The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSION&

The April Quarter Seedems et the Peace far the musty of
Middlesex commenced yesterday morning, at Cleriumwell, be-
fore Mr. Pashley, Q.V., Asanout-Judge ; Mr. enemy, Mr.
Ramat, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Faulkner. The
*slender wee heavy, there being- 102 pyjama's for Uhl, 99
charged with biony, enuipl=th miedemeanour.
Oa the mom et the sninneoned to serve on the
grind jury babe cal by Mr. Maude, the deputy of the
Clerk oldie Pesos, several sated to be elated on the pound
of age.
The Assistant-Judge said It wee important that it should
be generally known to the body of gentlemen liable to be sum-
moned se jorate, that when they were summoeed by the
sheriff, the fact of any one of them being over sixty jean
sge was not a legal exemption from lentos. It was
the duty of persona who were exempt to see that their names
were sot kept on the jury lists ; so long as they were so they
were liable to be summoned, and the court could not be TO-
spossible fur the negligent manner in which the lista were
made up by the overseers, nor the rheriff, who merely um-
mooed the persons whose names were on the lists. Every
person exempt from serving should send notice to that effect
to the overseers in August or September, just before the lists
were made up. He ounl4 not release a gentleman duly
summoned simply because be wu over sixty years of age.
laws Orme, 19, was indicted for stealing the sum of
8601. in notes and gold, and sundry uncles, the goods and
monies of Lady Elisabeth Anderson, his mistress.
Mr. Mew was counsel for the prosecution.
The monomania resided at 33, Torrington-Km" end the
prisoner wee in her service es footman. Her ledyabip kept
money Ina oash-box, which was ocessionally Mtin her bd.
room, sometimes in her library, and as the amount dimi-
nished with greater rapidity than the sums paid in discharge
of the tradesmen's bills could account for, • Weems was
and the ultimate result woe that the prisoner was
agrunckinto custody. He begged forgivencell, and said be bad
opened the library door with the key of the store-room, mid
having toned • key which would open the cash-box, he bed
token the money. The total amount missed was upward. of
8601. Thirty pounds worth of new clothes were found in his
peeemilos, sad he had 121. in a savings bank, 111. of
which he said was pert of the money be had stolen
from kis aliens= ;at his mother's house,at a village in
the police found four pieces of needlework, eight pitmegmeeti
Mee, some pictures, and other articles, which y Anderson
identified ss her property. Other articles, also the property
of her ladyship, were found at a house in Upper Bridport-
street, Dorset-equare, whither they bed been sent by the
prisoner from her house. The prisoner admitted his guilt
when before the
The jary found him and the Assistant-Judge sem-
towed him to 16 months' hard labour.
Mfg, Prier, 22, was indicted for having feloniously am-
, Waled several sumo of money which he had received on ac-
mend of Mean. Shoolbred and Co., his masters. He pleaded
liuntY•
Kr. Orridge, for the prosecution, stated that the primmer
bed been about six menthe in the employment of Masers.
Shoolbred, of Totteeltrun-court-road, to a porter, receiving
201. a year, end booed and lodging, for his services. He had
to deliver goods and receive money, and in the six months he
had embeesied about 201. He &impended and enlisted into
the 20th Regiment. Mears. Shoolbred had thought it their
duty to prosecute him, and having done so, they left the cue
to be dealt with as the court might seem St.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced the prisoner to 12 months'
herd labour.

TaWisTlikard, 22, wax indicted for having stolen a chest
containing 80 pounds of tea, the property of the Great
Northern Railway Company.
Hz. Cooper appewd for the prosecution ; Mr. P. H.
Lewis for the prisoner.
In consequence of • number of packages having been
missed from vane belonging to the Great Northern Railway,
a special watch was kept, and the prisoner was detected by
a constable in the company's service, named Evans, in
attempting to get a chest of tea from • van he was following ,
near Banhill-row. He had accomplices with him, who,
however, got away. fleeing he was detected, the prisoner
Jumped down, and was immediately taken by the constable.
Thejnry found him Guilty, and former convictions were
proved against him.
The Court sentenced him to three years' penal servitude.
The greater part of the day In this court was occupied in
disposing daises in which the prisoners pleaded guilty to
charges of larceny.
The grand jury ignored • bill which had been preferred
=Mat W John Aitchison and Fanny Mk respect-
cm a char of having picked the pocket of a
female named Harvey, in Koppel-street, Rummell-spare.