The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-17 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COVM.

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OLD COURT.
.(B4ore Mr. Justice Crompton.)
Gorge Alfred Brown, 67, shoemaker, was indicted for
feloniously cutting and wounding Stephen Perry, the elder,
with intent to murder him.

Ise aaotlisTo7u;;;a47lrtent of the prisoner was held to be
to do grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Cartoon prosecuted.
It appeared that the prosecutor and the prisoner and his
wife lodged in the same house in Fox-court, Gray's-inn-lane,
and from the evidence It would seem that the prisoner enter-
Mined an imprearcion, for which there did not seem to
be any foundation, that the prosecutor wsegtheomperly
intimate with his wife. Acting upon this, it • that
at half-past five in the moming of the 6th of he took
his station on the staircase of the house ; and u the prose-
cutor was going past him, he rushed upon him and stabbed
him in the neck with a knife, inflicting a very severe and
dangerous wound. After the prisoner had committed this
act, it appeared that he went Into the proeecutor's room,
where his son wee in bed, and he attacked him also with the
knife, and wounded him very severely.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of wounding with in-
teat to do grievous bodily harm, and he was sentenced to
eight years penal servitude.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Rsoorder.)
William Swans, who was yesterday tried in the Old
Court and acquitted upon two charges of having stolen
jewellery and other oracles, was again indicted for
stealing a gold watch end chain, valued at 30L, the property
of James Murray and another. Mr. Robinson and Mr.
W. Cooper prosecuted.
The prosecutor in this ease is a watobmaker in Cornhill,
end upon the 17th of May the prisoner celled at his
shop, and having examined some watches, left, Mat-
ing be would consider about the purchase. Sadie-
quent/y a letter was sent, signed in the name of Wilt-
shire, requesting that a watch and some chains might
be sent to Charlotte-street, Weetbourne-terraos, u wMch
the prosecutor went there and saw the prisoner,whopon , having
salecited a chain for the watch prosecutor had, as requested in
the letter, brought with him, leaked whether 6 par coot.
would not be taken off, as it was to be a ready money trans-
action, and requested that a bill might be made out. Prose.
outer affixed the chain to the watch, and the prisoner,
it into his hand, said he had not pits enough to pay tire t
without going into another room, and left, se prosecutor
thought, to obtain it, but after waiting moms time he
found the prisoner had quitted the house.
The Recorderlold the jury, if they thought that the pri-
soner, by his conduct, led the prosecutor to suppose that at
the time be (the prisoner) picked up the watch it was his in-
tention to pry for it, that would constitute the offence
The The jury found the prisoner
Mr. Robinson said Le was instructed in two more cases
against the prisoner.
Mr. Cooper said he bad another CUR and naked if the
court thought it necessary for biro to proceed.
Kr. Phillips, counsel for Mirehonse, who was tried yes-
terday and acquitted upon a charge of receiving, wished to
know whether the prosecutor intended to offer an y evidence
upon another indictment there was against hie clitht, who
had borne a good character from his employer, with whom
be had been for three years P
The Recorder mid that he did not thick when /*firehouse
received the property torn hie brother that he knew bow it
had been obtained, but it was clear that he did when the
police went to him.
An Acquittal spinet Mirehouse
.wee then taken, and
Rawson sentenoed to two years' imprisonment.
6arah May, spinster, was indicted for obtaining money by
false pretences.
Mr. Shims prosecuted, and Mr. Cent defended.
The prisoner, a miaerable lookiag woman, had, it appeared,
been in the habit of stopping little girls and telling them
that their mothers bad authorised bar to seed them to some
one with whom their parents were acquainted, and borrow
small sums of money, and upon their return obtain it from
them.

Titres owes woe pas into against her, but in each one
the Recorder decided that the evidence was not sufficient to
convict upon, and she was Aapsitted.