The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-09 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Jan. 8.

John and Daniel Buckley, brothers, were indicted for as-
saulting James Blake.
Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted. Mr. Warton appeared for
the prisoner,

This was one of the most scandalous outrages that, per-
haps, ever came before the court. From the evidence it ap-
peared that the prosecutor was the landlord of the Railway
Arms beer shop, at Kensington, and that on the 11th of
December, the prisoners, who were masons, were there
drinking in the tap. He had occasion to go to Hammer-
smith, at mid-day, and on his return home he found the
prisoners and two men wrangling and making a noise, they
being drunk at the time. A chair and the table was knocked
over the oven door, which were picked up by one of the pri-
soners. They asked the prosecutor to drink with them,and
he did so. A man, who had been lying on the seat, made a
grumble about it, The prisoner John got up from his seat,
and leant over the table to hit the man, prosecutor tried to
prevent him, and told them not to make such a piece of
work in his house. The four men set upon him, got him
down, and kicked him unmercifully. Ho then went into the
bar, and, whilst standing there, the prisoner John struck
him a fearful blow on the head with a chisel, inflicting a
wound 2 inches and a half long and a quarter of an inch
deep. He was knocked down and kicked and beaten about
the head and face, and John again used the chisel. The land-
lady went to her husband's assistance, when they assaulted
and dragged her to the stairs,where they struck at her with the
chisel. A person who was there went for assistance, which
having procured, he pointed the prisoners out, but the two
others had got away. lie received two very severe black
eyes, besides other injuries, and was laid up. When
eharged each of the prisoners said it was the other.
Mr. Warton submitted that the evidence opened the way
to a doubt, of which, if they entertained one, the jury would
give the prisoners the benefit.
The Assistant Judge summed up.
The jury found both prisoners guilty.
The Assistant Judge then sentenced them to six months'
hard labour, observing that a more scandalous case he had
never heard, and the public must be protected from such
outrages.
Thomas Fann, a general dealer in Spitalfields, was in-
dicted for feloniously receiving, well knowing them to have
been stolen, 100 pairs of gloves, the property of the Great
Western Railway Company.
Mr. Giffard prosecuted for the company; Mr. F. H. Lewis
defended the prisoner Faun.
Fann surrendered in court and pleaded guilty.
Charles Timothy was also indicted with him as a party
concerned in the robbery. lie pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Lewis, on behalf of his client, urged that be bad 12
children to support, and under the circumstances, as he had
pled guilty to the indictment, and the company had so far
gained their object in instituting this prosecution, he hoped
they would not press the case too harshly.
Mr. Giffard said so far as the company were concerned
they had no desire to press the case, and he should there-
fore offer no evidence against Timothy.
The latter was accordingly acquitted; Fann was sen-
tenced to six months' hard labour.
Thomas Jordan, a respectably dressed young man, was
indicted, first for feloniously embezzling the sum of 14s 6d,
received by him for and on account of Messrs. Margetson
and Heywood, of the Bazaar, Islington, and also for steal-
ing a piece of flannel, value 2s Bd, and other articles, the
property of the same.
Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Cooper defended.
Upon the evidence, the learned Judge said there was no
case against him, and he was acquitted. On the other he
was tried.
It appeared that the prisoner was an assistant to the pro-
secutors, and when he was in custody on the other charge
some small articles were found in his possession, which were
identified as belonging to the prosecutors.
After hearing Mr. Cooper,
The jury found the prisoner not guilty.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
Christian Reiter, 25, sager baker, John Myer, 22, and
Henry Mues, 2G, three Germans, were indicted for assault-
ing George Olett, a constable of the metropolitan force, in
the execution of his duty, and a common assault.
Mr. Cooper appeared far the prosecution ; Mr. Metcalfet
instructed by Mr. Young, appeared for the prisoner. M.
Albert acted as interpreter.
From the evidence, it appeared that while George 011ett,
police-constable, 415 A, was on duty at a quarter to 12 on
Christmas-eve, a woman came and made a statement from
which ho went to No. 4, George-street, Whitechapel, a
sugar-house, and ho saw part of a man's coat hanging on a
gate, and a man looking over the wall. He went to the
front and gave information, and then proceeded to look over
the premises. Upon going up stairs he tound a door open,
and the prisoner Reiter in the room. Rioter said something
to him in German, which he did not understand, and struck
him on the forehead with his fist. Several other Germans
then came in, and caught hold of 011ett and threw him
down stairs, and from the violence of the fall, he became
insensible and was much injured.
Police-sergeant Blackwell, 4 li, said he heard of the dis-
turbance, and went and found 011ett at the bottom of the
stairs insensible and without his hat. The prisoner Mues
rushed on him (Blackwell) with an open knife in his hand.
He said something in German, and was much excited. lie
raised his arm with the knife as if to strike, and he struck at
Blackwell with it ; but Blackwell, who had his staff drawn,
warded off the blow, and hit him on the forehead with his
staff. The other prisoner Myer also had an open knife
in his hand, which he struck at Blackwell, but did not
injure him. The two prisoners, Myer and Mues, were not
quite dressed. There was a general disturbance, both inside
and outside the house. There were about 30 sugar bakers
and a mob of 600 or 700 people. The Germans rushed at
the constable like lions, some vith pokers, others with tongs,
fenders, and all sorts of things. The reason why 011ett went
into the house was, that a woman came and told him she
thought there were thieves in the house.
Benjamin Prior, another sergeant of police, corroborated
the greater part of this evidence. When the prisoners Myer
and Mies were struck by Sergeant Blackwell they went down
into the yard, and laid down as if insensible. They could
not take them to the station tie front way, and were obliged
to tale a cab and take them cut the back way. There were
abotn 25 sugar-bakers living in that house.
Police-constable Queenby, 220 H, said he went to the
house at a quarter to 12 on Christmas-eve, and saw Reiter
with others at the foot of thestairs. Reiter had the poker
(produced), and struck him vsth it on the left shoulder and
then on the hat, which ho knocked off his head. Mues re-
ce?eed a severe blow on the head; Myer also had a slight
graze.
Mr. Metcalfe made an :Me address on behalf of the
prisoners.
Mr. Payne summed up the evidence.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty against all the pri
soners.
Mr. Payne said the prisoners Myer and Mues had been
partially punished by the blows from Sergeant Blackwell's
staff, and perhaps it was fortunate for them that they had
received those blows, or they might have had to answer for
a more serious offence than they were now charged with.
He should take that into consideration, and pass a more
lenient sentence than he should upon the other prisoner,
Reiter. The sentence of the Court upon Reiter was that he
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four calendar
months, and upon Myer and Mues that the; be imprisoned
for two calendar months, and that the whole should enter
into their own recognisancee in the sum of £4O to keep the
peace towards all her Majesty's subjects for the next 12
months.
Maria Jones, 30, described in the calendar as a servant,
was placed at the bar upon an indictment charging her
with stealing a purse, a ring, an ear-ring, and the sum of
£1 16s 6d, the property of Rebecca Maybury, from her
person.
The Jury found her Guilty.
Mr. Payne sentenced her to six calendar months' impri-
sonment.
John Goff, 28, mason, and Henry Campbell, 28, tailor,
were indicted for breaking into the dwelling-house of Thos,
Spooner, and stealing a tablecover and other articles, his
property; also two dresses and other articles, and the sum
of £5, the property of Louisa Hogger.
Mr. Grantham prosecuted; Mr. Montagu Williams de-
fended Campbell; and Goff pleaded Guilty.
It appeared from the evidence of Abraham Ballard,
police-constable 324 S, that at ten minutes to 7 o'clock on
Christmas night he was on duty in Hamilton-street, Camden
Town, and from suspicions he entertained he stopped the
prisoners, who were each carrying bundles under their arms
wrapped up in black silk, He asked Campbell what he had
got there, and he said they had got two parcels, and that
they were in a hurry
to catch a train. The other prisoner
also said that they were going with an excursion train to
Birmingham. Campbell said the policeman need not suspect
them, as they wet ein a hurry to catch the train, but he
would show him what they hal got. Upon which each of the
prisoners suddenly drew a parcel from under his arm, threw
them at him, and ran away. They ran down Bayham-street,
pursued by the constable as far as York-street, where he
caught Goff. He did not 'mow Campbell before, but he
looked at him well while he vas speaking to him. When
Goff was caught he was brou;ht back to where the bundles
had been thrown down,wb ich were picked up by two gentle-
men and, with the prisioner, taken to the station house. At
the station house Goff was searched, and on him were found
26 skeleton keys and a jemmy. The bundles contained a
number of articles which had been abstracted from a house
in Hamilton-street. The policeman afterwards went to No.
6 in that street, and on examination found thatthe door had
been broken open, and comparing the marks on it he found
the jemmy taken from Goff entirely corresponded with them,
and had evidently been the inatrament used in effecting the
burglary ; and there was a piece of candle left behind the
door which the burglars had used. The prosecutrix and her
sister were the only persons who occupied the house, and on
the morning of Christmas day they left the house for the
purpose of visiting some friends. From appearances of a
suspicious nature at 9 o'clock the same night the sister of,
the prosecutrix was sent for, when she found that a writing
desk and three workboxes, which had been locked in the
morning, had beenlbroken open, The table-cover was on
the table when she left, and all the other articles produced
were there then, including a jacket and two dresses belong-
ing to her sister, besides £5 in gold and silver, a gold watch
and chain, and jewellery belon;ing to herself. The prisoner

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months.
Ackrell, another police-constable, 48 F, also proved that
he had often seen the prisoners together.
Mr. Montagu Williams made a very able speech on be•
half of Campbell, setting up as his defence an alibi, and
called three witnesses, who swore that they were at the
prisoner's houee on the night in question, and that he was
never absent for more than ten minutes during the whole
of that time.
Mr. Grantham replied, and said that with regard to the
witnesses who had been called on behalf of the prisoner)
ono was a sister and the other the brother-in-law, and they
were directly interested in the acquittal of the prisoner,
therefore, their evidence was worthy of no credence what-
ever.
Mr. Payne summed up the evidence in a most careful
manner, and
The Jury, after some time spent in deliberation, returned
a verdict of guilty against the prisoner Campbell.
Mr. Payne asked if anything was known of the prisoners.
William Ackrell, 48 F, said on the Oaks day of the Epsom
races last year (1563) Campbell was sentenced to imprison-
ment for six calendar months at Epsom by the magistrates
for picking pockets. He also knew him to be a companion
of the worst of thieves and burglars, and one of his com-
panions was now serving ten years' penal servitude, and
another 20 years.
Sergeant Holmes, 3 F, corroborated this statement.
Henry Bingham, a constable of the F division, saki on the
3d of February, 1851, Goff was convicted of burglary at the
Central Criminal Court, and was sentenced to ten years'
penal servitude. After serving four years of t his sentence
he was liberated with a ticket of leave. Ott Oct. 15, 1855,
a few months after the prisoner was liberated with a ticket
of leave, he was again convicted of burglary, and sentenced
to seven years' penal servitude in the name of James Tre-
lawny. He was again liberated on a ticket of leave, and
since then had been the constant associate of thieves and
burglars.
Mr. Payne said he looked upon this prosecution as a very
effectual one for the protection of the public ; for in this case
it appeared that these persons went out for the purpose of
spending Christmas day, when they were robbed of property
amounting to upwards of £3O ; but the most aggravating
part of the case was that the prisoner Campbell had called
several witnesses on his part whom no one could believe.
With respect to the prisoner Goff, all kinds of punishment
appeared to have been without effect. He had been senten-
ced to penal servitude for 10 years for a skeleton-key rob-
bery, and after serving four years was discharged with a
ticket of leave. He had not been out long when he commit-
ted another burglary. and was sentenced to seven years pe-
nal servitude, but was again let out for the second time with
a ticket of leave. On both occasions he had got portions of
his sentence remitted with a t cket of leave; therefore his
present sentence must be a heavy one. He had been guilty
of wholesale robberies, and therefore the sentence of the
Court now upon him was that he be kept in penal servitude
for this offence for 15 years. As regarded Campbell, the
sentence upon him was that he be kept in penal servitude
for five years, for although he had never received any seri-
ous punishment, he was an old offender.
Eliza I\l'l\l6l, 25, convicted on Wednesday of stealing a
piece of linsey, the property of John Richard Palmer, was
brought up for judgment.
At the trial Mr. Abram, who appeared for the prisoner,
urged that as she was in a certain state, she was unaccount-
able for her actions, from peculiarities which sometimes de-
veloped themselves in married women, and she was put
back to allow inquiries to be made.
Mr. Payne, having made some inquiries, sentenced her to
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

in the Civil Service.

(Front the Civil Service Gazette.)
The Royal Household.—The housekeepership of
Hampton Court Palace has become vacant by the

death of Mrs. Grundy.

House of Commons.—A vacancy for trainbearer
:o the Speaker has occurred, by the death of Mr.

Robert Bailey„
Foreign Office,—Mr. George Brackenbury, Con.
sal at Midrid, has been appointed consul at Cha.

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rente, in the room of Captain Hamilton, deceased.
Mr. Ricketts has been appointed consul at Sarawak,

Home Office.--A vacancy for a mogistrate in the
Southwark Police Court has been caused by the
death of Mr. Boyce Combo.
Board of Trade.--Registry and Record Office of
Seamen.—Mr. Eugene Arthur Rogers Acton has
been appointed a third-class clerk in the registry of

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seamen's office. Mr. Constantine Maguire has been

appointed a temporary clerk in the registry of saa•
men's cffice. Mr. Percy Edward Jackson has been

appointed a temporary clerk in the registry cf sea-
men's office. Mr. Lewis Brown has been appointed

a temporary clerk in the registry of seamen's office.
Mr. Reymes Harrel has been appointed a temporary
clerk in the registry of seamen's office. Mr. John
Peake has been appointed a temporary clerk in the
registry of seamen's office. Mr. Thomas Edward
Price has been appointed a temporary clerk in the
registry of seamen's office• Mr. William Henry
Mulley has been appointed a temporary clerk i❑
the registry of seamen's office. Mr. Arthur Daters
has been appointed a temporary clerk in the registry
of seamen's office.

Law Department.—Mr. John Edmund Bentley
has been appointed a clerk in the master's office,
Queen's Bench, London. Mr. William J. Weller
has been appointed a clerk in the Exchequer of
Pleas office, London.
Customs.—Mr. Charles C. Cotton has been ap-

pointed an extra clerk, London. Mr. William B
Peach has been appointed an extra clerk, London
Mr. Robert A. Ogilvie, inspector-general of the
out-door department, has been promoted to be a
surveyor-general, London. Mr. Samuel Brent,
landing-surveyor, has been promoted to ba an in-
spector-general, London. Mr. John Thorpe, land-
ing-surveyor, has been promoted to be an inspector-
general, London. Mr. George Finch has been pro-
moted from the 4th to the 3d class of clerks, im-
ports and exports office. Mr. John K. Williams
has been promoted from the sth to the 4th class of
clerks, imports and exports office. Mr. Henry J.
Scott has been promoted from the 6th to the sth
class of clerks, examiner's office. Mr. John Truscott
has been promoted to senior out-door officer, Fowey.
Mr. Robert Tyra has been promoted from the 2d to
the lst class of out-door officers, Greenock. Mr.
William Comrie has been promoted from the 3d to
the 2d class of out-door officers, Greenock. Messrs.
James Robertson and Hugh Hutton have been
promoted from the 4th to the 3d class of out-door
officers, Greenock. Mr. James Frazer has been
promoted from the sth to the 4th class of out-door
officers, Greenock.
Inland Revenue (Excise Branch).—Mr. John
Thomas Turner, examiner, has been appointed
supervisor of Alloa, 2d district, Stirling collection.
Mr. Charles Sowter, supervisor, Longford district,
Athlone collection, has been appointed supervisor
of Ware, 2d district, Ware collection. Mr. Augus-
tine Knocker, examiner, has been appointed super-
visor of Longford district, Athlone collection.
Mr. Joseph Fleming Cockburn, examiner, has
been appointed supervisor of Long Island dis-
trict. Mr. John Sacheveral Harwood, officer,
Dublin, Ist division, Dublin collection, has been ap-
pointed examiner. Mr. John Speak, officer, Pais-
ley, 7th division, Ayr collection, has been appointed
examiner. Mr. Anthony Alexander Kennedy,
officer, Londonderry, 3d division, Londonderry col-
lection, has been appointed examiner.
Ireland—Dr. William M. Burke has been ap-
pointed Medical Registrar for Ireland, under the
new Registration Act. Mr. Charles Hurford has
been appointed a clerk in the Qaartermaster-
General's Office, Dublin.

"PUNISHED FUR LIVING TOO LONG."—The
case of the pauper, William Novies, a man 82 years of age,
who was recently committed to prison for three weeks' hard
labour by the Uckfield bench of magistrate, for refusing to
do the work required of him, has just been brought under
tho notice of the Home Secretary by the Marquis Town-
shend, and an official inquiry is about to be made into the
circumstances. The Home Secretary has written to the
Uckfield magistrates, desiring to be furnished with a copy
of the depositions upon which Novies was sent to prison,
and the committing justices are at present in communica-
tion with Sir George Grey upon the affair.