The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1858.

)ontTs ,teemedßtwrleet Whiteley, whom, after some
dme be ledeeed. • dal vas born ta the summer of the
patient year w Lick lived but • .ingt. day, and five daps
elterwardn the yang women herself died. The cue bad
woe pretended far whom the counsel oessulted, end the deice-
dist submittal to • verdict being found for the plaintiff—
amps 100 C

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR2'.

OLD COURT.

Awry Tharsies, 6tatshttryk, U.•proposishis•
key am, woo ebargel with uttering a 'siva 101. Doty
Immet a doissi. _ _

dr. 0111 a °wide prostested. Kr. Sleigh
ashoded the mleaser.
It appairea dad the primer bad ressubd to a very In-
to tomath the dime impeded to bier.
LariZ In the et lb. Maio% • baskr, is
add
out hie Mewed amp ma Obit ~ta, tiraRTM
rse, appmaft Ow the mess ming aw the
goods, but appearedu thaly Is Is thei he hod mit got
meaty mouth, sad be dm andel the shogimper to pesit
ap the Wive sod be sail be maid omi Is them
the coarse of the tiag hi NOM to a deka-
perm, in Itheabei-insothilti Wipat bin a lawar,
eadreand to Yr. Bleachers, whisk esaltheal a hard
tae-pmad ado, and Its remesid birs to take the
amoust et the blll out d the Bele ma wad him
the change la the prod. It happiest maw aidemly that
me el the 'bike to the Laths mar
Baia te be la the preesether's shop
whoa el= 4111.1111411. MI the imea Air.shows
to ma he et mos ill dad was ae A
quantl7 of rags were dm prithilm sail tamale the porter,
sad he treat arm ; od ne be wee preessilied elan Bow-
string the reborn ems imp to him mil admit lha to give
his TM
the meth Feder who was aware at hat
bad takes pieta at the da,m, had the Omer that
that
Kr. Blackburn wished so see bin Meth the sharp,
sad he at AM coosedoil to bim ens
night, he evidently became wren that wee
awl awitaveand to ran • , bat the poem bell athirs,
ma added him teed I lams ap sad look bin
lib melody.
Whew the ewe had proemial to stem ealast, the priumr,
by the Mids el bin karma wimeth withdrew Ids pin of not
lathy, ma lards/ gailty to the therm
Mr. thelo a&reserl the lamed jade in mitigation
et peaddmeat, awl odd he was Mamma that the room
evie wry wometalay amaseteit. amt was to the service of
K.-.. Yea- awl leadowea dews to the pried or their
thihre,when he was dissimgol, bed is that pried he had
valesameedy besswe amasseed with pe
awwe l e whosoner were
Imam by the aelgastlea bellise rum the pri's
strameat to him was that ha bad readval the sots in ques-
tion *ow sae d thew parems, r Ulna get aware that it
was tatgal.
• whales was earl who gave the primmer a very good
&mom _ _ _

Thatunti• we Mtred.
Barry Isaiwy, IS, • =4=nrulg an'
pleaded gouty to Am to bun with
Wigaa n easeplesoes to Wt of whinge with intent
l• frand.

li=gl, wbe wsmi he the pias= mid that this
yes • way e•airelsl7 ass. The Omar WU the
sea el a Isom= general alter, Omura' litmlan7,
net r was • very piled thin Weed to MO W is hie pre-
ant &pa= pashas. It pepand the there had hew
saw lisper between the prietessesel his idetiesempas the
ash's= et , st lime when he we le Me-
Ism the sem et liesellsiler te Ids risilsosgreet se the
seare thses bib d risehserthlbrei thet hei:Oh
at
dirtariFtiel*ldealybeeleltsl =Ned es:Vassa, battht
advocate tdt WsuY eseplhil es lehen him VW We wee
brattiarllhet !sham bpi mew lassdoer,
eater the tbsetslosss, he Meld the art
would tisi that the lodise of Os ass void be selidet
by the lethal= et slimiest poeithusee epee the
partiralerly whim II wee nseMaseel tYt lo MS sew=
am • hies, and that ble petopia is Mb were kr war

al- ea, rho offered for do parrs/r. rid doe the
prosecutor red es reeememed dr peireter red reerey
to the melded oreddrodis of dr awe.

In this ease the mimes we Admit
Edward H aped ark sometimal end pleaded
guilty to at
Mr. /Sleigh, mho appime4 Ike the redid wee
lammed that me deesplaa had braawr epos the
mooed wits, and that dm mu pmemily arm, he wee a
married ame at the ties the arememy et merit. mat per-
fumed lama thaw _ _

—Mr. f.-11-418r, wbiwas bobuid pusais, soM
lb
awl be celled bused Mei bee tubs imbiebd thin sakbet,
d pres r soub ri vpllll b, lopubab sod viry goo&
betbd 7o essra, who doled TN set Ins OM
obi we arm Ms Wasp, was wild birembia dr ma-
ded bin ; aa the salsry,bo isparaisi

In answer to ressiliskput by Xi. MO. the prosecutes
said that a ars used Taylor aa sussibing to her
about the palesser Wes, a wila sad~ih6rat, hat he only
said that be led bawd of' sane IWO dos, and when she
tamed the wide IS has Niel&
Mr. Yrs toad two yeses sea sirs/ Taylor sad
Broker es wilawsw. as/ they Naiad SW Itey both fatrssd
the prosecutes bakes bar toarriege that the phew we a
married case, and essikesel her is yewe& One the
who Waist that the posisostrht laid bin ups tee istailie
that she had ens the prirraw's wigs, and that those led bass
a ...heady" teems thew (A lars)
The prosecutes Amid dui tide ahriond was hue ; and
her weather was calla, who aisle/ that the Omar ischared
himself to he a single ma dewit le the Wit issmast, and It
was oat use/ ahe wade pospaselless le we is Gravesend sad
laquir• tapes the sallist Sri bs sitar/ be was a married
wan what ha isaniad bar dasolilar.
The
sad hard labour primer IPSO aurale alz asses, Imprisonment

NEW COURT.
(Beam lb. ;mike Wines.)

idectmi Wallisytos Dab was Indicted for feloniously
applying to his own nes arida sem of money which had
Lien entrusted to hitoutLthime of his employment in the
publbc service of her
After same owversetiaa Mr. Sleigh and Mr.
Stn Robieson,
Lordakip agreed to aDow the ease to stand until neat
somiss, the sawed entering into his own reoegnisseess la
lON. _

—R
-alum Bowyer Donnell surrendered to the his Mal
upon the cocueses inquisition for the =makeshift at
Caroline Bridges.
Mr. W. Pierce sad Mr. Merlin prosecuted ; and Mr.
[aid defended.

The learned onset having briefly stated the circumstances
of the can to the jary, nailed
Hannah Wake, who and that tip to the 14th July lan she
was invest to thivpriseeer end Wwits, who-was known as
Madams Cohn. They wen artists is asswerlus and hoed In
the Westionster-rood. They also bed a pins at Peckham,
where the &warn were made gad the priester, who kept a
bone and tart, need 'venally to be same' in ening the
empty cane; which were made is the Winnings-reed, to
the factory at Peeklions. Red are used to be kept to ewes
le the had of the bens In the Weetanseer-ronL
we in the house this the Am took place ; It wee a Mangy,
the itch of Jo
bast
at about hall-pan 61n the wenn. IBM
was la the ban non apon the lint-door at the dun,
sad hearing on of the boys call oat that *ha place
was cn gee, she looked down stain and saw snake
and light comiog eat of the kitchen. vitae dot
soupedinto the balcony and some era
the wee. Three Wye owe emptiest' et the hems he the
Weetenstwroad. They and to MI own and meth thme.
The sass wed to be filled with ealsesel Ls. Wake the ea
wells* pee to the boys. Other owe seed to to tabus
enrol to Peckham. Those oases nod to be made In the
Wonninster-road. She did set them kw essay men were
Mirk Tucker said he wee tames he the wiener, sod
bed bees so for eighteen means Mama 0111111• lamed
hint, but the_prieenor used to ger his. They ewe mms
and wife. Hs was at the bone eked thee. pare=
of en hour before the explodes, s
wed
bed bad sot hen thme
helms that thy Red so d lo te be- kept
be the bliebee.. It woe $s MI inn no tolled the
conned eon The Wiens then mtplelsoil the iwateriala
east le the oposeisetere at the fre. sad whisk ewieleed
a whin thew the stemmas a esabeellow The whored
ire wed Y be made treat miry day, It we. ask is the
lint Indigo. Madams amid to make it. About Ohs or OW
wee used mob day , it was for tang the ;small ens of
atteenst am let nat Vauxhall sod C 0..... All the
ems wed be he mode la the hook lthabek No Immeethe
wee wade Is the hews. Feiner tied to tabs the:2=
to Peahen. where he wed to keep hisses*. The
wee ceded Perth em, all the nth mask, oak The
allowed be wed to be Col Ye the cow by beys.
ad gummed with • wall mom sad mend; If
streak too herd it would explode. He had SOW sees it
hied. The hilts( d s wee might war the whiseml Les
le explode. Whales bed meme men lth edema %he
areworks fees the hews k the Irestothellowed ;
he wed to bring then ben ne foslowy d Pith-
lass, and put them balk et the deer bathe they
wen taken to Vauxhall sr *worse. About doe cr sin
dons of rockets used to In sleds daily, sod they weld le
sometimes lett three o r hoe been to the how k the Ves►
minter. reed. Brae atlas war ekes of recline ern to
be made in Cdsrlononeolt, at Mr. iftrea. Boas Was sew
pinta wed to be made i neWeetoshaelor-rted. Boys fen
10 to 18 yens etana them. The wwweltion of white
they are eeeIVIIIT but esplede. 'The rocket woe-
peak, end to he to thellems, and brewed by the
. int see. Madams Oohs seed io eke aU
C Weem
Ce7les. PkThem sewer woe ay pewter at the bows •
browesed.

Cron asswieed by Mr. Gifford—The Mower had bias
wanted le MM Coba shoot two yam She had carded
ea bedews goat II yews. Witk Foyer ewe there weft
=ma those betesebe. Prbeiw to vay metal wow.
Cabs was lathe *out Miss whom this osarsed.
She law War Means tbe Webs whisk she rw Avid.
Two little bays who bed beta wowed la webs the arse
sad Slung thew WM edema bee wore wr, but EY
sot add myth's* =Wire to what the porker whams
stead.

The rumbaing evldeaoe proved that about tan zolau'as
after the the broke out the house blew up, and a mist
Spa( into the hoilre of • Mr. Gibson, mother arewurk

maker at the opposite 0011111 f of the street, set that house elan
on flre, and another a:plosion followed. The deceased
cLild wee paring at the tam, and ut so Mimed that she
died a abort time afterwards ht Guy's Hospital.
The ease barring been closed,
Mr. Gibed submitted that there wee no Mimes epos
Ike jerk return a oath.* To as max the orlon
dos
, t mast be shows that the parson so
al whist smendtted an ad, or emitted to set, the result
bet emenddeslh. The homes& waist pooled a
cow sheer lo Ms tied in Ms Best lo UM, when the late
Boma Mks* slopped the NM. so*. thet as so poems/
et 4 of tits essoesd emend the high, and he was not present,
he mold ad lo held sespcmdldo.
Ilk. Judos Wiles rid the is.. differed ; it was there
own dal the lie hod been caused by the servant of the
ma amid, end the poor fellow having lost his wife sad
ell Ids dillies by lie seddiat, be could vaderdend the
fee nwhidepoomplid MaldehoadberatodepMeme.
Aloe some ifsewidos, his Lordship sold It we. a ars for
the jury. The fact could not be bidden that this was •
=s wheeler trades of such • character, imperilling sa
id the lives et the public, could be carried on in such
pine. at midi be said to be properly carried on when it wan
Mad UM mesh boys se those who had been examined ware
sworniawo work at them. It made him 'budder to think of
the which existed to those who passed along.
Me. in a very able speech, contended that there
wee Wear eel nor omission upon the part of the prisons to
maw him liable to conviction.

The jury Asta4iliapriiener, who was admitted to ball
until this amen g, when IN will be again tried upon the
wand mesmor's

terday the prisoner offered 66 brushes for sale too wholesale
warehouse in Piccadilly, heaths partite haviSg a saspicion that
all wee not correct, took the prisoner to the Vine street
police-station. lagairier were 'mitigated, end it was then
esoartained that the braabes were the property of the prose-
cutor and had been mimed within the last few days. A re-
mend was asked f , to enable the polio, to make impdrise,
and to trace the milts( property.
In defence, the prisoner said ne was not aware the brushes
ware Mot that they were his master's property. They
had been ma him by a man to sell, and he had only done
as he had ordered.

The prosecutor 7,t.i.a that he had not yet asotatained the
fall Wept of his lon.

1671yrwhltt remanded the primer for • few daye.
_WOBARIP-BTRBET.

Elks lylatd, 2S yttaiTof s e,tieartbed ass dressmaker,
was brought up on a warred pentad by L. T. If Eynemort,
Esq., charging her with having unlawfully assaulted and
ill-treated Jane Harrist Johnson, the daughter of a man
with whom she was living, at No. 4, Gloater-street, Curtain-
road, St. Leonard's,

The magistrate's attention had been drawn to the can by
IMO respectable lodgers in the acme house occupied by the
primmer, and Hayward, warrant officer of the t 3 division,
was at ones intracted to prayed to the place and make in-
quiries. Hs yenned with the child is a very deplorable
Mate of dirt, and with her left eye much Manned, several
excoriation about the face and arms, and a broken braise on
the Sorehead. When questioned she attributed the injuries
appumet to her " mother," and the officer returned to the
hone with a warrant, forced the door, and apprehended the
Finer.
A hagthend exeminnion tweed, in the cams of which
the little girl stated that ha nun was Jane Hamlet John-
eon ; that she wu twelve years of age, sad resided with her
father, who cut wood to make bone, and the prisonseat the
bar ; that her own mother died whim she wee vary ;
and that this who lad not an cannot, was in the
oonstant preelin of her—ba diet, daring the bat en
or nun pin, anion a day paned but she ern struck; and
food wee net amid her, yet she wee
in • email whin wee to He,
and she wee aen. to up in the and get
what sleep she midi Oaflarei ant hat this
wee the we, base she bed isyell her " mother's "
• and left the ham a few ninniee ta her abeam
Barb she WIN naked up, bee " nether " inn* her with
her hat, Ind ensieusi like Nark eye new apparent. sone
umbel her " mother " beaks • bads over LW head, and the
plean eat Ur an me Ike elee mind the to protect imusif,
and the whole ot the kegler shut her were indicted by her
" mother." The ad, entire the bad were • frock and
ragged side, which media sten she had to Ha upon since
the wnter es themenmerd beat.

hors
Terirrita-'—iTociel, lodge, ht the hour,
hors tar rery to tbs cretruel til-reetrat cd clad by
the pfleurr, red dr herr of the poet Mr lift, who was
sew la Ide parser la tirrg t
tbey bedal=Z &Zra cupboard batwing sad alighatht
prefebaerte as obreurat kw repeated their
The dibl, 11 re* to tab, admitted OM dr had coo-
mired aeariad rib. robs thst the oderser War bar
to reed eel wide a bar bat aerobia* with abbr. me-
rcer of bar beteg kept from say or syerleordp with other
&Mae, cod ad berg allowed to rove re room except at

D'iymemmt, adman the Arent of ths dtfd, ma—
n to me that yes, as ma as the prisonere . deserve
oomedvber at this Itealmend m=
the prisoner, t whoa Ms led the alle Oho seas w
life ; however, there is se awes mist yen, sad it does not
sppear you have beam bar. e psn (te the primer), the
only Sting in your amour is having. is somnes=ta=
the child to read sad write; bet Met I
you most severely. The permiammt I mow sear is for the
moult on Thursday last. -Tea ea pity a ens d 61., or in
default suffer two months' imaissarat. This poor little
neglected thing will for the pima be tam beck to Shore-
ditch workhouse.

brlGeo lay, a toll 3;iiiiiirVgis Chelsea litisprusion-
emeind to ea adjourned names, charged with
la smeellog thera
. stbmisl unvilimra * m
g/-
W,
Phan Dub,from the Board
01;7r= h
etln
Yr. Gillum sail his dint had a poet-chafes by the
direction of the rallwny metherities of the West-sod or
Pimlico %mime,* Ys esavenisnc• of a 'avarice class at
travellers, The MdipeAst gentile/ " that all post-chairs,
@bed& an thdr niers not kern from toll," notwithnend-
bg whisk dm dellimint hod In lab saoity of collector
mend the inn gni. ham Mr. Pads driver. It would be
midi be hod as hold tad the .~n questkm was not a
pcot-cadst," krancribeM dtfttaisrnesMahlon of what
Ina a " post-dmilk" It weld set b. M maw the man ia
charge et k wen lesseew sod top UW4 and rode the horse."
Although Yr. Pattie men 111 net is this, there WU no
doubt bat that the maids he whisk a 101 l was sherpd was
a " post-chalm." It ens so onsitheed by the Hides who
took pee -b duty for ft.
aelmlk Brion, the driver, having proved that the de-
emoted the
Mr. Pools said he bad stables clots to the Pimlico-station,
and paid post horse duty. H. did not take fans as was
dew cabt Hs was told by the Hides that his wee a
—Had no number on his carriage. Done
was noshed. He was privileged to run from the railway.
He pail duty co the litk of July to enable him to keep a
" part-obano." There was no Masan fa appsarence be-
tween his and a private carriage. Does not ply es a cab
without paying he a osbuten's Bowe. Does not stand on
the rank for lire like a cub._ - _ _ _

ne. 6d. per gamic duty to the
1111. T. 7.
Ca Talbot,pa la. day.
t of the West-end Rai-
-1 way, mid that brag most anxious to get a superior class of
earriges for wee Mend travellers, the complainant was
privileged to come to the . Bach .w were afforded the public tithe Crystal Palma,
Boot Croydon, Brighton, mad other parts on the line. Com-
pirate' oree did not go to the platform. If wanted it
was at Med. Wfterhad node inquiries at the Brim
and found camplerent reglad another ticket or plate to in
=I wader the post-lass regniations. He witnessed a
soh spat compleieenre man for toil by the de-
rider. He (the draw) prodnoed his Harm bat the toll
wee ME demanded on the ground that the maim he was
drivieg was not a post-elesiss," as be was not riftg an
the berses bask. • Maar: megietrate bed ecened
of toll rig taken for Ids pest-theles, and when the tell-
collector found be wee a imegirate it gave the smear bark.
Dedeedant, tit nply le the room ear that every geode-
man's servant gang over Os tulip • Worriirdisth=
say ft was a kr than wee nethieg to
nom a crerriege. plbet at the station se
a end the urn= mey =Kit of his conduct.
Mr. Payette reteirbel imarlainant must mind he
did not take up &Job on hi ram&
Mr. Gillum observed that he did take are, or he would be
liable to a penalty of 201.
Mr. Davis said that the Commissioners of Works, as
trustees for the public, were desirous of doing their duty as
tar as they mold, and they bad no right to forego tolls which
by law ought to be taken. He van infanta complainant
was not entitled to exemption, and he cominded this could
not be called a post-chalet within the meaning of the net
There was no mark to distingnih It frail • private
=ea% cerrisge.
genW-
Mr. Gilman oontended that his client was exempt, ea he
started with Jobs from his stables to the station, and re-
amed empty. The hiring wee made with oomplerant
;saster, sal there wee so probability of the toll oolitic
hapeeed upon, as, wen the driver clamed macapium,
he ways Forced his post-oe Besse.
Mr. Poynter observed that the guars was, whether thin
wee a post-ohase, for if so, end acrid to certaia privileges,
the semipisimat was Justified in alarming than.
Mr. Papaw retard to several acts of parliament, and,
after some imegthemed remarks upon them, he pa it is his
°pinks that it ems a post-arm
Defendant wee bosdlo. ma ones.

Notice of .•;y7mil was Swell by Xi. Davit.
SOUTHWARK.

Mary Adam, a fellow ati;s7tedS;lth the " swell mob,"
was armed lath arlietoesly stabbies Margaret Hams.
The ampisimat, who had bar la arm in a sling, and ap-
peared la hove eared gmenly.sated that about ten o'clock
em the algid el the Pahang As was sitting on the step at
the doer elate boa the lard et in ent-sties!, wire the
prima game braids hr. sad sitting himself by bar aide,
Aid her by the wait sell attampted to take liberties with
her. ilbe paid hies of, riling has to go away, and not
insult bar, whys he jempoi op, end taking a knife from
Ide
the lad spin it, he dealt her a blow
Ice left itztes-tr !kolas. Bi-
rees Pat at
blow just Wow the shear. eb beastly mated into
the has* sad Megmered that age bed boa slabled, and
them as was Aga to a surgeon's, Aare the wooed was
thasedraad shot* darned; she saw the Oar to cus-
tody. kiss. lima eke led be.. mar the attgairet of a
gli at St. Thomas and maga gala.
Cilagglasts shad sham site law smthft d the
Omar t
Mr maid that she did net. Ike tarot it was the Ora
Moe as mar law big; sad bare be err es 4 ad shag
-
Ms d ler she Dever spoke a wad to 'dn. What le shad
Ism he emisheal, " Take that pea sad Um be is
may."
Polloomerabie w M rid that on Meads; aught, Se Mk
he saw last Aare bleat( frogs the ana la Kat-
ant, Am she tad Ns Mat Se pacer (Omar( hia
W Abbed hr with a MA. Whom ham* tare Aar to
Mr. Erma the Madera ways, ate dread the wound,
and than be otamysi bar S. kt loisloge After that wit-
assstelsad s w
Mthe
No ;whom M a
with seirgliteA UM-gra Aga
be egos dolmaiiing • lie did
set any the ha as be vas tam Me lathe ploitem.
home be '• Ulm amigos wind Ns ru eat
err—!band."

Tbrisionsi. sargois. liftbriosiakalkwark,
add OM MS Maikfilielkaile Or borate ibe
was bras& is Ids miry by id IMMO., pro-
body boa dr now put at Se as
Re ail
heal a owl possional wawa, Joni sad' a Ina as roil be
raker by 4 drip bib. II sr aviissey a dab, but
brtriatsly Ali plows NT at amp aria arbeiss.
In brim ib bad users arm la lay tam rat
lawn sway wee did sr babe bre.
Mr. Gobi assnallial Was b Ihrfplos for trial.
Oa bore massed by Or pars Wudy Gs
posionabk sal adelass4 "ri ad
de Ms moarldare for you,
bdp ray God."
Mary .dna ItTotesist, a your, woman, living with •
man named Driscon, a lalslas-bers keeper in Kent-street,

was charged with stabbing Mary Ann Leonard on the band
and arm.

1.11.11. Mdwia appeared for the prosioution.
The prosecute; whose right hand wee bound up, as soon
se she was sworn, and before she could give her evidermo,
newly swooted from the sudden rffuzion of blood from the
wounds ow her wrist and hand. She was lifted out of court,
and by order of Mr. Combo sent immediately to Bt. Thomas's
Hospital, where she was detained and bad the wounds
dreamed.

No evidence could be offered, but Mr. Combs ordered the
prisoner to be remanded on bald.

THAMES.
A very diminutive boy, named Monk, was brought before
Mr. Sella, charged wino stealing is. 6d. from a poor woman
named Rebeoca Wyatt, who mated that she was
along the Cannon-street-road yesterday evening, wgertre
prisoner pet his hand in her pocket and took from it is. 6c1.,
which was all the money she possessed in the world. The
prosecutrix added that the primmer, on being pursued, flung
the money into the strait, and some women picked it up, and
refused to restore it to her.

Mr. Belfe—They ought to have been given Into custody
swell as this boy.
The prosecutrix said that her husband had been out of
work some time, and that her children had been without a
breakfast in consequence of the robbery.
The primmer, in defence, said he lived in Baker's-row,
WbituUpel, and committed the robbery Weans' he was
luMelfe—Let night, when you were given into custody,
you said you lived In Queen Anne-street.
Roche, thermic., of the court, said Queen Anne-street was
close to Bakes's-row.
The mother of the prisoner said her eon was fourteen years
of age last April, and ahe had a daughter nine as
big as him. She fed him well, and he fa
Bethnal-green for Z. 2d. per week.
Mr. Belfe—The boy is a liar as well as a thief. He said he
committed the robbery because he was hungry. He is •
very bed boy indeed. He has robbed a poor woman, whose
children have gone without food this morning in conse-
quence. I sentence the prisoner to three weeks' imprison-
ment and hard labour.

TheMitgiantetits; ordered 2e. to be given to the prose-
out& from the poor-box fund.

GREENWICH.
Gorge Palatial, a seaman, appeared to a summons beton
Yr. Trail!, at the instance of the Board of Trade, charging
him with having roads a tales representation, for the purpose
of obtaining for himself a certificate of service. contrary to
the 140th motion of the Merchant Bhipplng Act, whereby be
bad been raft of a misdemeanour.
Mr. Cumberland, who attended on the part of the Board of
Trade to prosecute, said the offence with which the prisoner
wee charged was of a very serious character, the section of
the act, tender which the proceedings were takes, and
which it was desirable should be generally known,
declaring, " That every person who makes, or
="to be made, or assists in making, any false -
for the purpose of obtaining for himself, or f r any
other person, a certificate either of competency or servkas,
or who forges, assists in forging, or procures to be forged, or
fraudulently alters, assists in fraudulently altering, or pro-
cures to be fraudulently altered, any such certificate, or any
official copy of such certificate, or who fraudulently makes
mad any such certificate, or any copy of such certificate
which I. forged, altered, cancelled, or suspended, or to which
be Is not justly entitled, or who fraudulently lends his oer-
elkabe to, or allows the same to be used by, any other
person, shay for each offence be deemed raft of a rale-

Yr. Trid- ll—There la no doubt tt is • vary merlons offemos,
and one which the legislature views se snob in fixing the
punishment, en acs on, by • fine of 1001., or Imprison-
ment for al: months without line.

11;-tleFaidn7t-74 plead guilty to having done so.
Mr. Cumberland said that as the defendant had pleaded
guilty it would not be requisite to call witness,. to prove
the ease • but it was necessary, perhaps, that he should state
the fad; which would have been proved in evidence, for
his worship to arrive at • proper decision. Previ-
ew to the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act
a seaman who could show service prior to the
year 1861 might obtain a certificate without undergoing
an examination, but which for services to any sudaeosent
period was absolutely necessary. The defendant had made
application fora mate'. comics* and had sent in that
which purported to be • &what" but which was in fact a
forded document, from the schooner Littlejohn, of Sunder-
land, for services on board that ship from the 10th February,
1860, to the 19th of October following, thus escaping the
exandwilon to which he would have been subjected for any
lane period.
Mr. Twill inquired if the certificate had been obtained ?
Mr. Cumberland replied that it bad not. The defendant
had since been engaged in the coasting trade, for which no
certificate was required, sad under these circonlsbnoes the
Board of Trade did not wish to pre= too harshly against the
defendant, who was • man of vary limited means.
Mr. Trill said there woe no knowing what use the de-
Indent might have made of the certificate had he obtained
it. It was a very important provision which required
seamen to undergo • proper examination before certificates
wene granted, and the defendant bad been guilty of a
SEAM dhow for which it was neemany to impose a some-
what severe punishment. Tqmtto consideration him cir-
cumstances, however, he (the )should not Impose go
heavy • fine se if his means o paying had been dt.
He would therefore pay a fine of 101. and costs, or be fro-
pinned mix weeks.
Tbs defendant paid the money, observing that he bad
served on board the Littlejohn, and that the then roaster
being since dead he bad written the discharge snot to the
Board of Trade mistaking the date.
Mr. Cumberland (to delandent).—Ton will undentand you
must an examination Wine any certificate can be
gramma yon
Mr. Traill—And It will be necessary, after this conviction,
before coming before the local manna board for examinatioe,
that you obtain the written permission of the Board of Trade
to do so.
The defendant then left the court.