The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-31 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

II()NIE ellteClT.--Kt fON, MIIICII 29.

The Lord Chief Justice has 1/011 engaged during the last
two days in trying common jury eases, und the list has been
gone through with .ueh alacrity, owing to the absence in
many cases of anything like a defence, and iu others to the
cowo, being entirely undefended, that there ore very few
common jury causes remaining to be disposed of. The
special jorilo will be taken in their order on Monday

morning.
COMA Sins —iir.POIA. As. BAILON
George Roberts, 32, and tlusrles Moore, Is, were indicted
for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Resta Moore, and
stealing three silver spoons, a pair of gold spectacles, a coat,
and other articles, his property.
It appeared from the statement of the burned counsel for
the prusecutimi, and the evidence that was adduced in sup-
port of it, that the prosecutor occupies a house at Epsom, a
portion of which on the ground flour was let as a
branch of the West Surrey Bank. The robbery in ques-
tion was committed on the night of the 31st October,
and it was evidently the intention of the prisoners to have
plundered the kink, from whence they no doubt expected
to have obtained a large booty. The house was all locked
up to usual on the night previous to the robbery, and about
two o'clock on the brill°, ing morning, a IKINOII named Hol-
land, who lived next door to the bank, was awoke by a
light shining into his %inflow, and instil looking out, he
saw two melt, whom he clearly identified as the prisoners,
in the art of examining the drawers in the hack office of the
kink. lie afterwards saw a third man, and, upon his
gising an alarm, the light was extinguished, and the pr
soners and their companion attempted to make off. The
two pds,mers wen however, stopped by the police close to
the +put, and, upon their being searched, several articles
that hail been stolen from the bank were found iu their
possession, and also a chisel, the sine of which corresponded
with marks that appeared upon the iron chest of the bank,
and also upon NUTtli• other places ul deposit which the pri•
stoners had MlCertliell in fitreing open.
Bowe said nothing in hi. do levee, and Roberts said that
he met Bowe by aecitlent near the town •if Guildford, and
that as they were walking along, he saw him pick up a
bundle which cuutained all the articles that were fount! 11'1
their possess'
The pry, without any hesitation, returned a verdict a
Guilty against both prisoners.
Mr. hares Parke said, in passing sentence, that tint.l
crime of burglary had been .01111101 On the increase that it
was absolutely Illev.aly it should be put down by severe'
punishment. If any es Oruro- had been adduced to show
that the pri.cners had been convicted of any other offence,
he should certainly have sentenced them to be transported
tor lift., and a. it was they must expect to pass the greater
portion if oat the whole of the remainder of their exotence
in a state of slasery. Ile then sentenced the prisoners to be
ce,,,,istrted for twenty years.
Both the courts rose to-day at three o'clock, and they
were adjourned to ten o'clock on Monday morning.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Nottwicu, MAttun 29.
Lamas Craw Jr*6irs Jura.

en to,:/: of reaemo OINTRUCTIUNS ON A RAILWAY.
Thomas isolisoss, aged 27, was indicted on the charge of
having, so the 3rd of Marsh Lest, at Reedhani, unlawfully
put over the railway three au iron SerClk. WrCIICII, co as to ob-
struct the use of the railway and endanger the safety of the I
Mr.
The prisoner NSA, tu the bridge master,
Mr. Welsh, until about two months since, when Mr. Welsh
discharged him, suspecting him of dishonesty. The duty of
Mr. Welsh is to take care of the railway bridge over the
river at liesdham, which is situated on the line
from Lowestoft to Norwich, and near the point
where that railroad is joined by the Yarmouth and
Norwich line. At each cud of the bridge is a
rew-wrench by which the bridge is turned off the river to
allow vessels to pass. On the evening of Monday, the 3rd
instant, the master and his assistant, named Beans, turned
the bridge into its position over the river, at about ten mi-
nutes pass six, to allow a train, soon after due from Lowes-
toft, to pas-, and he fixed the wedges and screws, as %MLA,
to prevent oscillation. Mr. Welsh then walked slowly up
the line io the direction of Lowestoft to meet the train, and
his assistant went the other nay about 75 yards to attend to
the point. On Meeting the ttain, which he did in the
course of two or three minutes, Mr. Welsh got upon
the engine, and brought the train up at the slow rate
of only tour miles an hour. While coming over the
bridge, the train came in contact with something which
eaussl such a violent oscillation of the engine that Mr.
Welsh had some difficulty in retaining his position. The
breaks, however, were instantly applied, and the train was
stopped without sustaining any accident, and Mr. Welsh
and the passengers alighted, when it was found that one of
the screw-wrenches had been released from the catch and
protruded over the line. Fortunately, the engine on this
occasion was a much heivier one than was usually ran on
the line, or it would certainly have been thrown over, and
the consequenco4 must have teen frightful. As it was, the
wrench gave way on the pressure of the engine, and was
considerably bent. The prisoner had been seen near
the spot a minute or two before, and almost so
soon as the train had stopped he came up again,
and caressed a hope that they would not think
that it was lie who had done it. stating that he was iu his
garden iabuut 400 yards distant) at the time of the con-
tact, upon heariug which he hail run up to see what was
the matter. This statement, however, was proved by a
person named George Hudson, who lived near the priscs
ner's house, to be false, and who saw him coming from the
direction of the bridge at the moment the train stopped ;
and the prisoner then turned back. Evidence was also
given of several observations that had since fallen from
the prisoner at a neighbouring public-house, tending very
ranch to implicate him. lie expressed considerable COW.
Mil lest he should be suspected; and on one oecasion,when
told that he was likely to be apprehended, he said, *. 1 do
not care—revenge is everything, and 1 hope Mr. Welsh will
be bused off."
The Chief Justice summed up at great length, and the
Pity, after a long deliberation Oto the evident surprise of
the court), .leguitted the prisoner.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOtTESTER, MARCH 29.
Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice Talfourd arrived in
this city this evening, at ,is o'clock, from Monmouth, and
opened the commission for this city and county.
This is the last assize town on the circuit. and the busi-
ness is remarkably heave. The criminal calendar presents
au appalling array crime. Among the offenders
aye no liss than five for murder, about a dozen for man-
slaughter, and several cases of arson, rape, cutting and
wounding, stabbing, highway robbery, and burglary.
There is one case of bigamy, one of forgery, and • charge
against a medical practitioner of the Cheltenh Dispels.
wiry of assaulting a young girl who was placed under
his care as an out-patient. Among the charges of
murder is the case of arsenic Poisoning of • wife
by a husband at Chipping Sudbury. A Bristol
merchant also stands charged with the manslaughter of •
broker of the same city. The accused is out on bail,
his surety being the Mayor of Bristol, who was, on Wed-
, nesday last, knighted by her Majesty. This caw ex-
, tiles considerable interest, on account of the high position
el the parties. la the Ilia Fritts list an eatered2l venires,