The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-28 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Jaws Edwards. a gutoel-looking lad, surrendered to
take his trial for wilful and corrupt palmy
Mr. Sleigh, Mr. Poland, Mr. Dooley, aul *Mr. Nicholson,
conducted the prosecution. Mr. Metcalf., sad Mr. Collins
appeared for the defendant.
This cue stood over from the last sedans, but although
it occupied a considerable time the facts lay in a very nar-
row compass. The progenitor was the Rev. W. Hooper,
who resides at Oaklands Roue, Kinpdown, Kent ; and the
offence imputed to the defendant wee that he had sworn
falsely that he had personally served the oopy of a writ
upon the prosecutor. The facto appeared to be these : The
prosecutor Ind put his name to a Mll of exchange for the
accommodation of one of his relations, and as it was not
paid when it arrived at maturity a will was issued against
the prosecutor, and also against the drawer of the bill. The
defendant, who was an attorney's clerk, was entrosted with
thi service of the writ, sod he wont down to the
ooes residence for that purpose on the 10th of
October, end he subsequently made an affidavit that he
had served the writ personally upon the prosecutor, and
the consequence wee that ',menace wee Stud by she
amid, and the prosecutor was compelled to give security
for the payment of the debt and oasts. Proceedings were
subsequently taken before Mr. Baron Bramwell to set snide
this judgment, and when the matter este before the
learned judge, and the prosecutor made an affidavit that
the writ was not served upon him personally, the
defendant still persisted in declaring that be had
served the writ personelly • upon the peceentor, and
pointed him out as the perms upon whom be bad so served
it. The pressed peceseutioa was then instituted, and the
prosecutor swore positively that the writ wee not served
upon him personally at the time spoken to by the defend-
ant, but that it was given to him on the same night in a
sealed envelope, and he accounted for the whole day in a
most satisfactory manner, showing that it was physically
impossible for the defendant to have served the writ ppesesr-
sonally upon him at the time be represented. It treupird
in the course of the inquiry that this was the first time the
defendant bad been employed on such an mud as the
service of a writ, and that he wen utterly inexperienced in
the matter.
Mr. Metcalfe, at the close of the prosecution' took a
technical objection, canoodles that there had been no
legal proof that • judgment had been obtained against the
prosecutor, and that this wee a material averment, and
that the defendant wan consequently entitled to an

"The point was argued at some length and Mr-
eventually asked that the inquiry might be adjourned, to
afford an opportunity to supply the necessary evidence.
The Recorder, Moog made some inquiries, said he was
at all times unwilling to allow a ease to go off upon • tub-
Mod point, and he would readily have adjourned this trial
for a shot time if he thought it likely that the meosseary
(widows could be obtained. As he did not think that this
could be done, it wee his duty to direct the jury to acquit
the defendant, on the ground that the prosecution hid
failed to establish a material averment contained in their
indictment.
The jury consequently returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The Recorder then remarked that the inquiry was a very
important one, and the conduct imputed to the defendant
might be productive of very serious consequences. It was
quite clear that the defendant bad not spokes the truth
when he represented that he bad served the writ personally
upon the prosecutor, and as he wss just ing a we-
fessional career, he hoped the premed • g would be
a warning to him, and that be be very careful is
future.
In the early part of the day an iodination was made by
Captain °debars* to postpone the trial of the charge d
libel preferred against him by Mr. James Philos" Davis to
the next mem. The ground of the application was that
he had changed his solicitor, and that he had set had
=MUM time to procure the attendance of the necessary
witnesses to establish his plea of jortificaMon.
Mr. Ciffard, Q.C., who was retained for the prosecutioa,
opposed the application, and urged that an affidavit ought,
at all events, to be male stating what oddest!' it wes in-
tended to bring forward before the trial wee postponed.
The matter stood over, and shortly before the rids( el
the court the application was renewed, and en affidavit was
put in. The Recorder, after reading the contents, said he
thought the grounds set forth in it were sufficiaat to justify
the postponement of the trial.
Mr. Giffard, the conned for the prosecution, suggested
that if that course were taken the defendant should Ds
called upon to plead.
Mr. Woetnor, jun., the defendant's attorney, said there
could be no objection to that, and it was arranged that
the trial should be postponed and the defendaat's plea taken
this session.
Samuel Coster, William Hurler, Jane Tyler, and Mary
Isle detith, ware tried up= en indictment charging them
with a robbery with violence.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; and Mr. Many Palmer defended
the primers.
The prosecutor, an aged man, upwards of 80 years, named
Mark Reynolds. well employed by Messrs. /lichen sad Co.,
the coal merchasta, at case of their wharves, and it was
the custom to take the mussy taken at that wharf
during the day to the principal establishes.% and the pro-
seceder was employed to take it. Oa the evening of the
21st of December the maws was made up as usual, to the
amount of 631. Bs. 6d., which wu deed in a beg, sad
fastened to an umbrella did slung over the prosecutor's
shoulder. One of the lads saw him part of the way, sad
it appeared bad no gooses left him than the old man w
set upon by two men, one of whom pat a cloth, spreadoth,
with treacle, over his facie, put his knee in his back, and
threw him down, and the two then proceeded to un-
burden him of the bag of sash which be was worrying,
and whirl was tolerably heavy, 31. of the money being in
copper. The mw got away at the time, but it
appeared that the prisoner had some time back
worked at the wharf, and the prosecutor as be got up saw
him runniag away. The cord which was Mashed to the beg
got round Caster's leg, and while be was diessgagiag it time
mounter caught his Ode fade sad reeessised him. It ap-
peared all the prisoners was Melt together, and there was
some evidence that the bag was passed to one of the
female primers. Mary Aloe Smith was the firth who wee
spprtheaded, and whoa told the thug* she said the bad
31. Burley bad Is. 10i., Coder aid Jane Tyler bad
the remainder, and that she would tarn Queen's 'videos,
sad tell the "Ode truth. When Hurley was apprehended
he add he was therm but he bad nothing to do with the
affair, nor did be believe the other man had.
The jury retailed • vemiest el Guilty 'spinet Outer for
dulls.; the mossy, sad the two fmstslc.cprisoners fee ready-
ingitteThe primer Hurley was acquit
Coster was sestoned to leis yeses' peed
servitagiglarthe primmer, Tyler cad Smith were sentenced
to 12 maths' hapset with had blear.

TS3 sussiaa•mu IRIIIDI2.

prosecution -pig the primers °mark will be
oceduceed by Serjeant Bellantiew (wits is specially retained)
Yr. Macs, and Ws. F. H. Isis. ml prisoner, it is
stated, will be defended by Yr. lientegn Williams. It

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TALLOW.—MONDAY EVZII/110.-Thin has bias as
change to-day in the position of the tallow marlta
deemed as the spa le hardly so stress as of La, mi
speculation is somewhat discouraged by the moderate zdew
ailing for the last three months. We quote:
40s. 6d. ; March, 40s. 3d. to 40s. &I. ; Juno, 41s. 3d.
40s. gat. ; Naha to December, 42a sellers. Town Tam
41s. 3d. nes ash. Australian sheep, 41s. ; beef, 40s
395. &L South American, 40s. 6d. to 41s. No North Awe-
ma or Wires eff ming. Coons-nit oil steak: Cochis,3Bs6l.
to 39e. • Ceyles, Ms., three months prompt, 6d. pet at.
leas for 'lash ; Sydney, fine, 36e. 6d. to 37a ; good, 35s it
36e. to 34e. for low. Palm oil firm : 36a 3d. to Ma M.
fine Lagos ; Palm.nut oil, 301.—(Fromthe *ado d
Marra. Smith sad Marisa.)

00TrON.—LiviaPoot., Fia. 27.—We have had a elf
Wainer to-day, with as advance of id. in SttPlin id
Brasil Sake 500
, to-dayl2,ooo bales, Including 4,919
take eperalatien and export ; kmarime,Zlll..
20d.; 600 Persem, he., 19d. to 190 ; 400
19d. to 19,0.; 10 Suet° and Bahia, 19d. t 1,200,91,a
id. 17 .to Zd. ; 400 Smyrna, 1201. to 171. • S
6 to 160. • Madras, low. to 16d.; Bens'al, ikieda da,
7 .to 90. • 'Ohba, la. to Japan, 13d. to AL;
1 NM ke'., 19d. to 190.

WOOL AND WORSTED.—Basuroart INA
is •ftht improvement in today's market. The tremestises
ie wad are, however, few and tar between, sod are Wits
meet small and immediate requirements. Owing to tie
muieiled production, soils and shorts are warm. thee Ref
were, sod botany soils are even a little dearer. 'Thies is
somewhat better tone of feeling in the market far waif
yam!, sad rather more inquiry is reported, bet the 00
have been insignificant. Owing in some Minn
to tls
tenant of the American news, the pines trade is of a Ameba
character. The home merchants are still doing comma-
, lively little, and the inquiries and purchases today kf
foreign boom have mostly outward to low mimes 1111
roods. The Obis& trade within's to be good. Prissii
rather firmer, ex% on the whole, not much chola*
CATTLE.—LTVi9OOI., Fes. 27.—The supply d Si*
was about the same as last Monday. The d
for cattle at rather lower prime. Sheep wild lit the sc•
triune prime of last week.
--
00ADA—LOwDow, Pus. 27.—Byain's Bribed* Wed
Hartley, 15e. ; Orowpsn Hartley, Dia. ; Davisee's WIS
Hartley, lbo. ; Hay well Rola, 16s. 3d. ; Lambert's Wel
Hartley, 14s. 9d. ; North Polka Gas, 13e. 6d. ; Tula,
How, 14s. ; Wylesa, 161. 3d. ; Eden Main 18s. 661
Walls End Haswell, 20s. • ' Walls End Laths, Mil
Walls End South Ratios, 20s. ; Walls Fad Tassibalti
Walls End Hough Hall. 19a. Si ; W Walls Bad
Hellos, 19a. 6d. ; Corway end Duilrys Halting, 29L-81191.
at =Writ, 145; sold, 7L

Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Indigestios
11=4. ==ts,cli:ugrttrilys=4.Z.iZiekl";'
oowroaksoo, or swum, by De Borries dolkioso notobolo
Arabian toed, which saves lfty Woes lto coot to MYR men&
50.000 moo foulooly.-1* lorry sod Co., No. 77,
It pat+M~
lob4aut W. In las, Lb., b. ad.: l bs.. lb.. at sW 170,0"