The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-MTEZDAY.

The January General Quarter Session of the Pesos for
the county of Middles.' commenced this morning, at the
flessions-Muse, Cierkenwell, before Mr. fierimet Adams,
mustant-jalge, and • bench of Magistrate,. TM number
of prisoners for tri l is 80,-66 for felony, and 14 far 'Made-
INMOST. The assistant-judge blielly addressed the grand
Jur7-
./1119011 White Hinds and Ezra Hinds, brethen, were
placed at the bar to receive judgment.
At the last session at Clerkenwell, the ant-named pri-
mmer pleaded pally to an indictment charging him with
dealing watches and other article, to the value of 1101., the
promrty of his master, Mr. Jackson, watch eamufaatuer,
Bed Lion-street, Clerkenwell-green, sad the ether, a
horse dealer at Lutes, Bedfordshire, was found 'silty of
Mviag felunioesly received some of the property. Judg-
ment was deferred, to enable tne former prisms, to make
discloser's to hie mailer as to the property which had not
bees recovered.
Inspector Brennan said that he went to the prison, put-
met to his iiistructims, and obtained from Jame" Binds
certain information whisk he cornmmicated to the prose-
cutor. The prisoner dashed to see the shop-books, is
order to refresh his smitory with reference to some of the
gaming property, bet he (the inspector) was not aware
what had been setweemetly done by Mr. Jackson.
The prosecutor said be had not as yet recovered any of
his property. The primmer appeared very willing to give
a/1 the information he maid, but he did not recollect very
well, sad therefore there had been sense diMculty.
laspectbr Bitumen wished to say that the prisoner, James,
attnbeted his present position to the realm manner in
whiab the pawnbroker received the property—in a manner
(he salt) which no other person in the trade would have
done. The prisoners said also that the pawnbroker would
be ashamed to produce some :if the property on account of
the unflaohed stale it was in.

The prosecutor said, in answer to the court, that although
three weeks had elapsed since the trial, he had not done
anything towards recovering his kriperty.
Tie Assistant-Judge said the cue was this . the prose-
cutor wined as perfectly ignuraat of his concerns u any
man we►t (vela be, and he had as one of his servanu James
Whita.Hiads, who was a great rogue, and robbed him to •
great 'strut. He took the plunder to a pawnbroker, who
received it in a state which no honest pawnbroker did.
That sanest had a brother, Es•a, in the country, who
had bola prorisady ocamictsd, sad he reeeive. eons of

the property and sold it ; and since his conviction, James
had done his best to enable his master to recover back the
rest of the articles ; but for that circumstance he should
have sentenced them to transportation, but he did not
think they ought now to be held answerable for the pro.e
tutor's not having token steps in the matter. He the
sentenced each of them to ens year's hard labour.
Guis,ppt, Luigi Lie tiro, 53, an intelligent and respect-
able looking moo, was indicted fur having stolen nine sove-
reigns, the monies of Charles Oath, id his dwelling-house.
It appeared that the prosecutor, a tradesman in Mancu-
so:den, casually met the prisoner, a countryman of his, an
Italian, and tindina him to be clever, intelligent, said •
man of education. he exerted himself on his behalf, and
gave him letters of recommendation to various parties as a
teacher of two or three languages. He employed him to
teach Mrs. Galli, An Englishwoman, Italian, and ou the 13th
of last month he went as usual to give her a lesson. Mr.
Galli had occasion to go to an iron safe in the room where
the prisoner was, and having procured what he wanted,
he left, without tak.ng the key out of the safe door. Mrs.
Galli was called out of the rooia shortly afterwards by her
servant, and on returning she saw through a glass door the
prisoner withdraw Lis hand from the safe, and put some-
thing in hie pocket. She was so agitated that as her hus-
band had gone into the city, and had not returned, she
did not accuse him of having done anything wrong,
but told him she could not continue the lesson,
and he lett. When her husband returned she
told him what she had seta, and on his
examining the safe found that nine sovereigns had been
taken from 30 which were wrapped op in a 101. note. The
' note bad been tarn open and the sovereigns scattered about.
On the following morning the prisoner, as anal, came to
give Mrs. Galli a lemon, and on being charged with the
offence, he said he had only taken 54., not W., and that Mr.
Galli owed him the former amount in reference to some
business transactions, and they therefore soald settle it be-
tween them. He had never made any claim before. When
asked why he had taken the money, he implored forgive-
ness of Mr. Gelb, and assured Mrs. Galli that he had done
it through distress. Mrs. Oalli said the prisoner had
represented that he war in distress; had he done so she
would have been glad to have asaisted
The prosecutor said, in craw-examination, that he had,
up to thus transaction, considered the prisoner a man of in-
tegrity. The prisoner had stated to him that he was a soli-
eitor ; and, as he found him to be a clever man, he seat him
Ito Turin to do some business there for him. He furnished
him with a sum of money and gave him a letter of credit
on h s agent, and found that he was faithful to his trust.
He did not owe him anything that he knew of.
Mr. Metcalfe said the theft was committed no doubt in a
moment of temptation—it could not have been designed;
and the opportunity was given by Mr. Galli's leaving the
key in the safe. The evideuce war too clear to be resisted.
The jury found the prisoner fiwilty, with a recommen-
dation to mercy, in which the prosecutor joined.
The Assistant-Judge, after some little consideration,
sen-
tenced the prisoner to 4 months' hard labour.

THE POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL.

John 8/anklsorn,de;cribed as• farmer, at present re-
siding at 53, Mount-street, Lambeth, was charged with
uttering a forged cheque for 101.
Francis Millard, assistant to Moons. 8. 8. and J. W.
Benson, the ewellers, in Ludgate-bill, said that the pri.
inner catered his employers' shop on Saturday evening,
shortly after seven o'clock, and selected • gold watch and
gold chain, of the value of 61. 16s. The prisoner asked
witness if he minded taking a cheque. Winton said it
was not customary to do so after banking hours ; but, if
the prisoner would call again in half an hour, he would
send out in the interim for change ; and, if he obtained it,
he would let the prisoner have the watch and ekes. The
prisoner gave witness a cheque for 101., drawn in the name
of " Henry Stoate and Co." on the Lambeth lateme of the
" Royal British Bank," and made payable ton Ms.
soli. Witness then sent the shopboy ia • sib le Mr.
&Gate (who is • respectable upholsterer, carrying is Wei-
nes in premises adjoining the bank in qstestisk in She
I Westminster-road), and ascertained that the awes was
not the same used by Mr. Stoats, neither wee the
in that geatleman's handwriting. The pekoes/VT;
return ; but about an hour after, the whom Ss
go to the door, saw the prisoner steadies is Giwt efrthe
house nest door, and be,tkoned him in, haviagg previously
instructed the bay to fetch • policeman. The prisoner
said that be received the cheque from Mr. Stoats on Satur-
day, after hankie; hours ; but, on being told it was a
forgery, he said if it was • forged cheque he knew nothing
about it, as be received it in a betting transaction ; but he
did not say from whom.
Mr. Wood said the prisoner was a highly respectable
farmer, and, being engaged in extensive betting transac-
tions, and other gambling matters of a similar nature, he
bad received the cheque in psymeat of • bet, and tarl
uttered it without being aware of its not being • genuine
document. The uncle of the prisoner was in court, who
would state what he thought would be • complete answer
to the ease.

Sir Peter Laurie inquired it the uncle had any account
at the Royal British Bank.
The Uncle said he had not, but his son had, and the
cheque-book used by him was accessible to none but him•
self. The prisoner bad been staying with him sine, the
tenorsl of the late Hake of Wellington, and could not
have been in want of mosey, as be had property of his dwn,
upon which he was living.
Sir Peter Laurie said the number on the cheque was
OK and it would not therefore be difficult to ascertain from
t►e Royal British Bank, who had the book from which
the cheque had been abstracted. It was a great tempta-
tion to young men of the present generation to lead them-
selves to crimes of this description, who flattered them-
selves with the idea that, if detected, they could escape, by
one of the numerous vessels always in the port of Liver-
pool, to Australia, and make their fortunes at the diggings.
However, in the present case, respectability was no justifi-
cation of forgery.
The prisoner was then remanded, an application to bail
him beiag peremptorily refused.