The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1865.

sad two independent witnesses, and the esteet of the
injuries sestaind were spoken to by Mr. Gawp F. Pearce,
me of the heron-surgeons of the Westminster Hospital.
Mr. Ribton said he could not combat the evidence adduced
as to the throwing the acid or the injury the prosecutor had
weetained, but be was is • position to Mew Ant Me prose-
cutor had led to this transaction by his own conduct.
He had had • criminal connection with ths primmer, and
had often's:de ommunioated that fact to husband.
and hence the motive for the offense with which she now
stood charged.
Two witnesses were ceded whose testimony went to
establish the illicit connection between the prisoner sad the
prosecutor on the nosing in question.
The j retuned a verdict of Oniity on the nand count
of the I t.
The Recorder said that this was a most mime offence,
and but for the elm-amnion's stated he should have felt
it to be his duty to have menaced the prisoner to • long
varied of penal servitude. Under the circumstances which
had been disclosed the sentence was that she be imprisoned
with hard labour for sin &radar months.
William Shirley. a well-dressed young man, was arraigned
on en indictment charging him with hawing feloniously sod
maliciously discharged a loaded pistol st and apical Henry
Has, with intent to kill and murder him. There were other
counts in the indictment varying the charge.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Linn was instructed on the part of the prosecution.
end Mr. Metcalfe for the primmer. As the prisoner wee
about to be given le charge to the jury,
Mr. Metcalfe applied to have the trial postponed until
the next sessions, on the ground that at the present sitting
of the court it was impossible to secure the attendance of
the witnesses neesesary for the defence.
Mr. Liffey offered no objection to the applicatioa, and it
was ordered that the case should stead adjourned until the
January sessions.
Christian Claus, • German baker, was convicted on the
dearest possible evidence, of • criminal assault on a little
ppal named Swami Richardem, and was sentenced by the
Broader to be kept in penal servitude for the term of eve

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Waller DWI*, described in the calendar as being 33 yeses
of age. sad by teed* a eigar.maker, was convicted of
attempting to steal a watch from the person of Bening
Barley.
The Recorder Winked whether mythlng was known m
to the memsdeets et the prisoner.
The inquiry was answered by Warder Agee, of the Hol-
lowly Howse of Correction, who proved several previous
soeviotioas against the primmer for filmy.
Warder Lookyer, from the Kiddies.: House of
nos ern in Doklbrahlalds, also proved tbe pekoes?.
mica in is that prison for felony, bet added for
the information of the mart that, while the ptiemer
wm nerving • term of imprisonment, he therumen in
saving tie lives of two of the warden o prison named
Hoodwis mid Morrie when stabbed by soother poisoner on
the 29th of November, 1855. For his exintions on that
acclaim. the prisoner bad been awarded 11. in
recognition of his gallant oonduct, and altar his dis-
anise from prison be had written to the governor from
Chatham, stating that he had unlisted into the 53rd &gi-
mlet al Foot.
The Recorder said that taking all the eireanistaaces into
consideration the sentence was that the prisoner be kept to ,
bard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar
swathe
Before the rider of the court, Merrick and Jones, who
had bees convicted of the assault on Dr. Hunter, were
broaot up for lodgment.
Wbee asked what they had to say why sentence should
not be pawed woo them, the defeedaat Hedrick was silent,
bat the decedent Jams said that he denied that he bad
hales OM ear of the presseutor as had been asserted. He
admitted the assault, but totally denied the aggravation
which bad been put upon For himself be oared
nligbat be implored the mutt to memo his brother-
litthe defendant Merrick) to the bosom of his wife and

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The Esoorder, in posing Gestates, observed that be bad
sotkim to do with the previous promentios of Dr. Bunter,
which had Mee disposedof in snotherconth, and at • preMeas
series. The defendants now before him stood emanated.
the one, Merrick, of a common assault, and the other,
Jones, of an aggravated moult. The court, on reviewing
the circumstartose of the mei could not but feel that the
defesdeate had acted under the implosion that a grievous
injury bad been offered to the wife of the one defendant
and the sister of the other. Looking at all the facto, the
sentence of the court wee that the Woodard Merrick should
pay a penalty to the Qom' of 51. end be imprisoned until
that Gee be paid. With regard to the defendant Jones, the
mimes was two months' impriamment.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
John Lemont, James McCormack, Alfred &oilmen.
sod Bally George, were indicted tore garotte robbery on a
foreigner, named Jacob Karel.
The can was clearly established spinet the three first
named Owners, who were found guilty, and the prisoner
George wee acquitted.
After conternng with the attars of the cowt, the sew
tenon was deferred until the next maim. This twin the
last owe, the court adjourned to Monday, the Bth day of
January nest.