The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-06 00:00:00

THE FXPRESI3, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1859.

am of a costal dealer in Backchureh-lane, Whitechapal,
who it appeared bad bought it in • regular way of Liminess
from a Mr. Day, a metal dealer in the West lochs Duck-
/I'LL COURT 0? DIVOIK., AND ATIIMONIAL OAOI3EB. road. The price given for it ersecid. pee lb its weight
"1" for eee """n" brine between 14 and 13 tons. Day had, it appeared, only
—Appal. Curti.. Pot Jaaamt Sam v. no• and Ilko. -
la-pa. Nakao: Napa Elsa sal Solarae-11111 v. Ha NW plata negoo fated the sale for Id. per lb., avesingto give to Tut tleby
31444h•a__ . all._fedrwi jonno„....,tedne Inn and Irwin, who brought It to him in a cart, 80. per lb. for
(biackall. yr. Ries yerua, sad the [trkt Sae. Ea C. Crsaeu. The bea, when found, had a mull piece broken out of it,
mid when the police made inquiries every facility wee afforded
No
dem by the parties through whose hands it had pawed.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.--JAs. 4. No evidemee was given so to how Tuttleby and Irwin became •
(Before Mr. Connuationar Murphy.) peesseed of It, and the only thing mentioned to implicate
11 ABRAHAM HARRIS.
diktat was that he had been seen near the prosecutor's pre-
This insolvent, a taller and outfitter in Ratcliff-highway, anises, sad had leaked some one to help him to do a job,
_ ynot se hat
who applied under the Protection Act, was opposed by Mr. The but did
Recorder wit am.
Reid for three redil,ra , having heard the evidence, said that it was
Mr. Bargood supported. •
0.
not enough to convict the prieobere upon, end directed an
be given up to the pr Acquittal, &ratting the bell to abeeiAlor.
The ease occupied siestas time, and seemed to have created Joke Harrinoton. 22, tanner, and Beery Georyr, 23,
a good deaf el interest .m.ong the denizens of the East fromveers fadiotd for aiding end abetting one neninef
the crowded state of tho ••cmrt. The insolvent owed 2401., Aaanith to kill and shy one Donald It• Donald.
mil lied upwards of sto 4/Ir. owing him by wafering men. It r. Metcalfe and Mr. T. H. Lewis prosecuted, and Mr.
wen aMeged.thet he ....Id pay ha debt., but he declared that Phillips defended.
l• WS WWI eAe ,I"Ped •,11. a,`.ooivb 0610.04 and "d takes The prisoners had been woods in a fatal pugilistic en-
2erlwith her who h had been returned. The Insolvent counter which took place in November lest at Abbey Wood,
irlanhe wu ill in bed be was robbed' lie admitted Kant, and the facts were precisely the same as those given
that shortly_ _ before he petitioned, he went and got drunk and leg session, when the principal was tried in tine court and
about 201
• convicted, excepting its being elicited in cross•eitaneination
Several witam" were called, and it "a proved fa that Harrington endeavoured to stop the tight site, the first
October the insolvent' stock wee worth about 4001. He few mend.,
could give hale or to M comma its diepoeltioa. The jury found them both Guilty, and George wee MR-
Mr. Read asked the court to dimihe the petition, or to teased to three end Harrington to one month's lin prim.
Mimes the am without ptoteeliont se the Meolvent could enent.
parolds he
Winded to the =mg et the insolvent's
wile ;,,,irr.
el Ids
Mr. Cemealseheme Murphy_ esesideted that on the
dence of the property the imalmet bed premed, mid the
nemtisfeetery account of the insolvent, le mold not nuns a
day for the Thal order.
Adjourned without protection.
IN RE CHARLE, WILLIAMSON.
Mr. Richard Martin appeared se counsel for the Good In-
tact Loan Society.
The insolvent and mother person had been some years
getting loans and @misting one another.
The court waived the second boning, and suggested a
I seellement.

I.atu inulltyncr.

nr as WILLIAM HAWU AIMMII.

Mr. Reed opposed, wed Mr. supported
Famed., the iIIedVIIMIS was in -bandies se • timber mer-
chant, MI tee dekt le do ocpod creditor wee contracted
whilst dt inels. The iesehnot ded ieea oat d bestows, and
the petition was Wed se a warreendor.
The court bald Yet se the debt wee louvered in trade the
Maltreat INS a ander.
Tedder Ilkodseed.
(Hire the Chief Cosakeeher.)

Mr. Noway ended der the aptioiatient ad ea easigsee is
the use, wild& yes bred is the weedy. TIDO-edge bed at-
imitated es emiseme, white the rusleftsit bed set billied ea
the ectotale.

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Amid Is es winks of dr
repair, owl Or waslimiles paid es mikados if
the keened asied.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

(Beter, Mt. Baron Martin and Mr. Jaen, Willis)
TYi ►lii AT OPAINWICI4.—TaIkL OP 116. HOPI.
(Concluded fr )enarday'a &refs.)

A mat wry witassies having been Asamisi tor the
. . . .

hie. brims& Belleadiaa able • art Aiwa. Mises
tO ths jury an bird af de rimer. Be rid bet
this ass hod ham wiwyesrapisfy dasedbal 26hts,brasil
bird, is la vsey ebb ill MIMI
d the air hared datertrissil= Wt wry art
whit bad herd dr trembrilsa et e s wlllasers tr Ilhe
rerbe asestlisse est drialmyebed bedesib
swa7 Lit he burred the he =Of wit* liftrn be
ray abbots ay
thew =I dist d was istawlisperiele thr dry amid ma-
dr bin sf dim rpm the whims, that Ird
bra bid bibs Orr . The Ins. Itsetsbee, was • tsar Mr-
hi au; rid Arad Mai. adders • few ressetts apes
de tridsass by whisk be et Ise as sought to be Mewed
hers te tits Oran ;
sod ida asst that Is &tad
be Ate b thaw for it was Wady brimpris to iambs set
the eiritp._ nitt etre if while ths petessma .rserred
w Moldy was boa say rd arty drip of murder—
*, starestfaa vas ef smelts bad as 1111111 rarely Imrd of.
His Waal Mod had shred that I was sot breaded to ink.
yrs is dr Omar dr tole d batnyfai his helpless
claim; bat I the Jury &Mil seas to the arshrisa that
M had era Inb bl• bars, tsar dis sinamstsates
did hod hew derided, sad he bald ad re bomber per
slide be way east stiattaidas is Is sedval r dna that, be
Isar bass oasamplatid the datinstios Dot only of hi.
aldiaiss but also d his wife sad dr Want that had just
bas Itewaght isle the world. Ths bat queers they hod as ,
realer yaw—whether the krisasow.was • mar who was

likely m have canTralttedsuaa&bifficaleriuse ;
and .M-
-ther a men who hod been proved to have always acted with
kinder and alaition towards his wife and children ehmild
suddenly have become actuated by the horrible intention to
destroy than is this Craig manner ? In all these caws the
jury were bound to look for a motive for each a crime, and in
erdutary cease It was shown that the motive was to obtain
some large perealsry benefit. What, however, was the cam
in the present instance.` thateed of making any profit by
the firm he submitted that it weequite clearly established by
the evidence for the prosecution that, Mated of being spina,
the prisoner would have been a serious loser. All
ha could, seder any circumetesom, have received
from the Ineursace-office would have been 30(11.,
and it had been proved that hs had bees offered
130/. for hie bailers, and there could be no doubt
that he had at least 2501. worth of property actually destroyed
in the dm, so that, mated of reaping any advantage, he
must have been a serious loser. A greet deal of stress had
been laid upon the removal of a small portion of the property,
bat he urged there was nothing to show that the prisoner's
statement of his having let his businsai was not true, and
that his only desire was to take what he called " breakables"
from his boas before his removal, in order that they might
not is destroyed. Even suppling, however, he had re-
moved this proterty, where was the evidence of fraudukat
intention, when it was admitted that there was a much larger
quantity of property actually destroyed than was covered by
the insurance? He then •laid the attention of the jury to
the period when the offence was alleged to have been COGII•
mitted, sad asked them whether it sus likely ilea • men who
contemplated the ronoviimiiio of such a crime should have
charm the petted just when his wife had been da-
nced, sad when he must have been well *were
that any sudden alarm would in all probability
prove fatal to her. He then proceeded to argue that the
theory put forward by the firemen, that the fire must
necessarily have corumeacid in the cellar, ought not to be
implicitly relied upon and he at the same time said that,
even if the jury should be of opinion that it was &correct
one, it wee not at all impossible that, if the fire commenced in
the shop, some sparks should have fallen upon the straw in
the cellar, and thus have produced the same result. The
learned serjeant concluded a most able speech by calling
upon the jury to dismiss the prisoner from the bar, certainly
not without haring suffered pain, sepia, and agony, but!
at all event, free from the imputation of being guilty of a
cri:be of this dreadful description.
A great number of highly respectable witnesses were then
examined, all of whom described the prisoner a being a re-
marketly Wad and affectionate man, and apparently devotedly
attached to his wife and children.
Boron Meath then proceeded to sum up the ease, and at a
quarter to seven o'clock the jury retired to deliberate upon
their verdict. They returned into court at a quarter peat
seven. mid gave a verdict of Not
There wee • bunt of applause when the verdict was pro-
nounced, which wee with some difficulty suppressed by the
officers.

fierjesat Tarry laid them was • charge of misdemeanour
against the pritionee, arising out of the mum transaction, the
edance imputed to him tieing that of endeavouring to obtain
morwy from the insurance elfin' by making • Glee claim.
The company were unwilitor to press the matter against the
primmer, and be wat anxious to have their lordships' opinion
whether the other indictment ouy ht to be gone on with.

Brea )(eruct eeid that he and Mr. Justice Wills veers
both depletion that the whole cam bad teen subsiaatially
laguired into, sad that it was unnecerwary to proceed with
the other indictment. At the emus titoe be wiehed It to
be understood that the court was very tat (rota expreeeing
aa opieion that there bad been anything improper in the in-
quiry that had alined, taken place.
A verdict of Not ()why erm then taken, and the pilsoner
was ordered to be discharged from custody.

NEW COURT.

(Before lb. Itmeorster.)

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common &leant)

Thomas Browning, 44, painter, and John Smith Perry,
IMO indiond for stealing • quantity of lead, an iron eels,
sod other fixture*, valued at 401., the property of James
Sivewright.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended
Browning.
Mr. Metcalfe having elated the cue to the jury, saki
that it wee one of the most impudent frauds that had ever
been brought into a court of justice. The real prosecutor in
thecae' wee • Mr. Robinson • gentleman who held leasehold
premises under the gentleman named in the indictment. The
premises were situate No. S, Farringdon-strest, and they
being to let, he had placed them into the halide of Mr.
Martin, the agent, of Skinner-street, City. Upon the 20th
of Nov. the prisoner Browning called and said to Mr. Mar-
tin that there wee a gentleman outside with • borosand chaise
who wished to take the premiers in Farringdon-street, sad in-
quired the norms and various particulars, lie wee
and then left, but came back again the same day, tut=
most anxious about taking the promises, and after some um-
venatMs an appointment was made for Mr. Robinson to
meet at Mr. Martin's offices. Browning aid that Perry was
• printer in • large way of bas Mon in Millbank-street, West-
minster, end wanted the premises to carry on that
bewhms, end that be would put in them an expusive stock
▪ immad ether property, consisting of valuable =schism
16. Meeirea held the puma* upon lOW under Biverieright
is, 2l years be. 1832. Upon the 23rd of November the
prism Parry net Mr. Robinson by hunt, at the
omens of Mr. Morita, and at was he with the
specious vapreembitoos of Piny, that he told the
agent be Idd not require say Maim sibeagh that
gentlemen peperly advised lam to make inquiries.
Mr. Mem, mised, sad dim sem bargaining
about pries, the to give 1001.
=tar the nal til&isimgbille with Mr.
kr OM must Peery he wanted to mia-
smal brims immedlatthy, sad /swam was given upon
the 11th. At that Mediae Tea at the bones on iron seta,
the parity al She kerbsika. Mr. Itiverwight, worth
sheen M.. -a Ord miss phasither sad No
doors,
whisk lama 104 besides *0 mil Wane. No sooner
thd they pt pamedem Iha they test Mast forcible means
bath* • sma named Bath; who had been put in to take
wee eras pith he not Mg at the time provided with
mem lethther. They beenglit lab the hones • men
wires they add wee the imen of • builder,
sad me Baiter as aaderstand that they wore about to make
the simatiman le begin beim, sad ler a blind to allow
Ibsen to my ea their owning undisturbed, set • mu to
week te elievesh the plane. They then took out the iron
sede, sad at. MI6 dotes andbittiens, which they cardsd
=earl law, Mee be bead that the whole of the
Mese tbe had. Mgr fittings and pipes were
by sae, sad else ci the legs sad cocks, the kitchen mege
sad bear. Beth Browabg and Perry were present dos-
They tem however watched by •
at amid limas, residing la 'Brother's-build-
thee, Is whom they bad opyilth ebent me Mime, ebe
make thee thermos keltigawaythestisd nd
tem eke roof, west
wire the Mow iste width It wee fat, and saw Browning
et Mr. Berwick, et when it wse
ed. Ileum then very peperly gave taformation
'--Ted teas spent and Ur. Rehires at onus taking
=7t the maim. and the Omen being
of wee then Mid that above 11101. datum ha=
thus le the Mos. It wee subsemently dieuvered that
there was as whim end MMus at Ifillbank-atrest.
I Drowsing Nei la • wrotabed
bhouse fa Lamb-streth BO-
sad Nary be the Camerwell-sasw-road.
Tiworthase,Misi was gem Cato at some length, fully
imperial tie eleirmat Erie by the tinned counsel.
Per Browatag, Mr. BYO wade • meet able address,
onikoling that be had say seed as the agent of Perry,
and othed Mame. who proved that be had been • sea in
• tap way of Mom, but was now reduced to the deepest
poverty, and thet this INS his first act of dishonesty.
The jury found them both Grotty, recommending Boma-
to mercy.
It wee them peeved that Perry had already sufficed two
years? imprimaimt for obtaining possession of • hone at
Kansiagtou, sad, as la this inhume, stripping it of the lead
end fixture.; and that, In November lan, he got pomoenoa
of two houses in Sethi-street, which he not only stripped
of the lead, fixtures, and all the wood that mold be disposed
of, but actually proceeded to sell the brick,.
The Common Serjeant, after remarking upon the difference
between the guilt of the two priaonera, sentenced Browning
to twelve months' imprisonment, and Perry to six year:
penal sawitade.
The comma for the propecution said that the conduct of
Flemas, the builder, had been highly commendable.
TM COMM 8110•11114 mid that he thought it vac

Constantine Laosnoor, 47, merchant, was indicted for rend-
ing to Carl Schroeder, a tnirminiateN letter, with intent to
extort money from him.
Mr. T. Atkinson persecuted,
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, who was
ezantined through the wafture% of en interpreter, that be
keeps • boarding-house in Finsbury-quire, and had out of
charity given the prisoner a lodging for • fey dap.. After
the pririner had left • letter Irmo him wee sent to the proem-
rigor. eigned by the posesser, threatessiog if be did nor send
him 101, he (proercuror) would be lost for ever, hinting that
he should make known some secret be pmerisad respecting
Prnarcutor immediately upon receiving this letter sent
it to Mr. Beard, the miltritor, std the police being rommuni-
c ited with, an appointment wee made with the prisoner, end
he was finally traced to liegle-titntet, City-road.
Teas jury returned s verdict of Godly, and the Recorder
sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment.
JoaTA .I.Aton, 43, carpenter, /rows 43,1aboorer,
end Samoa 71atieby, who bed been nut on bail, were in-
dicted for emelt*/ • metal bell, valued at 601, the properly of
Thomas Quieted ?Mae, Sag.
Mr. Cooper promoted, sad Mr. Sleigh end Mr. Metcalfed
(laded.

The facts of the caw, erlOch hove been very recently pivot,
were poled to be them —The Loll to .ineetdi, one of
BONIONO tt ike. had loss s pretest In the prnereulor. and
loss hop. osopssiled to s true is that reatlemeit's remade at
Weestsed. Upon the 3061 of November it was mimed, sad
some fee dips ellerwevela the police traced It to the purer