The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-05 00:00:00

robbery. For the defence, Mr. Payne called a man named
Singleton, who swore that on the night in question he was
with the prisoner at a theatre from hall-past 5 till 11 at
night, so that she could not have robbed the prosecutor at
half-past 8. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. The
learned Commissioner sentenced the prisoner to be tran-
sported for seven years.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Wore Mr. Serjeuut AuUrn%
INDICTMENT FOR NUISANCE.—This case, which had
been adjourned, was resumed. In opening the cue for the
prosecution in this matter (referred to in our paper of yester-
day), Mr. Parry paid the authorities of the parish of St.
Lae had thought it incumbent on them, on public
grounds, to prefer this indictment against Mr. Gore,
partialfean He hoped for an investigation as im-
as it would 'be full. Evidence was then
given. A plan of the premises was put in, by which it
seemed that two inclosed areas, one on either side of
Ilattield.street, were used by the defendant as a
depositary for the moat offensive filth—the refuse of all
the markets of •be metropolis. The dust was collected
in such prodigious heaps, that often they were as high as the
house tops, end when the wind was high it carried clouds of
dart into the neighbaurbood, which was most annoying to
the inhabitants. The effluvium from tho " slop yard" was
described as most offensive and injurious. Typhus lever and
other inseam constantly infected the lanes and courts in
Midillesex-row, Dean's-court, Golden-lane, and in the neigh-
bouring streets. In hot or rainy weather the smell was al-
most intolerable. The medical witnesses said that the gases
emitted from these two filth yards was most prejudicial to
life and health.—Dr. Southwood Smith, having inspected
the premises, said be considered that every resident in the
neighbourhood was liable to fever, especially when the state
of the atmosphere was favourable to the development of the
poisonous vapours &tieing from this nuisance. This warms,
in cross-examination, said he comiduru ul Smithfield market
a public nuisance, upon which Mr. Serjeant Adams re-
marked that everybody thought so, except the City corpora-
tion.—Drs. Thom n, Close, Douglas, and Mr. I. F.
Cooper, gave similar testimony to that of Dr. Southwood
Smith; and twenty-four of the inhabitants of liattield4treet
gave evidence of toe alleged nuisance being of a most often-
sive and extensive character.—Kr. Ballantine then pro-
ceeded to addrc s the jury for the defence, contending that
the alleged nuisance did nut exist, as had been descrined by
the witnesses, and that the emanations from the heaps of
rubbish were not deleterious to health, or dangerous to
life. The learned gentleman quoted from several authors
opinions of those writers, that the exhalations from such
heaps as the present were not pernicious in their effects.—
Mr. Pecans called a very great number of witnesses, chiefly
dustmen and nightmen, who stated that they were born, as
it were, in a duet-yard, had spent their lives in it, yet had
never suffered from ill health, or spent mom than 181. a
year for medicines—Dr. Guy, of King's College hospital,
deposed, that he had visited this dust-yard, but had not de-
tected any offensive smell. Ile had examined the various
species of matter collected, and did I.ot think the gases arising
therefrom calculated mat. Tinily to injure health. lie haul ex.
amined into the en nerol state cf health in the neighbourhood,
but hart not found any dis.;ase, the origin of which
ho cieild attribute to the mutter collected in the
defenda,t's yard. lie hail found fewer eases of
fever anongst scavengers than amongst o.he r trades.
—Dr. Ryan gave similar evidence.—Mr. Parry replied upon
the defence ; and the learned Serjeant, in summing up the
case, said public attention had, to a very great extent, been ex-
cited to the subject of the sanitary state of the metropolis, but
lie hoped thejury would not allow any desire for improvement
to away or warp their decision in this issue.—The jury, after
half an hour's consultation, found that a nui<ance did exist,
and, therefore, that the defendmut was Guilly.—Mr Parry
did not peso for any fine or punishment. Ilia clients only
wanted the nuisance to h reinoved.—Mr. Gore was then
bound ova r, himself in SOL and two sureties in VII., t.,
appear ant receive it/d:meet on 33th March, it being under-
stood that, in the meantime, the nuisance was to be
removed.