The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-30 00:00:00

THE BURGLARYUSE AT HOLFORD
HO.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.
Bums lem BARON Maine.,
WM. Dyson, 31, James Mahon, 31,' and John *1,4,u
29, were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of
James Hollord, and stealing part of a cindetehr• ky
prrelll and Dyson pleaded Guilty.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Hailillo,aune conducted the
mutton. Mr. Woollett and Mr. Memel* appested for pas
prisoner Mahon.
Mr. Ballantine having briefly opened the cue, the yeg,w.
log evidence was adduced :
Mt. J. F. Paul deposed that he was butler to the
tuba, who resided at Holferd.house, Regent's-in rte, and ebe
was at present In America. On the nigbt of Sum*. lb,
13th October, he went round the house, and ere that h wm
safe, and left it so before he went to bed. His bede,,oa, ~„
over the banqueting-roost. Liter he bad been in bed;
short time he heard a noise which he could no- ACC,,:01:10,
to the banqueting-room. It was about 2 o'el,ok It vet ap
nar
and Ilsteaed, and then looked out upon the lawn, anti g
dog barking, and he observed what appeared to be the sea.
dow of a man upon a tree. He put on a bloa.e, end Limb,
the footman and the groom, end armed himull with
double.barrelled pistol which
-had a bayonet Ile gins
sword and a pan to the other two servings. The footle%
had the got. It was loaded with ball, shot, and doge. Li,
then all three went to the banqueting-room doe. Tae
windows of that room reached nearly to the ground. (:pot
looking into the bariquetiog-room through a soiled window
he saw a light, but could not distinguish the person al say
dividual. He awoke the two coachmen and they got up,ang,e,
of them took the gun from the footman, and toe otter bad s
pitchfork. He seat the coachmen to tit.- e.O h •nle of the
house, and himself went to the north side, acc,,mpenied by
the footman and groom, and almost immediately he buld
the report of a gun beam the south side of the bow. gs
went round, and saw a man running in a direr :too from
the banqueting room. He followed him, and the man tbree,
himself under a bush, and witness immediately sized s,
the bush, but the pistol mimed fire, sad a voice Wei
oat from the bush, "For God's sake don't shoot me.' Its
fired again and the pistol went off, and be wee sure it MIS
effect in the side of the man's head. He then t :tied Met Ws
prisoner Dyson had beta taken into custody by the othw
servants. He subsequently discovered that a portion of s,
candelabra that was in the banqueting-room bad been boles
off, and it was afterwards found in the garden.
By Mr. Beilintiae—His forces con meted of her prgej.
They had a gun, a pistol, and a pitchfork, sod the groat
was armed with a sword. Two of the seesaws were cost
men, stouter than himself. He fired at t:.a moo iLrettil
after he exclaimed, " Fur God'e sake don't shoot me. hg
object was to dieable as many of the thieves lee he retied.
By Mr. Ballantine.—Wine as had the a halite ot the oho:,
of his master's property that was in the hoti.e.

. .
By the Court.—He saw three men .
daring the traneaction.
George Bennett, coachman to the pros:ca:tr, dried
that he was called up on the night in otteves, ard
armed himself with a fork, and went round to the south sty
of the house. While he was standing neer the latecuetise.
room, he saw three men come out of the hew w 00... i.,ga
Hall, another servant, was with him. He had s rue., sea he
tired at the men, and witness ran slur one a the men, who
turret d out to be Dyson ; he knock.d him done sod re me
secured. lie saw a crowbar near the window the
come out from.
John Hall, also a coachman to the prosecutor, proved that
he tired the pun at the men, and heard one td the co rer out
the moment he did so. lie nimed at ail three of the Mts,
lie got the gun from Mr. 'haul.
Mr. Paul, recalled—This gun was dude,' with ball, large
and small thot, sod some slugs.
John Collins, a police constable of the S dep.sid
that, at ten minutes to two o'clock oa the sonars at the
the 14th Oct., he was on duty in the Loco r Avertsr road,
sad heard the report of a gun twice. lie ia.m,ouvrly west
to Mr. Holford's premises, where he fount Dyson, ar.d took
him tato curedy. lie then examined the p whim
had iron spikes at the top, and saw blood ern taCti eiue a van
portion 01 the fence.
Sergeant Les:herby deposed that, on the evening attar the
occurrence, he went to Hultord-unuar, and eine:fled toe
windows of the banqueti“g-room. He found the eater. of tte
window., and also boat the hinges of the shuttete, 'Nun;
end it lad evidently been done with a s.uali croehir
screwdriver. On the Ist of November witness ant to di
House of Detention, where be saw • female whom he hi
previously seen at the George, publiethouse in the Bortted
fhe female was talking to the prisoner Mahon, who win
that time in custody. lie afterwards saw the et, Man (0 W.)
• Imer.shrp, near the prison, where she wts j to
women who lived with the prisoner Mitchell. A worm
who lived with the prisoner Dyson was also present sttla
time, and they all went away together.
Sergeant Barry deposed thee, on the night of the I%
October, he went into the George public. bottle, L
I street, Mint. He was In plaits clothes. Upon getup tom eta
tap-room, he saw all the prisoner. sitting together at a tact
' with beer before them, and they were in conversation tap
Cher. He bad known all the prisoners before, and heed
constantly seen Dyson and Mahon together, rod he bsties
them together many times at the George, before this sera
happened. Atter the burglary at Mr. liolfonl'a, he ems
the loole.out tur Mahon in all the places which be ordencd
In guented, hut he woe unable to meet with him sag
of them. He ultimately sppreheaded him at 33
Union public-house, Union-street, Huston, on the
October. He told him that be apprehe alai its
for the robbery of Holford-house ; he said he knew tabisc
about it, and he would go with him. As they were sos4o
the police. station witness told Jones, a cuestable oho*
easepanied him, to go hack to the house and a Fetid
" Butcher Bill," and the prisoner then said, " There on 1.)
one with me, to help —." Before arriving at tot status.
heath witness examined hlabon's hands. There sea mug
upon them.
Bean J me*, soother constable, deposed that no Sualil
evening, the 13th Oitoher, he was at the Cd ire paha.
house, in the Mint, and be saw the three grin niers 1411:14
together conversing with each ether, and he lea theta:ter
at ten o'clock at night. Dillon nodded at him es besets
the door. He wa- present when Mahon was Wire .to for
tody, and heard him account for the injury when apmtni
upon his hand, by saying he had fallen up m a alas, e fad'
night before. W dares anprehee.cled • man named rats
son, and when he took him to the station-house Mohan la&
" What do you bring that man for) Ha knows no.hiel
about it."
H my Lthock, deposed that he war a cahmaa. Oa di
morning a ter the robhery at Mr. Hollord'a h sou with'.
nab at the York and Alb toy, it gent's-pal k. lie ttel ;el
set down a tare, when • man came up to ham (tom Oka*
ter-gate, which soon in 4 direction from Mr. liedurd. hats
It wan the pris neer Mahon. lie asked hm it he wean;
cab,and he said he did not. He then stowed him b:' ht had
which was bleeding, aid be Paid that he hadbe.o 1,100
by a dog. The injury appeared to be near tote palm of de
heed. Witness told him there was &pump near, and lardy
batter g 3 and wash the blood off, and he w at away mB
direction of the pump. About two or three inicual the
this be found the prisoner Mitchell in his cab, nett'
ball
wounded, end ho drove him to the Middlesex rile of Wile
100 bridge. When be had got a short distuse froth
York and Albany he heard another cab coming veil !di
behind him.
Cross examined—Had never seen the prirenir Milne*
fore this night, to hie knowledge. There AWAS
aaaa led
clue to the spot, and he distinctly saw Oa- precinct slOn.
Mr. 33 tweed Joseph, a eurgeoo, in 0:1,4.. Sisry.6oll:
street, deposed that be tittainea the prismer Nit a, l!‘
n
found upon the inside of has right bad several Mg!!
whiten he considered to have been p•oduced by
ifrom i hde she3o"
amoreappearance
trhanancesof.telitakinb.jutroyre, h.
This closed the case for the prosecutioa. e should uy had blO
Mr. Woollett then addressed the jury for the denote
Mr. Baron Martin summed up, and the jury returod,!
verdict of Guilty, and the prisoners were sentected le
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transported for life.

the im..als

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

THIS DAY.

BOW.STRKET.
Mary James, Elm Naha, ty, Jane Delany, wa 111
Burke, were charged with robbery.
Mary Ann Simenon.te said she was the doubter of tas
employed in the goods &pertinent of the railwiy Oe_i.
Derby. Bhe arrived in London two days pince,on tairbOtr.
!outdoes.. She had no recoil, ct ion of London, only hetilge:
it once before, when she was a child. She COP alone
took loddiogs at a respectable boardieg-bouse
PP
Huston square railway station. She went to the
theatre by herself lost night; and, while ?entreat 7.•
along Tottenham-court toad, about 1 o'clock ti.is
m ha
she met the prisoner Flaherty, who asked het se gl.rge
some money. Witness told her she hod no thane. 4
then entered into convenation with her. WitlIED
wanted some supper, and the prisoner mid ste
take her to a place to get some. They walkel onfec:•l
distance, and .14nea then pined them Wie. P° sly
sob...:teredi.ashkagedm. h
oho
:Ismb
weiadethr
they
rawldaotullednedd.rrira ztihleerhwarty a rat7.....e.
BOat r. 7
e
boerdiug.house, where she cou'd elepp for the nit
was too late to go home. The prisons:" r, ph,d tete;
a house where she could be accombmutodathtedeyeZhdatakbe'.L.,'''
then proceeded to some house in a lane, and doer test,:i
stairs to a bedroom. There was no candle in the ro4t
on entering she found other persons that. They 'Wood
down, and knelt tit on her head end chest to
her screaming, and she soon afterwards WIWI;
sensible. When she recovered she found all the
toners there, and they pretended to cite tir,i,,gel
solved her purse, containing 131. and a ghillies.
ht
mantle was also stolen, and her pocket bandkereny•
prisoners left the room, and she followed them De at.
deavoured to p her following the other three lorn;i
When she got into the street she called out " Pwisset
theyA
were ell eprehended. trig°
polioe sergeapnt said the house where the predict
taken to was of notoriously ill repute.
Sinalinir.olindeen
ter, and he could seemly haws believed tbst engo
should have permitted his daughter to lea" her
come to London, without having some protectioairtke ost
wry.eairodbtbted,cwiraestimofstanceaa
is.utnedietr,stieilllectoat
He tally committed the prisoners tor Meike t
Middlesex seations, which us appointed to tar---
Tuesday ant.