The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-10 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY),

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.)

Thomas Evans, and George Turner, the two militia-
men who were convictedyesterday of a felonious assault
upon a young girl named Henrietta Gatland, were
brought up for judgment and sentenced to six years'
penal servitude.

William, Flower Guppy and William, Melrose, two
Post-office letter carriers, who had pleaded guilty to se-
parate charges of stealing letters containing money,
were also brought up for judgment and sentenced to be
transported for 14 years.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

John Williams; and Joseph Price were indicted for
burglariously entering the dwelling house of Joseph
Brown, draper, of Finsbury Pavement, and stealing
therefrom goods to the value of 2501. In the second
count Price was charged with receiving that property,
knowing it to have been stolen.

Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and Messrs. Sleigh and Salter
defended. It appeared from the evidence, which was
anything but satisfactory, that a man of the name of
Hooker was going with his cart along Golden-lane,
when he was stopped by a man not in custody, who bar-
gained with him for the loan of it. He was requested
to go to a coffee-house close by, and was informed that
the cart should, before long, be there returned to him.
He stood looking through the window, and saw the man
drive the cart to Mr. Brown's house and wait for it,
while another man, whom he believed to be Williams,
brought two large bundles out of the house and depo-
sited them in the cart. They then both got in and drove
away. Witness ran after them, and saw them stop at a
house in Verulant-street, Gray's-inn-lane, where another
man whom he believed to be Price, came out in his
shirt and took the bundles in. The malt then gave him
2/. for the hire of the cart, at which he (witness) was
surprised. Other evidence was adduced, but
The Recorder said that Hooker could only be consi-
dered as an accomplice, and therefore he should at once
direct the jury to find Price not guilty, aind further, that
the evidence was not sufficiently confirmatory against
Williams.

The jury found both the prisoners not guilty.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Russell Gurney, E3q., °Q.C.)

Alfred King, 21, labourer, John Grimes, 18, book-
binder, Henry Esqulent, 26, wood cutter, and William
Caddick, 20, hat maker, were indicted fur stealing a
chest and 20,000 envelopes, the property of Charles
Morgan.
It appeared that the prisoners, some of whom were
last night convicted of a similar offence, belong to a
class of fellows who hang about the carriers and inn
yards in the garb of porters, and carry off what they
can. In this instance the envelopes had been sent from
the prpsecutor's, who is a stationer in thte City, to a cus
tomer at Portsea, and had been stolen from a cart in
the Old Bailey, in its transit to the railway.
The prisoner Caddick was stopped carrying
the chest, and was just about enters og a notorious
resort of thieves in Gray's-inn-lane, w. here all the pri-
soners lived.

The jury acquitted King, and the othe r prisoners were
each sentenced t') twelve months' imprisonment and
hard labour ; Grimes and Esqulent has Pin been each
sentenced to four years' penal servitude for the offence
of which they were previously convicted.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII--(TILIS DAY.)

Lord Campbell sat at Nisi Prius to-d 2 ky.
WISDEN V. VISCOUNT CLIFDE N.
FORD V. VISCOUNT CLIFDE N.
CLARK V. VISCOUNT CLIFDE N.

All theae cases stood on the paper t.>-day, in conse-
quence of the application yesterday of Mr. Edwin
James. They are actions brought in e: e h case by the
plaintiff to recover the sum of 3,000/. u pon bills of ex-
change drawn by the Hon. Francis Villio n•s.
Mr. E. James, upon the cases being ca 11 ed over, stated
that the parties had determined to try all the matters
before a special jury, and he had there, )re to ask the
Court that they might stand on the pap er for the first
sitting in next term.
Lord Campbell had considered the si ibject since it
was mentioned yesterday, and thought t hat the course
proposed by Mr. James was a proper or me .
All the cases, therefore, were postpo) led to the first
sitting in the next term, upon the undkrstanding that
they were to be tried by a special jury.
The court then proceeded to bear corn Inon jury cases.