The Express. — 1863-07-30 (London, England)

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—NowyncH, Jviy 29.  The commissions for the county of Norfolk and the city and county of Norwich were opened yesterday by Mr. Justice Wightman, the Lord Chief Baron being detained at Cambridge trying canoes. Thin morning Mr. JUBileO Brightman sat in the Guildhall, for the trial of prism:ten in the city. The calendar coutsioa the osmes of five priaooers, of whom one is charged with forgery, one with administering noxious things with intent to procure abortion, ooe with housebreaking, and two with larceny. The cases were of a very trifinv nature, and nothing occurred to call for a report. It is • curious foot that every one of the five was acquitted. At 1 o'clock the Lord Chief Baron took his seat in the Nisi Pritia Court at the Shire Hall, and commenced trying suss. There are five causes entered for trial from the county of Norfolk, of which two are marked for special juries, and three for the city and county „f Norwich. The calendar for the county of Norfolk, which is • light one, coos' as the names of 13 pnsooers, of whom one is charged with child murder, three with concealment of birth, one with attempt to commit suicide, one with attempt to procure abortion, two with rape, one with an unnatural offence, one with horse stealing, one with perjury, two with assault and robbery, three with false pretences, and five with larceny, of whom one is charged with stealing &letter and half • sovereign from the Post-office at Guist. Mr. Justice Wightman presided in the Crown Court. CROWN Couar.—(Before Mr. Justice Wigbtman.)  Mary Mallow, 31, puekmistress at Guist, was charged with stealing a letter containing one halt-sovereign and silM7.sMil'l.l. star and Mr. Stephenson appeared foe the prosecution • Mr:Metcalf for the prisoner. It appeared that for Dome reason suspicion was entertained that letters were stolen, and the letter in question was mode up, and the half-sovereign and stamps marked, in order to detect the supposed thief. The letter was directed to a person at Islington, and when the mails were made up at Guist it was found that it. was missing. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the letter, sod said that she had nothing to do with the mekiog up of the mails on that day, Ilcr house was then searched, and during the search she was observed to snatch something from under the toiletcover on the table, which proved to be the letter which was lost. The letter was open, but the money and stamps were still in it.. The prisoner said that the letter arrived open, and she bad taken it upstaim to fasten it again. She wan then taken into custody. . . . .  The wituesses for the prosecution having (Token b these facts. . _ .  Mr. Metcalf rose to address the jury for the prisoner, andI • objected that there was no proof thatshe was in the aerates of the Post-office ; but the °swami for the prosecution having satisfied the jury on thin point, Mr. Metcalf mad* an urgent address to the jury, contending that the statement of the woman, that, she was going to reseal the letter and send it off, was quite consistent with the evidence for the prosecution. and dwelt strongly on the feet that the money sod stamps were found undisturbed io the letter, whereas if the prisoner had a totemic., intention she would have taken oars to destroy all traces of the letter.  Attar a (=alai ausamin op tin jury retunaad a verdict of Guilty. like kadakip dithated pan* sentence.