The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-24 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 23.

The April adjourned quarter sessions commenced
this morning at the Court-houso on Clerkenwell-
green.
Mr. P. D. Hadow Mr. L. Mackinnon, and Mr.
J. F. Stanford qualified as magistrates by taking
the usual oaths.

The calendar contains the names of 83 prisoners
for trial, 14 of whom are charged with misdemea-
nor, and the others with felony.
The Assistant Judge delivered the charge to the
grand jury.
Samuel Johnson, 22, a soldier, was indicted for
stealing from the person of Henry Drummond
Wolff, a bag and other articles, the property of
Arthur Otway, and an umbrella, the property of
the said Henry Drummond Wolff. He pleaded
guilty.
Mr. Orridge, instructed by Mr. C. Richardson,
appeared for the prosecution.
The prosecutors were Mr. H. D. Wolff, secretary
to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands, and Mr. A. Otway, a justice of the peace
for this county, and formerly M.P. for Staf-
ford. These gentlemen were in Langham-
place, near All Souls' Church, about twelve
at night on the 10th instant. Mr. Wolff was
carrying a bag, and Mr. Otway a valise. Prisoner
accosted them and demanded some beer under a
threat. They pu3hed him away, and he struck them
with a stick and stole the bag which Mr. Otway
was carrying, and also Mr. Wolff's bag and um-
brella. The prisoner was captured by a policeman
in Burlington-gardens, and upon his person were
found some valuable rings.
Mr. Orridge called the attention of the Court to
this circumstance, one ring being mounted with tur-
quoise, one a brilliant, a signet, and another not of
such value.

The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to four
years' penal servitude, and directed a reward of £1
to be given to a cabman who was a witness in the
case, and the cause mainly cf the prisoner's appre-
hension. His lordship said he thought, and so did
the gentlemen on the bench around hirm`that the pub-
lic were indebted to Mr. Otway and Mr. Wolff for
the way in which they had with a high moral courage
brought such a dangerous character to justice.
Charles Dawson, 21, described as a sailor, and
Thomas Thompson, 28, a waterman, were indicted
for stealing a bale of silk, value £285, the property
of George Mark Spencer.
Mr. J. E. Palmer prosecuted; Mr. G. Tayler de-
fended Thompson ; the other prisoner was not de-
fended.

Two bales of silk, it appeared, were put on board
a barge called the Industry, to be delivered to the
Earl of Auckland s.eamer, for Rotterdam. They
were sent from Butdl and Hayward's, Phi Ipot-lane.
Robert Wilson sad he lived at 2, James-street,
West India-road. On the 29th of March, at half-
past ten at night, he saw Thompson get into a
cab; there was anther man inside. Knowing
Thompson, and acting a bale of silk on the cab,
he said, " Tom, there's something wrong here,"
and stopped the cab There was a third person in
the cab. Thompsongot out of the cab, which was
then driven off; he took the silk to the station-
house. Thompson mid it was Mr. Spencer's silk,
and had come outof his lighter. Dawson was
one of the three. I'he cab by his direction, he
having overtaken it, was driven to the station,
and Thompson, wlo followed, said if he would
gave the bale up, tley would take it where they
got it from, the Custom-house-stairs. Ho refused,
and the prisoners ware charged, and the case was
put in the bands of Dunnaway and Dyer of the H
division.

The prisoners were found guilty.
His lordship said interests of the deepest cha-
racter were mvolvel in such cases as these, and
those who were guilty of such offences must, know
that the Punishment of the law must fail upon