The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-11 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1863.

son who gave the name of Musselbrook, and paid him £5
Ils. Id. for it. He did not remember what the gold consisted
of, nor did he remember the person of the prisoner. He had
no recollection of purchasing a gold medal, or the gold
knobs of two canes.
The Assistant-Judge said it seemed a most extraordinary
way of conducting this business, for the entries in the book
conveyed no information whatever as to the nature of the
articles. He wanted to know whether, being gold and silver
refiners, they always kept their fires lighted:
The witness said they did.
The Assistant Judge remarked that afforded a sufficient
explanation why the articles could not be traced, and he
could only tell the witness that if he went on in that way he
would soon have to take the place of the prisoner in the
dock. He would warn him to be very careful in future, or
he would find the consequences would be most serious to
him. He then sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard
labour for two years.
Henry Bell, 19, tailor, was indicted for unlawfully as-
saulting and wounding Luke Rogers.
Mr. Platt prosecuted; Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner.
It appeared that prosecutor and prisoner were together in
the Freetrader beershop, Stepney, on the night of the 6th
January. The prisoner and his companions called him bad
names. The prosecutor pushed the prisoner away, when he
drew from his pocket some sharp instrument, with which
he stabbed him two or three times in the face. A person
named Wood, who was standing by at the time, witnessed
the prisoner stabbing at the prosecutor with a pair of scis-
sors, and on the previous night the prisoner had been heard
threatening to use the scissors if anything was done to him.
The prisoner was found guilty of a common assault.
The Assistant Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for two months.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
'William Johnson, 33, was indicted for stealing 10 fowls,
value 25s , the property of Rhoda Lee.
It appeared from the evidence that on the evening of the
24th January, as Police-constable Burch, 257 K, was pass-
ing the rear of the Excavator beershop, in Devon's-lane,
Bromley, he saw nine dead fowls lying on the ground, and
one dead fowl in the pocket of a jacket which was lying
close by. The prisoner was found in a publichouse without
a jacket, and a short time before the fowls were found he
had been seen near to the spot where the fowls were kept.
The owner of the fowls spoke to him and asked him what
he was doing there, and he replied that he was looking for
an old sweetheart. The jacket was identified as belonging
to the prisoner, and a young man named Robert Pearman,
a blacksmith, proved that the prisoner had offered to sell
the jacket to his uncle for 2s.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Alfred Higham, 400 K, said he had the prisoner in cus-
tody on the 19th of December, 1857, for stealing sheet lead.
He was committed to the Old Bailey Sessions, convicted,
and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.
A previous conviction for burglary and several other con-
victions were proved against him.
Mr. Payne sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude
for 10 years.
William Peter Jackson, 38, and George Jones, 33, were
indicated for stealing a looking glass value 305., the property
of Enoch Thomas.
Mr. Horry prosecuted; Mr. Dickie defended the pr -

goners.
On the night of the 16th of January the prisoners and
another man went up to the shopdocr of the prosecutor,
No, 98, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, deliberately took
down a looking-glass which was hanging by a string, and
walked off with it. A police• constable, who had witnessed
the whole proceeding, went after them, and took the glass
away from Jones. He then took both prisoners into cus-
tody.

The jury found the prisoners guilty.
George Lockyer, the prison officer, put in the following
convictions against Jones : —Three months in 1844 ; three
months, 1847 ; two months, 1848 ; nine months, 1850 ; two
months, 1854 ; three months, 1855 ; 21 days in 1860 ; six
months, 1861; and six months in 1862,—making nine con-
victions against him. The other prisoner was unknown to
him as having been previously convicted. Three of the
above convictions were in this court, and the others, under
the Summary Jurisdiction Act, at police courts.
Mr. Payne commented en the character of Jones, and
sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for 10 years,
and Jackson to be imprisoned for 12 months.

found generous rivals in the arts of peace and in
efforts to ameliorate the condition of mankind. And
at no distant period may the sword be sheathed
throughout your land, and the sounds of strife be
exchanged for the conquests of industry. Signed
on behalf of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce."