The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-02 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDwrom JULY 31.

The business of thew wizen was brought to a conclusion
to-day. Although the cause list contained • considerable
number of cannel the greater part of them, it turned out,
were of a very uninteresting chancier, and the remainder
were either withdrawn or referred.

LORD ST..OIIWANS V. WAOHORN,

This wea a mammon Jury oasis.
Mr. Boyd], Q C., and Mr. Turner were for the plaintiff ;
an :I Mr. Sc.uble for the defendant.

The scrim was brought to recover of a cottage
and a piece of lend, at Foreet-hill, t appeared that the de-
fewhint had bees allowed by the tenant of the farm epos
which the cottage was situated to occupy it in the year 1647,
and an arningemest wits come to that be should pay no rent
the Scat year, and Si. a Near elk rwards. The plaintiff after-
wards disposed of the proFerty, end when the defendant wee
applied tojor the rest be said that he bad lived there tee
lung to pay rest, and that he knew nothing of Lord St. Ger-
mana, and be should rot pay any rent to him. It wu there-
fore found nueseary to bring the present action to recover
peserssion of the property.
The defence that was attempted to be set op wee, that the
defending held the cottage under the tenant of the plaintiff,
and that he was entitled to six months' notice.

The jury returned s verdict for the plastid', sad his lord-
ship granted ea immediate execution.

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CROWN Sum.
Mr. Sergeant Gamlen has been engaged aims Thursday to
trytog prisoners, and to-day Mr. Lush, Q.C., bee also w-
elded in disposing of the gaol calendar. Title is the lest
time this learned gentleman has exercieed the judicial fan&
dens since his appointment to the rank of Q.C., and the very
careful and able manner is which be disposed of the oases
that came before him gave great satisfaction, not only to the
counsel who appeared is the several cases' but to every one
who wita.essed the proceedings. But for the able assbassies
rendered by these learned gentlenami the esleeder scald
sot have bees get through beim* Monday or Tuesday.
(Did:re Baron Bramwell.)

William Aunt, • very aged man, between eighty and
ninety, surrendered to take hie bird upon a charge of man-
slaughter.
Mr. Rumen and Mr. Francis conducted tho prosecution ;
Mr. Dudes appeared for the prisoner.
It appeared that the deceased was • woman named Belay
Brooker. the wife of • labouring man, living near Maid-
stone. She was in the (minty way, end befog suddenly taken
she rent for two medical gentlemen of Maide!one, but
they were unable to attend, and she then applied to • person
nosed Baldwin, a sort of quark doctor end man-midwife
living at Maid/tow, and he went to her, but It seemed that
he considered that It was likely to be a difficult ease, and he
consequently declined to act without ameistance, end Mr.
Ayerst, whohad practised in theneighbourhood a great many
year. wee sent for, and they both attended upon the deeeaaed
11, T death. It was alleged that in the course of the de-
livery instruments were Improperly made me of and that
tirie was the 0411110 of the death of the deemed, sad the
coronet's jury returned a terdict of manelaughter syalnet
Baldwin and Ayala, and the former wee tried and convicted
at the last Spring Seize*, end sentenced to twelve months'
iap iaoamont. This person wan now brought up to be ex-
d u a witness, end he stated that everything was
dose in the emu that poeeibly could Le from the nature of
and that be should have acted In the same manner if his own
wife or daughter had been is the same condition.
The jnry returned • verdict of Not Guilty.
William Barker, a sell dressed middle-aged man, surren-
dered to take his trial upon a charge of feloniously setting
Ere to certain farm building, with intent to defraud.
The Hon. O. Denman and Mr. Francis conducted the pro-
secution. Sergeant Parry woo eptoielly retained for the
defence.

The circumstances of this ow were very peculiar. The
prisoner, it appeared, wu a farmer, and a man of C011•I•
derable pr , and be occupied a freehold farm, part of his
own estate. at tomunder-therßlean, norC interiuT,
and had effected an insurance upon the farm buildings far
6001., in the Kent Firrofilort. the fire that Ives the subject
of inquiry took place on the 18th of February, and on the
morning of that day, about eleven o'clock, the prisoner was
ems or go into air omit-hone., of which be alone kept the
key, and after remaining there a short time he cams out,
locked the door and went away, and in a very abort time
afterwards the cast-boor was °Marred to he on fire, end
before It could be extinguished property was destroyed to the
amount of 27M. It appeared that stly before the fire
h.appsned the priarmer had ordered a quantity of straw te be
pieced in the east-hour,' and from this fact end the
eircunesimem of the prisoner having been seen to
p into the building 40 shortly before the fire took
place, suspicion at once fell upon the prisoner,
and It appeared that he made several very extraordinary
statements relating to the fire, and when be was taken Into
custody he amid. '• It is a bed job. I went through the pm
when Laker (one of the whose e) sew me, and Itito the
omit-house and eat fire to it, and then went out through the
other gat° of the yard." The tritst singular pert ti the ease
was thst the prisoner only made claim on the fire offke for
the to tam! value of the property that was dad dyad, so that
upon the face of the trauma ton it would have appeared that
the peisoper derived no advantage whatever from the inn
and that, ormsequenily, there was an absence of motive far
the conuniseirm of such an offence, but from what subse-
quently traespired them appeared to be very little doubt
that the primmer, who was represented to be a greedy, ava-
ricious was. sad very fund of mousy, being desirous to
have new buildings erected upon hi, farm, and not
wishing to lay out his own money, had destroyed the old
buildings in the wsy stated, to the impostelon that Um
would be rebuilt at the expense of the Insurance company.
lt append in the mires of the cam that the primmer was
always ctnaidered to be a weak-soteded mac, and ft was
likewise mated that be bad a sister who foe many years bad
bars the inmate of • lunatic whim.
The jory. after delitswatior a very abort Hme, returned a
stadia of Gailty,bat at the earns time strouglyrecommenied

the prboner to mercy, on the ground that they believed him
to be a wan of weak mind.

Berjeant Perry said that a gentleman was in court who
could give his lordship some information respecting the
state of the prisoner's mind if he thought proper to allow him
to do so.

Baron Bramwell said he should be very glad to have such
Information.

Mr. Frances, a medical gentleman, was accordingly sworn,
and he stated that he bad attended the prisoner and his
family professionally for a good many years. One of his
brothers committed suicide, and his sister was at present in
a lunatic asylum, and he considered that there was an here-
ditu7 tendency to insani.y in the family. He added that
the prisoner was decidedly a man of weak Intellect and of
imbecile rated.

Baron Bramwell said be really did not know what to do
with the prisoner. It was • very terrible offence, and buttor
the state of bis mind he rhould in all probability have sen-
tenced him to penal servitude for life. He roust stand down,
and he should- consult his learned brother Will.. before he
pond sentence.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-13a1aweBraY, Jul.: 90.

artimteenro TO DEFRAUD AN ABEIIRANCS COMPANY.
Ammo trim, a Polish Jew, watchmaker end cigar dealer,
who was Mond guilty on Wednesday of setting are to his
at Osweetry, in November, 1857, with intent to
the Skropshiro and North Wales Aseurence Com-
tree this morning brought up for judgment,
"alt. Cook Evans, in the abeence.of Mr.
drleston, Q.C.,
for the prisoner, argued that the simple setting fire to goods
woe not a felony either by common or statute law.
Mr. Scotland contended that the prisoner had ken
legally indicted end properly found guilty.
His lordship commented to reserve the point for the con-
sideration of the judges of the Court of Appeal.
He then semtmend the prisoner to three year.' penal
servitude.
FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT AT NEWPORT.
Mamas Hoary dray, 36, veterinary surgeon, pleaded
guilty to various sob of forgery and embezzlement at
Newport. On the 16th January be embezzled 31. and
wards belonging to his employer, Mr. C. Matthews,
s the 24th of January, the like rum; *aver=
oron
February, forged the signature to a receipt of a debtor of
Mr. Matthews for 71. 160.66.; on the 12th of April, •
dotlar forgery for 34. Do. ; and on the same day another
6 for 34 Ts.
rilordahip seatascod him to three paint penal servitude.

MOUT POACETI4 G.
Daniel Morgan and Henry Morgan, heathen, were
charged with night poschiAg on the pro of Mr. Hope
Edwardes, at Stapleton, on the 27th off y. lest.
Mr. Corbel prosecuted, and Mr. Cook Evans
On the night in question the Erlemsra, with two others,
the prigioners being armed with gene, were surprised ne of
the watchers in • field, where they had evidently aught •
hare. Upon seeing the watcher they threatened to shoot him,
and he ran away. Meeting with the keeper and two other
watchers, they volumed to when the poachers were. They
found them in Online, and as the night was remarkably bright
their features ware distinct. Stan&ng at bay, the poachers
shot the teepee's dog, and then commenced stoning them.
This mode of warfare was also resorted to by the keepers for
a time. They then closed, and one of the peisoners knocked
the keeper down with a gun, while the other threatened to
shoot the watcher who had at Ord surprised them. Upon
this two of the watchers ran away, leaving two keepers to
foor poachers. Upon hearing the keeper say he knew one
of them by name, the four, after standing their ground for
• short time, nut away, nd were not apprehended for a
month afterwards._ _ _