The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-01 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSION&

The sittings of the court for this November general 0/3.31,331
were retuned yesterday morning, at the I tuildholli, Wertmin-
aloe, by adjournment from Clerkenwell,before Mr. Bloat, (2.C.,
prew:Jini: f ir the .\ wistent •.1 wire, and a bench of mairldratt..
There were prituners fur trial-72 fur felony, and 10 for
miolenioxnwir.
r Ruh', 412, mho, mriker, woe indicted for stealing
eaththoa and the 3,31.11 of 10!. and upwards, and a minder of
cheques fxr the p tyment of money, ton priiperty of William
Tipper, in his dwelling-hou.o. lie was also char,pxl with
th, some.
William Tipper said Ike lived In the Fidlient-mad, sod
serried on tho !amine.. of a eheesemencer. On Suodey, the
25th of 0, 'oiler, Le I ft home wPir hi, family, in I went to
church, kart ing a female servant in eborg of the le
She was the only pan et left in the house. On return-
ing hone from church he kneek.d at the dour, but got
no answer, and afire wailing for enure time he went through
the teat loam and eventually got adiiiirelon to Lig own
residence by means of the back door. The kitchen tire was
out, no dinner was prepatel, and the whole plwe 3333 in e
fusion. He examined the drawers in 117.. bed-room, end
found that his cial-brix, containing a number of elle
v:uiow about IN. 10s, in each, a gitinea of Chin. 3 thin
SocenTs reign, and a gold pencil-ease, were mix.ing. Ho
went to the morning *orrice at a quarter-past del en, and re-

turned at a quarter;pest one.
James 'William climax', ..f King Williamcsi nnt, Wands-
worth-road, said he wee walking in Battersea-field', on Sun•
der morning, the nth of October, when he noticed two min
sitting down on the aide of • field, which woo much flooded.
and he watched them. They got up and puma him and
a friend who wee with him, and ho noticed that one of the
men had something bulky tinder Lis ann. The prhon,r 4444
one of the two. They walked up to on old willow tree, net
after being there for some time they pawed en, the man rot
in custody hawing tho bulky sub itenre with him. Ile then
went and scorched no ir the tree, rind having raked about in
the water and the soil, found the eaeh-bes produced, which
had been broken open. They took it immediately to the
Clapham pollee station, where the cheques end the guinea of
the reign of King Charles tho Second were taken from I'.
While the men were at the tree, the prisoner wee 'tending
up. the other eating down and baking about with hi. feet.
Frederick N'Dougall, of Penehurywitreet, Wandsworth.
road, mid ho was with the loot witness In Batterveu-fields on
the morning in question, and saw the two men there, whom
he had described. Ile raw then go to a willow tree, and
when they had loft tho field they wont and searched about.
They
found the cash-boa in the water, which was taken to

the Clapham station.
GOOll/0 King, police-ronsteble 7.1 V, maid from information
be received be took the prisoner into custody, at No. 8,
White Morereourt.„ Whitecrewe-street, on the night of
Tuesday, the 27th of October. Ho told him that be wanted
him for being concerned with two ethers in stealing a cosh-
box, but ho said ho knew nothing about it. After the pri
sinner lied been taken before tLe magistm'e and remanded,
he voluntarily mated, "I met a man on Sunday morning,
and he risked me to take a walk, and I went through the
Green-park with him. lie left me and told me to wait till
be came back, and when he rime beck he had something
under lifa coat, and I mid, What have you there and he
said, • Something to get ua some beer, end he took me over
some bridge I don't know, into a field, and broke open the
sash-box and took the money out, but I had none of it."
The prisoner declared that he was aa innocent as a child of
this robbery ; that he did not know what the man had in the
box. When be saked him to go with him ho mid he was
going to meet a servant, and the man and this servant bad
since eloped. As a proof that be had none of the money
he said that he had been compelled to pawn hie shoes to pro-
vide himself with a dinner.
Mr. Creasy summed up the ma with greet tare, and the
jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.