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NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 19.

NISI PRIUS COURT.— (Before Mr. Baron
ALDERSON.)
BRAITHWAITE V. J. AND E. CRAWSHAW.

This case came on yesterday, and occupied the
greater part of to-day.
The action, which was tried before a special jury,
was brought to recover the value of the plaintiff's
services as an engineer in valuing the work done by
the defendants as contractors on the York and North
Midland Railway.
Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. noggins, Q.C., and Mr.
Corrie, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Martin,
Q.C., Mr. Atherton, and Mr. Jones for the
defendants.
It appeared that the defendants were contractors for
executing a large portion of the York and North Mid-
land Railway line, and that their account against
that company was referred to arbitration. In order
to establish the quantity of work done before the arbi-
trator, the plaintiff, an eminent engineer, was retained
to measure the number of cubic yards of earthwork
executed by them. The plaintiff was engaged for
several months in the year 1848 in this estimate, but did
not complete his survey and calculations when required
nor until two months after it was wanted before the
arbitrator, and, according to the defendants' case, it
was on that account valueless. Another surveyor and
engineer, named Billington, was engaged to calculate
the work done, and he finished his estimate two
months earlier, in ample time. Mr. Billington's esti-
mate of the work done by the defendants amounted
to 832,000 cubic yards. The plaintiff's estimate when
sent in was that the work done " would not be less

than 742,000 cubic yards." Mr. Billington's esti-
mate was assented to by the engineer of the company
as correct, the difference in the price of the labour
done by the two estimates being, according to the
statement of the Learned Counsel for the defendants, at
least 10,000/.,which the defendants would have lost by
the plaintiff's estimate. For the plaintiff it was con-
tended that his estimate was rejected because it was
below what the defendants claimed. The total
amount claimed by the plaintiff for his services was
2,002/., of which sum 6501. had been paid on account.

His LORDSHIP having summed up the evidence,
The jury, after a long absence, found a verdict for
the plaintiff for 9071. 125., being 450/. less than the
amount claimed.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)
John Battye was indicted for wilful and corrupt
perjury at the last Spring Assizes.
Mr. Hall and Mr. Pickering appeared for the pro-
secution, and Mr. Overend and Mr. hardy for the
prisoner.
It appeared that in April, 1848, Mr. James Brad-
ley, an attorney at Leeds, bad an execution issued
against him, which was executed by the sheriff of the
county and his bailiff', and it was alleged that the
prisoner, one of the bailffs, under the writ of fi. fa.
then issued, improperly broke into Bradley's office
and took possession, and in consequence an action of
trespass was brought against the sheriff and his
officers, in which action the prisoner gave evidence,
and stated that he, in company with the sheriff's
officer, named Cheestnan, entered into possession of
the then plaintiff's office, in which was a clerk stained
Ingleby, and that afterwards wanting to leave the
office for a time they required the clerk to go out,
and whilst locking tne door he pushed the officer
down some steps, locked the door himself; put the key
in his pocket, and walked off; upon which the officers,
having been in possession and been thus ousted, broke
open the door and re-entered, as they lawfully
might. The prisoner's evidence was not relied upon
at the tria►, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff,
Bradley. Bradley after wards instituted this prosecu-
tion against the prisoner fur the evidence he then
gave, alleging it to be false. The clerk, Ingleby, was
called, and stated it to be entirely false, and that he
was not at the office at all at the time sworn to by the
prisoner. An attorney, named Sitbenbank, then an
articled clerk to Bradley, corroborated Ingleby, and
stated that he, Ingleby, was at Bradley's house all the
day, when he was sworn to have been at Bradley's
office by the prisoner. Other two witnesses also stated
the same facts.

Mr. OVEREND, having addressed the jury for the
defence, called two witnesses, Cheesman and Whit-
taker, a boy in his employment, who swore positively
that the prisoner's evidence at the trial was correct,
and that they saw the clerk Ingleby at the office of
Bradley during the day in question.
%Ir. HALL haring replied,
His LORDSHIP left this conflicting testimony to the
jury, who, after an absence of half an hour, Acquitted
the prisoner.

HOME CIRGUI I:—Maidstone, March 20.

CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULS.)
George Saunders, 23, and John Henry, 22, were
indicted fora burglary in the dwelling-house of Henry
Staples.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Campbell prosecuted ; Mr.
Charnock and Mr. \Voollett were for the prisoners.
It appeared that the prosecutor is a farmer, living
near Farningham, and on the night of the 29th of
December, in consequence of the illness of a relative,
he was absent from home, leaving his house in charge
of three of his labourers, a father and two sons,
named Packman. Upon this night one of the sons
was awoke by hearing a noise, and upon looking out
of the window of his room, he saw a man, whom he
believed to be the prisoner Saunders, standing in the
garden, apparently upon the watch. He immediately
gave an alarm, and upon his brother and himself
dressing and going into the garden, they saw in the
snow which had recently fallen the footsteps of four
men, who appeared to have gone away in the direc-
tion of Farningham. The two brothers followed the
tracks, and after having gone some distance, they
came up to four men, who, upon seeing them, turned
round, and threatened that if they followed them
any further they would kill them. The brothers,
seeing that they were overmatched, thought it
prudent to retire, but being joined shortly
afterwards by their father, they again com-
menced the pursuit, and came up with the four
men a second time at the entrance of a wood close to
Farningham. The father, upon seeing them, called
out that if they did not stop he would shoot them, al-
though it appeared that he had no firearm in his pos-
session, and upon his saying so, one of the men, with
an oath, exclaimed, " Shoot, you —," and the
four immediately attacked their pursuers, and beat
them very severely with sticks, and in the end
they were compelled to retreat, and the men made
their escape. The witnesses who deposed to these
facts spoke positively to the identity of the prisoners,
and they stated that the fight lasted more than ten
minutes, and they had ample opportunity of observ-
ing their persons ; and, in addition to this, it was
proved that portions of the property that was stolen
were picked up on the route by which the men had
retreated. _ _

The Learned COUNSEL for the prisoners severally
addressed the jury, and on the part of Henry an en-
deavour was made, by the evidence of his brother, to
establish an alibi.

The jury found both prisoners Guilty, and evidence
was adduced to show that Saunders had been before
convicted of felony.
The prisoners were again indicted, with another
man, named William Gower, for a burglary in the
dwelling-house of a grocer, named Rogers, at
Eynsford.
The jury found them Guilty, and a former convic-
tion was proved against Gower.
A woman named Emma Ableton was included in
this indictment, but the jury Acquitted her.

Mr. Justice A leuLE, in passing sentence upon the
men, said that but for the fact of their not having used
any violence at the time they committed the rob-
beries of which they had been convicted, he should
certainly have sentenced them to be transported for
life ; but, es they bad not done so, he would not go to
that extent, although still they must expect a severe
punishmen,. lie then sentenced them to be trans-
ported for 15 years.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, March 19.
(Before Mr. Justice TALFOURD.)
James King and George Smith were indicted for
having, on the sth of September, assaulted William
Baker, with intent to rob him, at Kenton.

Mr. Coleridge was counsel for the prosecution.
I Baker was walking from Starcross about ten
o'clock in the evening. Having proceeded sonic dis-
tance, he saw the two prisoners, hawing sticks with
them. They separated, one going to one side of the
road and the other to the other. As he was passing
them they came to him on each side and demanded
his money. Biker said he had not any. Upon this
they commenced beating him with their sticks,
knocked him down and much ill-used him, and
searched his pockets, but there was nothing in them
but his keys. They left him on the ground and
walked off. The prisoners on the night before this
went to a public-house about a mile from Kenton,
and had a night's lodging. They breakfasted there
the next morning and then left. About eleven
o'clock on the evening of the sth of September Biker
went to this public-house and gave information of the
attack, and the landlord procured a horse and went
to Exeter and made inquiries, and told the police.
The prisoners were apprehended the same day at
Teignmouth.
The prisoners called a woman, who stated that they
came to her house, at Dawlish, at two o'clock in the
day of Wednesday, the sth of September. They left
for an hour and returned at seven, and were in bed
before nine o'clock. They bad some potatoes and a
little fish. She went to bed herself in a different
house at ten o'clock. About six o'clock the next
morning she unlocked the door of the house in which
the prisoners slept. They were then in bed.
By the JUDGE—She was Pure they could not have
got out during the night. Kenton is five miles from
Dawlish.
Cross-examined—She kept a lodging-house, and
that night there were only two women besides the
prisoners in the house. ".}173 received a letter from
the prisoners on the following Sunday stating that
they had been apprehended.
The daughter of the last witness corroborated the
testimony of her mother.
The jury found both the prisoners Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE said he had no doubt the jury
had come to the proper verdict, and sentenced them
to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
William Cross was indicted for burglary in the
house of Samuel Langworthy.
Mr. H. T. Cole was counsel for the prosecution.
It appeared that Langworthy's house (a public-
house) having been broken open several times, he put
some persons to watch. In the middle of the night of
the 25th of February the prosecutor was awoke, and
upon getting up be found a window open. The men
who were watching sat near the house, and between
one and two o'clock the saw they prisoner come up
and shake the window, and afterwards get up and put
his hand into the safe. The men then ran up and
collared the prisoner, who bad been in the public-
house up to ten o'clock.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was
sentenced to be imprisoned for six calendar months.
George Warry was placed at the bar charged, upon
ten indictment, with different larcenies.
Mr. Cox was counsel for the- prosecution, and Mr.
H. Cole defended the prisoner.
The prisoner was tried upon four of the indictments
and Acquitted on each. In the other six cases no evi-
dence was offered, and a verdict of Not Guilty was
returned in each.
Richard _Norman, aged 60, John Norman, aged 27,
and 'Antes Folland, were indicted fur a burglary in
the house of Anthony Garnish.
Mr. Karslake liras counsel for the prosecution.
One avitnesiltiving been examined, the prisoners
were asked if they wished to ask any questions of the
witness. -
John Norman said—No, my Lord ; there's no need
to ask any questions. We are all guilty enough, and
I hope you will punish all the dogs alike.
When the prisoners were called on for their defence,
Richard Norman made a long statement, but was
interrupted by
John Norman, who said—My Lord, don't let him
talk any more. It's all lies he's saying. He's my
uncle ; and if it had not been for he we should not
have done it.
The jury found the prisoners Guilty. Richard
Norman was sentenced to be transported for life, and
the others for seven years.

20th of December last I passed through Miners-
atte,A, Eaton-square, and picked up there some paper,
which I took home and gave to my mother. I found
it was three 101. notes.
Sarah M‘liride, mother of the last witnes', said,
my son gave me the notes. I afterwards changed
one of them at Mr. Challacombe's, of Knightsbridge,
and I gave the name and address, Mrs. Allen, 10,
Exeter-street. The note 74,356 produced is, I think,
that note. Mr. Challacombe gave me a 51. note as
part of the change. I paid one of the 101. notes into
the savings'-bank, and the third 101. note and the 51.
note I received from Mr. Challacombe I gave to Mr.
Forrester.

Mr. R. S. Chambers, of No 41, Bishopsgate-
street Without, ironmonger, said, my brother and I
carry on business in partnership. The acceptance to
the bill produced is not in my handwriting, nor in
!hat of my brother, nor was the acceptance authorised
by us.
Bradley, the Mansion-house officer, said, 'on the 2d
of March the prisoner was brought to the Mansion-
house. I searched him, and found the piece of card
produced, containing the following letters and figures :
—" A P, 74,358, October 10, 1849, London. Signed,
Roberts."J.
The prisoner upon being asked by Alderman Mus-
GROVE, who presided, whether he wished to say any-
thing, replied, " Nothing."
The prisoner was then committed for having forged
the name of Mr, Curling to three bills of exchange,
and the name of Mr. Chambers to one.
It is proper to state that the wife of the prisoner
was not the woman employed by him to call for the
money, and that the unfortunate lady knew nothing
whatever of the transaction.
BOW-STREET.
John Bennett, William Laidler, Henry Tiddyman,
John Jones, and John Sullivan were re-examined
before Mr. Henry, on the charge of extorting money
from Samuel Wyatt, a tobacconist, in Lincoln's Inn-
fields, by threatening to prosecute him for an unna-
tural offence.
About two months ;before Christmas Tiddyman
purchased some tobacco in the prosecutor's shop. In
receiving it across the counter he squeezed the hand
of the prosecutor, an aged infirm man, who then in-
vited him to partake of some gin and water. From this
time up to the period of their apprehension, Tiddy-
man and his associates continued to visit the prose-
cutor, shortly before the hour of closing his shop, and
to demand, from time to time, various sums of money
to prevent their accusing him of an infamous crime
in a public court. Upwards of 601. had been ex-
torted from him in this way, when a niece of the
prosecutor, suspecting the nature of these mid-
night interviews, secreted herself in a position
which enabled her to overhear the conversation
of the parties. She then introduced herself at
the meetings, and insisted on taking part in
the negotiations " with a view to the final settle-
ment of the case," and, after privately arranging
with Sergeants Thompson and West, of the detective
police, to secrete them in the house, she made an ap-
pointment with the whole of the prisoners, and thus
secured their apprehension, determining to prosecute
them without the consent of her uncle.
The following specimen of the documents drawn up
by the prisoners, and purporting to be the agreements
by which all the parties were to be bound upon cer-
tain conditions, was found upon Laidler, who had re-
presented himself as a solicitor, and had actually de-
manded and received 121. from Wyatt on one occa-
sion, in part liquidation of his fees, for professional
services. The agreement was written on a 2s. Gd.
stamp :
" Memorandum of :an agreement made and entered
into between Samuel Wyatt, of Great Queen-street,
Lincoln's-Inn-fields, on the one part, and Henry Roberts,
John Evans, John Smith, Charles Harrison, and Wil-
liam Laidner, on the other part:—
" I, the said Henry Roberts' and others, do by this
agreement disclaim all future demands of the said S.
Wyatt, and the said Henry Roberts and others do hereby
declare that we will never annoy, or molest, or cause
any person or persons to annoy or molest, the said S.
Wyatt.
"Now, this agreement is binding on both sides; that is,
providing the said Henry Roberts do not annoy, or cause
any person or persons to annoy or molest, the said S.
Wyatt; and the said S. Wyatt and Mary Legg, niece of
the aforesaid S. Wyatt, do undertake and solemnly
swear that they will never prosecute, or cause any infor-
mation to be given to any person or persons which may
lead to the apprehension of, the said persons, whose
name; and signatures are on this agreement.
" This agreement further showeth, that I. the said S.
Wyatt, and Mary Lrgg, niece of the said S. Wyatt. are
willing that this cas, should be compromised; that is to
say, that we have this day paid the said Henry Roberts
end others the sum of 30/. in an 1.0. U., which the said
H. Roberts and others hold, !laving been given and
signed by the said S. Wyatt, in the presence of Mary
Legg. niece of the said S. Wyatt, for the settlement ot
the present case.
" And should either of the said persons whose names
and signatures are to this agreement annoy or molest the
said S. Wyatt, upon their so doing the said S. Wyatt
shall be at liberty to prosecute either of the said persons
so doing, according to the form of the statute in such
case made and provided.
" And should either of the said persons in this agree-
ment annoy or molest, him, the said S. Wyatt and
Mary Legg, his niece, do solemnly swear that they will
only prosecute the one so annoying him, the said S.
Wyatt; that is to say, if one of the persons in this
agreement should go and annoy or molest him, the said
S. Wyatt, he should be at liberty to prosecute him only;
and the said S. Wyatt does undertake that he will not
interfere, by word or deed, with any of the persons
named in this agreement, with the exception of the one
so annoying him.
" Dated the 12th day of March, 1850.
(Signed) " HENRY ROBERTS.
" JOHN EVANS.
" JOHN SMITH.
" CHARLES HARRISON.
" WILLIAM LAIDNER.
" The signatures of S. Wyatt and Mary Logg
to follow here."
The blanks left for the signatures of Wyatt and
Mrs. Legg had not been filled up.
Mr. HENRY inquired if the prisoners had given fic-
titious names ?
Sergeant Thompson stated that Jones was better
known by the name of Joyce, in which name he had
been before convicted. The others, he believed, had
given their proper Lames, although they had assumed
a variety of names on different occasions, as in the
case of the agreement produced. Sullivan, Bennett,
and Laidler were also well known to the police, and
the two former had been convicted.
Mrs. Legg stated that Tiddyman was the:person
who assumed the name of Henry Roberts in the ne-
gotiations with Mr. Wyatt and herself.
Mr. T. Bryon, who stated that he was a continental
agent to British bankers and merchants, identified the
prisoner Laidler as a suspected associate of two men
who were tried and convicted at the Lewes assizes
about four years ago. A gentleman of title and dis-
tinction prosecuted a solicitor named Bowyer, and an
accomplice named Steer, for threatening to accuse him
of an unnatural offence, and they were both sentenced
to transportation for life. Laidler was in the service
of the gentleman's son at that time, and had sup•
ported the charge got up against his master's father ;
but when the result of the trial was known, he pro-
ceeded to London by railway, and never returned.
The witness having occasion some time ago to be at
the Highbury-barn Tavern, at Islington, accidentally
observed the prisoner, who appeared to be employed
there as a waiter.
Laidler (to witness)—l believe we have met at
Paris, too, have we not ?
The witness replied that he thought he had once
seen him at an hotel in Paris, also officiating as a
waiter.
The depositions of the prosecutor and niece having
been taken down in writing, the prisoners were again
remanded for a week.
We believe the presiding magistrate, Mr. Henry,
has received a great number of anonymous letters
from persons who appear to have been victimised by
the gang of miscreants with whom the prisoners are
associated. In one of these the writer stated that
being once accosted by a fellow answering the de-
scription of Bennett,he inflicted'a wound upon his right
hand, which was likely to remain a lasting memento
of his indignation. His Worship desired the gaoler to
look upon Bennett's hand, upon the back of which
there was certainly a remarkable scar. The prisoner ,
however, attributed it to some other cause.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Reuben Amiss, tailor, 65, Conduit-street, was
summoned before Mr. Hardwick, for an assault on
Mr. J. Cunnington, a gentleman of fortune, residing
at 10, Glecester-place, Kentish-town.
Mr. Wontner, who appeared for the complainant,
characterized the charge as one or a novel and extra-
ordinary character. The complainant, on the Gth of
the present month, went to the defendant's shop to see
his nephew, who was in partnership with the defen-
dant, on the subject of some trust money. The
nephew was not there, but the defendant was. Com-
plainant waited in the shop, and saw a man whispering
to the defendant. The defendant came to him and
told him he should not wait there any longer, and
took him by the arm and turned him round. The
defendant then threw a damp handkerchief over his
mouth and nose, and pushed him out into the street.
The complainant, almost immediately afterwards, was
seized with stupor, and staggered about until, fortu-
nately meeting with a friend, ho was enabled to reach

home. Since that period the complainant bad been a
severe sufferer.
Mr. Cunnington, an elderly gentleman, proved that
he called at the defendant's shop to see his nephew,
but could not effect his purpose. He saw a sort of
whispering going on between the defendant and
another person. Immediately afterwards the defen-
dant ordered him to leave the shop, and after seizing
him by the arm, he drew a wet handkerchief over his
nose and mouth, and turned him by a forcible push
into the street. The handkerchief smelt as if it had
contained putrid meat. Complainant had hardly
reached Regent street before he felt an extraordinary
sensation in his head. Ile partially lost his senses,
and how he got over the road he was unable to tell.
He was put into an omnibus by a friend, end %hen he
reached home his eyes, nose, and mouth were dis-
charging profusely. Complainant felt as if he h:d
been severely salivated. His mouth broke out into
sores on both sides, and he had been ill ever since.
The following certificate was handed in :
Samuel Sandys, surgeon, No. 4, Francis-street,
Kentish-town—l have attended Mr. Cunnington
professionally for about fifteen years. He sent for
me on the 12th instant. He was suffering from
slight congestion of the brain and febrile action, de-
pression of breathing, and inflammation of the mucous
membrane of the nose, mouth, and eyes, also a free
discharge from those parts. He was labouring also
under considerable nervous excitement. His nose
and mouth much swollen. He complained of pain all
over him. II never, in my experience, observed symp-
toms so aggravated from the effects of cold. Any
irritating fluid applied to the nose would produce such
symptoms.

_ .
Mrs. Cunniagton proved that her husband went
out quite well in the morning, and returned with the
appearance already described. For a time her hus-
band did not appear to be in his right senses. Much
alarm was produced by the altered appearance of her
husband.

A witness named Chapman declared that he had
never seen the complainant the worse for liquor in his
life.

The defendant denied the charge in toto. He had
no intimation that the complainant intended to call at
his shop, and he could not have prepared a handker-
chief as described. He denied having applied a hand-
kerchief, and he would be able to prove that the
charge against him was quite unfounded.
The case was postponed till Wednesday next, for
the production of other witnesses.