The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

This court met yesterday pursuant to adjournment.
The Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Aldermen Sir C. Marshall
and Hughes Hughes, the Sheriffs, and the Under-Sheriffs,
were present at the opening of the court. The number of
prisoners at present for trial is 204, which will probably be
increased to 260 before the stand jury are discharged.
The Recorder, after the grind jury had been aura, mid
that be would only call *air attend= to ems ere, white
was that of a medical =a alined via the slims of men
slaughter, by the administering at iseprigar used =
medicine, and thereby emang the dna of as
With regard to the question of medians being silminisemed
by a =idled man or • perms sat set to that
capacity, he must inform thous that the law was assay
understood as not making ay dillnisse between pin=
so situated, and they were both nook amenable to a charge
of manslaughter where death eissed if the other circum-
stances required by thelaw to perm tie offence were clearly
established- ; sad, theeskas, the point whither the accused
was a regular prosainser or net would not require to be
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POLICE,-YESTIRDAY.
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CLERKEIMBLL.—Haser PINALTIZIL-0. SousiM
was chaired, at the instance of the Excise, with haying un-
lawfully in his ponession a quantity of illicit spirits, without

a par, Gonna?, to the data' of 6th Geo. IV., chap. 80.,
wbieh sabjected Mu to apmslty of 1001., or sin maths' ins
prlemmest. It appeared thateome Excise oaken were search-
a house in Wititeereewetreet, Bt. Luke's,
w "jigger" spirits were sold. A knock came at the door
which being opened, the prisoner was found with a basket
containint three bleAders, in which were Ilse gallons of
illicitegints. The prisoner had no permit, and he was taken
to the station-house. On inquiry, at 4, Clark.eoart, which
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address the prisoner gave,"he was to.und not teTbe living
there, but at No. 9, George-street, Camberwell, where the
officers discovered a private still at work, which they seis"d.
A turnpike ticket was rotted in the prisoner's possession,
from which it wm evident that he must, just before his ap-
prehension. have driven through the Green-Man gate, near
Camberwell.—Mr. Greenwood convicted the prisoner in the
penalty of 1004., or sir months' imprisonment, leaving him,
if he thought proper, to apply to the Commissioners of
Excise.

Riney's.— Thomas IValdron, a well-known thief, was
charged by Police constables Lee, 177, and Smith, 41 0,
with having unsuited them whilst in the execution of their
duty, and rescuing two prisoners from their custody. The
officers, during the hours of divine worship en Sunday fore.
noon, saw a number of boys and men, amongst whom
was the prisoner, gambling with halfpence, in Angel and
Porter-alley, Golden-lane, St. Luke's. The officers ap-
prehended two of the gamblers and were taking them to the
station-house, when the prisoner swore they should not take
them. He struck Lee a violent blow on the ear, which
nearly stunned him, and obliged him to let go hie pri-
soner. He then attacked Smith, rescued his prisoner, and
assaulted him. Both oaken were maltreated severely,
and after a &spume resistance he was taken to the station-
house. He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment for
assaulting Lee, and *even days for the assault upon Smith,
without the alternative of releasing himself by payment
of any fine.
WORSHIP-STREET.— Bea IVOLIINtr. - The magis-
trates have received the following charitable donations, an
acknowledgment of which was requested in the public ;our-
nals:—" J. G., ' 21. ; "M. F.," a • "R. F., ' 104. ; W.
Dalton, Esq., and friend, Bury St. Edmund's, 101. per Mr.
John Alison,Warneford-court, Throgosorton-street ; • few
persons assembling at the Crown public-twine, East-road,
City-road," 12a. 4d. ; " R. F.," 10e. ; and "A. 8. P.B ," 10s.

MARLBOROUGH-STBEET. Jcemittn Hover-
azzazzas.—Three boys, named Biggs, Macgregor, and
Mott, were charged with having stolen some plate, value
from the shop o Mr. Fitchew, silversmith, Oxford-street.
Samuel Hart said that onWedneeday last he saw the three
prisoners standing at Mr. Fitchew's window. Macgregor was
cutting the window with some instrument, Biggs was standing
behind so as to screen him, and Mott was waiting by Mac-
gregor's side with a basket ready to receive the plunder.
Macgregor having succeeded in cutting through the window,
immediately took out of a case a knife, fork, and spoon that
were exposed for sale, and put them in Motto basket. Wit-
nest immediately went forward and secured Mott ; the other
prisoners ran off—Police-constable Colons, I) 33, said he
took Biggs and Macgregor into custody, and he knew that
both were bad characters. He had seen Mott, who was an
errand-boy to a doctor, in Macgregor's company, and had
warned him against keeping such bad company. He be-
lieved Mott had been drawn into the offence by the other
two boys.—Mr. Bingham said ha should make a difference
in the case of Mott by allowing his friends to bail him. All
three boys were then committed.

Boon Tsars.—Last week an application was made on
behalf of Mr. Bohn, a bookseller, for a warrant against
a gentleman, named Francs* Buchanan Hoare, for baring,
as alleged, improperly disposed of between 6001. and 1,0001.
worth of valuable books, the property of Mr. C. Carisbrook,
the Bishop of Llaudaff, and others. On heanog the evi-
dence in support of the application, Mr. Bingham con-
sented to issue the warrant, and this warrant was imme-
diately placed in the hands of • police constable, who
was to execute it in Ireland, where it was alleged Mr.
Hoare was then residing. Yesterday Mr. Hoare, who
it appeared was not in Ireland, accomsanied by his
proftesioial adviser, came into court to meet the
a:111 but on an intimation being conveyed to Mr.
that the complainants were unprepared to go
into the coma, owing to the absense on circuit of counsel who
bed been instructed to appear in support of the charge, Mr.
Bingham amid, as the unforeseen surrender of the defendant,
mid the absence of the counsel, placed the complainants in
an embarrassing position with respect to the evidence, it
was but reasonable to give the complainant the benefit of a
short adjournment. Mr. Hoare's professional adviser was
very anxious that no delay should take place. His client
was prepared with • full answer to the charge. He should
wish to see the depositions on which the warrant had boon
granted. Mr. Bingham sent for the warranubooa, and gave
the required information. Mr. Hoare's professional
adviser conceived there had been nothing on the pert of
his dent to call for the proceedings that bad taken piste.
Mr. Bingham said he had no opinion to pronomeos is the
matter. All he should say was, that Mr. Baia was placed
in a peculiar poeitkm before the Court of Bankruptcy. A
large of his stock had disappeared. It had been se-
the direction of the defendant, and this was the
charge the defendant would be required to answer on Wed-
nesday next.—Bail was accepted, and the parties retired.
THAMES.—Yesterday Mr. John Crunden, the master of
a ship called the Gazelle, lying off Horsleydown, appeared
before Mn Yardley, to answer • charge of sessulting a poor
woman, named ire Wefts, under very peculiar dream-
stances—lt appeared from the evidence of the eomplathasat,
• widow, who was very meanly clad, that she lived in Grove-
road, Mile-end. On Wednesday last she was in company
with a female friend much younger than herself, when they
met the defendant, who was very drunk. A derty-looking
man was with him, trying to rob hint. Witness end her
Mend interfered, and, after some Notable, succeeded In
pitting rid of the defendant's eery spamelesable can-
pinion, and, fearing that the defendant would get into
trouble, offered to see him home. He made them
understand he was master of a ship in the river, and he
thanked them and eked them to accompany him on board,
which they consented to do. On reaching the Gazelle he
invited them into his cabin, and treated them with brandy
and water. He soon afterwards quitted the ship with the
younger woman, for the purpose of buying some fish, leavuoga
bottle of brandy on the cabin table. On hie return with the
complainant's friend he seemed to be much enraged, anti
ordered her to leave the ship immediately. She decline d doing
so without her friend, who, however, seemed inclined to re-
main on board. The defendant nmediately commenced
beating the complainant. He tore her cap off, and beat her,
and was proceeding to further violence, when the Custom-
house officer stationed on board stood between: the parties.
The defendant said he would not be baulked, and he struck
the woman again. He tore the hair from her head,
and dragged her along the deek. The mate of another
vessel came on board and rescued her, and she called for
the polite*, and was taken ashore. She was very much hurt
by the violence of the defendant, and she declared she
offered no provocation for the violence committed upon her.
The defendant had obtained • postponement of the case
from Saturday, on a representation that he would bring
a Custom-house officer to prove that he was not the
nor. He made a lame defence to the charge, and said the
woman made more free in his cabin than he wished, and
drank his brandy. He ordered her to leave the vassal, and
sherefond to go, on which he attempted to eject her, and
she straggled and scratched him. He then ailed hi mate,
who diid not help kiln much, and raid he saw a senile going
on upon deck, and the captsin wished one of the woman to
leave the vend.—Mr. Yardley : And the other to zentain on
board?—The mate believed that was so. The other woman did
atop.—The complainant said, her friend had remained on
board the bogie with the captain ever gain Wetbesday.—
The digest admitted he had kept the women in his
cabin sign Wednesday, and she was then still. He again
esiesvoared to esealkate himself, but in a vary gamey man-
ner.—Mr. oud, the conduct of the t was
highly and that he would not ennui him
with the meammad and
a easel if he had one. He had
taken two wssa, Wenger' to him on board the Owens •
and one of them Ibsen since detained br pawpaw which
no one who heard the ease could doubt for ens inemest. It
appeared that the defendant had anted with games to the
woman Watts, and had attempted to eject her from hi ship
in a violent, rough, and unbecoming way. He limed the
defendant 10e. and costs ; which waslmmediately paid,