The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-10 00:00:00

The fact of the Ara mandeso eras proved by Mary Ball,
who ofildatad as heidammid. TN brides name waithiary
Lawson. The csimesmay Ma place at Blackburn chnrcb, in
1834. In INT. the priaemer, who had bean living apart
front his wife lee same time, married Rebores Williamson at
the parish char* of Leyland. The second marriage cad
the prawns ukases ad silo MI wife having beam gaol
sotablid,
Bis rdsW in rainindad up. add there did not appear la
be the him la Ss the Issas of the ease.
The jury head die primmer Gritty.
A staSsamsat nab by Hurts= bsiors the assgislistai, to
the .Mt that his let wits damned bin whims anyjastl.
fable .s. sad adishisod with an rasa, was headed
tots email is miwslsa of punishment
lir. Jest* Patine& said ito could not receive it in that
11614. The injury isillaird by the prisoner was on the as-
Goad wife, in represent*, himself to he a single man at the
tlim be paid his adinoss as bor. His lordship then sea-
teased bin Ss sic sassehe imprismument and bard labour in
Promise Maass of Cserestisa.
Caaaria as Col

_ TIE MAIM OP TEM
GOLDEILITZe Conramx.
Thomas Muffins, 61, a coarse, hartifeatared Trishaws,
was charged with counterfeiting the mark of the Goldsmiths'
Company. Other counts charged him with the pones-ion
of a die for counterfeiting the said marks, and uncles of
base metal bossing such stamp.
The prisoner, who is an itinerant tinker, having disposed
of a number of rings in Lancaster to servant-smile and
others as pure gold, but whisk turned out to be coke bras.
gilt, though bearing the mark of the Goldsmiths' Caswell',
was traced to his lodgings in one of the obscure enter* of
the town, and pounced upon in the act of making rings is-
tended to pus as gold, from livery buttons. Pamela el
these rings, in all stage. of manufacture, up to
the finished rtlele, were found in a box belonging to him,
together with three punches foe imitating the work of the
filoldsmthe company. Tne prisoner remarked, cm the
discovery of the punches, that he used them he seeseping
Mr. George Cooper Hatton, goldsmith, deposed that the
rings, when polished, would be likely to deceive an cede.
nary purchaser, and that the punches were made to imitate
the 0 Idsmithe mark.
By the Judge—The marks are put on goods by the Amoy
Company. The manufacturers send them to the Amy-
office.
Mr. Thomas Hough, of the London A-say-office, deposed
that the punches found in the prisoner's possession were in-
tended to counterfeit the assay and duty works.
The prisoner wished his statement before the magistrates
to be read. It merely contained an admi-sion that he had
made and sold several gross of the rings. He then addressed
the court in mitigation of punishment, urging. that he was
unconscious of Merin committed any offence m making use
of the works which formed the subjec: of the indictment.
His lordship, in summing up, said the only questim for
the jury .to consider was, whether the prisoner had the
punches in his possession with intent to use them.
The jury returned a vet dictof Guilty, with a recommenda-
tion to mercy on account of his age.
The learned judge then sentenced him to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour fir one year.
APPLEBY, AtroCIIT 7.
The commission was opened here about 10 o'clock last
night. The juiges, Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice
Wightman, and the bar, dined with the E,rl of Lonsdale,
at Lowther Casue, on their way from Carlisle. The calen-
dar contained the names of nine prisoners : one for conceal-
ing birth of a child, one fur arson, four for burglary (one
case), one for larceny, and two for a conspiracy to slaughter
and sill unwholesome meat. Then were only three Nisi
Prius causes, none of which possessed any feature interest-
ing to the public. Mr. Justice Wightman presided in the
Crown Court and Mr. Justice Patteson at Nisi Prius.