The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-22 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—ExrrEE, Memo( 20.
Ckow. Cluar.—Before Mr. Justice William.
FOSSESSING FORGED BANK Or ENGLAND NOTES:-
A POLICE-WOMAN. _ _

J. Danis and T. 13yr;;;;r; arraigned upon four indict-
ments for having iat their possession two 51. Bank of England
notes, knowing them to be forged.
Mr. &lieut. Manning and Mr. Bedew conducted the pro-
secuti .n on behalf of tne Bank of England, and Mr. Stone
and Mr. Collier defended the prisoners.
On th, sth of August lot a letter arrived at the Dorchester
post office, in the Chard bag, directed to " Mr. Lock, Posh
office, Dorchester, Dorset." The name of the post-muter at
Dorchester happened to be Lock, and supposing the letter wm
intended for ham, he opened it, and found enclosed two
apporently genuine Bank of England notes without_ any
writing to show from whom they were sent. Mr. Lost
gave the letter containing the notes to his wife, who locked
them ap in her drawer until the 9th of August, when he tea
them to Messrs. Williams's bank, Dorchester, and it wee
then intimates that the notes were suspected to have bon
forged. On the following morni7.; a letter, posted at Wet.
mouth, reached the Dachest:i anit-oMee directed to the

pest niaster there, which requested that if a letter was it ir g 1
MheDorthes'e? pest.tnie., die. et d to Mr. Lock, SSA Mei
Ems Curd, that ft'ininht be forwarded to Butter. Upon
reading rids, Lick's supieioas ware strenrheced, end,
try advice of his frioods, to proceeded to Es• ter on the 11th
eaglet, sad had an interview with the poet-rase surveyor
▪ 11111 district. The minsequencie was that the letter
matainiag the two 61. notes was re sealed, the word Dor-
(inlet " erased, and" Ellen" added, to give the appearance
Cl the letter having been forwarded from Dorchester at I
the request of the writer of the letter from Weymouth. The I
Eimer letter was then madded to Mr. Paulsson, Vt. chief '
derk of the Exeter post-o Moe, end he placed It in the pigeon-
bale marked " L," where lenses in that initial directed to
the post office are deposited. • polieseasa, dressed in plain
Mother, was at the elf ee in mkt., the whoisday it the 12th
lie tae called ; but on the following
_day (whisk was San.
day) the prisoner Davis kreed at the
_post-olhce
window, and asked if there was a letter for Mr. Leek.
• Pattinson amid there was • mdkeeted letter in
that name from Daalwass, sod as prodmiag it, Davis said
was Ide. He paid amen, charged fee It, and walked away,
hi/ V ompany with the ether primmer, Berne. Mean-
time Stashes, the policeman, had heard the applicatioa, sad
lehtehed the prisoners. Jest at this time lire. Stacks., in
assists' of per domestic duties, hod lorimght her husband
Rdianm He told her also to Mum the prisouers.
The 'idioms, Stuck's, and his wile tailored them
Wm the Higlestreet, perceiving which Davis, who had pre.
imwsly opened the letter, crashed it in his hand, ant pseud
it to Byrne. Stacks. made a dash at them both, and
captured but Byrne eluded his grasp, and would have
escaped had not Mrs. Stucky collared him. and, in spite of
great straggling, held him until assistance arrived. In
the muffle Brno contrived to drop the letter; it was
almost immediately recovered by Mrs. Stucker, mid
found to contain the two 61. notes, which an inspector
of the Beak of England now pronowneed to be
forged. When isformed of the charge at the station-house,
both primmer' declined saying anything. Oa the person i f
Davis wove found three thimb:ea, such as are usually employed
inthinibler4 ; %tad Stuckey recognised ass person he had
seen frequently at the Exeter race,, and who was known u
Joe Rowe. Inside the lioing of Byrne's hat was found a
Dank of Elegance note.
The jury found both the prisown Guilty, and they were
sentenced to be transported for seven years.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Limaroot., Wanes 21.
Carve Come.
DAulno BURGLARY AT Nassiost.
John Kellfflaad Oct./whew, two young men, were
Whited for a burglary in the dwelling home of Margaret
ELAM, at Newton-in Meekerfield. Th. proseettrix reside.
in Crow-lane, Newton, with her sister, grand.daughter, and
a man named Winne, who was a lodger. On the 16th of
December last the inmates all retired to bel, leaving the
Muni, as they supposed, in a state of smithy. About one
o'clock in the morning they were alarmed by a noise. Boon
afterwards three men having their Gees blackened, and one
carrying a dark-lantare, entered the bed-room of the prose-
eUtrit. One of the men went up to her bed, and talc her
pocket from beneath her pillow. From the pocket he
took a hay, by the assistance of which several drawers
were opened, and money to the amount of betimes U.
sad 61. was taken. Another of the burglan presented a
pistol to the heed of the peanut:ix, and threatened that if
a• gave the least alarm he would blow out her braise.
After mottles ell they could from that room the burglars
proceeded to the apartment occupied by the lodger, and
after noise threats and presenting a pistol at him they de-
Vadhis mosey ; and upon finding that he had none
ach his &m. On being asked to leave the
hem they replied that they did not intend to de so,
until they had partaken of SAM refreshment, and they
accordingly went below stairs, where they remained for
about an hour, and then decamped, tektite with them a
quantity of clothing and other articles, besides the money
shove referred to.
The evidence, which was of a circumstantial cherseter,
to connect the prison?' with the burglary was that they
were seen in company with some other men at a public-
:EOM On( to dilsittleS on the night of the outrage.
awl when they left they went is that climax. A
pair of stockings left behind by the burglars
was identified as those of the prisoner Kelly. The prisoner
Ockleshaw, when In gaol, told a fellow-prisoner that he and
Kelly got into the house through the window and tug eked
the er, after which they admitted two other men into the
hems. He (O. kleshaw) had the Otto:, and Kelly and the
other men committed the robbery. The pistol was subse-
quietly thrown into the eassal. Wilehaw added that there
was spiking spinet them but the Makings. The prisoners
wars appreMnded shortly after the burglary.
Mr. Pollock addressed the jury in defence of the prison.
Me, and contended that there was not a tittle of evidence
against them, except that given by the man who bad been
brought from gaol, and his character was such, according to
hie own showing, that his testimony was not to be believed.
Mr. Pollock then called a witness, named Weans, to prove
aa alibi. This man swore that at two o'clock in the morn-
fag, the hour at which it was alleged the prisoners were at
the Moss when the burglary wee committed, he let them in
at the house when they lodged. The witness, in cross-
examination, denied that he had ever been in custody more
than ems ; but, being pressed bard, admitted that be bad
been twice—the secontime on a charge of paying bare coin.
Mr. Cross replied, aid contended that the whole of the
evidence against the prisoners was c 'opiate, with the ex-
ception of that of M'Guire, and the only difference with him
was as to time ; and in this respect, knowing the object he '
had in view in thing upon 2 o'clock, he was unworthy of
isedisL
His lordship having recapitulated the evidence, sad in-
Mimed the jury upon it, they retired, aid had not returned
to court when our report left.

111DDLBSBE 1311881ONS.—Ymernanny.
Baku tic. &Omani Adams and a full bench of Magistrates.
FeLONY AT A CLiaOTIIAP'd 80:411.
Charles and John Remington, the sons of a benefit:id
clergyman, were indicted, each of them, for reeling a p,ir
sf trowsers.—The prisoners pleaded guilty. The facts con-
seated with the cases were given in our polies intelligence
lest week.
The learned Judge said that he had in his hands a letter
from one of the parents of the prisoners, and proceeded to
reed the letter in an undertone to the ina;istrates on the
beach. The letter contained the names of several very re-
spectable persons, and wu couched in very pathetic and
feeling terms; in addition to which it alluded to matters of
a private nature which were not intended to be made
public, and therefore it was not read aloud. The learned
judge said that it was a very painful cave, and taking into
consideration ell the circumstances, the sentence wee that
Charles be kept to hard labour fen three months in Westmin-
ster Bridewell, and John for the like period in Cold Beth-
nal&
The prisoner John said that both he and hie brother were
extremely sensible of the consideration and leniency his
lordship had shown them.