The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-02 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

JRaderick B•lieek, $O, sad WiTliset Phillips. 21, liesisr-
rasa, both described as well educated, were indicled foe ideal-
lag a &kite of bow, the proy of David Thesegaes, trout
• wberf ecljeoent to the river Thames.
Oa the night of the 15th of Jsatury, about tea o'clock
the prism's Phillips was observed by No. 27, of fie

Thames polices • stoopielt over and evidently frying to
conceal something at illingsgata-stains, and an San
up to the spit he found it was • firkin of batter,
kr hk pomession of which Phillips could give .no
astklactory account; ooseequently he wee taken into cosiedy,
the of Wt prisoner, who was close by, and had been
I oot P4llaawnes taken by soothe!. reser.. It tanked
t,
40 Olos.intlllOwelat
, w had beettmoored eg thoeuseteo+ootell
if ' tank/ trey, and one found claw to Ithent the
were dealing with the firkin Wee the Wee. The
was skint hoer Iroagete-wherf, between Costom-
Itellereloipo= talinstfate, and the care estaieskaathe ;Id-
the
3:=l4the night slipped up *e.t.a ti*
wharf acid stole
the Wert, end rowed up to Billingsgate with the booty,
dillylkolhil.fisbkmded, when the prooeeßnga of Phillips
atitasied She Maranon of the constable.
Thejmy hod both of them Guilty, and it was then
pent thekdity had beta jointly convicted about • year
=et theo=riumikessidoaa of stealing 18 sacks of oats.
Se the Thames-police ae loiterers
about shore mod spade ?fret.
awl ailliat Ms. meld the law made it a very onions
le meg property upon • navigable river, or from
whines adlesser thrroto • but In this cam then; was the
ridden' empasedon that both prisoners hd been before
reavleld spa is charge—a aircumatanoe which, coed-
ared with the present are sod their known charsolor,
could lupe am did* del they permed together a regular
course d pkrisr. leterds• 'Edda kind upon the river
were tittering, doily ecourreson, but were most difficult of
detection. By way of example, therefore, to deter others,
and to protect the vast amount of property open necousarily
to this sort of depredation upon the Thames, stopping short,
however of the full punishment the law authorised tor such
an ofheitie, the sentence of the court was that they be each
keralpenal servistide for the period of seven years.
rd Hasson, 34, e.hereemongwr, pleaded guilty to an
Indictment, charging him with hag ftioniutuly embezzled
the three ma af d 13e. Bd., Os. 6d., and 71. 131., which he
bad received far and on account of Henry Rawhy, hie mas-
ter. He further mama to having been previously con-
vioted of • like canal.
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The Assistant Judge, after reading the depositions and the
ourdilaits ot the former conviction, said it was an =fortunate
thing to see a men like the prisoner, respectably connected,
with a handy dependent upon bim, and in the receipt of a
Sll. 15e. per week, convicted again, after the serious
of • previous conviction and • sentence of eighteen
herd khan..
TM prisoner mid he had worked hard for his muter for
/oar yet= sines Ids Dravidian in 1862, and bad earned him,
and bad received on hie =count., • good deal of money. Ile
was in Ids prawn predicament through having been out
late, drinking in the Strand, when he was robbed of the
120fty.
TM Assistant Judge said that wee no szcnes—indeed
there add be no palliation of the prisoner's conduct. It wee
a very bad ow indeed, and the court Mt it to be its duty to
pans upon the prisoner • sentence of Am years' penal ser-

—Jaws WAilmore, 20, warn indicted for stealing a gold
watch and chain, value M., the property of Philip Favia,
from his person.
The prosecutor was walking al Holborn, near Iduarnm-
street, when the prisoner snatched his watch and chain, and
darted oft. lie was pursued, and captured in Parker-street,
Drury-lane. The watch was found upon him.
The jury found him Gushy, and it was proved that he had
been but a abort time discharged from Culdbath-fields, after a
stateace of Mx months for felony.
The Asistant Judge sentenced him to three years' penal
servitude.

iisurJoner, 18, pleaded guilty of having stolen 16 spoons,
18 f_ o er
th articl
houses, value 164, the property of Wm.
in his dwellin.
The prosecutor lived at No. 7, Sussex-place, Pimlico, and
on the 21st of January the prisoner on passing the err saw
a plate basket on the kitchen table in front of the window.
We got down, end was defamed in the act of filling his
pockets with spoons. He got away for the moment, but was
soon caught, and when taken before the magistrate, be
plesdedthirlty, but was sant for trial. He wee well known
I/ •

—genteel* three yeses' peel isevitude.
lrairiek Perry, 17, clerk, was indicted for having stolen
the sum of 761. lls. Id., the money. of William Muller, his
muter. He pleaded guilty.
Mr. Payne appeared for the prisoner, and urged in mitiga-
tion his client's age, the temptation he had ielded to, in an
unfortunate moment, and his former goody character. He
was clerk to the prosecutor, who keeps the money-order
°Moe in Holborn, and it was his duty to issue orders and
receive the amounts. On the of November he received
104/. 10s. bd., of which he lent • fellow-clerk 101. de., left
171. 19s. 4d. in his desk, and abeoonded with the remainder.
After being Mean two months, the prisoner wrote a letter to
his master, asking him to meet him at the corner of Pater-
noster-row, in order that he might give himself up, which he
did. The prisoner said the money was all gons, and he bed
made a gnat fool of himself.
In sneerer to the court, the prosecutor said, the prisoner
bad ten shillings a week, and at the time he absooadsd was
under notice to quit in consequence of money irregularitiee.
He had given no further amount of his abmnoe than that
three weeks of the time he was at Newmarket. His parents
were very respeotable.
Mr. Payne said it was not desirable to say where they
lived, bat they were respectable, end the lad's character
hither to bad been good.
The assistent judge, after • imitable admonition, mentissoed
the grimmer to twin months' hard labour.
(Before Mr. Creasy.)
Joke Rees; a notorious begging letter impostor and street
mandiceat, was brought up to be dealt with IA an incorri-
gible rogue and vagabond, under a magistrate's commitment.
The prisoners was apprehended on the 16th of January, for
attempting obtain eacney by false pretenota, and no km
than eight previous convictims wentproved again:entail
an Mater of the Harlicity Society. The court
him to be kept to bard Mhosr for am year.