The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-27 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT.

Before Mr. SeTjeant Mousing, judge. ___.
REED E. VALENTINE.—A CLEROTMAN AND HIS SCHOOL-
MASTER.—This was an action brought by Mr. J. Reed, a
schoolmaster, against the Rev. W. Valentine, incumbent of
St. Thomas, Stepney, to recover 61., a balance of wages for
his services as master of the Colet National Schools, at-
tached to the church in which the reverend defendant
officiates.—The plaintiff said he was recommended by the
National Society's Training Institution at Westminster to
the situation of master of the Colet schools, and elected by
the committee of subscribers. He was promised by the
defendant four rooms well furnished, and an assistant. There
were upwards of 180 children in the school, bat the defendant
never procured him an assistant, and he was provided with
two rooms at the top of the building, very scantily furnished.
A few weeks since ho was offered a better situation as master
of the schools at Plaistow, and tendered his resignation to
the defendant, who refused to accept it unless he gave three
months' notice, and also refused to pay the arrears of salary,
61., due to him—Mr. Pelham, who represented the de-
fendant, contended '.hat the plaintiff had not complied with
the rules of the National Society's Training Institution, and
that he was not in expectation of the situation at Plaistow
till after he had given notice of his resignation of the Colet
schools. He then asked for as adjournment until the rev.
defendant could attend, for he was instructed he had a com-
plete answer to the case.—The Judge refused to adjourn the
case, and said this was a demand fur wages for work and
labour actually performed, and made an order for the
amount demanded, with costs, to be paid.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD 001IRT.—Before the Recorder.
Surer STEALING.— W. Trlrrelid, 20, shoemaker, was
indicted for stealing ten lambs, the property of R. Smith.
It appeared in evidence that a flock of lambs had been left in
a field near Uxbridge, and ten of them were missed. The
prisoner was found in possession of the missing lambs on the
following day, at Southall market, where he placed them in
the hands of a salesman, telling him that they belonged to a
fanner named Hall, and upon his representations the lambs
in question were ultimately sold, and the proceeds handed
over to the prisoner. He was taken into custody shortly
afterwards, when he at once admitted that he had dealt with
the lambs in the manner stated, but said that he took them
to the market at the instigation of a person named Road-
night, the son of a farmer and grarier in the neighbourhood
ofiixbridge. Roadnight awoke him in the night, and asked
him to drive the lambs to Southall market, and sell
them, and he did so, and handed over to him the pro-
ceeds deducting a sum which Rosdnight owed him.—
Mr. Ballantine, for the defence, urged that from the very
first the prisoner had asserted that he was innocently em-
ployed by Roadnight in the transaction, and if that ass rtion
were not true, he said that surely that person ought to have
been called to contradict him; and in the absence of such
testimony, coupled with the fact that he was actually about
the court, and might have been called to satisfy the jury,
they ought to acquit the prisoner—Several witnesses were
called who spoke favourably of the character of the accused
for a great many years.—Tar e Recorder, in summing up, also
remarked upon the absence of Readnight, and left the case
favourably for the prisoner to the consideration of the jury,
who, after a very short deliberation, returned a verdict of
Mg Guilty.
The inspector of police, after the verdict had been deli-
vered, said he thought it right to inform the court that
Roadnight had attended in pursuance of a autipmna served
upon him by the solicitor for the prisoner. —The Recorder
said that, under such circumstances, he did not consider
Mr. Ballantine was justified in making the observationa he
did with regard to Roadnight not being called as a witness,
when he had attended pursuant to a snhprena from the pri
soner.—Mr. Ballantine said he considered it right that Road-
night should have been subpoenaed.—The Recorder said he
did not complain of that, but he did complain that he had left
the jury to infer that Roadnight had been brought by the
prosecutors. but that they did not desire to call him as •
witness. The circumstance would certainly have the effect
of causing him to be more careful in future in summing up,
and not plate so much reliance upon what wax stated in COWL
—Mr. Ballantine said that they could not call Roadnight ass
witness, or compel him to criminate himself—The Recorder
Then why did they sabpirna him? He had led the jury to
believe that the witness dared not show himself as a witness,
when the truth was, that the prisoner dared not call him,
and an advantage had been taken of the jury, and the court
had certainly been misled by the course that had been taken.
Be bad not the least idea that Roadnight had been sub-
=by the prisoner.—Mr. Ballantine said he teed not be
far not getting out a fact that would be mdudicial
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