The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

MARTLEBONE.

WilJiue Stophen:ilaria, collecting clerk to Matra.
Walker, corn merchants, New-road, was charged with
having embezzled various sums of money, the property of
• maployen.
Me. Wontner, for the prosecution, asked for a remand, in
order that additional information might be obtained as to
the intent of the prisoner's defalcations, and a remand was
acwardiagly granted till Wednesday next.
WESTMINSTER.

Janos Sayers was finally *stained en • charge of stealing
a dog, the property of Mr. Tom laylor, flusetary to the
Board of Health.
Mr. Arnold, la promesnaing his decision, said that though
the ease was one giving some grounds of suspicion against
the primmer, who, it was probable, had, somehow or other,
induced the dog to follow him, he should not wish to convict
upea • wre robabillty, sad the accused would, therefore,
ha

The smart was crowded to hoar Mr. Elliott's decision in
the ems of Mr. John Bali and Mr. Thomas Gaw, gentle-
men of eonsiderable property in Lambeth, and candidates
at the Easter election for guardiaas of that parish, who were
charged with unlawfully altering a Toting paper, with
Latest to affect the remit of the election._

.--il/IMa the ease we called on, Mr. Elliott rapremed hie
desire, before givieg judgment, to hear • Mailer charge
which ho itedentled was to be preferred against two other
parties. AsoorMagly, Mr. Thomas Ardis,. shoemaker,
Lemmb.widc, and Mr. James Mayhme, atwountant, of
Vanzhalimermt, were chirped with forging the name of
Mr. Jaime Salter on • voting paper.
It aggeamd that the voting paper is gelation wee for-
warder by the clerk to the gaudiest to Mr. Salter, at 7,
Newporbstreet, Lambeth- walk. Mr. Salter did n.. 4 rattle
at the home, and the defendants eaLed there, and having
°Maimed the paper, Kr. Arding plaited the J. 5.,"
before the names of Doeltoe, imas, said
Nash, who were
three oat of %ha da medidates. He also wrote the name,
"J. Salter," at the foot of the paper. Mr. Mayhew wee
preseat at the due, bat did sot lay or de anything says give
ass of Dances canvassing cards to a puma who was
stamen by.

Mr. nobler, for the defame, made some terffinical Objee-
dons, which were over-ruled by Mr. Elliott, who proceeded
to give
Worship
in both gates.
His Worship observed that it was denied on the part of
Mr. Giles, or, at lout, it was his defence, that he was not
the person who had altered the voting paper, while in the
case of Mr. Ball it was admitted that he was present at the
rime, but had nothlog to do with the act. With regard to
hlr.Giles„ he (Mr. Elliott) would only say that he could not
think that any person who had heard Mrs. Wortham, the
wife of the voter, could have the least doubt of the con.
teary ; at least he, Mr. Elliott, had no doubt whatever on
the subject. It had been urged by counsel on the hearing
of the case that it would have been foolish on the part at
the defendants to make an alteration in a voting paper,
knowing very well that such alteration would render it use
less ; but, at the same time, it should be considered that
the vote, though destroyed, eras lost to their opponents. The
conduct of the parties, he was sorry to say, was not what he
(Mr. Elliott) might have expected from persona in their
position of life, for instead of coming forward and sekvow-
[edging their off.,nee—oleading the sanction given by Mrs.
Wertheim to an implied authority of her husband, they cast
on her the stigma of falsehood. That the defendants, Bell
and Giles, had acted together in the matter there could be
no doubt, and the charge against them having Leen clearly
proved, he felt it to be hie duty to commit them to prison
for 21 days. In the wooed case, the conduct of Arding was
considerably more aggravated, for he was guilty of forging
the name of the voter to the paper, and he felt therefore
bound to commit him to prison for one month. Then, as
regarded Ilsyhow, he did not think the evidence against
him sufficiently strong to warrant a couviatioa ander the
eat, end should therefore discharge him.
The sensation created in the court by his worship's evi-
dently unexpected decision it would be impossible to de-
scribe, and the rival parties having been punished and
neither having a triumph, each were equally erest-fallen.
Mr. Solomon, addressing the magistrate, paid he was re-
tained by Mr. Ball, and on his behalf he begged his worship
would send that gentleman and the others to the common
gaol for the county, which was Borsemouger-lane, and not
to the House of Correction et Wandsworth. He Led farther
to beg that his worship would direct that his client might be
placed amongst the first-class misdemeanants, for it not, he
would have to bleed with the common thieves.

Mr. Elliott replied that he had no power over the prison
rules, u that was left to the visiting magistrate, but be had
no doubt the governor of the gaol would do whet was neces-
sary under the circumstances.
Mr. Giles said that he had served the parish to the but of
his ability for upwards of 20 years, and wee unconscious of
having committed a single act that he should be ashamed of
in all hie life. He confessed that he was grieved to are the
old peruse in the workhouse et 60 years of age deprived of
their necessary comforts, and this was the reward he re-
ceived for his labour.

A number of persons in the body of and round the court
here applauded the prisoner, who was about proceeding,
but wee stopped by the magistrate
Mr. Arding admitted his offence, but said he bad acted
without thought, and M total ignorance of the law, and
therefore hoped his worship would forgive him, or, at least,
place him on an equality with the other two defendants.
Mr. Solomon said that the prosecutors in this case had no
objection to a mere lenh nt sentence; but Arding's sen-
tence was reduced to 21 days, he shoud request that Messrs.
Ball and GilAi be also reduced to seven days.
Mr. Elliott, however, said the sentences should remain as
they were.
The defendants were all taken into custody, and the
scene that toot place in the gaoler's room between them,
their f:ieods, and limilies, beggared all description.

At a liter hour in the evening, Mr E•liott sent to Hone-
monger•lane Gaol to know it the prisoners Gould be received
as Ant•elms misdemeanants, and received a reply that they

mild not. He then radial:ea the term ot their Casirisonmeit
to seven days at Wandsworth; but at the earnest request of
their solicitors and friends, ultimately consented to accept
ball for their formal appearance at the court on that day
week.

lhe scene was altogether a most novel one la a wart of
jostles.

THAMES.

Mr. George Peck, earryieg on business at Clare-hallo
place, Stepney, as a cooper and packing-cue maker, was
charged with refusing to support hie illegitimate child.
Martha R•0•0111' a married woman the complainant, 1
and deposed that her husband had been in Australia for '
about two years. After his absence, Mr Peck, whom she
bad known for some yearo, bad visited her at her lodgings
in Bte3ney, and a clue intimacy sprang up between them,
the result or which was that she wan delivered of a child on
the 28th of March lut.

The defendant, through his solicitor, denied the paternity
of the child, but called no witnesses, end
. . . _ .

Mr. Yardlei said he had no doubt of the truth of the
ooaaplainant's statement. The defendant most pay ss. a
week for the tint sea weeks after the child's birth, and
21. Bd. afterwards, as well as the costs.