The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-19 00:00:00

d&S'IZII INTELLIGENCE.

MIDLAND CLACUIT.—Lucian, JULY 18.
On flaturday evening Mr. Imam WiMem arrived here,
sad opened the coatintrion. Ihis mamba Mr. CldelJnetioe
&learned the crown court, Mr. Justice WiflM presiding
cm the caw" side. The borough elder contained but
three oesse—cas of stabbing end two of felony.
Joseph Mowley 41, coal merchant, was indicted for felo-
niously d
abble(John William Keen.
Prisoner bed been to en inn in the town, and the company
were c.haftleg him about his treatment to his wife. He be-
came excited, end on the party leaving he followed prate-
mator, and inflicted a wound two inches in length in lug loft
side.

He ens found Ouilty, and sentenced to Oast months'
hard labour.

Th. county calendar contains 8 cases and 13 prisoner's, all
of ordinary interest.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Woicissaa, JULY 18.
Buskins commenced in both courts at ten o'clock tido
morning, Mr. Justice Biles presiding In the Crown Court
and Mr. hooks Wilke at NW Prim. Altogether %Wawa.
33 prisoners foe trial (city sad county), and ems canes%
three of which are inserted to special prism

Cnowte Coostr.—(l3efore Mr. Justice Bylss.)
77.400ph015i Dutra, enrineer, was &arm& with attiring
llama Bask of Ilagismd noir at Dudley. The primmer
bears • very badtfiereat character. In the month of October
lest he made a dement upon Dudley, end pasted off several
forged Bank of Ragland notes upon the tradesmen. Two
cams wore proved Maisie him, and a former conviction also
being proved he wee sentenced to ten yens' Reseal aerated*.
Paws.—(Before Mr. Justice Willes)
His Icsrdship hes been occupied nearly all day in hearim
en notion for assault, whkls was not concluded when our
report was despatched.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YoRx, JULY 16.

NINI Puvs COURT.—(34O3II Yr. Baon Warm)

POTTIM P. SLAND.-LIADILITY OF INNKILEPLII.

Kr. M. Patter, commercial traveller to Melia Ellis mid
Tof Leaden. sued Mr. Bland, of the Old George Inn,
, for 811.9 e., which, it wee urged, he ought to pay ty
moon of hie liability, in coalmen with other minkeepere, to
mks good anything lost at his home, if there was no
rzgeses "or other circninstanoe out the part of the person
ty which put on end to that liability. The
5aa.9.7 staying at the house of the dolendant
an the 29th of April, and on his lilting to rest
Mat light be bolted him room door. On the following
mandag he Sand the door slightly open, and hie money
gams ; and It *seeds, appeared that the thief had tees
essedol in Ids mom. A person named Clark, who bee
druid a goal deal lately in the metropolitan and n her
=left the here early that morning. He was &pers-
te Landes ea suspicion of having committed the
robbery, bat toss sot of onfticient evidence he was dis-
charged by the Trek light/fates. The plaintiff had exposed
hie money in the eammercial 100a1 in the presence, it is
of Clark, who is ► 3 ming man of very respectable
mimosa*, and it woe consequently submitted that he had
bees 111114414 end not entitled to recover.
The Judge, however, was of opinion that thee had been
normative*/ on the part of Mr. Potter, and
The jury, therefore, under his lordship's directigt, found
a verdict for the plaintiff for the fall amount claimed.

JULY 18.

CROWN COl:RT.—(Belon )11. Justice Hill.)
THE HELL MURDER.

John Riley, 36, was charged with the wilful murder of
Alice Riley, at Kingston-upon-Hall, ea the 3rd of July inst.
Ths Framer, who is a thin, callow 19utina man, armed
fastiaa trousers and • short white Enoch, ant has as
. .

try of gisidedaitt gudty.
sad Mr. Cross (lEstructed by Mum. C.
sad iAll=ters, Hall) prosecuted; Mr. West, by re-
quest of tie boo skodjadge, defended the prieoner.
Mr. Thempeaa stated the case. The peas iner and his
elegem were mea and wife, and had live! together for about
twelve yore, se they had children nearly that age. They
had leaded he some time in Lincolnshire, where they had
seeder quarrel, when, I. comesuence of the rums, taking
• knife sad thastening his wife '• life, she left him and 11813 t
to reside is Hall. Her husband vielted her from time to
time while she wee living there, and finally went to reads with
her altogether. The peismar now seemed to be very indolent
doing nothing lot the support of his wile and tunny, but de:
pending entirely upon the exertions of his wife for his sue-
mamma,. Mrs. Riley seems to have been very clever as •
moinstress, and she earned la this way mealy ruff -lent to
keep her and her family and her wretched husband for some
Lima, and the latter, wben all boae.t moans failed, actually
forced his unfortunate victim to prostitntion to acquire moony
ta mild), their daily wants. It slime about this time they
had frequent quarrels, the Maenad Musing the wife fif not
earning money enough to keep him bloomer, sad Me oa the
other hand ramming to drink to drown bee enrn.w. In
May last they had (another quarrel, sad the ne'ghbouni,
on going into the room, found that the poor woman had
been very badly used, and was with mum difficulty
recovered. TM prisoner was brought before the tomb
trate far the assmalt, when he was sent to prima fee one
mouth. Oa being liberated in Jane last be retained to her
wife, but did not seem to hero bed any ;dray with demised
op to the time of toe murder, which took place a toeteight
since. The Wait boy had gone out for the day, sad la his
absence the prisoner and his wile bed breakfast together, and
the comae of the morning had vim, drink, both hmehand
end wife teeming to be in very good tempees. no woman,
it *poem., always west to bed when she had got any drink.
ea steep off the effects, and having had some on the Banda},
lelellanir, in the afternoon Ms neared to bed, premiudy. how-
ever,telling • woman who kept the 10.41 nm-boom to mil
her at 6 o'clock, Oa she wanted to go out to tele tea with a
Mad. Soon after this, the primmer told a hula boy, Ws eon,
le on out sod play. and he did so, no, returning
mita three o'clock the slum afternoon. The prisoner
Mktg now alone, locked the door. and it is pre.
gamed proceeded to commit the dreadful imet of 01,tilai
kis wits s throat, for within • short period from ilia time,
aeighboar wanted to borrow a asumpan. or somulting toe
domestic use, and she, finding, the prmostra noen door
locked, showed "Alice, Alice,' but reared no mower.
She than want rontid to the room window, sad called oat the
worsests mans again, bat with no batter memo. Just st
His time however, the woman heard • crack, or a notes sr
esurelbeg it, beside the mum, and she then opened the window
sad meshed be. To her horror she saw the prisoner Mamie( •
by die met She immediately alarmed the neigh' care, sad
• sea rind Richardson proceeded into the room. He had
a esepieirm at writing being wrong with any use but the
primmer, sad of coarse proceeded quickly to cut hm down.
Lib was not extinct, sod so he left aim to the care of somas
other penons while he and • man named beige'se went to
Meted to awaken the wife, whom they footed with her throat
cut la meths mamma that death most hare been iv wituttamoom.
Oa a telble mar the bad, but sat of neat of the dearest,
wee Mad • .tomaloa table knits covered with blood. The
IS big crime
aberred nub the end sothtog. Os
=ie mershed sad esainiasd at the states-boat, some
eift a bleed were found ea his clothes, sod be (prima)
said thre bed been the result of accident • for days before.
Riley Agroirds tasked somber policeman named Pearson
eannehleileile hems would be mat to, and afterwards added,
Ilse bolls lea kr Mess orith woo di* he she atimagasi
le me my throe& with moms time before." The primmer
farther =pleb& that the blood an has mooch and elect
einem use buns • est is hie heed some time before, sad
err Hem when the 't row" cosuresated. The prisoner alas
et
lb, thee added, "It's no am laying I' Ea Mamma wbea
I'm wt."
Tbn minor • for the prosecution fully proved the abbe
hilgo gad Kr. Wert addressed the pry, maleadtag that ea

safortuaste event had occurred in a quarrel, sad therefore
that the ofhace wee resasteughtee only.
The jury farad the prisoner Guilty of murder, sad eat-
linos of death tau saxediagly pronounced.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The July skewer Quieter firer= co rinsed yester-
day morning at the GrOdbell, Wielesimiter, Wire Mr.
Bodkin? Antormat-Jados, Mr. Pays., deputy, and a bench
of mummies. The.cedar was very light, time being
tut 39 primers for trial-36 for filmy, sad 3 for mis-
demeanour.
The hatistemt-Judgo delivered the cherge to the grand
.
moo tto 1311110 YAMS CH LIACIIIISe—CACTION.
John Orem, a barman, was Wired for stealing
U. Id., the minim of William James Smith, his muter.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted. Mr. Itibton wee counsel for the
TAM
Th. ore is holt was !try simple, bet after it was over
Molinaro were sole, which rioderld it an important one,
Scour vietuallen employing bermes.
;Verse 11Ye to
ssertr, Mr. Smith, the poreinere of the
!lag sad Queen st Perldiagtoa.rem
sad the pelmet beaten
Ids barmen wince Pahrery bat. itakkg &Modesties to
his reeetpla, although he had bed more hem is them mard,
be mate to the otothesion that be wee liet=o"leed, end
rewillegly took romans to detest the thief.
reused for the purpose, and ths_peremer wee dateeted=
3e. Id. to his wsietoost pocket. The promestee hod lost, be
=lodated, about 40/. during four weeks that he had been
laid up with illness.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and a forme convic-
tion was preyed spinet him. L August, 1866, he was con-
victed in this court of a like oilers end sentenced to a
month's hard labour.
Mr. Cooper then said he aeasidrd it his duty to inform
the court that there wee no doubt the primer was It Isere
and mixed up with a gang of pins whereat about germ(
situations as harm by means of tales elersrseters, for the sole
purpose of robblag throe who emplaped them. In this ors
the very person who peeths prisoner the character spot the
strength of wtdsh Mr. took him into his len* wrote
to the premier, asking him to let him have as Err mossy
as be coaled, so he was about to take ported= of mother
house, and routed to pay the brewers.
The promoutor, at berg celled back into the witness box
by the learned judge, end in answer to ble kedehip, that the
person who gave him a character for the prisoner was Mr.
John Newsmen, who kept the Sun Tavern, in Gray's•lon-
road, and sow kept the Golden Lir, in Deurstrest,
Soho. In the • drawer be bend a later from
Newman, kDeer Jim," agree, mirth money
as he could co Story, as M was rag to Mk,
y=eiok on Thsralay, sad bad to pay the browse on
The Aselateste:adgo—Bad the primmer boat In his
undo& P
Pmestaba—He mid so, sad that he had no farther and
at his seawkes, as his ova, 16 years old, was eosin
_house
hem school. The pawky hoe lived at the Right Bah at
Ormawich, but was diseharged on erplieloa of robbery, and
it was Newsome who gave him hie character far that Ora-
tion. That was shoot a week before I took him foto my w-
eir I trod to prosecute Newman for giving film
obseschwa
Mr. Rikka objecend to the introduction of ads matter. It
we. azleameeme to the primener's case, and had eidenere to
a soatampated sharp egoista some Mho
The habitant-hip mid ha thought it=dirint bear-
ing ea mm, slt ended to show that the primmer was
mimed up a epeeist of robbery by moms disks chernotere
sad to this Imams these wm written proof of theories who
tad glom the eb/Neetef by which the poleseer get Oh fns-
tam, mixing the prisoner whisk that nitastisa to wank him
with a lona at as math massy as he souk to amble MA he psy
his brewer. Where mob' he that that money would UM
from, the prisms" Wei bet • Irmo f It was axe that
there was a pyres, and it most be stopped, es it as lie
court had the means of stooping tt. Ths=at hogs
were mat deeply intonate' k wok
getting titueWne of west by Mvilaibirclisrookis, and as the
prisoner had already bad eke couviottaa foe the mks sot ell
offence, the sentence was that Its be kept to pemd amelandi
for three years. Havre goosed the Whim whith the pea
secntor h.d produced, relmosiljoloslllllllollll VIM Is he
returned, sad told him they wit he lospoetsat striamoo
against the giver of the faho theresto.
Mr. Cooper said this tress maw gimplly afecting kaiak►
rests of the whole body of Hammed vistuallers of the mew
Toe prosecution was at the bistros of the LiONIMPI VlO.
toilers' Protection Society.