The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-09 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS•

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George Hagell, 20, leather drawn, sod Marna Jews
Black, 43, traveller, were **listed—the Ord-nanasd prison
for stealing • quantity of morocco skins of the value of 141.,
the property at Fr de:ink Armilald ; and the seared for
feloniously manias the said skim well amnia' them to
haus Dean stoke.
Mr. Lilley (thateneted by Mr.HVerkeld) coodeeted the
remesutioa :sad the priscraer woe Weeded by Mr.
Oppenheirn, with whom was Mr. 0. Clerk. The other
primer conducted his own defence.
The prosecutor is • morocco leather manufacturer.
=roond him burner at No. 19 Busby Blue
a, Bermondsey, and the pawner Mardi had
he on of his apprentioes for 3a years up to ths zsdasant
time. The other primmer was a town traveller,
being,es Leacher.lf sated la the papas of the trial,
a attest
the It speared that on the sight of
Saturday, the 21at of October laat, the premiss* of the pro-
aviator were forcibly entered, and • quantity of 11101,X00
skies, specified in the iediatmeat, rain. There was a
lug* dog kept oo the erremises, ',Mat was familiar with
the prisoner Regal, who was perfectly oognisaat of when
the keys wen kept, and of the whole of the promises,
having frequently done duty as • watchman. Tan fads
were proved by the prosecutor sad his two son, Messrs.
William and irrederick Gunge Anntleld ; aid it we.
further domed by a witness named Paths Horn that
she saw and spoke to Hegel! (whom she had keen all the
time he had been is the sink* of the aosseater) se the
night of the 21st Octobernear to the praline Artm
'field, and that the prisoner Black was with him at the
time. It further appeared that on the following Monday,
23rd of October, the two prisoners were sees together in
the Haelnisyned. by James Billings, 116 11, sad by
James all, 126 M, who were on the look out for the
printer At the time they wen first seen biitr,
the printer Black was carryiag • roll of
whichageU took from him, sod entered the shop of Mrs.
Farrell, a leather seller, the prisoner Black remaining out-
side. The dither followed into the Ilboo oomPlaY with
Mr. William Anntield, sad foond the edema
offering the arias for sale at 113 e. per done, thotighliTel;
were worth early double the sum. The prisoner Black on
seeing what was going on inside the shop ran away. The
prisoner Hien was trying to sell the skins when Mr.
Armlield said they. were his father's property,
on which Horn said,
Yes, Bill, do not look
me up. I has. been drawn into it by • man named Black,
who met me en Loodombridge and offered me 4a. to sell
the skins for him." The prisoner Bleak was subsequently
taken into custody, whoa he first dashed ell knowledge of
the robbery or of Hagell, but at length admitted that be
bad met him at London-bridge and tenanted to carry the
parcel for him. It win farther proved that on • skin In
the premiss* there was toned a boot priet which Gone-
aponded with the marks on one of Barite boots.
The clef mace set up on the part of both the prince!' was
an alibi with tetrad to each, but the attempt broke down,
and the jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict of
Guilty again both prisoners.
Mr. Arnafield, the prosecutor, in reply I. the Court,
stated that no lass than 511.9 skins bed been missed during
the last ern months, and the loss be had sustained was little
short of 1,0001.
The prisoners, who were not previously blown to the
polite, were called up for judgment, and serrenally meteneed
to be kept to hard labour in ths House of Correction at
Wadsworth fa 12 calendar months,