The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The March general sessions of the peace for the county
of Middlesex commenced yesterday morning, at the Court.
house, on aerkenwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin, assistant-
judge ; Mr. Payne, deputy ; Mr. Pownall, chairmen, and a
bench of magistrates.
The first edition of the adendar °anteing the names of
119 prisoners for trial, of whom 21 are charged with lids-
demeanour, the rest with felony.
The Assistant-Judge delivered the nanol charge to the
grand jury. sad remarked that the heavy state of
the calendar was attributable to the circumstance of a
longer period than usual having intervened since the last
session.
Geroge Dizey, alias Simmons, 21, and June West, alias
Leary, 19, were indicted for stealing two gas burners, value
10s., the property of John Collins, from a building. They
pleaded guilty.
Sergeants white and Baden, detectives, proved that the
prisoners wen well known as convicted thieves, and the
amociates of equally bad characters.
The Anustant-Judge sentenced them each to three
years' penal servitude.
Leary was a trainer of young thieves ; I)ixey was a dis-
charged soldier, and had only been convicted once. The
offence they committed was cutting down the gas fittings of
• public-house in Oxford-mews, Paddington.
Edward Henry, 59, was indicted for stealing by means of
a false key a box, two ear-rings, and other articles, the
property of Lis Pugh. He pleaded guilty, sad was
recognised by Locker, the prison officer, and by others in
court, as an old thief, his last sentence, to which a heavy
term was attached, being for wrenching bell-handles and
bell-wires from gentlemen's resideaces. If. was sentenced
to penal servitude for three years.
William Samuel Mays, 03, clerk, was indicted for filo.
piously embezzling three several sums of money received by
him on account of Thomas Cox, his master. He pleaded
guilty.
Mr. Ribton„ foe the prisoner, addressed the court in miti-
gation of punishment on account of the prisoner's long ser-
vice with the prosecutor—sixteen years and upwards—and
though he had felt it to be his duty to prosecute, there was
every desire that the prisoner should be recommended to

mercy.
Mr. F. H. Lewis, for the prosecution, said he concurred
in what hls learned friend had said, and joined in the re-
commendation to mercy on ecoouot of the prisoner's age ;
but still it was his duty to iuform the court that although
the sums named in the indictrneat were comparatively
small, the total defalcation was near up= 6001. The pro-
secuter was the church furniture manufacturer, whose
bushman was carried on in_ fionthamptonatreet,. Covent-

garden, and the prisoner during s7asigl;ifolk;A bean
receiving receiving money, not amounting for it, sail falsifying the
books. It was stated th►t the prisoner had spent the
money io a very disreputable manner.
His lordship after a few remarks upon the serious nature
of the (Mince, sentenced the ripener to two years' hard
labour.

John Durant, 21, shoemaker, was indicted for stealing
a watch, the property of Alfred Bennett, from his person.
Mr. Platt prosecuted ; Mr. Weston defended.
This was an ordinary case of robbery in the street. The
prisoner went up to the prosecutor and snapped his watch
from the guard chain, and got away for the time, but the
prosecutor knew him personally, and he was taken on
description given of him.
The Prosecutor said he could pick him out of 300 others.
Mr. Warton said he could not contend against the evi-
dence of the prosecutor, and the prisoner was found Guilty,
and former convictions were proved.
lie was sentenced to penal servitude for six years.
William KniUs, 23, was indicted for stealing two pewter
pots, the property of Charles Wright, landlord of the Hoarse
sad Groom, Curtain•road, Shoreditch.
He pleaded guilty.
The prosecutor said he had lost five dozen pots in a short
period, and police-constable Deeble stated that the prisoner
had been convicted before, and belonged to a gang of makers
of counterfeit money, for whose purposes these pots were
stolen.
His lordship said this was an offence of a most mischie-
vous character in every respect, and sentenced the prisoner
to three years' penal servitude.