The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-03 00:00:00

NAVAL COURTS-MARTIAL.

A second court-martial was held on board the
Royal Adelaide, gnsrdship, at Devonport, on Wednesday,
for the trial of Mi. George Thomas Bolton, sub-lieutenant,
serving on board the Prime Consort, moored in 11•111011 W.
The charge against the prisoner was his having been found
drunk while on watch on the owning of Cliriotmas-day.
The court adjudged the charge to be not proved, and
acquitted the prisoner.
Another court-martial was held on beard the Royal
Adelaide at Devouport on Thursday. for, on this occasion,
the trial of Charles Ritchie, • private in the Royal
Marines serving on board the Pellerophon' on •
charge of having while on sentry deserted hi. poet.
The same officers formed this court Si sat in the courts of
the previous day. On Christmas-day, among the general
preparations made to meet the rumoured Fenian attacks
that were to have come off on that day, a line of sentries,
formed of marines landed from the ships in commission as
Devonport, were ranged along the palings enclosing the
new works being added to the Keyhani Steam-yard. The
prisoner was one of those sentries, but apparentlyhaving
no
fear of the Fenian. coining left his post, and waled
the palings to go to • public-house and get • iug of beer.
Two of the other sentries, not being in the pnsoner's con-
fidenoe, fired at him as be left and returned. This caused
• sensation among the rest of the military and the Metro-
politan Dockyard police. Alter • rigid search the prisoner
was found in the culvert of • new drain that was being
made, with the beer jar with him. He now pleaded guilty,
and the court ',stewed him to eighteen months' imprison.
mat with hard labour, in the naval prlron at Lewes.

Ardentairr, JAM. 2.—Arroortmarrra.—Anise
Mot-Parasstore James Tatlock, to the Victory, as mere-
tary's clerk • Aubrey A. Touts', to the Dauntless ; Wm.
Trew, to th; Cumberland ; Wm. J. Brown, to the
Adelaide, as supernumerary ; and F. R. G. Wright, ttlasli
Frederick William.
Sinuous CHARGE AGAINST • CIRRGYNAN AND
TITS WITL—The Shropshire Court of Quarter Sessions
was engaged till nearly midnight on Wednesday in the in-
vestigation of an extraordinary charge of felony preferred
against a servant giri by her master. The prisoner was •
decent-looking girl, named Roes Charles, and the prose-
cutor was the Rev. Richard Jones, curate of Llanyplod-
wel, near Oswestry. The indictment charged the prisoner
with stealing a silk dress and a large quantity of other ar-
ticles, the property of her employer ; and the defence set
up wee, that the sriteles alleged to have .been stolen had
been designedly placed in the prisoner's box by the prose-
cutor and hie wife, and that the charge had been trtunped
up against the girl to *over an indecent assault committed
upon herby the itev.R. Jones. Mr. Boaghoy and Mr.WarreN
of the Oxford Circuit, appeared for the prosecuttoo, aad
Mr. Neale for the defence. From the evidence it ap-
peared that on Monday, the 4th of November lost, Mrs.
Jones left home on a visit, returning on the following
Wednesday afternoon. Her husband remained at home,
and the primmer was loft in charge of the house ; but
on Mrs. Jones returning she found that the prisoner hod
suddenly gone away • few hours previously. aim learnt
from her husband, whohad driven to the station to meet her,
and who professed to be at • loos to account for the pri-
soner's absence? that oho had prepared his lunch as usual,
sad had not intimated to him that she was about to
decamp. On the following night Mrs. Jones went into the
bedroom ossupied by the pnommor, and calling up an old
woman who had temporarily sueoseded her, showed her,
in the prisoner's box, • large quantity of articles of pro-
perty belonging to her (Mts. Jones). sad which. it would
appear, the prisoner had placed there with the intention of
taking away. The trunk was, according to the evidence of
the prosecutor herself, without look or other fastening, and
Mood in a place homemade toe very cue in the house. Mrs.
Jones took out of the box as much of her property ea ibis
coosualiti=away on a tray, still leaving in the trunk •
number of articles. Oa the Saturday follow-
Mg the primmer sent for her wank, which was delivered
up to her, sad taken to her father's home, and a policeman
=mot thither • few hours later, found in the box the
named la the indictment. The story told by the
primmer pissed the matter in quite • differeat light. She
stated that at mesa on the Wednesday she left her toaster's
seasies. she and ldassolf being the only persona in the
house, he ealmmod the bedroom, which she was eleaeiag out,
and, throwing her on the bed, attempted to take indecent
liberties with ler. She resisted, and as soon as she could
aet away from him she van oat of the home and went
brute. Oa the following Saturday she Dent for her box.
orid teal tho policeman meenhed it mid found the articles
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