The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-16 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCISE.

(adore 11. F. stepbe;;;:i.i , 'mac. Bas, Enl.)
TEE Sr. James's (LATE CIIOCKEORD'B) AEBBEDLY-
-1100/18.—J. Smith, keeper of these assembly rooms, in St.
Jameestreet, woo charged with retailing foreign wines without
a license. These rooms have been need Isabella and assem-
blies, and the trade in retailing wines has been carried on
to such an extent, to the Injury of the licensed bonen in the
neighbourhood, that the interposition of the excise authori-
ties became necessary for the protection of the fair trader.—
Mr. Austin, supervisor of excise, said that on the 26th
of April La he went to the St James's Assem-
bly-rooms at a quarter before ten at night. Mr.
&Want, another supervisor, was with him. They
ordered sherry wine, which was supplied by a man
behind the bar. The person that brought the wine did not
seceive the money. Mi. Mattiaon's name was over the door,
as "free vintner,' and his name was used at six or seven
ether places. Tkeyaaw neither the defendant nor Mattison
on that occasion. They went to his residence, but did not
see Mr. Smith. They saw a young man, whom they had
seenbehind the bar at the St. Jactee's-streetestablishment.
He wail engaged at a desk. They went again to the as-
sesehlpsooms on the 7th of May, when they found Mr.
Smithaittiag at the top of the table itAdts. Witness said he
was a supervisor of lanai. and he silted by what authority
he sold (onions wine', and that he wee told that be (Smith)
was the proprietor of the establishment Mr. Smith replied
that he was part proprietor, that Mr. Mattison was a free
vintner, and if there was .anything ear ong, he would get
another vintner. Mr. Xattinte's name is up as free vintner
in several plates. Mr. Chau Marti, the clerk to the
Vintners' Company, stated tbatXr. Mattimat was a member
of the Vintners' Company, and produced an extraet Au=
their charter to that fact. He said that a Bee vintner tajglt
have stores all over the town, but must only otter wines la
one plan. Mr. Oeo. Lewis stated that In had an execution
against the proprietors of the St. Jam's Asseasbly-roons,
and when he took the inventory he wanted to go into the
cellars, but a person claimed the wine, and he was served
with notice of action if he levied there. After consulting
for a short time the court gave judgment for the full penalty
of 1001.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
Before Mr. Come Wiener PtilWoe
FALSE REPRESINTATIONB.—IN Rs Larrox.—This in-
solvent, a tailor residing at Putney, was opposed for Mesas.
likarritt, Boned Wad, and Co., cloth mandasturen ; and also

THE EXPRESS, PRIDAT EVENING, MAY 16, 1847.

for another a'Altor. The round of opposition was,
that the ill'...nreat had obtained credit from st,,, ono.
cin# Parti'ds under Wee reprasatations. It errand that
he had rum Keine. MelaW and Co. to neater:arid that he
did not tree 101. ha the world, and had thus induced them
to allow him to have gods to the amoant of 801., while at
the same time the faudeent had liabilities to the extent of
o'.,out 9001. It was owed that We wee a fraud committed
on the creditors ; and ete waft testanded the insolvent for
I six months from the date elder/ads( ceder.
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CHELKIWORD, Jinx 14.
Behr. Kr. Baron Parts.
MITRDEZ.--sfanies Wakosore, aged 17. was indicted for
the wilful murder of John Terry, by fracturing his skull
with a hoe. The deceased was an old labouring man, living
near the town of Roehford, and on the 31st March, which
was the day he received the injury that terminated in his
death, he was on his way to that town about 10 o'clock in
the morning. The prisoner, it seems, had been lodging at •
I public-house in the village of South Parnbridge, about four
miles from Rochford, and left the public.house and pro-
ceeded in • direction for the town of Rochford on the same
morning. It seemed that soon after this the prisoner and
the old man joined company, and they were seen fly several
of the witnesses walking together towards a place called the
Mead, near Daggett's farm, on the road to the town
above mentioned, the prisoner at the time having a hoe
in his hand, and the deceased a hoe stick without
' the iron end. About eleven o'clock the same morn-
ing the poor old man was found lying in the Mead,
in a dreadful state. He was literally covered with blood,
and the top of his right car was completely severed from the
head, end was found in • mass of clotted blood among his
hair. His pockets appeared to have been rifled, end his
watch, a canvass purse, a key, and a small sum of money
were missing. He had sufficient onaciousness to state that
he had been robbed and ill-used, and he was then taken to
the union workhouse at Rochford, where he remained until
the 22nd April, when he died. It appeared that almost tin. I
mediately alter the time when the robbery and assault mod
have been committed the prisoner went into • public-house
at Roehford, where he predated a watch, which turned out
to be that of the deloused, and offered to sell it to any one
in the room for ten shillings, but no one would buy it, and
he then called for some beer, which he paid for with a
half-crown. It also appeared that on his way to goa-
teed the prisoner had sold his hoe for sixpence, and
ke shortly afterwards sold the watch to • man named Prig
for be., and upon his being taken into custody the canvass
purse, which contained the key of the poor old man's box,
was found in his pocket. The prisoner was afterwards taken
into the room where the deceased was lying in bed, and on
his being raised up and shown the prisoner, he immediately
said that he was the man who had robbed sad beat him.
The deemed also, at the same time, identified the watch and
the other articles that were produced as his property. Mr.
Hodge, the surgeon of the union, proved that the deceased
died of a fracture of the skull, and he produced that
portion of it which had received the fatal injury ;
and upon the hoe belonging to the prisoner being
produced, it was found that the iron back cf a fitted erectly
the wound in the skull, and the surgeon said he had no
doubt that it was inflicted by it, and that, in all probabi-
lity, one severe blow bad caused the mischief.—Mr. Baron
Parke, in summing up, told the jury that whether they
should be of opinion the fatal injury had been inflicted
with an intention to maim and diastole the deceased, or
whether it was merely to further the object of robbing him,
in either OM in the eye of the law it would amount to the
crime of wilful murder.—The jury then deliberated for a
few minutes, when they returned a verdict finding the pri-
soner Gully of murder. They at the same time recom-
mended him to mercy on account of hie youth.—The
learned judge then put on his black cap, end said that
the jury had come to the only conclusion which
their duty to society had enabled them to come
to upon the evidence, and it was now his most
painful duty to pass upon a mere 'tripling, a boy lust
entering upon life, the sentence of death. He believed that
it was not his intention to have taken the life of the de-
ceased, but it was quite clear that the fatal blow was struck
with the intention to render the detested powerless, in order
that he might rob him with greater facility, and, as death
ensued, his offence clearly amounted to the crime of wilful
murder. The jury had recommended him to mercy on ac-
count of his youth, but be felt that it would be inconsistent
with his duty in such a case, to do more than to transmit
that recommendation to the proper quarter. The sentence
of death was then passed in the usual form. The prisoner
did not betray the slightest emotion during say part of the
proceedings.
Tue Case or COLLISION BY TER ROYAL VICTORIA,
LEITII STEAVER.—Mr. Ryland made en application in this
cue to postpone the trial of David Meikeid, for man-
slaughter, to the next amines.—Mr. Ryland, for the present.
Lion, said that the witnesses, who were nearly all seafaring
men, had been bound over to attend, but, as no one had
been instructed to conduct the prosecution or get the wit-
nesses together to go before the grand jury, only two of them
were now in attendance ; and it was, therefore, useless to go
on with the trial at these assizes. He, therefore, had to
rttzlhe court to pet4ose the trial to the, next assizes.
Puke add thee,under the Habeas Corpus Act,
ifa.prisense eaortriered ender first day of the assizes, he had
a right to domed to be tried at those assizes, union the
crown gave ease good grounds for • postponement. In the
present case, be was of opinion that there was not sufficient
ground stated for postponing the trial. It was the duty of
the prosecutors to have taken case that the winnows were
in attendance ; and he could not help expressing an opinion
that the criminal business of the county, either from economy
or some other cause, was not conducted as it ought to be.
On the fret day of the assizes, in a most mine ere of t
sorting, no annul had been retainedto proseeetet =Ake
been obliged to hand the depositions to • kerma ceseed la
Nun just before the trial. The defendant then eirratiored,
sad he was given in charge to the jury.—Mr. 117 Witt said.
that audit the circumstances they had lofted alluded to, he
asuot esseest to their returning averdlet of "Notguilty..fle
MI se witnesses in attendance to noon the ebarge.—Ze.
Bans Parke told the jury that they art fad the Deka=
out guilty, became proper steps had siabentakint ea Waif
of the prosecution to get the witness= is stied. Thera was
a failure ofjustice no doubt in omeqoasee of this proceed-
ing, but it was not the fault of the Omer, and he ought
not to suffer in consequence of the eashet of those who pro-
secuted him.—The jury then returned &verdict of Norguilly
upon both inquisitiima, and the defendast wu ordered to be
immediately discharged.
Pawsue.r a as DAOZNIAM MURDER Cars.—At the
gulag of the mutt this poookig, Mr. Baron Parke said, that
ups a hobo esseldereisa of the point of law raised bythe
horsed ceased la the on. of the two men, Kimpete and
Hickson, the Dagenham policemen, he had resolved sot to
give effect to it by postponing the judgment, but he =odd
pas sentence upon the conviction that had taken place,
leaving it to the primers to adopt the course of issuing a
writ of error if theythoaght proper to do so.—The prisoners,
Kimpton and Hieksea, were then again placed at the her
I and arraigned upon another indictment, charging them with
conspiring together to defeat the ends of justice by giving
false testimony before the coroner, at the inquest upon their
murdered comrade—Mr. Baron Parke said he did not see
what necessity there was to go into this indictment. If a
conviction took place he should not pass any sentence except
upon the first indictment; and if no writ of error wee
brought, or if brought, the first conviction should be held
good, it would be quite unnecessary to proceed with this in-
dictment. —The jury were then discharged, by consent, from
giving soy verdict upon this indictment—At a Inter period
of the day the prisoners were brought up for judgment, and
sentenced to pay a fine of Is., to be imprisoned for a week,
and then to be transported for seven years.—This concluded
the business of these assizes.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—BaDrOItD, Jtrux 15.
Puce—Betore Mr. Bads aldereon.
TEAM O. BEVAN.—ASSAULT AND BATT/MT.—This cue
' excited great interest in the town of Bedford, where it was
regarded, as one of the many struggles which have enlivened
the history of the feud that long has subsided between the
Swan, the whig inn and the George, which is the oonserva-
tive inn. The plaintiff is the landlord of the George; the
defendant is the head-waiter at the Swan. Some time ago a
festival, instituted by the landlord of the Swan, was held at
the Falcon, at Blew, and the defendant attended to take
command of the carps of waiters. In the evening be wee
refreshing himself with some sherry in the bar of the Falcon,
when the plaintiff came in, and found it necessary to imbibe
some brandy and water. Circumstances being thus propi-
tious to hostility, a dialogue commenced, in the course of
which the defendant said that he could buy all the inn-
keepers in Bedford, from the bridge to the end of High-
street. The portion of Bedford thus alluded to contains
both the Swan and the George. The plaintiff, however,
with exemplary humility), intimated his opinion that the
defendant had on this occasion, pronounced him-
self equal to a very difficult task. After some further re-
marks, the plaintiff rose to go away, and as he was making
for the door near to which the defendant was sitting, said
that variances between masters were owing to such "white.
chokered" sons of female dogs as the defendant. Whether
it was that the defendant is peculiarly sensitive on the sub-
ject of his white cravats, or that the imputed insult to his
mother provoked him, or that the aphorism uttered by the
plaintiff is one in these parts premonitory of violence, did
not appear, for no plea but that of " not guilty" was
pleaded. The defendant, however, sprang from his seat and
struck the plaintiff a blow which changed the direction of
his course, and diverted it from the door to the beer-engine.
Further altercation was then adjourned to the present
assizes.—The learned Judge left it to the jury to say to
what amount of damages the plaintiff was entitled on ac-
count of the blow which had bean proved ; and the jury
thereupon returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages one
shilling.—The judge was then asked to certify for cods, but
he refused.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —Toast, JULY 14.
The are but 9 causes in the list for the North and East
Sidings, 61 in that for the West Riding, and I cause arising
in the city of York.—Total, 71 causes to be tried at these
aeries, a number unusually =all.
Corr. emr.—Botore Lord Mkt Bores Pollock.
igeOik e. Lannon.—This was an action brought
by Mr. Robert George Meese, to recover compensation
from the defendant, a surgeon practising in York, for
injury wising to the plaintiff from the alleged umkilfulnese
sad nagilgesee of the defendant daring his_prefeenkmal
ttendanos upon the plaintiff.—Mr./3apent Wilkino anal
Mr. Pastasy were camel for the plaintiff; and Mr.
Knowles, Q,C. and Mr. Noggins, for the defendant.—
t appeared hum the *evidence of Charles 44basa, who
stated himself to be " an equestrian," that tke witness,
along with the plaintiff, whoop calling was not capleined,
but whose mother kseps a billiard table in York had beenoat
for an excursion on Sunday the 21st of last February, in a
gig, and were returning to York at about haltpast 12 o'eleek
at night, haring a young woman in their company. When
near York the choke was upset, and the plaintiff thaw
saitaiaell what altimatoly proud to be a dislocation of the