The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-02 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSION&

The criminal liminess of the county of Middlesex was re•
Burned yestenley morning at the Sessions Hum.., on Clerk.
enwell•greeo, for the tint time since the completion of the
alterations, which appear to give great satisfaction to the
public, and for the future the whole of the sessions
(excepting appeals) will be at Clerkeuwell. The learned
Assistant• Judge, Mr. Bodkin, presided, with Mr.
Payne, Deputy ; Mr. Parnell. chairman of the bench,
and the following full bench of magistrates
Mr. H. Harwood Harwood, Mr. Turnley, the Baron de
Blies, Mr. Wolsey, Mr. White, Mr. Rankine, Mr. Griffiths,
Mr. Parary. Mr. Faulconer. Mr. Hamill, Captain Morley,
E. W. Cox, Mr. Baker, Sir James Tyler, Dr. Bateman, Mr.
Arthur Ballatine, Mr. Prance, Mr. J. E. Goodhart, Mr.
Wadeson, Mr. Kentshead, chairman for somata and general
purpomee ; Mr. H. Adana, Mr. Joe. Arden, and Mr. J. B.
Brooking.
The calendar contains the names of 5:1 prisoners, 41
charged with felony, and with unademeatiour, irrespective
of the hail cam

The learutd Araistont-.lwlp, in his charge to the grand
jury, said it would have been very satisfactory:, at the
conunencement of another year, or on the occasion of their
assembling spun elkr a lung interval in that ancient build-
ing, to have laid before them, and through them the public,
the result (his lordship proreededl of our proceedings since
I bars bad the honour of tilling the °hire I now hold. The
returns, however, are not aufficieutly advanced to justify any
general inference, but I hope wheu on some future occasion
we shall be the better enabled to address our attention to this
important subject, the county of Middlesex, in dealing with
it., criminal population, will have an equal claim with other
places to sham in that redaction of crime which happily is
said to have occuned throughout the kingdom. There is,
however, gentlemen, cue topic of sincere congratulatioa to
which I feel it my duty to advert on the present occasion.
I sun alluding to the prevalence of juvenile delinquency,
some idea of which may be formed when I inform you that
on commencing the duties of my office I had the painful
task of witnessing many children, who, although of tender
age, had passed their time alternating between the prisons
of this county awl the public street., some of them
having been in prison eight, ten, or a dozen
time.. believing that these repeated imprison-
ments were productive of no good, but rather the
reveres. I have, with the ociecurnisce of the magistracy,
adopted a differeut course with this interesting class. Where
a hope of reformation could be entertained, the offenders
have leen remitted to n.me of the numerous reformatory
institution, which of late years hare been established, the
reports from which are most satbilsctorv. Where the *Mai-
den monied beyond hops, or were ineligible from age fee
iliallSl4llo to asylums, we hare passel mecca:as which rw
mitted them to the care of the government,
who In addition to other persons are enabled to
send them to the coloeiee, if such a mode
of di. of them should appear desirable. Others, who,
fin ty, were so for the first time, and under peen-
bar we have felt ourselves juatified in mks,
Mg at cam to their (needs'. I dare rot as yet melee
what may be the positive and ultimate meats of this sys-
tem, lint I am rejoiced to be able to announce that in the
mimeo fee this peewit ISollitle sot one cams appears of a boy
'barged with a criminal offence."
Hie lordship Him addressed the grand jury upon the duty
they had be summoned to discharge, and they retired to
Hear MOW

Tiniheing the Ant time of the sitting of the emit hers,
since the ithematicam, for criminal bristeess, seveml 'MOP
time VIM node! in smatters of detail, by which some in -
COO TM iIMOSS might be remedied, and it was understood
that they would be carried into effect at once. Of nouns in
converting an old building almost into a new one, construct-
ing as entinely sew court, wit►in the walls, mene such
matters could not be obviated, but the alterations gene.
rally are midi as togive entire sandiaction, and the few little
defect.' which have been found out now, will be very soon
removed.

Martin Joyner, 4;t, and Alfred Joyner, 19, lather wed
son, who had carried ou business as dealers in stereoscopic
pictures, at 29, St. Martin'ecourt, fit. Martin's-lane, James
Gineny, Norm., alias Saunders, bookseller, of Holy-
wellotreet, Strand, and Joao Mortise alias "Steepen, of
the mine place, were Wired fee idling and pal:ilia-
* indecent stereoscopic slides. The prosecution
were conducted by Mr. Sleigh, instructed by the
solicitors for the appreenies of Vice (Huebert and
Celleite). Mr. Ribton defended Gleamy, Martin plea led
guilty, the Jorsers were not degraded, but were found
guilty upon the evidence of Serpents Thome of the Scot-
land-yard defective force, Holmes and Marcher of the F
divines, and a witness mined Murray, who was employed
to parhaae the slides, and who pm his evidence in a very
p 1.1., honest, and straightforward manner. Some of the
slides wen produced and eilubitsd to the jury, and were
understood to be of a most obscene character.
The Arantaot• Judge. in passing sentence, said no words
could mimes an adequate seam of the enormity of the eon•
duct of the elder Joyner in bringing up his own child, a
lad of 19, to this moat disgusting traffic. The society by
which the prosecution had been instituted, had ably carried
it3out, and had done a great service to society and public
morals; nothing could be more desirable than that them &s-
Erin[abers of a beautiful art should be sumweseed.
a lordskip sestenced Joyner, no., to 19 months impel.
suniziest ; Joyner, jun., to six months ; tilenuy, to 19
months ; and Martin, to six maths.
It was stated that at the time of the apprehension of
Joyner, sen., upwards of 430 of them indecent slides were
found in various parts of his shop and premises, which
were all seised by the offieen of the society, sad which
were ordered by the court to be immediate) destroyed. A
great amber were she seised is Holy by the
taws, and they also wen eniorei to be destroyed.