The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

(OXIIITHENT UNDER THE SW %LI. DMA ACT.

In a small debts case a commitment was prayed. The do•
fendant was summoned on a former occasion and ordered to
pay the debt. He had faded to do so, and now a commit-
ment was ordered foe 40 days.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

The January meek* of the Central Criminal Court was
opened yesterday by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the
/Weenier, Alderman Mir J. Duke, Alderman Sir Y. U. Moon,
Alderman Sir K. W. Cordes. awl Aklernian Mean, the
shawls, under-sheriffs, *nil the usual °dicers of the
corporation.
There are only 47 prisoners for trial at this seadoo.
The llecorderaaain eougrAtulat A the grand cry upon
the small Dumber of mows that were in the vale r, anti he
observed that their were fewer prisoners for trial at this
session thou he ever recullemed at this
of the year. lle also said he was happy to
udorm them that none of the charges involved the
de.tructiou of bunion life ; and the most serious case that
would be brought before thou was a charge against a
prisoner of having feloniously wounded a pairs-con-
stable who had Mhos him into custody for bane
offence, with a view to effect his escape. This
charge, however, although undoubtedly a very animas
one, was not likely to present any difSculty to
them in the consideration of it, and none of the other
cams appeared to him to require any observations from
him respecting them.
The grand jury then retired, and the court adjourned for
a short period to give them an opportunity of finding scene
bills.

J. Siliorte, a German, remanded from last session,
was shamed with stealing a gold ring, value 125., the pro-
perty of (knelt Fitch.
Thel.roeecatoristhis able, it appeared, carries on the busi-
ness of • watchmaker and jeweller, in Barbican, and on the
15th of IYeeenaber the prisoner went to his shop and
asked to look at sonic rings. The prosecutor showed
him a number of rings, but none of them appeared to
suit him, and he made various excuses to induce
the prosecutor to go to the window to fetch him more
ring, to look at. Mr. Fitch at length missed one
of the rings that he hail shown to the prisoner, and he
at one taxed the prisoner with stealing it. He denied hav-
ing done so, and endeavoured to leave the shop, but the
prosecutor prevented him, and lie struggled with him and
endeavoured to throw hint down. The missing ring was
not found, but the prosecutor said he was certain that the
prisoner must have taken it, and his impression was that he
had swallowed it. When the prisoner was searched, no
money was found upon him.
The prisoner, in his defence, merely denied that he bad
stolen the ring.
The jury, atter some deliberation, returned • verdict of
Noe Guilty.
The prisoner was then charged upon • second indictment
with a similar offence.

The prosecutor il3 this case is also a watchmaker sod
jeweller, cud has a shop in Eureetreet. On the evening of
the 17th of November the prisoner went there and asked to
look at some fancy articles of jewellery, and be selected
several, the price of which was between llf. and la He
then requested the prosecutor to takeithe things to his house,
and he said he would accompany him and pay him. All
they were going along the prisoner made an excuse to get
away from the prosecutor, and the latter went co to Use
address given by the prisoner, but discovered that no
such person was known there. He then hurried back
to Lis shop, and upon cannoning his stock he found
that LI gilt ring Jul been substituted for a gold one,
upon one of the cards of rings be hail shown to the poisoner.
Vi hen the prisoner was taken into custody two braes rings
were found upon him, and a brass Albert chain, to which
no watch was attached, hung from his waistcoat button
hole.

--file jury returned a venlict of Oniltq.
Itichan! Cannon, a metropebtan police constable, pro-
duced a certificate, by which it appeared that the prisoner
wee convicted at Clerkenwell in May, 1859, of stealing a
ring from a jeweller's shop, and sentenced to one year's im-
pruontusat, and Mace he had been discharged ho was con-
victed upon a chug* of the same deacription, and he bed
only just come out of prison when he committed the of-
fence of which be was convicted.

The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to two years' hard
labour.

thOrge Bosom, 26, saddler, and William Wilson, who
was brought up by habeas froin the House of Correction,
where he is at present undergoing a sentence of imprison-
ment for felony, were charged with feloniowily uttering a
forged 101. Bank of England note.
Mr. Gitfard and Mr. Matthews sonducted the prosecu-
tion ; Mr. Sleigh defended Bonney ; Mr. Metcalfe was
counsel for Wilson.
The circumstances under which this charge wee preferred
against the prisoners were of rather a panliar charsctar,
but as the facts have repeatedly appeared in the police re-
ports it will be unneoemsry to give the evidence in detail on
th e preempt occasion. It appeared that on the 3rd of
October last • perms Denied Bennett, who resides at
Hackney, was standing Dear his own residence, when the
prisoner Wilson came up and entered into conversation
with him about the weather and other subjects. He then
said that he had oome to Hackney upon • very
unpleasaut business, and went on to state that he bad
sent his man in the morning with ten guinea, to purchase •
pony, and that his man had very foolishly, and without his
knowledge, endeavoured to obtain the animal for a lees
sum than had been agreed on, and this had so affronted the
owner that he refused to let him have the pony upon any
terms whatever. He then informed Mr. Bennett that the
pony belonged to a Queker, and that he was so strict and
ernacientious in all hie dealings that there was no chance of
his getting passession of the pony, which he wished parti-
cularly to have, unless he could Ind some one who would
buy it for him, and he suggested that he should give the
money to Mr. Bennett, and that he should prirehme the
pony of the Quaker gentleman. At this moment the other
prisoner, Bowery, who was dressed like • groom. came up,
and Wilson said that lie was the groom of the owner of the
pony, and that he could manage the matter, and he pulled
out what appeared to be • 101. Bank of England note
and some other money, which he handed to Mr. Bennett,
and he gave it to the pretended groom. Bonney looked at
the note and said that it would not do to give it to his
master, as be was a very strict man of business, and he
would recognise it as the one that he had previously offered
to him, and the whole arrangement would be spoiled ; and
he suggested that Mr. Bennett ahead get the 101. note
changed for another one or for gold. Mr. Bennett appeared
to have been completely thrown off his guard by the pro-
ceedings of the prisoners, and he at ones acceded to the pro-
position of the prisoners, end went to the shop of Mr.
Tyler, a butcher with whom he was acquainted, and asked
him to change the note he had received from the prisoners,
at the same time giving him some information as to the
transaction in which he was engaged. Mr. Tyler, it a
was not so easily deceived, for he at once treatedTrpt
cording as a swia4e, and ran out of the shop to the place
when the prisoners were standing, and upon his puttingsome
questions to them they speedily taw that the game was up,
end ran away sadsavoured to make their escape, but
they were pursued and taken into custody.
ne jury found them Loth Guilty.
At tin commencement of the ease it was stated that
Bennett, the principal witness, was very ill, and tumble to
attend, and some legal dimension took place as to whether
the circumstance would justify the Recorder in allowing
his deposition to be read. His lordship ultimately directed
that this should be done, but he consented to reserve the
matter for further consideratiou.

The prisoner Rornsey was thou charged upon a second
indictment, with feloniously uttering another forged 10/.
note.

F. H. Lewis appeared for the defence.
The prosecutor in this case it appeared is a saddler and
tames, maker at Roydon, in Lees, and on the 27th of
August, the prisoner and another man named Edwards,
whom be represented to be his master, went to his house
and bargained for a pony, a cart, and two whips, for which
Edwards agreed to give 28/., and be handed to the prose.
rotor what appeared to be a 10/. note and two si. notes, all
of which turned oat to be forged.
The Recorder mid is appeared to him that whatever their
suspicions might be. after hearing the last case, he did not
think there was sudlcient evidence of guilty knowledge to
justify the jury in convicting the prisoner.
They accordingly returned a verdict of Pal Gritty.
The sentence upon both the prisoners was postponed until
the question of law above referred to shall have undergone
further consideration.
William tort 32, plaided guilty to a charge of burgles,
in the dwelling-house of Alexander Hugh Rea, and steal-
ing several gold chains, value 601., his property.
The prisoner, who wee not mortised as an old offender,
was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment and hard
labour.

NEW COURT.
(Bdore die Common Berjetaß)

Edwin Butler, 29, marine, and Janes Smith, 30, artil-
lerynne, were indicted for • busgiery In the dwelliniphonse
of Anthony Besseland Stransham, and stealing a pair of
piton, valued at 15/. 155., on. cloak, valued at 4/. 46., and
other property.
The pnaoner Butler pleaded Guilty.
It appeared thin upon the 4th of December the hoses of
the prosecutor, who is commandant of the Royal Marines,
at Woolwich, was broken into, and the property in question
deka. The two prisoners had been seen together doss to
the house of the prosecutor about the time the burglary was
conunitted, and the prisoner Smith was found is pommies
of part of the property a few hours after it had beep stoles.
The jury found Smith Guilty, sad they were both sen-
tamed to 13 months' imprisonment.
William Giles Dollen, M., carman ; and ?Ursa. Waklin,
14, porter, were indicted for stealing 141bs. of p•pper and7lbe. of shooed-,Talus 21. Is. 84., As property o[ William