The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-28 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.
Baron dm Bazar ituseisox.
BURGLARY AT • TATIRN.
G. Rows, 17, pleaded guilty to as indictment charging
him with borglariously breaking into the dwelling house of
George Beaton, and stealing silver money to a very consider.
able amount.
Mr. Clarkson, else d for ON prosecution, said that,
WMidillieni Sri ~.Ike _Re burglary, to which
prftnimer PAM- , e wee also charged with stab-
bing *elegise who took him into custody. The
offence to whisk the poisoner had pleaded guilty was break-
ing into the Castle Tavern, Park-street, Regent's-perk,
in the dead of night, end ssoling a considerable sum or
money. Re wee stopped by • police-constable, who
eventually, not being saddled with the answer he gave him,
attempted to tare bins into custody, and upon his 'doing so
the prisoner dabbed him severely in the arm. Under these
circumstances, the prisoner having pleaded guilty to a charge
of burglary, he whited to know whether the court would
consider it necessary to proceed with the other indictment.
Baron Alderson said he did not think it was necessary to
try the second charge, but he would lock over the depositions
and nemesia the facts before he pawed sentence upon the
prierear.
ALLIORD POMOYFICE ROBBRRY.
J. B. Ciasnington, 30, a post-oflice clerk, was indicted for
fslonionsly steeling a letter, containing one shilling and a
sixpence, the the property of the Postmaster-General.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution.
The primer was defended by Mr. Parnell.
It appeered from the evidence adduced that the prisoner
wee employed as a clerk in the inland department of the
post-office, and, in consequence of some suspicion that was
entertaineffrespectingbiseonduct, on the morning of the 14th
Novemlier,Peeke, the Post-office constable, was set to watch
him while he was engaged in sorting letter. While he was
so mimed, the constable represented that he saw the pri-
soner crumple up a letter with his left hand and press it
into his palm, and he lawn afterwards left the office with the
crumpled letter and several others in his hand. Re then, It
appea, wont to one of the superior °Moen to make
red
an inquiry respecting a registered letter, and on his
being subsequently questioned by Peeks and the officer
of whom he had made the inquiry, he placed several
letters upon the table, and at the bottom of these letters was
the one that had been crumpled up in the manner described.
The prisoner of course bad no opportunity to make away
with the letter, and it appeared that it would have been
his proper duty to make the inquiry respecting the
latter, as, although it had the word " registered" upon it,
there were no stamp, or any of the neousary signatures, to
denote that it really was a registered letter.
The jury, without any lusitadon, returned a verdict of
Not Guilty.
The prisoner was they upon a second indictment,
with a like offence on the 13i charged_ ,
ft November.
This charge was clearly established. The prisoner, upon
the day in question, wee observed to worsts a knee', and
divinely afterwards go to the water.eloset, where he wee seen
to take a letter from hie whisk he opened and
root ; sad, having taken a frost It, he tare up this
letter and threw It down the *lei, where it was afterwards
found.
The jury retuned a sordid of Gaily.
Bestow wee ',spited.
The primer Rooms was brought up for judgoasat, sad
seatensed to be transported for life.