The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-20 00:00:00

ANIAULTS ON 1111 FOLIC&

Fortsby Wood surrendered on a previous day, and was tried
1 and convicted of assaulting three police constables, in the
Brnmpton-rod, on their interfering to put a stop to a dia-
-1 turbanos which he and his wife were creating with a mob of
some forty ponces. H. was brought up for lodgment this
morning, with Thomas Herds, who pleaded
_guilty on
Monday of assaulting four pokonnin, and Charles &owner,
convicted oa Tubby of a kb came.
With respect to the case of the last mentioned defendant •
gentleman addressed the court, and said be hoped he might
permitted to my something with refitrtnce to one of the con-
staMse, who he saw from the papers bad given evidence, end
whom he knew to be one of the greatest savages on the boa
of the forth.

Thoi-eTientat Judge could aot law say statement of the
kW, but if there were say subeteadel monde of complaint
Zamtthe coostable refund to, or ea others, or if he or
hed committed say set which thew liable to
be celled to amount, the matter should be brought under the
nodes of the Comentimol9aers of POllOlll, at • magistrate. It

--ii is it .k.* £ men itahmagai.

The three defendants were *may seatroood to six
mouths' hard labour.

Thomas Keys, 47, waterman, convicted of a robbery with
violence upon Peter Robinson, • miler, in High-street,
Sludwell, the property stolen being • gold watch value MI.,
was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. He had been
previously sentenced to 18 months for a like robbery.
Mr. Salter was for the prosecution ; Mr. Own for the
F risoner.
Moe Graham, convicted an Tuesday of picking pockets,
at a emillnnation held at St. Paula, Knightsbridge, was
brought up for judgment.
From statements made to the court by police and prison
officers, it appeared that the prisoner had fora long muse of
years pursued a career of crime, in connexion with moms of
the most expert thieves of the day, some of whom had
bests transported and bad returned, and again sent beck to
that punishment. In 1848 she was sentenced to seven years
transpertation, bat the term was reduced, and since then she
bad been emend times summarily convicted of larceny from
the person and sentenced to nine months. On that on:elm
another woman was indicted with her, but she had bean ad-
mined to ball end escaped, and subsequently several persons
were cenvieted at the Old Bailey of conspiring to procure
her liberation on bell by gibe npreasettatioes to frustrate the
lads °Oaths, and sentenced to imprisonment. Since then
she had been three those e=nnaft aonvioted of pocket-
The Assistant Judge mid, after paying great consideration
to the cam, he thought that really the best cows. to take
would be to par upon her such • sentence as would not only
twit her from her bad associates here for • time bat
afford her an opportunity of beginning • Nab and proper
course of life in another part of the world. The court
would therefore pass • sentence of seven years penal servi-
tude, in the hope that she would be sent abroad : except
that hope, the term would be much less, and the
must know that if she were sent out to Western AuWalis, as
she most likely would be, it would be the best thing that
possibly could be done, and might ultimately result in her
regaining • good character, and • respectable position.
The prieoner was then sentenced to seven years mind
servitude.

William Geneva Barber, 38, was indicted for obtaining by
false pretences the sum of 11., with intent to cheat and de-
fraud James Major Akbidge.
Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Hwy was for the
prisoner.
The prosecutor, a victualler in Great Mitchell-street, St.
Luke's, met with the prisoner for the first time on the 10th
of April, and, from representations made to him, he ad-
vanod• him a small sum of money, which between
that day and the 13th wee increased to 61. Those
=What were concerning property in Chancery to
said he wee entitled. The charge Prefertataef
the prisoner by this indictment wee that, on the of
the 13th of April, knowing that the prosecutor was out of
town, be went to his wife and obtained from her 11., by
that he had seat him for it, and that be was
lotinretive his Chanosry property, 2601., next morning,
and t her bustend was going with him. This wee false;
he had not the tor's authority to ask for the money,
and nothing bd been mid about going to receive the money.
The tepresentstiona upon which he obtained the advances
from the prosecutor were not true, although the fact was that
there was 1601. In Chancery in trust for the prisoners children
when they arrived at age, and he was entitled to the small
yearly dividend it produced. This was given in evidence fur
the defence by the solicitor who had the snit in hand,
but the court held that it had no reference to the specific
charge against the prisoner, which wee that he obtained
11. from Mrs. Aldridge upon the false statement that her
husband had cent him for it. It wee clear that the property
in Chancery did not belong to him, but to his children.

The jury found him Guilty, but lodgment was postponed
to allow proof of a former conviction sad a sentence of 12
months to be adduced.

James !home., 40, a very respectable-looking man, de-
scribed as a draper, was indicted before Mr. Cressy, on
Tuesday, for unlawfully assaulting Barnard Weld.
The prosecutor, a sailor, and a friend named Wilson, were
walking in the Bow-road when the defendant, without the
slightest provocation, went up to Wilson and struck him
twice moss the eyes with a stick. Wold said, " That's
quick work, what's It for Whereupon the defendant
turned upon him, and with a blow of the stick broke his
arm. A policeman came up and took him Iwo custody, when
he suggested that the utor and his friend, and some
others they bad been with, jostled and pushed him while on
the pavement ; this the peosec for and Wilson both denied.
The jury found the prteoeer Guaty, end on bang brought
up this morning the emblem was postponed until nest err
ion at Clerkenwell.
Elizabeth Bradford, 26, servant, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to twelve months' hard labour, for stealing various
articles, value 261., the property of Hester Ann Walton, her
mistress.