The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Willis= Marla Johnson, 23, was indicted for ha.* its-
lawfaUy obtained by false prettiness from Mr. W. Bead,
10e , with Intent to defraud.
Mr. Poland prosecutA for the Mandicity Society. The
prisoner woo defended by Mr. Gest.
Upon the 'video" the jury oonvlcted the poisoner, who,
tl=so young, had been oonvictoi of fraud upon the
t no lase than miss times, and was known to be
intimately commoted with the most notorious gang of begging
letter writers to London.
The court sentenced him to be kept In penal sertitude for
three years.
.Phoderick Henry GibboN, 23, was convicted of stealing
bagatelle balls from publio-houses.
Webb, a City detective, proved a former conviction against
him, and said there were now eight mass of stealing bcga-
tere bells against him. The prisoner had recently been is
custody at Shrewsbury.
' The Assistant Judge said the offence of stealing bagatelle
balls from publio-homms was worse if possible than pot
stealing, and the court, regarding this as a very aggravated
case, senteneed the prisoner to three years' penal servitude.
A number of cases of larceay, undefended, or in which the
prisoners pleaded guilty were disposed of in etch wort, but
they were not of public interest.

ALLEOLD BREACH OF CONTRACT.—At the Liver-
pool SWIM yesterday, the cased Macdonald r. Lenghottom,
which was as action brought by Highland wool growers
against a Liverpool merchant, for the nos-sooeptanoe of •
considerable mmatity of wool, and which oomoied the onset
several hours on Saturday, was resumed. The defendant
contended that the wool was not delivered within a reason-
able time, and that as it did not reset Liverpool eighty days
after the contract was made, the defendant was justified is
rejecting it. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff-
-825/. 16e.; but the learned judge (Mr. :attics
Bydarfe as'sus-suited the plaintiff, on the ground that the con-
tract was void under the statute of fraud', giving him leave,
however, to move to enter a verdict in his favour for the
damages found by the jury.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON Tin EASTERN COUNTIES
RAlLWAY.—Yeatesday morning Mr. Humphryr, the creaser
kr Beat liiiddleteu, received informatics relative to the death
of • Irsissmia named Benjamin Payne, aged 42 yams, who
en lead ta the accident ward of the London Hospital from
the idiots of injuries sustained on the line of the &earn
Gountieeltadway under the following painful circumstances :
—lt appears that the deceased was a tallow chandler resid-
ing atMeadord, Hest, and on &today he left home for
Looks. Is the iv, slog, about eight o'clock, he was wait-
lag in the vicinity of the Mile-sad station, Catubridp-hastlo
rued, Intending to Mum to his rredance and upon hewing
the approach of • train he ran up the staircase to the plat-
form oonnected with the up-Ifne. The train was going to
Bishopsgate-strest, when he by some memo fell forward on
to the line. An immediate alarm was raised, and the engine-
driver apeed,ly stopped the train, but not until the wheels of
the carriages had passed over th• unfortunate Melee body.
Ile was tai.ed up and carried to the platform, but the injuries
he had sustained woe of sack a fear fel character that it was
dawned necessary to remove hint epos • shutter to the hoe-
vital, where It was ascertained that he had sustained com-
pound fracture* of both legs, together with other eat/real
Injuries on the head and body. Byer) thing arm resorted to
to wrist the demised, bat hs expked at 2 o'clock yesterday
=seise. He has left a large firmly.
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