The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-07 00:00:00

SCENE IN MOST.

In the course of yesterday afternoon, the grand jury
came into court with a number of bills, among which was
one which they ignored, which had been preferred by Mr.
Bristly, barrister, against certain parties for an 'insult.
As the grand jury were leaving the court, Mr. Bristly,
who is & member of the bar attending the Central Criminal
Court, addressed the foreman and his fellow jurors in a
very excited and threatening manner, and accused them
of having treated him with injustice. They then left the
court, followed by Mr. Bristly. Shortly afterwards the
foreman returned, and addressing the Recorder, maid be
had to complain that the grand jury bad been greedy in-
molted and threatened by a person who had preferred •
hill before them, which they, in the comes of their duty,
felt themselvesbound to ignore. The Reeceder, upon
this, directed Mr. Mader-Sheriff Roche to request Mr.
Bristly to come into court and give an explanation of his
conduct.
Mr. Briefly having appeared before the Recorder, re-
quested lease to address the court, and premising that be
was 76 years of age, and had premised at the bar for 35
years, stated that he had been most grossly amanita by a
police, sergeant and a constable, an that the indictment
against them had been preferred before two former grand
juries, and thrown out on both occasions. The learned
gentleman was proceeding to state the circumstances
under which the alleged assault took place, when
The Recorder interrupted him, and mid he could not go
into these matters. The grand jury °emplaned that he
(Mr. Bristly) had used abusive and threatening=
towards them, because theyhad thrown oat chill
by him, and in nabs; such language he (the Recorder) was
bound to tell hint that he was guilty of a glom contempt of
court.
Mr. Briefly, who is very deaf, and appeared to he greatly
excited, expressed his regret that his indignation had led
him to use the language complained of within the pre-
cincts of the court. He must, however, inform his lord-
ship that he had been nearly foully murdered, and he
warned the grand jury that they would hear of the ,natter
Tie Recorder told him that be was repeating the offence,
and that he must apologise to the grand jury for his con-
duct towards them.
Mr. Bristly inquired of hit lordship whether he was not
at liberty to tell the grand jury outside the court that
they had come to a most unjust decision.
The Recorder said be meet not threaten them either in
or out of the mart. What they bad ions they had done in
j the execution of their duty, and they must not he molested
for it in any way.
Mr. Briefly said he had been most unfairly dealt with.
The Recorder said he could not go into the question
whether the decision arrived at was right or wrong. The
finding or not finding of the bill meted entirely with the
grand jury, end Mr. Bristly himself admitted that it had
been twice thrown out before. He mud be aware that
his conduct had been most improper, and it was not suffi-
cient to express regret simply for having used the language
within the precincts of the court.
Mr. Briefly paid he could go no further than he had
done. What he had stated was the truth, the solemn
truth, and he had been mast unfairly treated.
Some further ineffectual attempts having been made to
induce Mr. Bristly to apologise to the grand jury,
The Recorder said it was with great regret that he must
commit him to prison for contempt of court until he found
sureties for him good behaviour.
Mr. Bristly remarked that there were many gentlemen
in court to whom he was well known.
The learned gentleman was then conducted to the
lookup.