The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-12 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The wart sat on Saturday to hear appalls. There were
ea the lid 49 • h mese, most of which were disposed of
an motion, 23 others, chiefly spinet rates. Some of the
latter had stood over from former sessions, and were again
adjourned by conning; several stood on the list for hearing,. a
day to be appointed for faking them.
(Before Mr. Caw, at Clerkenwell.)

CONVICTION OT TWO WEOLISLLI SITINDLIJJ.
denier Oka, slim Amish living and Mohan, Aravh,
aged vespeotively 86 and 83, and described ea " werebouse-
men," were ieled obtaining, by =am of false pre-
emie, wain goedslatrty of lir. William Lesroyd,
• rareedesesser at
Mr. Melt Valid Mr. Orridge were counsel for the proem-
*. ; Kr. defended (Head; end Mr. Tal.rd Salter
lerlfor
isiglopened the ales as one of greet importance to
prams sepia is trading transactions, the Mamas having
been amps* in swindling to • considerable extent,
awl= pretence *hst they were en established London
inn The miser= WI tried at the leat melons on •
charge of having stolen the goods, but the learned Judge held
that that charge was not supported by the evidence, which
made cut, if 'scything, a case of fraud, and conspiracy to der
freed, and aocordingly they were acquitted of the felony, and
ordered for trial on the charges eontalned in the indictment
upon which they were now arraigned. The prosecutor, Mr.
was • manufacturer at Hodderefiald, and he ter
tierjibminees-like looking circular, dated from " Cross-
London, E.C., Feb. 24, 18511," to
sr. sluowialßattcalta' • Bir,—Can you supply me with
amebae ? so, enclose, per rail, samples ; pricsa, la. 11kL,
2s. ld., 2.. ed., 2a. Bd., and 3a. ; patterns in greens sad
brawn', with lowest terms for prompt cash. Samples seat
will be paid for if they do not suit." This was signed, "7.
Prescott' only, but inclosed was a card, giving the name of
the firm, " Barn set and Prescot!, general warehousemen,
16, Croes-strest, Hatton-garden ; the number had been
shred to 3. The prosecutor by this was Induced to mad up
• quantity of merino, which, as was subsequently ascer-
tained, was pawned by the prisoners the same day it arrived
in London. The prosecutor having occasion to be in town,
celled at 8, Cross-street, and was not agreeably askaithed to
lad, that heard of being a house in the woollen trade, it
wss • dairy, in which the " general warehousemen had only
as apartment, which they had engaged but • fortnight before,
and the only use they bad math of it was for the receipt
of letters and percale from the country," for which
one or the other called once or twice a day. Fiedler.. .tat
be had been swindled, the prosecutor went to Mr.
the superintendent of police of the district, and told him th•
oh'curestencen He directed Sergeant Evans, • detective, to
watch the sad the result was that the prat:mere
were and duplicates of the were found
upon em. The lenticular' having been in ths
popere,.Sepaintendesit Lester received letters from all quar-
ters, giving particulars of other frauds perpetrated by the
isms persona, and through his exertions and these of the
sergeant the owe was now brought in a proper form before
the court. The quantity of merino they obtained from Mr.
Learoyd was 230 =The prisoner@ bad confederates is
various parts of
The line of defence adopted was, that the conduct of the
prisoners did not bring them within the criminal law,
and that what they had done was continually and
avowedly dome by men engaged in trading transactions, to
meet emergencies. It was urged that there wee nothing in
the case to negative the supposition that they intended to
pay for the goods, and that the transaction was simply one
of debtor sad creditor, and not prosecutor and prisoner.
The loomed judge having summed up, gs.4l 7
The jury immedlstely found both prisoners Gaily of ob-
taining goods under film pretences.
fhe?tenos was deterred until next amnion.

Joke (5911itis 64, v;;1;17;ghilp for judgment.He wee tried on the previous day (with his eon, who was
sequined) on a charge of stealing 90Ibe of coal, the property
of Stephen Finney and others, and found guilty. He re-
ceived a good character for upwards of 40 years. He lived
in a barge on the river, off Millbank, and the cam m
him was, that he had stolen coal from a lighter, which
been made fart close by. An inspector of police caught him
in the act, having been set to watch, in conamsence of coal
having been frequently mimed. The primer, it wise said,
was a character wall known on the river.

711;• t1747.;;r4e bud labour,

(largo Wallin', Indigr at the Cedogen Hotel, Shane-
street, wee tried and found guilty of lama* several bottle*
of spirits, the property of Charles Bargees, his muter. He
had been out on baiL
Mr. Creamy senten)ed hint to three months' hard labour.