The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-15 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL CO URT.

BolPert Bwklascl, a reepootable-looking young man,
reacted to to take him trial upon a charge of maliciously and
hicsionaly setting fire to a rick of hay, the property of
Fronde Gurney.
Mr. Cooper conducted the prosecution. The pawner we.
dd.ndsd by Mr, Riliton.
The prosecutor in this rice la a farmer, living at Northoid,
la the neighbourhood of Uxbridge , and it appeared that the
primmer had been is his service as horsokeeper, but was dis-
obliged a twelvemonth ago. The fire that was the subject
of inquiry took place on the 7th November last year. The
principal evidence against the prisoner wee the fact that he
wee the first moon who gave the alarm of fire, and that foot-
steps which odd with his shoe. were traced from the
cottage where he I ved to the stack that was set on Sze; in
addition to which it up that when the prisoner was
discharged ha hod ma&ward use of some threat that he would be
revenged on his master. It appeared, however, that the
Moaner did not deny that he had gone from his °otter to
the prosecutor's premieres on the night of the tire, and that
he bed from the Ant declared that he we. innocent of causing
ft, and bed voluntarily offered his shoes to the constable lor
ezeshettion.

--TheJoryreturned a verdict of Not guilty.
Thomas Bateman, 16, a well-dreseed innocent-looking lad,
plaided guiltyto a charge of robbing a lady of a parse con-
taining ems shillings.
The Recorder put some questions to the police constable
is the mss, and ascertained that the prisoner wee •
member of the juvenile swell mob, and that it
was his practice to frequent the public thoroughfare. of the
metropolis, In company with another lad about his own age,
for the purpose of picking pockets, end a well-dressed old
woman generally followed them to assist, if necessary, in
their operations. The prisoner had, it appeared, once before
to rn in custody, but had never hero convicted.
He woo sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.

24, ZiiII;;;FILT 20, pleaded guilty to
• charge of burglaty and weeding • coat and other articles,
the property of Jam. Chappell.
The prisoner Lee was then charged opo• three other In-
dletmenta, jointly with • wan= named Emily ax, with an
06161C4 of the same character,

Leealfirst pleaded guilty to the whole of them charges,
bat he subsequently retracted those pleas, upon the gmund,
ea be said, that Watts, the men who had before pleaded
gaily, bad been cc:livened In the whole of the robberies N.
well sa bitueelf, and he thought it vo7 hard that he should
suffer for " the whole lot."

Two of the cases were them taken, and it was proved that
almost immediately after the robberies had been ooromittad
the prisoners were found in pnearmion of considerable por-
tions of the stolen properly, and that the woman bad pledged
some of the articles in an assumed name.
The jury in both ewe convicted the prironen—Lse of
'tooling, and Con of remising the property knowing it to
bare ben stolen.

The whole of the prisoners were then called up for judg-
ment, and en officer informed the court that Watts had been
twice before summarily convicted, and that Lee was a well-
known bed character. He bad been brought up in the
Union Workhouse, and bad palmed the bonier pert of hie
life either in the Union or in prison, and had been no lem
than ten times convicted of different offences.
The Recorder !neatened Leo to be kept in penal .ervitnde
for ail years, Watm to be kept to bard labour for two ram
end Con to the same punishment fur one year.

NEW COURT.
(8.10 the Co=on Stejeent.)

•
NOM SOlO.lOlll and Mors Myers, two respectably droved
:ewe, rtirrendered to take their trial for having stolen 2,000
labels, valued at 41., the morally of Philip Summers.
Mr. Cartago prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton and Mr. Lilloy
dehoded.

The proeseutor Is a manufacturer of labels, living in Taber-
maw walk, and on the 26th of November the parevl which
castabeed the labels was stolen from a melt upon its
way to the earrises. On the 30th of the same month the
Flare floismate called tapes a Mr. golly, and off. red
seem alibi 4011111 labels, as a sample of the lot, at a low
=L Mr. Bully having had SOON previous communication
the promootor, told Solomon. to call again and bring
tlnsto.dt which he did, and, a oonstable bring present,
him as to his pomemion of thorn, and he mid be
ra7.l.l;o7ght them of alyerv, to whom he at cane took the DE-
car. Myer. admitted having sold them to Solomon& for 12..,
he leaving bought them for 5c on the same night as the
=of some one in Petticoat-lace. Sobeequent
that the story was true, end that there had at=
any attempt at ooncealment upon the part of the prleowem,
both .4 whom bore good cbarestere.
The jury Acquitted them