The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-05 00:00:00

WESTMI NSTER SESSIONS•

(THIS DAY.)

(Mr. Sergeant ADAMS in the chair. )
James Carpenter, 17, was indicted for stealing a blanket
and a sheet, value 4s. 6d., the property of John Davies.
The wife of the prosecutor proved that she let the lodg
ing to the prisoner's mother with the property, and that the
prisoner had pawned them. The prisoner bore a good
character.
Mr. PAYNE (as amicus curia) suggested that the
ment was bad upon a point of law, and referred to Roscoe's
Conyer's Digest, p. 517, in support of his opinion.
The CHAIRMAN coincided with Mr. PAYNE, and the
soner was acquitted.
George Eveleiyh, Thomas Turneliff, and W. English,
were charged with stealing 3 lbs. of soap, value ls. 6d.
the property of John Charles Brant.
The policemen who took them into custody deposed to.
seeing them run out of a shop. He ran after them, and
the soap was found on them. Turncliff ran a different
way from the rest.
The prosecutor's foreman swore to the soap. 1
The prisoner Turncliff said he knew nothing at all of it.
He had been taken in mistake for another boy, in which he
was corroborated by one of the other prisoners. The other
two offered ne defence.
Turncliff'e brother, a respectable tradesman, gave him
a good character, and said he had intended to take him as
an apprentice.
Ilarriet Turncliff, the prisoner's mother, deposed to his
having left his home to go to look after a situation on the
day in ques'ion.
The policeman, when recalled, said he had returned to
take Turneliff into custody after having taken the other
two. Ile found him standing with his back towards Wm'
He did not run away.
English called a witness to character, who admitted that
he knew he had been committed to Newgate. if
The CHAIRMAN, in summing up, directed the Jury,
they thcaight the policeman was mistaken in the identity of
Turncliff, to state so in their verdict, as he would then
leave the Court with an unblemished character.
The Jury acquitted him, believing the policeman to ha"
been mistaken in his identity, and found the other persona
guilty.
The CHAIRMAN, before passing sentence, said he coo'
curred in the verdict, and took occasion to remark on vibltt
he denominated the stupid conduct of the Newspapers,,le
attacking the Societies which sent children abroad. 'l,."e
sentence of the Court was, that each of the prisoners ve
imprisoned three months with hard labour, and once to be
well whipped. (1
James Forster was indicted for stealing a waistcoat all,
other articles, and also a sovereign, the property °'
Thomas Butt. The prosecutor had got intoxicated at tbed
Cumberland Arms, where the prisoner was pot-boy, ant
had left his waistcoat with these articles in the pock°
there. The policeman found them on the prisoner.
Two of the prosecutor's witnesses did not answer. ,
The prisoner's defence was that the prosecutor Itt
tipsy at the time, and that he had picked up some of the
things from the floor, without knowing whose they Ware'
and had told the prosecutor where the waistcoat was. a
The prisoner's master gave him a good character, It
said the prosecutor was so drunk as not to know what ""
was about.
The Jury acquitted the prisoner, and the Court refisseti
the prosecutor his expenses.
John Herbert was indicted for stealing two pewter pc."'
the property of Thomas Payne.
Richard Cuff, the footman of Lord Seaford, saw the,
prisoner take the pot, and gave him into custody.
The p. liceman produced the pots, which were identiar"-
by the prosecutor.
The prisoner said he picked them up.—Verdict Guiltli
He was again convicted of stealing a pot the property °
W. Gorringc ; having been convicted at a previous ICS'
mons he was sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Chas. Russell was indicted for stealing a pair of boots,
the property of Mary Roberts. The prosecutrix satv.tbe
prisoner take the boots out of her shop, gave the alateb
and had him arrested.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE, 011 be-
half of the prisoner.
The policeman saw the prisoner leap out bf the;shoP'„l
Cross-examined by Mr. PAYNE—Did not lose sigh' -
him until lie took him.
Mr. PAYNE in defending the prisoner, took occasion
express his great dissatisfaction with the system of seocliga
children out of the country.
The CHAIRMAN begged that Mr. Payne would keep
himself within the record.
Mr. PAYNE said that the Chairman had alluded to tbet
stupid papers, and he thought she had a right to show tb.eist,
they were sensible papers. He knew that the Jury al"-
convict the prisoner. et.
The CHAIRMAN—Then you should not address 1°
observations to the Jury, and you know that as well &L.
do. You may go on if you like, and I shall read the 00"
paper. id
Mr. PAYNE—WhiIe the Chairman is reading the stop
paper--
The CHAIRMAN —I said nothing about stupid papers.
to
Mr. PAYNE said he should call a witness, whoa° „
prove that although the prisoner had been summarily °°";
vieted by a Magistrate ho had never been convicted Ilse
Jury; and be hoped the Jury would recommend hitabuo
mercy, to save him from transportation. He was sorry
Chairman's love for the Children's Friend Society be

made him forget the feelings of parents. rell
William Clay was called to character, and was se"
examined by the Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN, in summing up, said it had never btaesl
his lot to see the scene which had taken place in hot
Court. The case of this young man, 11 years of age, "
been made the foundation of an attack upon the Childrefln,
Friend Society, which might appear in the Papers tv
morrow.

Mr. PAYNE said that he had no such wish.
The CHAIRMAN begged he might not be interrupted. .t
Mr. PAYNE hoped the Chairman would not misreprese",,,
him.
The CHAIRMAN then continued his summing up, at the:
conclusion of which the Jury convicted the prisoners. td,
The CHAIRMAN said he had been frequently taken. L,
custody as an utterer of base coin ; he would arrest illu%
ment until inquiries could be made as to his having beer
previously convicted by a Jury. He would not be U.°
ported. took
At the conclusion of the case mutual explanations -
place between Mr. Payne and the Chairman, and bars°
pf
was restored.
Charles Smith and TV. J. Cook were indicted felt:
stealing two pairs of boots, the property of W. Newton'..4
The prosecutor swore to the boots which were fbw;l3
on Smith, and the policeman took Cook into custody 3.
concequcnce of what Smith had told him.

The prisoners denied having taken the boots. ,ber,
Cook's aunt said he had been neglected by his
who had objected to his being sent abroad by the Childr
Friend Society. He had run away from the Chadreo
Friend Society School ; he bad profittee much W"-
he was there.

The Jury found both prisoners Guilty. it
The CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence, "1" isiet
could not be too widely known that by. an
was
of the last Sessibn of Parliament, a prison "bat
established; for the reformation of juvenile offenderi!df
the difficulty was to know what to do with the priso';,..
when discharged. After warmly eulogizing all the 01:41.1,
ties for the reformat ion of juvenile offenders, told dila,'
soners they would have the opportunity of going to Plll.lO-
Prison, when they would have healthful occupation 01
instruction in religion and morality, by which they vit°oo
have an opportunity of reforming, the sentence 0'
Court was two years' imprisonment and hard labour. of
The CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence, took occasion to ot.
a high compliment to Lord John Russell for the great,dk
tcntion he had paid to prison discipline, and to the ref°r—
tion of juvenile offenders.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE'
fell
The whole burden of the performance last night 0,
upon Madame Persiani, who came forth amidst the 01ros
.est applause. Her health appears much improved 'lathe
we had seen her last, which enabled her to add t 0 pd
finish and exquisite delicacy of her singing a breadth
_fte
power of execution we never witnessed in her
Ply
She executed her morceaux with the boldness aa"A
cision with which Paganini might perform them °Poi
violin, adding is this all the impassioned toae IQ
expression of which the human voice is capable' 14.
her first air, " Come per me Sereno," there was a P ,s 1;
fulness and sweetness which held the whole audience ltßut•
lent delight; but in the last scene, after the preghiett tite
tered with heart-moving simplicity, she burst forth P-rissi
"Ah giunge" with an effect which was perfectly elect,. the
injhe power it exerted over ter hearers. This,finae, oe,
opera was received with a furore of applause, wh'c,loo
the fall of the curtain, was renewed until she re-aPP-I,isfOt
on the stage amidst the waving of hats and handkere"t of
more common in the latitude of Naples than in th,ayely
London. Ernesta Grisi arriving at six o'clock last
in too late to make her debut as the secunda doance At
Lg, Sonnambula, Madame Bellina, who filled that Otis&
the Opera Buffs, supplied her place at a short 000.
The house was thinly attended owing to the Easter re
need'
Lord John Churchill, who, it has been anOt!" bat
was to commission the Vernon, is not to put that she
the Druid in commission. bee°
The weather which, for several days, blis this
remarkably cold for the time of year, has greeted 11,91o'fied,
morning with a large fall of snow, wiich is now frer
by rain, which promises, we hope, to %e the precuP
fine spring weather. bat
USE or A HAT.—The whole use of al Is
probably not generally known—it is of more us rd, be
covering the head. If, when a person fell overbostapd
had the presence of mind to instantly take off his 111;00
hold the brim of it to his chin, so that the hollow 1o
°pe •0
upwards, it would keep him above the water as, ,0011/
ever he could hold it. This has been tried, and
proved correct. the
i
NOVEL REPAST.—An immense bir-, ° sa
;„, F cern a
Swan species, was shot, a few days age, rbetifun
Common. Hungerford, weighing in its plunlage' d at I""
thirty and forty pounds. The bird was dresse ot
.1,10 e.•
Bear Inn, on Monday night, when fourteen gent' A wei
down and partook of it. It was both tender B°l.oo
flavoured, and pronounced to be a rich treat'''.
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Independent.
thingS.ao
TIIE BRITISH NAVY.—Looking atr
th se r
general, we must confess that we are not o. ° other.
dream that our navy is quite in a desperate state. beet! _
countries may be building ships—so much, th., in tn.
British bluejackets must be very much altered for"
event of a war, they are not building them
Quarterly Review. g__cicer 4
THE MACKEREL FISHERY.---1 11 boat",
fishery has been commenced by our (WorthoTpur,
were Plymouth, Nbie
late laid up, buterlei
tnhdeiwriathrrtivhael etxhceerpe,tiotnheo;
htahvreefbeeniatocessofili
During the moonlight nights they
in the western part of the Cuanne the 000 a.
put to sea as soon as the dark
unightixerdeotanroni
enough to reach the nets at the full
Brighton Gazette.