The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-15 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—WiNcassTRa, JOLT 14.
CRowx Covrr.—(Beforr, Mr. Joe Channell.)
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•
Jade Dooley and James Fagan, two respectable looking
mew, carrying on the hotlines" of grooers at Southampton,
end also ampioyed by the Ordnance-office were indicted for
a conspiracy to extort money from William Scott, by threat-
ening and accusing his son, Charles Scott, of • crime punish-
able by transportation. Different counts varied the indict-
ment, them with a miademeanour for compromising
and eons felony, and for forbearing to prosecute.
Mr. Cols prosecuted ; and Mr. Cooks and Mr. Yonge de-
fended the prisoners.
The bets ugiven in evidence, were these:—The boy,
Charles SoOtt, about 12 of age, in the beginning of
the year entered the defendants service aa errand boy
after he had been there a few weeks, the defendant' charged
him with steeling money. He bad been sent out with some
butter on the Bth of May, and wee paid for it, and put the
money in hie jacket pocket. When he got back to the shop
he took off his jacket and put it aside, and forgot to take out
the money be had received to give it to the defendants. He
was asked for it, and he said It was in his jacket pocket, and
there it was found. They then accused him of stealing the '
money, and of stealing a sovereign and two shillings, which
the boy strenuously denial. He wee shut up in a room up-
stairs, and threatened, if he did net confess to steeling the
money, he should be sent over the water, and never see his
father any more. Frightened, the boy said he bad. Docainey
then went to the father, who works as a gardener for General
Dyes, and told him that his boy had stolen money from them
to the amount of 91. 18s. 7d., end that he, the father, had it.
The father went with him to Fagan's, and Fagan went up
stairs, and told the boy that if he did not confine to his father
that he had stolen the money he should have the handcuffs
C:ignh:ind be sent to the pplice station ; the boy was then
out on the landing, and asked by one of the de.
" Did you not Wu, the money and give it to your
rdheurLtP and the boy said, " Yes." Pagan said to the
father who was at the bottom of the stain," You hear
what be has said, you had bottler pay the money." Scott
said he had not got it ; but Fegan went to his house,
and Scott got • ten pound note and gave it to
Fagan, who gave him a receipt for it—" Received
of fir. Scott the sum of 81. 18.. 7d., being the
automat of money taken from our till by his son, Charles
Scott, and also for money received by him and not amounted
for, according to his own cenfeesion.—Jause FAGAN."

The boy deposed that he had never taken any money, and
that the confession that be bed made was extorted from
him by the threats of the defendants ; and the father also
more that he never had a penny flora his eon.
Mr. Cooke made • very lengthened address on behalf of
the defendants; end Colonel Cameron, Major Laoey, and
other gentlemen of high standing, gave them an ,exoellent
character.

The jury hsd not given their verdiot when our parcel was
sent off; but our correspondent informs us by telegraph that
the prisoners were Acquitted, the jury a:praising their be-
lief that neither Scott nor his son ever had the money.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YoRK, JULY 14.
CROWN COVRT.—(Before Baran Martin.)

William Blackburn Dawson was placed at the bar,
charged with the wilful murder of James Edward Jambe, on
the 6th of May bud, at Halifax.
Mr. Shaw and Mr. Mettle ware for the prosecution; Mr.
Price defended the prisoner.
Mr. Shaw s4id James Edward Jacobs, the deceased, was a
workman in the employ of Mr. Walker, printer and publisher
of the Babfax Guardian. Prisoner was an apprentice in the
Genie office. He was always a well-bebaved youtag man,
steady and industrious. Hu habits were eon idend by the
workmen as very reserved, and if there was any one with
whom he was more intimate than another it was the de-
ceased. The office of Mr. Walker was in Oeorgsstreet, in
Halifax. The composing-room is on the second door, sad
from this room a door open' into another used as a jobbing-
room, in which the prisoner was employed. On the sth May
the men west to dinner at one 0' (loch. In the middle of the
jobbberroom were two frames placed back to back, at one
of whisk Jacobs was at work when prisoner returned
from hie dinner. Deceased asked him to ggoo into the
coropilees' room for a pinch of muff ; ImmediaWy after
that the pelikeier took up a pair of dumb bells, which
he hod musleatly used to counteract a tendency to stoop,
Gait aN wu apprehended from this. At this
s went behind Jambe and struck him a
Maw et hied with one of the dumb belle. There were
Mee- imam* in the room at the time, who saw the
=big ell the bar strike deceased on the back of the
Ibliesibift he received the blows he fell with his
thee es 11E0. Immediately on the blows being
Miff Owuttered some fearful yells. The men
sad up who started on them, and chore
am end alike roam, and fastened the door. They looked
halts OMNI= dwough one of the chinks, and saw prisoner
left up a pear-pin, about five or six feet in length. When
di. mai wanalsoling through the door the prisoner saw
tier, era want ee the deer for the paper of coming out
sad Itsedeetecillem. The mm than went downstairs
Is mieliewee. Tvie me% maned Metes and Tiffany, ran
systel& The due use &lint eon, and the prisoner
witted straileg set fir Ma the deceased. He at
heepeelhe ermys but wee lisally sehmid and held by some
of the am Wits WM there. Mateo asked him where
Jambs wee? Primmer said be was ell right. Primus,
also said that he bed Week' ae adding that
be u ought to hem ismd at his bee& elf Swans it out of
the elsiew." Whoa So ms kit the mem Ow rem
the sehdossio dewed II& Ids heel mask* se &a
far; let mks they Mos& I& Lel vie
Yeiem la sad the ikon sari*. Wins the pi-
ewer wee takes into eastedy W deals were amend
vitk the Weed of the deemed. Who its lowly woe St-
✓olesd this wore aimed ads ehest the dife. self a hatchet
had been megleyed. The Wei& am *mei uptake ; end
it wee redlisrsa useammea *log he II Is he howl them, se
it wee wed kir eitespiss weal deereeliem ;and &we wee se
&shit awl IS hail bile tehes amain by We peter. Th.
=.=iir. set suggr:. say metim
wa tiye yrimmar
* the OM et seeder that tome motive should be sag
He wee hilemel that it wee istowdei on the part of We
primmer bp art ap that he was iamb If it we, so, it
plains& everything. Be could telly lay that, so far as the
prosecution wee mourned, al&emp molt at any time was
a fearful it would be a matter of mihdadies tf the plea
was folly by the ecammil for We &Mem
,".I_l=/ and liamed Bre" es= the
&plea le eke plume
711;y7eashe ever the heed with a pair et dush-bells
them aostmeleg a wild ihreeleas dissesser, Satoh se alms*
them that they sad seism elem.
William sat
with tamthar roan named
Tiffany, weed lo the • i dim os laming the dis-
turber& ast limed the door of the jebarsegMehigh
the mods wee ass hied, bad bear
it open, sal this ern, the primate id& it : it lit
baud. Sodaides he Lid it dews, des retail Idea.
He said Jacobs was ell right, he sushi to takes I&
head off, and thrown it into the street. Jambe wee itmed
frightfully mangled, and • hatchet, the &ebb-balls, and the
pew-pin were covered with the blood sad Maims dOr
Adis.

- Ilr. Price addressed the jury for the tier. Hs aili lia
wee certain, from what had transpired Ws neWeelse
eisoiald have she symitaby of the jury Ws
eller,. He did not d tits that the prism, swenniTh
of the deauseed ; but cpwetion wu, whaler 21 ter lift
this act wu committed he wee aware of the nasty ma qua-
lity of what he wee doing. If th•jury wan scants:ld that he

wu unoonacions that he was committing wrong, then he most
be acquitted on the ground of insanity. In tUs am the pri-
soner had bees on the most Mahouts tense with the deceased,
and the act of which he had been guilty was clearly that, not
of a sans man, but of demoniac frenzy.
For the defence, Mr. Tucker, of Halifax, surgeon, deposed
that he had known the prisoner from his youth. He laboured
under certain delusions, which he (witness) had sought to
dispel. He had feared that either insanity or suicide would
be the result.
After this evidence, the counsel far the prosecution did
not
.press the case further, and the prisoner was found Not
°laity, on the ground of insanity, and ordered to be detained
in custody.