The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-06 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.

Sitting at Nisi Prins at Wastasiaitar. —(Belon Mr. J ogle*
Mellor aad a Comma Jury.)

ALOTSI V. 00WDIZOT.

The plaintiff is a lodgieg-house keeper is Chutelt.row,
and the present action was brought to reco►er a sum
of money for the board, lodging, clothing, and school-
ing of a child under the following circumstances :
In the year 1850. a physician called upon the
plaintiff, and took lodgiage for • lady w►o was
coming up to town to be cooked, and • few
days after the defer/dealt again called apes Mts. Aimee,
and informed her his name we Smith, and that the lady woe
his wife. The lady was brought to the home and confined
et a girL The third day of bet ocuieensist the lady said she
bad to go into the country to see her relatives, and she lets
is a cab and had not bean seen since. The defendant, how-
ever :made an arrangement with the plaintiff to keep the
child at 6e per week. In 1852 the defend►nt
called upon the plainUff, and informed her he was
goin to Australia. but he would remit the costa of the
child's mniuteuance through • physician. The child had
remained with the plaintiff up to this time, and she now
claimed to be paid the balance of eleven years' board,
lodging, and clothing, and four years schooling.
Air. Wood and Mr. C. A. Turner were counsel for the
plaintiff ; Mr. E. T. Williams arid Mr. Harry Pallier for
the defendant.

l'be learned judge interposed before the plaintiff% are
was concluded, and surgested an arrangement, which wee
seceded to, nod a verdict wan khan by consent fur the
plaintiff for 991. 10s.
This timed these sittings.

The Julie series of the above court was opened this
morning baler, the Common fierMant, Aldermen Sir R.
Carden, Sir F. G. Moon, Phillips, and Lusk ; Mr. Sheriff
Nissen, Mr. Sheriff Cave, Mrs Under Sheriff Nicholson,
Mr. Under Sheriff Gammon, tcc.
There are 83 prisoners for trial at this scission, but the
greeter portion of the charges are of an ordinary character.
One et the gent/ernes summated ou the grand jury
objected to serve oe the ground that he had a conscientious
objection to take an oath under any oircumet•uoes.
Is answer to questions put by Sir H. Carden the gentle.
man stated that he was aware that he could not claim any
legal ground of exemption on account of belonging to any
particular religious sect, and he claimed it merely as a
matter of favour.
Sir R. Carden asked what coarse he would take sup.
posing be should be obliged to being an action spinet any
One.
He replied that he always settled any dispute of this
oaten without going to law. He should not take an oath
wader any circumstances.
Sir R. Carden observed that if he were a witness in a case
of murder. he would be compelled to give his evidence upon
oath, or else would be committed.
The gentlemse said that he had no desire to evade the
performance of his public duties, and he bad on various
occasions been excused from taking an oath.
Sir M. Carden said that if such claims as the present were
to be frequent. it might muse • good deal of inoonvenieoce.
They were, however, very rare, and, under the einem-
etanoes, he should admit the excuse.
Another juror was thee sworn, and the grand jury retired.
The Common Serjeent, in his charge to the grand jury,
said he was happy to inform them that there were not more
prisoners for trial than would have been expected, coe•
sidering that an interval of five weeks had elapsed since the
last session. He was also glad to be able to state that, from
having for the pest few veers watched the Mate of mime,
this showed a very satisfactory elate of things, and that,
taking into consideration the very great increase in the pops.
beim, and a like increase in property, and the consequent
increase is temptation, criminal offences did not increase
in the like proportion ; indeed, as regarded juvenile
•ffenders, the Lumber during the last three or four years
had decreased at least two-thirds, which would, no doubt,
be accounted for by the exertions which Were being made
by philanthropic persons in taking charge of abandoned
children. He was Berry to see, however, that bee of
the charges involved the Ices of human life, and one
assumed the more serious charge of murder, and the
other four are for the milder offence of manslaughter ; and
be *cold not help noticing, with regret, that, em usual in
most of the asses of violence that came before the court,
they resulted from the effects of drink. With regard to
the come of murder, the prisoner and the &ceased
had bad • quarrel in • public-house, and deceased went
up to the prisoner in • fighting attitude, but it did sot
appear whether or not he struck him. However, the pri-
soner, who had • knife in his haod, made a rush at damaged
I and stabbed him in the abdomen, and be died three weeks
afterwards from the effects dare wound. If the fads were
established, be thought it was prima facie of murder, arid
wield rather be foe the petty jury to consider more a:l-
-ustily whether there was anything that would justify the
shags being reduced to niasslaughter. The Common Ser-
MLitt then alluded to the charges of manslaughter, and
remarked that Dearly all of them appeared to have been
committed while the passions of the accused were inflamed
by drink. In conclusion, he alluded to • caw
in which the captain of a vessel was charged
with embezzling 4,0001. belonging to his employers.
The prisoner, it appeared, reoeived the money abroad,
and ought to have at once accounted for it and remitted it
to the owners of the veineL Insteadof doing so, however,
he came to Blighted with the money, which he deposits I,
some in one bask and some is another, in his own name.
The prosecutors, hearing of the fact of his ...rival in Eag-
land, massed him to be apprehended, and his statement was
that he bed invested the mosey for security while he fool-
ishly went about to see his friends, instead of going directly
with it to the owner& The question, therefore, would be
whether or not the prisoner hd any felonious intent when
he invested the mosey, or whether it woe, as he bad stated,
• mere matter of negligence.
The court then proceeded with the business of the
se too.
Wee. Heath, a respectable-looking man, pleaded guilty
to • charge of embezzling moos,' belonging to Mr. Edwards,
the proprietor of the Bedding News.
The prisoner, it appeared, had been two months in
gaol, and he appeared to have lean under the impression
that be was liable civilly to Mr. Edwards for the money.
The Common Serjeant ordered him to enter into his own
recognaeoce to appear for lodgment J called sport

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

The June metal sessions of the pesos for the county of
Middies,: commenced this morning at the Sessionahouse,
Clarkeuwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin, amistant-jodge, and
a bench of magistrates. The *deader °Detains the names
of 74 peroaecommitted foe trial, of whom 63 were indleted
for f oar and 11 leer misdemeanour.
The grand jury Irvin bees work
The Aewstant,Judge briar addmined them on the nature
of their duties.

(Bofors Mr. Payee.)

Tall LATE ATTEMPTS AT ROMMEAT IN

George Collies, JohnZirii William Smith, and John
Seymour, who were °molded last session of attempting to
steal from permits unknown, were again placed at the ter.
In this ease /largesse Oriatheype, of the deteotive de-
partment, saw the prisoners leave • dsgeart in Regent.
street and Bon4elsreet, sod thin go up to ladies, put
their hands in their peekete sod hastily get into
the dogeart and drive away. He followed them in a hansom
cab, and finally overtook them in the Haymarket, where
they were taken into custody. Although they were found
guilty, their counsel took an objection to the indictment,
mod Yr. Payne @Omitted the point for the eonsideratioa of
the Court of Criminal Appeal, and, consequeatly, sentence
was deferred until the decision of that court was obtained.
On being placed at the bar to-day,
Yr. Pavne—Yon were tried and found guilty before
the last session of the common-law misdemeanour of havisi

attempted to pick the pocket of a lady in P,egentetreet ;
objection wee taken by conned on your behalf that the evi-
-1 dews did not mustabs the indictment, and that you ought
nos to hare been convicted. I reserved the point for the
I opinioe of the Court of Criminal Appeal. end the
Judges of that court, after argument and consideration.
re decided that upon the particular form of
indictment, the verdiet eannot be sustained. I here
looked at my Doke of the case, awl am not swore of any
I evidence which I could have left to the jury to doable them
to sa7 whether there wee anythieg in the lady'. pocket at
the time or mot. The judges have, as I understand, deter-
mined that is the ahem* of such hadiag by the jury tithe
affirmative. the messeirentneteem of putting the heed in the
pocket, though with the inteetioe of entalusg, wee not suffi-
cient to justify the conviction. You will therefore be dis-
charged. Bat let me WWII you to make good use of your
liberty, bemuse, under smother form of indictment, or
with stroogar evidence, if von commit similar see you may
be convicted. _ _

The premien, who laughed and seemed highly rejoiced at
the user result of the trial, We. thee &wharfed.
The oely ease triad aerie' the eioraieg warn unworthy of
• report.

THE POLICE COURT&
(TlllB DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
ALF IMPPOICaT WONLX.

A rather good-Joanne yeses wornao, who said her name
WA/ !veins Brown, wee charge/ with amooyieg Hr. Albert
Antall, by foroieg bonen into • Hamm &, which he bad
hired to convey him to his owe residence.
The complaia•nt, a young gentleman of retiring aid di/B•
dent manners, explained that os Saturday night haring
supped with • fried at Gatti's (the Adelaide Gallery), •ad
baring afterwards bees at a billiard room opposite °soil-
rtreet, he was rather late oat. He celled • Hansen
and jumped tn. He had hardly takes his seat,
when the prisoner jumped into the cab after
him, and coolly sat down beside him. Thinklag
there might be some mistake, he asked lerr if she bad
hailed the Gab. sad epos her replying that she had set, he
civilly informed ber that he bad, and that he would be
obliged to her if she would at owe alight. The seb-
um had started the home the moment the prisoner got in.
and before witatees could stop him they had proceeded •
few pease Upon the bores being brvught to • steed