The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1859.

MIDDLESEX SEsSIONS

(Before the Assisteat-Judge.)
coat sad
Maryeret (beep.,
value 28, servant, wee Indicted for stealing •
other snide; 301., the property of William
Babe
Charlie her master. She pleaded By.
The prosecutor, &solicitor, residing at o. 42, Perobridge-
Villas, Notting-hill, stated in maker to the Court, that the
prisoner had been in his akin skint a fortnight prior to
the 22nd of August; ma that day he left town for a while, en-
treating the charge of ths been to her. He re-
turned-home on the evening of the 4th October and found
the place deserted, the aide entrance being open. He procured
a light, and on searching about he mimed a timepiece, •
revolver, clothing, ltc., worth altogether about 301. or 401.
When be took her into his emus, be had • character with
her from a lady in St. Janies's-mtutre, Notting hill, who had
received a character of her from • woman of the name of
Hall. That woman wee an socomplios of the prisoner, and
during the period so which the Marmon related the prisoner
I wee undergoing penal servitude for four yearo, upon • con-
viction in this court. The prisoner wan aided in the robbery
by • man.
Inspector Rocking, T Division, apprehended the rebook
1 at 11, Camden-street, Notting-hill. She then, in
named
admitted her guilt, and said she had been with • man
Holland and • little Jew, and had been drinking ever duos.
she aid, 111 that her water
Well, I should be • wasted
t° getfoci to tell hit patrOtTt that.
I'd rather have ten years."
The Ainistant-J edge raid there was not the least difficulty
' in dealing with a cam like this; them was but one course to
' take. The prisoner had *uttered four years' penal servitude,
and bad procured situatious by false character. She had the
moms then of living honestly, but instead, being left in
charge of her maater'e house, she bad plundered it with ram I
she was in association with, and ran away. The renteses
upon her was sin yeas' penal servitude.
PAIN) ZIPII4I Pybee, was indicted for, and convicted el
feloniously awaiting James Megan, putting him in fear,
and robbing him of • watch acid chain, his property. At
the last session a female was tried for this robbery, banjoes-
kraal in it with the present prisoner, and sentenced to hard
labour for a year. She was taken at the time, but the man
escaped. The prowcutor was felled to the ground In Barre-
oourt, Leioreter-equare, on the evening of the 13th of Octo-
ber, by a blow from come heavy instrument, given by the psi-
'case, and while he was down the woman robbed hire of Ida
watch. The prisoner wee traced out by Snowiest, 293 A, sad
Gray, 62 P, and was taken at No. 1, White Hart-court,
Oxford-street, where the officers foundaphotorephio portrait
of the women, hanging alongside one of the prisoner himself.
They were produced in rourt ; the ear nnblame was ?erten.
Whim taken the prisoner mid to Oray, Let's
have • pipe of tobacco, It will be the last smoke
I shall have." The prisoner was • well-known thief, and an
mocke of burglar.. Hs was well known in the F division.
The Audetent-Judge said the court bed bat one duty to
perform in mach • case ea this, and that woe to protect the
public from such desperate ruffian. as the mer un-
doubtedly was, by removing them for a heigt period
from society. A blew was given to the presenter with •
life er, or 80010 other such formidable instrument—he
t have been murdered—and he was then robbed of his
watch by • woman, whom the prisoner had no doubt in-
mend Into his own vile practices and dreadful mode of lift.
She wee convicted ; and ookidering her years—eh* was bat
18—and that she bad been made an instrument of by • bar
• comparatively ehert sentence was passed upon her.
With the man It was very different, and the sentence upon
him was kw yak? penal servitude.
Mr. Cooper, who was counsel for the prosecution, called
attention to the conduct of • witness in the case an accountant
named Stubbs, living at 14, St. Martin's--cliambera, Long-
ewe, who saw the robbery committed, and at the risk of
readying • similar blow from the prlsonce's weapon, went to
his aid and was the canoe of the woman being taken there and
then almost in theism of the robbery. He begged to moped.
Cully Bugged to the court that it was a cede in which some'.
speck notice might be taken of the witneas conduct.
The Assistant-Judge ordered that the witness should
receive a reward of 31.

---11;14ii011erry,istid George Lofting, 24, were indicted
for unlawfully wanldig Sarah Simpson, with a poker. Loft-
ing wan further charged with assaulting Peter M.Fadden.
They were found Guilty, and sentenced saoh to nine months'
baud labour.

A number of mess of simple larceny sad larceny from the
person were &spend of.