The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-23 00:00:00

A statement made by the prisoner lie fore the magistrate 'them in the cheracter of puleie prosecutor. Ile had, how-
was then put in. It was to the effect that the prow rotor
I ever, been informed that a as uttemati 01 the bar had been
had tries to Mime him in a variety of ways, amid that lie had I ailed mein the part of the family of
the theca...a, und
I by hie conduct blasted his pre.piets for ever. if vocal !Mould prove to le: the fact, he woula come!. r it to
IMr. Iluddleetinte, on behalf of the prisoner expreessed hie Ibe his duty to retire, as ;t wa. immesitile that he ceuhl He..
regret at *ming a reline Malt in A relAelA;lie lAoition of • eept, upon such an occu.ion, it divided reeponsibility. or ta-
ble and of good education in such a eituation as lie now I tempt to pi norm a alit ideal duty.
war, but he submitted that the extent of his guilt was the I Mr. Chaney here stated that the friends of the do reused
commission of an act of folly and stupidity, without any were unable to fee a gentleman of the liar, anal that they
real intention to commit mischief. In the first place, he were therefore conetrained to let the case proceed w itliout
should urge that there was no evidence to show that there the Resistance of a professional advocate.
ever was a bullet in the pistol—no bullet had been Mund, The City Solicitor then sleeted the nature of the material
and the nature of the huh sin the coat appeared to hint to evidence which he intended to produce.
establish the fact that they were made lay the wadding of the Mr. Lewis objected to the courw. of proceeding which
pistol and not by. a bullet. It was quite clear that if the pri- was about to be udopteil as wholly unprecedented, and val-
iancy dial realy intend to do any serious injury to the prose- culated to prejudice his case without affording the legal op-
eutor he had, ample opportunity to carry out that intention. portunity of vindication or rearess.
fle.hael not done so, however, and all that he had done The City SolicAor admitted that the course was unusual,
was to make these two holes in the prosecutor's coat, and hut said that it inevitably arose out of the singular eirewn.
he submitted that all the prisoner intended to do was to stance' which hail previou.ly
frighten him and prevent him from continuing his attentions to conduct the inquiry, and without shaving (broughtany
to the lady who had been referred to, and that at the utmost charge
againstat any individual, lie hail caused to lies-
be ought only be convicted of an nesaulte mooed he ould find who appeared to be quaified to
The learned judge in summing up said it was quite clear give assistance by their evidence, to elicit whatever hate
I that the prisoner entertained a feeling inimical to the pro- evidence might tend to establish.
seceder, and that he bad discharged a pistol at him on the Alderman Wilson said that whatever evidence might lave
day in question. It had been urged on behalf of tho pri- been given upon the first day, it ppeared that thereawas
miter that he did not intend to do the proeccutor any serious evidence at premed upon nliich toe harge the prisoner.
mischief, but upon that point the jury must exercise their The witnesses were then regularly called.
own judgment upon the facts that bad been laid before Mr. Ro
of
bert T opping.—l ant a suren, ana reside near
them. Bath, and I was in July last assistant tgoo Mr. Kan., surgeon,
The jury, after deliberating a short time, found the p.ri. in Flect-street, London. On Sunday moraine, the fell
soner Guilty upon the second count, charging him with in- July, I was called up to go to Plumptreewourt, N 0.28, and
tending to ao gnerous bodily harm. tI. D• KM II a b ,elf of the deemed d in led, with the clothes
The learned judge, in passing sentence, said that the I partly on. The coat was oil'. Ile was quite dead. It was
evidence left no reasonable doubt that the prisoner, from 20 minutes after five o'clock. The death appeared to be
some feeling of jerlousy, or some other cause of enmity, quite recent. The extremities were rigid, anal a little
well or ill founded, had discharged a loaded pistol at the frothy mucus was issuing from the mouth and nostrils.
prosecutor, and the jury had come to the conclusion which There was a continuous bruise on the upper part of the
common sense could alone lead to, that he had committed shoulder, extending bet • 1 the right ear' as far as
this act with an intention to do grievous bodily harm to the temporal muscles. 1 afterwards made a post-
the pteriecutor. It habeen acquainted that he was a foreigner, marten' examination, according pas the direetiou of the
and was probably not with our laws ; but he coroner, on the pith of July, sisted by Mr. Thesby
did not think that in any country, and certainly not in and Mr. Digliy, and examined externally the
this, it could be tolerated that because a person entertained whole of the lady. I found a aught diseulouration on the
a feeling of animosity towards another, he could be per- upper part of the arm and also OD the right wrist. I then
milted to walk rap to him in the street and shoot hint. exuntincel the head. The scalp was uncommonly vascular,
In this country such a proceeding could not be endured, and, on removing the skull cap, 1 found the darn mater was
end the sentence upon the prisoner therefore was, that of rather adhesive to the inner surface of the skull. The
transportation for seven years. inner surface of the thaw muter was coneested with blood.
Tun Boys
in AND GVITERIDOZ. The right sinus was found ruptured on the en= side and
corresponded with the contueion externally. On the right
Mr. Justice Wightman, in reference to the case of the
side of the neck, under the ear, I found external marks of
'They could have been produced by a MIL 'They
two boys, Upton and Gutteridge, said that upon looking at
were in ouch a part re. the ehoulder and head could not
he statement they had made before the magistrate which violenee•
have protected in a fall. The lelt side of the head had a
appeared in the depositions, he was doubtful whether they
natural. appearance. The brain, in other respects, apo-
them, aware of the precise nature of the charge made against
periettly healthy. The skull was not frac-
them, which was that of maliciously placing a stone upon
tured. The rupture 01 the lateral sinus might have
the railway with intent to destroy the engines and carriages Ps'"aal
d death. It was quite poesible that the rupture'
travelling upon it. Ile observed that he considered the
offence one of a very serene; kind indeed, and that it was Praduee
might be caused in a person predisposed to apoplexy.
essential to know if the prisoners were aware of what offence
they hail pleaded guilty to. ternal marks, I certainly believe the rupture to have been
Having regard to the condition of the vessels, and the ex.
Mr. Bullantine said, that, on behalf of the company, he otigeioned by violence.
was anxious that a full inquiry should take place.
Mr. Spicer said he believed that the prisoners only in- Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis.—Either a blow, or a fall,
tended to plead guilty to the charge of placing a stone upon or excitement might have produced a rupture.
the railway. Mr. Lewie.--1 here being no fracture of the skull, no
laceration of the dune meter, is it not the more reueonable
Mr. Justice Wightman thought as this was the case that
Witness.—Not without some external force being applied
the nature of the charge oughtbe explained to the pri- cause that the rupture waa produced by excitement
to
Donors.
This was subsequently done, and the prisoners then re- to it. It might arise from excitement. If a man were in a
drunken state, less excitement would be requisite. If great
traced the plea of guilty, and pleaded not guilty to the
I charge, and they were placed upon their trial.
, The indictment charged the prisoners with wilfully and violence were used with a staff the discoloration would
have been much greater. Any lune, that of falling 10 feet
maliciously placing a stone aeon the North Woolwich Rail. from a lamp post, might have pro.meed them. Ine lame
way with intent to damage and injure the engines and car- appearances would base been produced by the mere grasp
claims travelling upon it. of a !Mid upon the part tightly. I have wen a eon-table's
stair I believe the mark oai the writ could not base been
In other counts of the f th
Sollers was charged to e be,in todictment intent
ohstruct the carrioagese that ',reduced by blows with it constable's titatf. 'the shape of
the external bruise on the scalp was not such as would be
' were travelling upon the railway.
1 Mr. Ballantine, in opening the caw, said that the charge produced by a round inetrunient. It was more like a bruise
was preferred under a statute which had but recently re- produced by a full from a lamp post. As far as I could
veered the sanction of the legislature, and although it was Judge that bruise was not produced by any instrument.
a painful thing to he compelled to prosecute two lads like
the prisoners, yet the safety of the public imperatively re- With regard to the marks on the right eide of the nick it
was possible that if a inan grasped the deceased there the
(mired that all persons should lid taught that act. of this marks might have been produced. The size of the bruise
, description, which might be attended with such were dread- was about the size of my build.
MI comequences, would be repressed by the law, and would Be-examined by the City Solicitor. The skull was
meet with severe punishment.
Witnesses were then examined who made out the ease as unusually thick. And theretere time hand which might have
inflicted the external mark might have ruptured the sinus
it had been stated by Mr. Ballantine in the earlier part of without fracturing the skull. If the knuckles of a man
the day. It appeared that the prisoners ran away after the hod had the leverage from the iteckerchiet of the deceased
occurrence, anal when they were taken into custody each the preesure might have beim so great as to eau-c the
attempted to throw the blame upon the other.
Mr. Spicer, on behalf of the prisoners, said he could not external mark deeeribed, and to rupture the sinus too.
The City Solicitor—Du you MeAll to say that any single
deny that they lad placed the stone on the point in the way blow ur any single fall could leave produced such an exten-
described, but suhniitted that it was nothing but an act of hive contusion and such diwoluratione as you have di:-
boyish mischief, and that they were not actuated by the aorihed ?
W them by the present indict- Witness—Certainly not. To have produced those contu-
felonious intention imputed sons and di. durations there must have been several
blows, or several bills, or several gripe by the band.
In answer to a question from Alderman Wilson,
't he witness said " All I have described might have been
produced by a fall front a lannepoat."
Alderman Wilson (at the suggest sin of the frien,ls of the
deceabed)—Were the abdominal parts examined?
' Witness—No. There were no bruises or other indica-
tions which led nee to suppose that such examination was
at all necessary. 1 examined the legs and oliservea no
bruises upon them or elsewhere besides %hat I have de-

meat.
Mr. Justice Wightman, in summing up the cue, said
that the prisoners were indicted under a statute which had
only received the royal anent four days before the alleged
offence was committed, and which was intended to repress
acts that undoubtedly were attended with very great danger
to the public and to ell persons travelling by railway. Ihe
offence with which they were charged was that of wilfully
and maliciously placing a stone on the railway in question,
with intent to obstruct an engine working upon the line.
In order to convict the prisoners under the statute
to which he had referred, it was necessary, in the
first place, to prove that they had wilfully placed
the stone in the position stated upon the railway ;
and, secondly, that it was done as described in the
act, maliciously, and with the purpose of causing mischief.
It was his duty to inform them that it was nut necessary to
show that the party areused entertained any feeling of
malice, either towards the railway company, or towards any
person who might be travelling in an approaching train,
and it was quite enough to support the charge if the act
was done with a view to some mischievous consequence or
other, and if that fact was made out, the jury would he '
justified in healing the prisoners guilty, notwithstanding
their youth. They were undoubtedly very young, but still
.Le might observe, that persons of their age were just as
well competent to form an opinion of the consequences of
an act of this description as an adult person.
The jury found the prisoners Guilty, but recommended
them to mercy, on account of their youth.
Mr. Justice Wiehtman said he should take time further
to consider the case, and what sentence ought to be pro-
nounced upon the prisoners.

scribed.
Mr. W. 11. Sheehy, surgeon, of Wilmington-square, who
was present at thepost moo free of the &ceased,
also de.cribed the appearances of the body, and said that
the death was caused in his opinion by the injuries he dis-
covered upon opening the head: that the external injury
wax prodifixd by a tall or by violence, hit did not know
which, and that by that lull ur violence the internal vessels
were decidedly ruptured.
but cross-examination by Mr. Lewis, the witness said the
rupture might have taken plum trout excitement without
either fall ur blow. Ile uid not think the discoloration
below the ear was caused by a blow. It was likely that
such au injury might have been caused by a till Irons a
lamp post ten feet high.
In answer to the City solicitor, the reporter understood
the witness to say "ldu nut think that oue tall from a lamp
post would have caused the extensive contusion, except the
head came in contact with the curb stone. Then one full
might have caused all the mischief ; a single fall would,
under such circumstances, be more likely to produce these
contusions than blows upon the part.
Harriet King, of No. Id, 'gumtree-court, widow-1 go
out washing and diming. On the 4th of July, between
two and three tu the morning, I saw the prisoner, who was
dressed as a 'policeman, catch the deceased by the collar.
policeman Luckyer lied the prisoner's lantern while
he had Cogan by the throat, and Lueleyer followed a girl
named biddy Moore into my room while the prisoner re-
mained below. Saw nothing more take place.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—Biddy Moore was not
very drunk. She was capable to take care of herself. 1
don't know that there was a great disturbance that night
in the court. Cole was using the deceased very• roughly.
Biddy Moore was in the pas,sage when Cole was °slug
(...gtin violently. There Nat 110 other policeman in the

TILUII) COI:Ia.-YESTERDAY.
1111,11 M Ma. Fussiest Grassy.
AOGRAVATED ltoeswi(v.
Margaret Murray, 32, spinster, and Bett finite Murray,
70, labourer, were indicted for stealing a bank note, value
50/., the property of Mary Taylor, in the dwelling-house of
John Henry Willson.
The circumstances which gave rise to the charge against
the prisoners were of a very bud character, and consider-
ably aggravated by an accusation made the female pri-
soner against the gentleman in whose house the offence (al-
leeel to have been committed by the female) occurred. Mr
illson, it appears, resides in \Veils-buildings, Kingsland,l
and the lady to whom the note belonged is the widow of an
officer formerly in the East India Company's service, and
boarded and lodged with Mr. Willson. In January last she
received her dividend from the Bank, and amongst the
notes paid to her was the one in question for 501. This was
last seen safe on the 27th of April, and it then had no
name endorsed upon it. About that period the female
prisoner, who hail lived servant with Mr. Willson,
quitted the service, and shortly atter that time the
note was missed. She went to live with the male prisoner,
who is her father, and the way in which the charge was
sought to he brought home to both of the prisoners was this.
Information of the loss of the note having been given, it was
I traced to have been paid into the bank, and with the name
of Mrs. Williams, Wells-buildings," endorsed upon it,
and the endorsement was a somewhat clever imitation of I
Ithe handwriting of the lady whose signature it purported
to be. The 50/. note was paid in notes, each for 5/., and of
leousecutive numbers, one of which was finally traced
through several hands to have been first endorsed by Mr.
Taylor, who keeps the Old Bell in Friday.strect.
Sir. Taylor, upon being examined, stated that about the
second week in June the old man, who is a porter, came
and asked him to take care of it for him, and let him have it
in small sums as he wanted it; which he did, and prisoner
had received the full value for it.
Upon Mr. Willson being examined the female prisoner,
with much impudence, asserted that:Mrs. Willson had told
her that the old lady to whom the note belonged, being
very old, her husband bad been in the habit of helping
himself to her money, saying that they might as well have
it as her, and that they had robbed her of that as well
as many other thing*.
Both Mr. Willson and his wife emphatically denied the
statement of the prisoner.
Mr. Clarkson then attempted to examine the old lady,
the prosecutrix, but found it impossible to elicit anything
from her, she evidently being in the last stage of forgetful-
ness. All she recollected was that her husband had been
au officer in the East India service, arid that she used to
carry her money in a hag, but with regard to having been
to the Bank for her dividend, or anything else, she could
not recollect a single thing.
Mr. Gurney said, under those circumstances the jury
could not do otherwise than acquit the prisoners, though
there could be no moral doubt of their guilt.
The jury said they were satisfied of that, although they
were compelled to acquit them.
Mr. Gurney told the prisoners it was a most shameful
ease, more especially as far as the female was concerned, to
attempt to cast the imputation she did upon the respectable
I gentleman, Mr. Willson, and his wife, and he had no doubt
as to who it was that stole the note.

place.
Biddy Moore, of Nu. 23, I'lumtreescourt--1 reculket the
morning of Sunday. I was half di uuk. Cogan WAS
sitting under Mr.. mug's window, between one and two
o'clock. Cole Mlle up the court, and Lothyer and another
policeman tame down the court. Cole went up to Cogan,
took him by the back of the neck and kicked hint trout
No. In to So. 28. Ile then threw Cogan into the postage
,of No. 28. 1 ran up stairs and saw no more.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis I am a single-we-
man, and live with my father and mother. I did not
keep company with Cogan. On the night in question,
had had, in the company of six or seven persons, put of
three or four pots 01 ale. 'the persons I was with were
'strangers to me. I swear that I have not said to the police
—" 1 shall come day have a turn against you." I lease
never threatened the police, but l hAVe been in their
custody : but that has always been on account of my brother
Jack. I am now 17 years of age ; 1 get drunk once a
month. On the night in question 1 was not so drunk as nit
to know what 1 was doing. 1 am not au unfortunate
woman. I had not a sham tit, but the policeman, Nu. 21,1,
dragged me by the hair of my head along the street.
John Burke was called, and said he was in the company
of the deceased on the night in question ; that the deceased
got up on his shoulders to light his pipe at the lamp, and
6ms:tided safely without falling.
I Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis.—Cpon my oath I have not
tainted to Inspector b//y`
that the deceased was standing ea
my
_shoulder and slipped off'.
Mr. Lewis then commented on the evidence, and called
on the alderman not to proeved further with the case—at
all events, not to make up his mind to send it fur trial till
the witnesses for the prisoner had been examined.
Alderman Wilson then remanded the prisoner till Tue.
day next.
Mr. Lewis—l presume the prisoner may he at large, and
he can surrender on the appointed day, the superintendent
of police guarautcein'4 his appearance ?
Mr. Alderman Wilson—Nu, that cannot be. The case
has assumed a totally different aspect from what it did at
the last examination. Ile is now in custody, and 1 cannot
release him without his finding bail. I must have two

sureties in 504. each.
MC required bail was immediately procured.
WORSIIII'-STItEET.
Mary Ilarri; a haggard, careworn looking woman. Iv+•
charged with having stolen a card containing 41 gold wed-
ding rings, from the shop of Mr. Charles Moore, a Weal.
maker and jeweller, in lligh.street. Shoreditch.
The prosecutor's son stated that about four o'clock on the
preceding afternoon the prisoner entered the shop, and
requested to be shewn some wedding rings, as she wished to
purchase one for her sister, who was a cripple and unable
to quit the house. lie accordingly placed a card containing
41 rings before her. After choosing one of the rings an
removing it front the card, she requested him to make out is
bill and receipt, which he was about to do, when the prisoner
whose right hand was still shrouded in her pocket, suddenly
drew it out, and dashing a quantity of white pepper M
his
eyes, instantly snatched the card of rings from the counter
and darted out of the shop. On partially recovering from
the smarting effects of the discharge, witness hastened
after her, raising the cry of " stop thief," which attracted
the attention of one of his neighbours, who intercepted the
prisoner as she was passing his shop, and forced the card
. of rings out of her hand, which she had covered oser with
her shawl. The prisoner begged hard for forgiveness, al-
leging that she had been urged by severe distress tit coit-.
r mit the robbery, but she was detained until the arrival of
a policeman and given into custody.
t The prisoner said that she would never have been guilty