The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Oct. 5.

(Before the Assistant-Judge.)
The October general quarter sessions of the peaco for the
county of D 9 iddlesea commenced this morning, at the Ses-
sions House, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Bodkin, the
Assistant-Judge, and a bench of magistrates.
The calendar contains the names of 73 prisoners com-
mitted for trial, 61 being indicted for felony, and 9 for mis-
demeanour.
The grand jury having been sworn, the Assistant-Judge
briefly addressed them on the nature of their duties.
John Bailey, 27, gardener, was indicted for stealing 23
brooches, and other articles, value £B, the property of James
Bradfield Millard.
The prisoner was in the employ of Mr. E. T. Smith, the
proprietor of Cremorne Garden, as gasman, and at a quarter
to 4 o'clock on the morning of the 19th of September police-
constable Mayhew, 319 V, who was on duty in the gardens,
saw the prisoner passing a glove-ehop which is in the gar-
dens. The hinges of the door leading to the shop had been
unscrewed, and shortly afterwards, on pulling the door
aside, he found the prisoner inside the shop. He said to
,‘ Hallo, what are you doing there ?" and he said it
was all right, and seeing the door unfastened he had gone in
there to lie down. The policeman said he knew they did
not allow persons to lie down there, and that he must tell
him a better tale than that. The policeman then wanted to
know what he had got in his pocket, and he said it was all
right. The policeman said it was not all right, and that he
must go with him to the station-house, upon which the pri-
soner struck him a blow in the face. He laid hold of the
prisoner by the neckerchief and collar. The prisoner had a
knife in his hand, and having seizsd the policeman by the
hair he kept "jobbing" at him with the knife,and they were
up and down struggling together for about 20 minutes. The
policeman received several cuts and scr etches about the face
and hands. While they were struggling together the pri-
soner cut his neckerchief through with his knife,and having
succeeded in throwing the policeman to the ground, got away
and contrived to escape out of the gardens. The policeman
pursued him ; but he was stopped by another police-constable
about 150 yards from the gardens. The prisoner was taken
to the station-house, and, being searched there, brooches,
bracelets, pins, and other jewellery were found in the pri-
soner's pockets. The property belonged to Mr. Millard, of
No. 2, Piccadilly, dealer in French gloves and fancy articles,
and he had also a stand for such things in Cremorne-
gard ens.
The prisoner pleaded guilty to the indictment, and begged
the compassion of the Court for the sake of his wife and
family, who would be altogether without support while he
was in gaol, and this would be a severe lesson to him for
the rest of his life.
The Assistant-Judge said he did not sit there to provide
for his wife and family, and the prisoner himself ought to
have thought of them before he made up his mind to rob
his master.
The police-constable Mayhew said the prisoner struggled
very violently with him, and kept continually jobbing at
him with the knife ho held in his hand. He was quite
sober at the time.

The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for six months.

Henry Platt, 39, porter, and Henry Darcy, 24, porter,
were indicted for stealing a bronze figure of the Emperor
Napoleon 1., value £l5, the property of Geo. Attenborough,
Mr. Platt prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton appeared for Platt,
and the other prisoner was undefended.
The prosecutor, a dealer in curiosities, living at No. 72,
Strand, missed from his stock on the 29th of August last a
bronze figure of the Emperor Napoleon 1., and upon in-
quiries found that the last time it was seen on the premises
was on the 20th of August. He wrote a description of it
and sent it round to the police and pawnbrokers. A few
hours after the publication of it he received an intimation
that it had been pledged with Mr. Aldous, a pawnbroker,
of Berwick-street, Soho. The figure was taken from a
gutter on the roof of the house, where it had been placed
for the purpose of improving its appearance, and was of the
value of £l5.
Enoch Cook, police-sergeant 7 C, proved that on Sept. 21
he was called to the shop of Mr. Aldous to take the prisoner
Platt into custody, and he said he was one of the men who
had pledged the figure of the Emperor Napoleon, and that
the other man's name was Darcy. On the evening of the
21st ult. he went to 71, Strand, and saw the prisoner Darcy.
Witness told him that he was a police-sergeant, and asked
him if be knew anything about a bronze figure, and he said
that he did. Witness told him that he should take him into
custody, and anything he said might be used against him.
Ho then stated that he went to Platt and told him that there
was a bronze figure on the roof of a house, and he thought
they could sell or dispose of it. Hatt went with him to look
at it, and when ho got to the door of 71, Strand, he said ho
would not allow Platt to go upstairs, and so he fetched it
down himself.
Both prisoners were found Guilty.
The Assistant, Judge sentenced them to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for four months.
Thos. Cornell, 35, Thos. Tebboth, 35, and Chas. Salloes,
18, were indicted for stealing three toes of rags, value £65,
the property of Messrs. Dickinson and Co., papermakers, of
the Old Bailey.
Mr. Metcalfe (instructed by Mr. T. Beard) prosecuted.
The prisoners were undefended.
Thos. Jones, a police-constable, 274 D, said about a quar-
ter past nine o'clock on the night of Sept 9he saw the three
prisoners together in the Harrow-road. Tebboth was draw-
ing a truck, and Cornell and Salloes were pushing behind.
In the truck were two bags of rags, and having his sus-
picions he saw an officer who was in uniform, and told
him to follow him. He saw the prisoners in the Harrow-
road, near to the Paddington Vestry-hall, and they were
going towards town over the railway bridge. When the
prisoners saw witness speak to a police-constable, Cornell
and Salloes ran away, and he took rebboth. In the truck
were two bags of rags weighing about 4 cwt., and he had
shown them to Mr. Cole, the foreman of Messrs. Dickin-
son and Co., who identified them as having been stolen from
their stores. He asked Tebboth whore he got the rags from,
and he said he was called by the other men to assist to bring
them from the towing-path, but he did not know where they
were going to. The two other men who were with Tebboth
he had seen on the previous Thursday with a truck in which
were three bags of rags, and having some suspicion he called
the attention of a police-constable to them, and told him to
watch them. On that occasion they went towards Maida-
hill. On the morning of the Bth witness went to the place
and found an entry had been effected under the door, and
that then access had been gained to the place where the rags
were. He took Salloes on the following Thursday, and on
telling him the charge, he said, " L expected it. I'll go
quietly."
Mr. Cole, foreman to Messrs. Dickinson and Co., said on
the police-constable coming to him he went to the station-
house and saw two bags of rags there. They were part of
their stores at No. 16 Wharf, at Paddington. He went to
the place on the following day, and missed three or four
tons of rags, in 40 or 50 bundles, and they were worth about
£65, in He found a box of Lucifers and a piece of candle the
loft, which had not been left there by any one belonging to
the premises, as there was no use whatever for them.
Charles Brooks said his father kept a shop near H the ar-
row-road, and he knew the prisoner Salloes hired atruck
two or three times a week. The truck was the same one
that had been stopped by the officer.
The jury found all the prisoners guilty.
A previous conviction was proved against Salloes.
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The Assistant-Judge sentenced Salloes to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for 18 months, and Cornell and
Tebboth to 12 months each.

(Before Mr. Payne.)
William John Cumming, 48, surgeon, of superior educa-
tion, was charged with stealing a printed book, the property
of Wm. Henry Smith and another.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Poland appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner
was undefended.
Mr. Poland, in his opening address, said this was a prose-
cution by Messrs Smith, the well known railway booksellers,
and the prisoner was charged with stealing one of their books
under circumstances which he would mention to the jury.
The prosecutor kept a book-stall at the Great Northern
Railway Station,
and the stall in question was kept by a per-
son of the name of French. On the day in question he
(French) had noticed the defendant about the station and
close to the stall, Prom the suspicious manner of the pri-
soner a detective officer was requested to watch, and in con-
sequence of such instructions he watched the prisoner, and
observed him make an attempt to reach a book from the
stall. He afterwards walked away a little distance, the do
tective having observed him remove a book from the stall.
The prisoner walked through the booking-office and was
making his way into the street. The detective then went
up to him and asked him for the book, to which he replied,
"I have not got it," and on being searched a book called the
"Alpine Guide" was found upon him. He was taken into
the superintendent's office, and tko stall-keeper, having
heard of his apprehension, gave him into custody.
Josiah Thorogood said he was a constable stationed at the
Great Northern Railway Station. About half-past three on
the afternoon of Saturday, the 12th September, he saw the
prisoner on the downside of the platform at the King's-cross
Station, and watched him closely. The prisoner put his
hand twice towards a book on the stall, which was covered,
and drew it back as if conscious that some one was looking
at him. He went round the booking-office and came back
again. He put his hand on some books which were on the
stall, and the one produced was standing up in the rack.
The prisoner took the book, and afterwards concealed it
under his coat. He walked through the booking-office and
was making his way out of the station when witness spoke
to the keeper of the stall, and the prisoner was shortly
afterwards apprehended. When stopped he (Thorogood)
said to him, " I shall charge you with stealing a book."
The prisoner replied " I've no book." Witness put his
hand into the prisoner's pocket and took the book in ques-
tion from it, the prisoner remarking " I only took it to
read." He was told he would have to go to the police-office
and give his explanation there. On going down tho plat-
form the prisoner said, " Saving got your book, pray ,let me
go." He told witness that be lived at a coffee-housQ dose