The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-09 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Wortereven, MARCH R.
A DAUGHTER KILLED BY HER MOTHER.—RONIMIG
Flarell was charged with the manslaughter of her daughter,
Caroline Flavell, at Dudley, by thrusting fro rod
of e
heated iron into her side. It appeared from th
evidence that the prisoner had accused his daughter
sellirg some prtions of iron, and appropriating
the procetils to her ,iwn purposes. In the month of January
last the prisoner and her daughter were at work together,
making nails in the nail-shop, when the mother became
much irritated st her daughter for having sold some iron to
purchase svreetnic ats with, and, seizing a piece of iron, thrust
it int I her daughter's side. The poor girl fell with a scream,
to the great tei tor of her mother. She was placed in bed,
and Mr. Mannering, surgeon, of Dudley, attended her, but
she died in consequence of the wound inflicted. The iron
was produced in court. Verdict—Guilty. Si: months'
improonment.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Artuntmx, MARCH 8.
Before air F. Pollock and Mr. Justice Coltman.
INCENDIARI,M.— William Loyeridye, a labouring
man, was charged with committing three desperate acts
of iacendiarism, on the night of the 18th of February, in the
parishes of Unfit Brickhill, Little Brickhill, and Waler
Eton, in the neighbourhood of Bletchley. Loveridge ie 23
years of age, anti set down in the calendar as totally illiterate.
Ike fires created extraordinary excitement at the time of
their occurrence, notwithstanding the frequency of this
offence in Buckinghamshire.--Mr. Prendergast conducted
the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended.
He was first charged with setting fire to a hovel belonging
to Mr. A. Bradshaw, Little Brickhill lie was shown to
h :ve been in a public-house in the neighbourhood on the
eel fling in question, and to have bought a box of Inciter-
matches from a shopkeeper. Soon alter this the fire at Mr.
Bratishaw's broke out, and tke prisoner was seen near it. The
secm.d fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Hammond, Ci rent
and again helves/wen in the vicinity. Someminui es
after the third fire was discovered at Water Eton, on the
premi,es of Mts. Elizabeth Hall. A constable then seized
him and carried hint to a lock-up. On searching his pi mon
the boa of Lucifer watches was found in such a state as to
show that it had been used. The destruction of property
RSA very great. Evidence of these facts having been ad-
duced, the Chief Baron summed up in such a way as to
throw doubt upon the guilt of the prisoner. The jury re-
turned a verdict of Nut Guilty,
lie was next charged with setting lire to a stalk of corn,
ceoning to Mr. Hammond, which Almanrod The
evideng ce in this rinse was much stronger. vant at Mr.
Morris's form, in the same locality, CAMP out to see the
fire at Mr. klantmond's ; on getting into his master's farm-
yard, the prisoner made his appearance, and went
towards an tot stalk, putting his Mind in Ilia pocket as if to
take out matches ; the servant cried out to him in alarm,
when be replied by swearing at him, and suing " You may
watch me if you choose." Prisoner then wont away towards
Wider Eton, where another lire broke out a quarter of an
hour afterwards. Mr. Lionel', annum ,r found him at Waler
Eton, and apprehroded him, when pr‘soner audeavoured to
strike him, and " Alter I gat my liharty, roll be the