The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-25 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

01.1) COURT. —;.:AT hill T.
lisruso St. lemma Ittuanovii.
tifixtra ea.
The two boys rphaa and t;nt,r. olge. who had been cut-
Meted of pkiem ; a atom sham the V..eitent l'ountiva Rail-
way, with infant to übstnet the passage of the were
brought up for yutlgnient.
Mr. Justire Wightman, addressing than, said that they
kat bet n eituticteta ostler a must w liolesume statute, which
had been wawa to prevent cells Irons arising, and whirls
cads, it was ti be I, axed, fro itucistly look arisen from the
malicious act. of persons plating obstacles upon railways.
doubt Valhi IN entertains d in the present caw., that
toss)) had uuntoaily, it not maliciously, placed • stone in
stab a al:sumer Is must inevitably have occasioned a
very Natal. lovi•lent, if out loss of life, if it had
not hi'en tliastrerea 11111 reniorea. W.l. one of the.:
..11. ni ws.-tieli it was of greatest important...to repres4,
anti the art at fmrlianient had lawn passea with that object.
It wu.
clear 1 IlAt it was un Utf. ac. that could equally well
he committee% by boys like the prisoners as by adults,
nail thrre was tall much Masai& to leaf foul Wally 011111011-
11.11, amid. its b.ul sireurred trust such mischievous acts. It
w:.. difficult to know how to teal with prisoners of their
ag.-, or loos to infloi adequate putt:al o,oun theist.
Isms of them was only II .en and the other fourteen—
harslly tit subjscts for transportation, although their Miens.°
was Inc %hail fully deserted it. lung imprisonment
Oa., 'nixing a ith as were likely to be their
irossoci.ites, was hardly a tit the whole,
in the ditheutty ill which he was pl.u-ed, he hoped that the
ocutenee I.e M.O. alkali to pronoun', would be a iitillifit lit
laf them, awl that it a •"11,1 tleter other buys like
them Inuit ri-peating such a dangerous act. as watt:nee
he shout.' pistuntstiee upon Upton, who, although the
younger of the two. lie rousitlerea the most guilty, inzoi-
nuaeli OM Ile Wail ilaC.lfti of the conseifilences that would be
to result trout what ho ilia. aa• one of two mouths
num isoinissi-nt and hunt labour, the lirst titres. ..lays in each
week to he messed in altilary conlititment ; aria upon lint-
teriti:e the he six weeks imprisonment and
hard lab-ur, the first three days in each week to be in soli-
t.iiy confinement.

GUILDHALL.
31nrvard Raymond, aged 30, was charged with throwing
her son, aged six, iron the third-Moor window of a heroic
in Suu.court, Golden-lane.
Policeman 110 I/ said lie received information on the pre-
viima crania; that a child had beam thrown out of a window,
and proceeded to Nu. 9, Golden-lane. l' he prisoner wax
coming out, and she exclaimed. " I have done it now ' '
The child WAsi.ellt to the hospital, and the prisoner was
taken into custody. The child afterwards said that his
mother had thrown him out of the window Lennie he
would not lit her take off his boon.
The prisoner—l watt very drunk, your worship.
Alderman Wilson —llO you think that to be a justi-
ficatiun of your conduct ?
1 'the police officer—She knew very well what alio was
doing. The child fell on his head on the shed below the
window, and rolled tin net' to the ground.
The surgeon's certificate was, produced. It stated that
' the child's head was much injured, but the skull was not
fractured.
NKW COI' irr.—s.vrt*snlT. Mary Anne Regan, an intelligent girl, aged 11, who said
she always nail the truth, deposed that Ai, lived in the
%Ai.. not k..Disiol a. house (No. 9), and was looking through the seeinol-Hear
TtAtSistiliitt AMIN OF W WII AWSINGSR.
window• She tow the prisoner holding the child out of
chant, were milieus! for stealing 1
l'folip Lamy, :ti, pilot, mudne.lolllB Pi 4.41 fill:1, 21), mer-
the up si.a window. lie exclaimed " Oh, mother, don't
00 bags of guano, the
chuck lose out .." The mother then took hint by the heels
lirLik,,V.,,Y. ot
Robert tichAteld, irtuin "t
barge upon the
et,.'
i and dropped hint out of the window. At the ',AMC time a
Mr. ItalLuttine and Mr. Robinson prosi•cated : Mr. I little girl in the unithur's mom exclaimed, " Oh, mother,
isiihni;hrewleirrethfie:r prisoner
uitg, lhekeeing, don't throe; him out."
al'iluirclr.". Irirary.iirn.,ll‘4l Mr.;l The prisoner was committed for trial. She subsequently
admitted that she had wanted the boy's boots in order to
The ease. which lasted nearly the st hole day, was of I . .
sell them for gin.
great public importance, and the court was crowded. The 1 CLERKENWEI.L.
htl,, rto respi viable ponders held Ly the accused parties I
Thomas Ledger, master of the National School hi Agar
satin: the trial ona of eatrente interiat to Cheese by whoa
. Teton, was Barged with assaulting Phillip Wheaton, of 32
thi y w, l'.. I.IIOWII, and alao to a large class of the sancta...
'Cambridge-street, 12 years of age, one of his pupils'. The'
ail hotly. who have for alone time past been stigmas by I
, complainant's back was bared in court, and there was from
the nefarious practices of which the Li
• ria`wers I' 4re c.a. I3oto 10 black and blue marks very visible. It appeared
rine& that the di fendent first gave him, about half-past eleven
The evil nee of the numerous witneasea who were eau.
ruined has Laity app. as d in our police
I o'clock in the day, two cuts across his hand, and afterwards
report..
the' caned him, no one else being present, and at the same time
For the d. tenor it was attempted to lx' shown that
0,,, holding him up with one halal until the weapon split. He
tur'ie th'it watt las inannhwel: ,"1 anit ...relewileit was nwe —7 then got another cane. and then held him with Ili face
one ii. qui %lion, out the evidence of tor w,tueswa WAS Clis-
downwards, and putting his foot upon him, lie Hogged him
thinly a tissue of falsehood, so much so on the part of
/or a consiilerable time, when a gentleman and some of the
l'i, Is, ring that Mr. Cl.arkson drain"! examining them.
buy.. who had heard his screams, came to the door, and he
5, i. r.ll it 11114,1,01, 11 ere rah dwho gave Lang an excellent
was then permitted to trawl away. Detendant said he
rt.% i•iiis chaises[. r tor honesty. wit hit him again, but would turn him out of the
The Jury inimeileite..y found them Guilty, strongly re.
;wouldaehool. The noon he was thrashed was fur making
(JUStliiititial.: WOO ta mercy.
The Recorder, in pasana aentenee, said' • h his tin ers
. • that ho thanked a B."'g with . g •
• Mr. Tyrwhitt said such charges were getting SO frequent
Mr. Clarkson for discontinuing to examine witnesses whom
that it appe mat likely one magutrate would have to devote
it was evident were not speaking the truth. Lang he should
his whole time to their investigation.
antler to b•icainWiin"l (or 12 months. Pickering he *h°4l.l I Defenilant said the complmnaut was an obstinate and
trans scat for 10 years. wicked boy, and ho punished him for making a noise and
One of the witnesses for the defence, named Parsons,
, snapping his fingers white the school was at 'invert.
SWOTS that the officer Thomas. thrianth whoee seal and
Ile denied ' two canes, awl called two of the boys,
ability the end, nee was obtaineal, hail utlreal him M. to
who, on oath, corroborated his statement.
swear agnin't the priwww", and at the close uf the °wee"- Mr..firwhitt was of opinion the case ought to end there,
inin. the Iti corder Ord, nil him and another witness for the for net great harm had been done. Ile would repeat what
defence lOW custody for perjury. he hail often said, that he had seen punishments far more
,even inflicted in the school where he was brought up
' upon some of the first noblemen now living, clergymen,
naval and military officer, andothers of very high stand-
!cer ing, who never finches front it, butt took it manfully and
iii good part, knowing they bad deserved it, and that it
was necessary tor the character and dignity of the esta-
• blishment that such a discipline was actually ueeemary. Ile
added that without it, instead of a brave and manly nee,
we should have had a set of cowards and runaways. He
did not approve of secret Hogging; if it was neeraary, it
ought to take place before the other scholars, to operate as
a warning, Ile wanted to know from the father of the
complainant did he wish the caw to be sent to the sessions I
The father said that undue severity had been eatteiseil,
and he was desirous that defendant should be tried before a

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SwINDLIXO.

Jat,l,l Law /ridge Walker, a fashionably attired young
nun, Ito* Mani, d fur obtaining good. by false pretences.
and the jury found the prisons.? fiudty.
Mt. Gurney said it would net Le satisfying jastice if be
did nut give bha a tetete terra of imprisonment, and or-
dered lust tube kept to hard labour fur twelve months.

BUM It WA IMANTii.
last as the above case had ...lauded. Inspector Park
beg ad his lonlship would tell hint how to divas• of a
gentleman who hail just been given in custody of one of
the V division ou a bench warrant, he bilug in attendance
aa a witness.
Mr. Parry said the party alluded to was a chest of his,
'
and they had beet, behind his boa and obtained a bill, and,
without giving hint auy notice, now, by getting a botch
warrant on a Saturday. sought to lock hint up until Mon-
day. 'rho charge had Wen tlinnnu...d by the magistrate.
Mr. Gurney and if the bail would present themsclvas ho
would examine them himself without notice, as he wished
to stop the practice which was often resorted to for extortion
or spite.
Mr. Pun mid that scarcely a masion passed that parties
wens act Wu,* into custody this way on a Saturday, and
he woad suggest that no warrants should be issued on that
day without notice being provioady given, or that they bad
sot lets before a inegiotrato.

jury.
he Rev. C. Hurt hoped the matter would be settled
there, and gave the defi.ndaut a good character. The father
would not consent.
Mr. Tyrwhitt was glad in ono respect that the affair
would have to be settled in another court, where it would
be decided to what extent a schoolmaster would be justified
in correcting youths committed to his care—a care of • most
responsible and harassing nature. lie would recommend
all selosolusastsrs fur the future to have their rules and
regulations, with modes and extent of punishment
fur different offences, printed or painted in the school-room,
and to show them to every parent bringing a child there,
and if they did not like the regulations, they would have an
opportunity to p away again with the youth who, through