The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-19 00:00:00

OONVIOIZON OP 4 LEEDS SURGEON FOR

HOW' lITILLLIANG.

At Hooting Quarter Sweeions, on tho 14th inst.,
am of the mem for trial was that of John D. Hepworth,
aged 61, s sage= of Podory, end kerstely of Hanalei-
leas, Loa; who wee charpd with Moefonaly taking away
end steding a gekUnt of the value of 301., the grown), of
Mr. F. Heed, of filt.
The prisoner Wooded guilty; sad on being mired by the
Broader W. W. Awes, Bs+) it be had anything to my,
teed a statement which see Sere ihst it woe with shams
and contuaion of tam that be Wised to sodegvedim a peel-
Mt"ldgem; that he had been a gnaws ofcongesti Care Wipe ; bed
es ; had suffered from on et the
had becomsurgeon ean habitail spina War messinesee
of hammiest, ; ised test posies Y Ye prefeeden ; wee et
times is s mete of noted set dents whim Its did; had •
steer els yew he an ; bed had e IMO, of mom than
twenty ; was 6.1. ass :et asst and 810 miles from
home; had gems ie R le begeses his , had
deilmeed hems YMr. s seesellisom, wake wee
stinted 112 eat a few preset; est was in needy oframs-
stimese. The Eskimo again Mischief hie guilt, and tit the
most shiest est Ames memoq by whisk moms! peruse
was moved is tees efeempeseloit, beemmhed the Recorder
le masider his ego ash isannity, and to have mercy upon

F. Jobs the, a eradstapler, from Pudasy, presented •
ri=from ths mast inhabitants of that tows
11 el the prisster. He was to • position to prove
simulmases si sigustures to the pentioa, sad had
ems KO Wise, seerilidas Was and money, to enlist their
sympodidso on &COMO et lee prisoner's previous good
eSersdor.

Joshua Mechill, a mail imartilleaer, residing at Pad-
say, also spoke in fewer of the planer, reneging that be
bed known Ids kw tea or twelve years, and had attended
him peellimbisilly ants the summer of lest year, when he
wee sullen has as allection of the brain. It was at that
tlsa sasommy to keep him under restraint. He
bed soda& Wet prima was sometimee of tusiound mind.
On one masks be borrowed • bridle and went into a geld
sand took a hone end led it through the streets. He earned
to labour under some strange dein/Ica about horses. la
of this opinion, Mr. Machin' handed to the Recorder
6a=tcroherently written document beaded with V.A., sad
parporting to be an authority for the prisoner to parchais
horses for her Majesty's troops.
The Recorder observed that the prisoner was convicted by
his own confession, and though it might be painful to find a
greduate of Cambridge in the condition of the primmer, yet
he (the Recorder) hada ditty to perform from which be could
not swerve. He wee pleated to find that two gentleman had
coma a long way to offer Weir testimony is the pri-
soner's favour; the prisoner bid also brought to his
notice that ha had already endured a long period
of impriaonment ; yet waving oomideratkas In
favour of the tesosiony of those pathway. and believing
that the prisoner had already snared • good deal &nag his
omitinement, yet ea a warning to others, be (the Recorder)
treated that he should be jastillsd is the eentanos he was
about to peas, which was that the prisms be ousted in her
Majesty's Hose. of Correction at Lewes, and kept to bard
labour, for the spice of right calendar months.