The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-23 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before Baron Bramwell)
THE TAILORS' STRUM

Norval Egeterg was clamed with &intuiting Liao
Keyser. _ _ _

li:erjeant Ballantine, Mr. Sleigh, and Mr. F. H. Lewis
prosecuted ' • Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner.
This case also arose out of the tailors' strike.
The prosecutor was a journeyman tailor in the employ
of Mr. Woolmerhausen, a master tailor, carrying on
business in Conduit-street. Upon one occasion while be
was on his way home he was met by the prisoner and a
man named Peterson, who asked him if he was employed
by Mr. Woolmerhausen. He told him that hewas,and they
then said he must not vr-rk there as there was a strike,
and they said that if he kept on working for Mr.
Woolmerhausen they would kill him in less than three
days. He wee then about to walk away when the prisoner
struck him a violent blow in the aide which knocked him
down, and he then ran away. The prosecutor was se
much hurt that he was obliged to have a cab to take him
home. Peterson, it appeared, absconded, and has not
since been heard of.

Mr. Ribton, in addressing the jury, said he was in-
structed to appear on behalf of the Operative Tailors' Asso.
elation and he could assure them that they had not the
slightest wish to countenance anything like an act of vio-
lence, but on the contrary they were desirous to do all
in their power to discourage such proceedings. He was not,
therefore, instructed to deny that the prosecutor was to.
saulted, but the defence he had to make to the charge was
that the prisoner was not the person by whom that assault
bad been committed.

A witness named Rosenberg was then examined. The
effect of his evidence appeared to be that there wee a ge-
neral opinion that the prisoner was not the man who 0301.
Milted the assault, and he, in consequence of this, west
to the prosecutor and asked him if he was SUM that the
prisoner was the person who struck him, and he replied
that he was not, and that the reason he swore at the
police-office that he was, was that he had promised his
master to do so.

Some further evidence was adduced, the effect of which
was to show that Keyser had admitted to other partite
that he was not certain as to the identity of the prisoner.
Mr. Sleigh, in reply contended that the evidence far
the defence could not be relied on, as the witnesses were
evidently interested in the strike and had a direct object
in view, namely, to procure the release of the prisoner.
The jury, after deliberating for some time in the box,
expressed a wish to retire to consider their verdict.
The whole of the defendants who bad been convicted
were then called upon to surrender to receive judgment.
An affidavit was put in on behalf of the defendants
Druid, Lawrence, and Adamson, which stated that they
had done all in their power to carry out the pledge given
at the last session that the system of picketing should be
discontinued. They were, 'however, overruled by the
committee; but now that the illegality of the system bad
been established it was said that in future it should be
discontinued.

Baron Bramwell (after having consulted the Recorder)
addressed the defendants in • kind and earnest manner
upon the folly of their attempt to coerce other parties and
prevent them from exercising their talents and labour 111
the way they thought best, and he thought the beat wane
would be, with all except Knox, to take their words that
the act which they now knew wee illegal should not be
repeated, and allow them to depart. As to the other de.
fendant, Knox, who had been guilty of personal violence
and intimidation, the sentence upon him would be this.
months' imprisonment and bard labour.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)