The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-16 00:00:00

A&SIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WISTERN CI RCU IT. —Bus rot, A co. 15.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
JAMMU BT NEXT FRIEND r. WILLIOISON.-BRIACII OF
?ROBIN' O^ ILLEMIROF.

Kr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Cola idge were for the plaintiff;
Mr. Carter sad Mr. Cole ha the def sea
Mr. Clieridge opened the pdmga. The action wee
fora breach of promise of marriage. The defendant pleaded
Ant, that be did not sad second, that the plain-
tiff had been guilty lewd and uncha•ite conduct, whereby
he was released.

Xr. Collier, in stating the GM, said the plaintiff was a
yea, girl of oily seventeen years of age. Her father
was • reepostable man--• master carpenter, living in Hol-
born; he had several children, and had brought them up
reepsotably. He sad his wilt were both very hoses* per.
soma, although in a ameba sphere of life. The defendant,
Mr. Williams, wee a victualler, and in 1858 be was amt.
pysag • house coiled the Sugar Loaf, in Kingwtreet, Drury-
line; London. Thiit house was burnt down, and the plain-
tars father being employed upon the rebuilding of it,
he formed an massistance with the defendant, who
at that time was • tarried man. They railed and
drank tea together. At that time tie plaintiff was only
13 rears old. In 1837 Mr. Wffliouneon's wife died, and
be west out of Wawa for a time ; but early In 1868
he went into business again a tay.:rn called the Three
Tuns, Newwtmee, Itetterdene. At this time the plaintiff
was about Moss yeah of age. ,nd the defendant
to her puysts she should ,;omens and live withlTio=
sort of server or baremaid. The parents had • good
deal of to this ; they did not like a part with so
• dri,
_nor did they ',airily sp. rove of lar going to
live at • ,e-lenmes. However, deft...dant meld be would
lake as mime awe of bee as it she w.l his own child and
wadi be • Sather to her, and yielding to these importuni-
ties, boo pareste unfortimately allowed her to go into his
moan net proved the phintiff 's ruin. In a very
that taw the defendant sedated her under a
pmenlas of marries*. The poor get for • loan time
oestrived to conceal her shame, and it was not
lima as hod been enceinte erverel months that her mother
dasovend the coalition in vi Kith she was. Her parents
bed all along relied on the siofeudat', promise to behave
is her m a father, and when they discovered what had hap-
pened they were of course gristly diamond. 'fhe mother
eaffei spa the dotailent to itplissid Ides with his gross
inalset =hide odd, "Oh, d“n't think anythim of it. I
alums to marry your daughter, and 441 do so
mew. Upon heating that, the good woman's grief was a
gseddeslmaderetsd. Subsequently, however, the father
west to Wm, when he maw. ii the po.ndas, sad mid the
marriage should take place linnudiately. Believing in
his promises, the poor girl made prepar..tious for berwedduog.
'Be defendant did not get the ring or publish the bum:
be bad proonined, and the poor girl was moaned.
that be bops to make excuses, and when the father celled
upon him afar bee ouninement, and asked him to falai his
promaa, he mid, " Oh, she a too young." He visited her
several times after this, and repeated hi promise to marry.
As he did not keep hie promise, the gild wrote to ask him
to give her • eberater, to amain her to get • situatioa if
be did at intend a make her his wife. Ile (Kr. Collar)
would new read the dideodantle answer. It wee in thine
word, : " This is to fortify that Elizobeth Jackson bad
with me se bernmdd, sad I fond her strictly sober, honest,
and Industrious Grove-hoax, Kenn...item." The learned
amnia than Ito manumit severely on the Ilse ad
deface which was adding in eh to the injury he
bed and was without Imendatoa.
The plaintiff's case having closed,
Kr. Carter mid be had to ask his lordship to
the ewe. He wee iodinated that Vionent, who kd been
brought dews from London as • mars for the defence,
had beat threatened by the plaintiff's party, sod hod bees
effeetuallypot out of the way.
Mr. Collier said he could believe that Waist would not
appear, bat not for the reasion
Mr. Carter said the witness had been brought down to
prove the plea on the record. As is woe instrwaed, he bed
been threatened by the plaintiff's ateserney.
The attorney, Mr. Hutchins, indignantly denied that be
had sees the man.
_ _

Xr.7lMdice Keating—Don't let us here s scene. Ms
tio►t that I should state thut I mu not yielding to Kr.
Oarter's spvikistion, berauas no proof hes been offered of
whet M veggested, sad I am sure the jury, until it is proved
by evidence, will dismiss the iniputenson hem their minds.
It is about the time, however, at which I proposed to rise,
aid we will see whet the looming will p ore.
Mr. °atter said he hoped to dad the witness by the mon-
is& sad the court thee tom.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LrvEspooL, Avo. 15.

Mr. Biros Martin toot hi neat on the bench in the
Crown Oourt 'this morning at 9 o'clock.

ZbIBLZILIVICIT
Robert Brett, darkroom, a person of gentlemanly appear-
ewe, in the aith year of his age, formerly the manager of
the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to having
tonged and uttered several receipts for moneys, with intent
to defraud the trustees of that institution. There were two
Mier trot) bills found sexiest the prisoner for similar
obsess, to each of which he also plaadedguilty.
Mr, Bohai, for the prisoner, Legged to direct the attem
ties of his lordship to one or two pante in the case. The
privoner had, it wan true, pleaded guilty to forging and
uttering ; but it would be seen that the offence was more a
ease of embezzlement than forgery ; indeed, it was forgery
to cover embezzlements. The Pinner, at the time he corn.
ratted this offence, was the general manager of the North-
ern Holmdel ; and as each had the sole control of all the
funds. He bad received several mum and bad not accounted
fer them.

---11;17,Ordship--I know all the facts of this case from the
adrnom.
Bolton —lt will be seen that since the charge was
made against the prisoner he bas made every reati.
tntion be could. it was true he had committed
forgery for the purpose of covering his embesrle•
meets, and not for the purpose of fraud. The prisoner had
returned in the first instance 1001., thus giving up all he
hsd. There were law sums passing through his Lamle,
and from the greet benefit that the metitutimi hadimined
from the prisoners services :aid exertions, he (Yr.=
m was sure that the tumbrel' were more then cam
for the sums (about 9001.) he was deficient. The prisoner
was a man with a family, having • sick wife, and had only
• salary of 1001. This was not sufficient to enable
him to associate with persona from whom benefit
might grim to the iofirmary ; and it was to he
repelled that the hinters had nut remunerated his
services better. But the prisoner haul pleaded guilty, and
be (Kr. Bolton), in his mune, begged this court to look mer-
cifully upon him. The prisoner entirely threw himself on
his lordp's mercy.
His lordship, in passing sentence upon the prisoner, said
there was one observation made by the learned counsel in
which he perfectly agreed, *lamely, teat the crime to which
he had pleaded guilty was inure like esibesalement than
forgery but it was embezzlemeat of the wont kind. He
hardly knew of • ease with won. features than that .if •
person, while profaning to be eurpoted in the collec-
tion of money for a charitably institution, to ap-
propriate such moneys to his own
_purposes. It
amid not be permitted for a person to go about collecting
moneys, sometimes from pour pension who wished to do
charitable dicta, to appropriate them to his own use, and to
cover him own dedalcationa. This was as bad a cam as it
was pmaible to commies and there was no doubt but that
it carry with it its own punishment in a certain de-
pee bet it could not he allowed to go unpunished by the
bw. His lordship then sesteuced the prisoner to fifteen
atoothe imprisonment, with hard labour.
The prismar we. then removed from the dock.

TIM 11111=1ems' BTIIIII AT OLDHAM. —CRAIIOII 011,
/I WIDICIL

Jamas AP lair% 34, and Miehad Brett, TT, described in
the ealeadar as beickinithers, were indicted for having, oo
tits ItTtia d Jane let, caused the death of Richard Richards,
a Nave* 40klbase.
Dr. Ably, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Darnley), ap-
peared Mr the prosecution ; and Mr. Maine defended the
priesaera
Is this ease, it appeared from the evidence of the several
Miaow called, that co the morning of the day in question
the two primmer, were at work in a brickfield be-
te Mr. Oil, la Oldham. About noon they
reitalk• • publis-howse. the Man mid NM, when