The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-12 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN ClRClllT.—WuresserFa, DEC. 11.
CROWN oouirr.—(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)

John Waft" aged 30, a medical assistant, was indicted
for intermarrying with Miriam Fry, his former wife, Cathe.
rine Wallis, being then &lire, at Poplar, on the 26th Feb.
nary last.
The prisoner, in reply to the arraignment, said, " I am
sorry to say I son guilty, my lord.*
It smears that the prisoner was apprehended a short
time sins on a charge preferred against him by Mr. Fox, of
Broughton, near Rooney, of pretending to be a doctor of
medicine and a qualified practitioner. It seemed that he
had never qualified, and although be bad held different
places as a qualified assistant, he was not a
and a diploma which he had with him mu daMilleld:r4
For this offence,. in default of paying a fine of 101., ke was
committed to prison for six weeks, without bard labour. It
transpired that about six years ago be married a your . lady
named Webb, in Oxfordshire ; after she had had two children
he left her and went to London, whensn het February he was
married to Miss Miriam Fry, at All Saints Church, Poplar.
This lady he also heart sal deserted. He afterwards went
to live with a surgeon in St. Pancras, London and while
there made proposals to him master's daughter, but his an-
tecedents were fortunately discovered.
The prisoner was seateeoed to paid servitude for seven
yearn
The trial of Johnson, for the Aldersbott murder, has
been fixed for tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.

MIDLAND ClRClllT.—Nosnumprox, Disc. 11.
(Before Yr. Baron Bramwell.)
The court ocenmemied the trial of prisonen at 10 o'clock
this morning.

AMIN:PM NUMMI Or a YOUNG WOMAN.

William Ingress, 19, labourer, was indicted for stabbing
and wounding Mary Ann King, at Castle Ashby on the Ist
of November, 1800, with intent to kill and murder her.
Kr. Nauman prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
It appeared from the evidence that on the night of the
let of November last the prosecutrii left the village of
Denton about half-past nine o'clock, in company with •
young man named vise. Robinson, who accompanied her some
distance along the road which led to Yardley Hastings,
where she lived. About five minutes after Robinson left
her she was overtaken by the prisoner, who observed,
" Then you are just going home r She said she was, and
remarked to him that he was walking very fast. He said
he had set • wire up the mad and was going to see if there
was anything in it. He drew close to her, put his arm
round her waist, and began to pull her about. She
resisted him, said she would never disgrace herself with •
married man and threatened, If he did not leave her alone,
she would tell his wife. He said she should have no chance
to tell her, lifted her up in his arms, and threw
her down by the side of the road. She was strug-
gling with him when she felt • blow behind her left ear, at
the same time bearing his knife snap. She felt several
cuts at the hack of her head. and on her arm and Began.
He also gave her • blow on the eve, pulled her by the hair
of her head and tried to choke her. She heard the s.teid of
wheels along the road and called out " murder." The pri-
soner thereupon awn away. The vehicle was a gig driven by
Yr. Edmund Loogland, • farmer of Floore.
The prisoner made no defence, and merely said be hoped
his lordship would have rarer on him.
His lordship having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Gritty.
Yr. Baron Bramwell ordered sentence of death to be rr
(lorded.

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