The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1855.

were demos, and Dr. Jithasoa said that there
was so the whose min was ell all dense wider the perfect
ototrol of noon ; and with relbeens to se set of taking,
be would mond= the eau of the boy Joan, who having
got late the Palau, had se epporttusity of tildes many
valuable articles, bat be task only as envelope, a lethality
NO, sad $ bit of smikeosan ee seMolhiag trumpery like
that, and if he Mil hsesmasl to feloaisusly steal, why the
atheissis• was that be wend bath taken semetbing vele-
able Thigh was within his math, therefor, same the
quotlan, did he Weed to feloniouslyaed steal what was found
epos him. It was a mums thiag for the minds i f females
to
esitseids samba dories the period of life to which thet
mthemi ben alluded, sad a morbid soesatioa wu
pease' whisk other thissed Whig, sad whisk pawed
awe, whoa the amedlniso roomed. Oso party used to
go then limeade. traimmsa, by boggling fort hear over
a tympany pthelereq bat that may lasted during the impor-
ted peeled llfti wkltk In bath 'pekes of ; bat is this ease
it was oetbelouse the rimer Oft a lady that she mat be
apposed M be "nee • deludes say more the any cos
else. Ikon Judie, mast be ink without rsforeecti to rich
or poor, erupt se far as the width of the ponces bore upon
the qurstios of intent. To seitudt the prisoner on the psi-
ral groan of inanity would be &baud. The jury
was sworn to do justice to the best of their judgment, sad if
they considered that the sot of this woman we; not to lay
the result of Insanity, but of species of wasemssiousnees or
delusion, they must "unit her ; for theleseiling was, die:elso
know oho was eutosineg • filthy t As postral principle
and be laid dogs le swab ems; sash she most depend
apse its own 1114114de.* meek; sad the seitelodon mat he
arrived at from a view of the partfaslar eireasistiaces of
seek mos. New, if rider the lisliussessese of this awe,
the jury esmoidosed the the primmer bad no dears of gain
or tonight whet she Mds that the simple act of tango arose
from some Misperary, unthelepad morbid affection—if
they were sedan upon all the helm to this, they mast
acquit the thisemer; but all the bits must be present in
their miad, ea mosidoriag the matter. If, co the other
bead, they were mann hest she knew the true nature of
W aft she wee defog, that she meant to take .the uti-
else Msaf.aslys they .sided her guilty. If they had say
her thassmaMe daubs ea the matter, it would be their
duty to give the gelemor the benefit of it, and, referring to
the emaludiagoilosthaesa ofthe leaned counsel for the peri-
wig's, he might asp that justice aid mercy wire ono
ail the same.
The jury, after a shirt deliberatila, wished to retire. They
left the box at ball-past four, and ea being seat for at sin
they [elated that there was no probability of their agree-
ing. The spurt was then adjourned daring pleasure, and
shortly before eight o'clock, on the jury being ant for, they
said they had not agreed, sad was not likely to do so,
ono of them latimatted that they wore equally divided in
onaioa—six one way and .iz soother. Consequently they
were again oat beak to their room.
A consaltatioa them took nee, the moult of which was
that Mr. Parry said it had been thought bitter that the
jury should be dinhargod by Cement, after the intimation
that had been given of the than division of opinion among
the jury, as it was evident that no other result would be
arrivals; however long the jury might be entined. At
the tams time, he wished to say most diathetly that there
was not the lamelespoisillem em the presesatio I a• ths con-
trary, it was inner Oahe had any dome his duty la taking
the amens he did as the information he received from his
shopinea, sad he hoped if the men gave its sanction to the
coarse suggested, it wend the sometts• with its coacarreacs
what he had said with respell to Mr. Mono.
The Aasistut-Joilps, ander the ithatuastaisoes, quite con-
marred is the seams to be adopted- for as the
jury wars equally sod likely to be so, it was a very
proper tormiaaa of the ease. As te Mr. Noels, be had
dose no more than right, end there was not the least imps-
ta• ioa spas him la osmothiso with the case in any way.
Mr. Bookie said the gethemator, so far from being in
any degree situated by viodiodth fooling in the matter, ha
had suggested this mom himself two hours before. He
had dons nothing more than he was bead as it were to do,
sod he (Mr. Bodkin), with reference to the allegation that
a trap had bun laid tor the prisoner, could well understand
what was said Ia the heat of advocacy, bat there was no
ground whatever for sack ea 'sorties. The course pro-
posed at with Mr. Maila's satire ooacturenee, and he had
only dons what was admitted was his duti.
The Assistant-Judge thou sent for the [cry, and on their
cooing into court, told them they were discharged without
giving a verdict.
This was shortly after eight o'clock. The jury thou loft
the court.

The Aesistunt Judge, at the close of the proesediage, mid
he only wished that the *Alton of newspapers, who pub-
lished comments on criminal cams before they were tried,
knew, by being plumed in the judgment seat, the ill effeete '
of such articles with regard to the administration of Jamie@
is the cases to which the midis referred. After Wel, of
course, the whole matter was proper subject for comment,
but ;leading trial, it oily rendered the proper administra-
tion ef justice the more
TM Omer was the discharged, and left the court with
her Meads A great concourse of penile' hal assembled
°staid. the building awaiting the result.

Memel enough. He bad no other objeatiM, and if that
would net do, ha supposed he must pay it.
The magistrate having decided that the objection would
not hold,
Mr. leak'a paid hi. rate in court.
Mr. Edwards, Mr. Wilms, and several other defendants
intimated that they "disputed the validity of the rate."
Mr. Henry inquired if they were prepared to do so In the
Roolmiestaeal Coast
The defendants replied In the allirmativo.
Mr. Henry—Then I have no jurisdiction in your cams,
and the seuentomes Rut be withdrawn.
Mr. Bank, on behalf et his clients, male the mom ob-
jection, and pledged liamelf to the MUM course. He con-
sidered that Mr. Isaacson ought to have tried the question I
in the Beslastastieal Court long ago. One or two mess
would have been sufficient to test ft.

Mr. Lassen said tb- churchwardens bad no desire to
act harshly i• the matter, besides which, it was neosseary to
take preliminary proceedinp before a magistrate.
Mr. Henry considered that Mr. Issaceon had done per-
fectly right in the matter. He could not have recovered
any amount ender 101. in the bight r courts without pre-
viously suntrioning the defaulter bet,» a magistrate ; bat
he jurisdiction of the latter ceased when any question was
raised as to the validity of the rate. This preliminary step
having now been takes, he advised the withdrawal of the
whole of the summonses ; but be presumed that Mr. Hauls
had esplaised to his clients that the proceeding in the Ec-
clesiastical Courts was a much more expensive affair.
Mr. Ennis—They are perfectly aware of that.
Rome of the defendants objected to pay, on the ground
that the demand was exorbitant, sad °then that they were
improperly described ; but the majority of the defaulters
wore absent.

The whole of the SUMMOOIIIIB were eventually with-
drawn upon the above nadentandb.g.

MARLBOROUGH BISSET.

Willioas Bertajord, a tall middle-aged man of gentle-
manly appearance, who described himself as a clerk in holy
orders, but refused to give his address, was charged before
Mr. Biegbam with obtaining the sans of 1001. from the
Bradford Basking Company, Bradford. Yorkshire, by
means of a forged bill.
Mr. John Canliffe Kay said he resided at Failleld-hall,
Addiegbam, Yorkshire, and was at present staying at Lung's
Hotel, Bondetreet. Resbarged the prisoner with forging
his ass, to a bill, and thereby obtaining the sum of 1001.1
from his bankers at Bradford. A true bill had been found
against the prisoner for the *Keane at York Assists.
Previous to that the prisoner absconded, and prosecutor
saw no more of the prisoner until
and
afternoon,
whim he met him in Regent-street, and mooted him. The
prisoner pretended not to know him, and when he told
hint his name was Kay, he (prisoner) exclaimed, "for
God's sake have impassion on me," and requested prose-
cutor to ames_psay him to a Mr. Moss, who would pay him
the money. Witaess refased to listen to anything of the
kind, and a constable happening to come up at that mo-
ment he gave him into custody.
The prisoner, who is said to be highly 'connected, made no
reply to the charge, and was remanded until Thursday
i(this day )

Yesterday Robert Pool, ot powerful' and ruffianly looking
fellow, wee placed at the bar on the twofold charge of
savagely insulting his wife and inflicting a wound on the
throat of his daughter, a child of about 10 years of age.
Sergeant Castleman, 38 P, deposed that about half-past
two o clock on that day, he was sent for to the how' of the
prisoner, in Well's-place, South-street, Camberwell, and on
reaching 1t he found the wife of the prisoner being attended
by Mr. lismey. a medical gentleman in the neighbourhood,
and from what he could learn, it appeared that the prisoner,
while labouring under the effects of drink, was asleep, and
when he awoke discovered that his wife bad taken a shilling
from his pocket. This led to a quarrel between himself
and his wife, during which he snatched up a heavy deli
ware table dish and threw it at her head, inflictieg a very
serious wound on her forehead. The woman, when he
(witness) mw her, was is bed, end in so wish a state
from the leas of blood and the effects of the inlury as to be
unfit for removal. Their child, a girl of 10 years of age,
had also a very serious wound on her throat, of about three
Wallets length, and it having been stated by seine sae in his
presence that it had been inflicted by the prisoner, he (the
prisoner) denied it, and said the wound bad been occasioned
by one oldie sharp pieces of the broken dish that had struck
her in the throat, and the girl as well as the mother was
usable to attend.

The prisoner, who seemed to treat the matter with the
greatest indifference merely said that his wife bad been in
the constant habit of taking money item hie pockets when.
ever she found hint asleep, or got an opportunity, and in his
anger he threw the dish at her. The cat in the child's
throat, he said, wee sassed by mere accident.
He was remanded.
Mr. Norton received the following donations for those
poor women whose husbands have fallen into the bands of
the Rimiest, and are uetained in Russia as prisoners of
war : viz., IL 31. 6d. from W R., the subscription of a few
gentlemen frequenting the Ship Tavern, Wormwood-street„
City; 10s. ed. in postage stamps, from G. R. B.; 10s.
from K. A. G. ; and 6s. postage stamps from A. Dies.

GRBENWICH.
Mr. George Pools, landlord of the Princess of Wake
Hotel, Blackheath, was summoned at the instance of th!
police, f r keeping his house open on the afternoon of
Good Friday, contrary tothe act.
Tbedefeadant pleaded guilty to having his house open,
the only peeing seep I'd being travellers.
Foliefommaltable 85 B deposed that about half-pest 4 on
the atteemens in question he visited the defendant's house,
the dew of which was closed, being held by the defendant.
On going into four rooms he found between 100 and 160
persons sitting down drinking, the whole being very quiet
and orderly.
i The defendant said that the whole of the pereans so found
by the pollees'sa had come nor siderable distances, and were
not admitted by him, he keeping the door for that purpose,
lentil they had satisfied him they were travellers. He had
refused admittance to persons comics short distances, each
se from Woolwich or Charlton, but those in the house were
visitant in parties—parties consisting of 24 and 20 each,
coming from St. Paul's Churchyard, Cheapskle. and
Holborn, 10 from Croydou, 7 from Bayswater, 8 or 8 from
Dartford, arid others from Bydenham.
Mr. Traill said he was afraid there wed some difference
between his interpretation of the word " traveller" and the
defendant's.

The defendent—Bat those persons coming from a short
distanee I Mimed altogether.
Mr. Traill—A person travelling ever so short a distance
by
.the same sense might be deemed • traveller. An hotel
or innkeeper is bound by act of parliament to supply re-
freshment to travellers—persons a distance from home.

•
and punning their lawful calling. The set of parliament
did not intend that persons leaving their homes for the per-
ies of amassment should be deemed travellers, and an
innkeeper would not be liable to any penalty for refusing to
serve tine'.

The defendant said it was a question about which math
saziety was felt. The magistrate' at Ilford bad decided
that a person coming from the Hde•end-road to a place Ave
miles distant, was a traveller within the maiming of the act.
and had diamisse4 the information.

2[r. Train said it could have been intended by the
act that a loose construction should be put upon the word
traveller." rho way he would put It was, supposing the
act of parliament made it compulsory upon inukeepere to
supply travellers with provisions, shelter, or liquor' at a
price below their value, or for nothing at all, what construc-
tion would the defendant put upon the question as to whe
was or was not a traveller?

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The defendant referred to a decision of Mr. Norton's, the
magistrate, where a person travelling from the west end of
London to another part was neemed a traveller. He hoped
the 'magistrate would decide the question.
Mr. Trani said it was impossible to do so, as it could not,
in his opiaiom, be proved that the whole of the plasma
Wand in defendant's house were bona tide travellers. It
was no intim* to magistrates to put a violent construction
upon a weed in an act of parliament, which had caused
much dinsuity; bat as it appeared the defendant had
shown • dipmitioa to observe the act of parliament, and
had acted is a manner which be did not consider wrong,
be would Climbs the summons on payment of costa.
The Wiliest *gala wished the magistrate to decide who
was to be Meted • traveller.

Mr. Trail mil the decision oould not be rouse to by him.
The ooly_lng to do so was to appeal against his decision at
QuarterAo.nm ; and to enable defendant to do that Inman
pay a lbw of it But if It should appear that even one of
the mem la Ms (defendant's) house was not deemed a
travail", ties his dnision would b• confirmed. He should
advise defendant, if he wished the question mind, to select
some ease, let the police summon him, and hays a decision
menet him, allowing of appeal ; whea, if it was laid down,
either at Quarter Sessions or by the Court of Queen's
Bensh, that wean persons were to be deemed myelin,
and other not, each decision of course would be acted upon
A variety of farther questions were hers pet to the
magistrate, which, however, threw no additional light upon
the iaeaplieable question, sad the defendant left the wart.

Snor ROBBERY AT MANCHESTEB.—BetWeen nine
o'clock is Tuesday evening, end ono o'clock yesterday
morals& the loek•no shop of Mr. AM-ck, tailor, anddraper,
43, Pdsoometreet, Manchester, was broken into, and rm.
petty to the vales of about 1604 was stolen, including
Osseo of deth_,silk velvet, velvet 'MINK, fancy Wks, and
eMinalle. The robbers appear to have broke, a pan* of
glom. ilia on obtain entrance to an adjoining ham, from
mid& fog gained actors to the roof. 'Then -they removed
the dotal lea Mr. Anodes root and desimeded tato tee
slope Iraq tee yeeenbee by tho Wet door, which was
Ismed imam* by the polliwogs es the best at I a us. A
beau amid a bit. used for heriag, a paskektaife, and a step-
ladder about goo yards keg, were lett behind by the
thieves. They have act yet been apprehended.
MILANCROLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT LILEDB.
An inquest was hold at the Leads Court-house yesterday, oa
the body of John Crave., a porter, in the employ of the
Great Northern Railway Company, wbo had bees killed
under the following rdreumetanoss. A number of trucks
laden with timber had bees placed on a siding at the Gel
derd lunation as Tuesday evening, end after the arrival of
one of the tam some of the empty carriages were shunted
towards the same siding. A strong wind prevailing at the
time, the &tasked ',release were blown towards the eta.
denary trusts very rapidly, and as Craven was remalog he.
twins the two for the purpose of connecting the eaupliag
chains, be was (taught between the buffers, and equemeed is
a fearful mama. Re was released es speedily ea
and removed to the lallemuy, where he died shortly
afterw"ard& The jag retuned a wait Anidiatal
&stk.