The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-05 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—Lzwu.s, AUGUST 4.
(Bekaa Mr. Justice Crowder.)
Jams ifittAsli, 29, • young man of gentlemanly anae-
mia, Mesita as • land surveyor, pleaded guilty to a charge
et ILnglag end uttering a cheque for 401., with intent to de-
ft enteral that the phasic had taken up his abode at the
Mess Mead. et fimehrp, in company with • female, and
*Mae supeassated himself to be Lord Charlville, and wee
amsaniatly treated with all the respect becoming the posi-
tion he bed Millaßild• He and his companion hoed on the
her of every thing the hotel could produce until the bill
sateanted to 361., and he then borrowed 61. of the lendlord,
M gave him • cheque for 401., signed t' Clariville," which
tamed out to be of no value.
The prisoner put in a written statement, which represented
that hie friends were highly respectable, end be had himself
been educated at Canibodee, and had followed the occupation
of an estate agent, but from unavoidable caner he hod be-
come rides d, and deltas had driven him to commit the
offence to which he had pleaded guilty. Upon these facts be
entreated his lordship to pass • lenient soutanes upon him.
The learned Judge said the prisoner had pleaded guilty to
a very grave offence and it wee painful to see a man appa-
rently of good education, and who seemed to have formerly
Ailed a respectable petition, in such • situation es be stood at
present. With regard to the condition in which be repre-
sented himself to be at the time he committed the offence, be
could not help expreesing his opinion that no ono could be
reduced to such • condition unless be bad been guilty of some
great misconduct, and be should have felt it his duty to pas.
• much mono severe sentence than the one he was about to
pronounce if he did net oonsider that the punishment of im-
prisonment to a man in his condition wee much mere severe
and irksome then it would be to a person in a lower condi-
tion of life. He then rentaced the prisoner to be kept to
bard labour for 12 mooths.
James Goble surrendered to take his trial for the man-
Mahar of Charlie Hammond.
Ms. Wyatt prosecuted ; the prisoner was defended by Mr.
The prisoner, It appeared, was the landlord of the Wheat-
sheet public-hour at Athedel, and as the night mentioned
he the indictment, the deoeimod, who wee his brother-in-
law, and several other parsons, were at the home, and the
wish et them were more or lea the worse for liquor. In
the emu at the evening a gunnel took place between the
Mleeeand the deceased, and the former struck his brother-
n
sieveral violent bl ions, and he died tan afterwards of
of the brain, the death being apparently pertly,
=llrelcs atable to the condition of drunkenness of the deceased
me doubt accelerated by the injuries he bad received.
Mr. Itoueell, in his wares' to the jury for the defence,
endeavoured to shove that the death of the deceased wore
for the drunkewand excited condition he was in at the time,
end that the peo.oncr therefore ought not to be convicted upon
the pree-ent charge.
Mr. Justice Crowder having summed up, the jury retired,
sod were locked op till nearly ten o'clock at night, when they
agreed, and were conducted to the judge's lodging and gave
• verdict of guilty.
The prisoner wee this naming sentenced to be imprisoned
end kept to bard labour for three months.
John Berate surrendered to take his trial for wilful and
earrept perjury.
Mr. Rohm/ton end Mr. Merrifield conducted the prosecn-
tio• ; Mr. Dighy Seymour, of the Northern Circuit, wee
specially retained, with Mr. Pearce, for the defence.
The defendant is • men of some position and property at
Brighton, and it was stated that at the last election for the
western division of Soren he let off la • carriage, drawn by
four greys, to Ufa himself es a candidate. The offence ice-
!' puled to him was, that upon the bearing of a summons before
the Brighton megistrame, which charged Mr. Cheat, the
landlord of the Bun Hotel, at Brighton, with en offence
under the Vicereine,' Act, he swore that on the 12th
of May, which wee • Sunday, persons had been
served with spirits and wine alter twelve o'clock on Baur-
: My and before one o'clock, p.m., on the day named. It ape
pared to be very clearly made out that the defendant had
made a 'eaten:tent to this effect, and that it wee not true; but
at the tame time it • that there wee a goof deal of
party feeling involved in the inquiry, and that the defendant
bad been imbibing pretty plentifully and wee • good dial
excited, and it was very probable that at the time be made
the statement he really believed be wee speaking the truth,
but wee wieteken in the boor.
Mr. Sey incur made • very able address he the jury for the
defeedeut, end he contended that there wee no evidence to
show that the etatement io ewe ion was oat, willully and
corruptly, and ..id aka thot wee eet thlithed he ought
not to be convicted.
Mr. Juvrios Crowder having summed cep, the jury returned
• verdict cf not

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—HEILITORD, Aroust 4.
THE LEDEURY MURDER.
Yeetewlay, after the deswatee of tow preuel, Mr. Huddle-
Moo ..rouatwd the doleree of ter pn•umr. be otereeded et
mew Ides* to mays, the evidate• upon which the petweer