The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-15 00:00:00

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ii EVENING, JULY 15, 1868.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

BONE CIRCUIT.-CIIELMWORD, JULY 14.

The oomminsion for the musty of Essex was opened on
Monday, and busimvs wan pmceeded with to-day
in Loth courts- Baron Martin providing on the Crown
side and Justice Willem at Nisi Prins. The busi-
ness was remarkably light, only live causes being entered
en the civil side, and the gaol calendar only containing
the names of 17 prisoners. Two of the civil .It,e4 turned
out to be undefended, and the whole of the civil busine.+4
was got through early in the day.

-010‘1,1 Cougrr.
(Before Baron Martin.)

Petrick Barrett, 29, • private soldier in the 14th Itogi.
meet, was charged with d'eloniously discharging • loaded
rifle at James Gibson, with intent to murder him.
In other counts of the indictment his intent Wai held to
be to do grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Taylor prosecuted.
The prisoner, itappeared, was stationed with a portion
of his regiment at bury Fort, and for some days pre-
vious to the 16th of February ho had been drinking, and
was in a very excited state. He returned to the Fort on
the evening of the day mentioned, very drunk, and he was
told by the prosecutor, who was • corporal in the re2i-
meat, to go to bed. He at first refused, but ultimately
did so, and after a short time ho got up.again and went to
the Led of Gibson and laid hold of him, and they had
a struggle, and both fell down. The prisoner then
went to his own bed, and a few minutes after-
wards he appeared to have deliberately loaded his
rifle and presented it at Corporal Gibson and
discharged the weapon, at the same time making
use of the expression "Look out, Gibson, I =going to
shoot." The prosecutor did not receive any injury, but
another man, named Conolly, was woundea, and he hiss
since died, the death not being traceable, however, to the
injury he then received. It appeared that the prisoner
had been nine years in the regiment, and bore a very good
character as a quiet man and a good soldier, and the
occurrence appeared to have been entirely the effect of
drink.

The jury found the prisoner guilty of discharging tho
rifle at the prosecutor with intent to do him grievous bodily
harm.

Baron Martin sentenced him to bo imprisoned and kept
to bard labour for 18 calendar months, and observed that
but for his good character he should have panted a much
more severe sentence upon him.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—OXFORD, JULY 14.
CRow44 COURT. —(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)

William George Wyatt, 32, draper and silk mercer, was
indicted for feloniously marrying Harriet Battersby Webb,
at Oxford, on the 9th November, his former wife, Emily
Jane, being then alive.
Mr. (lough was for the prosecution ; and Mr. Sawyer
for the defence.

The prisoner had formerly been in business on his own
account, but last year was acting as silknum to Mean.
Heelas and Co., of Reading. The prosocutnx kept a
Portia wool and fancy repository there, assisted by
two other females. She had to purchase silk at the
prisoner's employers, thus became acquainted with
him, and, not knowing he was a married man, al-
lowed him to pay his addresses to her. He promised her
marriage, and she, relying upon his promises. became
pregnant by him. He afterwards fulfilled his promise by
marrying her at Oxford, and cohabited with her at various
places where he had business connections, including South-
ampton. Plymouth, Jersey, and Banbury. She ultimately
found that he was already married, and bad deserted his
children.

The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to seven
years' penal servitude.