The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-06 00:00:00

LA JP INTELLIGRNCE.-(7111S DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
There was a long list of cases, but of the ordinary
character.

THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A SOLICITOR.

A petition was presented against Henry Wells Young,
the solicitor, who stands committed on a charge of forgery
on the Bank of England. _ _ _

Mr. Denney appeared for the petitioning creditor, Mr.
Edward Green, of Edward -street, Portman-square, saddler,
who is a creditor for £l4O.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—( This Day.)

The January session of the Central Criminal Court
opened this morning, and, according to the gaol books,
it appears that there are at present 46 prisoners for trial,
viz., 35 men and 11 women. This number is considerably
less than usual for the January session, and it partly
arises trom the very small number of prisoners who have
been committed to take their trial for offences committed
within the county of Surrey, there being only three com-
mitted from that county. There is only one case of wil-
ful murder, which is a charge against a married woman,
named Mary Anne Ha wilton, of killing her child ; but
although the number of prisoners is comparatively small,
some of the cases that have to be disposed of are of a very
serious character. Among them is that of Mr. H. Wells
Young, a solicitor, who previously carried on an extensive
practice in Gray's Inn, who is charged upon two indict-
ments with forging powers of attorney for the transfer of
stock to the amount of £6,000 standing in the books of the
Bank of England, and thereby defrauding the Corporation
of the amount. This is the same offence for which Henry
Fauntleroy, the banker, suffered the extreme penalty of
the law, and it remained until very recently a capital
offence. The penalty that is now attached to it is penal
servitude, or transportation far life, at the discretion of
the Court. Another case, of a very serious character, is
the charge against two men, named Pusey and Reeves,
and also a woman, named Collet, of having committed a
burglary in the house of a widow lady at Paddington,
and having violently assaulted and wounded that lady in
the course of the commission of the offence. This is a
crime which was also capital until very recently, and
parties convicted of it are under the present state of the
law liable to be sentenced to penal servitude for life. Ano-
ther case of a serious character, and which is likely to
occupy considerable time, is a charge against three per-
sons named Hunter, Gillett, and Turnbull, of stealing a
large quantity of silk, the property of the St. Katherine's
Dock Company. There are no fewer than twelve of the
prisoners charged with uttering counterfeit coin, an offence
which appears to be very much on the increase ; and it is
singular that persons who once adopt this character of
crime persevere in the commission of it, until, by repeated
utterings and convictions, they become amenable to the
charge of felony, and are sentenced to long periods of penal
servitude. The judges who preside at this session are
Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Baron Martin, and Mr. Justice
Willes ; and the aldermen upon the rota to sit as second
commissioners are Messrs. Wilson, Challis, Finnis, Rose,
Gabriel, and Abbiss.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(7Ris Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SnopLirTlNG.—Two young women, named _Bridget;
Welch, of Star-street, Commercial-road, and Ellen Hats-
well, of King-street, Brick-lane, were charged with steal-
ing 13 yards of silk at 36, New Bond-street, the property of
Mr. John Atkinson and others, silk mercers, &c.
Wm. Whitta, porter to Messrs. Atkinson, of New Bond
street, said he saw on Saturday the prisoners in the shop
sitting on chairs near the counter, and being attended to
by an assistant. The were opposite each other. He ob-
served Welch take the piece of silk produced from off the
counter. It contained 13 yards, and was of the value of
£3. She placed it under her mantle. Be:ng on some steps
at the time, and seeing what had occurred, he went and in-
formed his employer. They other prisoner had her back
towards him at the time, Before Mr. Porter could charge
the prisoner with taking it, she dropped it.
Mrs. Elizabeth Atkinson, wife of the prosecutor, who is
in partnership with Mr. Atkinson, said she showed the
prisoners some shawls, and while doing so she observed the
corner of the silk protruding f om beneath Welch's mantle,
and afterwards saw her drop it, with the remark to the
other that she should not be so foolish as to knock things off
the counter, and to be more careful. On going back to the
counter she (Mrs. Atkinson) missed the silk.
Drennen, 100 D, said—Welch said they did not steal it—
it fell off the counter ; and the other said they did not steal
it. They gave false addresses, and no money was found
on them.

Inspector Holden said he should like a remand.
Mr. Mansfield said they had gone into a shop to buy an
expensive article without a shilling being found on them.
The prisoners, being asked if they wished to say anything,
merely said they did not steal the silk.
They were then committed for trial.