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London, England, 1854-09-21 00:00:00

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CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Erle.)
Benjamin Sloinan, a respectable-looking man, surren-
dered to take his trial for wilful and corrupt perjury.
Mr. BAlantine and Mr. Parry conducted the prose-
cution ; Mr. Clarkson was counsel for the defence.
The defendent in this action had for many years filled
the position of chef carpenter at Drury-lane Theatre, and
the prosecution was instituted by Madame Caradori, the
prima donna during the late opera season, and Signor
Pavesi, who was one of the principal singers at the
establishment. It will be remembered that a Mr. Jarrett
hired the theatre of Mr. Smith, the lessee, for a hun-
dred nights at the commencement of the season, but
after the speculation had gone on for eighty-two nights
it was found to be very unsuccessful, and Mr. Jarrett
became insolvent. Madame Caradori, it would appear,
was desirous of keeping faith with the public, and of
continuing the theatre open, and an arrangement was
made under which all the receipts were be used first to
pay the expenses of the building, then the workmen
were to be paid in full, and if any surplus remained it
was to be divided among the principal artistes,
who were to receive one-third of their salaries.
This arrangement did not answer, and Madame Coradori
announced her intention not to sing after the 19th
August, and on that day the theatre was closed. It
appeared that on the morning of the 19th the defendant
made an affidavit that Madame Caradori and Signor
Pavesi owed him 221. Ha., and that they had told him
they intended to leave the country, and upon this
Madame Caradori and the Signor were taken into cus-
tody, and were not released until they paid 301. as debt
and costs.

Madame Caradori and Signor Pavesi were examined,
and they denied having told the defendant that they in-
tended to leave England, or that they owed him anything.
There appeared, however, to have been a deal of confusion
in the arrangements after.the retirement of Mr. Jarrett,
and Signor Pavesi admitted that he had upon one occa-
sion expressed an intention to go to Milan.
Mr. Clarkson, on behalf of the defendant, contended
that there had been no corrupt or wilfully false statement
made by the defendant, and that it was perfectly clear
that the defendant had performed the duty of employing
assistants and doing all that was required in his position.
He urged that the defendant might reasonably have sup-
posed that Madame Caradori was the person who ought
to have paid him, and although other persons might
have been more to blame than he was, yet, under the
circumstances, it was clear that he was only endeavour.
ing to enforce what he considered to be a just claim.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Crowder.)
TEE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICE CONSTABLE IN

DRURT-LANE.

Thomas Sheehan, 60, bootmaker, was indicted for
stabbing Barnard Corry, with intent to murder.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted, and Mr.
Ribton defended.

Tho facts of this case, which have recently been very
fully before the public, were but briefly gone into on this
occasion. It appeared that upon the morning of the 4th
of August, the daughter of the prisoner, who had been
out drinking with a journeyman baker, came home to
her lodgings in Drury-lane, ind she refused to let him
in. She and the prisoner's wife called the police, and
wished to give him in charge to the prosecutor,
who is a constable, No. 121 F, but he refused to take
the charge, and tried to take the prisoner's daughter
into custody for assaulting him, when the prisoner
rushed from his house, which is opposite, and with a
shoemaker's knife stabbed the prosecutor four times, and
the last time left the knife sticking in his bosom. Two
of the stabs had penetrated the leather stock, and in-
flicted two very serious wounds in the neck, and the
other in the breast was a very dangerous one, and pro:
secutor was for a long time in the hospital, not expected
to recover.

Mr. Ribton, in a very able speech, contended that
they (the jury) could not fairly convict the prisoner of
having had any intent to murder, and that the safer
course would be to return a verdict of unlawful wound-

ing.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding, with
intent to do grievous bodily hartn.
He was sentenced to six years' penal servitude.