The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Jude; Bytes.)
William Bale., 80, carpenter, was Indicted for a rape upon
Emma Wright.
The jury returned a verdict Of Isf Guilty.

NEW COURT.
(Before the mod•.)

Thie morning the Kaffir who was found In Highgate-
wood, and sent to this court on a charge of sheep-stealing,
was, open the application of Mr. Robinson, ordered to be
discharged, the grand kap haring livered the bill preferred
against blur.
Thepoor fellow, who can only be made to understand by
signs, kept grinning and dancing with the gaoler who canoe
in the dock with him.

He ;ill-be detained in Minnie until his history can be
eecertahted.

Bobcat Way 1114" 29, lakarier, tru ccevicted of
Nod* a post latter.
The prisoner had been sanest to Yr. Burford, the Post-
office, at the corner of Norfolk-Anse, thread.

Sentence three yams' penal earritide.
Jibes Wert eurrendmed to take hie Irbil upon an indict-
ment charging him with causing an obstruction.
Mr. Clark and Mr. Beesley prosecuted; and Mr. Sleigh
dal/ended. _ . _

The defendant is the well-lmown teetotal lecturer, and the
obstruction complained of was his manning, in spits of all
nntonstratoe. to give lectern in Millpond-strait, Bets
niondsey, on Sunday morning, end causing • crowd to as-
semble is the road. The prosecution said they were not In
any way desirous of biterterlog with the defendant's most
y mission, but only desired him not to continue
teisbsetwr hes In that immediate spot.
A verdict of Chary was taken, and the defendant called
upon to enter into his own recognieancee to coma op for
judgment when called upon.
The Recorder said he hoped he might long conthitte hie
efforts to reclaim the intemperate, and advised him to Wed
some spot in the vicinity that could not be objected to.

THIRD COURT.
(Betve the Comma flerjeent.)

Marla IPliassal, 24, clerk woo in4leterd for stooling
2,940 bottles of ale, the tooporty of Augoatos Rainhaso,
. . . . _

itobinion prosecuted; Mr. Sleigh defended.
The prisoner had been In the senior of the prosecutor,
who stated himself to be en ate and wine merchant in the
City and the bottles of els had been rent to the prosecutor,
and ;Ara from hie premier, by the prisoner, in a hens and
wt.
. . _ . . . . . .

11;r the defines ft wee attempted to be shown that there
bad boa ball trmwmations between prisoner and prosecutor,
but this tor denied. H. admitted that he was
the for ad the abilities celled the "Industrious
Neon"

The jury convicted the primmer, sad he wee sentenced to
11 maths' insmteonmeet.
Aboard Jews Oxtail, 19, wee ladided fora robbery with
elegem* oa Cecilia Pepper, sad stealing from her • gold
ring, aad also ice aesauttlag her with intact to abuse her.
Mr. Doerr prosecuted, sad Mr. Hibbs' defended.
The ease, whisk occupied the court • grew many hours,
we of • most natarkeble dimmer. The promatriz, a
Ctri,wmkAtwittaPrird ysoirefup wrorett snig•trklitt.,
of s
Mead Met her he wee at the time of this offence being
committed engaged et Willesden building some houses, and
seed Ily to mime home on Saturday and mum ca
lloasdsy. On Saturday, the 6th of November, be did not
eons home, sod on the Smiley she went down to Willesden
to see him. He was lodging at • tavern there, kept by s Mr.
Drew, near the railway Aube, bat tat meeting him, eke,
shortly before tits lees trala left, quitted the house, sad want
es she thought towards the railway station. but she
mimed the way, rd ells walrus shout tome
time she knocked at a cagey Moire she saw s light, and
the primmer mate to the dear. She asked him the way to
Draw's tenni, sad he mid be would show her, end left with
her. After walking about for mess time one asked hiss If they
were near there, end be said yee, bat Methanol sot want to go
there. She the. took out hr tees.and mid she would pay
him for hie trouble, sad otferwd him is. dd. He said Wet he
would not bees it, and took her mead the waist sad forced
her into • sitting postai' Woe ate. She at giggled elelestly
sad was meek braided, bat be did set seamed Is doing mere
thee grcesit sad indecan4liimseamidag Sled n=ri to
puree
arm sod sea Or =red art rill

she met en inspector of police, and he sent an ofilow
with her to the tavern kept by Mr. Drew, and found her
husband. She told him what had taken plane, and the mat
day a charge was made.
In crose-examination she denied that she had been drink-
ing; she had not drank anything for four months. She wee
fir advanced in pregnancy. She went down by rail ; bar
statement at the police-court was put in, and it stated that
she went by maths'. She now said that she vassals she went
by rail ; once before she had gone by ornitibm with her hus-
band. She must positively swore that she had not drank any-
thing that night. She had charged the OffiCeT, Timms, with
abusing her, and the potion inspector said she was (eying
when he met her, but ebe did not seem drunk. He rant an
caner, named Timms, with her, and the next dayshe c
him with having tried to commit a rape upon ber).l7l
when charged, did not deny that he had the ring,
C:l°Mall7; that said ha had lost it. He denied having
ttl-
treated Mr.

Ilse brined proved her coming home to hint at two in
the . She was not drunk, and never did drink. She
was much and pines were nipped out of her hands
sad antic She had never been at WtUiden, but bed once
met him, and then she cams by rail.
For the defence evidence wee celled to Mow that Aloha
been am walking about with the prisoner, and that she
me drank, end that the prisoner was seen with his arms
need her waist. In the crose-exernination the witnesses
goeverketed a good deal.
The Common Sedalia having enionted up, the jury A:-
twitted the prisoner.
The mutable Times, whom'shehed charged with trying
to ravish her, was then Acquitted sad told that he left the
court without a stein on his cheerier.
This ended the business of the irstott.