The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-04 00:00:00

Ito 22222 OP BANK NOT= AND GOLD.-:J.W. LOAM
was Wind for stooling a quantity of bank notes and gold
amounting in value to 3601., no property of C. Butler.—The
eirmilestasees of this case have been reported within the last
few days in the pollee reports. The prosecutor is a beer-
shop-keeper in Breadowetreet,lLock's-delds„ and the rohbery
in question was committed on the night or Dec. 16, about 7
o'dock, by some pavan getting into the bedroom window and
brushing cps a drawer whicheontained the money. The chief
'videos* against the prisoner was that of a female named
White, who aware that at the time the robbery moat have
been oommitted she saw the prisoner jump from the window
of the mom. None of the money appeared to have been
trued, but there were other circumstances tending to confirm
the evidence of the witness who spoke to the prisoner's iden-
tity, which left little doubt of hid guilt.—The Tory agreed to
a verdict of Guilty —The prisoner loudly asserted his incr-
ease*, and declared that prosecutor knew be was not the
man who committed the robbery.—The nreteentor said he
knew nothing of the sort, and he also denied positively haw
hic seat three mu to the house of the prisoner to communi-
cate with him upon then su'ijcet of the robbery.—Mr. Justin
Mauls sentecood the prisoner to be transported for ten years.
The prisoner was idcnttlied by another licensed victualler
named Wiggins, as the person who had stolen between 601.
and TOL from his house on the evening previous to that on
which the robbery at Mr. Butler's was committed.
CMAMON or ATTEMPTED MUDDIDL—T. Maffisent was
indicted tar fidanionalv discharging • pistol, loaded with
shot, at Mary Anne Millicent, with intent to murder her.—
in • second conic the intent of the prisoner was said to be,
to de the prow :atria grievous bodily harm—Mary Ann
Militant deposed that she was the wife of the prisoner. Ho
left her on tie lleh of May last, and she resided alter that
time in tie house of bre orother, in Oreenfiald-street, Whits-
chapel. On the evening of friday, the 16th of December,
about seven o'clock, her niece irforined her that the prisoner
wanted to see her, and aba went to him in the parlour. Ho
said ha had ono for a settlement, or to pay off old scores,
end she turned round to him and asked him what he meant,
and she them saw tkit his arms were hanging down, and
that he had ansetnitg in each hand. Witness asked him
what he had got. and ho said "something for you," and
she imutediateiy beard the report of a pistol. She did
not receive any injury, and on her semolina, her
brother came into the roes, and the prisoner
wee secured, and two pistols were taken from
Ana Cooley ds posed that immediately after the alarm was
given, elm went into the room where the pistol bad been
discharged, and picked up some shots, a piece of paper, and
• small stone. She gave these articles to the mother of the
prosecat.is, and had not seen them since.—The police•con-
sttble who took the prisoner into custody proved that one of
the pistols taken from him appeared to have been recently
di...barged, awl the other was loaded with gunpowder and
shot —The prisoror, on bring called upon for his drienets,
declared that the pistol went off by accident. He said he
was standing by his wits, and he screamed and turned round
suddenly, and struck his MU and caused the pistol to explode.
He declared that, the brother of the pressmen: had ruined his
pens of sand, cud that he (prisoner) would do him an injury
whenever he could, and whatever might be the consequences.
The meson be mid he took the pistols mita him on the night
in truorion .hat he intended to destroy himself ; but he
had a° wish to harm his wife, and had never raised his hand
against her all the time they had lived together.—The police
constable was recalled, and stated that ne did not KY any
marks of allots upon the wall or any part of the room. He
had mankind the floor under the carpet, and did not observe
any intim ati,ns es thou h the shots had pass d through the
-o•—Thejary found the prisoner Not (silly.—Mr. Payne
addressed Mr. Justice Patteson, and said he was not aware if
his lordship had heard what the prisoner stated in the muss
of his defense; but ha reminded him that he had openly
=premed his intention, without any regard to the eons,-
queues, to do some injury to the brother of the prosocutris
the first opportunity that presented itselr; and ha celled
epos the court to protect that person from the prisoner's
violence —Mr. Justice Pittman told the primer he had
acted very improperly is snaking such a threat, and he mu-
tinned him to abstain from committing any act of violence,
either towards his wife or her brother, and told him he
*glee it,pe^rl that if he did he would be most severely
punished.—Mr. Payne mad the court to exercise its
power, by se ones calling upon the prisoner to find sureties
to keep the pear; but Mr. Jostle* Patton's said he did not
think the cinnwtances would justify such a proceeding.

SSW COll RT.—Hereto the bender.
PLATS I{ollllllllL—lsabelitt Musings' married, was in-
dicted fee steeliag a quantity of plate and other articles,
valued at 2001., the property of C. G. Ridout —lt appeared
&ma the walinisat of Mr. Payne, the coated for the prose
entims, that the prosecutor was • gentleman residing in
Whmosio4trist. sag that the prisoner at the b-r was luster
to a bid who lived in his suitor at the time of the rob-
brry. In Arum* lest the presecutor went wet of town, hue-
Elkaheth Bogen (the girl alluded to) in care of the
hawk whisk inataiaed, amongst other property, • tarp
quaatity Uptake. Oa the prosecutor's return to town he
wand that the • closet had been Wawa open and
its ankente abstracted, and the acconet given of it
by the ski Mogen waa, that some one had
WNW ea Names into the kenos sad Nousitted the
robbery. This the polioe at ewe found to be • f laehood,
end the remit wee, the sweltensios of Niger; J. Jennings,
and his wile. Elk theth, anthem, of whom were tziedkr.d con.
rioted at the November series of %hist:wart, bat arra whem
pigment bad been teepitedt
_Those wiseacre were related
to the possess oak tie ftwo females being her sisters, and the
male her brot/Mr•ia.law' and also brother to her husband.
Since the conviction of the three prisoners in November, the
female, Elisabeth, had made statements which ltd to
the epprehecaton of the prisoner at the bar, who
wee swam that tie plate had bees steles and had
pawned • poetise ef ik—Elizabeth Jennings, who
was breathe we (item the interior gaol to give her
evidence, deposed to she prisoner being her deter. Shortly
star tn. pr ...leak* bad left town, she (witness) went to live
with use sister, at his residua: is Wimpolretmet, where '
atm wse risked by the primer Isabella, who. althwagli not
pmeent when the plate dome was bailees epee, wag aware
afterwards that the robbery hid bus committed, and on the
21nd of Seetcralter accosn.animl. herself, her husband, sad
Buren, to 0%1 shop of Mr. GM. a pawnbroker is Fleet.
street, elk ere she pawned a puska of the stolen property.—
James Avant, the ter Mr. Gray's bailout,
proui the prisoner to have pawned the portion of
the property alluded to.—The prisoner did not offer
anytidog in her defence, and the jury found her
quits yon the second count Secluded in the iodictasent—
naarkly tnu ruciying.—The other prisoners, Edesbeth
!totem, Y-.ha Jcw.:ree, aid Elizabeth Jennings, were then
breoght up to morive judgment. —The Recorder, in sluing
essitemot, said that the Lord Chief Justice, before whom the
tint trial bed been gone thievish. had marked down the
sentence he wished to have passed upon the prisoners tried
before him, which was that John Jennie -s be transported
for fourteen years, Elizabeth Rogers to twelve months'
isstritonmeet and hard labour, and Elizabeth and Isabella
Junkie to live months' imprisonment.
Caenoa or Fozooar.—A. Ford, alias Powell, a drag-
et, wee indicted far furgery.—The pri.oner, who is of good
, and h s hen brought up to the medical profeselon,
on the 7th of July called at the shop of Mr. Springwiaer, a
&Aka' in India* and chemist's &tiny, aad having informed
' :at that Its 1116 about taking a chemist's business of a
ierknown to We Spriogwiner, looks I oat a quantity of
ti:a
gs which he requested might be rat by for him. He '