The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-13 00:00:00

THE GREAT BURGLARIES IN THE CITY.

At the close of the case for the prosecution
yesday,
Thtere Recorder intimated his opinion that the ems bed sot
been made out whist any of the female primers, as they
must be supposed to have acted under the caeca of their
husbands.
Mr. Dolby Seymour expressed his ooneurease, and WI
he was prepared tourithdraw the preiscutkei as regarded*,
three coo rte
Mr. Cooper briefly addressed the jury on behalf of the
male primmer Brewerton. contending that the evidence did
not justify his conviction, as DOUG of the property stolen.
nor any housebnakiog instruments, hsd bees found in his
poundals.
The primmer Jeffreys detained to nay anything so hie own
behalf in answer to the °barge
The prisoner Oseeley made a lore rambling addrem thee
jury, declaring that be was lanocieet el this burglary, sad
°Dates:ding thst it would be bard thatbesh oeld suffer simply
because he was a loam is the house Is which sums of the
stolen property had bees towed. lie denied that he bad
made any such sseettioos as those attributed to him by the
policeaMous who had bees tolled to support this indict•
meat, and mid the charge spinet him wee supported by
their concocted schemes sad perjury. Be admitted that he
bad been movicted before, but fines his liberation be bed
endeavoured to obtain as hoessklivelihood. He urged that
nothing wee found upon him, or any marasy useept tem
He would show that et the time of Jelosson'S NIP
=he was at Birmingham, working as • pints. ; and Ned
at the time of Walker's robbery he was follewhenhis cos&
patios as • singer, and, as the handbills weak' thaw, that
on the night of the titb V•bruszy he was engaged to preside
at • concert, a duty which he had discharged. The Meg-
bills were published, and from them the police man ban
known where to find him If they wanted him for Ibis It
any other robbery. Be should sow call bin Mines.
John Talbot, a chairmaker, proved that the pelaseem
parley had been in his sermie for six maths, sad was
Whitacre and hornet. Be hid discharged him about
three weeks before the 4th February leak in oresequeurie of I
the slackness of trade, but he had sees the primer Onseire
presiding at the concert be had mentioned no the tight
of
the Gth of February.
Thomas Oaseler, the father of the prisoner, and Mrs.
Talbot, gave oorroboratise evidence as to the prisoner pre-
siding at the oreciert.
Mr. Metcalfe addressed the jury on behalf d tie prisoner Mr.
Roberts, ociuteodiog tl.at the ONO upland him wee limited
to the chary of receiving some of the propetty, knowing
it to have been stolen, and co that he submitted that the
eirldire adduced wee too slight to justify his conviction,
especially sa he was a nun who bore an ernelleat character.
Mr. Taylor. of the firm of Mears. Vavasseur and Oe.,
proved that Roberts bad worked u a silk weaver for the
firm for the last 20 years, acd had always borne the character
of an honest, hardworking, and industrious man.
Several other witnesses were examined to the same
affect.
Mr. D. Seymour briefly replied.
By direction of the Reoorder a verdict of Nut OuGly was
recorded in respect to the three female prisoeus, who were
thereupon removed from the her.
The Recorder then summed up the evidence with great
clearness and minuteness, dimities the jury to cosecs their
consideration of the case apiest Roberts to the sexed
count of the indictment, charging him with receiving • por-
tine of the stolen property with a guilty knowledge.
Thaveslg retired, and after en absence of a quarter of an
hoer n returned into court with a verdict of Guilty
y against the wen Brewertoo, Jeffreys, and Quality,
and of Guilty of nearing a portico of the property, well
knowing it to have been stolen, against the prisoner Roberta.
Previous !aeration were proved against Brintertoo,

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Jeffreys. end Osseley.
The Recorder said he should defer peeing asotsoos until
the other indictments splint the primmer@ wets disposed of.
Mr. Sleigh addremed the oourt, sad said that ha, with
his friend Mr. F. H. Lewis, bad lame retaieed to 000 duct
the prosecution of the indictment against the prisoners and
the three women far the burglary and robbery as the pre•
miles of Mr. Johoeme. jeweller, of Thresdesedie-street,
and after the result of the last Gem he did sot propose to
proceed with the indictrcent, which might TWOISIII still oa
record spinet them. With reeved to the three fassies,
be did not prop os to offer any evidence.
A verdict of A a Guilty was then taken with respect to
the worsen, wbo wen thereupos ordered to be dicharged.
On the application of Mr. D. Beymenr, the property
identified br Mr. Walker was ordsted to be gives up to
that patleman.