The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-08 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Wore Mr. Polley, Q.C., AnWant-Judge.)

'lamas Jones, 23, was indicted for having stolen a gold
watch value 101., the properly of James She, from his per-
son. He wee aleo charged with having eessulted two police
constables in the execution of their duty. To the latter he
Pifl er.al=eassentsd ; the prieoner was not defended.
The pressonter deposed—l am a clerk in her hisjesty's
Customs, and mile at No. 9, Queen's-terrace, fit. John's-
wood. On Thu:slimy, the 17th of last September, I was •
by the o'clock train from Fenchtuch-street to
r11711:r arm. I was in • second clams carriage. There were
several persons In the same empartment with me. A men,
who I now,haysnodoabt widow was thepisoner, set oppo-
she b me. He mind • girl The woe in the cordage to change
seals with him, and that brought hien** opposite me,
and the bale. Air dipping at _ iNew weeded as need. The
seemel
and
met laird al Issit esemal doss.
grAs skew and plainer ramitsr I thought he was ta-
to:laded. He sat with his erne bailing owe the carriage
door. The train was going at full speed. When we got to
what is called Sir George Duckett's Canal-bridge, heimalehed
my watch, which I was wearing in my waktosat skit, he
tore it away from the chain, peat of which was struck
me • blow, and in • moment he opened the deer
out of the carriage. It was Use week el but ea tidal*.
saw him fall. I mid, " Good God, the need hr slobs my
watch and jumped out." I made my km known the
Hackney-station, as I could not call oat and stop the train
, before. At first, when I saw the prisoner after he was taken
I ,was not sure he was the man, but his whiskers have
grown again (they had been shaved off), and now I am sure.
I thought be resembled the man. lie had the emu
coat on than, and I remarked red tieing in the sleeves.
The prisoner, when asked if he wished to pat way questions
to the witness, merely said he was not the man.
David Charles Martrie—l sea a clerk to Marshall sad
Sons, bookmaking on the Great Western Railway, and was
a paeseeger in the train when this occurred, In the middle
edlrt September. I remember seeing the prosecutor In a
compartment immediately before me, end saw • man, who
I believe was the prisoner, strike him on the cheat, atch
his watch from the guard-chain, end then jump out of the
cerriege. The train I should think was going et the rate
of eighteen miles an hour. I noticed red lining in the sleeves
of his coat, and mentioned that before I saw the prisoner
afterwards. He has now the same coat. Hy attention was
attracted to him from his restless manner, end the particular
notice he took of the passengers to the carriage. lam more
convinced the prisoner is the man every time I look at him.
William White—l live at Hackney. Oa the 17th of Sep-
tember last I met the prisoner near to the Tiger in the Wick-
road, about half-past eight in the evening. That is about a
quarter of a mile front Duckett's Canal-bridge, He asked
me the way to Whitechapel, end while I was thioktng which
direction to tell him to take my hand came in contact with
his coat, which I found quits wet. I asked him how he
ems in that plight. He mid he had jumped Hackney-
brook, running at the back of the White Lion, and fell in.
I asked him where his hat was as he had not ace on. He
said he lost it in the brook. I next noticed that he had a
cat on the cheek—he was holding a handkerchief to it. I
said, " Why, good God, who has b ill-nAng your' He
replied, II wee all in jumping the brook. He suddenly
41tme, before I could tell him the way to Whitechapel.
The only question which the pismire put to this whams
was, as to which 'Meet his face the cut was on when he spoke
to him. The witness said he was not sure, but thought it was
on the left. The prisoner then proved his own Identity by
showing a soar on his right cheek which the cut had left,
and then asked if the jury could believe the witness, as the
cut was on the right side of his face f
At the prisoner's request the evidence of Sergeant Francis,
N divides, was read tram the depositions, after he had been
examined. It was to the effect that on the evening of the
robbery he heard of it at Hackney, and went down the rail-
way towards Bow. A pawn told him to look out for an escaped
lunatic who wee without a hat, and who was supposed to have
committed the theft. He searched about the fields until four
in the morning, but found no one. On examining Duckett's
Canal-bridge he found marks of blood, and there were splashes
of water on the bank, which left no doubt that the person
who jumped out of the carriage fell upon the bridge
and rolled over Into the canal. There was • quantity
of blood on the towing path, about 400 yards from the bridge.
He received information which induced him to look out for
the prisoner, and he found that he had been taken before the
Lord Mayor on another charge, and committed to Holloway
Gaol for six months. When that term expired ha was taken
on the present
Police-constable err, 426 N, proved that when at the
police court the prisoner singled out the prosecutor, and asked
11 that " swell" was going to prosecute him. That was be-
fore the charge was gone into.
The prisoner, in his defence, said he was not the man who
did this. There was a mistake as to his identity.
The jury immediately found him Guilty.
There was a certificate of his conviction and the six months,
bat it wee not proved, as the offence was subsequent to that
of which he was nsiw convicted.

The officer of the House of Correction, Coldhath•Belds,
said the prisoner was well known there, but it was soots time
ego, and they had not been able to trace out precisely what
it wee for. He wee recognised by a stark ender the left
ear, which was unmistakeable.
The bedstead Judge, after commenting on the audacity of
the awe, the prisonees reckless daring, and his course of
sentenced hlm to be kept in penal servitude for flu
yeses.
On leaving the dock the prisoner smashed his hat, end
told the dicers that as he had got his sentence, be did not
mind them knowing that he was • ticket-of-leave man.
The assault with which he was charged was committed
upon the polic•-ofecer in the case, at the police-court.
Joseph loAla Ward was indicted for oorreptly receiving
' beim Jamie Russell Williams the sum of 51., for the restora-
tion of a stolen dog.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted; Mr. Luria appeared for the
It apred from the evidence that in the month of Fe-
tor's daughter was going through Long-acre,
sabrMarge=undland dog, belonging to her, was following,
wearing • brass collar, on which her name and address were
engraved. When she got to the corner of Crenbourne-street
she missed the dog. She had previously seen a man who
frequently pat his hand towards the dog, but she did not me
him eon& him. Aa the dog did not come home to Leicester-
Kam, where she raided, the next day, bills were distri-
buted dining a reward of 21. for the restoration of the dog.
The day following her feline received • communication, end
in comequence of that he want to Waterloo-taidge,",where he
saw the prisoner, who told him that if he would give W. he
could have the dog back. He aocompenled the prmir Into
the &rand, where he mid he ex to Inset • roan, bat he
was not than, and then they went to the City, but no man
was to be found. The prisoner then said they mud go
elsewhere, and a cab was ordered and they prom/Wed
to some place in the neighbourhood of Bunhill-row,
whkdi was • narrow court, and et the bottom of it was •
publio-hoer. Hare the prison introduced him to two
other awn, and after • good deal of parleying between the
C:°:and the men as to how they got of the
sitcr to which inquiry they pre very abrupt
mower% the dog was reduced and the 61. was pad. When
the prosecutes mu about bringing the dog away, he wanted
to know what had become of the collar and one of them mid
that would be all right; and on the following _day it was le-
tamed to him through the London Parcels Delivery Com-
pany. The prisoner was subsequently taken into custody
at • dog-show in Half-moon-street, Mohopegato, by Thos.
Evans, of the division of police, from • than
given of Wen
Mr. Lewis addreseed the jury, and oontendel that no oor-
rapt payment had been coeds to the prisoner, but to the
penes who produced the dog.
£ person named Hired, who said he wee the mailer
al the prisoner, gave him • good charader for
the time
of 1 the, Itt in his hd been in.
hisa:a emigo"nfnatian ryiltr.
he admitted that when the prisoner was at the
police-office he heard It stated that he (prisoner) had been
convicted and sentenced to a month's imprisonment for dog
stealing.
Mr. Crew wanted to know, with that fact before him, how
he dare to come into • court of justice and give • men •
good character for honesty, and ordered him to be taken into
custody. he thee summed up the evidence, sad
The jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Istria than moved an arrest of judgment, but hie
application was refuel.
Mr. Cressy sentenced the prisms to Imprisonment for eh
moths. He then addressed the man Weed, and mid he
should not commit him far trial, as his else was mot so bed as
that of • man who yesterday stated a eerie' of falsehoods,
and after a caution ordered him to be discharged ; bat re-
marked that if any more erne& oases occurred be would order
rub witnesses to be basted for peejury es bold end
jury were imposed ups. sad the Gads oi jtiatios