The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

nineteen balls, and attempted to pawn them at the same shop,
but eneptcion being excited, he wee given tato custody.
The prisoner was sentenced to nine months' hard labour.
Alexis Maholy, 20, wee charged with feloniously wound-
Leonard Rayner, with }stoat to do him grievous bodily
harm.

Mr. Robinson conducted the prosecution.
The prosecutor in this aim is the master of fit. Olive's
workboams, Southwark, sad the rimer, fa ammonium of
• defect in his ems, hasbeen an inmate of that establish-
ment Mae the year 1849. On the 29th of December the
prosecutor was in the Mk weed, when the relocate As ack
him a violent blow which nearly ocked him down, and be-
fore he could recover himself, be attacked him in • most
,erate manner with • knife, sod reads several violent
stabs at his throat, at the semi tizne exclaiming, " You —,
I'll murder you," In his endeavours to ward off the Mows
that were aimed at him, the prosecutor received • severe cut
on the thumb, which nearly severed It from his hand, and
other severs wounds. The only ground for the miscues
desperate conduct appeared to be that a day or two before the
occurrence the prisoner had asked the to let him
have some clothes, In order that hem ht leave the work-
house, and the prosecutor Wend to do so, Meting that be
was not • et object to go out or to gat his own bring.
When the 'Morose we. taken tato custody, and told what be
was charged with, he exclatood, " I meant it," end told the
aflame whore be bad throws the knife, and where It was PA-
a y found in a bloody Mau
Ctiprisoner, when celled upon for his defines, replied
that be had nothing to say.
The jury returned a verdict of 004.
The Recorder said that the prisoner had been guilty of a
very serious offence, sad it was almost by Old's mem that
he was not charged with • meth more melons ethos. He
bed been for years 'lanais* by the charity of the country,
and the return be math was to endeavour to destroy the life
of the person who had the charge of him. Rs thin am
temed the primmer to be kept In penal unlade for four
pmts.
Me Smith, 48, was Indicted for a robbery, with violence,
arm James Turtle.
Mr. Robinson prosecuted; Mr. Ribton defended the pia-
et/MR.

Itappeared that on the snail( of tha 4th of December,
about 7 o'clock, the promentor, who resides at Hockasy, was
la Kist lid ward's-road, in that neighbourhood, on his way
low, whom he was 'mailed by savant nosa from tolotad, and
one of them, whom be positively idoatified as the prisoner,
seised him round the throat and morel It so tightly as
surly to mue suffocation, mod tits promautar toll to the
ground nearly hossamlba, sad while in that state he woo
robbed of his pone, containing some ativer and a leather
=which sheet were some provirione. prossoutm'e
se to the prisoner bong one of the persons coacerard
tbe =Orme was materially creamed by the fact that be
was slat minim &troy, mad that he jumped over two garde&
walls is his endeavours to escape, sad the leathern bag was
picked up in his track.
The defame as op for the prisoner was Kat than Wee a
mistake so to him identity, and a witness named Charlie
Witham wee celled, who .aid that he saw the treamotion,
and that tbs parmam who committed the robbery wen quite
young men, sad the pillow was not one cl the party. In
1111111111 r to a quention put by Kr. Robinson, however, this
aliases made the estramdinary admission that, although ho
knew vu to be called to prove that the prisoner was not
one of the men con/meal la the robbery, he had sayer wen
him until the moment ha got into the witness-box ; and no
one was called to give any account of the prisoner or to show
bow he obtained his living.
The jury, after • very abort deliberation, Manuel a ver-
dict of Chatty, sad the prisoner was seamed to font years'
purl derriteds.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Comma Sajeset.)

Leery Anse Dell etureadared to take his trial upon as
Indictment for Mather seven hampers containing boots and
shoes valued at 2001., the of Charles fiteatos.
1 Mr. Steigh end Mr. P. H. Lwia prosecuted ; end Yr. Rib-
bon dehaded.
It appeared hem the evidence of the prosscutsr that he
wee by trade a boot sad shoemaker, and had up to September
but curled on a beams is limptos-street, Welworth, but
about that time took a bur-home in Lower-marsh, Stan-
Sue, culled the Crystal Palma. The prisoner kept •
MM7ee in the New-out, sad was also a cab sad van
rued he having as unaccepted room at his boom
=r arranged to pay him 2a. ed. a week for were-
sad taking care of the 'OVID hampers of boot.
end chose, the subject of the present indictment, and they
were removed from the bese-ehop • few days before quarter-
day and depodted at the prisoner's. About three weeks
sherwarde the prosecutor, from something be had heard,
west to the prisoner's to get hack the boots and shoes, whets
the prisoner said they had been removed to hie sister's at
Saxton for laity, end promised to give them up to the pro-
seoutor the Dail day, bat did not do so, and dually odd the
=tor he could not have back his property unless
aid give hien 501. This prosecutor add he
could not agree to, but subsequently arranged to pay
301. to have them, and mat with prisoner to a
house at Horton, whin be gem him 301. The
=than said the good. were not there, but at
worth. and prisoner drove promoter over there, and
, gam lam beck three small hempen containing shout 341.
meth of the property. They then drove beck, and prisoner
seal it was too late that night to get the rem but that he
would send them boom the next day. This,' however, ha
did sot do, bat on the led of November ha produced dupli-
cates of • portion of the property pledged upon the 28th of
October for 131. 10a Prisoner then said that his wife had
pawned the goods, and prosecutor not being able to plaids
the rest gave the prisoner I. charge, and upon the polio*
searching his home they found • few pairs of the boots and
oboes bebopg to the prosecutor.
The premolar, in cross-maraimtka, said that ccevioaely to
going into business he had been ikereniaa to • ;arson in the boot
trade, who had tailed and was out of the way of his creditor*,
but that he (the prosecutor) owed Noshing. Siam he had
gives the papaw'. into custody a charge had been preferred
against him for fraud, but the person preterites it had offered
to withdraw from the prommuca if he (the witayea) would
sheadon the present indictment, Upon the charge so pre-
ferred the magistrate had accepted his ova recognisance* to
meet the charge, if oiled upon. The prisoner was in his
debt St when he plead the goods with him.
The jury maned • verdict of Ofeilty, and the court en-
timed him to Ws mouths' imprisonment.
The premier was for dm years • polio, constable.

THE POLICE COURTS.