The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-21 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 20.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Charles Howard and John Owen were charged
with obtaining goods from Thomas Parkinson Luth-
waite, by false pretences. Other counts of the in-
dictment charged them with conspiring, together with
one Thomas Bonner Russell, to defraud the said
Thomas Parkinson Luthwaite.

Mr. Monk and Mr. Spinks appeared for the prose-
cution ; Mr. T. Atkinson defended the prisoner Owen,
and Mr. Sowler the prisoner Howard.
It appeared that the prosecutor was a currier, car-
rying on business at Barton, in 'Westmoreland.
Owen was a porter, at Manchester, having a horse
and cart, with which he carried on his business ; and
Howard had been a weighing clerk in the Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. On the
14th of November last the prosecutor received the
following letter
" Mill-lane, Droysden, near Manchester, and at
Ladywell Works, November 13, 1850.
" Sir,—Please favour as with your lowest prices for
leather. " We are, Sir, yours obediently,
" Fur J. Howard and Co.,
" T. RUSSELL "
This letter was in the hand-writing of the prisoner
Howard. The prosecutor replied to this letter, stat-
ing his prices for leather, and on the 16th he received
another letter from " J. Howard and C 0.," desiring
him to forward a certain quantity of leather, ad-
dressed to them to the address at Droysden, and to
send the invoice per post; and accordingly the pro-
secutor forwarded by the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail-
way leather of the value of 101. lls. ld., and posted
the invoices. The leather duly arrived at the Ashton-
nnder-Lyne station, and the police sergeant at Droys-
den, having inquired and found that there was no
such firm carrying on business at Mill lane, Droys-
l-m, and that there were no such works us Ludy well
Works, directed the uffiers of the railway to detain
he leather in case it sta,uid be applied for. On he
28_h of November, Howard and Russell presented
teernatelveg at the Dro:.,sden statien, and asked if there
was atoy leather ad tressed to J. Behard and Co
The station-master told them that it was at A-hton-
andeir Line station; thither they went, and on i: q dry
for she ;eaiher, were told by the station master that
tcte leather was there, but that the company had in-
,ormed the parries from whom it came that there was
no such firm or concern as " J. Howard and Co.,
Droysden." Howard replied that there was such a
tirin, and showed letters addressed to Howard and
Omit any from the prosecutor, and •aid that his name
was Howard, and that if he would let him have the
goods, he would pay the carriage for them, and fetch
a cart to take them away. The station-master said
that lie could not permit them to do so until ha had
heard from the person who had sent the goads ; but
that they would be sent to the Droysden station.
Howard and Russell then went to Mr. Byrom, an
officer of the company, who had received information
from the police, and he told them that the leather
would be sent to the Droysden station, where they
could apply for it. Arrangements having been made,
a policeman, and an assistant in plain ciotheF, were
placed to watch the station at Droysden, and the next
day, the 29th, the prisoner Owen came with a little
boy, and a cart and horse, to the Droysden station,
and asked for the leather, and upon his producing
the advice note sent by the prosecutor, received
the leather, which was placed in the cart; he
signed the receipt book "T. Barnes." The police-
officers, who were dressed like labouring men, walked
a little way, and asked Owen to give them a ride.
This he refused, and trotted off. One of the officers
then followed and stopped him, and got into the cart.
Owen said he was going to take the leather to a
house belonging to the prisoner Howard, whom he
said he did not know, in the Thetford New-road, in
Hulme. The officer then took him into custody, and
at a house which, from information which was re-
ceived, was watched by the police, they apprehended
the prisoners Howard and Russell. Russell was ad-
niittei to bail, but not appearing, his recognizances
were estreated. Further inquiries were then made,
and it was found that Howard had taken an empty
house near Proysden station, but that it remained
unfurnished, and that he only went there to receive
letters, and that the letters which he received were
addressed "J. Howard and Co." No person of the
name, however, carried on any business at Droysden,
and there was no such place as Lady well Works.
_ _

Mr. SOWLER and Mr. ATKINSON then addressed the
jury on behalf of the prisoners; and his Lordship
having summed up, the jury retired, and had not
delivered their verdict when our report left.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

TRIAL OF WILLIAM MUZZALL ♦ND THOMAS GEORGE
YOUNG.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
For the defence, it was urged upon the jury that no
reliance could be placed on the ovich-hce of the woman.
who had manifestly corns forward lab nirieg under yin
ciwtive feelings, eager to have Muzz dl and his triend and
iellow-cierk convicted ot is crime welch involved the pu-
nishment of transportation; and if nee evidence was dis-
believed then there was no evidence upon which the jury
could convict, anti therefore it was I.heir duty to acquit the
priauners. 1: was insinuated by the, 14, tone° C inns,' that
the woman was anxious to conv-ct the prisoner fur the sake
or screeinng a paramour who had also been a el rk iii
the tiravesiin,l post office, and the suspicion of t'iat cir-
cumstance alone ought to make the jury c hutious in
weighing and sifting her evidence. It was hoped, there-
fore, that the jury would consider patiently and impar-
daily all the bearings ot the case, and it after such calm
deliberation they had any daunt upon the matter, they
h t un hesitatingy to give the prisoners the benefit if it.
The Learned Jonas told the jury, in his summing
up, that the case was one of considerable importance to
the public, and he need scarcely add that the prisoners
would be subjected to serious punishment if they were
convicted of the charge imputed to them. He though
there was no foundation for the imputation cast upon
the woman that she was anxious to screen a paramour,
because the evidence went to prove just the contrary
feeling; but what she had said in conversation with
Muzzall ought not in any way to weigh in their minds
against the prisoner Young. If, however, they believe d
her testimony, they could not possibly doubt the guilt of
Altazlll, while it was for them to say how far they credited
her story about taking the two notes to Young, as well
as the evidence of the witness who identified him as
having changed the 51. note. There was a second count
in the indictment, and if they thought fit they could
convict Muzzall of receiving, instead of stealing the
property, well knowing it to have been stolen.
The jury after a brief consultation found the prisoner
Young Guilty of stealing the letter containing the notes,
and Muzzall of receiving the notes, well knowing them to
have been stolen. •

The COURT sentenced Mazzall to be transported for
twelve years, and Young far ten years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTHWARK.

Lieutenant Bradshaw; of the Royal Artillery, was
summoned before Mr. A'Beckett for committing an
assault on George Richardson, a guard in the employ
of the South-Eastern Railway Company.
Mr. Church, the solicitor of the railway company,
stated that the present charge was one not of a very
aggravated nature, but still it was one that the com-
pany were bound to take notice of. The defendant
(Lieutenant Bradshaw) was an officer in her Ma-
jesty's service, and ought to have known how to con-
duct himself, but, instead of promoting that etiquette
which was conducive to regimental discipline, he
actually assaulted one of their guards while in the
due execution of his duty. He called
George Richardson, who said be was guard of the
Woolwich train on Friday evening the Bth of August,
and it was his duty to accompany the train to Wool-
wich. Be saw Lieutenant Bradshaw with two dogs,
one of which he put in the dog box, and said he
wanted another for the other; in fact, he said he
wanted separate boxes. Witness told him there was
nt) other dog box, and there was room for it where the
other was. Defendant replied that the dog should
not go there, as there was no ventilation. Tnere were
four laths on each door, and frequently three or four
dogs were placed in the dog box. The de•endant
then seiz-d hold of one of his dogs, and attempted to
put it in a first-class carriage. Tais witness pre-
vented, and immediately afterwards Lieutenant Brad-
shaw endeavoured to pine the dog in a second class
carriage among the soldiers. The time was neatly
up for the train to start. Witness took the do 4 away
from him, when he struck him over the mouth, and
once on the breust.
Mr. Church—
Was it an ordinary train or a spe-
cial one ? Witness—lt was an ordinary train, chiefly
occupied by the soldiers.
Lieu enant Bradshaw—Did you not touch my
paulettat? Witness—l merely assisted in taking
your dog away. I never assaulted you.