The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-05 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIitCUIT.--CitumsFoan, MARCH 4.
Mr. Baron Parke commenced the civil business this
morning. There were only twelve causes entered, four of
which are special jury cases. Nearly the whole of the
common jury causes were got through during the day,
several of them being undefended, and none furnishing
matter of sufficient interest to justify a report. The special
juries will be taken to-morrow (this) morning.•
Ch OWN SIDE.
The Lord Chief Justice tried several caves to-day, and in
the afternoon Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., assisted in trying
pritoners in the County-hull. The amistance thus rendered
by the learned gentleman will be of greet service in dis-
posing of the heavy criminal calendar, which otherwise
could hardly have been concluded within the week.
BeIIOLAUT wire VIOLENCE.
Jolla Martin, 21, Wolter CrawiteW, 30, John End,
and Charles Snail/1,21, labourers, were indicted for been
glare, with violence, at the house of William Burrell, at
Middleton. Mr. Bothwell stated the care to the jury.
Martha Braybrook, an old woman—l am housekeeper to
Mr. Hurrell, who lives at Middleton. On the night of the
2nd of December we went to bed at half-past eight, and all
the doors were fastened up safe. In a quarter of an hour I
heard a noite and tat up in the bed, and about half an hour
after some one came into my room. The first noise was a
sort of blundering blow. Cranfield and Martin came into
the room. t•rantie IQ same and hit my head ; he had a light in
his hand. I called Mr. Burrell down stairs, and I saw
Martin pay on to him with a great stick on the head ; they
remained in my mom a long while, and set on fire a lot of
papers, After they were gone I went down stair, and found I
the room all on tire with papers, the bureau broken open and
an apple-cake and a pudding gone; this apple-cake I know
to he mine, and the. brats weight I believe to be mine ; this
bottle is Mr. Ilun•ell's. After the prisoners were gone I
found this cap, which I pulled off Crantleld's head, and gave
it to the constable.
William Durrell, who appeared with his head hound up,
said—l beard Mrs. Braybnook call for me, and I went on to
the landing, and there stood a stranger with a large Mud-
geon in his hand; I seixed the stick, but was obliged to
leave go. I went to Mrs. Braybrook's door, and another
man met me. By some means he put his finger in my
mouth, and I bit it as hard as I could, and think I must
have left a mark. The the cudgel went to work on my head
by the man un the stairs. The blood Mowed from my head,
and I called " munl• r." The our in Mrs. Braybrook's room
then said " we will have no more of this," and they went
dawn. I followed them, g-ave an alarm, and called for
assistance. hi the morning I missed a mariner's com-
pass, a sovereign balance, some paper', amongst them
part of a letter, which I have since see—this is it ; the brass
piece produced I cannot exactly speak to. I found on
examining the house that the keeping room window had
been clean taken out, and that enabled them to get in.
This bottle with cement in it was taken away ; when Cron-
field was in embody I saw a mark on his thumb, and I
believe it was more like a bite than a cut—l think I bit
hard enough to make that mark.
G. Brewster, porter at Sudbury Union—l know the
prisoners, three of whom left the union on the 2nd of Dec.;
the cap produced answers the description of one that Cron-
/old had on.
Wm. Piper—l was at Middleton Hall on the evening of
the 2nd Dee., when about half-peat 3 I saw four men, two
of whom were Smith and Cranfield, but I did not know
the other two. Smith and Cninfield came up to me. They
were all going in the direction of Hurrell's house. Ile bid
them mood night, and one said " Don't speak, because he'll
know us."
Thomas Ely—l was at the King's Ikad, Ballingdon, on
the night of the Unl of Ihrember. An alarm being given,
I went to Mr. Durrell'. house, and went along the road to
Middleton, when I saw Smith and East coming in a direc-
tion from the house. I followed them, Will sent for assist-
ance. I detained them till Parsons and Spring came. They
refused their names. We took them to the King's lkad,
and I thuught they had marks of blood on their clothes.
John Spring, emutable—l waisted the last witness, and
searched Smith, upon whom I found this paper identified
by the plum:rubor. I took Cranfield the next day, and
found his clothe, were stained with blood, and an attempt
hail been made to clean them.
John Eldred, police-countable--I was on duty that night
at Bulmer, and about half-past eleven I met two men
coming in a direction Iron Mr. Hurrell's house, one being
Cranfield and the other 1 believe Martin.
Wm. Butcher, another policeman, said he took Martin on
the night of the 4th, and on searching him found this
pocket piece. There were spots of blood on hi coat.
J. M. Parton.— I saw Smith and East taken into custody,
end on the Wednesday I went and searched the spot, and
never to it I bound this bottle with cement, and the apple
rake thrown user a hedge into a ditch. That was within a
few yards of where they were taken.
I'eter It. Cr.., a constable at Sudbury, apprehended
Cranfield uo the 3rd of December, and found un him this
brat* weight. 1 also, found blood on his clothes.
William Davis, a police mutable, roved that while
sweeping the passage at the police station on the 6th of
December, he heard Cr-infield say, " Where ilia you stand
while I was in the room ?" Martin replied, " I snood with
my hack up to the wall. If I hood been alone Murrell
would base beat me, lint we were too strong for him. Ile
hurt my arm very much trying to get the stick away, :old I
want to get it wi ll before we go to the bench-room." Martin
said, " What do you think they will do with us? the old
housekeeper will swear to us, and we shall go to California."
I examined Martin's elbow and found it bruised.
LonlCampbell, in NUUMUIig up, .111 it appeared to him
that the utrenee way committed before nine o'clock, and
therefore under a recent law the charge of burglary could
not be sustained.
The jury found them Guilty of housebreaking.
Lord Contobell tend —though the prisoners had not been
found guilty of burglary, it was clear they broke into this
hones: after the parties had retired to rest, thinking they
wens secure.

Each to be trativporteil fur wren years.
The grand jury have returned true hilly against Thomas
Drury, fur the murder of duel Deuny, at Doildinghurst ;
Sarah t'heshasit' for poisoning, at Claveriug ; and lieurge
Cana Viall, (.0 the fire at Manuingtree.
OXFORD CIRCUIT.—OXFORD, 3i.titeil 4.
CIOWIS COURT. -.11104/41% Ma. Jvortcs PAI7SAIN.
CA.r. OF MVIII,ER.

John Lomhoorn was charged with the wilful murder of
his wife, Ann Lambourn, at Watlington, on the 28th of
September last. Mr. Carrington and Mr. Skinner con-
ducted the prosecution ; but as the prisoner had employed
no counsel, the judge asked Mr. Williams to undertake the
defence, to which he readily assented.
From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner and his
deceased wife lived together very unhappily, and were fre-
quently quarrelling; that he had beaten her about a
twelvemonth ago, und had on many occasions used siolent
expressions towards her. On the evening of the 28th of
September last they were observed to be quarrelling at
their cottage by some of the neighbours soon after 7 o'clock ;
that soon alter the prisoner left and went to a beer-house,
where he staved until 8 o'clock. About 11 o'clock the
same night, the prisoner went to a neighbour and asked
hint to come to his house, fur his wife was either dead or
dying in the garden. On reaching the spot the wife was
discovered lying in the: garden covered with blood, which
was flowing trout a blow at the hark of her head. She
was taken into the cottage, and died the following morning.
The case occupied about six hours, and terminated in the
acquittal of the prisoner.
The remainckr of the day was occupied iu various tri-
vial cases.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT,—NoirrnAmrrox, M.tacu 3.

lianas U. autos As sca-ov.
A WIFE SHOT BY HER ItUARAND.
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II Hurst was charged with shooting at his wife
with intent to murder her. The man and his wife have
resided at Northampton several years, the husband main-
taining a reputable character as a shoemaker. Ilia mar-
riage took place about twelve months ago, and for a short
time they ham! together comfortably. At length the wife's
conduct betrayed the fact that he hail been deeeired by her.
She rubbed him of his property, and alr-contleil with ano-
ther married man. It appeared that eicy had resided at
Turvey, in Bedfordshire, and afterwards at Kettering, in
Northamptonshire, to which latter place the husband traced
them. He was willing to pardon her. and entreated her to
return home; but she coldly refused. On Saturday, the
Sth of February, having learned that the guilty parties
were at Daventry. he proceeded thither, and perpetrated
the mime far which he was this day arraigned.
The landkuly of the Waggon and Moms testified that he
waa at her house on the night in question ; another witness
(Edward Moss) was conducting hint. at the landlady's re-
quest, to that portion ot• the premises when• his wile and
her paramour lodged, when the wife herself happened to
enter the passage and pain the prisoner. She tamed
round, and the prisoner stepped one step back and fired.
A man named Edward Roberts was in the house, and
bearing the cry of noinler rushed out of it, and pursued
the prisoner. the latter ran only a little way, and when
witness got to the -mot he was standing with his back to a
wall, and said, " I am the man who shot the woman, and
she is my lawful wife." Meanwhile the woman was at-
tended to, and a surgeon sent for. The surgeon, Mr. Mat-
thew Sharman, of D4VCOUT, deposed that the shot had en-
tered the left side of the Lead as well as the arm, which
had been raised to defend it. It was a dangerous wound,
and the woman, though much better, was not yet able to
leave her bed.

Mr. O'Brien addressed the jury for the pri.oner, urging
that the intent was for their consideration, and that that
was more likely, under the impulse of rage and jealousy,
to be a desire to diatigure Hannah Hunt than to destroy
Isar.

His lordship told the jury that their duty was not to take
the choice of two WWII, in the iutlichneut, but to decide on
what they found to be the truth.
Oaks of shooting with intent to kill.
ississee of death recorded..