The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-26 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

William Edwin Logan, 28, was charged with obtaining
money by false pretences from Henry Tripp.
Yr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton wee counsel for the
defendant.

It appeared that the defendant went to the residence of
the prosecutor, and stated that he was • clerk, but was out
of &situation and pressed for money, and was anxious tosell
• watch for 913/. He produced the article and when the
rerretor declined to purchase it, he reduced his demand
u2Ol. to 71., which sum the prosecutor agreed to give
him under the belief that the watch was • gold watch, it
turning out, as will be anticipated, that it was merely what
is termed "pinchbeck," and of very trifling value. The
defendant seemed to have acted very adroitly in
the transaction, and the prosecutor was usable to
state positively whether the watch in question was
represented to be a " good" watch, or • "gold" watch,
although there was no doubt that the prosecutor parted
with his money under the impression that he was perches-
in` a gold article.
The Recorder said there was no doubt as to the nature of
the transaction but it appeared to him that the false
pretence imputed to the prisoner bad not been established
in • sufficiently clear manner to justify the jury in convict-
ing the defendant.
A verdict of Not Guilty was accordingly taken.
Joh* Logan, the brother of the hut-mentioned defendant,
was then placed at the tar with him, both of them being
charged with a conspiracy to defraud.
Mr. Cooper said that the facts of this case were precisely
the same as those of the last, and therefore, after the deer.
mien that had been arrived at, he felt that it was uneecemary
to offer any evidence.
' The jury therefore returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
The Recorder told the defendants they bad better be
cautious and endeavour to get an honest livelihood. If they
persevered in their present course, they might depend that
the law would catch them at last.
Robert Payne, 27, and William Tame, 14, were convicted
of stealing • till, containing about thirty shillings, from a
shop in Moor-lane.
It appeared that the older prisoner went into the shop,
and reached over thecowiter, and pulled out the till, which
be handed to his companion, who ran off with it. Nothing
was known of Payee, but it appeared from the evidence of •
police-constable that Tame, although so young, was • noto-
rious thief, and that he had been gee times convicted.
The Recorder sentenced Payne to be imprisoned sad kept
to hard labour for nine mouths, and be ordered that Tame
should be imprisoned for two months, and duriegthatperiod
he should be once privately whipped, and at the expiration
of his sentence he should be sent for three years to a refor-
matory school.

DIBTRUCTIIII FIRI IN FIMBUILY. —Yesterday
morning, about belt-pest two o'clock, a destructive fire
broke out in the premises belonging to Mrs. Bishop, carry-
ing on business as bread and biscuit baker at Mo. 2$ Crown-
street, Finibury•circus. The flames commenced in the
bakehouse, at the rear of the dwelling, and quickly extended
to the Sour lofts over, and from thence they rushed through
the windows, lied ignited a couple of rooms in the front
building. Two of the Royal Society's fire escapes were
quickly in attendance, but, owing to the fire breaking out in
the Lack premises, the inmates fortunately bad time
enough to effect their =Cap* without the aid of the ma-
chines. The engines of the Loedoo brigade from Jeffery.
square, Watling-street, Farringdon atreet, and other stations,
were soon on the spot, but the flames could not be extin-
guished until the bakehouse was burnt out, the lofts and
stock of flour consumed ; two rooms of the dwelling were also
gutted, and the remaining portions of the residence, with
the contents, severely damaged. The fire, it is supposed,
was caused from the overheating of the oven. Mrs. Binh."
is believed to be insured.

A conference on the subject d night schools,
ravened by the committer el the Birmingham Prise
Scheme Association and the Beath Staffordshire Union of
Educational Institution, was held in Birmingham yesterday
at noon, under the presidency of Lord Lyttletoo. There
was a numerous attendance of clergymen and others con-
cerned in education, including J. S. Packingtoa Esq., the
Bev. Dr. Miller, Dr. Browne, 13. Ratchff, Req., Rev.
brae Spooner, Dr. Fleming, sad the Bev. J. P. Norm. In
opening the proceedings,
Plymouth has been a good deal excited during
the peat week by the question of whether a public park
should be purebred or not. It was left to the Intepayers
to decide, and they have decided I. the negative by seven
to one. The poll was am follows :—Number of votes for
the purchase, 9,967; ; against, 36,1162 ; majority against,
26,909.
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