The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-08 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Beton Mr. Boikin, Amistant-Judge.)
DISPYRATI roAcsibo A FrilAT ON LORD EN PIELD.S
ESTATE.

JoAn Price, 32, a tall, powerful-looking men, was indicted
for having unlawfully assaulted, beaten, wotinded, and di-
mmed George Hopktosos.
Mr. Cooper appeared on behalf of the prisoner, and no
ootuthel having been instructed tom:Out the prosecution the
court directed the county solicitor, Mr. Allen, to put the ease
into the hands of Mr. Metcalfe, who accordingly appeared sa
conned for the prosecution.
The prisoner was a notorious poacher, and the charge
against him was a most serious one, of attacking one of
Lord Enfield's gemekeeeent, at South Mims, with • gun.
The progenitor deposed-1 am gamekeeper to Lord En-
field, at Wrothsen-park, in this county, and on the 13th of
October I was in a wood, at the pariah of South Mime, the
property of Lord Enfield, at about Sin the morning. David
Tinsley was with roe. I hued a gun tired in •
field, which wee about sixty yards dietant from
the spot where I was, and I saw the prisoner
run pick something op. I went round and got to •
gate
_about twenty yards from the prisoner, and as soon u he
beard sue hejeuneset into • ditch, and I went towards dm,
and hallooed out, " Oh, It's you, Pries, is it r' He had in
his hand the gen I sow produce, be took the clip off the
barrel, whlob he them took from the auk, and put it in his
pocket. He said, "You if you WWI my
nearer me south your brains out, end taking the b wed
oat of Ids pocket, he struck at me with tt as hard as be could,
and the blow fell on my right eye and cheek-boos. I had
neither touched nor attempted to touch the prisoner before
be did that. The blow caused • most severe wound on the
face, and I closed with him, and got him down, and was
taking the barrel boat him when • second man cam up,
and said to the prisoner " Hold hard, mite, I will —soon
me him." The was had a doubieberreled iglu which he
pat together, and said to ma, " Now if you don't let go of
him, and let him get up,' fire at you." As he pat the
barrel to the stock, be put caps on the nipples,
and held the plea about three yards from me,
mid main threatened to shoot me. I turned to him aid
said, ",Mied, it yon du shoot, you an known ; this is Price."
The prisoner then said, "Don't about him, shoot his dog."
I bad then got the primer down, he had me by the throat,
nod we were looked together. I called out to my man, who
wee et MOM distance, to ems to roe, end when he came up,
I gave Ma the gun-barrel I had then got from the prisoner.
• simile took place for it, Gad I and my man and the pri-
soner er had hold of it et the mime time. He took both the
band and the meth from the prisoner. I took from the pri-
mmer • fresh killed ham. My man Tinsley went away with
W gun and railed the other man by his name, James Smith,'
who then ran away. I and the prisoner were then lett
alone for • minute, when be suddenly gave me a blow with
Ms knee on a particular part of my person. I fill in ?gray,
sad Mrolled are over, got on the top of me and said, "Now
you —, be master," and he kept on kicking me In the
ems pert with his knee. I add, "Are you going to murder
r sad Tinsley then coming up he knocked the prisoner
off. I got up, and the prisoner took off his handkerenief and
maid be would see It out, He made another rush at me,
but I shoved bite to the edge of the wood, and ordered
him off. He said he; would not go without his bare and
gm. I Paid he ahould have neither. He then pulled out •
knife sad threatened to rip ins open. It wee a large clasp
knife, sad was open. I pulled oat my life protector, as he
was coming towards toe, and be then ,hut up his knife,
rushed at me again and struck me over the eye, and I caught
him on the arm several blows with the weepon I had in my
hand. He then neat away. I have suffered very much in
cone/guano@ of the blows given me by the prisoner, and have
worn • truss over since.

fiteProstscutor ..ser.oss-examined by Mr. Cooper, who
eadeavoured to elicit that • grrst deal of provocation had
boon riven to th• prieolaw, bat the ettaesa gays him outlaws
in a plain straightforward way, sad evidently told a truthful
vandal of that affair._ _

-Ttavtdfins-17;;aid be was with the keeper Hopkineen in
Chase Wood on the morning in question, and hearing a gun
find they saw Price. The keeper ran towards the wood
corner, and witness went in another direction to pre mien an
escape that way. He saw the keeper struggling with the
prisoner and a man named James Smith was pointing
• double-terrel gun at the prosecutor. He saw him put
**caps on before. I (deposed witsees) called out " Hold
hard, Hamer Smith, I know you," and he then ran sway. I
got through a hedge after him and he got away, and I went
heck to Hopkinson, and, after • struggle, we got the gun.
barrel the prosecutor had been struck with end the hare from
the prisoner. and I ran and bid them in • ditch. When I
got beck the prisoner wee on prosecutor kicking him with his
kw*. I; bad him' off, and when they got up, Hopkinacm
collared him and told hies logo off Lord Enfield's premises.
He said he would not go without his gun and his bare, and
opened 'clasp knife, and stepped towards Hopkinson, when
dog had seized prisons' by the leg. Hy dog gee at biro by
the shoulder. I took the dogs t ff, and held them ; the
struggle went on between the keeper and prisoner, and the
prisoner wee hit on the arm with the ide-preserver by the
keeper Both prisoner and Smith were well "known so or.
Cross-examine I—Oa of the dogs watt a bull mastiff ; both
ordinary dogs used by keeper.. Hnpkioeos was very int.
bearing to the prisoner ems after be had so ill-used him, by
the hard kicks.
_

Wm. Gosling—l am a police constable and apprehended
the primer re two warrant.. one Inc this assault and one
for trespassing in parse& of game on Lord Enfield'. grounds.
The prisoner demanded to see the warrants. and they were
'bowel to kim. I then took him to the station, and h. raid
it wes s good job he had not got a goad stink with him at the
time, as the proreutor had, or he should have wiled him.
The prisoner wee taken before the ni.gistrote, and C. H.
Cottrell, Esq., of Hadley, committed him for trial.
• surgeon residing at South Mime, who hod 'Vended the
resonator, deposed that the injuries inflicted by the kick,
bad produced hernia, most likely to be permanent, the blow
with the gun barrel mast hare been a lawn severe one, and
the prosecutor bad suffered& good deal, and was still likely o

Mr. Cooper made a chart address to the jury. and urged
that according to his imamate°. e the prmaser had wed no
more:violence then was to defend himaelf, though
no doubt at the time he was doing that which wee contrary
to law, poaching. Whether the game laws were good or
bad, could not be dimuseed to ouch a matter, they
Sneed part of the law of the land, and of mune se long
tat: so, they meet be obeyed. A. to his fight, for it was
more or less, there bad bees a good deal of violsom
on both sides, the prisoner had been "paid out" with a life
preserver, and he hoped the jury would be able to come to the
conclusion that the prisoner, if guilty, was only !MIAs to the
charge m the last count.
. . . . .

The learned learned Amistant-Judge having munmed up the
evidence, the jury immediately found the prisoner Usdlty
upon all the count. of the indictment.
Mr. Metcalfe wated that the prisoner had bees convioted
nn less thee 15 time. of poaching, larceny, and other
offence., sod was undoubtedly • meet de.perate and dangerous
Olga.
. _ .

The Aeeistant•Judge said that, irrespective even of that
statement of the learned counsel, there wee sutEcient In this
we alone to j•eU the court in puniehing tee prisoner to
the fttU extent the law allowed fur the ofhnce he had bees
oonvicted of. Not only did the court concur with the verdict
on the Bret count, but be thought • more onions charp
could hare been suetained r.gainet the prisoner, which
would have rendered hint liable to ot►er ooweque•ter. The

sentence yes that Its he imprisoned and kept to herd labour
in the Howe of Cerreetton for three years as a warning
to others of the same reckless and lawless dam pursuing
they practice*.

SWINDLINO.

JosiaA Selwyn Brewer, draibed u a schoolmaster and
lecturer, 43 year. of age, and wearing a profusion of
mcautule, was indicted for fraudulently obtaining from
Edward Robson a queitity of books and other articles, value
661., the properly al the sold Edward Rotes" with intent to
deiraud. He was farther Indicted for kevirs obtained
fraudulently frws luaus Rogers leopon or 71. 13s.

Mr. thetieMa ta the dm ;MIN sad Mr. drridgr, In the
woad eats, mad anted the yrossontlea f w the Society kw the
Prate:etas of Trade. Mr. Cooper dethadrd the primer.
Mr. Meant 80b..., of the ors. of 80b... sad Avery,
statmaers sad boatel/we, Ithrwerereed, stead that the
prlooaor awns to hlm and said he was living la apartment@ la
Quos-otioto, Edgwon-tood, sad woo la twisty for a booth
where he Wended to • Kissel to prepay rain

gentlsmen for Oaf rd nod Cambridge, soil wonted rgotd litany
books. He ;minced, ea a ref. ranee a pass• Look. from
which it woul.l appear that he had an account at lt
Glyn's, and be repreeenrei himself to SJ a am of Dr. Brewer,
the author of the t, Schnee," sod other well. k,ww
popular works. The pets-book .bowed a Road Lalsnce in the
primate. favour, but he wished to have credit from quarter to
quarter. Believing front his manner end appearance that his
tokrtatatamae etre true, he was aupplioi by attar to trim
time to time with b elm of a valuable description for seholse•
tic purposes. In September be gave lioness a bill for 351.,
payable at Glyn's a month after date, "as he bad jest lent
a friend 3001, and could not p-y In c ash." The bill was dis-
honoured, there bring no ethers ; but still as he had seen the
banker's book, and believed the prisoner to be Dr. Brewei's
son, reliance wee placed upon him, bat eventually it was
toned that he wan a swindler, and that he way in custody at
Hingrelere on another °Miry. Witoers went and made this
charge against him, and the 100.1 magistrates tent him in
onerody to London.
Dr. Brewer, the sutbor of the "Guide to Science," ikc.,
was called, and mid he had never wen or had sty knowledge
of the prisoner before ibis c. 0., came to Lie attention. The
prisoner was hot LL sun. They rata nearly of tie room
A clerk from Wows. Glyn'aproved that the prison:l. sever
had en account there.
_

Proof Inv. then given that tha priaoner pawned the books
r aeon aa he obtained them.

George Deane, superiareadent of pike at Hingsclere, said
he apt rehended the priocuer no the charge, for wticb he warn
taken tasters the niagiatratem there, ant found the duplicecs
of the books upon him. Ile bed known the prisoner for
tansy years u s ecbeolmester, Hit father wo • Bch**
muter at Kqapelsre, but he arse te doctor, end sorer went
by tha nuns or Dr. Brewer. The prisoner was well known
about Newbury and Blugacters.
Mr. Caper euggested in • few words that possibly the
primmer intruded to pay for the goods when be obtained thm.
If the jury thought otherwise they moat oont;ct
The Amistant-J edge said the MAW eppsered to him to he
iao conclusively proved that be shoold not trouble the jury
with any remarks upon it; would be almott en itomlt to
men of btoeinese and undrieranditg.
The Jury mica these could be nu doubt about it, and found
the prisoner °witty.
Mr. Cooper slid the pewter wished him to call the atten-
tion of the court to some letters end other document. which
we!a is hie poseemion.

Mr. Ddet;aite raid he could offer no objeoHon to anythieg
erbielt might be urged in tue priooner's favour, but before
that were d me, be bad • word or two to say aga•trot him.
Thies man was prosecuted by the Tref. Ymteotion 8 oriely,
and he had been carrying on a system of swindling for the
last 15 years and had obtained more thou 2.0001. worth of
geode from fears,
principslly in the hoot blames.. Ha
bad obtained mousy also by representing himself to be an at-
toiney, and ones as toot a bone at Linton, repreeentieg
that he woo about to esttblioh a first-class school for young
gentlemen going to Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and
hampers and packegra of goods of all kinds were sent to the
pine from London and eloewbore, and at lest he decamped,
hewing "old or got rid of the things, and was oomplutaly
roared out. He turned up in London as a honorer, and ay-
named the name of Dr. Brewer, bat a more tooorrigfble
swindler the ouurt had never lad to deal with. He bad
stolen 3001. from Newbury.

Mr. Orridge said his case was this—the prosecutor hop-
paled to be passing Psddiegtoo-green when he heard the
prisoner giviug a teeters On the Cultivation of Ireland."
Being struck by his plausible manners. and consideriag Ira
• person of information and attainments, he entered into
conversatio• with him, and be happened to mention that be
bed • claim to some oonsideralde properly in Devonshire.
The prisoner thereupon said be was a solicibtr and =del-
ta* to proceed fr him in the matter, and subsequently rot
prenatal that the parties interested in the property were so
'farmed and startled at the prelirnisery siva be had taken,
that they bad offered a compromise of 1,0001., hat ha was so
we of ultimate snooty that ha add not advise Ms to ac-
cept it, but go on. He the got out of him 71. or 81. tops
necessary charges ;" fortunately, it was no more. The prl
sonar was by trade • shoemaker, bat he seemed to have oar-
tied on en extensive and extraordinary system of sw:ndliee.
Mr. C. He'd much better have stuck to hi. last.
(Laughter.)

The MeWiest-Judge (to the prisoner) Obeervations
would be entirely thrown away upon a person of your
description. The duty of the court is to protect the public
frets those who live by plundering than, and +hoed appear-
1111CIN moaners, and subtlety are such that even the most
wary may be thrown off thaw guard. Ths sentenoe upon
yon is three years' penal servande.