The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-31 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTI.-,!ERN CIRCUIT.--Neu;custle, July 29.
Th;s morning the Learned. Judges of this circuit
opened the commission at Newcastle, stud heard Di.
vine Service at the parish church, after which, at
one o'clock, Lord Chief Justice C'nphAl, proceeded
to try town prisons a tne Town-hall.
The town calendar contains the names of 20 pri-
soners. (.harr,(l with an attmpt to murder;
the rest are ordinary sessions cases.
George Gideon, Ann Gibson, and Margaret Bell
were indicted tor stealing and receiving eight 51.
BAnk of England notes, the property of Thomas
Marshall. _ _

The Hon. Adolphus Liddell prosecuted, and Mr.
Ovi-rend defended the prisoners.
It appeared that the prosecutor is a grocer in New-
castle, living with h;s brother; whose house is next
door to his shop. On the 6h of June last the pro-
hecutor had eight Si.B ink of England notes and 40
sov.-reigns, which he put in his inside waistcoat pocket.
He was 110 t out of doors, except in the back yard,
and went to bed, sleeping in the same room with his
father, and placing his clothes on a chair. They
did not appear to have been disturbed next morn-
ing. About 12 o'clock next morning, having occasion
to pay a debt of 381, he felt in his pocket for his
money, and counted out 28 sovereigns, intending to
niche up the amount with notes, but his notes were
gone. At first ho suspected the prisoner Margaret
Bell, who lived 6.3rvant with his brother, and had her
boxes searched. Finding nothing, he then fancied
be h,..d lost them out of doors that morning, and adver-
tised them. Eventually his suspicions attached more
strongly to Margaret Bell, and, on her obtaining leave
to go to Carlisle, he had her apprehended there at the
station, believing that she had got the money out of
his clothes while he was asleep. The other female
prisoner, Gibson, is her sister, and they were all
three taken into custody at the same time. When
apprehended, Ann Gibson endeavoured to pass a key
to her husband, who threw it away. This key was
found to open a secret drawer in a chest in his house,
in which was found two Si. Bank of England notes,
one of which was identified, by a mark upon it by
the prosecutor, and by its number by his brother, who
bad paid it to him, as one of the notes he had lost.
The chest also contained a quantity of new women's
wearing apparel. The prisoner Bell said she had
found the notes in the back• yard, which was an inn-
yard, and did not know to whom they belonged.
Mr. OVEREND, for the defence, contended that the
evidence favoured the presumption that Bell's story
was true, else why had she not taken the sovereigns out
of the same pocket ? and the prosecutor's impression
was that he had lo,t the notes. Ifshe found them, not
knowing to whom they belonged, and afterwards con-
ceived the intention of appropriating them to her
own use, he submitted that that was not stealing in
law, and the other prisoners could not be guilty of
receiving.

HIS LORDSHIP, in summing up, told the jury that
even if the prisoner Bell's statement were true, and
she found the notes as described, and, having the op-
portunity to make inquiries respecting them, made
none, but appropriated, this was stealing, and the
other prisoners by their conduct exhibited a guilty
knowledge of the offence.
The jury found all throe prisoners guilty.
They were sentenced to he imprisoned eaoh 18
calendar months, with hard labour.

OXFORD ClRCUlT—Shrewsbury, July 29.
CRO t'N COURT.
There remained tor trial this morning only a few
canes of larceny, which were disposed of in less than
an hour by Mr. Justice Williams; and a charge of
rape oc a young woman of loose character by two
mer, who were convicted, but recommended to mercy
On account of her character, and sentenced to impri-
soni..ient with hard labour for nine and twelve mouths
nspectively ; and the following case of alleged
murder.

(Before Mr. Justice CRESWELL.)
Henry Lewis Colley, aged 43, a shoemaker, and
marked in the calendar as able to read, was charged
with
the 'wilful murder of Jilin Girton, at the parish
of St. Leonard, in the borough of Bridgnorth, on the
2.9 th Moy last.
Mr. Iluddleston and Mr. R. Kettle appeared for
the prosecution ; Mr. Skinner for the defence.
When the prisoner, who was a heavy-faced, quiet-
looking man, was put to the bar, and the charge was
read, and he was asked to plead, he said, " Guilty,
my Lord."
Some conversation then passed as to whether he
was in a fit state to take his trial, and after a few
minutes the jury were sworn to try that issue.
Evidence was called, and after a short in-
ves'igation,
The jury found that he was not in a fit state to
take his trial, and he was accordingly remanded to
gaol until he should be in a condition to do so.
All the business of the court was over before one
o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
William Morton, otherwise Grey, otherwise Nor-
tail, wee-dressed young man, was brought
betore Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing a bill of
exchange for 2 0001. from one gentleman, and two
bills of exchange for 2501. each from another gen-
tlemen.
The first case eves for stealing two bills for 250/. each.
Mr. Charles Fitagerald, of Hayes-park, Middlesex,
said he saw an advertisement offering loans of money
to noblemen and gentlemen. The address was to
" G., the post. office, Regent-street." Witness wrote
to the advertiser to know if he could be accommodated
with a loan of 500/. He received a reply that he
could, and was directed to call in Mortimer-street.
He called at No. 7, Mortimer-street, and saw the
prisoner, who represented himself to be the writer of
the letter. The prisoner promised to see a monied
friend, in order to get a loan for the prosecutor. On
the 16th of May prosecutor called again in Mortimer-
street, and saw the prisoner, who gave him a form
and two bill-stamps, to be filled up for 250/. each.
Prosecutor filled up the bill-stamps and handed them
to the prisoner, who gave him a receipt for them in
the name of Grey. On the following Thursday pro-
secutor called in Mortimer-street, but found the
money-lenders had decamped. He had not seen the
parries nor his bill since.
The prisoner sail be would reserve his defence.
Inspector Mouckton then said he had a second
charge to prefer azainst the prisoner for stealing a
bill fur 2,000/. Tne gentleman was not at present in
attendance to press the charge, but he had no doubt
if the prisoner was remanded he should be able to
bring forward sufficient evidence against the pri-
soner.
The prisoner said he would also reserve his defence
to this charge.
Mr. HARDWICK remarked, that it appeared to him
most extraordinary that although cases of fraululent
bill discounters appeared almost daily in the public
press the public were not more on their guard against
the designs of those who pretended to lend money.
The prisoner was remanded till next Thursday.
WESTMINSTER.
In reference to the case of the man who has un-
dergone two or three examinations at this court,
charged with pawning a number of portraits, it may
be of advantage to some of his dupes to state that
Sergeant Smith, of the detective police, the officer
engaged in the case, has not only nearly fifty
pawnbrokers' tickets of portraits and miniatures,
but has also found a number of others out of date,
which have been for years in the possession of
the respective pawnbrokers with whom they
were originally deposited. Of those with respect to
which the duplicates have been found, many are OF
considerable value ; but the police are unable, froth'
being unacquainted with the features of their owners.
to communicate with them, and, consequently, mapy
valuable and much-prized family portraits may be
unclaimed. Although the value set upon them by
friends nr relatives would doubtless be considerable,
many of them are such dead stock in the pawnbrokers'
hinds, that he would willingly, after affording them
the shelter of his hospitable roof for years, part with
them upon payment of the principal and interest.
Sending some of them to the sale room has been found
useless. Lord Craven, we are told, has been there
three times, and the unfortunate pawnbroker never
could realize the money lent upon him. Lady Ed-
ward Howard " ran out," and, consequently becom-
ing the property of the pawnbroker, it is true fetched
a good price ; but, although Don Miguel, Don Car-
and many others were not " born to bloom un-
seen," they have looked in vain out of the pawn-
broker's window for a release. We understand that
nearly 100, the greater portion of which are out
(pawnee more than 12 months), have been discovered,
many of which are supposed to have been executed
by the most eminent masters.
WORSHIP-STREET.
lliartha Mary Law, a well-dressed
rm middle-aged
won of gigantic proportions, exceeding si
in
height, was charged with the following robbery.
feet
ery
Mr. Felix Upsher, a gentleman resi ngal St.
Ives, in Huntingdonshire, stated, that in consequence
of his wife being a confirmed the prisoner
had been engaged some time since
bin. the capacity of
in serv.tee until
y hour,
upper nurse, and continued
he received an
filed
cui intimation
Thursday morning, when
active seerch
that she had strldettly abiconded tit an earl
town, but unsuc-
cart% ing it h her a large box, evidently
property. He eamediarely c rue-d an
the to
to he made for her throughout-
ceF,failv, and, frilling convinced that she
must have
availed 'herself of the railway to effict her escape, he
took a place in thelitcxt trim, and started in pursuit
of her. On yeachiegalh.e Bishops
gate terminus, how-
ar, potful] of her, and •
ever, he could he therefore ob-
tained peter&sion to inspect the luggage at the goods
Station, iiiie looktete riv-r the dill-,rent trunks
no di rywe•red a yen;
large one with the
prisoner's name upon it, and on causing it to be forced
and searched, and found in it 4 quantity of property