The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
YESTERDAY.

NEW COURT.—YEsTzEDAY.
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A PRITIND3D ATTOHNIT.
George Hetherington, 39, law agent, was indicted for ob-
taining, by fraud, from John Perkins, the sum of 601.
The facts of the case, which lasted until the court rose,
were of a very confused character, and appeared in sub-
stance to be these. The prosecutor, who is a very illiterate
man, having some property coming to him through his wife,
was shortly prior to 1851 cast in damages in a suit for
slander to the amount of 51., each party, it being under-
stood, having to pay their own costs; but, by some chance
it seemed an attempt was made to obtain all the costs as
well as the damages from the prosecutor, and the result
was, that he was made an insolvent, and cast into Horse-
monger-lane Gaol, and his property transferred to his
brother. In carrying out these proceedings he fell into the
Lands of a sham attorney, who, after deceiving him, left
him in the prison, and it was at this stage of
his affairs that the prisoner, who was in the habit
of coming in and out of the prison, offered, if
prosecutor told him the whole truth of his
affairs, to get him out. Prosecutor's wife wee present at the
first interview, and they having been deceived with their
first lawyer, put the question very pointedly to the pri-
soner, as t• whether he was an attorney, end he several
times said he was, and that his name was on the rolls. He
said that he had got out a prisoner from the room below
prosecutor's. He then asked for half-a-crown to search the
books, and see what was against the prisoner. The next day
he came and said that he mould get prisoner out upon a writ
of error, but that as the seal to it was a very large one he
could not do it for less than 91., which amount he got from
the prosecutor's wife. Some short time after this he came
again, and said that as the prisoner had been made insolvent
the writ of error would not avail. After some m*e time
spent, the prisoner continuing to act as the solicitor, he ad-
vised prosecutor to settle the affair, which he did, and came
out of prison. The prisoner then advised prosecutor to
commence a variety of proceedings, the precise nature of
which he (the prosecutor) did not at all clearly explain or
seem to at all comprehend, beyond making it very appa-
rent that the prisoner, on account of them, kept drawing
him of various sums. At one time to retain Sir
Frederick Thesigfr, and upon another for some other
alleged purpose, to not one of which, as it afterwards turned
out, he bad applied the money ; and matters kept on that
way until the present year, when prosecutor finding himself
enthralled in further law expenses, made some inquiries
about the prisoner, and finding that he was not an attorney,
he therefore gave him in charge of the police. When taken
before the magistrate, he was, upon the first examination,
let out en bail, from which he absconded, but being traced,
was again captured.
Mr. Doyle, in a very able speech, contended that the pri-
soner had only done as many others in his position do at
present—acted as an agent in the matter, prisoner being
well acquainted with the law, and that the prosecutor knew
it, and only took these proceedings when he found that he
had by his own conduct brought another lawyer's bill upon
his head.
The prisoner called several witnesses, who gave him a
good character.
Mr. M•Beeth, a solicitor, was called for the prosecution,
and said prisoner hail been tried in this court for a similar
offence, and was acquitted upon a technical point. He had
been for some time defrauding the poor and ignorant in
this w.
Mr. John Baptist Smith, barrister, of whom prisoner had
hired chambers, gave similar evidence.
The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to
12 months' imprisonment.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY.

The July quarter session of the pease for the county of
Middlesex commenced this morning, at the Sessions House,
Clerkenwell•green. The calendar contained the names of
74 prisoners for trial, of whom 69 were indicted for felony
and 5 for misdemeanour.
Henry Day, 18, Thomas 'lnstable, 19, and Caroline
Phillip., 18, were indicted fey having stolen a silver cream
jug and other articles of plate, the property of Charles
Alexander Forge.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against all the pri-
soners, and they were remanded in order that inquiries
might be made into their previous character, the officer
from Coldbath Fields Prison stating that he knew that
Hu:table and Day had been in prison before.

baroas Ys. wrreLit.
HlMans Davies, 36, was indicted for having stolen, in
the dwelling-house of Benjamin West, 35 gold rings, yahoo
101., his property.
The prosecutor stated that he lived at No. 23, March-
mont-street, St. Pancras, and was by trade a jeweller. On
Thursday, the 23rd ult., about four o'clock in the afternoon,
the prisoner entered his shop and said he wished to make a
purchase of a mourning ring. The prosecutor produced a
tray of rings, value 701., and the prisoner asked the price
of one. He wu told 415., and another that he selected
was 50s. lie then put his hand into his pocket behind, and,
having taken out a handful of snuff, which he immediately
flung into the face of the prosecutor, snatched up the
tray of rings, with which he decamped. The prosecutor
followed him, crying out " Stop thief," down Tavistock-
street, through Little Coram•street into Great Coram street,
where he was taken. When taken he had 31 rings in his
possession, but four others were missing. The first ring
that he inquired the price of was found on his finger.
Burr, a police constable, proved stopping the prisoner in
the street, and on searching him at the station house a quan-
tity of snuff was found in his coat pocket.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Witham said that this wu a very bed case, and he
thought he should hardly be doing his duty to the public if
he did not transport him. He should, however, sentence
him to hard labour for two years.

Susan JrCklland, 20, pleaded guilty to an indictniont
charging her with uttering a forged cheque for 201. with
latent to defraud.
Mr. Bodkin, who was instructed for the proeecution,

stated to the court the circumstances under which the charge ing, and seeing the time-keeper pulling about the hone in
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was preferred against the prisoner, which were of such a manner as to make the plunging of the animal dan-
rather an trammel character. It appeased that the pri- gerous to the driver of the chaise, thought proper to
MINT had made an application to the Marquis of interfere.
Downshire for some money upon the reptimentation that she Mr. Gould called his groom, whose statement very closely
was related to a solicitor in Ireland known to the noble resembled that of his master.
marquis, and that being reduced to a state of destitution, The Lord Mayor was perfectly satisfied that the ease was
she was desirous of emigrating to Australia, and was about established against both defendant', and said he could hot
to sail in a vessel under the auspices of Mrs. Chisholm. understand how any gentleman in his senses could think of
The marejais, believing the story told to him, sent the driving at so rapid a rate in the streets of London, partieu-
prisoner a cheque upon his bankers, Messrs. Drummond, laxly in so dangerous a part of it as that iu which the com-
for 101., and it appeared that this amount had been pany in the cart were thrown into the street. His lordship
altered to the sum of 201., and the cheque in then fined Mr. Gould I/. 10s. for the furious driving and
that state was presented at his bankers, when the assault, and Mr. Yeomans 10s. for assaulting Mr.
the deck seeing the alteration, which appeared Gould.
to have been made in a very bungling manner,
refused to cash it, and the prisoner pretended to
be very indignant, and declared that she had seen the
marquis make the alteration of the amount with his own
head. Payment was still refused, and the prisoner went
away, and a communication was then had with the marquis,
and subsequently the officers of the Mendicity Society were
am lied to, and they at once recognised the handwriting of
the original application from the prisoner as that of a
notorious begging letter impostor, and it turned out upon
investigation that this man and the prisoner were cohabiting
together as man and wife, and upon the prisoner making a
second application at the bank for the amount of the cheque
she was given into custody.
As it was deemed necessary that some further inquiries
I should be made, sentence upon the prisoner was post-
poned.
Snout Ma. Gramm, Q. C.
Daniel Donoghue, 44, pleaded guilty to the charge of
bigamy.
The prisoner urged in mitigation of his offence that the
second wife, who now came forward to prosecute him, had I
lived with him for a long time, and was perfectly well aware
that he was a married man, and he declared that it was
only at her pressing solicitation that he was induced to go
through the ceremony of marriage with her, and he said
that three weeks afterwards, because he gave her • bit of a
slap in the face, to keep her quiet when she was abusing
him, she ran out and called a policeman, and gave him into
custody.
The prisoner's first wife was called in the witness-bog, ,
and in answer to questions tut to her by the learned corn- I
missioner, she said that she went to the prosecutrie and told
her that the prisoner was her husband, and showed her
her marriage liaes some time before the marriage took place
between bee and the prisoner, and she told her that she
did not care about it ; she was determined to have him.
Mr. Gurney, on passing sentence, said it was quite clear
that the prosecutriz had brought all the trouble upon her.
self, and that, in point of fact, she had not sustained any
real injury by the act of the prisoner. The offence, how-
ever, was one of a very serious character, which it was
impossible for the court to pass over without some punish-
ment; but, under all the circumstances, the sentence upon
the prisoner would be a very light one, namely, imprison-
ment and hard labour for three months.

BOW-STREET.
David Costello, a costermonger, was charged with feroci-
ously assaulting a woman named Isabella Riddle.
The defendant formerly cohabited with the woman, but
she had been compelled to leave him owing to his brutal
violence. On Saturday night he met her accidentally in
the neighbourblod of Drury-lane, and desired her to go
back and live with him. She refused his request, and tried
to avoid him, but he pursued her, end finally, being un-
able to induce her to return to him, he commenced an
attack upon her in the street, beating and kicking her in
the meet cowardly manner, until she was rescued from his
farther ill-treatment by two young men. The woman was
takes to the hospital and appeared still to be suffering
from the attack.
Mr. Hall sentenced the defendant, under the new Ag-
gravated Assaults Act, to two months' imprisonment.
William Porter was charged with creating a disturbance
in the street, by following his wife against her will, and
pinching her in the public streets.
The wife stated that she was trying to get away from
him on Sunday evening, as he had beaten her cruelly the
previous Saturday night, as he was constantly in the habit
of doing when drunk.
The defendant—Swear that woman. and uk her if she
can take the oath.
Mr. Hall—Do you believe in God ?
The wife—l should hope so, your worship.
Defendant—But ask her if she believes in Jesus Christ.
Mr. Hall—lt is not necessary to ask her that question, if
she believes in a God and future punishments.

The wife said she did.
Mr. Hall then told the wife that she might take out a
summons against the defendant far the vault, and he was
discharged.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Samuel Delphian, a well dressed man, was charged with
a series of brutal assaults upon his wife.
The complainant, a delicate looking young person, whose
eyes were shockingly blackened, stated that she car
vied on business as a milliner, in the Bethnal-green-road,
and had been married for some years to the prisoner, who
was addicted to drunken and dissolute habits, and had com-
pelled her for a long time past to support him in idleness.
On the night of Thursday last she was sitting in her shop
awaiting his return home, with her infant in her arms,
when the prisoner entered with a can of beer in his hand,
and, without the slightest provocation, commeaced assailing
her with the most opprobrious epithets. After drinking the
beer, the piiaoner hurled the empty can at her
head with all his force, but fortunately missed
his aim, and struck the glass globe of a lamp
immediately behind her with the missile, which shivered it
to pieces. The prisoner then rushed upon her, and declar-
ing that he would murder her at once, struck her a terrible
blow under the ear, and knocked her out of the chair. On
hearing her cries for assistance, her nurse, who was in an
adjoining apartment, hastened into the shop, and after
picking up her infant, which had been dashed upon the
floor, endeavoured to assuage the fury of the prisoner, but
he flung her aside, and renewed his attack with increased
brutality. After knocking her down a second time, he
continued beating her until the blood streamed down her
face and both her eyes were closed up and so dreadfully
bruised that she was completely deprived of sight for up-
wards of twenty-four hours. She managed at last to
escape into the street, and obtained refuge in the house of a
neighbour, under whose protection she had since remained,
but she was still suffering extreme pain in the head and
different parts of her person from the ill-treatment she had
received.
On being asked if he wished to say anything in answer
to the charge the prisoner, who had repeatedly interrupted
the witnesses with the coarsest invectives, insolently ex-
claimed, "What is the use of my saying anything? I
know you mean to convict me, and shan't waste my breath
about it."
Mr. Hammitt said that in all his experience he never met
with an instance of such savage ruftlniam, and he felt that
he should be wanting is his duty if he did not impose upon
the prisoner the utmost punishment be was empowered to
inflict under the act which had been recently passed for the
' better protection of women. He should order him, without
imposing any pecuniary penalty, to be committed to hard
• labour for six months in the House of Correction ; and at
• the expiration of that sentence he must find two responsible
I householders to be answerable ter his good behaviour for
, the farther term of six months.
The prisoner, who appeared utterly staggered and con-
, founded at the severity of the sentence, was then removed
by the gaoler.
MARYLEBONE.

Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., attended at this court to pre-
fer a charge of abusive language against a man named John
Bitten, living at No. 2, Felix-terrace, Horasey.
His lordship, who resides at 6, St. James's-square, said
that on the evening of the 19th ult., as he was passing
along the broad walk by the Zoological Gardens, he saw a
small dog chasing some sheep which it appeared belonged
to defendant. The lady to whom the little animal belonged
caught it up in her arms, when the defendant made a blow
at the dog with his stick ; he was about to give a second
blew when his lordship stepped forward to protect the
animal from further violence, upon which defendant said,
"What is it to you, you b— fool, and if you speak another
word I'll strike you. He continued to abuse his lordship,
who in consequence thereof had felt it his duty to institute
the present proceedings.
Corroborative evidence was given, and defendant was
tined 40s. and costs, or a month's imprisonment.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A gentleman of clerical appearance applied to Mr.
Bingham, the sitting magistrate, for advice under these
circumstances. Being in want of a horse, he came one
hundred and twenty miles from the country, principally in
consequence of seeing an advertisement in one of the
morning papers, which described a horse to be for sale
such as he thought would suit him. He proceeded to
Collier's livery stable, in Tottenham Court-road, and
inspected the horse, which certainly in appearance bore out
the flaming character which was given to the animal in the
advertisement. He agreed to become the purchaser at
421., and he paid 71. deposit, but on asking for a warranty
according to the terms of the advertisement, the seller
would only give such a qualified one, that his suspicions
were excited. Before paying the balance, 371., he owed
the animal to be examined by a veterinary surgeon, who
at once said the horse was worthless, and would be dear at
40s. He wanted to know if he could not get back his
deposit?
Mr. Bingham said, on this very common case, he could
give no assistance, but he had no doubt an appeal to the
County Court would end in a decision in the appellant's
favour.
The applicant said he had found out, when too late, there
was a complete gang of horse dealers in that neighbourhood
who supplied the public with "screws" at handsome
•ofits.

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