The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-27 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The September adjourned general sessions of the pesos for
the comity of Middlesex commenced yesterday at the Sew
sions.house, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Serjeant Guides,
acting assistant judge, and the following magistrates : Mr.
W. H Tweetyman. Mr. J. G. Filcher, Mr. C. W. Faber,
Mr. Taverner, J. Miller, H.P., Mr. Arthur Ballantine, Mr.
11. Warren. Mr. E. W. Cox. Mr. J. Goodbart, Dr. Jervis,
Mr. J. H. Wilson, Mr. H. J. Armstrong, Mr. Henry Pow-
nail, chairman of the court, Lc.
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The calendar contains the names of 90 prisoners com-
mitted for felony, and 13 for misdemeanor.
Mr. Serjsant Gaselee very briefly addressed the jury, and
dismissed them to their duties.

Herten Y;;i, 3i, clerk, Ws; indicted for steeling the sum
of 101. and the sum of 49/., the monies of William Fisher
and others, his masters. He vas further ioditoed for em-
bezzling the several sums of 1;1. 10s. 74d. and 9s. lid. re-
ceived by him for and oa account of William Fisher and
others, his maniere..

The prisoner pleaded guilty to all the indictments.
Mr. Poland, who appeared for the prosecution, said the
prisoner was the secretary of • Foresters' Court, meeting in
• street io the neighbourhood of Tottenham-court-road, and
in that capacity was entrusted with large sums of money
belonging to the members. He obtained the sums of money
by means of frauduleet orders upon the treasurer, and with
these he absconded to America, but on his return from
there he wrote a letter to the manager of the society stating
the nature of his defalcations, and expressing a willingness
to plead guilty to the charge if be was allowed to attend at
• police court, and not to be taken there by • policeman.
These facts were proved, but he (Mr. Poland) had to state
that the trustees of the Foresters' Society had no feeling in
the matter. and left the punishment of the prisoner entirely
in the hands of the court. _ _ _

Mr. Fiber, secretary to the society, said the prisoner had
embezzled money belonging to the society amounting to
between 3 Of. and 400/., and to account for the deficiency
of the money as not having been detected by the auditors,
be said these transactions had extended over • vary coosi-
darable period, that the utmost reliance was placed upon
the prisoner, and that he bad purloined the bank book of
the society, and thus prevented the auditors from having
any knowledge of the beak transactions.
Mr. Serjeant Casale. said this was • very bad offenes, for
the Foresters' Society was composed mainly of a body of
working men, who used it for making • provision for them-
selves while in sickness, or for those whom they left behind
after death. It was a very heartless robbery, and he should
be quite justified in sentencing him to penal servitude for
four years. He appeared to be destitute of all feelings of
generosity foe those who were even poorer than himself, and
although he would not go to the extant that the law allowed
him, yet his offence must be visited with • severe genteel"
and that was, that he be imprisoned and kept to 'hard
labour for two years, the sentence on each indistment com-
mencing concurrently.
Francis Palmer, Y.', clerk, was indicted for fraudulently
' obtaining by false pretences from James Bailey four brass
cocks, the property of Luke Robert Howard and another,
with intent to defraud. There ware two other indictments
against him for similar offences.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. Collins, who appeared for the prosecution, said the
prisoner was for some time in the employment of MOWS.
Fairborn, engineers, and on the 6th of August he abicooded
from hi employment. After be had left he west to Mama
Howard and Co., and obtained some very valuable article',
worth 17/.. and afterwards obtained six other lots of articles
by forged orders.
Mr. Serjeant Guiles said this was a very bad off mice,
and although the prisoner had talked of this as if it was a
first offence, yet it appeared it had been repeated six times,
although the magistrate bad only sent three eases for trial.
He then sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour fur twelve months.
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George Batt, 45, commercial traveller, was indicted for
embezzling the several sums of 11.155. and 11. is. reosived
by him for and on account of Alexander Gordon, his master.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. Serjeant Gmelee se:Mooed him to be imprisoned and
kept to bard labuuz for twelve calendar months.
714071141 Bailey, 14, porter, was indicted for stealing a bale
of winsey, vslue 124, the property of the London and
North Western Railway Company, his masters.
Mr. Poked appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner
was undefended. _

The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. berjeant °melee sentenced him to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for two years.
Andrnr PApick, 30, a tailor, was placed at the bar
indicted se follows : unlawfully abandoning and exposing his
child William, about fourteen months old, whereby his life
was endangered. There was another indictment against
the prisoner for deserting his two children aged three years
and twelve months.

Mr. Poland prosecuted for the perish authorities. The
prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. Serjeent Goals. said this was a very heinous aeon,
and sentenced the prisoner to 12 mouths' imprisonineet.
(Before Mr. Payne.)

Frederick SLinner,lB, was indicted ((wettish's, a gold chain
and other articles, value 501., the property of James Mead..
The prosecutor in this case wee • viaticums in the silk
trade, residing at No. n. Devise street, Berkeley-Kmare, acid
the prisoner was in his employ as porter. On the sth inst.
he absconded, as it was afterwards ascertained, with • lot
of property belonging to the prosecutor.
Mr. Payne said be might bare had seven years' penal
servitod., but he felt disposed to give him a chance, as this
was his first crime. _ _ _

S.;&On, two ieare bard labour.
Janes Ware was convicted of stealing a silver watch sod
portion of a gold chide from the person of Mr. Frederick
Freeland, watchmaker, of 80, High-street, Wbiteobapel.
Sergeant Dunoway, Id division, said he apprehended the
prisoner in his room, and after pfacing the handcuffs on him
be searched the room, and found a life preserver (or life
destroyer), a formidable weapon, apparently long in use, es
the strap attached to the handle was weeded in several
places. He said to the prisoner, " This is a nice companion
to have. He said, " Yes, and it's a good job there's more
than one of you (meaning the constables), or else it would
he in use now." The prisoner also said be tried to escape up
the chimney.
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; A formercoriviotion of six years' penal servitude was put
is against the prisooer, besides some summary eouvietious.
I Mr. Payne miaowed him to ten yews' penal servitude.
Mr. Harp prosecuted; Mr. Montague Wilhelm appeared
tee the primer.