The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-10 00:00:00

11P-DDLESEX SESSIONS.—June 9.

The June General Sessions of the Peace for the
county of Middlesex commenced this morning at
Clerkenwell, before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant Judge,
and Mr. Payne, Deputy.
Francois Poulet, 45, a Belgian, was indicted for
having stolen 91 spoons, 45 knives, and other
articles, wine £6O, the property of Sir Henry
Winston Barron, his master, in his dwelling-house;
and for stealing an umbrella and other articles',
the property of Noel Lelarge, in his dwelling-house.
He pleaded guilty.
Sir H. W. Barron said that for some months the
prisoner was in his service as butler at a guinea
week. Having received some information he re-
quired the prisoner to produce the plate, so that it
might be counted. A quantity was missing and
the prisoner absconded. The value of the missing
portions to sell would be about £6O or £7O, but
had cost a great deal more. It had been recovered.
In the second case the prisoner visited M. Lelarge
to seek aid as a destitute foreigner, and took advan-
tage to steal the property named in the indictment.
'The prisoner put in a written statement in French.,
which was interpreted to the Court by Mr. Albert,.
He said he was an exile, and suffered great priva-
tions, but he had every reason to believe that he
should realise something very considerable from
speculations in which he was engaged, and he took
the things fully determined not to steal them, but
to restore them when he had the means. He
alleged that Sir H. W. Barron owed him money
for wages, which Sir Henry positively denied.
His Lordship said the defence rather aggravated
than otherwise the offence of which the prisoner
had been convicted on his own confession, and the
offence itself was a very serious one. The sentence
on the prisoner was that he be kept to hard labour
for two years.
Henry Turner, 25, lighterman was indicted for
stealing a bale of silk, weighing 2151 b., from a
barge on the river.
It may be remembered that t vo lightermen were
convicted of this robbery, and the prisoner, who
was implicated in it, escaped at the time the two
others were taken. The same evidence was adduced
against him, and he was found guilty, and sentenced
to two years' hard labour. _

' George Lloyd, 25, shoemaker, Henry Smith, 21,
labourer, and William Morris, 21, tailor, were in-
dicted for stealing a timepiece and a bronze figure,
the property of Mr. Dawson, in his dwelling-house.
Mr. Sleigh prosecuted.
This was a very daring and impudent robbery,
and tho circumstances were these :—One evening
about six o'clock a little boy named Ludge, was
playing near the prosecutor's house, Fitzroy-lodge,
Highgate, when he saw two of the prisoners hoist
the third on their shoulders, by which means he
got within reach of the dining-room window, got
in, and came out with the timepiece. They were
detected by a Mr. Crane running towards Swain's-
lane, and Sergeant Martin, 20 S, who saw them
running from a window at the hack of the station-
house, went after them, and two were taken ; the
third got away, but was taken afterwards in the
Holloway-road. The timepiece was found at a spot
over which they passed in their flight. They were
clearly identified, and the jury found them guilty.
The police stated that from the inquiries made con-
cerning them it had been found that they came
from Golden-lane, St. Luke's, and were known to
be bad characters, and had been in prison.
The Court sentenced Smith to six months' hard
labour, but the others were sentenced each to 12
months' hard labour.

The principal part of the day was occupied by the
Court taking pleas of " guilty'' in ordinary cases.

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
Thomas Frederick Lee, Thomas Sayer, and W.
Searles were indicted for stealing 20 yards of gravel,
the property of Messrs. Brassey, the contractors,
from their wharf, Old Ford-road.
Mr. J. E. Palmer prosecuted ; the prisoners were
defended by Mr. Pater.
It appeared that the prisoner Sayer was employed
on the main drainage works, and had charge of the
gravel and sand on the wharf. He was not per-
mitted to allow any of it to be taken away without
a written order from the manager. One of the
witnesses said he saw Sayer, Searles, and Lee
putting gravel into Lee's cart three times on the sth
and twice on the 6th inst., and on being asked about
it Sayer said he had a written order, which the
manager said was not true. Sayer said it was.
Mr. Pater cross-examined the witnesses at some
length, and, in addressing the jury, contended that,
at least so far as Lee was concerned, the evidence
did not support the charge, and that it was equally
defective as far as the other prisoners were con-
cerned.

The learned Judge having summed up,
The jury, after a short consultation, acquitted the
prisoners.

COUNTRY MA RI f.E 16.

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COLCHESTER-JUNE 7.

A moderate supply of wheat at market; the full values
of last week were realised, and in some instances is per qr
more. Spring corn dull.
Wheat, white 56s 6ns Beans, Mazagan 35s 38a
red 52s 56s middle & small.3Bs 42s
Barley
Oats

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21st May, 1862.
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