The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-17 00:00:00

MUHL! CHILD MUSD'S AT HALIFAX.

Mars Ann Dyson. '23..0 charged with the muds: of
her two Allan's, ]far? wad Archibald Dyaos„ at Rastaica,
Dear Halifax.

Mr7iiidaetots was for the prosecutioe, and Ifr. Black-
burn for the defame.

A few days previously to the 14th of April, the -
soner, acoonipaoied by her husband and her two children,
west to lodge at Ilastrick. About half-past eight on the
morning of the 14th she took some clothes to mangle, and
the next thing that wee known was, she went to the olies
office and said to the constable, " 1 have killed my two
children ; 1 have taken them out of their misery and looked
them up. I loved them ; they're in heaven." This she
afterwards repeated. 'tying she had done it, end what was
dose could not be undone. The policeman west and fated
the children lying dead, their throats severely cut. The pri-
soner bad been unsettled in her mind preciously, and the
defence was that she was of unsound mmd when she took
the lives of her children.

The jury returned a verdict of .Not Guilty on the pound
inanity.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —Livsarool, Atrouer 16.

NISI PRIUS COURT. —( Beton Yr. Barns Pigott.)

RAI T. CUNARD AND A NOTHIR. -11111 GMAT IllfilL‘ AGAIN.

In this case the plaintiff woe Mr. John Rae, and the
defendants Mr. Joseph Cunard and Mr. Jam., Archibald
Kerr Wihoo, sad the mho° was brought to recover
oompeosathe from the auctiomen engaged in the sale
by auction of the Great Easters. for not having handed
her over to the plaintiff, who claimed to lave made the
Ingham bid, and to have complied with all the °seditious
of sale.

His lordship, in summing op, pot the questioos—Did the
plaintiff bid as an intendiag purchaser! did be intend to
stand by his bid? nod did he pre it in good faith ? Was
the authority to sell revoked by Mr. Gill, solicitor to the
Moslem, before the purchase was declared! Was the plain-
tiff reedy to pay the deposit either within the room or io •
reasonable time at the 'conk, supposiog he had satisfied the
auctioosers in the room of his inteotioa and ability to do
so? Then there was the question of damages, as they
should reply to these questions.
After six hours' deliberation the jury found a verdict for
the plaintiff—damages 40s.
The judge ruled that, upon the jury's reading of the con-
ditions of sale, the money should have been paid in the
room. He therefore entered a verdict, fur the defendants,
with leave to the plaintiff to move.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before the Common Sarjetet.)
THE GREAT iin.c FRAUDS.

After the termination of our yesterday's report with the
summing up,
The jury turned round in their box to consider their
verdict, and after a conference of tan minutes' duration,
expressed, through their forem►n, a wish to retire. They
accordingly were taken out of court in charge of an officer,
is the weal way, and oo their return lab° court, after an
cheerios of three•quarters of an hour, delivered a verdict of
Guilty, accompanying their verdict with a strong trcom-
mendation to the mercy of the court, on aocouut of his
previous good character. . . . .

The p7isoner, wbo appeared fearfully affected by tbe
verdict, was thee removed from the dock to the cella
below.

During the absence of the jury, the prisoners :.Leman
and MAIM were brought up and placed at the bar, whoa
Mr. Sleigh addremed the court f.,r Lhemaa in mitigation
of puniabnient. He had purchased, no doubt, large quan-
tities of goods, and had been proved to have disbursed
large sums in payment for them. He was proved to have been
a man of previous good character, and having pleaded guilty
to the charge on which he had beat indicted, be threw him-
self entirely upon the merciful consideration of the oourt,
urging however his youth, his inexperience, and his and in
matters of business.

Mr. Begley foUowed on behalf of Flotow' who likewise threw
oo the mercy of the court. He had been a clerk in
the service of Ahrens, one of the conspirators who bad
absconded, and all he had done was to obtain &commode.
tmo bum for his master when the latter was premed by the
prosecutors for the payment of their demand. These bills
he bad obtained to a public-house from a person named
Brownies, to whom :he paid one per cent. for the ACCOM•

Mr. F.H. Lewis (for the prosecution) said be felt it his
duty to remind the court that with regard to the extensive
dealing' of Lheman, he had cow ascertained that he had
disposed of them as soon as they c one into his poseessioo at
50 per cent. below their vanae. With regard to the other
prisoner, Flotow, the bills which had been spokes of by cow:-
sal on the other side turned out to be forgeries, and the in-
dictment against him for forgery had been abandoned.
The Common Serjeant said be should for the present
defer sentence, and the primmer' were removed.
Frederick Uoodkert, 32, a respectable-looldog moo,
pleaded guilty to an indictment charging hint with embez-
zling various sums of money, the property of his employer.
He was aenteoeed to six months bard labour.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
VIOLENT ASSAULT ON TIC POLICE.

Alfred Beaumma, Samuel Beaumont, and Thomas Drays,
three young men, surrendered to their bail, to answer an
indictment preferred against them for committing au assault
upon Thomas Blanks, a police constable, with intent to do
(Devout toddy harm.
Mr. Gard prosecuted, and Mr. Marriott and Mr. M.
Williams defended.

The prosecutor in this case is a polies constable of the
111 division, and although the assault was committed so far
back as November last, woo yesterday in inch a weak con-
dition that he was compelled to be accommodated with •
chair, and gave his evidence is a very weak tone of voice.
It appeared that on the 19th of November last the prisoners
were together on Stamford-bill, about a quarter to twelve at
night, creating a great disturbance ;and when the prosecutor
interfered they all three set upon him is a mart ferocious
manner. knocking him down and kieting him moat brutally,
breaking several of hie ribs and otherwise injuring
The jury found the prisoner guilty of • common smolt,
and they were all three seateuced to be imp-Mooed for
twelve calender months.