The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-03 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.)

the September sessions for the county of Surrey com-
tallneed this morning at the Sessions House, Newing-
ton'entiseway, before Thomas Puckle, Esq., chairman,
Johnson, Esq., deputy•chairman, and a full bench
°„inagistrates. The calendar contained the names of
" prisoners for trial, the majority of whom, as usual,
can neither read or write. There are, however, many
lei°llB charges among them—two for housebreaking,
%yew for daring street robberies and robberies by ser-
!4l46. Owing to the recent act of Parliament, which
;tlPowered magistrates to summarily convict persons
110 admitted their guilt, the labour of the sessions is
4441 contracted, and no doubt it will eventually lead to
4 °ea t saving to the several counties in the kingdom.
The grand jury, having been charged by the chair-
man,
retired to their room.
The remainder of the day, was occupied by hearing
eyeral petty larceny eases.

POLICE
INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
l'onexar.—Robert Russell, a young man of respectable
211earance, was charged before Alderman Salomon
with forgery and uttering a check for 3/.
Wontner appeared for the prisoner.
84ccot tt, one of the detective officers, deposed that on
urclaY afternoon about three o'clock he went to the
711dec Joint Stock Bank Moorgate, and saw Mr.
—.eivett the secretary, who handed to him a check put,
to be drawn by Mr. Dudfield on that bank,
17Yable to C. Russell. The check being crossed to
6118r8- Glynn and Co., witness went there ; and from
,uation he received be apprehended the prisoner at
ill father's residence, The check was dated 7th July.
told the prisoner he apprehended him for forging
anduttering a check for 31., with intent to defraud his
hater Mr. Dudfield : prisoner hesitated for a few mi-
NI and then said, "Oh, dear me, it has been on my
ever since."
!I* Remy Dudfield' deposed he was a custom-house
1,21847' carrying on business at 66, Lower Thames-street,
h.Prisoner, who left him on the 13th July, had been
at. 18 employ nearly 12 months. He believed the body
th a check to be in the prisoner's handwriting. The
Ocature was a bad imitation of his writing. He first
674 d of the check on Saturday.
kmakr* t. Legg, cashier at the London Joint-Stock
thof Paid the check produced on the 20th July, through
it to ;tar= ibg-house, to Messrs. Glynn and Co, and debited
elutes
' I)lldfield's account. The signature looks as if
elutesa careless manner, but coining through the
tirjng-house he did not look particularly at it at the
6 °f Payment.
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to • v, IT
ontner said the prisoner had unfortunately
thial,lflitted the act in an unguarded moment, through
!irifluence of bad oompaiiions, and hoped the alder-
would take a lenient view of the case.
Nrfkl% Alderman Salomon said he had but one duty to
orm.
The case was exceedingly clear, and he must
t6prkluit him.
4`4, c prisoner, who admitted he wrote the check, and
1`; he Was sorry for what he had done, was accord.
%`, committed.

GUILDHALL.
tess,,„
—..O.IIOUSE INFORMATIONS.—John Win. Cooper
011-InatOOred before Mr. Alderman Finnis, charged,
ler the recent act of Parliament for the suppression
4 betting-houses, for that he, occupying a certain
t:s1111°' N.O. 112, Fleet-street, did knowingly, unlawfully,
s:ciwilflly permit a certain room in that house to be
by other persons for the purpose of betting on
tle°fre3e , racing, contrary to the above act, whereby the
tesPant had incurred a penalty of any bum not ex-
Zing 1001,
fir'te,, Pearson, the city solicitor, appeared in support
A4:e inforrnatior, and Mr. Parry for the defendant.
ss-41-• Pearson 'said this information had been laid
j'inst the defendant in consequenoe of the numerous
ihcitt:lalaints that had been made to the police of the ex-
til,-14ea of these betting-houses. This was just one of
84° eases contemplated by the. act of Parliament,
ts;„lt had been stated that this act, if construed as
:kl'ed his Worship to do would be found to affect the
,11;'tated establishment of Tattersall's and all games of
skit'ne that took place between persons in private parties
til,tunnses. However that might be the act was not on
Of tt,COULIt not to be put in force for the suppression
nuisance now complained of. It was a question
krat importance to this city that houses for betting
ss, 'lea of this description should not exist, affording
th `4eY did facilities for lads, clerks, and others resorting
tfth' engaging in games of chance much to the injury
ensselves and their employers. He should not rest
:L"l'e on that but on certain facts that would be de-
tanti)l+7 evidence. The learned gentleman then referred
%Ca acts relying on the 3d section as the one appli-
° to this case. The fact of the defendant
a licenced victualler did not affect the
1, '4°ll at issue. Whatever might be the result of the
6r ®'!9, the legal city authorities had done their duty in
-ging the case before the magistrates.
Seati,,tbenY Nelson Monger, police-constable 564, de-
o,: be had reason to believe the defendant was the
11;Ilier of the house, 112, Fleet-street. He had seen
111i1,,, there frequently acting as the master. He saw
st; tbsre on the 12th July. He went to a room on the
11,t floor, where there were about 20 other persons.
th had before them lists of horses, with prices against
tb' The lists were lying on the table before where
e
eeper was sitting.
doe r' Parry objected to this evidence. The original
likt4tneflt should be produced to proie it was a betting
kliefere the contents were stated.
1% Pearson—You have had notice to produce them.
lia r. Parry—We have not got them. If not produced
*" a right to give secondary evidence of them.
Alderman Finnis decided on hearing secondary
arcs of the contents of the oocuments.
tek,
t.rnination continued—There was a person sitting
,088 alt. Cooper with a book in his band. Mr. Cooper
str,:nnnfortably smoking his pipe. The books and
thqra Were kinds of tissue paper with the names of
ilos,"r'el with the odds on them. He saw several per-
the,, take up the lists and look at them. After that
ttleii*eist to the book-keeper, pointed to something on
hstibe
and gave him money, or laid it on the table,
Ae~" entered something in the book. Conversations
t-sg°ing on about horse-racing.
the Alderman Finnis—No vouchers were given for
*ssl4ll:neY received, he asked the man if a certain horse
4, ;tun for the Liverpool Cup—a person offered to
tza to. 1 on the horse.
‘4l th iti'ned by Mr. Parry—There were no refreshments
Cloobe table on this day, nor any other person than Mr.
NB? "tieking in the room ; persons came there ex-
ter,„ for Letting. He had never seen persons take
4or-411tilente in this room. He had a mot al objection to
tirePtes,a,cing- He had seen the same people five or six
vistsmTere betting. His was a beer-shop, not a licensed
it wee'er a house. He did not like horse-racing, because
t7l dead robbery altogether (laughter).
lefe'tsti"
,Baker, 635, went with the last witness to the
4teis'Pl'e house on the 12th July, but was not ex-
-11:--ikif3r Mr. Pearson.
t'el c'rt Parry—He had never been at the house at 1
hours -,L,3l'ben an ordinary was held there, but at the
ttti w4en bets were made.
)111,81,Wag the complainants case.
came 4rrY said this case rested on whether certain facts
flame within the clause of a certain act of Par'
'Ng was a licensed house, which all the
tsp—'ght enter between certain hours, and could not
1/,,ace-ril)ed out by the landlord without a breach of the
defend e entnrsiss d The question was, whether the
be-sass e •
de es, it)
,knowingly and wilfully permitted
truer h'" house. Taking all that had been. stated to
Sot'
44:1 ne sumitted ides defendant had not violated the
if bworship ided to the contrary there was