The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-06 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.
(Fltroaa Ta. Loa. Chin Bassw.)
Tut CN•11011 or MURDER I/1

Jose Fertouro Iterdign, 30, a Spanish seaman, was indicted
for the wilful murder of lames Almon.

Mr. Clark and Mr. O'Bri;;;;:cidueted the prosecution.
Thseprisoner W.ll defended by Mr. Bsdentine.
The circumstances under which the charge was preferred
have appeared very recently in the police reports and in the
proceedings before the coroner. It appeared that the de-
ceased, who was a young man, was a seaman, and was paid
MT from hi. ship on the 24th December, and it seemed that
I he then took up his abode at a low brothel in Old
Gravel lane, ShaJcell, and cohabited there with a girl
named Mary Anne Smith. The occurrence in question
took place at two o'clock in the morning of the Bth Jan •
nary, and it appeared that at this time a woman named
Kirwen, who WIN the landlady of the house, was in bed in
the front parlour with her daughter, and the deceased was
sitting in a chair near the fire, Smith and two ur three
other girls hiring In the room at the mins time. The pri-
soner, who, it appeared, was also a seaman, came to the
house, accompanied by one of his countrymen and two
girls, and said they desired to remain there for the night ;
but, on the lanulady telling them that they could
not be accommodated, the girls went away, but
the two Spaniards remained in the room, and
the prisoner's companion sent fur cane drink. This
man and the girl Smith then went out of the room, but
came hack shortly afterwards, and they all then partook of
the liquor with the exception of the deceased, who reinod
to drink. It appeared that upon this the prisoner and his
companion went into the passage of the house, and were
heard to open their knives, and they came again into the
room, each having an open knife in his hand. A cry was
immediately raised by the persons in the room for the
pollee, and, according to the testimony of the calicoes, the
deceased got up from his chair and was about to walk
arrues the room, when the prisoner stabbed him in
the belly, mid he fell to the ground. Immediately
after the act was committed the two Spaniards ran
out of the house, and the prisoner's companion con-
trived to make his escape, but he, himself, was
taken into custody, and the knife with which the
deed bad been committed was picked up close to
the spot. The unfortunate deceased was removed to the
Lannon Hospital, where he lingered for two or three days,
and then expired, and in his dying declaration, taken in the
presence of a magistrate, he continued the statement made
by the witnesses, that the prisoner had stabbed him
in the way described, without his haring given him
any provocation for the act. A good deal of the evidence
was of a character nut tit to he mentioned, and it was very
evident that mine of the witnesses were persons of most
inlamous character, and that, iu many matters they were
desirous of concealing the truth.
Mr. Ballantine, in his address to the jury for the pri-
soner, said that he would not attempt to rescue him from
a conviction fur manslaughter, but he should contend that
the jury would justified, under the circumstances, in ac-
quitting him of the more serious crime of wilful murder.
'line I d counsel then commented upon the facts of the
ease, and urged upon the jury the probabil,ty that the pri-
soner and his companion haul been assailed an the house,
and that the fatal wound had been indicted by the prisoner
during the scut& that took place.

•
The Lord Chief Baron, having summed up, the jury im-
mediately found the prisoner Usiiitg of manslaughter.
&tames was deferred.

SPORTING.
TATTERSALL'S—THcasDAT.
LIVERPO./L ATY.P.PLECHASC.
IS to I AptCiaail Lads. I.OSt I sot thin
SO t.s I t blown
The above bets wets takes to 101. each.
INSITROPOLI AN HANDICAP.

IS to I apt Duke of Bedford • flow II otburd (t and eft ad)
10 to 1 Mr. Mem'. MI-. Aaa (t and aft od)
cuts GAL clip.
111 to rest Mr. 11. stealer'. Dinfe.ear (I)
la to —01 r. Mart o-oo's booty ,t and eh off)
Se to -- Mr..l. Pillion. Histb Jet-0f
SI to Mr. Parkirieou'• Greed Dale
Otto 14' ,11"11'• Riaal,der
4, to Mr. w ilia .ore. Seagulls (t)
40 to Duke of Bedford's lime Homburg (t SO to 1)
40 to Lard Edo:Pais Hipp Sytio DSO to 1)
40 to Lord Wilt..'. 1, Iy Evt47ll (1)
I,OIXI to 30 Mr. Coate'. e ..at of Due a. Ultarraer dam (t)
1,0 0 ta IS Mr. Goiche's Surprise (t)
1,000 to IS Mr. Yer.a..re'• Cat Anal Wire-nen 0)
Contemor was backed freely in the first instance at 20 to
I, and finally at 18 to I ; the outlay on the other horses
quoted wra inconsiderable, and the prices, with the excep-
tion of Nancy, who woe let• in favour, and lligk Sheriff,
very nearly the same as on Monday.
DKRBY.
to apt Me. Merry's 11.401. Noble (t)
It to Lord Zetland'e eaear (t arid eft off)
14 10 Ms. J. Stasey's °redo (t sad out ad)
14 to Lord EglinieeNtlaverboime (t undated)
IS to lord Batitrlceda:e's Lispidist
10 to Mr. ittebbisies Alfred tkoOrcit (t)
SO to Mr R. Pinot'.
A con.iderable outlay on Lapidiet, resulting in an
proven:rot of four points, was the principal feature of the
betting on the above event. Augur, Orclio, Cloverhouse,
and Alfred the Great, were backed to some amount, hut
without leading to any noticeable change in the quotations.
MEL
_ .

IT . to SS ant Doke of Itial;sood's Rod Ulan CO
THII CHISTER Cur ACCIPTANCNI.—WO IWO authorised
to state that Herbert was left in by mistake.