The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-18 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The Deentber adjourned general sessions commenced
terth.y morning at the Guildhall, Broad Sanctuary,
Weeemimter, before Mr. Bodkin, assistant judge, sod a
beech of magistrates. The first issue of the calendar con.
taint the names of 80 prisoners, 66 charged with felony and
14 with Mi 1311310110011/.
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-4.l7l;issis• taa Juaiedelivered the usual charge to the
eiles, 17, • simple and inoffensive looking lad,
was indicted for stealing 49 watches, 157 watchguard chains,
65 ea riors 2 diamond crosses, 469 finger rings, 204
brooches, +0 50 lockets, 300 shirt studs, 12 seta
ef waistcoat buttons, 290 seals and charms, 189 breast pins,
nod r.m. in money, the goods, fie., of Herbert Henderson,
his ma.ster, in his dwelling-house. He pleaded guilty.
The prosecutor, a jeweller in Regent-street and Pioca.
dilly, stated in answer to questions put by the court, that
the prisoner had been errand-boy in L 6 service, and had
provided himself with false keys, by means of which, on
Sunday, the 16th of September, he gut into the shop during
his master's absence, and packed up the property mentioned
in the char:e in two begs. The value of the whole was
about 4.0007. The prisoner made off to France, and pro-
cured at Calais • passport by which be proceeded to Paris.
Information was forwarded to the Paris police, • clue
having been obtained as to where the prisoner
Lad started to, and he was found at the Hotel
dos LOOVre, in piesemion of the greater portion
of the stolen property. He was about leaving the
hotel with an interpreter, to dispose of some of the pro-
perty, when the police caught him. While in Mr. Hen-
,141100., service he had Si. a week, with lodging and part
hoard. He was the son of • respectable man, by business a
cheesenionger somewhere at Hackney.. It was not
suggested the; the prisoner had any accomplices in the rob-
bery ; it was all his own doing. Nearly the whole of the
property ha-I been recovered, but the prisoner had spent all
the money he took with him.

The Amistant-Judge said the court felt great difficulty in
dealing with the case. The prisoner was too old to be
seat to a reformatory, and they felt that under all the cir-
cumsLneee, considering his age and character, they could,
comistently with their public duty, refrain from passing a
*enteric, of penal servitude. The learned judge then men-
tamed him to two years hard labour, and hoped he would
yet endeavour to make a good man of himself.
Hear, Hamilton, 18 years of age, was tried with two
other prisoner. for an onliaary theft.
Soden, Ii 1), and l)oble, 1471), said they knew the pri.
soners, and mentioned the extraordinary circumstamixi that
Hamilton as one of s family of 32 children. His father
was 66 r ?ars of age, and had had two wives, by one of
whom he hail 30 children ; by the other, 2 ; and of them all,
24 were now living. He was married to his lint wife 48
years ; and the youngest of his 32 children was now seven
yews old.
Sien,m Hann 2.3, Williams Smith, 29, James Hall, 24,
and Ilia3a4 Af ;Grath, 23, four guardsmen, were indicted
for unlawfully creating a riot and disturbance.
The threo first named prisoners pleaded guilty. McGrath
pleaded not guilty, and us evidence being offered 'waned
aim. be was aNuitted.
It appeared that the prisoners were engaged ins desperate
row in High-street, Kuightsbridge, fis;litiug and exciting •
ieob of ehuut 11(1Q persons. There was a fearful conflict
between them and the police, who interfered to preserve
order, the aoldiers using their belts in a ruthless' manner.
The. Aseistant-Judge sentenced Hall and Smith to 12
months bard labour each ; Menu, who had been before com
tided, Co 1.8 ; and made some strong reworks upon the dr-
',mutant e of soldiers so far degradiug themselves as to get
into conflict with the pence, who merely acted in the pre-
servation of public order.

A Suotinaco SUlClDE.—Yesterdny Mr. Brent
held an inquest at the Edinburgh Castle Tavern, Csleduoian-
rued, on the- body of • woman waned Jane Swiftest, a monthly
nurse. *dm culamitted suicide at the house of a married
daugbtrr. with whom she resided, by the frightful act oldie
einbowellinz. The jury returned a verdict of " Tempoarry
insanity."
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