The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-03 00:00:00

SURREY SESSION&

The November adjourned semen.% for the °want y of
Surrey commenced yesterday, at the Sessions-house, sew-
ingtos-eanreway, before Kir Thomas Tam°. chairman;
Mr. E. H. 1.. Pernhyn. deputy-chairman; Mr. E. It.
Adams, Mr. W. Hardman, and the Hon. W. Bro kirk.
The calendar contained the names ..f twenty-seven pri-
soners for trial—twenty for felony, and seven for misde-
meanour. The degrees°, education are as follow :—S•sveu
can neither reed nor write, four can only read, thirteen
can read and write imperfectly. and three can ma I an I
write well. Among the charyes an four for con sprm^y,.
Ex lads for burglary and robbery, and the remainder
}eft v larcenies usuall tried at these sessions.
'I he toll swing gentlemen were Ht. vl M. each for b
shunt from the rand jury:—Jaffee Lewis, Alexander
Fell, Charles Bennett Harding. sad Alexander Bevingtou.
Two of them were excused through over age.
n the grand jury 'snug sworn, the ch r 'men observed
list the calendar was extremely light, which was ehiedy
owing to the quarter sessions, which only terminated on
Tuesday last. The otfeneca were also very itle4ht, and
there was nothing calling for any remark from him. Ile
therefore dismissed them to their room.
_ _

eirreA /image, a coffeehouse-keeper of Tooley-gtreet,
who was sound guilty at the taut sessions of unkwfully
keeping a brothel at the instance of the veary of St.
OLce's. Southwark, was brought up for judrment.
Mr. 'llompson, who appealed for the prosecution, said
that the pri.oner's house was closed, and that the vestry
did not with for any punishment, as the prosecuting other
parties had bud a beneficial effect.
The chairman ordered the prisoner to enter into re.cog-
alliances to come up for judgment when called upon.
(Before Mr. Deputy-chairman Penrbyn.)
An important appeal was beard against a conviction by
Mr. Fartiadee, at Southwark Police-court, on the 18th of
September, against a Mr. Piggott, landfall of the Duke's
Head, Bedcroes-street, in the parish of St. Saviour,
Southwark. _ _

Mr. I.llley and Mr. Oppenbeim appeared for the
appellant, and Mr. Thesiger opposed the appeal.
It appeared that a summons was taken out by inspector
Turpin, of the A Reserve division of the metropolitan
police, on the let of September, under the 29th secti m of
2nd and 3rd Vie. c. 94 (Metropolitan Police Act), against
Mr. Piggott for allowing to be made and used
a certain internal communication between his heals)
(it being a licensed holies) and is house not
lie need. For this the appellant war tined W. and costa ;
but the appellant entered into Isis own recozniatuces in
20/. and two sureties in IW. to prosecute the present ap-
peal. The appellant's case was simply that by reason of a
nutoter cf ,mall houses having been pulled clown in the
neirld ouch. ad. and some large warehouses built instead,
he Lad. in order to provide sleeping accommodation.
turned his club-tnom into a sleeping apartment, and litte 1
it up with wren" bed., and also, so that this arrangem mt
should not interfere with hi. hiniucas of a licensed vic-
tualler, be hail a dwarf petit:on removed Omit three feet
nearer to the right-hand wall of his bar.
After the evidence of the police had been adduced, which
showed the shove facts, Mr. Thesiger withdrew his oppo-
Utica to the appeal, which was then allowed.