The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.-HERITORD, MAR= 4.
CROWN ems.—(Before Mr. Justice WOBum.)

sla learph Maier surrendered to take his trial for the man-
ughter. of Joseph Pates.
Rod well end Mr. Barkby prosecuted ; Hr. SirjallEi
Parry was specially retained for the defence.
It appeared that the prisoner waa a very respectable young
man, the son of a fanner at Hatfield, and the doomed was
a labouring man who bad been engaged with mensal others
to awry out some harreeting operations Jest summer. The
transaction in question took pleas an the 27th July, sad it
that this day the deceased and the other
i labourer.on
bad been drinking to some extent, and a maul
fight took place between them, in which the deceased wee
&nivel mimed. The prisoner interposed, and, according to
the for the prosecution, he knocked the deceased
down, and it was alleged that the Injuries he received in con-
sequence of this violent* caused his death. It appeared,
however, that he had been fighting with several other men
daring the evening, and that he had fallen or been knocked
lbws, and oomplained immediately afterwards of hating
been isdand by a stone against which be had fallen.
Seriernt Parry made an able speech for the defence, and
ales jury, without any lassitstion, returned a verdict of Not
Vogel.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT—AnisBumr, Mecca 4.
(Behr. Sr L. Cockburn.)

Amu Chandler, ea, labour. and Peer Hearn, 22,
Labourer, wen indicted far wounding John Batson, at Eller
borough, with intent to twist their lawful apprehension.
The proem:tutor wee en under-keeper is the employ of
lady Freakiest& Runk of Chequer's Court, lillesborough,
end the alleged oSumoe woe committed so long back as the
loth of December. It sppesrd that about 1 o'clock that
morning Ban ens n in one of her ladyship's pre-
e: seengeny with tha head hasps,, Chats, when they
beard shots fired. They Wanseint went in the direction
frem whence they cans, what they saw four man. A
desperate struggle caned, sad Batson was dreadfully injured
about the head with the butt-end of a gun by one of the
platy, what they ran away. Some time aftenreads
iwo2.:ineedr George Dixon and Hearn (brother
of tke Hearn), were and committed
for at the last • anises for the o when they
were acquitted. The Chandler and star Bean,
were distinctly sworn to by Batson, and a fellow-keeper,
named Chides, as being two of the men who were present.
The defence was that this woe a case of mistaken identity.
The Chief Justine left it to the jury to say whether they
were satisfied with the evideece of the keepers.
The jury, without hesitation, found the printers Guilty,
end they were sentenced to eight months' Imprisonment each.

ATTEMPTED MURDER OP A POLICEMAN.
&owl Quick, 66, labourer, was charged with wounding
=White, one of the Bucks constabulary, with intent to
George White, the prosecutor, was called, when Mr. Cost
said he hoped nothing would be said which would tend to
melts him, as ever Mos the assault he had been subject to
epileptic fits. He deposed that early on the mo ' of the
22th of November, he was on duty at the parish of
when he saw prisoner stealing BOOM posts and rails. Prisoner
was taking them towards home, when prosecutor followed
him end spoke to him, when he threw the wood down and
ma away. Prosecutor followed the prisoner and took
him into custody, but went to his cottage with him. The
children begged him to allow their father to remain at home
tar the night. Prosecutor knew him, and left him at home,
bat took the stolen wood away, raying he should commtmi-
eate with his master. When he reached half across the
OM meadow he heard some one breathing close behind.
He looked back, and saw the prisoner with one hand be-
hind him, coming towards him. He ran back some distance,
to endeavour to pin time to draw his truncheon, when
he fell on one knee In a hooch of nettles, and prisoner struck
him with a bill-hook on the stomach, shoulder, arm, and
Md. He said, " You —, murder you." Prosecutor
tried to get away, and ran towards the railway station, which
was near, prisoner following him ; he turned round and saw
the Wiener had stopped running. Prisoner chased him
about 200 yards. Witness went to the Linslade Railway
Station and fell insensible into the porter's arms. (The W-
hoa end hat were produced and caused great sensation.)
Mr. Wmstaff, of Leighton, who was called in to
attend White, found m pale and faint from loss of blood.
The cut was a Jean one, about four inches io tenth, and
nsmia penetrated the skull ; had it been a little deeper it
wo
have been fatal. The wound was inflicted by such an
iastrwasat as the bill-hook. There were dangerous symp-
tom once. If it had not been for the hat, which was ribbed
with walk the wound would have been fatal.
The jury could not agree 1111 to their verdict, and were
lacked up. They had not returned into court when our
parcel was despatched.