The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CRoyDoN, Auarsr 8.
11U tORI TIRI LORD CRUZ BARON ADD • Setcw. incr.

Ann u.tw r. THE LONDoN NECROPOLIS AND NATIONAL
MAUSOLEUM COMPANY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is an
architect, to recover from the defendants a sum of 7,0001.
for services rendered to the company in hie professional
capacity.
Mr. E. James, Q C., end Mr. Hawkins, were for the
Plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. fireweed!,
were fur the defendants.

It appeared (rum the opening statement of the learned
counsel for the plaintiff, that the company in question
having made a purchue of two thousand acres of land for
the purposes of the cemetery, the plaintiff was re•aincd by
them to make the necessary plans for the different erections
that were required upon it, and for these services he now
claimed 7,0001. from the company.
After the cue had been opened, the learned judge inti-
mated his opinion that it could its only satisfactorily die-
posed of by a reference ; and, after some cousultation be-
tween the learned counsel, it was at leneth arranged that a
verdict should be taken for the plaintiff, subject to a
reference.

Mr. Serjeant Channel' sat in the Crown Court, and dis-
posed of several common jury causes.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—DLOCTESTER, AUGUST 8.
Muoas Ma. Minim COLIIIIIIOII.
SMYTH, BART. V. SMYTH AND ANOTHER.
This great will ease,which hu excited considerable local in
terest, came on by appointment this mussing, and is likely
to lut several days.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.-DEVIZES, ArGUST 0.
SINAI MS. BARON MARTIN.

Alfred King was indicted for breaking and entering the
house of Francis Fulford, and stealing therein 161. 21., at
Bradford, on the 17th of July last.
This was a singular case, as the prisoner was a policeman
stationed at the village where the robbery was committed.
It appeared by the evidence that the prosecutor is • grocer,
living at Buford. On the Saturday evening, the 16th of
July, Mrs. Fulford took an account of the money she had'
taken during the day, and found she had Wt. 2s. Of this
111. 10s. was in gold, Rodin the silver was a number of half-
crowns and three crown pieces. After counting the money
she took it up stairs into ber bedroom, and put the money
into a drawer and locked it up. There was also a number of
bank-notes and cheques. The money was safe in the drawer
on the Sunday, and at six o'clock in the evening the family
went to church, leaving the house empty and locked up.
Ou their return from church, at half-past seven, it was dis-
covered that the house had been entered through the bed-'
room window, and the drawer opened and the gold and
silver taken away. The notes and cheques, however, were
left. The evidence to connect the prisoner with the rob-
bery was purely circumstantial. It appeared that Mr.
Fulford's back preniiseseommunicate with the premises of
a Mr. Wilde, and emu is easily obtained to Fulford's
back garden through Wilde's premises. Soon after the
Fulford family had gone to church, the prisoner, who was
one of the Wilts constabulary stationed at Borland, went
into Wilde's premises and talked to Mr. Wilde. lie asked
him bow it was they were not gone to church. Mr. Wilde
said they were going to take a walk, and shortly
after they did so. Some time afterwards the
prisoner was again seen to go into the premises,
and some one spoke to him while there, and
he made some observation as to people leaving their
windows open. It also appeared that there was a
ladder in Mr. Fulford's garden, by which a person could
get up to the window through which the entrance was
made. On the robbery being discovered the prisoner was
informed of it, and he expressed himself anxious to
discover the thief. Mr. Fulford, however, had observed
some footmarks in the room, and on the prisoner coming
next day was struck with the similarity of his foot. Sus-
picion fell on him, and his shoes were taken from him,
and compared with the footsteps made by the latter, and
they corresponded exactly. A search was then made at
his lodgings, and in his box was found the exact sum lost,
16/. 25., which was in the identical description of coin,
111. 10s. in gold, the rest in silver, with the same amount
of crowns and half-crowas.