The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MiNDA7r.EVENING.! N.tf141.1-167-1849.,.

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Ban after gay peel was deepatlAittielt ent
he thenesseatige spine Poole awl N' Tessissid.
welmelle eseelliewl wee : .L. 4 t . •
Allidnilikilemes,asheller. el NwAtsky. aid be wee is pas-
thopr by the seal trait ea the neeing of the let of Janwitf.
a. was ohms is the canine at Bristol • two Ms come in at
that states, end through hie Minn of the cushy*
late the ant. dreeign a ease et striae or eon ecter
them, end It we
m, in by the dinned due He nth*
Wei an threw it oaths door. .hethidgeenter the train
stopped ea itanssally long time, end a guard eons la to see
the ticks's, sad shortly afterward another peed ease In sad
mined witness his same, and where he was going.—Closs.
eicannol by Mr. Cockburn : B. did sot get cod at Taunton
ce nag of the Intermediate station where Outran stopped.
Therein did not attempt to exercise say surveillance ever
MR.—Lord Donna to the wiuess : Beds* me the poetics
lam going to put to you, Mr. Andrews. Did you pat the.
lodes there whisk were fond wader the seat f—Witases :
No, my lord, I did not. (Load laughter, in which the beach
sad her jolted.)
Within Cen'. foremen of the porton at Pedant= sta-
tion, said he had got tram a first-clam marriage to the mail
truck sad back again, whin the train was still, but it could
be dons very well when the train was in motion, if • neon
had courage. He had ones clambered over the roof of the
tender, and had got into it with his leg foremost, sad had
get oat of it head feeemeet.
This ginning, Mr. Cockburn proceeded to address the
jam for the defence. There was no denying, he said, that a
ease el sneaks bad been made out against the penmen,
bet 110 Metal that when the jury reflected twos all the eir-
canteen, they would come to the °reclusion that then
was sot that
.degree of certaisty in the ease which would
'Ratify them in convicting the prisoners. No doubt could
exist that letters from the Pest-Abe had beentodged with
Barrett, and that they had sally arrived at Bristol. It we.
many true that the loss had been disioderedat Bridgewater;
sad it was not to be disputed that Poole sad Nightingale took
their tickets at Bristol that morning, and came down by the
ash train. Notwithstanding these circumstances. he would
put it to the jury whether the robbery might eat have been
esnesitted by other parties, who, in the onfosice that ea.
weed, east the imputations spot the prisoners in order to
wen themselves. There were other person in the nee
*Venn it meat be recollected, who bad bees sulked
* without examination. The main question lathe
tent. ur, wee the fact of the robbery Puling bees kom
Mtn between Bristol and Bridgewater. The learned
egemsel, after reetrakies upon .he denser and difficulty of
elltiadsg the robbery in the manner described, preen 'ed 'to
en that It was more than probable that the robbery was
sammitted at the Bristol station, and reminded the jury dint
before they convicted they must be satisfied that the rebbiry
Odd sot have been committed by other person thetas
phonon. , i
Wend vitamin were called, who stated that as
they bad knows Poole he had been an honourable Mauna
hisdesilags. In answer to qiusticas from the counsel for
the Pfettagation, tiny admitted that they had heard Oaths
bed bees dismissed from the Great WIASINE Company", lir-
** bat they did sot know the resew.
Mr. Rogers having replied upon the whale ass, Lird
Denman lIISNWOCI up in a most elaborate manner. aid the
jnry, after ea hour's consultation, returned a verdlet' of
Guilty against both prisoners.
Poole eddressed the court. He said Mr. Andre*, the
solicitor, was allowed to leave the carriage without being
marched, and that he an Reinard, the guard. walked sway
together directly the train arrived at Ezeter.—Both Mr.
Andrews and the guard declared the stetseawat was latterly
without foundation.
Nightingale said be was as innocent of the robbery ed the
child unborn.
Lord Denman, after expressing his concenenos with the
verdict, pronounced the sentence, vie., transportation beyond
the seas for the term of fifteen years in the cue of bath
prisoners.
Ws. Poole, who was in covet, fainted at the annotinos-
"tent ; and Nightingale's Mends, who were present, appeared
to be deeply affected.
Cadre Coon—Before ler. Jostle. Williams.
Tau Terence' 31171W1R.
J. Loutish and J. ilia: were arraigned for having,
en the lad of December last, murdered Grad Holmes. Mr.
Greenwood, Q.C., sad Mr. Bevan, conducted the
; Mr. Collier and Mr. Kerslake defended the
Mr. Greenwood opened the case. Three penume=;-
pent in the tranneetioa, on of whom has
whole story. The evidence was not the bee In
hots each • source, but it would be borne oat by
donee. The mediae the robbery, the (murder and ar
of the prisoners, were fully laid before the Jen
geyeitillestis tnemes.
James lisoott, • shuresker, living in Exeter, said *mat
lour or fire months before he wee ta company with Lambe
at the Sawyers' Anse, athis city. It was six o'clock. Lea.
dick asked if he would go with him in the night—they wen
sun to get plenty of money—seven miles out on the Tod-
burn-road, when there was an old women living in a hoses
by herself. He knew she had plenty of money. He said
they would want some matches, a bit of candle, and two 'sr
three gimlets. Winer did pot give him any deified
answer. Later in thaevening, and when skittle-pie ythg wall
finished, they went into the front room to drink sonelemr.
The room was nearly full. When witness was go***Leah*ve,
leave, Leah* mind bias back and said, " Will you goad
see if you eau get a gimlet, and we'll go cm the road di.
rutty." Witness donned and they separated. Had gem
known any bane in Landick before then: He met blur as
an seeptaintenes se he had done before.
Other witnesses swore that Landick lad proposed .the
sues *denture to than.
Henry Wood, the accomplice, had worked as a shoemaker.
Landick was • travelling tinker and lived chiefly at Oke-
newton, Moretonhampetead. 'When he first sew* Mills
witness was lodging at Landkk's hone. The day aft* the
fair, saw Landick, who said he was sorry that he wes.out of
work, but he could put two or three hundred pounds in his
way without doing anything for it if he would go with him
and his brother-in.law Mills, to a place called Taphouse and
eve an alarm it any one should come, where lived a very
miserly old woman, who was worth a pest deal of money.
On the night of the murder they went through Tapbouss
village to the door of the old woman's hone, when Landick
said, " I haven't shown you the beet tool of all yet," at the
aims time producing • tinker's anvil, with which he fried to
open the door, but failed. lie then got a post, miff& they
fixed under the window, and eitoess and Mills held it *bile
Leonid got up, broke a pane of glass, and got In.: Soon
after he made his appearanoe at the door where they were
standing first, with his fan blackened and his oboes off.
They ail went in and locked the door, struck a light and lit
a candle, and then witness and Mills blackened their faces,
and took off their shoes. They all went up stairs to the room
where the old woman was in bed asleep. They stood at the
foot of the bed two or three minutes, when she awoke and said
" hills." The moment she spoke Landick flew towards her
and drew the bed-clothes over her head. Mills got on the
bed and held her down, keeping the bad-clothe* tight
eaves her bead and his knees on her stomach. Lendiek
began to bresk open some of the boxes in the room with
the anvil. He went to the bud of the bed and asked
where her money was. She replied as well as the could
that she bed none. He replied that he knew better—she
had plenty somewhere. Landick and witness this went
to a chest of drawers, which they broke op* They
hued four silver table-spoon, which witness pat is his
Leant& went to the head of the bed • a se
Zilik end caked where her money was, and theadened
to eat her throat if she did not ten. She spin replied
she had none. Landiek asked if she knew who they
were. She did not
____ and he said some of her tenants
whom she had dinee Sad come to make her pay ten-fold
he it. They went down stain, leaving Mills as before, and
witness noticed a small cupboard between the Greene and
the window. Lendick put his hand is a small sugar bun
as the top shelf and banded to *tams half-a-done na-
Lind two table spoons to pat in his pocket. Witness
se
aefter remarking • cornet, or crown, or seise sign-
ingsa ea the handle of one of them. They went upstairs and
stand the drawer' again. In the same drawer they had
SO starched they band a small oval box, from which
Leask look two rings, like gold nee, which while put in
his pain with the rest. They returned to the bedroom
ask found ICUs still on her on the bed. Amnia
said to her " Now, you'd better tell we where yen money
In" She again said, in • low v she bad sone.
Landiek then took up • box about 2Mt Nil-threw It
eakelessly towards her head ;it fell tan* ' • mit-
ten been her give • vuy lead peat. when LOIS& tin up
a &dr sad threw it oa the bed alas. Wildlisaprmar
wad mai said " Good Gods why nail hill the PP
Lodi* sold "that will sap her from hilleginelea fool."
went down eters, Landick opened the dose, and they
oat
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1 igi and took out I sovereigs, 4 half crownaziwtisti
pee Idea 4 half-crowns end a gigging,
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he • night's lodes end 6d. kr n
ipper ellen was
, there. A little past 'Spire P lodge they
Ant their sticks away—two to the left and ea to the
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as got the mr. qthutws:atma.
him theirsperais and vials, be wrapped
la mow 'Sri they eoarealed them is the hedge, aboat a sail*
sad i bill lireslterstm. Ralf amile topics esderiag the
*we they came. to some water, who tbe) washed their
loses est woes ea to Landiek's bows, the deer dead& was
lieekdog of They They got * shoat five Ist=la
id:
I west to lasi. was nine and tea In the sew
Limit& end l! ao issveetetisa took blase
I. the absosess, whoa &mambas lasi* soiled tit; said
he bed bsse 'Swat es the road, aid kid that a loses at
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nu very isgaidtive about tr, al4 maid to V
Oloit't Amine the aid Tema is smirdsW." Jo* il I
us Ms she is; Ihe gaggle the viGsA told sad so." Lan-
dick badman vitals AMAIN, aad',Wrad hiss *if tot:
dimmed at heeded the_ hit2Weensa gentelawL.
mil be hit ready to wass.nat said he wee gin eif
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tbet Ottlatur 64fkgttesitaul uttjskeeßtsataner CAhbru
us men to gamed till, whiles eritnese got himself Inready to
Ito to Rioter. Prlter asked what be was taken up fee,
but Whines was at liberty to all him. Coming o'er
lialdos it a " top, wk:ch Burnett, an innkeeper, was
driving, Laadick cilia asked what. ha was taken up for.
Burnett said them W besi a great many horses stolen
lately. Leah It* replied that he couldn't be taken up for
any dsing except the Tedburn murder end robbery. Witata
asked why he made sea of n* words, and he *plied be-
cause, h• had offe:ed sows silver spoons br le at Rester.
Mille hod enlisted la the Ned Regiment, sad wen anated
in Ireland.
This cloesti the case for the prosecution, and Mr. pain
kering addreowl the jury for the defence,
Tho lamed judge summed up. and the jury. after 25
minutes' absence, returned with a verdict of Guilty *genet
Lendiah, sod acquitted kills. They reocnimended Lanehck
tit mem because they thought the murder wee not premedi-
tated-
Ms lordship, in passing sentence, aid : Yon bawl been
convicted of the MAN at wilful murder, and it remains only
fee is. to perform the painful duty of sentencing you to
&stk. Bet before that let me implore you, as psur fellow
man, to pees the greatest part of the short portion of life
WA romans to you in prayer to God, through the inter-
cession ot bia blamed Son, tor mercy. The 'intense of the court
is, that you be taken from hence to the placer from whence you
came, and thence to the place of execution, there to be hanged
by the neck tat you be dead, and lieu taken down and your
body buried within the precincts of the prison, and may the
Lord have mercy on your soul.
Joints Mills was then Indicted for the burglary, to which
he not guilt Mr. Bevan, on the part of the prase-
C4I add be should not offerany evidence, and the prisoner
was
. _

SUM= SESSIONS.—ManciI 24.
CAIN. Co,. AND 8.0
R. Why, a smart looking young man, woe indicted for
stealing at Kiortoo-upon Toames. a bedstead, Dia silver
tea-spoons, a metal teapot, and other property, belonging to
John Derma, a market gardener.—Mr. Charnock defended
the prisoner.
The prosecutor, an elderly man of rather curious appear-
sue stated that he resided near the Deford station, on the
Hitniingltant Railway, and, in the beginning of September '
-lift, he took some land at Kingston, for the purpose of re-
model" his business nearer to the metropolis. Having corn-
Wiezeloo tar . of his rangemaats -he despatched his wife to
with the property mentioned in the indictment,
to follow her in the 00E1,411 of a few days, but she
edit
Yim several letters, telling him that things were
as dull is that part of ;the coun'ry, that be had better
stop. at Defford a little longer. •Oa the 16th of
Jpnaary, however, he started on hb journey, sad ti
11411 he arrived at Kingston, he was much cur- „'
Find to find that his wife had quitted the place with all
his proper y. He made inquiries in the arghbourhood,
and soon seeertained that she had eloped with the prisoner
ea the 16th of Danaher ; sad, after nor siderable trouble. he
traced them to the prisoner's house at Madan, in Suffolk.
fefe arrived at the latter place on the 3rd of February, a little
after eight at night, aid was admitted iatb the house by the
prisoner in his nightdress. While he was talking to him his
wife came fom the other room, also in her nightdress, and
wanted to embrace him. He pushed her away in disgust,
and headed her pararsonr over to the police. The whole of
his property was found in his house.
ldr. Charnock : You were well acquainted with the pri-
soner, sad had been on friendly terms with his ? Witness :
Ile ones lodged in my house; but he is a single man, sad I
enepeeted Charnosk : Your wife is a rely pretty
walnut, is she not ? Witness (pointing to his wile in the
body of the court): There she ie, look (or yourself ; she has
been a pretty bed one to me, any how. (Laughter.)
Other evidence having been given, Mr. Chtunock addressed
the July at pouts length, contending that no charge of felony
could be made out, as the wife took the goods sway from her
husband.
The Chairman, fa aummiag up the evidence, said that the
property had been found in the prisoner'. possession, which
made it a felony. The jury. had nothing to do with the im-
moral conduct of the parties, but to coneider whether the
prisoner. was guilty of stealing the property.
. The jury, after a few minutes' hesitation, returned a ver-
dict of Malty.
The Chairman commented severely on the prisoner's im-
moral conduct, and sentenced him to two months' hard
labour at Bristol/.
On hearing the sentence, the prosecutor's wife rushed out
of eseirt, vowing vengeance on her husband.

POLICE.—SATURDAY.
CITY POLICE COMMITTER, GUILDHALL.—Cos.
vgcriow or A Coulson COUNCII.II4X.—S. Jursues, hatcher,
• common councilman for Porteoken ward, was summoned
for Meg a bum and scale 2 os. draft &ghost the purchaser.
The inspectors' assi,tent stated that he accompanied the
City Inspector of Weights and Measures to defendant's shop.
He found a pair of large salts with an unfair draft of 2 or.,
sad seeing the parties in the shop weighing a pound of beet
la the sake, he cautioned them to be careful. There were
a pair of smaller scales hanging over the larger one, which,
resting on their points, caused, to some extent the deficiency.
Defeedaat, is rather a boisterous strain, denied that the
scales were in the Sato mentioned by the inspector. He
had been in business 35 years, and this was the first time he
had fiver had such a complaint. The scales were used solely
for wholesale bargains, and he took the trouble to try them
immediately after the inspector had left, and he found that
a prosy perfectly balanced them.
Mr. Alderman Wilson.—The officer gays he saw • pound
of beef weighed in the scales ; you don't call that wholesale ?
Deinaglant : No, I don't, sir ; but it just happened that the
yo e[ at beef should be weighing 'when the officer dropped
u
M ir. Alderman Wilson : You are fined fo. and costs.—
DOlbehmet : I hope, Mr. Alderman--Allorman Wilson:
`Ws on make no difference here; all offenders must be
tembed alike.—The defendant reluctantly paid the fine and
aiILaTtION-HOUSE.—CHANOE or usLawrtretr ort-
'MlMS° RAILWAT StiAltia.—E. Sfasnard was finally exa-
mined, charged with having defrauded W. Walker of fifteen
shares in the Reading, Uuildford, and Reigate Railway
Company. The defendant, by =hats of en advertisement
for • clerk, obtained the shares as a security for the inteerity
of complainant (the value of the shares at the time being 1001.)
la that situation, the services in which were to be re-
aneaseated by 701. per annum. The defendant never had
gray authority to dispose of the shares. The complainant re-
mained • month at the office of the defendant, at 3, Paccus.
lane, Eneklersburr, but n saw any business done there,
although the defendant issued printed circulars as a wine
saenhant, stating that h's cellars were stocked with choice
irises; and at the end of the month the complainant saw
at the door a tan in which • porter was loading all
the goods, consisting of hampers and empty bottles.
In consequence of what he heard from Mr Exley, a cre-
ditor, he would not allow the thing" to be taken away. la
the evening of the same day he received a letter from the
defendant, stating that in ouseounce of the importunqiu
'of • creditor, he was obliged to give up business, and pro-
-Mang to all and settle about the salary due and the shares
'lnertia he demanded his shares, and ueertained that the de-
'readmit had borrowed 601. upon them from Mr. Exley, and
they wets not, of course, forthcoming. The defendant,
however, prevailed upon the complainant to give tin, •
memorandum that, in consideration of receiving an I 0 U
for 91. and 11. in cash, he would not take any proceedings
against the defendant, who was insolvent.
The Lord Mayor said it was clear that, the shares having
been placed In the dedendent's hands for a specific purpose,
he had violated geed faith in making use of them for hie
WWII lesedt. soil esermittid him for trial.
Passage Dm Mgagwv.—W. Seaward won charged with
bevies uttered osnatoreat half crowns.
J. T. Steel observed the prisoner pay. for threepenny.
worth of brandy with a bad half-crown min in a publ.
'Moue at the west-end of ,the town, and followed him into
the City, where • similar attempt was made by him in a
imbue home near Cornhill. The prisoner had been met in
the Sam% by another, by whom no doubt he was supplied
with dm brassie at appropriate intervals, so that, if de-
tailed le eau atesupt, his milt might not appear to be une-
valued by tbo mussel= of more bad money than that
lama larlde lelanded victim.
tiaTurrriemers who was identified as a penes who was par-
y 'levet at the work, was committed for trial. •
IIARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Bmonso PIiTITIONS.
Mary Peer wee Merged with having attempted to obtain
Mao from Lord Mahwah by means of a begging petition.
One dale liesedieily Sosiety's officers said Lord Muds-
Wille's valet sailed at the aseisty's office with • petition, pur.
c=pte mom from Mary Parr, which had been left at his'
'tt hones by the prer. On looking at the petition, 1
Ili Immellealy suoga it to be in the handwriting of •
man who mu the most notorious begging-petition imposter
in Ludes He went with the valet to Mount-street, mid
there saw the prisoner, who said the petition had bees
written for her by a gentleman, bat she refused to tell his
nano. .
Mr. Hardwick asked ifthe Matementein the petition were
false I—The officer would mot• undertake to say that. The
priemer bad evidently nude good use of the petition, ind
W calleami meek mosey by its means. Mr. Hardwick
mild* Miry le the'petition might be true and though the
prhouter desegght fit to make her atieforanse the moaned
gain le heseelf, yet it could hardly be said she &tempted
to gain esserey by fake proteamm.
The priamme mid her um we. well known to the sheriffs
and Cho foss,, who Were doing all they could to assist her
and her
' • Ybe Wet sail he did not wish to prejudice the we in the
fleet thelines, aged holm' not thought it right to mantles all
,dares, The hot was be very well knew that the prisoner
was working with a man named. Sullivan, who had' been
milirltel over and Over again for' imposing on the uobilitj
a..t.d.etea end Vito formed ono of an [Motivate gang of
the impostors all of whom were (like the.pri-
esser."6.7leX YU politica b 0 lapse wastes by this AWL-
am. -..Pardlsr the mrionseelmethese had bees
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