The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-03 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—(J his Day

The March sessions of the Central Criminal Court com-
menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
the Sheriffs, and the other civic functionaries.

O wing to a longer period than usual having elapsed since
the adjournment of the court, the session is likely to be a
very heavy one, therebeing already 130 prisoners committed
for trial, and a great number of the offences with which they
are charged are of a very grave character. There are no less
than three charges of wilful murder in the calendar, one
of them being of a very painful nature, in which a re-
spectable tradesman named Wincott was killed in a most
brutal manner in the open day, and in his own shop by
some drunken costermongers. It seems that since the
coroner's jury have returned the verdict, representa
tions :have been made to Sir G. Grey, the Home Se-
cretary, upon the subject, and he has given directions
that the prosecution shall be taken up by the Solici-
tor to the Treasury, and bills of indictment for
wilful murder will consequently be sent up to the grand
jury, and if they should return true bills the whole of
the parties will be put upon their trial for that offence. At
present, four of the parties against whom the coroner's
jury have returned a bill for wilful murder are in Cold-
bath-fields Prison, but if the grand jury should find bills
against them they will be removed to Newgate by a writ
of habeas corpus to take their trial. There are a great many
other very serious cases to be disposed of at this sessions,
and among them is the charge against the five Polish Jews
of having endeavoured to procure plates for the purpose
of forging Russian rouble notes, which is prosecuted
by the Russian Government, and Sergeant Ballantine
is specially retained to conduct the case on behalf of the
authorities of that country. Among the other cases to be
disposed of at this session it appears that there are 15
charges of burglary, and no less than :33 of the prisoners
are charged with uttering counterfeit coin, a class of offence
that appears to be very much on the increase.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

OETAININCA A QUANTITY OF LINEN BY FRAUD.—Mary
Ann Nagle, a young woman, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with obtaining a basket of linen of the value of
£6 by false pretences from Mrs. Mary Brumwell of the
Horse and Groom, 301, Oxford-street.

Mr. John Brumwell, son of Mrs. Brumwell, said the pri-
soner called on Monday, the 13th January, and asked for
the linen, saying that she had been sent by Mrs. Lush, the
laundress. He told the servant, believing the prisoner's
statement, to give her the linen, and she did so. The linen
had never been brought back.

Susan Abbiss, servant to Mrs. Brumwell, proved giving
the prisoner the linen.

Mrs. Lush, of 23, Coach and Horses-yard, Old Buzling-
ton-street, said she had employed the prisoner, but never
sent her for the basket of linen..

Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said he apprehended the prisoner on
Saturday night, when she said the linen had been stolen
from her. He believed there was a previous conviction.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner till Monday next,
when she will be committed for trial.
NOVEL MODE OF PLUNDERING LODGINGS.—DETER-
MINED PUREIUXT.—John Johnson, a dyer, Was charged as
follows :

The prisoner had a pair of goloshes when taken into cus-
tody, and had with him a black bag and two cards, on
which were written, "Mr. George Brace, passenger to Bar-
net," there being little doubt that his plan was, when he
secured any booty, to tie one of the cards to it, or to the
bag's mouth, so as to deceive the police in the event of this
being stopped.

It appears that at an early hour this morning, Mr. James
O'Ryan, a lodger at the house of Mr. Daniel, 21, South
Molton-street, heard some one in his bedroom, and said,
" Is that you, Mr. Daniel F" The prisoner said " Yes," but
hearing that it was not, he jumped out of bed and pursued
the prisoner, who opened the street door. Mr. Ryan, de-
termined not to lose the prisoner, pursued hial, and brought
him back, and gave him into custody.
Mr. Ryan, in answer to the magistrate, said he could
not tell how the prisoner got into the house, and that he
was awoke by hearing some one at his clothes on the table.

Mr. Daniel said on going down stairs he saw Mr. Ryan,
who was in his shirt, pursuing theprisoner in thestreet. Se-
veral latch keys were found, one of them opening the street
door, on the slab near the street door, but they did not
belong to the house.
Inspector Walker said he believed he had seen the pri-
soner before.
Robinson 163 C, exhibited the bag to the magistrate,
and it was one of a very capacious description.
Prisoner was remanded for a week, Mr. Tyrwhitt com-
plimenting Mr. Ryan, who is a tall and remarkably fine-
looking gentleman, on his clever capture of the prisoner.

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ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD.
—Joseph Wills, of 15, Pitt-street, a papier-mache maker,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with seriously catting
and wounding a man named John Earl, with intent to do
him some grievous bodily harm.

A certificate was put in from the Middlesex Hospital
stating that the injured man was unable to attend, it being
signed by the house surgeon,
It appears that the prisoner, who was living with his
mother, was on Saturday night breaking up all the articles
of furniture, and his mother, who was assaulted by him,
cried " Murder." The injured man went to see whether
he could pacify the prisoner, who was very excited, when
he was stabbed in the throat through a half-closed door.
Moorcroft, 165, said on taking the prisoner into custody
the only remark he heard was " Very good." He found a
knife in the prisoner's waistcoat, but the prisoner said that
was not the one he had done it with.—Remanded.

THE WEATHER.

PROBABLE TO-MORROW.

North Britain.. W.N.W. to N. and N.E., fresh to strong;

snow.
Ireland S.W. to N.W. and N.N.E., strong to a
a gale; snow or rain.
Central S.W. to N.W. ; snow ; moderate to
strong.
East Coast N.W. toN.E., fresh to strong; snowy.
South England. S.W. to N.W. and N., fresh to strong;
rain or snow.