The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-30 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.-01111.118709D, JIILY 29.
The commission for the °Duty of Blau we. opened bore
on Monday by the Lord Chief Baron, and to-day business
was proceeded with in both warts, the Chid Baron sitting
in the Crown Curt, and Mr. Jostles Bee on the Civil side.
Tite came list is heavier than it has been for many years at
this place, than being 22 causes entered, seven of which
are special jury ems. Among the latter there is raid to be
a very haul patent Cu. ea which the Attorney.Oeneral
and Si, Frederick Thasiger are outing down special. The
gaol caleadar blighter than usual in this county, there being
only 23 primmer. for trial, end none of the charges appear
to be of an eggravated character.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—Ezwono, JULY 29.
Their lordship arrived Isere on Saturday afternoon, and
opedied the commission. Oa Sunday they &Waded unwise
at the cathedral
. . .

Oft Moseley t►e badness of the mice commenced at tan
o'clock.

His lordship, in charging 'he mod jury, remarried that
although the calendar was fight in regard to the umber of
prisoners (shore being only Altus), still tie offences with
which the prisms, ware charged were of a very gram and
swims ohmmeter. Oas was a charge of murder sgeirst a
woman who wee charged with =aide, awsy with her child,
three needle old, by drowning or suffotatios. There won
two charges of anon, five of burglary, us of highway rob-
bery, sad tee of malicious wounding, with Latentto do
grinou bodily harm.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-WARWICK, JOLT 28.

The seleadar contains the tames of 61 prisoners, of whom
80 won .salted is Warwick, 18 in Birmiagham. and 3 is
Oomatry pa. TM follow* las analysis of the calen-
dar :—Jedgusent deform' from last assists, 1; wilful
warder, 3; stamps to murder, 1; manslaughter, 8; brr-
glary. 12; robbery from the pence, 6; bankrupts outlawed,
2; hwessesallag, 1; ball stealing, 1 ; maliciously wound-
ing Mae sown, I 1; Mclean* oases, 2; nabbing and violent
assaults, 3; peasiag Mired noun, 8; attemotiog to set pre-
mier as Ire, 1; perjury, 3; sad Mossy, 9.
The ammaiWrica was owned as Saturday meniug. Lord
Chief mediae Jervis opened the Nisi Prim Court this
perch!. TMre an 13 MIMS for trial, Mr. Jenks, Crew-
men Freida' In the Crows Coon.

Til PIM:MUM 0015 CAI&
His lembalp delivered jedgment in this eau as follows.
The pdasse ins found guilty at the now satins last
year, kr dmitawrineing two dies or cading them to he
made,ln the pumped of making coin of the state of Pent.
• quad. was reserved for the sonsidoratke of the Judges,
as to whored the offend bad bees proved against is or
Ed, sad Meek daubing was, that the INSTilltiOt Will
formard. The keened judge before wham the prisoner was
Med pswesseed bka (Mr. Jambe Crowell) to pus the
eintenek _Mader that, is his judgnsent, it di:ma he twelve
meads" bud leder. It spewed that the primmer had
surrendered at the led anises, and dere wee no lemon to
supped lbalt be intended to avoid receiving fedgment at
that doh TIN primmer bed hod kept in prison for three
mosen, WWI *mkt ke takes at part of the term of each
twelve mendis. The messes therefore was, that he should
he Jawboned mad kept is bard lobed la the House of Cm,
of
▪ for nine 'shadow mistba.

CIRCUIT.—NzwcAnut, JULY 28.

mow ems.—esoass 1111. /venom waive.
Hie asorsepssied by the Bight Worshipful the
Mayor. Sneshamelm
12 % sad
s'eloek. Under Sheriff, to& hie seat cos Ike
baseli

01A1103 OP /1171O1L

Thomas !ethicalll, 43, was shamed with tie villa
murder of Themes Smith, as the 3rd of May.
Mr. Digby Seymour aid Mr Bailey appeared for the
pomoutioa, end the Hon. I. Liddell for the prisoner.
Mr. Seymour opened the ease, and celled
Michael Due, who raid he was • labourer, and resided in
Newcastle and worked with Mr. Heat, at Mimi& Quart,.
' The deceased worked than. Oa Saturday, the 3rd of May,
be was at work in aompany with the deceased sad the pet-
! mese. The deemed was wheeling a barrow, and the pri-
mmer was getting staff down with a pickaxe. The deceased
came fa with the empty barrow, end witness had the fall
one ready for him to wheel sway. The demigod pat down
his empty barrow and stood between the beadles of it •
sheet time, when the deceased said this stuff is coming away
slew. Wiliam said Amps sot getting up staff eapet 1'
when demand said No, but If pa had a good men it
would name fader." lhe prisoner at that time was a short
Mance off. The {hemmed thee took up the barrow,
end as he was vitalise It away the prisoner followed him
end streak the demand with the picks's. The deceased'
immediately fell. Tao plane was flat when the prisoner
raised it, bat he mold set say whether it was • severe blow
'ar aft. (The *haze was hare produced, and on the vit-
ae= emmedidag le, he said it was similar to the one the pri-
mer eiresiteleeeseed with) After the blow was given
the deemed fell over the beadles of the barrow ; and he-
fore whew could pt I. the deceased the prisoner streak •
legend Mow, whoa be sieve' him by the sun and drew hire
awe, hem the deceased. The pickaxe then tell out of pri-
mmer% bad among other picks. Witness then went and
lifted the dassamil up, end put hies on the bank side, when
he malla WAN., witness to give him a drink, end also
ids ma. Waimea fetched the can. When the deceased
spoke the phew, west after hint without saying a word,
sad streak the Mewed, who was bleeding when lifted up.
These wee • meell sense, of blcod under his jaw. After
=.• Adak the deemed got up end went away Mae.
did set say anything to the prisoner at the time,
but ahmeerie he told the pigeon it was a bed job. The
=sellisd it was, bet Smith wee still aggravating him.
the Mamas, sometime Mime the blow was given,
'ltems lased the demeesd swirl be bad wiped his back-
side with ewe lease was Mao redwrilli, the prisoner.
Cteseorsomiest by the Sea. A. Liddell—He had worked
with tbapkiriaseamne weeks, sad he always thought him
quiet. The desseesd wee set overman. He bad been wheel-
leg for the demend be the morning, end witness took the
deeensairi Nam, sad afterwards the deceased wheeled apin.
The sag Wm wheeled away • goad bit off. When the de-
-1 semi Mit the barrow up witness began to fill the empty
banes, alter he broight the empty one in to its proper place.
The deceased would pee sear the prim: sr as he west with
the barrow, _ _

Bee ei;;;lnied by Mr. Diaby Seymour—The demand
would be nearer the prisaaer with the empty than the lull
barrow. He was seas distance with the barrow, but he
• could not say bow far. At the time the blow was trick
witness wail jut palling I. the empty barrow, end is order
! to pass the prieoser he turned it over.
Thomas Moving on the 3rd of lig was workiog in the
quarry, and raw the deceased sitting to the stones above the
qnsrry.
Oroamezamieed by the Hon. A. Liddell—The prisoner
was a very quiet mao.
I Ann Galbraith said that the deceased lodged with her.
Re bad been with her five weeks. He tease home oa the
• 3rd Mey, and weld not speak when be Int oem. in. The
blood was running down his shirt, and on hb asking her to
dress the wound, she took him to the Infirmary.
Joepli robs, impactor of police, sail that on the Bth of
May he apprehended the prisoner in his house in St.
Johes.laae. On arriving he &eked the prisoner his name.
He replied Smith, and inked how the deceased war. Wit-
nese Bald very ill, when he ssid " I intended to give myself
up if the matt said, and I sus sorry for what I have done."
Thomas Annaadale, surgeon of the Infirmary, saw the de-
mand es the 3rd May. He examined him, sad at that
time he was insensible. He found a well incised wound oa
the left temple- The temple bone wee driven into the brain.
There was Co other visible tutererd injury, and be died on
the 14 th. H. made • post- mortem ezeminatii n. He (owed
eztiramive injury to the brain, and the skull was Immured to
the base. Tee brain itself was much ti tn. The wound in
the bead was caused by violence. Dad which a blow from a
debase wee likely to produce. He at o round two lacerated
woos& on the spleen on the left side, sod a large qtramity
01 blood had escaped from the reward into the belly. The
blows must have been very violent, and either of them were
enfiebrat to eases death.

Cross esseebted by the 800. A. Liddell—A fall on the
left elde on • Fli.rp imitating instrument might acute the
wooed la the head. The deceased had • remarkably thin
AWL

Tin jury retuned a verdict of Grano( asaslaughtsr.
TM ;wiener wee resteused to truaroortaticw for life.