The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-09 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

;ORTHEILN CIRCUIT.=I.wearooL, APRIL 8.

C ROW N COVRT.
A DESPERATE GARR or Bonnstts.
R07,-rt haon, Irm. Mayor, Mos. liedley, and Thos.
Goi,:fy•te v! were indict,' for shooting at Richard Seddon.,
in Simon's-wood. on the 4th March last, with intent to
murder, or maim, or do him grievous bodily harm. The
same prisoners were alto iudicted for breakimt into the
house of J.ln Tyren on tie they above-named and putting
him in bodily fear, stealing there:inm a gun and money to
the value of 51. Mayor and Ouldhound were likewise in-
dicted for stealing 50 sovereigns and ma considerable sum in
uthrr coin, the property of lboola: Itieliardson. The whole
of the prix n :ri pleaded Not go:,ty.
The main evidence to connect the prisoners with the
various offences. consisted of fa, testimony of the police,
who identified the trowsers of Ifeelley by a very clever in-
resin/ ditto, and ultimately tracvl their havin4 acted
tog. ther by a conversation heard at the Ormskirk police-
station. Mr. Seddon also identified a cut as worn by one
of the prisoners, and Mr. Tyren established the robbery
of 111. 10s. from his d..sk, me ',that is termed Pancake-
day," or Shrove Tuesday.
The jury cons ieted Cie prisoners, who were sentenced,
Mayor to transportation for life, and the others fur fifteen
years.

NORTII WALES CIRCUIT.—CittsTER, Aram 8.
Caowa o,l.c—throw, Ms. Jumet Wittuas.
Tug MILK TNIIPAD RIOT.
After the close of yesterday's despatch, three or four wit-
Itt,seS were called to prose an alibi on the part of the
defendant Fitgsimmuns, and six or seven on behalf of
Cr inn.
Two plice otll^trt were recalled on behalf of the prose-
cution, and they within ly cuttradicted the evidence given
ow behalf of the de:entlants.
This morning Mr. Evans, Q.C., proceeded to reply gene-
rally, and after commenting on the evidcuto at grist
n the learned g‘ ntkman concluded by Mooning that
off to es of this nature were of a sort of Which no one could
prerliet the result ; and in this Calk it nearly led to the loss
of venous' lives. It was neet—ary, therefore, that vigilant
measures should be taken in older that all parties guilty of
a vintuion of th, law shoald he brought to justice.
The learned Judge then summed up the evidence, and
the jury retired. After being nut of court upwards of an
hour, they Arritted the defenlant Brown, and found all
the others (IKON, but reemnin, mita them to mercy.
The Judge—On what ground?
FOTPlaall (atter so.ne hesitation)—lt scons to be the
general wish of the jury.
Ills lordship, in p ts=ing sentence, said he thought it
right to say that the eon lust of the police on the occasion
of the first disturbance was, in hi- op:ition, not only isdudi-
citnis hut unjustifiable by tea-on of taking too peremptory
and too active mea.urrs to remove the people from the
front of the Town Hall. lie was not surprised nt this
exciting the anger of the crowd, still care must be taken
that courts of justice did not end. r any circumstances
jut ify a riot, and it was fortunate the parties injured re-
cover. d, or the tleitt.lants would unquestionably have been
tried for murder. llis lordsh:p then scutene. d liaggarty,
S nith, and F.toimatons to nine months' imprimaiment,
and Feelian and tiriltio to one year, without hard labour.
Drown was acquitted on tho other indictments.
This coded the businiss of the circuit.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.—YrsTERDAY.

S. YOUR Till
Cifauhr. o^ l'enrenv.
Richard !blow Rill sort. haver:el to take his trial upon
a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury.
This was one or those CAWS in which a bill was pre-
ferred before the grand jury without any previous in-
quiry being had before a magistrate. It appeared that
the defertennt was a very respectable portion, the
landlord of the Cuoth and Horses public-house, back-bill,
'Lathan-garden, and the prosecutor was a Polish refugee,
ho it seemed was in the receipt of Mane allowaure from
the governiutut in that capacity, and who also was in the
:whit of selling is Deihl and steel pens about the streets.
On the uight of the loth March the prosecutor was at the
defendant s house, and I. to was about to leaver he • . • ted
upon shaking bawls with him, and left the house, and
immediately afterwards the defendant missed a ring that
was upon one of Li:, fingers. lie suspected the prosecutor
of having robbed him, and sent a policeman after hint
awl hail him taken into custody, and he was tlaMiat'd
11l tore a magistrate on the follow lug morning upon the
charge of stealing the ring, and was re attended fur a
week. In the interim it was discovered that the ring bad
been accideuthily dropped at the house of a neighbour on
the same evening i: was missed, and upon the second OW-
IlliaLti/la Mr. &Aland did not appear, unit the prosecutor
was discharged. It was under these circumstances that the
pres,ut indictment was preferred, imputing to the defen-
dant the commi,don of wilful and corrapt perjury.
The Ih:corder, after vane of the witnesses had been
examilted, asked Mr. dotty whether he thought it
would lie of any use to proceed further with the
case. It WAS clear that when the defendant gave the
evidence on the first o.vasion, which was thu subject
if the present charge, he knew nothing whatever
of the tng having been bland; and there die' not appear to
be ally ground far imputing to hint that he had
stated what he knew to b base.
Mr. 'terry said fe It the forts: of what woo stated by
his lordship, and be should the rehire retire from the prose.
Mr. Puny begged to be allowed to state, in justification
of tin character of the eletendant, who was a highly re-
spectable wait, that he did not hear of the ring lasing tound
until after he had given his critic nee, and at the time he
really believed the p °revelator hid taken it. Ile also begged
to interim tke court that in addition to the present prose-en-
tom, oat action had liecu brought against the defoulaut tar
false imprisonment.
the It...order said he thought they would hardly have
the temerity to pi-more-el with such an uctiou after the
pres„-nt proceeding, unit he Witted that the defendant would
knee the court without the slightest imputation upon his
character.
The jury then, under his lordship's direction, returned a
verdict of Not Guilty, and the defendant was ordered to be
itunhaliatcly discharged.