The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-06 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—Oou.Dros.o, Auourr 4.
(Before Mr. Janke Willis sad Special Juries.)
MAYWOOD V. HOLY= AIM ANOTXIi.
This was an sod= of libel.
The plaintiff is a dealer in antiquities, and the defendants
are the proprietors of the dragoman newspaper, and the
action arse brought to rower damages far • libel published
in that paper on the sth of May bet. The defendants
pleaded that the statement which we. alleged to be a libel
was true.
Mr. Edwin Janes, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins were for the
*Unit; Kr. M
ap hambers, Q.C., and Mr. Luah, Q.C., ap-
pend for the dants.
Mr. Jame, in opening the case, said that the plaintiff
had for roan than twenty years canted on the Dual-
ism of a dealer in curiosities and iiistitinities, and he
beamed the propene action with • view to vindicate
hie aireacter from a very serious logratatioa that had
been aunt upon it by an article which angered In the do-
ilmamffelournal, and which charged Ma with defraZia
the public by selling samintibit settlphise. The i
geneed then stated tin is As asses d IS year, a tarp
ssolter of anoint odes woe discovered In en excavation at
Ifteiwell, and Sam Win a great portion of which tamed
et be basket see balms smasg antiquaries as pilgrims'
=srshMill *We a doubt were perfectly
end sine leto Se penomisaef the plaintiff's such,
and he le sir • eneilmratie no al money. The
ankle Sail MB the sabist d Se peen* adis appeared in
theAdieneems dike !es of May, I. the mesont per, and it
parroted to b• a moat of what toot pie at coe et
the selinp of the British drobool Are-
sloths mod tt repsonsd thatoet the prootediss seeladel
by Mr. nalling a p tit
the idled
"need forgerdenigies la ised.7 and is dot be Sid d that
seism leaden sibs Sib ens mspeeetst ito be pilgrims
din, and to have ben disetend la Ile norm of an tzar
tells upon the baths ellbe neon fee the peef
oshlL:lms=reallodedme, mod that Xr.
W NO el Mos dot Mr. Pimeabial
dump ..en a yeti sommy, sad IS Me sesher edam
Engel arches hi re togsgele were megyeed to be Wave
timed. The wed es be site than
Seem undo
woe—i- and that the sme
bees gooLwhich thq
WI"
rgiveilirte. 4°
ha"
et sm. ard thst Noyes..
had bon wear with river mud. son
by ampleming • regret that the law met peal=
cellthe see Eddy of ark •• head.
insell emend mod there coed be me lot this
edits smined r tie plaintiff, ekes'{ gb Ye nor was not
' nradiend, as be as the only pans k yeenden of such
Wnein end She bad probated thin beta the parties who
setwely boa Sam at the plasm rest hot been non-
lined. He shoal call these pass to lbw that these
altos of snag* aelnelly woe and 1t rs strast stand,
ad he amnia sin tad errand mist todgrodes who
would state is re jury Sak spits Set lbw ode patina
rdintand deities we. ausesselle se amodelia for the
alkyo dry woe bani Wefts If* "P for
tha peodsn dt s
dvbg zed lasde%st ipes Se pn He
them sal Mat the pliondff the_passatai melon
only see.* le ion his charade, he ma ark for
vindictive dlemsees, but by the radio ef the Jwir is tree
himself feet oho serious charge that bad been mei against
him.
Mr. George Eastwood, the ple, was thin sambaed.
He deposed that Wad =Melee de lodes of • dealer
in curiosities sad astigellbe balms Iwo* mad twenty-
five yens and he elf be band be sem we of the beet
joins et such tbinpbk re thdei Hidden In June,
lid, • Mr. Edwards, mass be knew se • desk, ha enthral-
emit spot bin end dotted bia forty @dike made of
, ken Sib singdmil MISS whiten, end wank Soma
mass anlyerin se s. Hs moiled than,
and sob linelidei dot they ware genuine
Skil el endgelty w: pmodesed*in and afterwards
be :e des
ease'd rem Med Obit in num-
ber ansafig to 1,149. He se Mil Sol Sep had been
bond Ea
osa whellalendend fa amonSa- g for the
be off Ea OMR Ira look, and he want to the
opt mod ineolesi set He afterwards purcha
a namsber el the nom doeriptiou or aotioles from
We rift EMS semi &Mb .oad Eaton, who he
voineasil woe lbe peril See had found thetu
alitty and indil Bbarede. He paid Edwards
third* pnellosel elfin sad he gave the young
neat 601. In Si pedis fbayaided lie. • enallristity at
the " signor we elboweeis add te Mr. F kw the
British themems, _ pars
chased • geed Ss sped that pa-
rka @lime ten =e thell bed oak new* bus wads
use of mass
by sadennis Ind dot were esseet to be
sedan won the mai In the stWoo of the
olden den and also whoa they MI6 • to the
&elm damp partionir soil. The of Nikki
wets made dirk awl is addition to &en Vial be said
would emote sir re duolifnathal of //One flllago ekes
wee ads sailledier, soh as bads, oper sheaths the
bees ef sol Se religintaks, theS wide ef which M
wed be bed seMeiwsim gesafee andesitka, sod had ready
bees bond dune pin moolisend.
sewn samollse pst by Mr. Charabsra, in cme-
seoleelis, *legit mil, that at do doe this ankh
be was Se only p who had se beep a that
lairMilpdpid alga, in hidweds, idle said that
at am an lel so many se 1,
A bat, ontaldeg a larp amber Of thesilmen valuable
Whim el anindth had ben pima apes the table, sad a
fw
d dart el aorammil was anent by the extraordinary
ed ewe thne Mat SS prebend. There VIM
Illedson oral *She balsa tot be W,,in the most ease
smisen
_mod le el sets d dislin we of thaanair
loarnal Inking toy sob like "
Oat of the diep that woe pridied emend Andy to
pith nays'. It had sounding appends of •
chimney pot, Most sight isolate boy bet se se asked to
be able to give the Med gone she dm Sided eldest pled-
My could have ben, mai Mr. Jams =llsd that poorlyk might hen been the d eine
la me.. to fortis yolks phle-WilZtiallsrlas
had heard of such endow "empandn" or otdidrea's nye,
Ming found on the bloke dune tiny ; bat the., he said,
wen totally different Slam and he believed them to be
genuine ancient sign.
Mr. W. Edwards, Se person frees whom the piled( bad
perchased the athlete In question, was then amiunined, and
he stated that be Mil boa a dealer in sontaides for twenty
pure, and he esedimeal that he was well 'ovulated with
such matters. He pentomed the whole of three produced of
two boys, named Mod Charley, of whom he bad been in
the habit of purchasing =eh things. Bill," be said, was
in attendance to glee ettion bat " Charley" had got
merited, and his Wife ISM DSO bit Wm come. (A laugh.)
Be wee aware that thaw yeineircwer• in the habit of
bring about the river, sot tbel _ purchased things
that we found by inesness @S. They brought
than within to Idol 401 oat Ys at a tame, from June,
1867, to Jur, 111111111001 he paid then altogether 2001.
la arommeembetion this whams said that he might have
said eel in leavigatorts, but he did not know what they
del withdon sad he bad not the least idea that they ever
belied them, is elder that they might afterwards dig them
up arid sell them se antiquities. He should not have ben
such • fool as le bay hie own coins amain if they bad been
broeght to Ithis. .Me paid Billy and Charley for the articles
as they bear& lift te him. He had had dealings with
" Billy" is the sena way for 12 or 14 years, but he bad not
demi Ida Chedey =Re so long. (A laugh.) He wan un-
able le hen aft 'pintos to what particular age these pil-
idepne Weaged. He left that to the Achteologa cal
▪ amide. (Laughter.)
77alese Smith, • rough looking
.roang man, who de-
scribed bleasidf es • " libloecracker, was then examined—
He eald that he and " Charley" were In the habit of seeking
for articles such as those that had been produord, and siding
them to the curiosity dealers. He then mid that the first
them he found any of the articles In question was in June,
1867, and be did not find any after March, 1868. They weri;
found in the excavation for this new dock of Medved, and
very neer the place where the en leg-bridge now was. They
found about 2,000 altogether. Mr. Edwards sometimes paid
him as much sa 21. in • day, and he received 4001. from him
altogetheedaring the year. They used to boy the udder as
the navigators distiovetoct them, and used sometimes to give
then • shill:lag and • pot of beer for therm.
la croweexandeation this witness said that no strangers
were allowed to go Into the dock or about the works, and the
tuvvys were not permitted to take anything out, not even
any old bases they might thid ; but still be maid he managed
to get access to the place, end to purchase all these tirades.
He also said that be found a great many et them himaat by
raking over the earth alter it was dug out, and he mensal
to get a rake Into the dock for that pupae.
Mr. C. Roach Smith, a fellow of the Society of Antique:
rise, was then examined, and he Mated his belief that the
articles in question were genuine mike of antiquity, and that
• great many of them came under the designation of "pl.
rims' signs ; ' but be aunbuted them to a laser date tUit '
ihe sixteenth century. It was difficult to say what admit'
see was originally made of such articles, hansom
they were • new clam altogether; but they were
all evidently connected with tome religious par
oredidg, and be had no doubt that when the subjoin Gene IN
be conaidseed antiquaries would be able to mire some MI&
to them. He added that he firmly basted Nen le be
genuine, but at present he really could net say what dry
wen. When ha reed the article in the .ddesinot he hat
no doubt that It referred to the *heist, aN le Om
pilgrims' sties that were in his pmesesion.
Coses-exeroned—The pilgnms' signs with width be
was acquainted, and to which he bad Seat given that ding-
nation were very different to the things sow mimed. A
good many of these articles are wifely incomistent with
each other, and evidently relate to different egos.
The Rev. Thomas Hugo, also • fellow albs Sodely of
Antiquaries, aad who has written several works ins do
subject of satiquarian researches, was the next Sion, end
he gave similar evidence to that of Mr. Smith. He she ex-
proem' his opinion that the articles In trued= were un-
doubtedly patsies relics. He said he belied they Winged
to the 15th or the Leland= of the 16th ineintion, bat be
could not sin any other description of them, Ms that they
append to be " leaden objects."
Croes-exentined--He was unable to give any mason for
conduit to the conclusion that thee thins dated frees 16th
or 16th century—all he could may wee the Was' rewono—ha
thought because he did think so. (A lazy.) He
w so a
and to look at some of the ankles, and to state
whether be did not think that the sharpen of their adios
sad their fresh appointers did not indicate that they could
not have been In the ground for three centurion, bet he re-
plied that be was of opinion that it aid not, and he said he
believed it was possible for • place of metal to to in the ground
for many cientoziet and sail present sharp clear edges. Me