The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-02 00:00:00

NORFOLK CIRCUI F.—Nominal, JULY Si.

Kr. Otter, la addressing te Om ea behalf of the prismier,
said as dear that he bed sommita d the crime, bat as-
meted be was drunk, sad ant ostalsoat of his Setiell-•-111
tit did sot know right from wrong.
Noe Isedelds, in his tbarge, tole the jar, that there was
nothing in the evidence to ladace then to And for mythic(
We then wilful murder ; the crime ladirated design, and
mead sot lays bean cone by a penes is the Mot of pesioa
se is • key.
Moiety, after kelt ea Mar's abeesee, retuned with a
warns( " Wahl Mardoe."
His beds* istetedietear pat es the bleak esp. end is a
who met m sod lopisielee meow passed intense of death
en=, wltlowit Mr bowel merry.
who appeased In a state of collapse dariag the
ewesied away twits while resolving stems ; and la
the amidst if the Woos Nose tie dasgliteß, wile wee is the
lobby of the ems, at bead's *OW lather was sesteneed
to death, wed hots ee* and lest pining serum el
"0 father! father!" late the amt. The poet wretch
Deemed overpowered, and being usable to raise his hands,
desired the policemen to raise his hands te God for him,
which they did In an attitude of supplication to Heaves foi
mom.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Eirras, Auovrr 1.
Mr. Jostles Coleridge and Mr. Rumen Gurney, Q C.,
after attending divine service at the Cathedral this morning,
proceeded at nocn with the bushier of the mimes for De-
von and Exeter. The business of the city Mize is merely
nominal, there beteg no prisoner for trial, nor any cause
entered. That foe the aunty of Devon is very light, there
being only eight common jury and these special jury atom ;
two of the image have been tried, and one is withdrawn.
The great is.. of the Queen v Isaac Latimer, publisher of
the Plymouth Journal, for a libel on the Rev. G. Prynoe,
incumbent of Bt. Peter's, Plymouth, is fixed for Monday
toning.
With regard to the criminal Dimino', the number of
primates is 62. Of them 34 are for trivial thefts ; 8 robbing
with violence ; 4 arson ; 2 stabbing ; 2 shicepatealag ; 1
rape; and 7 demolishing a house.
111 r. Russell Gurney, after congratulating the grand jury
in hie charge upon the small umber of primers, acid the
light description of the offences, alluded to the late visit of
the Royal Agricultural Society to this eity, when the eon
[irrigation of great masses of persons might naturally have
led them to input en amass in the number of offenders.
Be also observed in the ease of Robert Connie. Bird and
Sarah Bird (charged with having, in the months of
November end December last, assaulted, wounded. and
ill-treated Mary Ann Panost, at Dockland Brewer),
that the defeats disclosed by the &Fieldale was, that a
Isemer trial had taken plate, and an acquittal had been pro.
neemeed. He (breast the grand jury to return the bill,
sod leave that subject to be fully dismissed in that soon and
algewhere.
Cicero

Timothy Burch, ali;;-ThWo, aged 24, was &neighed
opts alpha separate indictments, charging him with laming
set fire to the corn and straw stacks of tarmen residing fa
the neishboorknod of Henninghall, in this county.
The first iadie•ment nursed the prisoner with having, on
the 21st of Jane, at Henainghall, feloniously est fire to •
stick of wheat, the property of Thomas Warwick, fuser.
On the night of the 21u of June vision willed at the
Crown public-house, u Senningliall, being then in that
state which the people in the locality call "trashy." He
had then with him a hamper, eg.ntaining Yar-
mouth herrings, which he wu offering for sale. While
here be fell into coaversation with • blind man,
named Whidbrsd Barley, who less • returned transport.
Barley gave rather • flourkEloir account of hie condition,
and treatment while in the settlement unlinping hi
punisbnant, aayiag that the Mims of meat which be re
weaved were 31 he. of meat per wink. Oa hearing this the
prisoner ezeisimed, "D-.n sly heart's blood, if I don't
set fire to some premises to-eight, and got Wemported out
of this country, eases you say you lived se Ind" About
half-past nine o'elsek the prisoner MA, but Mama again la
a few minutes, and asked U he amid haws s box of
loran matches. These were reins& sad he was
then seen to go to • shop kept by • person named
Pigg, in the village, whirs he pu a box. He in
to
hie sera to start off, so it he was going to
hie own hams at Eillielfsacer, a village five miles off;
and evileass wesAnadaeod to show that between that time
and the how of kis arrival at Elltelfanger several stacks of
corn sad Ihrm•bsildings were fired and destroyed. Primmer
was the sok pima met on the road by the persons wile die-
covered the dna.
Net sm Ingenious address from the learned
counsel the deheco, the jury found him
Chat", and ties esatemeed to be transported for Ufa.

Hamm), JULY 31.,

The opossashoisa of assize for Herefordtbf►e was opened on
Wednesday Lest, by Lord Chief JuMios CesanbelL Between
two and three o'clock the sheriff and a numerous cavalcade

Ka. imam GITIMIL
___L•LING.
W. Bvekinghons, 33, was auged with stealing two ewe
cheep, on the 28th of April, Gut property of J. Bremridge,
of High Bickiaptos.
The case was very strong against the prisoner, as be was
tracked from the field where the skins ware left to his house,
at taryabridge, a divines of tea miles, and his boots seem
spouted with the narks. Forty pounds of nation were
toad in his house, cut up very rough, sad a but with mart
of having been used to briag bona the mums. The pri•
sour eluded the constables at the time. and was not appre-
hended until a await' of 601. had been offered. Some trotters
in his bout fitted the skins of the sheep.—Gritty.
Tut plan' transportation.

THE POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL.

fixalos os MVILITIi.LIKIian Rourke, a labouring
man, was charged ea empteion of being concerned with
others in the murder of Philip Hourigan, about three years
ago at a place sear Bra, in the county of Limerick.
Henry Webb stated, that from information he had re-
ceived at the station, he went to Fenchurch-street, when he
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saw prisoner at work. laying some gee pipes. He informed
prisoner he was an officer, and that be intended taking him
into nobody on • charge of mankeing a man named Heart.
gen.—Primmer saW. ' Philip lienthps 1" and immediately
after added, " Oh, I kaiser all abentebeimarder. I reed it in
the paper three yeas age." Mumitheaker said, after a
little costeWeratMn. " bat lam ketat.." Witness
proceeded to prisoner's lesights, to shake • search,
and encountered great oppethica bath the prisocer's
wife and some other women who were in the house.
Webb further a ated that the bartiter of his division had
written to the inspector of pike at Hruff to inform him that
prise); er war in custody, and be thpected they would not be
able to receive an answer before Tuesday, as tto received
no letters on Mondays now, since the new postal arrange-
ments. . .

Prisoner stated that he had been living in 'Vauxhall for
six or seven years, and had never left it during that period.
Alderman Sir Cnapman Marshall said be would remand
the prisoner till next week, to give time for any further in-
formation to arrive from Ireland before he wu examined.

Prisoner was about being removal from the bar, when he
turned round, and addressing the first witness, said, " You
want to get into the polies again by this lob, don't you, but
I would advise you to apply for Caleraft's place." He was
then removed.

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went out to meet his lordship, who arrived in the city of
tient rd betwen 3 and 4 o'clock, whoa he immediately pre.
curled to the Shire-hall and closed the commiselos. His
lordship afterwards proceeded to the cathedral (the first time
say ledge has attended there fors gnat Rumba of
puce. in commence of its MAN hese eat et repair). when
ranks) service was performed. The easeise d pipers for
this essaty is very light, thne being may ships. 6r trial
in the essay gaol and four in eke any nil, 116 s pal
.(eases with which prisoners are charged *Aid
notes, burglary, highway robbery, deal-
leg. Ws have hoard of very little bedeles le pees,
1 gel, altogether, we should lassies that big Pry
Imploded& seise tor the pathases a the boss
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—N 31.
Famerrar. llVlUtiti
Mi. Jostles Wishes= leek Me la the Wet-bell, at
9 o'clock this swam rad Aria was *eel at
the bar, shagged yes the soreare's &least With the villa
aardar al his wll42(l6pstrorhea.
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The partimimanflainmutftwees enessilleglyshockiag,and
is detail unfit fn publication. Prisoner is as Irish labourer,
and Heed in a low part of the town of Mimed, called the
Clogger's Entry, ixespied priseipaUy by as Irish colony.
His wife was a hawker of fruit and anaUwares in the town.
Both prisoner and deceased were habitual drunkards. About
fear o'clock on the 21st of March, prisoner and hs wife
returned from a spirit shop kept by a person of the name of
itsbinson, and on getting to the loot of the stain leading to
their dwelling, deceased fell down in a state of stupor from
drink, end had to be carried by her husband, seared by
some females he called to hb mistime, to their room.
Prisoner was not eo drunk as deemed. According to the
evidence of a Mn. Dees, • neighbour, and of a
daughter of the prisoner, named Bridget Forbes, an
unfortunate girl, prisoner and deceased were observed by
them, they having to. go into the room to procure some
things daring the evening, to be sleeping together down to
9 o'clock. Dees and the daughter went to bed together a
little alter ten at night, and about that time a little boy, •
son of prisoner, who bad gone into the seem at an early
part of the evecing, but on seeing prisoner drunk had lied
Wag afraid of him, returned sad went up late the room
where his father and mother were eloping. He stated in
evidence, but it was clear he did not state all he knew, that
he laid himself down and slept en • form beside the fire,
until between twelve and one o'clock, when he wee called
up*n by hie father from the bed, to come and lay the
clothes up* him and his mother. He stated he saw ao
blood there, sr appearance of violence. He was ordered to
bed by his father, sad went into an adjoining room and laid
down. A few moments alter ens, he states, he was awoke
by his father main ea his mother to get up. She did net
pay any atteatisa ha Idea, and shortly after he was called by
kis father le le sad eall Men Dees, for hies/dikes was dead.
Mn. Dee% ilft the dessider Bst, some up, but as soon
as prima maw hisider he ned her eat. She then
ran dews stain. f, " He has murdered my mother, be
has mardsred my seir." This brought Menem Lauder-
dale. sod es shehMes ids ionises thee ter he maw it wee
severed with blued. Ile meat to halide esti sew de-
sawed lying three Med, but mesa, and the bed sad *kiss
severed-1r idi Used. Melba *imams et the mem eflleddie
same la, and Imadsedele ran for a sat sea. Prissier wee
sifting by the Mesas is his shirt, end, apes the Obsess
eireg him M yet es his Meshes, it messes that lib trou-
sers were bloody ; and, on kali behind a stool where
lamer was littler, the peilsemes haul a pair of drawers
saturated with blood. The polestar else bet hem the
ire a poker. By this lime the surgeon, Kr.
Raise, had strived ; bat, shoe obi the body
of dowsed, though ha bead • NmsOerable Wa-
des of bind, he maid dimmer so samba of as internal
yawl es appess se head, bat a tow serslshes. Primmer
ems whin
ism mealy by the pollee, bat denied having
esamilled Meioses wpm d that Witt. A pot
wit. eesmiasties the bodyd woomeas mode, however, duke
the day by 16. Zama, aid ware sargeea, and than "tad
dm/ftL Or oldie NW binses alms ma Ise Meek
adtler hishreber.ll2ribilwere alis isdissirseped.ialsrithellijadis er
ei
was Wes, sad there was abash. eleadeas et the later
dais. • blast hnlssiasat, sash as a pik had boss lain-
dosed is* the he part et the heft, sad lsMtei Mane

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, ISM