The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-29 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT. —Lzwis, Maim 28.
Cam, OctuaT.--gistose Lad Chid Justice Eck)
ZITILLOiDDrAIT MAMA 01 IMILINGE
John Cheep, SO, a volise yaws mt, a private
selsbet the Nth Nes was charged spew au indict-
ment, awl aim spas the coretwes laguisitioa, with the
wilful wader d James Outlets.

Mr. Rompsll and lir. A. I. Burl conduoted the -
kir. The prisoner wee defended by Mr. Bertow. cme,
from the extreeeMeg
_eieemeseemise resested with the
ematission if the alleged ores se, realed • greet deal of
iseerset.
The herald cense' for the presestMen, in his opening
datmeset te the dthe factsupon- whisk be re
per lied to sup-
.** mid the ehargisapinet the prisoner bad
mere& soma ematioa is the county US it was inthomible
but they must bar beard or reed • great many circus
shame oceassied with the enema aim ; but he eatreated
tees le Asir all that they had so bend or Mg tram
their Mee, and be guided toe deeds solely by the sworn
thelimes that would be lad before them. He thee pro-
seeded to give • saerathie of the fear of the me. Ith:t
peered that the palms es ahem seated, woe a t
moldier in the 59th Regiment of Toot, which at the time of
the misses was stationed in the barman' if Chichester,
and reared re of the bete or moms is the
lenache with tea or Glares other see. The decreed was •
rig vas, a pupil et Bishop Otter's College, at °biases-
ter er, bich is ddimtd to the purpose of training school-
masters, sad be aid the prisoaer, it appeared, were
entire steer sers le ma other. No motive wield be
wedged fee the eommission of such an act by the pri-
mer, me be se the unfortunate deceased was cosoraed ;
but the susestios on the part of the prosecution appeared
to be that the prisoner entertateed • deadly feeling of re.
venge towards one of the odium of his rime t. who bad
ordered him to be put upon use drM, and that this was
the person whom he intended to destroy. sad that he bad
killed the deceased by misers The call 7 queetion is the
case, therefore, was whether the s was the baud
by whom the deceased met his death, aid the evidence to
support this
took
was entirely circumstantial. The
°warrens. took place on the night of the 16th of October,
Sect twelve o'clock ; and it appeared that on the previous
evening, the 15th, the prisoner was seen to be cleaning
his rifle, which was numbered 383 and he then
placed it in the rack over his bed in the hut
which be and his comrades occupied. He then went
out into the town of Chichester, and returned to barracks
about 9 o'clock, and was than informed that be was
ordered for extra inspection drill on the following morning.
He appeared very angry at this, and said he would not do
it, or, if be did, he would drill them, or some angry ex-
pression to that effect, sad he also said that be should
complain to the commanding officer. The prisoner then com-
plained of ban; bad in his inside, sod went to lie down on
his bed with his clothes on. The lights in the room were
pat out at about a quarter to 10 o'clock, and • few minutes
after this the prkoner said he wished to retire for •
natural purpose mid left the room, and it appeared that he
made kis escape from the barracks. He was misled short'
afterwards, sad upon his bed and rifle-rack being exams
it was discovered that his ride was goes, and that tea
meads of ball meridiem and several percussion ape were
Seeing, and it also appeared that when the primmer left
the barracks he had on his regimental great coat and as
ordinary civilian's cap. About two beets after the pa-
mper had loft the barracks, under the circumstances above
masted, the report of • rifle was beard in the neighbour-
hood. The prisoner remained absent from his duty, and no
informatics was obtained as to what bed become of him. On
the following night, the 16th ce October, two constables,
belonging to the Chichester police, were on duty at • plane
called Love-lane, which is near the college, when they
heard the report of • ride, which was followed by •
shriek. Tar proceeded to 611 mot, sad they there
found the deemed lying en the greyed near a
stile. He had evidently been shot while on his
way to the college, and the wound misstated by Dr. Drake,
a surgeon metier at Chicheeter, to be seek se one as
' would be caused by • coned rifle bullet, which hod posed
completely through the body of the unferhaste rang
: man, entering a little below tbe breast borne, aid peeling
out on the right-hand side of the spine. When the eon-
: stables came tip to him the deceased emplaned that be
I felt as if be was dying of cold, and he was curia is the
college, where be died about two hours afterwards, but be-
fore he died he made • statement, which, however, by the
roles of evidence was excluded from the consideratis of
the jury,_to the effect that he had been shot by • soldier.
IS meth seem that immediately after the memos,
the primes mu enspected to be the author of the crime,
sad a pod if soldiers, and other persons, scoured the
sonstry la saw& of him. No trace of him could, however,
be theaseseed at this time, but in • water meadow not very
tor hen Cadebester • rifle was found by Mr. Hem* the
wapedalingent of police et Chichester, command Misr
mom WO^ and this ride turned ant to be the esethat
biers le the prisoner, sod when it was •111110011 II
wee aemmiessid that the weapon had been rem* de.
elk. led that it had been re-loaded with the and de-
tof ammunition and bullet that hed se,
le piimensr for the performance of Ide
The evidence then west to slow that es weedingng
16th, and at different psrtoda me the I
• um wearing • asp lied • sadism's griZain
having with him • rifle, sad, ia feet. 'lowering is every
partioider the appestats* el the cleceograk abbot* ere
d the wilommems amid underfebe to
lift 114111 on id Miami phases is the wig= a
Cldalieelsr, sad Lee if the idles's= am preyed that ea
the sight of the 16th October, as he was reiterainsio=
city at 12 o'clock at night, he law the memo men
the side, bat be was nimbi" to lay what object he aimed at.
Nothing mere our heard of the primer nail the Mk of
October, whoa • eseteble named Pszeell, who was se Ms
way to Petworth in • cart in smelt if him, acceensaid by
another officer, met him on the high road leading to that
place. The omcer Sopped his cart, sad the moment he did
so the !primmer jumped over the hedge, but the oaken per
sued Yid ad found him concealed oder • hedge, sad
titek bin isle costray. They sated him hie same, and
he slated truly that it was Jean alaray, sad f
orme he be-
to the bath t, and he me then infd that
licilemt beim a en a charge of the wilful me der