The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-03 00:00:00

TI:iF EXPIRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3,185 S.

48SIZB INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—CmiutsFoaD, Dic. 2.
(Baba Kr. Judo, Wightinsa.)
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Alfred Ognier 26, who had pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment charging him with delonloady gening fire to a queasily
of farm buildings and other property with Intent toere
Timms Hills Wood, and aim to defraud the Bag Fine-oWffia,
was brought op for judgment.
The prosecutor in this cams was an examine tenser at
White Notley, in the neighbourhood of Brstrarta and it
appeared that the prisoner was as attire stranger to him,
and there appeared to be an utter abeam of motive far the
commission of so serious an offence. The fire in queen=
toot plea on the skiht of the 19th of September, and property.°
the amnia of 4001. was totally destroyed. The moment the
prisoner wee taken into custody he admitted his guilt
Mr. Julio@ Wigktman, in peening @potence, end it wee
difficult to understand what could have induced the prisoser
to commit se serious an Wane, but as a warning to when
he 111 It to be Ms duty to order him to be kept in penal
sorrltede for fifteen years.
Scary-Abbott 31, wits pleaded guilty, and Jamas Mara,
36, were charged with a similar offence.
Mr. Woollen conducted the prosecution.
The prisoners, who appeared to be in • may destitute eon-
ditlon, went to the police-station at Witham and asked kir
some relief, and finding that the superintendent wee net
there, and that they could not obtain what they required, k
Gppesred that they at once to the farm-yard of Mr.
"runip, a farmer, at Wit=tadd deliberately get fire to a
stack of wheat which was veined et 1201., the whole of which
was consumed. The prisoners were both taken into custody
NOM the spot, and the evidence clearly establlehed their
guilt.
They were sentenced to undergo penal servitude for tan
Tears.
Christopher Iretteridge, 23, sad Charts' Barker, 32, were
indicted far teal breaking into the dwelling-tonis d
Samuel Rioher and steel* a match and other ankles,
end the indictment also charged the prisoner, with ami
mad acing persona violence to the prosecutor at thetleth3
the 0041121W1011 of the robbery.
Mr. Woollen prosecuted ; Tayler did ceded the pri-
soners.

21; ahruestances of this case were of rather a idagslar
oherseher. It appeared that the prosecutor was a
man living in the neighbourhood of Saffron WeittlirbJ
that on the 12th of September be had been to • harvest
Vilwhere be, no doubt, eadoyed himself to a conakise,
ealtint, and returned home Orr cos o'clock la the
moraiag. Aecording to his sealer, upon his saerbig his
erten% he sew the prisoner Barker waft* la the lower
pert of the loose, end the other sea, Kettirldge, both of
whom be was well acquainted with, obasdiag on the top of
the sr rare, sad he said that they both rooked him, end
boat him with a snub, and robbed him of his watch ad other
property. The prisoners, it award, were readily Mad
after the tramaction, and they bard a 0 knowledge of cabs
rabbay mod declared that they were sot oar the prosecutor's
booms when It took plain.
Kr. Tayler, is his address to the jury for the dams, de-
clared that scoording to his lostrorkes the reascator was
ia es& • state of intoxlosara at the Moe the ispoord rob-
bery took place, ea not to know what be was shoat, end that
he was under a °ampler deirdea, or deetiriptioa of night-
mare,
and that nothing of whet he represented actual took
place. He called a. a whams a man named who
lived In • cottage adjoining that of the prosecutor, and he
stated that on the night in question he hoard him come home
at a late boor, and for a very considerable time be appeared
to be rang and falling about like a drunken man, end at
length he made such • dleturbutee that hews. Induced to get
up and go and see what was the Matter. He knocked at the
cottage door of the prosecutor, and for scene time he could not
obtain any answer, and when he did coma, a considerable
period elapsed before he could dad the key, and nearly as
long before he could plant it is the keyhole and open the
door. Upon his going in be found the prosecutor nearly
naked and dreadfully intoxicated. All the furniture wee in
confusion, sad the prosecutor had placed chests., and other
srticles upon hie bed, while he himself was walking about
naked. Upon his telling him to dies. himself, the prose-
cutor put on his bracken the hind part before, without
appearing to know of the mistalut he had made, and in that
condition he sat down and reeked a pipe. It also appeared
that up= the preriess being searched after this the watch
end other articles that ware impotent to have bees stolen
were found conossisd shoat lb. prosecutor's cottage, but no
artier whatever had bees ernally removed.
The jury, upon haring this evidence, without troubling
his lordship to sum up, at mos returned a verdict of Not
Gritty.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—WiNclizaTza, Dac. 2.
The oommissice foe • Winter Assize for the county of
Bemis wee opened yesterday by Mr. Juana Bylas, and this
day business 00012141111001 at the County Heil. whim, after the
grandjery had been sworn, his lordsidp addressed them, re-
pegging that them wets so large • number of oases on the
calendar, though some of them were of • very serious kind.

ioasph HM•rd, Edward Cattily, and Charles
of the 16th Regiment of Foot, late at the camp at
royal:lowa, am Portsmouth, were indicted for shooting at
George Alfred Smith, with intent to kill and murder hint, or
to do him grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Poulden prosecuted.
It &mare that the promoter lime with his father at
Shoot Fans, seer the camp, and was out watching
with a policeman, sad game fired in a Held, went and
saw two of the prisoners (Ht and Cassidy) rabbit shoot-
ing. They were taken to his father's ;home, and their
taken from them, sad then seat away to the camp. TIZT,
to however, returned the house the same evening, about 1
o'olook, fa °Damao, with two others, one of whom wee
Nicholls, and demanded the fowling pieces, which being re-
fute 4 they fired her oboes in moceseion at the window at
which the prommtor stood. The shots were fired from
their army Mho. Mr. Smith got his own fowling-piece
sad tired at them, sad they made off, and were takes into
melody when they got to the many. Hibbard and Cassidy
had their Ake with them, sad the totter had eleven roundel
of Minis ounstunitiou as him sal a spins tall.
Rim lordahtp, lo summing up, observed it was a very se-
rious edime, and pointed out Me distinction between the two
moats of the indictments.
Hibbard sad Cassidy were found Guilty on the mooed
moat, with latent to do remota bodily harm ; mad they
were sesteseed, Hibberd to four years' penal servitude, and
Gaddy to 12 months' hard labour. Nicholls we. Aertetted.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—StarroaD,
(Before Mr. Harm Bramwell.)
TRIAL TOW WILFUL XL MOLL

Dic. 2.

Garbelt, aged 29, minor, sad Charles TVelelt, aged
60, were &ailed, the &et with the wilful awarder
se Joha on the 24th of lut August, at
WWI; sad Ss other with siding sad abetting him.
Mr. Soothed sad Mr. Elolorri soodustad tlas_Ensmoidia ;
Mr. Rill defended Gann, tied - deh.

Tb: ;.T.-ii;.—assiGaiivadViaViiriury to
orange whether the ore would wet justify as a nave appro.
prima" wale, that of wasolwaglitou, bawd of aver.
SirLerathip, although sat onowartiog with Mr. lloothol
fa Ms dsibillsa of tho itogwolut OWN d wear and
amitaistitar, maid that lat dual bottuot taw ivy to AM
a van** lot the low swim Saila

lie Welch keep a pee-
Mawr, in Cksrch—inet, Wake, and that be is the proprietor
al a liniment beide hi haws, inhabited by Ota.bstt and
kept as a beetle Esme as litarday night, the 21at of
Angel, one ilmsnel Patin, a fee, al IV•laall, LA I*
watch. Aber vides it he went tobra Wm ides diessesd.
Springthcep% mile is ler eselle hie oil in he re-
ome
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begemgetpe eme a sesemanmed Omens liar-
mye allbe So . end
Wei
ewe him
he would the ashwed* One Nen. tole her
to go home sad he welds Wee
far it On the liallambit Mon-
day evening st Mee o'clock, Webb acme meets Spring-
%harpers home, cursed and swam thew up at the window
of the room in which Sprlngthcirpe was sleeps% the hat at
Ostia, saying that Garbett woe the little man who would
kill him," sad several time. shouting "Came nut, yonei-pc
Mw got to be killed." Welch tantsined in front of
thane's house till midnight. Oa the following m
Wei resumed this conduct, end tee rise wee thatTila
evened between Ombett sad the demised. The dammed
w knocked down twice, and In the third round Girlie
took held of gpringrhorpe by one of his brews with the lelk
heed, sad struck bun on the throat with his right Ist,
filling with him to the ground. The blow disabled Spring-
*burps, the contest amid, and a *wpm was seat for, bed
deceased died at II o'clock.

Tim jury toned both priorities Guilty et soraboilator ;
sod lb lordship rarsoced molt to throe otradmi baptise-
meat.