The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-28 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Daniel To. sad William Graham surrendered to take
their trial span aa Indianan which charged them with
obtaining mosey by false pretense, and also with on-
*piney.
Mr. Mania eesduted the proatestioa ; ld'Osbrey
Errad foe the ththeadeat Graham; the *the defendant
e newel.
It !peened that the primosanor of the indictment was a
Mr. Marker, • theasaW, residing at Woolwieh, and it
that I. Jess last, about the period whin • general
IrallaJessation was talked of to salsbrits the pine, a parson
named Neale went dawn is Woolwich foe the persons of
carrying out • speceistioa to enable the fahabitasts of the
taws ta testify their estbinlasse at the pane by illuminating
their hone &Neale teekwith him a quaatithof lassos tad othar
eatoriala awarwary for the parpowea of IThalotaatioa, sad he
need a parties ant* promestaa's premises for the reap-
tin of thin sedan, fee which he was to pay • earns sum
per week. The spnalatthe entered into by Neale tuned
out a very unprofitable one, sad he nenteally west sway
from the premiss., leaving one week's rest and • poetise of
another due to the presenter. He applied to the mantra*
at the Woolwich Pollee Court for adage how to sat loader
the aircamstaame, sad he was Inter n that his remedy
mut be taken fa the County Comm or by distraint; sad
upon his leaving the wart, the Winne Toner, who, It
was suogsatod, was is the habit of tasting about the
Woolwich Penes Coen, sad sang as as attorasy's
clerk, followed him, sad *poke to him apes the
subject of the sppliestioe he bad just roads. He
they mid that he was • broker, sad that he
was imestastly In the habit of sang in that capacity
for the parish of Woolwich, and he offered to undertake
the bonen of diatradaing open the goods of Nish, the
lodger, for the amount of rent that was doe, sad the pro-
secutor, nUaviag his statesmen as to his having been
employed byitleararlab as • broker, soassatiod to hie doing
what he pro . blank *arrest woo then obtained,
sad Toner ed it up not only for the work's sent actually
due, bat shoo for anther week that bad only partly elapsed,
sad he 'La fanned a net of 11. 16e. that Ind been lent to
Neale by the preentar, an proposed to seise for the
whole amount Eventually this latter Item was taken oat,
but a anent wee sad, upon Neale's goods for the two
weeks' rest, and the usual forms bevies bon goes through
the presenter was sated If he would take the articles be-
longing to Neale at the condemned plies pat upon them, and
he anointed te do so. It spooned that alter this Toner
sold the goods to aaothart person named Jours
for 31. les. 6d., and took pomace. of the money, and
the malt of the Illegal proceedings ef the defendant in
reforms to the distraint was that Neale laid • plaint
against the pr osseetor is the Coast), Court kw en illegal I
distress, sad the geeds were ordered to be rethseed, end the
prosecutor was pet te eseakinable enrage ia the
The share that Me nice defendant (bsso) appealed to
have tans fa the man we, that dung sent of the pro-
endings connoted with the disteelet he 'elision' himself
to the prosecutor sad damn ems new from ban for
espenes ; hat there was Dentin te show that he knew any-
thing of the illegal goaded of Tenn.
I The Jeri found Toner Guilty and Actuated Onion.
The Eicordsr desired to be informed whether Toner
really hot been fa the habit of professing to sot me an at-
tansy or an attorney's clerk, and detraining poor people by
such a representation.
The constable connected with the Woolwich polies tout
•ald that the pointer was in the habit of hanging about the
ant, bat he had never insrd:of his m presenting himself as
as atterny's clerk.
The Recorder said that if he had been satisfied that he
had done so, and had committed any frauds upon poor per-
son by such mins, be should have pion a mush mon
severe sentence upon the defendant than the one he wee
about to pronounce, as be cansidend It • wit serious
arena, end one that he would always peen with severity.
He then sentenced the defendant to nine months' impriron-
meat sad hard labour.

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A prbouer who wu brought up to answer a cheep of
stealing a 'tit of trouser, from • shop at Milan's', pleaded
guilty.
Another Weimer Ranted Joseph Chubb, pleaded panty
to attemyting to at al a watch at eke same place.
The Rsoorder inquired how it bomb tied that these mem
had bees sent to this wart to be disposid of ?
The eeastable who bad charge of the !est.:mentioned me
said that lie wu sit aware of any grenade for the cosine
that had bees taken. The witnesses had all bee. hosed
OIN r is the ordinary maser.
The Recorder said that sash ----- ought really to have
hien disposed of spot the spot where they occurred. He
saw that they were both committed by Use seise magistrate
and he trusted that the magi/ of the Uxbridge dietrisi
would exercise a little more cosiederation its future. In
both the piteousness, the prisoners were seen to take the
property, and were stopped ekes by with it is their pee-
mentos ; sod in the case of Chubb, the prisoner bad pleaded
guilty whoa he waa before tee usestatrete. Under such
oirculastanote the magistrate eirtaioly should have este.
dead the poster of dispoeirg of the matter, and nit bays
pit the county to very considerable expense, and com-
pelled the witsesste to some up to Loncon to give sot-
deuce. . . .

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Teo pnoonor woo thee soutoocul to two 'soothe kepi-
seaman sad bard labour.

NEW COURT.

flydaty Adams, 31, mates, sad Thomas Butler, 42,
were isditted for etealiaa acme sorter, valued at balf-a-
crow. ; sad a resyeetable-lookiog elderly mast seated Jobs
Preece was indicted tot kairlog received it karmic' it to
ha" b°,0°.1.1. _ _ _ _

Mr. Sleigh sad Mr. Gifford roseeated ; and Mr.
flerJesat Perry, Mr. &Moo, and Mr. byre,. deanded.
The prowcution bad tees in•titated by the Board of
Works. grins loprowevaests were, it appeoved, it progress
at Oreeewieh, whore Preece kept a pahlte-"oare mien the
Plates of Feather, sad he bad got the me■ Adams sad
Memon to do sera repairs to his yard, fur which they took
some of the stoves belcegieg to the Board of Worke,by whom
they were engaged; sad the, sorter which the prisoaer
Preece steed Gauged with resetting yea, soseediag to vie
whams, oboes sight shovels fall. bombs gates spaly late

the yard S. de the mein Is pestles. Proem whoa opeksa
to ahem the matter, et O&M said that he had MS the ass
Mdo what they had. mid pee them same Mir ke Mob
tremble. He elm offered to py atlything Oat WM re lobe&
• beet of wit:teem were meant to speak to the high
ehareater Cl the primmer Preece, sod aressest theta Dr.
Bottom, magistrate of &eat, sad the Hoy. Mr. Ragbag.
The Jury retuned a 'verdict of Not Gray, mad two other
Mama:eats arising out of the isms treasaetioa ended is a
slabs maaser.