The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
v Alarg,:r. i Pegan, convicted of breaking into the house
of Charle,: Nash, with whom she bed formerly lodged, was
Evoianced to six months' imprisonment.
Mar' Th ompson, aged 19, was charged with stealing
certain arti,i.es, the property of E. A. Fardieu, her miu.ter,
i and MQry il on Andrews, an old woman, with receiving the
1 same. •

It ap;)ear ed, from the evidence of Mrs. Fardieu, that the
prisoner l',/ed as servant with the prosecutor, and eb-
scoaded e I e
night in the course of last month, and after
her
depart aim the articles were missed which were charged
lj s:olen• A gentleman who lodged at the house proved
tact on his , return in the evening in question he found the
Pt. u.'ert. at I I o'clock at night. and the prisoner
she had
gone. A woman, named Selith, proved that
prisoner hi tdrews, and that she afterwards saw the priso-
!le's to,leth er. Different pawnbrokers proved the pledge-
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(): B,:vet al of the articles stolen, by the List witness, and
by the !nisi ,ner Andrews.
The plei oner Thompson, who was undefended, said tl.e
prisoner, A:. adrews knew nothing of the transaction.
A ''''r. Pk:YNE addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner
~ner w; '
LiLd DENMAN summed up, and the Jury found the
l'rir)"1"r• .guilty, but recommended Thompson to mercy.
"',l : )ENMAN, in passing sentence, said that in cuitse-
-1 e ':lence c f the recommendation of the Jury he should
It4ter'ee Thompson to twelve months' imprisonment, with
:(0 se: arate periods of solitary confinement of three
~
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'6l. I{ On the prisoner Andrews he felt it his duty to
10)f 58 a ver y different sentence. It was evident she was one
,e th°'e 0 ests of society who, by means of g.ra and othe.r
rt,'l,..s,u'l Ft stifications, induce servants and others to commit
ci""T:,e. It had been said witnesses would be called to
ii.„l::e."l' ; had such Leon the case it would have made
„ 'let rcnee, as receivers of stolen goods always ob-
;till" e. certain degree of punctuality with those with
wr°l' u i ,y had dealings, so that their butchers and bakers
re elv 1 .ye ready to give them characters, in fact it was
pa t tt' t weir stock-in-trade. The sentence of the Court
" that . the prisoner Andrews be transported for the term
Lf four; en years.
A c heel-looking young man, named Charles Curtis,
Les` to igviity to the charge of stealing a 51. Bank of
IL:and five sovereigns, the property q his
'the' ; Edward Thompson.
lir- C. PHILLIPS, for the defence, said the young man
ill th
"' 11 - hadwithdrawn his plea of " Not Guilty," and
lA, _ , , .
..
1,1,11°L,. .cuilty, being anxious to make every reparation in
R`'¢
l'" t r !O: the offence he had committed. The case
l'a a most painful description, as the prosecutor and
ter"lee were brothers. The prisoner, when of age, would
we 1 a to 1,000/., under the will of his father, out of
a ~,.1 ,
h..,•) a • had intended to repay his brother the amount he
'1" tal4 n. re threw himself on the mercy of the Court.
, Mr, i'LAItI;SON said the prosecutor, with the deepest
;2'et. teit himself compelled to presecute his brother.
It
' a zerteinly true that the prisoner would be entitled to
i'lirti . ii money, under the will of his father, out of which
well ki have the means of repaying his brother, but he
;allured. the Court that no considerations of that sort in-
. ptleked the mind of the prosecutor. Under all the eir-
liil
1,715t4,i es ofca*se, he was desirous of recommending
',Pri it. m r to mercy.
"}e.l DENMAN said the question of the intended resto-
ratf.
GI" iw ' the money was not entitled to a moment's consi-
rati" • It was a vary painful case, and he should look
-ever the depositions before passing sentence.

NEW COURT.
die PER iv JUSTICE. —Rich ard Fitzgerald, aged 17, was in-
cyi.eed a• stealing yesterday, in Cornhill, a silk handker-
tl proptrzy of R. Taylor, Esq., from his person.
prisoner pleaded guilty.
Court passed upon him the sentence of ten years
rsn'l rtation, upon the understanding that he would be
con to tended to the Penitentiary.
gßai/ was convicted, upon her own confession, on
the`‘Lne iday, of stealing notes and money to a large amount

pra per-ty cf the Hun. Charles Langdale, her master.
he. COMMON- SERGEANT sentenced her t. be imprisoned
„,„
r,""u tt to hard labour in the House of Correction for
Ye tr.
. °ant es Coigley, and Mary, his wife, were indicted for
; a number of watches, the property of Thomas
Massey , the master of the prisoner.
The man pleaded guilty, and the woman said she was
Not guilty."
The Jury acquitted the female. Her husband was sen-
tenced to be transported beyond the seas for seven years.