The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-29 00:00:00

• CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Wen Mr. heels. Dylan)
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brood the British vessel Hatfield Brothers,
of Nova Scotia, and that on the 11th of
September it was moored in the river Braroune, about
forty miles from Bordetne, Waitieg fora tug. dn the day
in question about noon, some quarrelling was board in
the fore part of the ship, and on another sailor, named
Powers, going forward he found that the prisoner had
bold of the deceased man by the whiskers, and that the
deceased had bold of the prisoner by the throat. Williams
exelainnd "Take the knife • be best out rue," and
p,,west, then saw, to use his,pwn =pre mien, that
the two men bad their hands "Joined upon the knife."
The knife was taken from them and thrcwn overboard,
and it appeared on examination that Williams had re-
ceived • severe injury in the stomach, and that • portion
of the entrails were actually hanging out. Ile was in •
terrible state, and it was at once seen that he had revived
• mortal wound. lie was att..nded to medically, and the
verse' having been towed to Bordeaux that night he was
taken to the public hospital there, where the captain. of
the vessel saw him dead on the following morning
at II o'clock. Alter a preliminary Investigation, the
prisenea was tent to this country, and when before the
magistrate be stated that when he was sitting in his bunk,
Williams, who was a more powerful man than himself,
came in rnd assaulted him in a most violent manner ;
that Le did not know bow the knife was used, and that he
was himself cut on the leg. It was quite true that he
had received a cut on the leg, that he had a bruise on the
eye, and that there were marks of blood on his cheek.
Previously he bad been every well behaved man.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter,
but strongly recommended him to mercy.
Judgment was deferred.
Eliza Moser, 40, • married woman, was charged with
the manslaughter of hoe child, F.dward Moore, by starva-
tion and neglect.
Mr. Daly conducted the prosecution.
This case was one eta most painful and distraming
character. The prisoner was a married woman, and lived
with her husband in Ship-gardens, Belvieu. She had
several children, and it appeared that her husband was in
the habit of giving her an ample supply of money to pro-
vide all the necessaries that were required for the family ;
and the prisoner herself, it was stated, could earn as much
as eight or ten shillings • week at envelope making.
Instead of spending the money properly, however,
it appeared that the prisoner was almost mordantly
drunk, and that she gave the poor child, which was only
nine months old, no proper nourishment, and frequently
left him alone nearly the whole day without any food
while she wee out getting drunk. At length the poor
child was taken to the workhouse, but it was too far gone
for any proper attention to have effect, and eventually
died, as the medical man stated in his evidence, of starva-
tion.
The prisoner, in her defence, merely denied that she
had neglected be child, and said that it was suffering
from diarrbos, and that was the reason it was in such an
emaciated condition.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and she was sen-
tenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for
eighteen calendar menthe.
(Before the Common Serjeant.)
Beery Warren, 24, a gentlemanly-looking man,
described as a soldier, pleaded guilty to two indictments
chargiug him with obtaining a tumoral, a sword, sad
other military accoutrements, of the value of lief., by false
pretences. lie was also charged with obtaining property
by means of forged orders.
Mr. F. 11. Lewis was instructed to prosecute, and Mr.
Metcalfe appeared for the prisoner.
The prisoner was said to be very respectably connected.
The offences imputed to bum wore, that he bad gone to
Mr. Thompson, a military tailor and outfitter carrying on
business nn Bond-street and represented himself as
Captain Daniel, of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and upon
that false representation he was induced to let him have a
considerable military outfit. The whole amount of pro-
perty sought to be obtained by the prisoner was nearly
6001. ; but, fortunately, the fraud was discovered when
only a portion of the articles had been supplied, and the
prisoner was given into custody.
Mr. Metcalfe urged on behalf of the prisoner his youth,
and the fact that he had fallen into the bands of money
lenders, who had completely ruined him.
Sentence was deferred.
The prisoners was subsequently brought up for judg-
ment and sentenced to two years bard labour.
Johu Amt., 33, and sbita Donahue, 40, were charged
with stealing • letter, the p:operty of the Postmaster-
General.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Windham Slade conducted the
prosecution.
The male prisoner was a discharged poet-letter carrier,
and it appeared that he had, in conjunction with the
woman, carried on a regular system of stealing letters
from pillar boxes, by means of placing some adhesive
matter within the opening, so as to arrest all letters that
were deposited in their descent. Both prisoners were
clearly proved to have been concerned in the proceeding.
Thejury found the prisoners Guilty.
They were then charged upon a second indictment with
a similar offence.
In this case it appeared that the male prisoner had
obtained possession, by the means described, of a letter
addressed to her aunt by a young lady upon indifferent
subjects, and which did not contain money. The prisoner
appeared to have ingeniously added a postscript to the
letter, informing the aunt that the young lady was short
et money, soil requesting her to send • post-office order
to a particular postsoMce which was specified. The lady
who received the letter, however, seemed to have some sus-
picion of the genuineness of the letter, aril she gave infor-
mation, and the prisoners were apprehended.
The jury found both prisoners guilty, and the man was
Pe utruced to seven years e penal servitude, and the woman
to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve
months.