The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-21 00:00:00

SECOND COURT.

(Before Mr. Payne.)
J. J. n B, _Jiu, tailor, won indicted for feloniously moulting
John r 'urea, and with force and violence, and against his
will, ste.iliog from Lis perms the sum of Ms.
The prom:rotor said he met with a wom.iu on the 10th of
August, :oat west with her to Thonias.court,Goswelbetreet,
Out b.ol sooner got theta. when the prisoner, who was
staling at the door of a house in the court, MA " Now
give it him." Immediately afterwards he felt some person's
ern messing him tightly toumi his throat, and be was
thrown to the pound. While be mum the ground be warn
kicked is viuious parse of his body, and all his mosey was
forcibly taken front his pocket by the flounce sad three
mca and ant on by whom he was assisted.
The jury found the prisoner Gain,.
Three previous convictions were proved against the
prisoner.
Mr. Payne sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude
for four yeas.
Leans fir 4, 39, was indicted for unlawfully and ma•
Uciously assaulting and wounding Hobert Smith.
The prosecutor said that be lived at No. 4, Kingatreet,
Wapping. The primmer, who is a manner iu the mercan•
the senior, om the 11th of August, came to his house and
cLiinicil a young woman who was there as his wife, hutatis
beoli married some time before to his (prosecutor's)
brother, John Smith. The prisoner continued to walk
backwards and forwards in front of the house, swearing
that hr woikl have the girl's life if she MOW out. Shortly
of terwords the prosecutor's wife and her sister cm ne home, upon
which the prisoner seized bold of them. The prosecntoes
wife eallel out, and on prosecutor going out he saw the
prisoner struggling with his wife and dragging her by the
hair of Ler head. Witness went to her assistance, and
struck the primmer with bit Set, and during this time the
prisoner, who had an open clasp-knife in his hand, stabbed
him three time.. in the head, and from theme wounds a great
deal of Mood flowed. He felt very faint, and a doctor was
sent for (Mr. floes, of High-street, Shadwell), who examined
the wounds, and pronounced them to be of a amorous
character.

The prisoner said he wu married to the woman in the
Cove of Cork, and had lived with her for Dine months, and
he way 'lounged when he found her living with another man.
The jury found the prisoner (hike of a orimmon assault.
14r. Pryne sentenced him to be imprisoned for two
mouths.

Anderica, 50, stated to be a wine merchant, a
flue, 141, military luokin4 man,was indicted for fraudulently
obtaining by falae pretences, from Jonepli Rayner, a braid
plate, a bread knife, three plated corks, and other 'dicks,
with intent to defraud.

Mr. Mlemueil prusecated; Mr. Way appeared for the
priloora.

The prosecutor is a brushniaker carrying ou business at
Yo. Motcomb-street, Itelgrave-square, soil on the 2*ird
of July the prisoner came to his shop and made some in-
quiries as to Mr. Bone, who formerly carried on the busi•
sees, miduisationed • domestic calamity which had befallen
Ina. Hs selected some articles, and as prosecutor knew
that Mr. Boa had a good connexion at Putney, where
the primmer said be resided, giving the name of Cap-
taia Grenville, he allowed him to take them away. He sub.
sequeetly mad* ioquiries, and found that no person called
Captain Grenville resided at Putney. Had be not believed
that he re.-id.d at Putney. and was known to Mr. Hone, ho
should not hive let him take the article's without the
money. He WWI taken into custody near the London-
bridge Ilailway station, his real address being at Park-
place, Blackh.sith. When the policeman took him into
custody on this charge, be told him that if he dared to lay
a eager oe him it would be the worst day's work he ever
did iu hi. life. The policeman said he should nevertheless
take him, and he was conveyed to the snitien-house. On
searching the prisoner's house et Blackheath the articles
obtained from Mr. Rayner were found.
Mr. Wa.7 after taking several technical objection., which
were overruled by the mutt, addressed the jury for the
prisoner.
. . .

The jury found the prisoner Gaitty.
It ens intimated that the prisoner had been guilty of a
slather of other offenote, but the ponies not being in
attendance to prove them,
Mr. l'..yne said be ahead defer peekt sentence until
seat see.on.

FILL OF • BRIDCZ ON Titi CHF:If:IIRK MIDLAND
RAILWAY. —Oa Moodily, • little Wore four o'clock in the
afternoon. the bridge which was in comae of oonatruction
over the river Bonin (about a mile from the Bowdon Sta-
tion. cm the Cheshire Midland Railway I fell in with • fearful
mob. The debris entirely blocked up the waterway of
the river. It appears that the centres aniimirticg the arch
►ad beee " struck' or " awed " some days since. and
the contractors were locking up the arch of the bridge
on the north fide of the river with earth, whilst on the
oppueits or wwithere aide some 12 or 11 feet of filling
'till remained to be dorm before reaching the crown of the
arch. TLis is undentood to be the cause of uocident
fillip; up one vide of the bridge before the other. Your
pennies only. out of about 311. happened to be oil tb• bridge
at the Mite of the accident, all of whom were precipitated
agile .10 feet amour brok•a centres cud thous Inds of bricks.
These four persons were more or less injured, but *sly one
seriously. 11. e damage dope will amount to several hundred
and the progress of the works at the nowdoe end
of the hoc veil be nightly delayed in remequeace vi the
asaigart.