The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-07 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

THIS DAY.

(Before Mr. Payne, DepatyAaaiataat Judge.)
►OREIGN JURYMEN.

In the case of a prisoner named Frederick Vet* chair
with stealing a watch, photographs, and other prelim).
who, being an alien, clauned his right of being tried by
mixed jury of Englishmen and foreigners, on the Co.
being called on, several of the foreigners complained IL
they were summoned over and over spin, which tLel
looked upon as a great hardship. When a foreign juil
was required other persona ought to be summoned.
One gentleman said he was summoned five tiniest++:
, and it was dated that he wan a naturalised EN.
inriartn. _ .

Mr. Payne (to the gentleman referred to}—Are you:
Eng!ialunan!

Mr. Bautne—l

Mr. Paina—Ws do not want naturalised Englisluum
We do not want those who are supposed to have peculk:
sympathies with England, and you stand in the same pos..
tion as an Englishman. How long have you been na.
raised as an Englishman ?

Mr. Bourne—Since Md.
Mr. Payne—Why did you not tell the summoning otter
that you were naturalised
The summong ofiloer—l did not know it, my lord.
Mr. Schwab (of Hatton-garden)—l am in just the woe
pottition as Mr. Baume, for lam summoned every tame a
foreign jury is wanted.
Mr. Payne (to Mr. Banme)—We know now that you are
naturalised, and you will not be called upon to sere as
foreign juryman again, but you may be called to sent 004
jury an an Englishman, and those duties will be far ILOe
onerous than the other. When foreigners claim to be
tried by their own countrymen I should have thought it
woad.] have been considered to be a compliment to be
summoned instead of one to be avoided.
As there were not enough foreign jurymen in Aura.
dance the case was deferred until such time as a suthoent
number could be obtained.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY CIiAIUIE.—ATTEM PT TO 5H,...r .t WO.
Joins (.1 ea ham' a young man, who gave the uldrem
Clarendon-street, Clarendon-square, and described hinurd
as a boiler maker, was charged before Mr. Knox sitli sc
tempting to shoot a young man named 3l'Evoy,sci
a revolver.
Dennis Carney, I,Monmouth-court, acid—Aboutlo'ckd
this morning I was going along, and lie.d.l the pnio.l
say to a young man as be was going from tireek.street
Compton-street, " Why do you follow me The y 0...„;
man said, "I am not following you ;I am going '
The prisoner then said, "If I knew you were ful!ev.;
me I would blow your brains out.- The young ma ail
said he was not following the prisoner, and that .0
would not go away for him or anyone like
The prisoner then put his hand into his brut
and drew out a revolver and pointed it at the young ran
and although there was no report there was a soap. I
across the road and the young man rushed upon the 17.-
!toner, and the prisoner then struck the young man on
hand with the revolver, and the young titan got the r,
volver from the prisoner, and the prisoner said that if s;
would give it back to him he would give us eightoerivv,,
that being all the money he had about hue. Vie wa:
up Common-street together, and walked till we got ta
Museum-street, when, seeing const.slile, we called u
bite, and he came, and the young won, who still bad tit
revolver in his possession, gave the prisoner iu cluage ft
attempting to shoot him.
Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner drunks.

Witness—No more withal) now.
Mr. Knot—.ere the prisoner and the young men Mao-
gen to you!
Witness—The prisoner is • stranger, but I kw,a the
young man by sight. (It writ espleine,l that the wit-
ness was a eostermonger, and that the otmg thm wan
and
not in attendance was • oellarman at 31e-,r4. l'rekc
Blackwell's, in Dean-street.)
The prisoner—I was walking quietly home after mer:4
a friend, when I was followed by two permit, for al.
mile, and I think that witness and the other man Wet IA
men.

Witness—l deny it.
The prisoner—You were one of them. You were on a:
side of the street and me on the other. I own I aid
out the revolver, being afraid.
Mr. Knox—Why do you carry such a this;
The prisoner-1 brought it from Atomic... I
htv
carried it for the last four years, :sod lava thougLi
ihneaeldp. os:p
euc ngoc'du'
han:
,p 1
taking anybody's life in this count' y.
f
Police-constable Barber, 42 E, sai.l--Hearing
t
edd
:tii.27.hoe'icosel.oehirivoion.nk:, metw en
hteo
Willie", Whu ud t!
a young man bad attempted to shoot :moth. C. PI;
u
off, stating that the
revolver.
The revolver was handed to the ma:Astra.% who fie.fil
that all the chambers were loaded, but that envoi tin
was gone.
Mr. Knox—lt wan by God's merry that the chane
prisonerneenriwin vtihila:l.ll"%k
not explode. I shall remand the I.ti-oner for
let the person who gave him in chat ge attool.