The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-18 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THIS DAY.)

The December adjourned general sessions of the peace
for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at
the Sessions-house, Cleritenwellirreen, before William
Beery Bodkin Esq. (assistant-judge), Joseph Payne, Esq.
(deputy assistant judge), and the following justice of the
lessee :—Mr. Strutfield, Mr. Marten, Mr. Loveland, Mr.
Read, Mr. C. D. Dodd, Mr. Fauloocer. Dr. Jervis, Mr.
Lengths, Mr. Rankine, ko.
The calendar, which is rather heavy, contains the names
of 94 prisoners for trial, of whom 12 are for misdemeanours
and 82 for felony.
The degrees of education of the prisoners are as follows :
Neither read ra
por write, 27 ; reed only, 15 ; read and write
well. 2; of erior education, none ; and read and write
imperfectly, 50.
PAWNBROKERS AND STOLEN PROPERTY
George Betel and Thomas Short, who were convicted at
the November sessions of robbing James Gardiner, their
master, of property to the value of 3371. 184., were again
paced at the bar.
At the previous sessions it was stated to the court that a
woman named Palethorpe. a companion of the prisoner
Mat, bad pledged nearly the whole of the stolen pro-
perty, and she gave the prosecution infoanation
of ;be amount and the names of the pawn-
brokers who had received and advanced money upon
it. Upon the prosecutor going to the places named, only
a very small portion of the miming property could be
found, and the Assistant• Judge directed Miller, a police-
constable, to accompany him to the different pawnbrokers,
sod to report the result of their visit to him at the present
sessions, and at the same time he deferred passing sentence

on the prisoners.
Toe Assistant-Judge asked Mr. Gardiner if he had re-
covered the whole of his property.
Mr. Gardiner said he had recovered very little more since
be was last before the court, slthough Aun Palethorpe had
given them information of IGO lots of goods she had pledged.
Mr. Hawes, pawnbroker, had produced 30 lots; Mr. Walters.
of Aldersgateatreet, bad been asked for 25 lots, but he had
produced 30 ; Mr. Harrison, of Aldersgabastreet, had
produced only five lots out of 30 ; Smith and Dymed, of
Nes/gate-street, had produced 7 lots out of 20; sod Mr.
Webn, of East-road, Hotta., had also produced 7 out of
2_o; Mr. Fisk, Wildernesarow, had produced 2 lota out of
20; and Mr. Lambert had produced 14 lots out of 20. He
bad only recovered goods to the amount of 701., whereas the
total volue of those stolen wu 3371. 18s. It was only the
old goods that had been got back, the new goods were all

missing.
The several pawnbrokers were celled forward, and the
Asaistant,fudge ordered the officer Miller to accompany the
prosecutor to the pawnbrokers and there make a search for
the property, and if any resistance was offered, to apply
again to the court. He then sentenced Short to be kept in
penal servitude for five yew, and Heffel to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour fnr 12 months.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A DISHONEST SERVANT.
Maria EN:aka Simmondo, a young woman, was charged
with robbing her employer.
Mr. John Waters, printer, of Macelesfiekl•street, I •
Soho, said the prisoner bad only been in his service
week, and he bad ascertained that she had I
begun robbing him immediately on entering his service.
On Saturdsy afternoon, in consequence of what a boy told
him, be stopped the prisoner. She was coming downstairs i
and be asked her what property of his she bad about her. I
She denied haying anything, but on his iosisting upon her
taming out her pockets abe produced three silk tamely, his
P"Peny, and subsequently she dropped from under barcarole
a black velvet mantle. On her being witched after she wee
taken to the station, two duplicates, one relating to a pair
of boots and the other to a new blanket, were found upon ,
her ; and since, he (Mr. Waters) had found that two
drawers bad been forced open and the contents) abstracted.
A pair of boots and a blanket were produced by as
assistant to Mr. Brown, of Cranbouree.strest, pawnbroker,
and they were identified by the prosecutor.
A boy named Love proved seeing the prisoner leave one
Of the prosecutor's rooms on Saturday afternoon, and
secrete the mantle under her dress. He then gave info,-
elation to the prosecutor.
Mr. T%rtybitt remanded the prisoner with the view of
tracing the other miping property.
GREENWICH.
ROBBCRT BY A WAITI:d.
John Hunter, a respectahly.dressed young man, was
charged on remind with staring various mticlee of wear.