The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-10 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClROUTT.—Livispoor., Aran. 9.
The business of the assize is drawing to a close, and as
usual many of the cases us being " crusted up. Yester-
day a Mr. Clover, fanner, at Ralohill, brought an action
against the London and North Western Railway, to recover
damages for the loss of au arm, he having been knocked
down while crossing defendants' line, and so seriously in-
jured that amputation became necessary. For the defence
it was 000 tended that the plaintiff was intoxicated, and
that after being warned not to proceed** a certain direction,
he obstinately insisted on doing so. Verdict for the de-
fendants.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD 00IIRT.
(Before the Recorder.)

William Mantra Tarry, 25, clerk, was charged with
forging and uttering a bill of exchange for 501., with intent
to defraud the London and Westminster Bank.
Mr. Gifford conducted the prosecution.
The offence imputed to the primmer by this indictment
seemed to have beau committed wider circumstanoss of

very great art and ingenuity. It appeared that on the 11th
of March, a bill of exchange at seven days date, and for
the amount of SOf., was presented for payment at the Loth-
bury branch of the London and Westminster Bank. The
bill purported to bear the acceptance of Mr. Nemeth, at
merchant in Old Broadvtreet, who kept an account with
the bank, and the signature of that gentleman was so well
imitated, that the clerk to whom it was presented enter-
tained no suspicion, and at once pad the amount in gold.
Moduli was nude to identify the person by whom the
bill was presented • and in order to conned the pri-
' sour with the transaction, the following beta were
gives in evidence. It appeared that the prisoner had
formerly been la the service of Mr. Macbeath so clerk, and it
stated that he was a most beautiful pen and bad a
flemoulty of imitating signatures in very remarkable manner.
The prisoner left Mr. heath's service in June last year,
and at the time this offence was alleged to have been com-
mitted he was in the service of another firm. The forged
bill was presented, as above stated, on the 11th of March,
and on the 18th a little boy went to the bank and asked for
Mr. Macheath'spase book, the object of this proceeding no
doubt being to obtain possession of the forged bill, and
thus afford an opportunity of destroying it. The clerk to
whom the application for the paae book was made, asked the
boy who had sent him for it, and he said that a piitlernaa
who was outside had sent him, and this person turned out
to be the prisoner, but the clerk, suspecting that thine
was something wrung, refuied to deliver the pam book
without an order from Mr. Maebeath. When the fact of
the forgery was discovered suspicion at once fell upon the
prisoner, and he was taken into eintody by Michael Haydo
the detective officer, and is his poensaion there was found
a pocket-book, upon one of the leaves of which there was
written the word accepted" in the handwriting of the
prisoner. In addition to this evidence several witnesses
were examined, who expressed a confident opinion that the
word " accepted " upon the bill in question was in the
handwriting of the prisoner, and it also appeared that It
corresponded with the mune word written in the pocket-
book. _ .

The primmer read • long statement to the jury in his de-
fence, in which he asserted him innocence of the= and
argued with a good dcal of ingenuity that the e was
not sufficient to show that he was the person who had
either forged or uttered the bill in question. He Accounted
for the word " accepted" being is his pocket book
.by
stating that be had taken a small bet, ball-a-crown to six-
Cve ;natered aft% this book and totliathoheof at drat intended to
thought it
would not look well, and did not write an more than this
one word. The prisoner's statement concluded by a solemn
decimation of his innocence.

A respectable wi Inees we; called on the prisoner's behalf,
who gave him a good chancier, and also stated that shortly
after the offence Wm committed, the prisoner applied to
him for the loan of a small sum of money, as he was in
difficulty.
The Recorder having summed up, the jury, after eons/.
double deliberation, returned • verdict of Not ("silty.
Neap Joao, a middle-aged woman, having the appearance
of a gipey, surrendered to talcs hew trial for stealing three
haltcrowns, the property of limepret Manny.
The jury returned a verdict el Oviity, and the prisoner
was sentenced to four mouths' imprisonment and bard
labour.

Morgan Mandford, 31, was indicted for misdemeanour,
in having unlawfully sent to Newgistemiarket, to bee:posed
for sale, • quantity of beef that was unfit for human food.
The jury found the defendant Guilty of unlawfully send.
ing the diseased meat to market with the intention that it
should be exposed for sale as human food.
Mr. Sleigh said be thought it right to inform the wort
that only a few weeks before the transaction occurred that
was now the subject of inquiry the defendant sent the car-
esses of seven sheep to Mr. Sketchley for wile, and three of
them were in each a diseased state that they were seized
and destroyed, and a certificete to that effect was sent to
the &feudist, and notwithstanding this caution be ap•
peered to have repeated the offence. He also was instructed
to state that every week between three and four tons of
diseased meat wee sent to the different markets in the City
of London for sale, and the corporation authorities felt that
the practice was of such a mischievous and dangerous kind,
that they were determined to do all in their power to put •
stop to it.
The Recorder said he observed there wax another ar.e of
• similar kind to be disposed of, and he should postpone the
judgment until that case bad been tried.