The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-16 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONS, MARCH 15.
(Before Baron Bramwell.)
Robert Vanheer, It,, Henry Rogers, Si, Rime Andrews,
and Mary Anne Andrews, two young girls, sisters, were in-
dicted for a burglary in the dwelling -hones of John William
Robinson, and stealing 451. ID Bank of England notes, 60/.
in gold, 151. in silver, and several cheques, his property,
and the three last-mentioried mummers were also charged
with feloniously receiving a portion of the property knowing
it to have been stolen.
There were two other charges of burglary against the
prisoner Vanheer, who pleaded guilty.
Mr. Barrow prosecuted.
The prosecutor in this case is a grocer at Margate, and the
prisoner Vanheer had been in his service se porter, but was
discharged about a week before the burglary was com-
mitted. The promises were entered during the night of the
19th July last year, and property, principally consisting of
cash and bank-notes, was stolen, hut so clue was
discovered to the perpetrators of the crime until
rue following month of October, when the pri-
soner Mary Anne Andrews appeared to have changed
one of the stolen cheques at the shop of • trades-
man at Margate, giving • false address. This led to in-
quiries, and as the result the whole of the liaisons's were
taken into custody. The evidence against the prisoner
Rogers and the two girls consisted principally of statements
made by them to Mr. Saunders, the superintendent of police
at Margate. It appeared that upon some question. being
put to the prisoner Rogers, who occupied a room with
Nranbeer, he said that the latter had told him that " he
intended to go to Mr. Robinson'. some night," and asked
him to go with him, but he refused. He went on to tell
the officer that on the night of the robbery Yahoer got up
and went oat, leaving him in bed, and when he returned
he showed him the booty, and asked him to Mks a portion
of it. He said he et first refused, but the sight of
the mosey was too great a temptation to him,
and he ultimately took half the gold sad four
of the 51. notes, but Ise denied all knowledge of the cheques.
As regarded the girls, it appeared that when Ekes was in
onetody she told the superintendent that it was any wrong
to say that she was the perms who cubed the cheque, for
it was her sister, and she added that when she came back
she fainted. The other prisoner, Mary Anne, seemed to
have admitted to the officer that she bad mailed the
cheque, but said that " Bob," meaning the prisoner Van-
beer, bad asked her to do so, and she had not the least idea
that it had been stolen. Mr. fitiunders then said to the pri-
soner Mary Anne that he understood that part of the
money had been concealed in the mould of a garden pot in
her husband's house to conceal it from him, and she said it
was true, and asked him how he bad obtained the informa-
tion. The prisoner Rogers appeared to have subsequently
told another story respecting the mosey, and to have stated
that Vanheer represented to him that his father had died
and had left him a considerable sum, and that this was a
portion of it.
The learned Judge, at the close of the case for the pro-
seentios, expressed his opinion that there wee no use
against Rhea Andrews ; and he then addremed the other
prisoners, Rogers and Mary Anne, and said se they had no
connsed, he thought it right to tell them, after the state-
ments they had made, that either of th em was at liberty
to call their fellow-prisoner, Vanheer, as a rause, it they
thought proper to do eo.
Mary Anne Andrews mid she should like to have him
examined on her behalf.
The prisoner Vanheer was accordingly sworn, and in
answer to a question put by Mary Anne Andrews, he said
that he gave her the cheque sod inked her to get it changed
for him, but she knew nothing about it being the produce
of a robbery.
The learned Judge then summed up, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of Guilty against Rogers and Mary Anne
Andrews, and Acquitted Eliza.
Elise Andrews was than charged upon another indict-
ment with feloniously receiving a portion of the produce
of another burglary, to which Vanbeer had pleaded guilty.
In this cue it appeared that the house of a lady named
Emu, of Margate, was broken open on the night of
27th November, and a ciesiderable quantity of plate an
other property stolen. From information that was re-
ceived by the police they went to the residues of the pri-
sour, Elise Andrews, and found in her possession a shawl
that wee emcee the articles stolen from Min Evens's.
When she was asked bow she came to have this shawl, she
at first said that she had bought it in London ; but upon
her sister Mary Anne, who wad present, telling her she had
better speak the Math, she began to cry, and said that the
had bought the shawl of Bob ('t anheer), and had given him
3e. 6d. for it.
The jury in this cane again returned a verdict of Guilty
against the primose nu Andrews.
Mr. Sause the uperintendent of police, informed the
court, in mower to inquiries made by -the learned judge,
that the primmer Vewheer was sass cephae, and he had gone
Iran the union to various dtaaYss, and he had no doubt
got into bad company. All the burglaries were committed
with gnat lageenity, and so true was left that was likely
to dated the guilty parties. The prisoner I/whew wee
taken into custody in a rather simpler manner. It _aft-
pease that something which wee described es being Stair
• man's bud or a eat was seen over the wall of the garden
of an empty horse under suspicions circumstances, sad the

police in coosequenoe made a search is the boa"
and is on. of the 'opined, they bead merited a
quantity of silk that was the produce of one of the bush-
ram that bad been committed, and the stmerintesdent
wesehad to me if soy one came to fetch the property.
Whits so espied ma sight Is the nom a mas mimed the
plate where the silk bad bees depreited, sad, it bring quite
dark, the officer turned la light on him sod seised w iadi-
vides!, who tossed out to be the prismereeradter ad he
mice was at messed. Alter b. ems is the primmer
seemed to hare at aces admitted *bathe bad sumeised
in the whole of the burglaries that bad bees committed,
and told the ofilosr that if he west to a wilds Am he
would and • quantity of prouerty buried under a tree. The
saperinteedeot west to ile place indicated, and he there
found the whole of the plate that wee moles from Kim
Evans, aid a= of one of the 54 Doke that were stoles
from Mr. Re . .

lirOVlllamwell asked Mr. Saunders what he knew about
the other prisoners
He replied that Ropes was a @homelier,
_and h • had
never heard anything of him before, sad 10 Isbieved be
had been partly led into the affair by the primmer Fulham.
With repid to the PM they were both married to is.
speotable men, and they appeared to have become
acquainted with the other prisoners by their having lodged
wish them.
The Warned fudge, I. pairing sentence, said that but for
the youth of tlie Fanheer, and his having shown
ooetrition by gi the information he had to the atom,
he should ham him much more severely than he
was about tondo • but be 101 l compelled to @Mom him to
eve years' servitude. Am to Regan, he thought it
very likely had bees tempted by the other men, 'ad he
should only sentemse him to thresmoaths' imprisonment. Al
to the girls they ought to feel !Mama at having brought
such disilmee upon their respectable husbands, ma he hoped
that a sentence of cm week's imprisonment would be a suf-
ficient warning to them *ever spin to mix themselves up
with such dieliosert transactions.
WiliMit Winter, a h ' fellow, stated is the Wender
to be My 17 years old, was with a hilarious moult
upon Sarah Lusted.
Mr. F. Norman promoted.
The offence imputed to the Wow. the details of which
were of course not of a characM to be made public, was of
a met aggravated shareeter.
The jury returned a media of Orally, sad the leagued
jade, bevies @mamma is iadignent terms upon the
brutal Mamma of the outrage be had committed, neatened
the prisoner to fifteen years' penal servitude.
Clvs. SUM —(Bsiore the Lead Chief Baron and a Spada
Jury.)

LOOM V. Vii 800T11.1A111111 RAILWAY.
This was • special buy one. Thu acting arose out of the
terrible accident that took place In the Blsokhaula-tunnel
bat Deosmberi when, it will be rasseentered, eight unhappy
persons lost teir Hue.
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., sad Mr. Bamford wen far the
plaintiff ; sad fierjeant Ballantine and Kr. P. White ap-
pears& far the company.
Ths plaintiff was a person who was in the habit of pur-
chasing bonus sad lending money ca property of that
delariptioe, and it appeared that wbu the accident hap-
pened he was on his way fuse Gravread to London, and
It was alleged that la oossequsees of the accident here.
craved anions injury to the head, and sheo injured one of
hie bp very esveudy, sad has laid kb damages at 1,0001.
The defeadsets admitted their liability, sad paid one
shilling kilo Court, se that the only question wss what
amount of damage' the plaintiff wu entitled to. The plain-
tiff wow examined to prove the extent of injury that be had
sustained, and it appeared that be bad incurred an expense
of noz. for surgical attendance owing to the accident.
Tb• jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 6001.

THE POLICE COURTS.

_IL.N810;.1-HOUSF.

J. Roberta and .7. Wen plead at the her, on
remand, shamed with Wog enema is barglarionaly
breaking sad entering the premiers of Mr. Henry thane.
of 6, Hirable-lane, gunakeesagens, and stealing therefrom
• quantity of revolvers to the nine of amity 1001.
Mr. Davis, from the office of Mr. Howell, of Chianti*
prosecuted, sad Mr. Wonteer, jun., amend for the Fri.
6012e111.
It appeared that on the night of filettuday, the 4th
March, the premises No. 6, &reburies., were left Me.
sad upon the snivel of the different occupants of the
offices on Monday morning, it was found that the premises
hod been broken into. The offices an the ground-boor and
Ihinfloor had been broken open, and also thrilled ffir.Onuse,
which are situated on the third door, from which
latter office • quantity of pistols had been dolma.
Information was gins to the polies, sad it wen diocovered
that two pistols, answering in dentriptios to those stolen,
bad been pledged at the shop of Mr. Polka* • pawn-
broker, in the Blackfriars-road. They were informed of
the robbery, and a day or so afterwards the primmer Roberts
went to the shop and offered • six-shot revolver is pledge.
An officer was sent for,. sod he we. given into custody and
taken before the magistrate at Southwark Polieseout,
who remanded him to the Mansion.boam, where he was
brought up is the custody of detective akar Hassock. The
pistol was identified by Mr. Cease as his property, it having
been on the premises on the eves- ins before the
robbery. and wee one of the missing ones. The
statement that the prisoner math was that it
was given to him by a men to dispose
of, sad he was to have all he could make over 11. He said,
however, be did not know the man and could not find him.
The prisoner Campbell was apprehended by Norton, • con-
stable of the F division, who bad a few days previously seen
the prisoner in possession of two revolvers, which he was
trying to dispose of, but be did sot at the time know of the
robbery He told the prisoner this at the time he appre-
hended *him, end he said they were given to him by a man
to dispose of, and be thought they wen goods which had
been obtained without being paid for hut when he heard
they were stole. be gays themi back to the man
from whom he had them. Three other re-
Travers were produced yesterday, two of which
were pledged by the prisoner Roberta, one for 11., and the
other for 155., and the third was sold for U. to one of the
pawnbroker's 'entente. These were also identified by Mr.
Cane as his property, end • portion of that stolen between
the 4th and 6th
Mr. Davis asked far • further remand, stating that be bad
additional evidence which it would not at that stage be dis-
creet to import into the awe
Mr. Wanner oratimded that the evidence spinet the
prisoner Roberts was not sufficient to justify his donation,
and said that the statement he had made accounting for
the'on was quite consistent, and he hoped his
ip would discharge him.
The Lord Mayor said he sboald certatsly do no such
thing, and the prisoners were again reminded.
During the basins of the court, Mr. Hann Twelve.
trees, accompanied by several gentlemen from Liverpool,
who stated they were importers of the new article of com-
merce known sa America& best, waited upon the Lord Mayor
for the purpose of giving an explanation is referenoe to
something which had fallen from Sir George Grey, in refe-
rence to that article, in the House of Commons on the pre-
ceding night, sad allusion was made to the seizure of some
of the meat by the inspectors of the SWIMS Commission,
and some of whin had been condemned by his lordship.
The Lord Mayor remarked that he did not modems the
mess Decants it wee American beef, but simply bathes it
was totally unfit for human food.
Mr. Stewart, one of the gentlemen present, said be had
dined off the meat, and found it a most excellent article of
food.
His lordship said be could give Mr. Stewart • very much
better dinner, he was sure— Haughter)--and said he could
sot then entertain any applioation. The proper onus
would be when some more Of the meat was mired, when he
would be most happy to hear any of the gentlemen upon
the subject.
WORSHIP-STREET. . .

Elka Wood, • li;OTIllt-100killig woman, was charged with
cutting and wounding James Rebate, a limited servant in
the residence of a physician is Finsbury-puma
The complainant's upper lip was emoted with adhesive
plaister, and he could maroely articulate, bat it was at
length =de da:id that about an hour previously, while
cleaning the carriage in the stable, the prisoner, whole has-
band filled a similar situation to his own, came and abused
him far having geld some manure, media' that he had no
right to do so, as it belonged to her husband ; he denied this,
and told her pot to interfere, upon which she immediately
struck him with her fist in the face. Be was in the carnage
at the time, and could not profont the blows, nor did
he regent them, but simply observed. " Yon are a
woman, and I shall certainly net strike you, but you will
bear of this again ;" upon which she went and fetched a
plate, which she flung at him with ell her tem,
injuring his lip, and rendering him almost ineenslldalwasil
police-constable took him to his master, by whom the
wound was sewn up.
The constable corroborated this, and, with the oom-
plainant's wife, described the cut as having goes corn-
qtry through Ni, lip, a piece of Ni. plate actually slick-
7til the wound.
he prisoner, in dehisce, said that she could not deny
the fact, which occurred in the height of passion, and she
was very sorry.
The Magistrate said he should not deal with her until
aware of probable results, bat would mays hail.
the Remanded.

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