The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, lB5O.

bun struck him with a atone Is his hand, and the other
prisoners acted with a greater or less degree of violence.
They then put him into a stone dyke and left him. Oa Ills
•reoeery, seeing .he mob returning, be got away as fast he
could, sad was met by soma other people who took biro to a

surgeon.
Mr. Kelly, of Levine.. surgeon, described t►e nature of
Connell's WOUIIIiP, which were both numerous and serious
lib Lordship ►arias moused up, the jury, after a air rt
deliberation, negatived the mutt of intending to mails or to
do gel bodily harm, but found all the prisoners guilty
on the other counts of the ladictmont, and they were sen-
tenced to hard labour foe terms varying from fear to six
month,.
JoAx Delany,l6, was charged with ►acing, at the town-
chip of Dawson, stabbed Robert Drury, with intent to mur-
der him.
" "

In this cam it apparel that the prosecutor was mate on
board a ship lying in Sesham harbour, and the prisoner
having neglected his duty, and not kept himself clean, was
reprimanded by the officer; on which he gave an insolent
reply, which procured him a chastisement, on which he
palled out a large knife and violently stabbed the prosecutor,
who remained for some time in a &rigorous state.—Gruitly.
Sentencad to two years' hard labour.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL co URT.
NEW COUNT.—YureaDAT.
%Yeas Ma. Broom.
MINT PRONSCUTIONS. • -

The whole of the day in this court was occupied in trying
prisoners for passing base coin. The eases were of the or&
nary nature, and the greater number of the utterings were
to hesand victuallers.
In the soave of one of the eases, where Mr. Payne de-
fended, some amusement was nested by the examination of
the polierconstable, who, when asked by Mr. Bodkin the
exact words used by the prisoner when accused, said she
admitted the uttering.
Mr. Bodkin—We don't want you to tell us that she ad-
mitted her guilt ; tell us what she said.
Winne—She said a good deal, but the mostnotiesable
pert wee her admitting passing the shilling.
Mr. Bodkin—But what did she my ?
Witness (pompously) I forget the pretext of it.
(Laughter.)
Kr. Bodkin—Do not ale hard words; let us know what
she did say.
Witness—l quite forget what she did say. (Rims of
Isaghter.)
Mr. Payne then asked the witness whether he was not
aware that the police, iu Mint cases, got move for their ex-
penses than when engaged In other charges?
The witness said they used, but then was an alteration,
and they new received the same as in other eases.
Mr. Payne said he wee glad to hut It, and thought he
might take credit to himself for having bean instrumental in
trivialise about the nforatation.
Mr. Bodkin—Bat really, Mr. Payne, I do not ste how you
can give evidence of your own conduct. (Mack laughter.)
Mr. Payne, in addressing the jury for the defence, said
that notwithstanding what had been said, he thought he
might take some credit to himself for having set afloat,
if not having been the cause of bringing about this much to
be desired reforma'ion, for he knew that it had arisen out of
a cross-examination made by him when defending a prisoner
charged before one of the judges with an offence against the
Mint. He, the learned counsel, then elicited the fact, of
which his lordship took a note, and the matter was
subsequently brought before the authorities of the Home
Office, who he was glad to find bad altered the practice.
The prisoner, against whom the case was very clear, was
convicted, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.
There were fourteen prisenen for trial for passing bad
coin, thirteen of whom were tried this day, and twelve con•
victed and sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from
6 to 18 months.
The only case of acquittal was that of a respectable look-
ing lad, named White, for puling a bad haPcrown at the
shop of a coffeehouse keeper in Salisbury-square.
TIM facts of the case have already appeared under the
head of the Guildhall Police, and attracted some little is-'
terest in consequence of the respectable connexions of the
bid, and its being thought that he had been the dupe of some
old offender whom the Mint authorities had net sufficiently
exerted themselves to bring to jostle,. There did not, how-
ever, appear from the evidence any grounds for the suspicion
as far as the Mint authorities were concerned, bat there was
enough to warrant the jury in concluding that the prisoner
had been the dupe of some one who was adept enough in his
iniquity to evade a presseedion, and so acquitted the pri-
mmer.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YrATERDAy.
BOOM Ma. SILVIA= ADAms, AWISTANT JUDOS.
The March general smite commenced yesterday morning,
at the Connhonse, Clerkenwell. Then were 82 prisoner&
for trial, of wham 80 was iodaeted for felony, and 2 tor mis.

demeanour.
DODS/WIWI Alin A 140711111 O. HINDE.—THE CHRIST-

CHURCH SATING. BANI.

In this cue, which wm a petition by two of the trustees
against the actuary of the Carietchurch Savings Bank,
Regent's-park, to compel hint to deliver up certain moneys
and effects, punuant to an order made upon him to that
effect, the learned judge, at the sitting of the court, made
the following order by consent of the peruse :
That the sum of 2381., paid into mart by the said
Henry Pelley Hindle, the respondent, be forthwith paid over
to the petitioners, William Dodsworth, and William Fox,
trustees of the said ' p bark, and that the ten books
deposited in court be delivered to the said petitioner',
the said petitioners giving proper receipts for the same ; that
the said Henry Pitney Hinds be allowed ten days from the
date of this order to send in a list of the allowances claimed
by him out of the sum so paid over • that the trustees do
take the ume into consideration, and 'make such allowances
I therein as shall be just ; that their decision thereupon shall
be final and binding upon all parties concerned ; that the
said Henry Pelley Ilinde and his sureties shall be discharged
from all liabilities whatsoever in respect of the said savings
bank ; that no proceedings whatever shall be taken upon
the bond now in the custody of the Commissioner'for the
Redaction of the National Debt ; that proper appliceion
shall be made for the same pursuant to the statute ; and that
the same, when delivered, shall be forthwith cancelled."
The learned judge said this termination had been come to
in a very kindly manner by the parties, and would, he had
no doubt, prove quite satisfactory.
it:TEI.4ILS OFTENDZB.S.
. .

T. Jones, 15, was convicted of stealing 22 printed books,
the property of Thomas Jones.
The learned judge said this ease was one of the illustra-
tions of the evils arising from the system of " summary
conviction." Since February, 1849, this lad bad been con-
victed summarily no less than six times, and on three of
those =aliens he had been whipped. It was lamentable
that'then things resulted from a system which it was supposed
would put an end to juvenile delinquency, and there were no
doubt benevolent-minded individuals who believed that the
passing of acts of parliament for " summary jurisdiction,"
were the real panacea for so grave an evil ; but the real effect
of them was to give every boy who came under their opera-
tion a thorough prison education.
The prisoner was sentenced to six months' hard labour.
THE ARGYLL Rooms.

In the course of the day awrit of oernoran was served upon
the deputy.clerk of the peace, Mr. A. O. Maude, for the re.
naval of the proceedings against the proprietors of the
Argyll Rooms from this court to the Old Bailey.

THE POLICE COURTS.
CLERKENWELL...

CHARGE AGAINST A POLICEPAAN.—IIsigh MythEdon,
467 IC, ma spin reexamined, charged by Mr. Linage°,
barriater•at-►aw, of the Middle Temple, with being drunk,
and neglect and violation of duty. The cue was adj 3urned
fora week.

COWARDLY As/MOLT.—J. M. Bemnett, en Italian itinerant
organ grinder, was charged with having violently assaulted
John B. Freshwater, a boy seven ears of age, son of Mr.
Freshwater, of Kingsgate-street, Holborn. The prisoner
was playing his organ in Kingegatawreet, when ha was fol-
lowed and teased by some boys, who irritated him. The
Prisoner ran after them with a bludgeon, and strutk the
injured boy on the head, inflicting a dreadful wound from
which he bled profuse 4 and was randated insensible. He
was conveyed to the residence of his parents, where ho now
remains in a dangerous condition. The prisoner was given
into custody.
Several witnesses were Examined, and a surgeon's certifi-
cate was prEduced, in which the boy's life was stated to be in
danger.
The prisoner, who is a surly-looking fellow, affected to be
ignorant of the English language, although ha was heard to
speak it fluently outside of the court.
Mr. Combs asked the prisoner whether he wished to say

anything to the charge ?
An interpreter questioned hlm, and he denied haring in-
tentionally injured the boy.
The prisoner was remandeal until the fate of the boy is
sacertained.

WESTMINSTER.

CHAIM. OF HIGHWAY WHAMMY. —Joseph Crowds, •
private in the eseond battalion of Grenadier ()airds, but who
wore the dress of a livery servant, and was stated to be
coachmen to Capt. West, one of the often* of the regiment,
was charged with assaulting John Jacob Holbrook, in Blowie-
st:est, and robbing him.
The prosecutor, a whipmaker, living at Knightsbridge,
was making the bast of Ins way up Bloane-street, at about a
quarter-peat twelve on the previous night, when the prisoner
came up to hint, and thrusting his hands in his pockets, took
from them some money in large silver—a crown, as well as
he could reckon. Prosecutor struggled, when prisoner
struck him • violent blow in the face, which
severely blackened hie eye and felled him to the ground, and
then ran off. Hargrave, 62 B, who bad from the other side
of the street observed the prosecutor and pr;eoner standing
together, and saw the prisoner either push or hit the pray
cuter, and the latter fall, followed the accused, who was
known to his, and asked what he had been at ? To which
prisoner replied, " all right." The constable said he did
not know that, and requested the prisoner to stop, but he ex-
cused Memel! by sayin that he could not, as he was in haste
to get **carriage ready. The oiliest, knowing the prisoner
was the servant of Capt. West, allowed him to go on, but
immed?ately returned himself to the proncutor, who was
then bleeding profusely from the nose, and endeavouring to
get up front the ground ; and in consequence of his stating
that he bad been robbed, the coestable immediately went
to the captain's stables in quest of the prisoner. Atter
knocking there some time the scented inquired from
within what he wanted, adding that he should not open
the door, unless he told him. The constable then said that
the men he (prisoner) had knocked down in Sloane-street,
stewed him of having robbed him of live shillings, when
prisoner replied it's only one; take it end make it all
right with him, for I'm getting the carriage ready, as I ea

ordered at half put one." Prieoner then opened the stable
door only just wide enough to pees bit arm out with ti e
shilling in his hand, toy tee constable placed hie foot in the
opening, and a'ter some ddlleulte succeeded in dumping the
primmer out, when he used all the persuasinns to induce the
officer to let him go, which he of course refused to do. Two
ha f crowns were found upon the prisoner, who said be bad
Men drinking with the pro►ecutor, which the latter, how
ever, most pcsitively denied, declining that he never saw
his until be attacked him in the street and robbed him.
Mr. Broderip committed the prisoner for tri .1 at the Con-
, teal Criminal Court.

Tills DAY, NooN.
Coarse of Wad. Ntreogt► of Wind. State of %Mho,.
W.S.W. Gentlo firecw. Cloar.