allowed to remain, and the prisoner's wife
then abased him and called him " Irish," which very much
excited the deceased, and he threatened to strike any one
who interferred with tam Oae of the women upon this
took the deceased by the arm, and led him out of the room,
and while they were standing on the top of the landing,
the prisoner came up stairs and milked the deceased what
business he bad to come into his place without money, and
at the same instant gave him a push, the effect of which
was to cause him to fall from the top of the stain to the
bottom, and be laid perfectly insewble on the mat at the
foot of the staircase. It was stated, that alter this the pri-
soner struck and kicked the demised, and then assisted to
lift him out of the house, and place Man in a sitting posi-
tion at the corner of the courts the house was situated.
He was found in this position by a pare constable shortly
afterwards, and on his being taken le the hospital it wee
discovered that he was quite dead, and the evident* of
the surreon left no doubt that the death wee the result
of the fall and the other *Jame be had mislead.
It also appeared that alter the orearreses bed token
place the prisoner invited the two NOM leer kin Meg
and treated them to some gin, sad hid limos if they were
asked an about the mattes, lie NOW ille deommell
wet drunk, sad fell by accident dons ibe initoieh
Mr. BaUentine addressed the jury at NM iilletk SS bs
half of the prisoner, end after estreatiey Vet to JAW
any prejudice which they alien ariessity aneends whist
him. on assoust of his disavowal 01111.101%
their minds in the consideration at the meant disage, '
said he should call witnesses to prom that the prisoner was
not the person who pushed the dommeed down the stairs ;
but that it was done bye woman while the parties were
wrangling at the top of the staircase, and that the unfortu-
nate occurrence might, to a certain extent, be attributed to
accident.
Several witnesses were then called in behalf of the de-
fence, and en endeavour was made by their evidence to show
that at the time the occurn nee happened, the prisoner was
smoking a pipe in a room down stain, and that he did not
go out of that room until after the deceased had fallen down
stairs, and a witness wee aho CALM to prove that while the
deceased sad the other emrties wen standing at the top of
the marmot, end the lemma pushed wing the deceased,
and that he bake very drank, was sushi, to nave himself
from felling down the stairs. The witnesses who were
called swore positively enough to them facts, but, upon
ages-examination, and in 'newer to qualities put by the
liaised judge, they prevaricated a great deal, and in many
mater points flatly contradicted seek 'other, and it was
diet that very little reliance could be placed on their testi-
nos.
liry. Baron Platt having summed up the ease, and ex-
plained to the jury the distinction in law between the two
offences of amen and manslaughter,
The jar, use* immediately returned their verdict,
finding the par Gayly of the offence of manslaughter.
The teamed directed two of the witnesses, a men
named TIMINI6 soh a woman named Levenson, who bad
bees essmimuleM behalf of the prisoner, to stand fo
and wises they MI so, he asked the jury if they won
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opinion that snout had perjured themselves in the
evidence they givens
Thej that they were unanimously el episina
that they dem so.
His Medi* urea this ordered them both intended/1e
M idol bribe ince of perjury.
The ydrense lielareo was then brought up for judgment,
and hi Wash*, having made some appropriate me
upon fate brutality of his conduct towards the unfurtuado
deemed, sentineled kiln to be imprisoned and kept to bead
labour for a year.

THIRD COURT—YzanatDAT.
Banes rim co. II fluFaer.

Joseph Streamer, 26, jeweller, and Carohne Ilorsoriek,
alias Cramer, 23, married, were indicted for stealing a case
of jewels, valued at 401., and a back note for 101., the pro-
perty of Frederick Arnold Ingleby Dralquin, the master of
Caroline. Mr. Trevathan Spicer prosecuted.
The female pleaded guilty.
The prosecutor, a German physician, living at No. 4,
Ovington.terraee, Brampton, stated that the female came
into bin service on the 11th of February, baring answered
an advertisement in the Times. She being a countrywo-
man of his, he made some inquiries of her, and she said she
bad been brought to this country by her brother. in-law,who
' was a jeweller, and produced some papers with an official
seal, from Mecklenburg Strobl:, which gave her • high
character. Oa the day after she came into his service she
asked leave to go out for an hour or two in the afternoon.
When she came in she asked mounter's wife if she had
seen a handsome brooch about, as the prisoner had left one,
a present from her brother-in-law, in the kitchen-window;
that it was gone, and she thought some one musehave been in
the house and stolen it; she then asked if there had not
been three coats in the passage. Prosecutor then went to
look, and found one gone ; a metal teapot was also mimed.
Pour days afterwards, upon prosecutor coming home,
about sloven in the morning, he met his wife, who pointed
oat the male prisoner, who was standing some short dis-
tance from his house. Prosecutor then went home, and
shortly after the male prinonar came and rang the belt
which was answered by the female prisoner, who stood
talking to bins for some time at the door, and he went away.
About one o'clock the female was sent out for a short
errind, and being more dressed than was necessary, the
prosecutor had hie suspicions aroused, and in a few minutes'
after his wife called him up stairs, and he found that her
jewel ease and its contents were gone, also the note and
some other property.
('ha-bate Nimmons, chambermaid at the Hotel de i'llu-
rope, said that en the 16th of Ishniery, between two and
three in the aftemsem *my bah id the some room ;
they both west oat tie same . Witness saw the
jewel case in bsr possession. They slept there that night,
and the nest day they were taken by Me police.
inspector Monekton, of the C otiOiNet, said that he went
with Superintendent Otway an the 17th to the hotel in
question, and were shown to the seem euempied by the pri-
soners, end whin they got Into** rem the Smalls was
I counting eons money into hie band. They made sea
understand the best way they could that they wen polies,
and wines, took the male prisoner in meted', end the
nuperintendeet the female. Whams began to soma him,
• hen b.. took a.mething from his waistcoat puha& i be
could not see what it was as prisoner hang his bead dews.,
j Witness struggled with him, and then foetid that he had • '
I razor in his hand, and before be meld wrench it from him
he indicted two frightful gashes on the left wrist. The
razor fell to the ground, and the female caught it up and'
gave herself a fearful wound on the left wrist. Mr. Otway
them came mid held the MM, and, assistance beinS-
tabbed, they lien both weaved, sad, the wards
Itt • wit daigureue shustaer, Dr. Leales woe