The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-16 00:00:00

THE SENTENCES.

The Sessions having, terminated at three o'clock, the
Recorder proceeded to pass sentence on those prisoners
who had boon convicted :

To be Transported for Seven Years—Ellen Bottomley,
Elizabeth Bottomley, Elizabeth Clark, Hannah Fruin,
Rebecca Baxter, Mary White, Mary Ann Clark, Elizabeth
Jackman alias Smith, Mary M'Donald, Maria Wick, Ann
Capon, William Crask, William Smith, alias Siddell,
Samuel King, Thomas Richards, William Groves, Edgar
Roberts, alias John H. Leveridge, Joseph Colman, John
Watson, Robert Young, John Scott, Richard Edwards,
John Jones, Henry Jacques, John Moss, Thomas Jones,
Joseph Kaman, Henry Allen, Richard Roe, Robert
Abrahams, James Wright, William Shaw, Edward Ben-
nett, Joseph Andrews, John Hagan, William Neville, John
Stacey, John Jones, Edward Wells, John Nicholas Spencer,
William Wood, John Harvey, Charles Hawes, William
Thompson, Francis Kavannagh, and James Williams.
For Fourteen Years—Ann M'Donald, Mary Pulcourt,
Abraham Samuels, Louis Leo, Henry Morley, William
Paley, alias Midtner, Charles Clark, and John Brokin.
For Life—Maryanne Winter, Margaret Bentley, Ann
May, Ann Beresford alias Lee. (The last-narm d pri-
soner said she had three children, of the ages of five,
eight, and nine, and would thank his Lordship to send
them pith her, as she had no friend to look after them.
The Recorder desired Mr. Cope to make a representation
of this fact to the Secretary of State.) Frederick Hewett,
John Williams, Joseph Enever, Frederick Laud, William
Edwards, Thomas Beresford, alias Lee, James Price, and
John Marnott.

Death—Thomas Connell, for cutting and maiming ;
James Young, for robbery ; John Whettle, for robbery ;
James Bannie, John Theodore, and Daniel Brandon, fbr
burglary. Each of the prisoners declared their innocence.
The Recorder proceeded to pass sentence of death in the
usual manner.

The rest of the prisoners convicted of petty offences,
amounting to 68, were sentenced to various periods of
imprisonment, and the Court was adjourned until Monday,
the 12th of June.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

A man, who said that his name was William Wri[ilit,
was brought before the LORD MAYOR. Wm. Peat, ser-
vant to the proprietors of the Rose and Crown public-
house, in Aldgate, stated that, on the preceding evening,
at about half-past seven o'clock, the prisoner walked into
the tap-room, and sat down and fell asleep. There were
a few customers in the room, and some time after the pri-
soner entered it was stated that he was probably the
murderer of Eliza Davis, the bar-maid of the King's Arms,
Frederick-street, Regent's-park, and it was considered
necessary to place him in the custody of an officer.
A lad named Henry Watkin, in the service of Ben-
jamin Higginbottom, a butcher, in Aldgate, stated that
while he and another young man were in the Rose and
Crown on Sunday evening, the prisoner walked in, sat down
by the fire, and after mentioning that he had been sleeping
in a stable, fell asleep for about half an hour. Nobody
took any particular notice of him for some time. Witness
began to read about the murder of the young woman in
the newspaper, and the prisoner then woke up, and seemed
to be much interested, and asked witness to read on. Some
transports having passed by at the time, the prisoner said,
" If I had my due I'd be transported along with them," and
made some other observations that showed he was not fit to
stay in the room, and witness went to the bar, and stated
the circumstance, and an officer was sent for. Three or
four persons in the room mentioned that the person and
appearance of the prisoner corresponded exactly with that
given in the newspapers of one of the supposed murderers.
The Prisoner—l don't know how to read myself, and
I asked him to read, and then they took me up for the
murder.

The officer who apprehended him said that the prisoner
mentioned in the watchhouse that he had been in Maid-
stone and in Lewis gaols, and gave a very unsatisfactory ac-
count of himself.

The LORD MAYOR—Is it the fact that you have been
in those gaols ? Prisoner—Yes, my Lord, I was pulled
up for two felonies. I was at Maidstone for a blanket,
and at Lewes for a sovereign. I had six months at each
place, so I have suffered for both.

The LORD AIATOR—Where bad you been previously ?
Prisoner—My native place is Outhingham, near Dlaid•
stone. I slept at Kingston on Friday night, where I paid
fourpence for my bed ; and I slept in a stable on Satur-
day night.

The LORD MAYOR—Where did you sleep on Tuesday
night ? Prisoner—l slept at Kingston on Tuesday night,
and next day I went to Cobham, and afterwards to
Brentford.

The LORD MAYOR—Have you anything to say as to
this suspicion against you ? Prisoner—l never heard of
the murder till last night, and I wanted to hear the particu-
lars. If I was the murderer I'd be a very different per-
son from what I am.

The LORD MAYOR—What do you mean by being a dif-
ferent person ? Prisoner—l mean that I'd be very
different in my feelings. I don't suppose I'd wish to hear
the newspaper read about it.

The LORD MAYOR—You know the Regent's Park ?
Prisoner—Not exactly. I might have been there, but I
don't know it.

The LORD MAYOR—What trade are you ? Prisoner—
A bricklayer's labourer, and I go about with matches when
I am out of work.

The LORD MAYOR—You give an awkward account of
yourself, and I shall send you to Marylebone-office, to be
Seen by the Magistrates there.
An odd fact was alluded to by the LORD MAYOR after
he had sent the prisoner to Marylebone-office. In the
Mayoralty of Alderman Flower the servant of Mr. Bonner,
of Broad-street-buildings, who, together with his wife, had
been murdered, ran into the Justice-room, and asked the
Lord Mayor in a great flurry where he could find the best
surgeon, as his master and mistress were both murdered.
As soon as the man had quitted tho room Sir Charles
Flower said at once " That's the murderer ;" and it turned
out that such was the fact.

About a month ago a lad, who was in the service of a
butcher, was charged by his master with having embezzled
the sum of 2/. 155., which he had received from a customer.
The young man admitted most readily that he had received
the money, but stated that he had, for the first time in his life,
been prevailed upon by other persons in the same trade to
drink until he totally lost command over himself, and while
he was in that powerless condition he was robbed of his mas-
ter's property. The Lord Mayor very narrowly investigated
the case, and discharged the lad, having given credit to the
defence, and stated that he by no means believed that the
prisoner was guilty of theft. The young man procured
another situation in the same line, where he was going on
very comfortably. His old master, however, who lied taken
a less merciful view of the circumstances of the accusation
that the Lord Mayor, espied him one day at work, and im-
mediately informed his employer that there was a thief in