The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-02 00:00:00

CLIME t. THE OtTEN.-PETITION OF BIGHT.

This was a petition of right by Mr. John Clore, of Liver-
pool, for an infringement of his patent relative to iron ship
building, by the Lords of the Admiralty, in the construction
of the 'Warrior, Black Prince, Agincourt, Northumberland,
and the Moniteur. There was also a claim for compeer-
tion for services rendered in aendiug in drawings and de.
InThe owe was proceeding when our report left.]

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIE DAY.)

The February session of the Central Criminal Court
was opened this morning before the Riot Hon. the Lord
Mayor (W. A. Rose, Esq., M.P.), the Recorder, Aldermen
Sir R. W. Carden, Phillips, and Gibbon*, Mr. Sheriff J. C.
Lawrence, Mr. Sheriff Jones, Mr. Under-Sheriff Ferrer,
SLc.

The first edition of the calendar contains the names of
116 prisoners.
The Recorder, in his charge to the greed jury, said
be was sorry to inform them that the number of cases
were more than usually large considering the
abort interval which had elapsed since the last
samion, but be did not think the cases were venally of
• deecription which would involve much difficulty as far as
their investigations were concerned. There were two
charges of wilful murder. In one case, three prisoeers
were charged with murdering a sailor, and it appeared that
there bad been • quarrel between two parties at a
public-house, and the prisoners, who were foreigners, wanted
the other party to fight, which, however, they declined,
and some of them ran away ; they were followed by the
three prisoners, and as the others were turning a corner, the
deceased man received • stab from one of the prisoners.
The question for the grand jury to consider would be which
of the prisoners committed the act. The deceased man
was not certain which of the three it was ; but be
thought it was the man named Cares, as he was
nearest to him at the time. Then there was the evi-
dence of a witness which fixed the man Oallalc as the
one who inflicted the wound. Then came the question
whether they were acting in concert, in connexion with this
part of the transaction. There way no doubt they ware
acting in concert Se regarded the first part of the quarrel,
bat it would be for the jury to say whether they were satis-
fied that there was any incentive from either of the prisoners
to the other, if so they were equally answerable. There
was another came of wilful murder, in which a man was
charged with the wilful murder of his wife. It
appeared that the prisoner and his wife lived
eery comfortable when sober, but unfortunately were
both addicted to drink. On the night of the occurrence, it
appeared that the deceased was sober, and went to • public.'
boon to fetch the prisoner, but he refused to leave. She
afterwards refused for a time to let him in, and ultimately
• quarrel arose which ended in a fight, in which the de-
ceased took a good part. The prisoner grasped his wife by
the throat, and she became insensible, and was taken to a
surgeon, but died before she got there. It seemed to his
lordship, however, that they were both engaged in a mu-
tual contest, and it would rather be a case of manalaunhter
than murder; but that would be • gumption for the
grand jury to consider. There was a charge against
two persons named Hermann and Manus &Mar
for having in their possession a number of forged
foreign notes of some foreign order. One of the
prisoners, it seemed, applied to an engraver to have a note
copied, and there was some objection at first, on the ground
that it appeared to be an order for the payment of money.
The engraver, however, wax smeared that it wee merely a
ticket. The police were communicated with, and an ap-
pointment was made with the pnaonere when the work was
to be done. The prisoners called, and the police were in
waiting, and they left with the notes—one handing them to
the other, and they were taken in to custody with them in their
posiession. One of the prisoners said he knew nothing
at all about them. But there would be evidence to show
that they had been acting in concert, as they were seen
looking. at the stone together in the shop, and they were
examining the notes together when they were taken into
custody. These were the only canes to which his lordship
thought it necemary to call the attention of the grand jury,
sad they proceeded to their duties.