The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

CONVICTION UNDER THE NEW CEIMINALJUSTICE ACT.
INCONVENIENCE TO WITNESSES.—IIenrY Copping, a
young fellow, about 19 years of age, was brought bofore
Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing three pair of boots
from the shop of Mr. Robert Milne, boot and shoe
maker, Christchurch.

The prosecutor &posed that on the previous evening
he saw the prisoner loitering about his shop where there
were several pairs of Wellington boots for sale. About 8
o'clock he missed three pair inside the doorway, ;and on
oohing out he OW the priunur running away as LAO as

f his legs would carry him with the boots under his arm
I He pursued him, calling out " Stop thief," when he
threw the boots into the mob and bolted up a court,
which fortunately fru! no thoroughfare: A constable
being on the spot took him into cu,tody. This being a
case coming under the DOW Criminal Justice Act, 13'
and 19 Vic„ cap. 126, which 'empowers magistrates to
summarily convict offenders pleading guilty, instead of
committing then to the sessions for trial, thereby en-
tailing great expense on the rate-payers.
Mr. A'Beckett ordered the depositions to be taken
and read over, when he asked the prisoner whether he
wished to plead guilty before him or go to the sessions?
The prisoner replied* that he should plead guilty,
throwing himself on the mercy of his Worship. .
Mr. &'Beckett accordingly committed him for three
months to the House of Correction, with hard labour.
Another young man was charged with stealing a pair
of boots, the property of a fellow lodger in Southwark.
The prisoner was apprehended at Long Stratton, In
Norfolk, by one of the Norfolk constabulary, and brought
to this police-court, when he pleaded guilty, and was
committed for three months, under the New Act.
The constable asked for his expenses in bringing the
prisoner to London, which Mr. A'Beckett allowed, and
gave a certificate on the county treasurer, Mr. Kerrick.
That gentleman, however, lived at Dorking, and had no
officer in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. The
constable said be had taken the certificate to the officer
of the Clerk of the Peace, and there he was referred to
Dorking. Great expense and inconvenience would re-
sult from his going there, and as he was expected to re-
turn to his duty he could not go to this place. What
was he to do as he had no money to take him back to
Norfolk ?

Mr. A'Beckett considered that some person ought to
be authorised by the Treasurer of the county to pay
such witnesses at the Metropolitan Police Courts, as
they ought not to be put to any inconvenience. In the
present instance the Clerk would advance the money on
the certificate, but he hoped that the Treasurer would
take immediate steps to remove the inconvenience.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARDEN.

There was a steady demand for both fruit and vegetables
to-day. In prices little or no change took place. The
supplies were large.

FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s to Gs per lb; colonial
do., is to 3s each • hot-house grapes, is 6d to 4s Od per lb ;
foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, is Od to 2s Gd each;
'
peaches, is d to 6s • nectarines, is 6d to 4s per dozen ;
apples, is Od. to 3s Od per half sieve ; pears, is Od to
3s per half sieve; Orleans plums and green gages is to 2s
per punnet; apricots, is 6d to 5s Od per doz.; common plums,
5s 0 to 7s Od per sieve ; cherries, Cd to Od per pound;
lemons, 4s to 8s Od per 100 ; oranges, 8s to Us per 100; fil-
berts, bs to 9s per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, Os to Os ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 6(.1 to 10d per 100; figs, is Od
to 2s Od per doz ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose-
berries, is 6d to 2s Od per half sieve ' • currants, 3s Od to
4s Od per half seive ; raspberries, 2d to Gd per pottlo.
VEGETABLES.—White cabbages, Gd to is 3d per dozen;
red ditto. 2s to 5s Od per dozen ; French beans, is 3.
to 2s Od per half sieve ' • brocoli, Od per bund. ; potatoes, 50s
to 100 a per ton ; vegetable marrow, 4d to is per doz. ; peas,
3s to 5a Od per bushel ; broad beans, is Od to 1s 9d per half
sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 4(1 to lid per
bunch ; cucumbers, Os 3d to Os Gd each ; garlic, Gd to
Os sa per pound ; spinach, is Od to 2s Od per sieve;
old onions, Os to Os per bushel 9 • new ditto, 2s Od to 4s per
doz. bunches ; leeks, 2s 64 to 4s per dos: bunches ; shallots,
4d to 6d . horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley,
2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, Is Od to is 3cl per
bunch ; endive, is .1(1 to 2s 3(1 per score ; beet, is Od to 2s
per doz. ' • parsnips, Os Gd *o is Od per dozen ; small
salad, 2d to 3d per punnet; mushrooms, is 3d to 1s 9d per
pottle • artichokes, 5s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces,
Is to is 6d per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ;
radishes, is to is 3d per dozen hands ' • tomatoes, is to is
6d per punnet ; chillies, is to is Gd per 100; Brussels
sprouts, is Od to 2s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, 2s to 4s •
per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 6d to is per 100; cauliflowers,
4s to Ga per doz.
NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.

Turkeys, Os Od to Os 0(1; Geese, 58 Od to 7s Gd each ;
Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od;
wild do , is to is Gd each ; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each ;
large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to
3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d
to 4s Gd ; Hares 3s Od to 4s Od ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3(1 each ;
Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s Od each. Ostend fresh 'butter, lis
Gd to 12s 6d, and English lls Gd to 14s Od per dozen lbs.
English Eggs, 8s 01 to 9s 0(1; French ditto, Os 01 to 78 Od
per 120.

NEWPORT.
Beef from 3s Gd to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d;
lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Oa
to 5s 4d per Blbs.

WHITECHAPEL.
Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ;. mutton, 36 6d to 4s 61; veal, 3s
I.od to 43 IJd ; pork, 3s 101 to 5,4 21 per Blbs. by the carcase.

BILLINGSGATE.

Turbots, 2s 6d to 253 ; Brills, is Od to 10s each ; Salmon,
2s Od to Os Od per lb ' • Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 22s each ; Soles,
6d. to 2s bd per pair; Eels, 8d to is Od per lb; Lobsters, 6d to
2s 6d ; Crabs, 641 to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ;
Common Oysters, 12s to —s ' • Natives 40s to —s per bsh ;
Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100; Smelts, is 6d to 3s 6d per doz.;
Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon;
Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Oct
to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 8s Od to OsOd per
bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 103 each; Haddocks, 6s to 18s per
doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 4s Od to Os;
Mullets, 6d to is 6d ; Plaice, 4d to Is each ; Halibut, 6d per
lb; Flounders, is to 1s 6d per dozen.

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
lOid to 11d; of household ditto, Bid to 10d per 4lb loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to 3id ; 641 b to 721 b, 3id
to Od ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 44d ;
88Th to 961 b, 40 to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 40d to 5d ; 104
to 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s
6d to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full,
6s Od to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 38 8d to 4s 6d ; gents, 3s
3d to 3s 9cl ; Half-breds, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; Downs, 2s 10d
to 3s 4d ; Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 4d ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od.