The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The tithe's of this court for the August General &miens
wore resumed yesterday at the Guildhall, Westminster,
by adjournment fres Clerk's+,ll, before Mr. Bodkin (pre-
siding for the Assist's% Judge) end a bench of megietratm.
Then were 74 priscusen for trial-69 charged with felony
and 6 with misdemeanor.
Mr. Bodkin shortly addressed the greed jury.
A Malay, named Assam, 26, described as • sailor, was
indicted for havingstoka tour ounces of sweetmeats, value
fourpeace the property of William Spittle. The charge
having butt made koowa to hiss through the medium of
as interpreter, tbe priaoner pleaded "Not guilty."
Mr. Bodhis, baying penned the dtpoeitions, said it ap-
peared to Lim to be • case which need not be further pro-
needed with. The men bed bees in custody on the chug.
two or three weeks, sod the case 'paint him was that he
welt into a sweetmeat shop end tork small quantity of
sweets. Could the orisons, get • ship if ha were discharged ?
The interpreter said he eculd if be liked, but he, as was
the cue with • great many of his countrymen who name
over to this occult, es sailors, pretested to beg about the
struts to returning to their ships.
Mr. Bodkin directed the prisoner to be discharged, and
told the interpreter to dation him as to whet would betel
him if he ever appeared there again.
Edward Broarifoot, 19, barmen, pleaded guilty to an
indictment charging him with stealing two sixpences, the
moults of Jame Bishop, his muter.
Mr. Clarkson said the prosecutor was the landlord of the
Hing's Head pubic house, is °errand , Esher. and he
appeared for the prosecution at the instance of the Licensed
Victuallers Protection Society. That society did not usually
take up such small rases, but this prisoner had only been
Is the proiptcotor's service four weeks, cod ho began to rob
him from the first, so they considered it a ease which, tot
the ask* of example, ought to be prosecuted.
Judgment deferred.

ROY/SPRY OF 2001. NT AR ITALIAN.

Bemodelo Spin°la 24, en Italian, well d d, and de-
scribed as of high education, was indicted for having stolen
the outs of 2001:sterling belonging to Ermenegildo ()Cantina,
In • dwelling.house.
Mr. Metcalfe was for the promention, Mr. Sleigh foe the
prianner.
Tie 1 d counsel, in opening the case, said his client,
the prosecutor, was a timber merchant, and bad carried on
business as such in Timmy. Hiving oecasion to or.. to
London, be west to Florence, and there be became
acquainted with the prisoner, who represented himaelfte be
the Marquis rpinola, and they travelled toghther to Farb,
end thecce to London. They stayed at the &Monier*
Hotel in Leicestersquare, sad me ail, the prosecutor, who
bed about 20,000 f. in his petetedia, asked him to get awe
foreign note, changed fete skew. The prisoner
bought hi. back a sealed palm% wtkb he said contained
English money 'villain* Moo meant of note, he had
been desired to emir's, Illie prim the prosecutor wen
shout to examine, Whit the rdssermi made ea *ululation tantamount to, " Wb. pea dm's doubt me, rarely,"
upon which the meteamarjpiesed it la a leathern
bag without Nature of its ma-
toast. About lattekbal a Jul Mt proeseutor
sad the prisoner went darn Is. and while Mete Me prosecutor assented about 6 lam nap& muff, mil
os their return to town be Seed the amemit be ranked
it eaehaatte is the bag where be had &matted tbe pada% mad fee security he secreted the beg henna' the ileelteto,
sad the bad fa hit teem, at the He rad Plr
pokier lived m as motley tad apes mum of eimidems

and himd.lip, us meek me that the premestee did sot heti
tate is tall ties prieeser where he had deposited his bait/-
monoy. lathe evening of the day on which they came up
from Brighten they went to thu Argyle rooms, bat the
Prisoner did reeking is the dancing, which the prosecutor
did. While he was so doing the prisoner made a pretest fur
leaving (era short time. He wint out and did tot return.
When tie prosecutor left he repaired straight to the
Sahloniere, sod on his bed ho Isuad a letter in Italian,
written by the primmer, to the Met that he bed takes part
of his measly without asking leave, to embark is
• profitable speculatios in Scotland, that be need
not fem' as h• should soon return from Hello
er burgh illa double the amount, wt.ich would be
at hie • 'maim. The letter stated that the writer
had thought it better to take the messy wili-
est asking permission, because he was quite sure that
even if he pet himself to the trouble of asking, it would be
of no avail, and that his (Mead wciald give • decided refusal
to soy Beth request. Instead of prreeeding is Scotland
I immediately, as the letter said be was about to do, the
prisoner remained in London, and was apprehended on the
evening of the following day as be was a:ighting from a cab
at as hotel is Pastor-street. He handed over to the officer
who took him 6.1 f. in money, and a valuable gots watch and
chafe, and a ring, which he had purchased at Dent's in the
Strand. So that instead of speculating in Scotland he was
spending the money he had abetraeted as feat as he Gould ia
London.

The evidence lisvieg been giver.
Mr. Sleigh, in a short address to the jury, urged that the
prisoner might possibly hare token the money without the
felonious intentios. With respect to the prisoner's eon-
noxious and his title of Spinel', the I d counsel assured
the jury that he was a member of a most respectable family
is Bullish&

Mr. Bodkin then summed up.
The iury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Bodkin said this cue whether judged of by the laws
of this or any other eivilCed country was a serious one, and
the conduct of the prisoner deserved severe punishment.
The sentence was that be be kept to bard labour in the
House of Correction for crag year.
Walton Faulkner, 39, jeweller, was indicted for hiving
feloniously reeeived two gold watches and a large variety
of articles of jewellery well knowing them to have been
stolen.

Mr. Daley prosecuted, Mr. Pony appeared for the
prisoner.
A robbery win committed ca the 31st of July at Cliftm
Lodge, Clifton-road, Msida.hill, the residence of • widow
lady named Cliftoe. Prom information received, 01111111iter,
• sergeant of the D division, ant a constable to • shop kept
by the prisoner to Liam-grove, to make inquiries respect-
lag some property 'bleb had been purchased that afternoon
of some boys. The prisoser's wife, who was there, after
some hesitation pm up a tray containing a quantity of the
valuable articles stolen Iran Mrs. Clifton's. Olenieter
then west to soother shop of the prisoner's, in Crawford.
street, and cm finding the prisoner there, be tilted him
whether he bad bought any gold watches or other
property from boys that day, and he immediately said
"No." The "Seer repeated the question, and, having
re-
ealeed the same answer, he said he was a p011ee..., sad
cautioned him how he replied to the question a third time,
and be again asked him if he bad not purchased some
watches sad other property of some boys. He replied
positively that nothing of the kind had takes plate. The
officer then informed him that • quantity of property
which bad been stolen from Clines Lodge bad been found
at his shop in Liston-grove, and that his wife had given it
up to the polies, and in consequence of what he had said
he should take him in sharp for unlawfully having it ia
his pomession. The primes, put on hie bat sad 'oat to go
to the stades, and he then said it was true some boys
brought him the watches, but he did not know any of the
boys, or where they lived. Whoa the case came before the
magistrate, the primer was eommittad for falloniossly
readying the articles.
Mr. Parry made a very must and forcible address on
behalf of the prisoner.
A number of tradesmen gave the prisoner an smallest
character for many years.
The jury found him Gerdy, and recommended him to
matey.
There was a semad indictment against kiss for feloniously
receiving • timepiece, the property of Thomas Male,
which was stolen from No. 30, North. bank. Regent's-park,
about a fostalitahTfore the primmer wee taken into custody
en the above e
Mr. Bodkin di not thick it was necessary to proceed
with the "woad case, and he should not then pass matanee.

wail MS. WlTal7l.
!sine.(, is Arab, was indicted for having stolen a quantity
of wearlag apparel, the property of Bald Agk►, a Turk, his
Raster.

IL -iippeared that the prosecutor lived in Adam-street,
Manchnter-eqsate, and had a workshop in a mews in the
aeighbesrhood where he serried on the business of a comb
maker. He ant the prissier, and oat of charity volunteered
to teach him the art of comb making, in order that he might
be enabled to earn an honest livelihood, and accordingly the
prisoner entered his service. Oa the 12th of July the
prosecutor went oat, and daring his absence the prisoner
ransacked a cupboard at his lodging, and carried off all the
articles of clothing he could lay hands on. Next day he
sold them to a Jew clothes dealer in Gravel-line, having
with him at the time a person who acted as his interpreter,
and who said that the prisoner bad been in the service of a
gentleman frost whom he lied received the clothes as :a
present.
The prisoner, la his defence, piously celled Allah to
witness that be was innocent of the charge.
The jury found hiss
Mr. Witham sentenced him to six months' hard labour.
Pd., Vendanbrook, 66, professor of langesges, was in-
dicted for having stoles three diamond pins, value 101. and
upwards, the property of James Attenborougb, in his dwell.
tag house; and farther, he tea indicted for having stolen a
pistol, vain. 61, the property of James Beattie, in his
dwelling-house.
On the 11th of July the prisoner went to the shop of
Mr. lAtteaberougb, jeweller. 32, Strand, and asked to be
shows some breast pins He 'elected seven, and desired
that they might be sent at half•put tea on the following
morning to the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-strest, addressed
to Jules Belassi, that heist his name. After he was gone
three brilliant piss were missed, and on inquiry being made
at the Brunswick Hotel, it was found that no Inch person
as Jules Belied was knows there. One of the pine vim
pledged the seise day by the prisoner at the shop of Mr.
Atteaborough's brother, in Charlotte street, Fiteroy-squers.
On the 12th, prisoner was taken into custody in Lisle-street,
Bodo, by Hodges, a serpent of the A division, in a cab.
He stole a pistol from Beattie's, in Regent-street, in June
last, under similar circumstances.
The jury found him Guilty.
Judgment defined.