The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-20 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.—YIMTEnts•T.
heroes Ms. BAWD Purr AND Ni. Juneau DOMANI.
PROSIOUTIOX ST THI COlOlll4lO/131111 Or LUNACY.
Philip Truman surrendered and pleaded guilty to an
indietassat ehargbp him with mhdesseenour.
Mr. Oleoin* mid with Mr. Bodkin wee isstructed for
the said that this tadiemest was preferred by
the Ztommhelewers of Lunacy spinet the defendant, for
having malsertally maintained a lease for the reception of
lunette maw without having a lissom for that pupae.
The einemlithala were thy than In oonsequence of
islisemniat maned by the osenaimismers they proceeded to
the keen fa the dMeMast at Sateen, near Hounslow, where
they hem& two pines. of usosemed mind, and having
assernised that the thilandaat had no license, 'and that
the pavements spemolima lel hew admitted without the ou-
tdate of sey sidled tics, they bed felt It their duty to
Mitten the preset prommatims. The 001nInialkoliaTS bad
no dubs to *waves the oases, of the defendant, but they
at the sues time felt that it wee one which meet be put
down by the arm of the law, and they considered it seen-
tie that it should be publicly known that in every cue
where the act of parliament was violated the parties would
be brought before a climbed court.
The ‘eamdmat wee ordered to enter into his own Yaqui-
nacos to appear and main the judgment of the court en
the following day.
Is tin warm of a ease prosecuted by the Mint a witness,
who was called fir the prosecution to prove that a numb. r of
half crowns found tapes the primer were counterfeit, stated
that he was only able to speak to that fact, and be could not
give the jury any information as to whether the coins had
Wu made in the same mould.
Bans Platt inquired why some more competent penon
had not been salted as a witness ?
Mr. Bodkin said that formerly a seentifie person was called
to speak to these facts, bat it was considered too expensive,
and the present, which was a cheaper system, hod been
adopted. The result appeared to be that which usually fol
lowed every cheep system of doing business.
Baron Plitt observed that surely they were not so poor as
to be unable to stand to public justice in a proper manner;
and he trusted some more competent person would be pro-
duces as a witness in future.
The case a the prisoner boils in other respects con-
clusive, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, sad he was
hat
sentenced tabs transported for seven years.
ASSAULT IN PIatTONTILLZ PRISON,
Allred Clarls,23, was indicted for feloniously cutting and
wounding Thomas Everett, with intent to maim and disable
him.
The pneocutor deposed that he was a warder at Penton-
villa Prison, and that the prisoner was admitted to that
establishment on the 7th of August. On the morning of
the 16th he was engaged in unlocking the cells of the pri-
sonen maned la one of the generate, and after he had
opened that in which the prisoner was placed, he was pro-
seeding to the alit one, when he received a violent blow on
the bock of the load, and, on his reeling round from the
effect of the blew, he saw the prisoner with the leg of •
stool in his band, and before he could recover himself
the prisoner chick him a tremendous blow on the mouth,
which felled him to the ground, and rendered him
insensible, and wham he came to himself he found he was in
the ltands of the doctor. The effect of the prisoner's vio-
lence was to ems& four of hie fr.nt teeth, and he was
obliged to keep his bed for several days, and was still under
medical treatment. A day or two before the assault wee
committed upon him he had bad occasion to complain of the
prisoner being dirty in his cell, and had threatened to report
him and have him plashed.
Two other wardens confirmed the evidence of the prose-
cutor, end in answer to a question put by Mr. Payne, it
was stated that at the time the prisoner attacked him he sp-
peered in a way Gulag stets.
Mr. Payne, In his 'dein m to the jury for the prisoner, urged
that she discipline of the prison bad affected his mind, and
that in a moment of excitement he committed the act in
question, and although be said be could not attempt to deny
that en assault had been committed by the pisoner, )et ha
submitted that seder the circumstances he ought hot to be
convicted of the felonious intention imputed to ham by this
indictment.
Mr. Justice Williams having summed up, the jury, after
a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of a common
assault.
Sentence was deferred.

ETLONIOUS ASSAULT.
Isaac Clark Chafer, 42, wu indicted for k felonious assault
upon Marie Perry.
Mr. Ballantine conducted the prosecution on behalf of the
authorities of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea.
The offence imputed to tee prisoner by this indic'ment
appeared to hate been committed wider very eggravated
eireneestances. The prosecutrix whose husband nod died
just beton of erysipelas in the had, wen suffering from the
geese malady and in a state of insanity, and the prisoner was
sent by the perish authorities to assist a nitres in taking care
of her, and it appeared that Mule the nuns was taking some
rest in an adjoining room, the prisoner committed the act
imputed to him, the unfortunate women being at the time,
from her condition of mind, quite unconscious of the outrage
having been committed open tier.
Mr. Baron Platt summed no, and the jury without any
hesitation found the prisoner Guilty.
The learned judge sentenced him to be transported for life.
ATTIOITT TO MIMOSA.
Sarah Jackson wee charged, upon two indictments, with
att. opt* to murder bar children, by cutting the throat of
one. end stabbing the ea*.
Mr. Payne, who appeared for the prosecution, said that be
should not have to occupy the attention sf the jury with
soy evidence in support of the charges against the prisoner,
because he believed there au no doubt that she wu at that
/1001011 t in a state of insanity, and incompetent to understand
what was going on, or to plead to the indictment that had
been preferred.
Mr. M'Murdo, the surgeon of Newate, was then exa-
mined, and he folly confirmed the statement of the learned
counsel with mud_ to the condition of the prisoner's mind.
Mr. Cope, the governor of Newaate, gave similar evi-
dense, and the jury at once gave their verdict that the pri-
soar was of unsound mind, and incompetent to plead to
the indictments against her.
Mr. Jutlos Williams then gave directions that the pri-
soner should be detained during her Majesty's pleasure.

NEW COURT.—YroTERDAY.
Swoon ran Swim Puul.urr.
INDICTMENTS FOR BIGAMY.
James Sagehawse, 33, hairdresser, woo indicted for

bigamy.
Mr. Prendergast prosecuted, and Mr. Parnell appeased for
tke defence.
It appeared from the evidence of the first wife's sister,
who was present at the marriage, that the prisoner was
married to her sister on the 61 of May, 1828, and that she
was still alive.
By her answer to Mr. Parnell, in croes examination, it
was stated that the arm wife was living with another man,
sad pawing as his viie, and that bar son by the prisoner
lived with them.
Mr. Parnell—Doss the prosecute ?
Witness—No.
Mr. Parnell—Who, then, gets up this cue ?
Witness—His third wife.
Common Serjeant—Ols, oh, thus is a third wife, is they ?
Mary Field, the second wife, a shabby-genteel,' heart,
broken loosing young woman, stated that the prisoner mar-
ried her on the 23rd of Feb. 1646. She first became ac-
qu.inted with him on the occasion of his being engaged as a
keeper to her brother, who was out of his mind. She cowl.
need to live with him until Jane last, when, in consequence
of kis ill-treatment, sad trying to strangle her, she ran away
with her child, intending to destroy herself,
In answer to tbe 011111111 ft Segjeant, she stated that the pri-
soner had almost strewed heron well as brutally ill-using her.
When Mewed* hie*. diellbrable property which
We
lead suseereplis. et his Wee* disposed of far ISM
The ortimarkied rimer fierily.
The liked how log he had lived with
his firer wife elleifkgruserlese.
Her sister said sevenreb, twin irides that be brutally
ill:used her, sad at bet duetted her. •
The 'Como. ssejesat aid he would try the other
Oasts.
The plenar was than indicted for frlouioWy intermarry-
fog with Ana OirdeB, on the 20th of September, 1840,:hb
wide heft than end now alive.
The wig i•this sere stated that she beaua acquainted
with hiss shortly bikes her marriage, at which Wee she
was s pableosal widow, sad had a good Nahum es •

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