The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-06 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1863-

rom Dunkirk; 133 bags from Rotterdam; 191 tons from
Antwrp; and 110 tons from Brussels.
Yorkshire Regents
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Do. Rocks
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Scotch Regents
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Dunbar Regents —s to -8 „
Foreign sos to 60s „

CRIMIN,

.This Day.

OLD COURT,
The April sessions of the Central Criminal Court com-
menced this day before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, Alder-
men, Sheriffs, and Under-Sheriffs Mackrell and Ferrer.
The calendar contains the names of 110 persons for trial,
and amongst them standing over from last session were the
cases of the two brothers Brooks charged with the murder
of the police-constable Davy at Acton, that of manslaughter
against the two contractors arising out of the accident by
the falling of an arch at the coal-depot on the Great
Western Railway, and also the charge against Saqin, the
Chinese, for unlawfully wounding, he having been acquitted

of the charge of warder last session.
The Grand Jury having been sworn,
The Recorder, in charging them, said, that
owing to the absence of the learned judges
on circuit, the number of prisoners awaiting
trial were rather longer than usual. There were two cases
of murder, who would be brought under consideration, both
being the crime of killing illegitimate children. In the first
case there appeared to be some doubt as to whether the
child was born alive, but in the other the medical evidence
put that fact beyond all doubt, and it would be for them to
say whether the evidence reduced the charge to manslaugh-
ter, but if they were satisfied there were prima facie cases it
would be their duty to return a true bill in both cases. There
was a case in which a Peruvian soldier was charged with
manslaughter on board a foreign vessel which was lying in
the port of London, on board of which were some
soldiers, amongst whom a disturbance took place,
, one of the officers interfered to quell the dis-
turbance, and a soldier was taken into custody,
when the whole of the soldiers rose in mutiny to rescue
their comrade. The seamen armed themselves to prevent
this, and in the struggle that ensued the deceased received
a stab from a bayonet which the soldiers drew, and which
caused death. He could not see how the charge was re-
duced to manslaughter, because if a body of men resisted
with weapons lawful authority, and death was caused by
any of them, the offence was, in law, wilful murder. It was
stated that the prisoner was not the man who inflicted the
wound ; but if a body of men were acting in concert, and
death ensued, all were guilty, no matter who struck the
fatal blow. The Coroner might have good ground
for reducing the crime to manslaughter, but they
would have the witnesses before them, and it would be
for them to satisfy themselves whether the charge amounted
to murder or not. There was a charge against a prisoner
of attempting to obtain money from the prosecutor by means
of threats and menaces, and if they were satisfied it would
be their duty to send the case for further investigation.
There was a charge of conspiracy against a prisoner with
another person who had absconded, to obtain goods at a
time when he was insolvent, and there was some difficulty
in the case from its peculiarity, but the evidence pointed
more particularly to the person who had absconded than
against the prisoner. There was a ob.arge of arson against
a master of a workhouse, who stood indicted for setting
fire to the institution, and who had been heard to threaten
to destroy the building in order that he might be trans-
ported, and that seemed to be the motive in offences of this
description, penal servitude being considered as no great
punishment—but all such persons would find that
for the future penal servitude would be much more severe
tban it had hitherto been. With these observations the
learned gent:eman dismissed the grand jury to the perfor •
mance of their duty.
ROBBERY WWI VIOLENCE.

John Gleeson, .22, was indicted for robbery, in company
with another, with violence on Frederic Allen, and stealing
from him his watch and chain.
It appeared from the evidence that on the 4th of February
last the prosecutor was seized by two men near Sidney-
alley, one of whom placed his arms round his neck, whilst
the other tore open his coat and stole his watch and chain•
Rose, the other man, was tried and convicted last session,
the prisoner having escaped capture till the 25th of
March. The prosecutor spoke very positively to the
prisoner, and a constable who, on the night of
the robbery met the prisoner in Lisle-street, Leicester,
running and calling out " Stop thief." The constable knew
no person had passed him, and detained the prisoner, tell-
ing him he should be able to identify him in case anything
was wrong. He saw nothing further at the time. After look-
ing well at him he let him go. On the 25th of March the
prisoner was captured by Ackrill, of the F division, who
discovered him up a chimney in a house in Newcastle-
court, Strand.
A number of witnesses were called to establish an alibi.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty.
Sergeant Holmes, of the F division, proved a former con-
viction, for which he was sentenced to three years' penal
servitude, but he had received a ticket of leave before his
time expired.
The Recorder sentenced him to 10 years' penal servitude.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This Day.

BIARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBEBY AT A TAVERN.—STEALING A VOLUNTEER'S
WATCH.—Annie Gray, of 10, Hemmings-row, was
eharged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a gold watch of
the value of £5, from the person of Mr. John Wright,
ironmonger, of 8, Queen's-road East, Chelsea, while at the
Black Horse Tavern, Oxendon-street, Haymarket.
From the evidence of Mr. Wright, it appeared that on
Saturday night between 11 and 12 he went to the Black
Horse Tavern, kept by Mr. Bryer. He asked Mrs. Bryer
if a person he wanted was there, and called for some
brandy and water, the prisoner and some other females at
the time being in front of the bar. The prisoner • spoke to
him and pushed against him, and he requested her not to
annoy him. He then put down a 6d. to pay for his brandy-
and-water, and one of the women took up hi change.
Directly after the females again pushed against him, and
he felt a tug at his watch, at d one of the females got away,
the prisoner preventing him going after the female who, no
doubt, had got his watch, which he missed from the pocket
in his uniform. He then gave the prisoner into custody,
but her companion escaped. The prisoner denied all know-
ledge of the watch, and said that the other female was not
known to her.
Robert Beales, 134 C, proved taking prisoner into cus-
tody, when she said she knew nothing of the robbery, or
the other woman ; but he had since, from inquiries he
had made, learnt that they lived together.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week.