The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-31 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before the Aosistant-Judge and a Bench of Magistrates.)
Jeremiah Por.oran, 48, and Jima Weehs 16, were, on
Saturday, indicted fur eteelinea cash-box containing 921. In
gold, 161. in silver, I. 0. IJ'a representing 601., a silver
medal commemorative of the passing of the Reform Bill,
some foreign mica, &c., the property and money of William
Ricketts, the master and employer of the prisoner Weeks.
Weeks pleaded guilty.
Mr. Metcalfe, inseructed by Mr. Baud, prosecuted; Mr.
RIM= defended Donovan.
The prosecutor was a tea-dealer, Rod-aide, Whitechapel,
sad the younger prison, r stole the cult-box and absoonded.'
He wee taken by police-constable Coppin, 679 K, at Ply-
mouth, end he then made a statement to a effect that he
gave the box to a min who took it to a hole in a vacant piece
of ground near Bonner's-fele, and broke it open. He had
the greater part of the money, which be spent. At Bristol
he bought a horse for 191., a eaddle and bridle for 41. 10e.,
he lost 131. in treeing with a publican, and then sold the
horse sad saddle and bridle for 41. 10d. which he had given
for the latter. Weeks was admitted evidence against Dono-
van whom he 'wore was the man he gave the box to, and
maker witness deposed to seeing Donovan in the hole,
when Weeks said the box was opened, and %here aubee-
quently the broken box was found.
Mr. Ribton addressed the jury at considerable length upon
' the points in the evidence, and after the learned judge had
summed up,
The jury retired, and after considerieg for four hours they
came into court, and asked the learned judge to read over
some portion, of the evidence, which having been done,
The foreman of the jury said that I c was opposed to his
brother jurymen, who dithelleved the be).'e evidence.
The Amistaist-Judge having euplairnd the evidence the
boy wee called, and some further questions were put to him,
and his employer was also questioned es to his previous
charaoter, who stated that up to the present time he had
always found him perfectly truthful, and had placed the
gnaw& reliance upon him.
A Juror mid he hod not partaken of food that day, having
come to the court without his breakfast, and Tithed to know
U he weld have some refreshment.

iliTAashtaat-Juige;;ld heWould not comply with his
moot, am it had beta the law of this country for 800 years
to the oontrary.
Another Juror said it wee very hard that they should all be
locked up thruugh one nw.
The Assletant-Judgo ordered the jury again to retire, and
said he would COWS at tea o'clock to we If they were agreed
upon their verdict.
The jury at half past fire were again locked up.
At 2u narrates peat tan o'clock the jury were directed to be
brought into court.
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The Deputy -Clerk of the Peace inquired if they were
greed upon their wdiet ?
The foreman said they were not, nor was there any proba-
bility of their being to. They had had • storm, there was
now • calm, for they wcre all about guitg to sleep ter the
night.
The Anist►nt-Jude—Are you unanimous in opinion that
yon will never agree
Several jurors—We are.
The Asidatant-Judge inquired if there was any point upon
which they had formed a misconception or imperfect concep-
tion, for If there wan he should be happy to explain it.
The P,rtemas—There are eleven on one side and one on
the other, and the grounds of the objection are --
' The Ataistant-Judge- —I would rather not hear them,
unless it la • point which I can clear away by referring to the
evidence.

A juror- We disbelieve the evidence of an accomplice.
The Mahout-Judge rid on the material points of the
boy's evidence no crosa• examination bad taken place on the
part of the learned conned for the prinoner, and there bad
been no imputation whatever on the character of the boy,
up to thls time, during the period he had been in his cm.
ployer's rrvbe. Iluring committed this offence, be came
forward and stated 1.11 he knew about it. He had never
committed any other crime, and se noon as he wu caught
he told the whale story as far as he was conoented.

Ibe Foreman sail he ea not think that there was en
probability of their agreeing, and that If they wart beck
to their room he dil not think that it would forward the ends
of justice.
The Assistant-Judge said if the following day were not ,
Sunday he should have no difficulty in the ease, for rea-
sons which the jury might possibly conceive for themselves.
The Foremen saki that several of the jery were,
tradesmen, and bed been to market early, and keeping them
all night might be attended with dangerous roosequences.
The Assietan.-Judge said that they had better spin re-
tire, and he would welt a short time to see what maid be'
done.

The Jury at ten infanta to 11 o'clock 'gala retired to their
teem.

At • quarter-peat 11 o'clock the jury were rent for, and
Quentin compbEining that ho suffered severely from want
nohn Jarmo., • medical man, was celled to examine'
him, and haven done or, he said be found the pulse very
low, sad if locked up all night without food or stimulants,
he believed serious results would ensue. lie was unable to
continue to perform the fanetions of a juryman on account
of exhatestiou arising from the want of food.
The Assistant Judge—Are you still unanimous that you
will not agree P
The Foremen—We get wider every time we retire. We 11
get quarrelsome.
Two other jurors were then examined by the medical man,
and ho reared that they sere b Ala tn.& to be oehilned for
any lengthened period without food.
The Assistant-Judge, on the evidence before him, said he
could not safely keep the jury longer together, and therefore
he ordered them to be discharged.
The court roes shortly before 12 o'clock.