The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-10 00:00:00

I, 1848

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party who had made en attar* on the Duke of Cleveland's
watchers, the night before. HeSsaid he was not them, and
knew nothi about it. I observed • wound above his left
iris, sad asked him how he got that. He said be was drunk,
mid Mil fallen as he was going up the street. I observed
senigillOgil upon his shirt breast, and asked him how it tame
likile, simi he said from the wound above his eye. I re-
blot to put on his clothes. He did so. I then asked
err lig eap, and be produced • dark blue cap and a hat.
I I then asked for his grey cap, and ha said he had not one.
I I have seen him wear a grey cap. I did not say more
=but took him to my house. This is the grey cap,
I now produce, and which I got from the gamekeeper.
I bays seen Thompson wear a cap like this two or three
times. I observed his browsers were rather wet at the bot-
tom. I saw Thompson on the morning of the 2nd of Fe-
bruary. I afterwards went to Dewson'e. I had seen Dow-
son with Thomann, at Staindrop. near 11 o'clock on the
morning before. Doman was in bed. I charged him with
being one of the party who had made the attack on the
gamekeepers. When I asked how Dowson had got the
blood on his shirt, his wife said his nose had been bleeding.
I afterwards apprehended Oldfield at Coekfir ld, on the Fri-
' day following, the 4th of February, from a description 1 had
received of him from Priestman. I had not then had any it 1,01t,_. ......
I conversation with Cockerel!. I charged Oldfield with bting 31; c 'hgrj.,7. It 'Ziriiirii.
1 one of the partial who committed the assault, and he said he is Do. Prefereoca....
was not there-he sever fired a gun in his life. I saw ir,.....„,•,..._,,,
Thompson on the morning before, about 11 o'clock. go into ri,' 'D`o'.l7;i3:: ~,7,.., a
Fletcher's. lie had • gun with him. Demon stood against at, Disblinkheyt•Jurst.
the door whilst Thompson went in. DI Dasidalke tinistsldw.
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Francis Priestman examined by Mr. Pashley : lem an is no. liar. r.. et ILI
innkeeper at Stsindrop. The three prisoners were in rny 34 U0.(2.4.10r. 0.7.• GA
house together about 12 o'clock on the 2nd February. They ts liat.prazttyoj4i
were there till between 6 and 6 o'clock. Dowson had a fur !
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sap on his head similar to the one produced. I saw a white 80 Do. 'to
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mark upon it like what now appears, and that it had a dark Ge Silo. Ohara .•• • • •
ribbon upon it.-Charles Clifton also spoke to the identity of ro gape,-::::
the cap. 12* DO. 1 shores ...
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Christopher Shipley, a little after six &anti, heard to noetuarnte.ep. .
Thompson talk about going for another gun to fitaindrop- 904 gc,„,l). ite. •,..;.
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bridge. 13 Do. Net s. . • .
George May examined by Serjeant Wilkins .. I live at ss
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Baby Folly, and am a gazne-watchsr to the Duke of Cleve- 14 tti!.Z,VATZI.,
land. I have seen the gun barrels now in court before. I Ls p„, . ~,,,,,,
first saw them last September, and again on the Ist and 4th 12, Do. i ;Sutra ...
et October. They were in.the pease of Wm. Dowson t,:t Er. -14'..Nerik,"
each of those times. I bed the barrels out of the stock in my '4, Krofe'. r.,,,,d.'jy,,,i,.
hands, and examined them. I noticed there was a split be- 13 Great Get Northern...,
twain the breeches. I had never seen that in any other 2i ~,1gg,!•.,*wre..,1i2
gun. 1 also noticed the name of the maker ;it was "hewn- tg, ri,...z.,-;;-7,,;„, Zig„.;;.,
tree, Barnardcardle." 6 D... New, 441
Benjamin Gibson proved that Thompson borrowed his 12 P.?: tO,Ow. itii :
gun, which was returned between nine and eleven o'clock, 97 Gera. Va..;
with one barrel loaded and the other discharged, and blood 10 Do. 4 shores •
upon the barrels. II)4 Do. Frew
William Brown, superintendent of police, was told by es Do. New, 11.
Dawson that the blood on his shirt Was from a bleeding at gs ib,,,idwaidiadti
his nose. 8 Ds., do.. Thirds
Witnesses were then called, who proved the use of threats, 105 Du, share 6'14 •• •
on the part of Dawson, against those who might attempt to 121 Do.; sham
take him for poaching at nights, and, in corroboration of IT* Ins.. D. St. Earths-
several minute point'. And then medical men were called, It., r0...w,,,,,,,,,,,,1
all of whom:concurred in the opinion that death had pros. ,z,, 1,,,,,z4, &-,,,11;
imately resulted from inflammation of the bowels, the pri- to Do. Thirds .... •• •
mary cause being the gun-shot wound in the arm. Shirley 22 LVltre a ThrAg4
lingered for 12 days in great agony, and expired on the 14th ; N, 1,,,h,, .
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of February. 14i Du. shorts
Mr. Bliss addressed the jury at great length for the psi- 9 Do. 114.. •• •• ••• •
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semen, principally .insisting that the shot had been fired to at N. Third, ,Nc4.i
deter, and not to injure, the gamekeepers, and contending 39 ,•,,,Do.Lioors.l.&llor9
that there was not sufficient proof of identity. 33 reeiluddertagay
His Lordship having summed up, the jury retired, and, 64 ix ix 1/17 irti our.
after an absence of about half an hour, returned with a to D,./'restmie Irv,
verdict of Not Guilty against Oldfield, and of Guilty against • DO i sitar,' ... • 4
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POLICE.— v YESTERDAY.
WORSHIP-STREET.—ArranrTED MORDEIL —Maria
Hodges was charged with feloniously cutting aid wounding
Benjamin Wenman, with intent to murder him —Conetable
Roes stated that that morning he was called into the house,
No. 7, Angel-court, Whiteehapel, where be found the in-
jured man supporting himself against the wall in a lower
room, with the front of his dress covered with blood, which
was flowing profusely from a frightful woue,cl in the right
temple.
by a w Ha
Ti7sgm "can ewlio ainwe das frionmththe bedroom
in
man thetuhpe had
en
stabbed he
proceeded there, and found the prisoner standing near the
bed, partly undressed. She at once exclaimed, " I have
done it, and don't care if I am hung for it" The prisoner
at the arms time pointed to a pen knife which was lying on
the pillow, and the blade of which had been broken off close
to the handle, and told him that she believed the other part
of it was buried in the man's head. She stated
further that the had been living for some time with the man,
and on apprising him that morning that she was in a preg
mint state be answered with great harshness that be should
do nothing for her, and that she must provide for herself in
the best way she could. Prisoner was then conveyed in
custody to the station-house, and the wounded man was re-
moved to the London Hospital. It having been intimated
that the man was in • state of great danger, Mr. Ilammill
immediately proceeded to the hospital, accompanied by Mr.
Ilurlstone, the second clerk, and took duwa his depositions
(in the presence of the prisoner), to the following effect :
I" I have bean living with the prisoner since Monday last,
but had been intimate with her for some time previouslr. I
got up this morning at six o'clock, but she persuaded me
to lie down again, which I did, and fell asleep, hut was
awoke by a sharp pain, and felt that I was wounded
oa the temple. The prisoner was standing at the bed-
! aide with a penknife in her hand, end seizing hold
of my hair she turned my head round, and attempt, d to
stab me on the other side. I jumped out of bed and struge
gled with her ; but she got outside of the bedroom door, and
kept hold of the handle so as to prevent me from following
her. I managed at last to make my way down stairs, bleed-
ing " furiously" from the head, and roused the people of the
house, who sent for a policeman. I have suffered great pain,
and felt very faint and sick since I received the injury.
The prisoner was then brought back to the court, and Mr.
I Henry Welsh, house surgeon at the hospital, attended, and
deposed that the man Wenman was brought there at 8
o'clock that morning in a state of extreme exhaustion, and
suffering from an incised wound in the temple, which bad
severed the temporal artery. The wound was three-quarten
elan inch in depth, and must have been inflicted with some
sharp instrument. He had probed the wound, but without being
able to discover the fragment of the blade. He did not con-
ssider the patient in imminent danger at present, but the
lightest exertion might cause the wound to be re-opened and
Iliad to a fatal termination.—When culled upon for her
defence, the prisoner said that the man Wellman Ind been
the cause of great troukle and anguish to her, and that she
left her last situation on Monday night at his instigation.
On the preceeing evening she complained to him that she
felt sc unhappy that she did not care how anon she was oat
of the world, when he elied that the sooner she was out of
it the better, and her
ded not care what she suffered, es he
was determined to do nothing for her. He afterwards
alma her grossly, and made repeated attempts to strike
her • but she had no intention of injuring him, and merely
took, up the penknife to frighten him, when he suddenly
started up, and received the wound before she had time to
withdraw her hand.—The prisoner was remanded for a
week.
MARLBOROUGH STREET. WINDOW - BREAK-
ING. A number of disorderly persons made their
, appearance in Regent-street about six o'clock on Wed-
nesday evening, and commenced breaking windows, ap-
parently out of • wanton disposition for mischief. Mr.
Glen, baker, had his windows broken. Messrs. Swan and
Edgar, Messrs. Addison and Co., Mr. Gregory, and Mr
Nock, were the principal sufferers. The police were apprised
of what was going on, and they instantly proceeded to
Regent-street, and took effectual steps to quell the spirit of
mischief which was exhibiting itself; and, to convince these
who were taking part in the disturbance that such a couree
could not be indulged in with impunity, the police pro-
ceeded to use their truncheons unsparingly on the legs and
shoulders of the " roughs," wherever they could be found,
and the result was, that is five minutes the street was
cleared, and the mob flying in all directions. Four men,
John Sealey,lVilliam llooy, Michael Murray, and James
Ireland, were taken into custody for rioting and breaking
windows. The offences were clearly brought home to the
defendants, and they were fined St., or one month's
Imprisonment.
In consequence of the wanton mischief done to the shops
and windows of adesmen on Wednesday night by a mob,
civilly of boys aud persons of bad cheese:sr, from the
leMlltts of Peter-street, Tothill-fields, and Chelsea, a large
dandier of the most respectable inhabitants and shopkeepers
ee st. James's parish voluntarily presented themselves yes-
terday morning, before Mr. Bingham, the sitting magis-
tido, to be sworn in as special constables. Between 100
MAW inhabitants were then sworn in, amongst whom we
reed std Lord De Grey, the late Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
MARYLEBONE. COMPLAINT AOAINAT OMNIBTB
DRICERS.—Mr. Clarkson, barrister, attended before Mr.
Long to prefer a charge against G. liechant, driver of
• Paddington omnibus, belonging to Mr. l'earce. The
offence complained of was this :—On Tuesday, the 29th
ult., the learned gentleman got into the defendant's omni-
bus in Holborn, with an understanding that he should be
conveyed to the steps on the Great Western Railway bridge
he, however, was compelled to alight at the Dudley Arms,
some distance from the spot alluded to, and make his
way to the station through a heavy shower of rain. lie
cared not about that on his own account; but he had felt it
his duty to come forward, considering that the public gene-
rally were interested in the matter.—Mr. Pearce said that
no complaint of the kind bad ever before been made against
defendant, and be would give such peremptory orders to the
men in his employ as would do away with the necessity of
any similar complaint being made in future.—A fine of
Is. only, with costs, was inflicted. .1
THAMES —Tan MOBS IN THE METROPOLIS—Edit/WTI
Smith was charged with breaking the windows of Mr.
Martin, a tobacconist in Whitechapel-road.
gPolicemen
Gloer stated that on the previous niht about
600 v persons passed through Whitechapel High-street,
breaking the windows as they passed. When they
reached Whitechapel church the prisoner ran into the
road, picked up some donee, and threw them towards the 'I
shop windows. Witness ran after him and took him into
custody. A cry was raised, " Pelt the police ;" and all
number of stones were thrown at them The prisoner cried
out "Pelt them," and endeavoured to pick up some stones
again. Witness succeeded with great difficulty in removing
him teethe station-house.—Mr. Ballantine tined the prisoner
405., or in default, committed him to gaol for one month.
W. Ramkie, a boy about sixteen years old, was charged
with,sssaulting constable Dean, while in the execution of his
duty.—Dean stated that while the mob were crying out,
" Pelt the police," he was suddenly knocked down by se-
parsons, and minis he was down the prisoner snuck