The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 114611.

found is his lax, with N. is silmr, sad be was sending goods
to his Maltose is Ireland, some of which he (proeecutor)
brought book with him. The paces" lad told him that his
tuber was a clawless of mast" from whom he had large
expectations; but hie father was poor, but respected sad re-
sposoMble, endupo was hhim.iconsolable at the disgrace tba primmer
bed breeght n
The Assistant -Judge said be could not conceive a worse
seer them 111. Not only bed the prisoner robbed an indulgent
empleyer, which in itself wee a very bed offence, but hs had
bees the sera, of an insoessit person being charged with
Means( a watch which he hlmseYbed stoles and sent to a
girl be was courting in Ireland. That person was proved
to be innocent, yet it was possible a conviction might have
been the result, and the accused sent to prima, with a cha-
racter damaged for ever. Nothing could be so bass or
wished. The prisoner wee the eon of a clergyman, and had
so doubt been well educated end impressed with a due some
of the duties of this life, and of right end wrong. Re wee
yet young, end after this solemn warning might repent and
relsra to hcassey and Industry, but it was his youth and
that only which saved him from • 'epicure of penal mewl-
bads, which would have met him to • distant part of the
world for a hag term divers. Treating him however with
he greater than be deserved, the sentence upon him
wee two yeses labour in the H miss of correction. _

BiesbelA WcticieircarFel-ceVoLly arZolting
lames Ohegas,rrand robbing him of a watch and de. Mr.
Dishy prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh for the ;gleaner.
This robbery was committed by • men, aided by the pri-
soner, in Earl's-court, sear Leicester-agnate, on the erasing
of the 13th inst. The prosecutor west walking slang the
court • Hale the worse for the drink he had talcs% when a
ma, with whom the prisoner was, knocked him done by
l.ntSc hit on the ones, when the pristerr fell upon hiss and
riled his pockets, taking his watch and de. They both got
sway, bet the prisoner w taken soon afterwards, sad was
steady identified. Thistles had not been takes. She was
'doodled by • pence who witnessed the Inissectica as well
as by the prosKetar, sad saw her take the watch end roe
sway. The prism" wee convicted on hr sea plea. She
was not known.

The ideledeit-Judge said this wee e very dozing robbery,
and,ims *telly the primmer we equally guilty with the
seas bs was sot &posed to pew apes her mach • sentence
as die wen weekd have bad, bad be been taken. It must not
be sapposed, however, that Rasta who sided in such des-
perate robberies with men were not equally wasnabie to the
same punishment. Thomason:a twos her was bard labour
for one year.
&Awl Cliferit, 32, a well-known sad aft-convicted pick-
pocket, was head Gouty of stash • porte-moweek, con-
Wag Ith., the property of Emma Janina, how her penes.
The former °weir:omm having been peeved 'Oast Ida, be
was seneswei to sight yams' penal servitude.
In • case dpooket picking, where the prima/ had been
imieelmnded came time after the theft bad been committed,
bee=ltook theprisoner to the prosecuteth, and agod
i the man ; she said " Yea," sad swore to biro.
The AsaiMaat Judge said that on a former occasion he
alluded to this sabject, end the mart had laid down a rule
Whisk la this ineeence had been deported loom. It ow
soot leak that a pen= opprette•ded on suspicion
ed • crime should be taken to the prosecutor,
and the latter asked, "Is this the men P" The proper course
was to plea the accrued arowag a number of others, and let
the prosecutor single oat him whom be thought was the
guilty one, end if it so happened that the one so picked oat
was the ma sespoctid, the addends of Identity of course be.
ewes ail the were streagthened. When this moues was het
adopted, in no caw would the policeman be allowed hie a-
mass; bat as in this instance it appeared the polioscsan
was not swan of the rule, he would have his ; but it ought
to be made bows to the whole of the police force.
Xr. Payne melded in the second court and tried emend
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