The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER. 30, iB4&

excepted. On taking possession the eefendant had the
marble slabs forming the fire-place removed, and built a
cupboard in its plass. The drawing-room door was taken
off its hinges, and turned " topsy-turvy." Wooden pegs were
driven into the wall, and a hole was made in the ceiling, from
which a lamp was suspended. The defendant continued in
occupation until June last, when he gave up the apartments,
the present action being brought to recover compensation for
the injury done to the premises.—An agreement we. put in
and read, and two witnesses examined, who deposed to the
injury done to the premises, which would take 101. or 121. to
put into a proper state of repair. Mr. Thompson having
claimed a nonsuit, on the ground that the plaintiff bad not
declared on the agreement which had been put in (which
the learned under-sheriff would not grant, but took a note of
the objection), addressed the jury, contending that nothing
further had been done to the premises than reasonable wear
and tear, extending over a period of three years. Two or
three witnesses were called, who had seen the premises since
the defendant left, and who swore that, although in • dirty
state, they were not in such a dilapidated state that the
plaintiff ought to complain, as 20s. laid out in the cleaning
would be all that was wanted to make them tenantable.
Mr. Petersdorff having replied, the under-sheriff summed up,
and the jury, after consulting for a short time, returned •
verdict for the plaintiff—damages 101.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—YESTERDAT.
OLD COERT.
STABBT:4O.—A. Sinner, alias liuffey, 29, spinster, was in-
dicted for the wilful murder of Daniel Crawley, by stabbing
him with a knife.—The prisoner, it will be remembered,
kept a little eating-house; and on the night of the
fatal affray she was intoxicated; it appeared there had been
a good deal of disturbance about her house, and she bad
been very much annoyed by the deceased and some other
men. She was in the act of cutting some meat when the
deceased, who was leaning over the counter, made some
offensive expression to her, and, as there was very good
reason to believe, also put his hand on her person in a very
indelicate manner, upon which the prisoner made a slap at
him with the knife she bad in her hand, and inflicted a
mortal injury, of which he died a few days aftervrarda.
The prisoner, it appears, had declared before the magistrate
that she merely struck the deceased to resent the insult
offered to her, and was not aware at the moment that the
knife was in her hand.—The jury found the prisoner guilty
of Manslaughter—The sentence was deferred.

NEW COURT.—Before the Recorder.
HEARTLESS ROBBERT.—George Biggs, aged 25, a broker,
was indicted for stealing furniture to the value of 301., the
property of Joseph Lynes. The prosecutor was in difficulties
• few months back, and unable to pay his rent. A distress
was put in by the landlord, and the prisoner with another
man took 'on until an arrangement was entered into
between the landlord and prosecutor that the rent due
should be paid by instalments. The prisoner after this
called several times in a friendly m inner, said that he had
seen the landlord, who told him that unless he were paid on
the Friday, he would levy a distress on the prosecutor's
goods, and should require the prisoner's assistance as broker.
He then advised Mrs. Lynes to remove the goods in the night.
He:had warehouses, to which the furniture could be taken,
and he would charge her nothing for warehouse-room. This
was all communicated to the prosecutor, and after some per-
suasion he seceded to the removal of the goods, and the
prisoner and his man came with a van in the middle of the
night, and took the furniture to his shop in the Waterloo-
road. Mrs. Lynes a few weeks afterwards called, and
wanted the furniture, but the prisoner put her off by
excuses. The police after this searched the home and found
some of the furniture, and witnesses were called who proved
that the prisoner had sold several articles of the prosecutor's
furniture as his own. He was found Guilty. Sentence—
Transportation for seven years.

was deterred from appearing owing to the threats of their
associates. It was to be lamented that she exhibited such
dread on the occasion. As, however, she had not been
robbed, lie should therefore dispense with her attendance on
the present °cession, and commit Boultwright (or three
calendar months to Brixton; and the boy Smith, his accom-
plice, for one month to the same gaol.
THAMES.—Horam, Some.—Leseis and Joshua Kemp,
two powerful young men, cabinetmakers, were charged with
assaulting their own father.—The complainant, an attenu-
ated old man, said, that he cautioned his sons, who worked
in one shop with him, not to cut up a certain piece of timber.
They, however, did so, and used a portion of it in the forma-
tion of a table, which they took from the shop yesterday
morning. When they got to Mill-yard, he threatened if
they took it any further to give them into custody. After
assailing him with much abusive language, Lewis set down
the table, and struck him three or four times in the face—
ssying, " I will kill you, and it would give me pleasure to
do so." They then took up the table again, and were car-
rying it towards Wells-street, when the old man gave his
son Lewis into custody, for both the felony and the assault.
As soon as the constables left, his other son, Joshua, took up
the table, and, pursuing the old man through the streets,
endeavoured to knock him down with it, but did not effect
his object. He then pursued hm. without the table, and
struck him several blows in the lace, until the blood flowed
profusely. The father admitted that he struck Joshua again
in his own defence, but there was nothing like a tight.—The
constable who took Joshua into custody said, that when he
came up, the father was all over covered with blood.—Lewis
in his defence, said his father followed them, using much
abusive larguage, and challenged Joshua to fight. A regular
fight they took piece between Joshua ante his father, and the
latter also struck him (Lewis).—Mr. Broderip : Who struck
the first blow ?—Prisoner: I believe I did.—The prisoner
Joshua, in his defence, said he had expended considerable
labour on the wood before his father forbade him to use it.
He allowed his father the u e of his shop fur
several weeks for nothing, and had purchased the wood
from him, of which he made one table, which was sold.—
His father who owned all the tools took them away, as
he was taking another table, and whilst it was on his head
his father struck him in the mouth, and challenged him to
fight, and a fight took place.—Mr. Broderip said that with
such conflicting statement, and there being no witnesses, he
must sand the case to a jury. The prisoners in default of
bail were then committed for trial

CILARITY.-Mr. Broderip announced the receipt of half a
sovereign from " P.C.D.," Westminster, for the poor man
Thomas Knott, who had some time since been convicted and
sentenced to imprisonment, at the Clerkenwell Sessions, on
evidence which was subsequently proved to be false. A
sovereign was also received on Monday for the same bone•
volent purpose, from Mr. Charles John Sale, Caversall
vicarage, Newcastle-under-Line.

WESTMINSTER.—Tire VAVXRALL-BRIDOII TRtBT.
A gentleman came before Mr. Clive, and complained that a
rail or bar in the Vauxhall-bridge-road was a great public
nuisance. He said that two or three nights ago lie was
driving in his gig, which had lamps, when he was suddenly
stopped by a rail a few yards from a tolgate in the Vauxhall-
bri !ge-road. Independently of the danger to himself, the
shafts of his gig were broken, and the carriage otherwise
much damaged. There was not sufficient light on the road
to mark where the rail stood. Applicant asked whether the
company were not liable fur any damage caused by so dan.
geroas an obstruction in the carriage-way ?—Mr. Clive said
he had no power to assist the gentleman, although an indict-
ment might be tried at Sessions. He knew the rail spoken
of, which certainly was • great nuisance. There was no
excuse for permitting it to remain without sufficient light to
prevent persons drivinii against it, nor did he think, as well
us his memory served him, that it was even painted white.

HAM M ERSMITH.—EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.
—Two females of respectable appearance presented them-
selves before the magistrate to crave his advice and assist-
ance. One of the npplieanta said her name was Penny, and
that she was the wife of Mr. Roger Penny, who for the last
twenty-five years had been the servant of her Majesty, in the
conveyance of the cross-country mail from Hungerford, in
Berkshire. She was Mr. Penny's second wife. Mr. Penny
had had two children by his first wife, a boy and a girl, who
were new grown up. The one had been convicted as a felon
and the other was hying under the protection of a gentleman
belonging to the Admiralty, by which means she was also
supporting her brother. The misconduct of her children
had completely ruined her husband'shealth, who had become
reduced both in body and in mind, so that she had the whole
of the business to attend to. Some time since the daughter
came down to Huagerford, about which time Mr. Penny
had been recommended for the recovery of his health to get
into some hospital in London, and the daughter had per-
suaded him to return to London with her, and she would
get him into St. George's Respite'. Since hie departure she
had, however, ascertained that he was not an inmate of St.
George's Hospital, but that his daughter had, for
the purpose of secreting her father, in order to
get possession of his property, been taking him about from
place to/ place, he being almost in a dying state. That
day they had traced him to No. 18, Elisabeth-street, but on
going there they were refused seeing him, and on their
waiting about, they saw Mr. Penny removed in a cab by two
mcn from the house, and they distinctly saw that he had a
severe bruise over the bridge of his nose. They had, by
means of the cabman, ascertained that he had been taken to
No. 3, Hill-street, Knightsbridge, whither they had also
been. On going there, they found that the daughter was
leaving there, and they were refused admission, unless
they produced some order authorising them to see Mr.
Penny. That place being within the jurisdiction of
that court, they then came there to state the case.—
Mr. ,Paynter :asked why they had ;net applied to the police
for assistance in the matter.—The applicant said she was in-
formed by a female that the serjeant on duty in the district
of Knightsbridge was in the habit of going to her house and
taking brandy. and water with her daughter.—lnspector
Havell, T Division, told Mr. Paynter that Knightsbridge
was within the B Paynter desired Inspector
Havel' to send a man with the females to the B station at
Pimlico, in order that proper inquiry should be made into
the matter and a report of the result made at that court.