The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-07 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, FEB. 6.

Mr. PRENDEROVIT applied for leave. to exhibit articles of the
peace against Mr. John Wilkinson, a member of the medical pro-
fession. It appeared from the articles, that the exhibitant, Mr.
George Gill, bad been threatened by the defendant, in consequence
of an unfounded suspicion on his part that an improper intimacy
existed between the defendant's wife and the cxhibitant, and that
the defendant had threatened to shoot him the first opportunity.
The constable who apprehended the defendant, stated that on
searching hint he found a brace of loaded pistols in his possession.
The defendant declared that his suspicions relative to the exhi.
bitant's conduct were well founded. He had made use of the
threats alleged again LI him in a moment of excitement, but had not
the slightest intention of carrying them into execution.
The corraT ordered him to find bail, himself in 100/. and two
sureties in 25/ each, to keep the peace for twelve months, and to
give 94 hours' notice.

BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS.

Commirrat. OP a GANG or ItoliDEßS.—Yesterday, the Rev. Dr,
Walmesley, George Baillie, B. I. Armstrong, and Charles Turner.
Esqrs., the sitting Magistrates, were occupied near six hours, in in-
vestigating numerous charges of robbery, against George Camp,
Daniel Thomas, alias " Dirty Thomas," and Charles Reynolds,
three well known thieves, and Joseph Sheppard, a marine store.
dealer at Hounslow, as receiver, who were brought up from the
New Prison, Clerkenwell, for Anal examination.
From the numerous robberies, which have within the last six
months been committed in the neighbourhood of Heston, Houns.
low, &c., by the gang of which the prisoners formed a part, the
Magistrates' office, was during the lengthened inquiry crowded to
execs' by the sufferers, while the outside was surrounded by tun.
dreds of persons anxious to obtain a sight of the prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence, which was exceedingly volu.
minous, that notwithstanding the vigilance of the local consta-
bulary, the gang eluded detection until Thursday, the 17th ult.,
when, its consequence of information received by Hall, one of the
Hounslow constables, that It was planned to rob the Methodist
ehapel of that town, oil that night lie placed persons on the watch,
and on proceeding there about II o'clock, he learned that a boy
named Barnes had been scats getting out of one of the windows of
the chapel. ile immediately proceeded to the residence of Barnes,
whom he apprehended; and as he was conveying the boy to the
cage, he began to cry, and in answer to questions put to him,gave
the names of the gang, and of the receivers, to whom the plunder was
sold. He also stated that his brother, Joseph Barnes, knew more about
the robberies than he slid, having been concerned in several of them.
He was, in consequence, apprehended the next morning, when he
gave such information as led to the capture of three of Isis accom-
plices, the whole of whom had immediatly absconded, and on ac-
count of which he was admitted Oucen's evidence.
The result was, that George Camp and Joseph Sheppard, a marine
store-dealer, at Hounslow, were committed for trial—the former
for stealing lead from the roof of the Chapel at Hounslow, and
the latter for receiving it ; also Henry Camp, for stealing lead otf
the washhouse of the Tankcrville Arms; and a man of the name of
Mills, in that town, as receiver, and two others, for similar offences.