The Express.
London, England, 1858-10-29 00:00:00

MOW he took the prisoner &rale into custody. He said
he knew nothing about the matter. After List was taken in
custody he made a statement. and repeated it before the
magiatates. A man named Brett bed Ism taken In melody
for receiving the copper, but was discharged at the polio,
court.

Jabez Legg, an indepentleat gentleman living at
Stratford, Bret, stated that he was Use executor to the late
Mr. John Taylor, of that place, end saw him buried in the
vault of Stratford Church in 1846. The atoll was put into •
copper coffin. The deceased had bum a ooppermnith, and
had directed the coffin to be made three yews before his
death. The Intrinsic value of the coffin wee about 101. In
1860, • brother of Mr. Taylor was burled in the same vault,
and at that time the coffin previous) y put /a was safe.
The prisoner List was then brought from the dock and ex-
amined. He said I have been gravedigger to Stretford
Church, and bad been about four years. The prisoner
Saville need to come and help me to dig the gram. Mr.
Craddock was the sexton, and mod to keep the keys. In the
summer of 1866 • peat many paves were dug during nos
day. The prisoner Saville emu to me in the ard
and laid, " What do you my, loamy, to having Dr.Tay s
coffia out f " bio, I will not." He said, "Never imbed,
let as have it out ; let as come and have a
drop of beer." I said " I don't care about it." He
Wrdme and " Let us have a pot.l
ereat to the Cosa and Horses, and than Seville
went home and got a beg, with some tools, a hammer and a
chisel. Then Is a wooden gate and an ircn one leading to
the vaults. The tools are kept there. The wooden gate is
looked, but not the Iron one, and sometimes the wooden one
is not locked. It wee seldom locked. At that time the gate
was open, and I any Servile go in. I afterwards went down
end found him in the opened vault. I saw him take the copper
off. He tore It and broke it up. He put it into another
vault, and hit it. It was about six la the morning. He
than wet sot sad finished Survive, end left till the Mon-
day. Thewa as Saturday. He then cameend said thatßrett,
a mobs 100111 dealer at Stretford, would buy it, and
he went and heeled a truck from Brett's, end the copper
was taken there la bops. Saville and Brett came out, and
we went to • beer-shop where I got 10e. ed. ; that was all
trearexamined—l had sheep up to this time worked
honestly for my living. I have beam shocked ever since. It
has weighed heavily upon my ooneoleoco. Whin I was
questkered at the gaol I told all about It.
The other evidence even went to corroborate this witness,
and proved that about the 24th of last August, Saville, having
had some quarrel with List, came home end said to some
neighbours of his, " What do you think I have had thrown
in my teeth this day about that copper coffin I' I knew
nothing about it ;" but (pointing to Liet's house> mid, "he
was the man who dole it-
and whitewashed the plem after-
wards, and I yea the man who sold it, I know I shall be
transported, but I don't are an hag es I bring him in it.
My bands smelt at the time, but they are clean now."
Mr. Atkinson, for the defence, commented upon the ab-
sence of material corroborative evidence, and cathodal that
the absurd statement' made by Saville when inflated. gail /
y.
liquor (nicht not to be considered enough. The ow
ageinet the prisoner might have been put beyond bad
the prosecution chosen to call the man Brett, whom the ma-
gistrates had discharged.
The Common Serjeud having summed up,
The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict of
Ouilly.
The prisoner Saville, who became my violent upon
hearing the verdict, said that List had been bribed to
tell the lime he had against him.
It wee then shown that Saville bad been before convioted.

ldr. Robinson said that List had all through the matter
told the truth without any promise being made to him, sad
bad be not pleaded guilty, he should have abstained from
offering evidence, in order to use his evidence. There was
another indictment for stealing the leaden coffin placed in the
semi vault In 1&50; that, was taken • week after the cop-
per one.
The Common Berjeant, in paring sentence, said the
canoe committed by the prisoner was an extremely *gra-
veled one, as there via no knowing the extent of injury
done by wounding the feelings of the friends of thou whose
remains had been disturbed. The remains of the dead were
a rout sacred win, and the breach of that trust in the pri-
soner List was aggravated from the circumstance of hie
position, but believing that Saville had suggested the crime,
and that List had told the whole truth, be should make a
marked difference in the sentence which he was about to
pus, end that was one of eighteen months' imprisonment
upon Saville, and six months upon List.
Saville was then moved from the dock, threstardag to do
for the vitreous when be ewe out of gaol.
Yr. Robinson applied that the court should award the ex-
poser of this prosecution span laces than the ordinary
scale. The parish authorities had very adroitly slipped the
exposer, which were heavy, upon the executors, and their
tenet had long been distributed.
The Common Serjeut said that public justice would have
been greatly disturbed bad not this case been properly prom-
oted, but be tamed be had no power to interfere. Tie
bowery were sew very reetrietire.

FOLIRTH COURT.
(Beim as iteradar.)

W
Awe rie Uses, 38, dirk, phstded guilty to having
embsimied messy* esserssidiseg te VOL, the preprtyof George
Haywrd esd smother, his melee.
Mr. W. Cooper, who end for the defence, said that
the plater had got into difflositiss through his eadesvoure
to lacemes the business of his employers, end since the cow
sham of the offence had done all in his power to repair ft,
firth by fully putting the prosecutor in possession of ell the
!sets, end now by pleading guilty.
&vend witnesses were called, and they gave the prisoner
• ldgb ehusater, and the prosecutor strongly recommended
hint le mercy.
The Recorder said, howee much persons in the
positiondewed sympathy, inch awe cottil°r6nOnter'tt:
lightly plea over.
He wee senteseed to eighteen months' imprisonment.
Ammar liressderne, 18, servant, was Indicted for stealing
six bank notes, each of the vane of 61., and three soversiges,
the properly of her master, Hwy Rudd.
Mr. Langford prosecuted.
The circumstances of the we were somewhat peesliar.
The prisoner, who had been Olken se servant front the Greer
wichlinlos. had persuaded the daughter of the promoter,
• child not 14 yesrs of age, to abscond with her, end at the
owe time mole the notes. They were, however, traced to
the Greenwich railway elation by the parents, when primmer
contrived to this the 11110i412 notes and gold lute the child's
poswession. They were shoat starting for Scotland.
The jury Acquitted her.