The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-20 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN OIRCIJIT.—YoRK, Die. 19.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
Patrick Tornay, an Irishman, 27, was charged with •
rape upon Margaret Traosy, at Middlesborough, on the 28th
of August last.
Mr. Shepherd prosecuted ; the prisoner had no counsel.
The prose:atria, • woman about 30 years of age, is a
hawker of nut., oranges, AA Os the day stated One was at
Steckton-upon-Tea leers, selling her commodities. She
saw the prisoner, who made some indecent proposition to
her, which she resented, and said she would inform • police.
man of his conduct. At night, when the races concluded,
she proceeded towards her home at Middlesborough. On
the road she was overtaken by the prisoner and a number of
men, some of whom seized her and threw her down. One
of the ruffians had connection with her ; the prisoner, and
in fact all the rufffians, elever, in number, did the same, the
prosecntrix being bold down by some of the party. She
eventually became so exhausted that she almost lost her
oonscrousnees. Not content with their brutal conduct, one
of the scoundrels exclaimed, " We've done with the "
and suggested that she should be thrown into a ditch close
by, a proposition which was approved of, and she was
forced there, the water in the ditch reaching up to her
waist. She succeeded in getting oat, end with difficulty
scrambled back to Middlesborough, being at the time almost
devoid of clothing.
The jury found the prisoner Gauzy, and the learned
judge, in passingeentence, said that in the whole course of his
long experience he had never heard • cam of so brutal •
character. The idea of this poor woman, who was entitled
to com from her triendleesnees, and was necessarily
exposed from the nature of her occupation, being subjectet4
in a oonotry like this, to the barber'tg she had described,
was perfectly appalling., The sentence of the court was
that be be kept in pedal servitude for the term of his
natural life.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
. (Before the Recorder.)
A Freschwomas who wee indicted coder the name of
Pansy Jacobs, .tra 44, and Frenchman named Michael de
Ilesizier. aged , both*/ whom were well-dressed persona,
were charged, tbb former With stealing a quantity of silk
sod main, the property of Robert Robinson, and the latter
with peceistog the property ksowiog it to have been stolen.
The female prisoner Melded guilty.
It appeared that the prosecutor carries on the business of
a silk warehouseman is Milk-street, and that on the more-
Mg of the 115th Dresher, the woman went to the ware-
house, accompanied by another IMMO sod arms, sod the
Naked to look at some velvets. The porter nog the hell
foe Ire of the asertaiits to war dark air
at the raw arcreat then MA a knock at
the doer, sod be hod mean to hum his
back to opts it. Wire he craned the
worn rid Vry would oone *pia is a loader of se boor,

sad the party left the 111111111011 N. bat to esmspasase el
*a sanduct exciting some limpid= is the Wad .1 Yr.
Bebiesoo, who happened to be presoak • be directed the
to follow them. He did so, sad when theyrrtotor
rourtain-court, Ablermenbury, he law the task
to the sot of holding oaten open begjeto which the woman
was dropping the articles mentioned In the indictment,
which had been stolen from the warehonsk and which
were worth about 101. The porter seised the reale
but he struggled sad got away from him sad ran oriaTirii
Imy of "Stop thief" being raised, a man pushed him agaiwt
a doorway and be fell down, and he was then seised by a
sew named Denied Bryant, who happened to be passing at
the time, and he held him until a policeman came up and
took him into custody.
The male prisoner, when called upon for ids ddeoce, ad-
dressed the court at some length in French, and of that he
wee entirely innocent of any share in the robbery that wee
committed. The fact was, he laid, that he met "Madame"
quite accidentally, and they were conversing together, and
&sashed him to he so polite as to hold a little bag for a
short time for her, at the some time putting it into his
bead. this
pa moment some one came up, and laid hold of
him and him with robbery, sad he was so fright-
ened that wee ready to drop. He added that in this
este he bad been the "victim" of his own " complaasace."
Thejnry found the prisoners Guilty.
The Remrder sentenced the male primer to twelve sad
the woman to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard
1 labour.
NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Serjesai.)

Jana Alexander Goff, a reepeetablyrbeared man, sur-
rendered M discharge of his bail to as!~ an indictment,
cing him with receiving live sliver wades, and other
articles, the property of Edward &wee, well lomming the
same to have been Maim
Mr. Langford conducted the prosecution. gni Mr. Best
pp t 6 prisoner.
The rosecutor, Mr. Edward Reeves, was a weasinnaker
and jeweller, carrying on barium and Preiarg aura
ibe, High-street, Lewis, and on the night of 99th
July bet his shop was broken into and Mr* lad sad
silver watches and a quantity of spoons, insombee. mad other
valuable property stolen. Le gave inform*. liaesersetar
' Joiner, of the Lewes police, and the watching MN penduned
were part of the property which bad been Alien on the
rigid in question.
Mr. Best having addressed the jury ea behalf of the
primer,
A number of witnesses gave the rims tine highest
podia, character for honesty and probity.
The jury, after a very brief consultation,. alma • vie-
diet of Not Guilty.
The Common Serjeant expreased his Win emonssenit
in the verdict.
The prisoner—And perhaps, my lard.= nil that I
leave this bar without a stem upon my
The Common Serjeant-1 am bound to say ling I think
yen do.
Yr. Langford inquired if the amend mold mnonit to
give up the watches to Mr. Reeves, es
The prisoner, who was about leaving= Wan-
diately turned round end replied, " Yebarat reeeily."