The Express. — 1866-08-16 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.  (THIS DAY.)  (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) Waller Watson, 17, the lad who was convicted on wedneedity of a rape upon a respectable young girl named *oh* Hunt, was brought up for judgment. The learned judge said that the prisoner had been convicted of a very serious offence upon the clearest evidence, sadbut for the recommendation of the jury he should passed a much more serious sentence than the one he was about to inflict, which was that he be kept in penal lei/Rude for the space of five years. (Before the Recorder.) Preto Loren o, an Italian sailor, aged 30, was charged pith feloniously wounding William Ward, with intent to murder him. Daly prosecuted. The prosecutor in this case was a police-constable of the division, and it appeared that in the night of the sth of July he wad on duty in St. Oeorze's-street, formerly Ratcliffe-highway, when he saw the prisoner and a number of other persons standing at the corner of a street quarrelling sad making a noise. He went up to them and asked them to go away , and put his hand upon the prisoner's shoulder sad asked him to pro home. The moment he did so the priweer drew a knife and made several stabs at him, but the prosecutor warded them off with his truncheon. While this was going on some one in the crowd called out to the prosecutor that one of the prisoner's companions was about to stab him from behind, and he turned round, and at the same instant the prisoner thrust the knife into hie belly. He then ran away but was pursued and taken into custody. It appeared that he was somewhat the worse for liquor at the time the affair took place. The prisoner said he was so drunk at the time that he did not know what took place, and he was Coneided of unlawfully wounding and sentenced to 12 months' hard  ]•boar. Edward Rirharthon, 23, was charged with feloniously assaulting John Francis Mitchell, and robbing him of a  watch. Mr. Thompson prosecuted, and Mr. Griffiths defended the prisoner. This was rather a singular case. The prosecutor was a palioe•constable, belonging to the City force, and it appeared that on the evening of the 30th of July be was in High-street, Aldgate, in plain clothes, when he saw the prisoner and another man hustling several women, and apparently attempting to rob them. After having observed was going on for some time, the prosecutor went up to the prisoner, and told him that he was a police-constable, and that he should take him into custody for attempting to pick pockets. The moment he said this the prisoner exclaimed, " What's your Dmr and snatched at the prosecutor's watch and broke it from the guard and threw it to another man, who ran off with it. The prosecutor then attempted to secure the prisoner, but he made a most desperate resistance, struck the constable several times, and finally laid hold of him and threw him over his shoulder, and he fell with great violence upon his head. The prosecutor called upon the bystanders to assist him, but none of them did so. Fortunately, however, while the struggle was going on, another constable came up, and the prisoner was secured. Mr. Griffiths made an ingenious speech to the jury for mere ly defe beence. He endeavoured to show that there ha an d n a scuttle and struggle between the parties d that the watch had been stolen by some one in the crowd, sad strongly pressed upon the jury the great improbability that the prisoner should have robbed a man whom he knew to be a policeman. The Recorder having summed up, The jury, after having deliberated for a considerable , expressed a wish to retire. They were absent about sa hour, and on their return into court they found the rigour Gni/le. Evidence was then given that the prisoner was a wellknown thief, and that he had been twice convicted of felony, and on the last occasion he was sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour, and he had only been at liberty twenty-four hours when the present offence was committed. The prisoner was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude.