The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSION&

At the "klieg of the court retail* morning, Mr.
Mande, the deputy chat of the peace for the
county, stated that Coking Vaugilan, the dark
of the peace for the City and Liberty of West-
minster, had resigned that oaks, and the resignation bad
been accepted by the Lord Lieutenant. The right which the
Middlesex Criminal Justice Ace had conferred upon Colonel
Vaughan, as clerk of the peace fur the City of Westminster,
of executing the °Moe of clerk of the pesos of the oesety
when the modem were held in Weenainater, hid ceased, be
eamequalece of his resignettes, and the whole of the duties
had devolved upon Mr. Heaton Bilis, the clerk of the peace
few the county, whose repremmtahm Ile (Mr. Mande) wee.
This statement was orderedto be entered upon the agnates
of the court. -

Mr. tft
William Whits w(Bikesee indicted Sy ke ese7.)
PWR • broatak.ne
Charlotte-street , Matilde BsevA, the muse, 42, Upper nor-
ton-nreet ; MOM Rereilekien, did MM. 15, Norton-street;
Frederick llarringenn, the same, 16, Norton-street ; Ram
Raoul, 68, Upper Norton- theist (thh person was convicted
on • former common, and was now brought op for Judgment),
and Pillions Pastan, the same, 60, Charlotte-street, Port-
land-place. Upon conviction they were sentenced as follows
—Preetoo, who wan also brought up for judgment under
recognisance far a inner otarletion, to four month.. ; White
to two months; Raoul to five months ; Matilda Birch, to ors
month ; Revelkhien, to one mink ; and Harlington to two
month' herd labour ; sibraAens Harris and Ann Barrie
=rat' to heaping • similar home in Leicester-street,
sguan. They metered into recognisance' to sprier
for judgment on the tad December.
Mr. Met:et* instracted by Mr. Randall, on behalf of the
authortties of liarylebone, prosecuted (instructed In the on..
by Mom. Alien);
}yr. Seneent Ballantine ent.Mr. Cooper
r saleteddeb Tier.
ilitereyst.l,appeared. for ;
Retort WAr, Robert Woodmen, and Rent Woodman, were
indicted for mesulting Joseph Thompson, an officer of the
Sheriff ef Middlesex, in the execution of his duty.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Poland pri *Dented Mr. Tindal
Atkineen (instructed by Mr. Wskeling) for tho defendants.
There was a crow indictment to this rear in which the
promoutor of the other was charged with an meault
upon the deleniento The facts shortly were them
went with a sheriff's warrant to arrest WA',
who kept the Mother Shipton public-boom., in the Primes
at Waite-road, Camden-town. Be stated that he went he,
when Wilby, whom he had previously known, sad hied nee
outside the home jun before he went In, was ithving the bar
parlour by a eide
odman, her b,dar.:,,albtred
raid Ire W
wee I !beard des younc
prodeold IMIETIEIt and followed Wilbay, when be cnaeUAle ob-
i:meth by the Woodman. and some female B. was
struck sad hie coat torn to rags. lie however imptaired
Willey st • house a short distance off, but he wee .gala mei
seethed, sad Wilby got away, but was afterwards taken ea
an amp warrant, and had 'Moe become a bankrupt.
Par the defence It wee alleged that Thompson, an the first
Menthe, armed the defendant Woodman in minas for
Wilby, although Thompson swore he had previously known
him persomdly that he was really the aggremor, and used
violent anetlanguage. This Thompson had
denied is
After a long inveattptho, in which evidence wee on
both sides, the delsolante, on both indictments, were
altuaifted.