The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-19 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.—Yesrraaar.
Pare. U. Jews era T.LP.Klato awn Bases Mallllll,
'r He. SOIITH-WrATIIIX RAILWAY ILORIBIRIE.4.
Cheeks Whither, 42, greengrocer was indicted for
stealing a large quantity of mou.seline-ae-laine sad merino,
the property of the London and South Wester* Railway
Compiey, ued Joiai Seward, a linendraper, iatlra Cowl
user road, who surrendered intake his trial, weseheefiell
with feloniously receiving the property, knowing it at bre '
been stole n.
Mr. liellantine and Mr. Ilielillestone conducted the pro-
amnion; Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Parnell defended Whit-
cher ; and Serjcant Wilkins and Mr. Parry were counsel
fur Seward.
Mr. Ballantine, in opening the case, said that he had the
honour of appearing as counsel for the London and South
Western Medway Company, and it would he his duty to
lay before the jury the facts upon which they sought to
establish the present charge. The case was one of consi-
derable importance, for whatever opinion the jury might
take with regard to the share the prisoners had in the BMW
action, there could be nu doubt Oat un extensive robbery
of a most complicated and ingenious chamber had ban
committed, and that it had been effected with tat roaret
design and premeditation. The learned siesessi having
stated at some len;th the nature of the seses the herwri
evidence was adduced.
The evidence first gone into was of a lareel abratlar.
It appeared that Messrs. Candy and Co.osavelseemenitms
of Winling-street, hod ordered, in the burros of the
present year, &quantity of nteriunes and other goods to be
manuractur.l for them by the l'aris house of
l'aturrl soil Co. The order was completed on
the 17th of February, and the whole of the goods
were placed in a ease, which was marked, " C. C. and C.
704," and it was transmitted to Havre, and from thence to
Southampton, and it was not disputed that the package
arrived s ifely in due course at the Nine Elms station on
the morning of the '22nd of February. It appeared that a
Mall named Winter, who was in the service of the company,
and who hail since absconded, had the duty of receiving the
way bills from the different stations and comparing them
with the packages in the train, and there wd. no doubt that
he had ingeniiiusly enntrived to cover the box in question
with a fresh rover which war prepared fur the purpose, and
on which there was the neldrese of Mr. Noon, at Mr. Pam-
plin's, 'l2, Earl-street, Finsbury-square, and he then made
out a forged way bill apparently having reference to such •
paeluure a hick he passed through the office, and that by
this Me 211% the box was delivered by the railway carriers to
the address that was upon it.
William Pamplin was then examined.—He deposed that
he lived in February List at 22, Earl-street, Finsbury, and
carried on the bud's, es of a tailor. Ile wits now under sea-
knee of transportation. After his conviction he made a
communication to the governor of the gaol relating to this
robbery. He had known the jai/loser Whither about two
years Ile was a greengmeer and coal-dealer, and lived in
Church-rm., Aldgate. Ile also knew Wm. Winter, who
was in the service, of the South-Western Railway. On the
22nel February last Whither and Winter came to his house
between 12 and 1 o'clock, and they asked him if • box I ad
arrived. Its' told them that he knew of no box coming,
and they said there would be one arrive there in a minute
or two. Waness was at the time engaged at kis work se a
tailor, sail Whither said, " the work ; there will be •
box here presently will pay you better that work."
They stayed till four o'clock. and then went away. At this
time the boa Lad not arrived, and before they went away
they said the boa would he addressed to the name of Noon.
and Winter said it would come by Chaplin and Hurne's
from Nine Rhea. He also said there was a boa come up
:narked "M. L," which was not entered in the way bill
and it was• very favourable upportuaity for him to take
another hos which was marked "C. C." ea the top, and
Whielver said he knew the tins it was gensigned to, and he
had no doubt that it contained silks on satins. Winter like-
wise told him that he put et wrapper with the address ef
Nouo Earl-street, Finsbury, athe origami cover, said
then Neon,
out a false way ball, M make it appear as though
it had been sent from Chiswick, whisk he Ned
in to the office, and afterwards get It away, salt
burned it. The boa arrived about seven to the
evening, and it was taken in by his wife. It was dissetei
in the way he was told it would be. Ile went thesis*
evening to see Whither at the Mitre publie-houee
and told him that the box had arrived, and they gotta=
to Penchurclestreet, where they called a cab and peratial
to Nine Elms, where they saw Winter. After this wits=
went bowie, and on the following day Whither cams to We
home and took the wrapper a the bus and it was spew&
The boa contained 34 pieces of du lain and two prams et
merino. Whither took one piece and said that teams
for him, and he rave witness another, and all the NUM
were peeked away in drawers. The neat day Whisker hit
the goods away. Winter also came to his hoar oaths day
the boa was opened. Whither tut patterns fees all tie
pieces, and said he was going to take them to
show to some one. Two persons named Abraham
and Myers looked at the patterns of the goods and witness
told them that they wanted a shilling a yard for them.
Whither afterwards said he wondered whether George
Seiner would buy them, and be said he would take hint •
pattern. Senior kept the Black llog publie-houm, in Ban-
at/vet, Dishopairate.street. Witness went to his house an/
gave kiln some patterns, and in consequence of what he
said he went to him the next morning; but they did not go
anywhere together on that occasion. On the Friday
following be went to Senior's house, and found the pri-
soner Seward in the bar parlour. Senior and
Seward were both looking at the patterns when
he went in, and Seward asked him what he wanted
for them, and he told him a shilling a yard.
He said he would not give a shilling, he would write
on a peter of paper what he would give, and he wrote •
figure of 8. It Anne told him he must give another penny
a yard for them, and he said he did out mind giving •
penny a yard for the pieces of black merino, but he would
not for the others. steward then asked bow many yards
there were in each piece, and witness told him they were
marked fifty-eight yards. He then said he should like to
see two whole pieces, and witness went and fetched them
and showed them to hint, and he said they were generally
short measure, and that they were reckoned fifty-six yards
instead of tilty.eight. Senior then fetched a little
book, a sort of ready reckoner, and be asked Seward
what he made them come to, and he replied U. 17s. Bd.
a piece at Bd. a yard. The bargain was made
at this time In the way the prisoner Seward had suggested,
and the amount that was to be paid was 661. 6s. It was
then &mated by witness that he should send a man with
the goo& in a tart, but Seward said that would not do, and
he then said that he would bring them himself, and he was
told to do so about 8 o'clock in the evening, and Bawssd
gave him his address in the Commercial-road. Wilms.
Whieher, and a carman named Vincent, went with tie
goods to the house of the prisoner Seward, and they aso.
raved there about 8 o'clock in the evening, but Whebselfill'
out just before they came to the house. The we,
taken into Seward 's shop, and he said he would MA Ihma
at Senior's at 10 o'clock the same night, for Ile at
paying part of the money. He went to helmet
10 o'cloek, according to the appointment, and ilaward gave
him 154. in gold and five pounds in 'almond ha gave
him s receipt in the name of H. Hooey. The geode were
described as • "job' lot. When ha aimed the receipt the
figures 601. were not upon it, sad they had been added
since. Thereat of the money was to be paid in the following
week. toward told him afterwards that he had looked at
the goods, and he asked him why he did not take the
tickets off, and heraid he should have to sit up all night to
get the tickets sit he seder to make the things fit to go
his ANIL Sawed aftrwards gene him a sem et 101. and
Om a sass of 251. ad t a wee kor radar atm:lll6.l
ha asuived the at daward'a brae. Upos this
treria SWIM NU bin Art he bad ail the two_ pima' of
swim IS• did the Slut awry haaraived to Whither,
bathe lid his to bay lt
„ SI What am, sad they after-

be saw the goods, first disputed that they were made of '
wool. He went to him twice for money.
Mary Pamplin. the wife of the last whore. oppesed Mat
she had know n Whicher 1, r thee' years aria linik owl she
also knew the man Winter. She remembered them mashie
to her house on the 22nd of February, and imddos SOW
inquiry about a vase. They were told that see=
had arrived, and they had something to eat, sail ,
until five o'clock, and then went away, harieepaesierdy
mated the way in which the case they erpeeSei weeks to
directed. The box arrived about six o'clock, by one of '
Chapin awl Horse's earls, and witness signed the delivery
bill. mei gad the carter is. &I. for the carriage. The wit-
Mlle ens pew the sesee seldom as her husband with nes
geed to the yeessediags of Whither and Winter in reference
to the stolen ploperty.
William Viestent, a carman, proved that Whicber sad
Pam*. employed him to remove some goods to his own
lame. sad that- he afterwards took the same things to the
ly
eireb
Mr. CT:l3:enr—S\tVitridwar
css. was only •jourticyman in the
of a carrier. The goods first came to his house in
the lire pert of the week, tither Monday or Tuesday, but
he meld not say which. He had known Pamplin a year
mad a half. He always understood that he was • tailor.
Witness did not carry any of the gold dust that was stolen
from the railway.
By Serjeant Wilkins—Hie master did not know that be
had carried these goods fur Pamplin. Would not MOW
that he had not carried goods fur Pamplin before this
occasion.
Inspector Brennan deposed that, on the 26th July lest,
he went to Whicher's house. The prisoner came to the'
door, and his wife said something to him, which
witness did not hear, and he walked hurriedly
away, and witness stopped him, and told him that he
charged him with stealing merinos and other articles
of drapery, the property of the South Western Railway
Company. The prisoner said he knew nothing about it
himself. Witness afterwards, in company with Inspector
Field, searched the house, and found a green merino dress,
which he produced. Ina chest of drawers in the same I
room in which he found the dress he also found two other
pieces of merino. Mrs. Whither hail taken these pieces of
merino from a drawer, and was endeavouring to conceal
them. when he took them away from her. On Sunday,
the 27th, he went with Inspector Field to Mr. Saward's
house, and he then said he had not been able to find the
invoice of the goods, but he said he expected to do so the
neat morning, and he then gave him the paper that had
been produced signed " H. honey."
By Serjeant Wilkins—Mr. Field had been to the house
of the prisoner Saward before witness went there. All
that he wanted at that time from Mr. Saward was the in-
voice of the goods. Mr. Seward also gave him the box
that had contained the goods.
Inspector Field, the detective officer. deposed that on the
26th of July he went to the shop of the prisoner Seward,
in the Commercial- road. He found him there, and he in-
formed him that he was an inspector of police, and he had
received information that he had purchased a quantity of':
mousseline's and merino from a certain party. lie hesitated
for some time, and then called for his brother, and witness
repeated what he had mid before, and asked him to show
him the goods he had purchased. They then retired into
a back 'Arlene, and the prisoner brought ten or eleven
pieces of merino, and laid them on the table,
and witness took them away, and he now produced
them. Afte rhe had brought these pieces into the room,
witness asked him if he had any more, and he said he had
not. Witness asked him if ho was sure, end he said he had
brought every yard. Witness then asked him who he
bought them ef, and he said of a man named Pamplin ; and
he added that he had been introduced to him at Mr.
Senior's, one day when he bad called there accidentally.
He said that Senior had called him into his parlour, and
showed him some patterns of mcriuo and mousseline do
Leine, and asked him if he could do anything with him;
sad he told him he had no objection to buy them, if they
were under the market price. Witness asked him if
he knew Whicher, and he said he did not, and
that he had never purchased anything of him. Ile
then asked him for the invoke of the goods, and he looked
over some papers and said he could not find it, and witness
said he would come for it the next day. Before he went
away he again asked the prisoner if he had any more of the
property, and he said be had not. The prisoner told him
that he gave about 571. for the property, and that he paid
for it by. instalments. On the Wednesday following he
went again to the house, accompanied by Mr. Young, an
officer of the ;railway and Mr. Wilson, • gentleman con-
nected with Mr. ;railway rend
establishment. Upon see-
ing the prisoner be told him he had brought a gentle-
man, who could identify the property, and he had rea-
son to believe he had more of it He replied that
he had no more of, it; he had given him all
he had when he was last there. Witness then
proposed to search the shop, and the prisoner upon this said
that if there was any more it ,was more than he knew of.
He then went to the counter and pulled out several pieces
and Mr. Young asked where the black merino was. Wit-
ness asked the prisoner where the black was, and he replied
that he had not got it, he had sold it all. He asked the pri-
soner to show him where they kept the black, and he pro-
duced some, which Mr. Wilson identified as the property of
Mears. Candy. The prisoner then said he did not know that
they had it, and he thought it had been sold for 4s. lld. per
yard. He took the prisoner into custody on the day after
the
141=Wilkias—lie had since ascertained Ilderme
of*, yeeperty ha took away did not is point of fast below I
to Messm. Coady.
Thum Seat, an dicer belonging to the railway, proved
thm Wider, the penes refereed to by Pamplin, was ens
mod as • ibeimea at the Nine Slam station, and that be
bad dens led and seed nee he anmd.
Mr. ClimplesedWZ.thas msmseer for Meters. Candy, con-
firmed the midges, Field. Ile also said
WS Ilavased to that bad sold two rich
piens of heath maim he M. lid, per yard, and upon wit-
ness Mlle. Met Sid the dein& pries to them was
10a. IL per yea& he said he ems as* a judge of French
INAIIIIIS, and thee be thsegMthey were say " Cuburgs."
The witness lambs meld' that the wholesale price of
the Mask merino found in the peiesmor's possession was
tea and sixpence per yard, sad the wholesale price of the
lIMINIIISISS de Wee was smentseemmee belfpeogy per yard.
no deli* bed all bees takes Sem the esedes that were
in the pommilea of the peignoir. Thu miglael Woe of the
whole of the Gitlin was 1471
Ms. Mabee dame addressed Me Jury for the prisoner
Whither. B. did a Welly, as he said that as the
cave egeinet him Mod the evidence
Inof the mma Prir Vibe Noy= they were Jutted
plaelog any -nes epos Ike ereimmay of mak • pee.
sae, it weebilme maim ter bin le eltampt le ewe Mee
the awe wee not peeved smiled blm ; het if, re he sal.
mimed mailkally to area, they ahead he of opinion that
the wriissies at meek a man wee Madly unworthy of credit,
the rawer Ins madded to as serplitel.
all Wilkins. ea behalf of the mesimr_ , contended
Mest=wes no Mimes to arm that be had any guilty
of the Memaatien. Ife emomented upon the
tollegisildt ere, sad _dinnedto *ajar, that the conduct
of Me eye,
_What Insgemer Bell oiled upon him, was
mask se mead he *seemed hem as imement man, and that
' the may be iiiwhk mina to hie laving purchased those
Midas es ajeh let was the truth.
Several naysetehle daimon were called to speak to the
pee sharseter of Seward, and they described bun as being
',stilled to the reputation of • respectable tradesman.
Mr. Damn Martin having summed up, the jury retired
1 et • evader to five o'clock. They returned into court in
1 lbeleigleiblee of an hour, and gave their verdict, finding
i DolligHesoses theiry of receiving the property knowing it
to Mee bum seeks, but recommending Seward strongly to
sew em oteloot cot the good character he bad previously
i bask
The learned judge in passing sentence said that with re-
I pod to Whither it was perfectly clear that he had con-
t lived with Winter, the railway servant, to plunder the
i empay, and if anything he was more guilty than that
P pewee, for without the assistance of a sae in his position,
property of this description could not be got rid of, and
I t was very probable that he was the beragator of the
I crime. Ile must thereforeiwreet to be sent eat
As the ether 1 of the country. yorkener
Seward, although he ti mmonmed in SS Ww
i diet of the jury, yet he Wright it was pride
I that he had acted within* oonsideration,
_sal IS
I SS =lmamate eminent
bed permitted Mom. le
I mehts ping et millete le Isperiem of their plumb,. The
I Jury let -sweet, emeemesaisi- Wm to mere, elm sad
1 Imes Memo remit Sr emit Mee.* they might be
I *died la yeteddeszties pude, epee him • malease of
1 teameportMlea. Met loped et the seam time dot the
matease did weed emmeseed would opuses se a
, mei= to paw= be a mspee position not to lend
i imemolvies to seek in future. He thee sea
1 based Whither SP bs tteesported for ten years, sad Sa-
-1 mad to be imedstmei eel kept to hard labour for ow
tali; per. --

THIRD COURT.—YESTERDAY.
Ph/Olt MIL Rr. uL GrIBMIT.
Tug EGG Tliaowiso.

rpon the learned Commissioner taking his scat in this
mart, Henry Fraser Dimsdale, whose name has been so fre-
quently before the public as being one of the parties con-
cerned in the disgraceful outrage that was committed on
the Wes day of the Broom races, was brought into court in
the custody of two officers of the Queen's Bench.
Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the defendant, applied
for the trial to be postponed, on the ground that as there
were others included in the charge, he thought it would be
most advisable that the parties should be all tried together.
Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the prosecution, said he had
no objection, and, having explained the nature of the
offenee, went on to say that he wished it to be clearly
understood the grounds on which he acceded to the re-
quest. There were others concerned in the commission of
the offence with which the defendant stood charged. They
i hid left the country to get out of the jurisdiction of this
court. Since then the solicitor for the prosecution had pro-
mised that if time was allowed they should be forthcoming,
and tried with the present defendant. The solicitor had
been to Paris and brought two of them over, but as it was
the intention of the parties to try in the Court of Queen's
Bench, he should not oppose the present application fur a

. Herten k would be bettor he them to Corse la
wad plead in amt.
Mr. Clanton add as they intended to apply for a writ of
certiorari to bay* the saws tried before is. et the Jades, at
Wearninater, they wadi time plosi to tie logistimat.
After some other roombe tits postreomemeat wee wood to.

RAILWAY " JUBILEE " Iv AMERlCA.—Yesterday
wet the day appointed by the municipal authorities of Bos-
ton and other places is the United States to celebrate the
dad completioa of the various lines which unite t►e tide
inlet at that city with the Colludes sad rat West.

1 I
wards divided it between them.
Cross-ermined—Did not tell Saward when he first SSW
r I him that thew gouda were a job lot that he had to sell for
acme other peers. He never said anythise about • job
Lt, or that he waa in the habit of timbers inch idea foe
. 41 of or leo*. Se
took }lass :kswhirbotireerat when •II thir
gams rshtetve eivezorpz.
mar Seward mot hie Ammon won ie dr whew bo
I wed there with the reek. Re always the haw
kept by Maly le be • nigeoldb ow Mr. /award, wbsa