The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

MIDDLES'S% SESSIONS

(Before Kr. Coney, at Clarkoawell.)
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(horse Mean, butcher, sad Charles Hughes, aliu Merply,
drover, were indicted for stealing three heifers and one start
value 601., the property of Beriah Drew, Esq., of Streatham,
one of the rnsgates of the county of Surrey.
Mr. Ribton, instructed by Messrs. Drew and Dray, ap-
for the prowcution. Mr. Motcalfo appeared for Hughes,
Cserland was not defended. . . .

John Harm:line, bailiff to the pa:assentor, stated that on the
11th of Anglia he turned 18 beasts into a field at Streatham,
and on the morning of the Friday following he mimed four,
three heifers and one steer.
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It appeared from the evidence of s number of other
e intense that on the day when the cattle were turned into
the field the prisoners drove three heifers and a steer to •
slaughter-house In Hof ywell-street, Shoreditch, the pro-
prietor of which was • Mr. Swallow, to whom it was repre-
sented by Mean that be had brought them from Rumford
market. He asked perzeladon to leave them there that
night end wanted to borrow 10a., as he said, to give to the
drover to fetch mom beasts with, but ha did not let him
have it end they went away. Next morning Mean went to
the premises with another man and slaughtered two and
drove the others away. The skins ware taken away, but
the prieonere were taken into custody on the following day,
sad Mr. Swallow identified the skins of the two which were
slaughtered upon his premises, one more especially from a
peculiar twist of the tail. On the Bth of August Mean
bad asked if be could leave any cattle which he
might bring from Romford market at Mr. Swallow's,
which was assented to, and when he brought the cattle
in question they were quite warm and fatigued, as if they
had been driven lustily and wine distance. The two which
were taken from Swallow's were driven to another slaughter-
man's. Mr. Culliforde, in lielywell-lane, by the prisoners.
Mrs. Culliford received them, and Mean told her that he had
brought them from Maidstone market, and desired that they
might be kilted at onoe—the sooner the better. Accordingly
Mr. Culliford, who wee not at home when the heifers were
brought, slaughtered them when be had Snished his own
heathen, end Mean asked that the (*Tomes might be rent to
Relegate Market in Culliford's name, but he refused to allow
that, and beginning to raped that something wee wrong, he
gave Wormed= to the polite, and subsequently, when Mean
came to finally arrange about the sale of the meet, he aged
him to go and have a glees of beer ate public-house, where a
detective was waiting, and he was taken into custody, es he
could give no eatisfeetory amain of his eiosseasion of the
cattle. He told the °Moor he had bought them at Maid-
none market on the Tuesday, of • permit whom he did not
knew, and when Hughes was taken he said he had been
only employed ea • drover, and the witnesses stated that he
appeared to art under the direetome of the other. Mean sold
four skins to Mr. Davis, skin salesman, of Commercial-rod,
Rotherhithe, who disposed of them to Mr. Brown, tanner, of
Bermondsey, but, from Information oommunicated, they were
kept by themselvesuntil seen by If arradiee, the bailiff, who
positively Identified them by marks end their colour as the
skins of the besets stolen from We master'. field. He men-
tioned the marks before he saw the skins. Mr. Swallow
identified the skins of the two killed at We place, as did Mr.
Coiliford the skins of them eloughtered upon his premises,
and the four were sworn to by the bailiff.
Mean, who seemed a very cunning fellow, end perfectly
conversant with the proceedings, crow-examined the wit-
nesses with the new of making out that • " countryman"
was with him when the beasts were ease to be slaughtered,
but it ems positively denied that such wee the feet. In hie
defence be produced a piece of paper, whkit he said war the
receipt for the money be paid for the cattle, and said he was
prepared with two witnemes to prove that he purchased them
at a public-house in the City-reed, of a man who stated that
ha liht them from Maidstone, but when celled no
Mt. Meng% said it would be a waste of time to say more
than stew words on behalf of Hughes, for it was clear be-
yond doubt that, whatever might have been Maui's share in
the matter, Hughes had merely been employed sa a drover, and
pakl for his newton.
Mr. Creasy then summed up; end
The jury found Mean Codify of receiving, and Acquitted
Hughes.
Nary dace Myers, 36, was indicted for unlawfully and
maliciously wounding Mergaret Rush.
It appeared that the promcutriz, who stated that she was
the wife of a sailor who had gone out in • troop-ship to the
East, lived In the mine house Sl the prisoner, 41, Bett-etnist,
fit. George's, and the prisoner having beaten bee daughter, •
girl twelve years of age, and turned her out of door., saying
ohs did not are if she went on the street., she, proseentris,
took compassion upon her, and allowed her to live in her
room fora fortnight. One day the prisoner, who was deer-
rstely annoyed at this, broke open propecutria's room-door,
and rushed at bee with • table-knife, saying she would show
her what a Dublin woman could do, end struck her several
blows with it, cutting her so that the blood aneemed from
her, and a struggle took place on the landing. Ultimately
the prosecutrix was removed to the hospital, when her
wounds were dressed. The prosecutrix's statement WlD:OOD-
roborsted by a witness.
The prisoner, in her defence, denied having done any
injury, and said the bother began through the prosemtrix
having upbraided kin for marrying a German, and sending
her children to a proteatent school. She then called • wit-
ness, who said all she could to screen the prisonor, who
nevertheless she clearly proved sues the aggrenor.
The jury found the prisoner Cutity of • common ssssult,
and she was sentened to three months' imprisonment.