The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-26 00:00:00

AfSIZk INISLLIGBNCE.

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HOME CIRCIJIT.-Ithrowrom, MARca 24.
CROWN drnm—(Esforn Mr. Justice Wightman.)
Witham Geonx Saunders, 45, was charged with uttering
a forged cheque for 101. 10s., with intent to defraud.
Mr. Lilley conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was
defended by Mr. Doyle.
It appeared that on the 214 of February a lad named
Turner was passing along High-street, Borough, when the
prisoner came up to him and handed him a letter, and
requested him to take it to the shop of Mr.
Russell, and say that he bad brought it front
Mr. Gill, the upholsterer, and he was to wait for an
answer. The ladtook the letter as directed, and Mr. Rua.
sell, upon opening it, found that it contained a cheque for
101. 101., and he was requested to accommodate Mr. Gill,
who is a neighbour with change for the cheque. No sus.
picion being entertained, the money was' given to the boy,
and as he was going towards Mr. Gill's shop, he met the
prisoner and gave him the money, and he gave him 2d., and
immediately afterwards the prisoner was joined by another
man, and they both got into a cab, which drove off towards
London-bridge.
_The lad Turner,. who seemed to have acted
with a great deal of intelligence in the affair, seemed to have
his suspicions aroused by the conduct of the prisoner, and
he followed • the cab, and gave information to a
police constable of what had taken place, and he stopped
the cab. The moment he did so the prisoner and the other
man jumped out and ran off, but were panelled, and the
prisoner was apprehended, but hla companion contrived to
make his escape Upon his being taken back to Mr.
Russell's shop he erc6imed, "It's all right; got the
money," and he handed ever the ten guises. to Mr. Russell,
and, upon enquiry being made, it turned out that the
choose and the letter were both forgeries.
dealt:C=l"i asalithow‘mathatl2.lurbienior
mlettrewelunpeer. nodthei;
=; but he did not all any witnesses to show that
was the least foundationca for such a suggestion.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Lilley informed the court that them were two other
cases la which the prisoner appeared to have passed forged
cheques under similar circiimstances, and there was every I
reason to believe that he had been systematically engaged in I
these proceedings. : • '
The prisoner was sentenced to three years' penal servitude.
The criminal business was concluded to-day, with the ex-
ception of a charge of assault upon a female, which was spe-
cially fixed for Monday morning. Mr. Justice Wightman
tried one common jury mum, " Edwards v. Snuggs,"
which was an action td mover the amount of a
surgeon's bill, mad noise wee given that when the
caws above mentioned is finished on Monday, the
common jury causes will all be taken in their order in the'
crown court, so that it will be well for all the parties to he
reedy, or their causes may be struck out.

CIVIL erne.

Lord Chief Justice tide criclnot finish the criminal
business at Lewes until mid-day on Friday, and he ar-
rived here this morning, and the civil court was opened nt
ten o'clock. There are 57 muse, entered, 12 of which are
set down to be tried by speilajuries. None of the spe-
cial jury cases will be tabaCbsfore Wednesday morning, at
10 o clock.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-WARWIM, MARCH 24.

(Tido!, adotHarce Pollock.)

mnas T. WALL —• BMW= TWO CLOWTS.
Mr. liaosaley, Q.C., and Mr. Meld were counsel for the
plaintiff ; and Kr. Mellor and Mr. Wills for the defendant.
The plaintiff and defendant are equestrian clowns, the
plaintiff being known to the public as " Jem Myers, and
the defendant as the " Queen's Jester" and "Elhakspearian
Clown." The action was brought to recover a band
which the defendant had sewed, with • number oi'llct
which were stowed away in It; elan compensation for the
loss sustained by the plaintiff not being in possession of this
band carriage. The defendant denied that he was guilty of
the erasure, and also pleaded that the several articles sad
band carriage were his property.
It appeared that the plaintiff was not only "a
clown," but he was also the proprietor of an equastrisa
circus in Birmingham ; that the plaintiff purchased of a
person named Hempling • coantity of equestrian " pro-
perties," in which was included a baud ear, and that whilst
the plaintiff wee RA West Bromwich the dsfandant sapt.
two horsey seined the car, end forcibly took passim-
sion of it ; the defendant alleging that the car was his
property, he having purchased the whole of the properties,
including this ear, from the plaintiff. The plaintiff, how-
ever, denied this, stating that he had lien of IW. upon
it, which Resenting owed him, • and which mod be
pail before he should give it up to Walled, to whom it
was said to be sold. On the part of the defendant it was
stated that a receipt which the plaintiff had put in, setting
forth that two horses were sold to Hempling for 501., was
correct aster as the horses were concerned, but that a fur-
ther memorandum, placed at the foot of the receipt, stating
that the plaintiff had purchaaed of Ranipling the band ear
in question, was not .13 the receipt when Rumpling seised it.
This was the nod point in dispute. The jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff.

WESTEF.N CIRCIIIT.—Divinnt, MARCH 2t
The ooninslssion was opened here to-day, and the trials of
prisoners will commence on Monday morning. Up to last
night no nisi pries cusses had been entered. The calendar
contains the zanies of 46 prisoners, 11 of whom can neither
read nor write, 9 can reel only, 20 can read and write int•
perfectly, and 6 only can read sad write well. A child only
eight years of age is charged with setting fire to some straw;
and a surgeon, 75 years of age, is indicted for causing the
death of • woman by unskilful treatment. There Ii
one ease mu er, the prieoser being a Spaniard, and the
trial is likely to last a couple of days, there being a large
number of witnesses to be examined.

NORTHERN ClRClllT.—Lrizapoox, ?Luca 24.
Asszassosts ama.—(l6dore James J. Aston, E.q.)

In this one which was hrouOt by Mn. Usher, of Wood.
street, Salford, widow of the We William Usher, stone-
mason, of that muse 'nee, the pisiNif meet to recover
ocenmesalia from William llaoidnwu for breach of a pro-
mise
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Mr. Elfish, silk printer, Liverpool-street, Ward. whisk
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