The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Jan. 3.

John Smith, 35, was indicted for stealing a purse va-
lue 10s., and 4/. 45., the property of Mr. Robert Stirling
Newall, wire-rope manufacturer.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The Assistant-Judge then sentenced him to be trans-
ported for seven years.
G-uiseppe Luigi De Velo, 53, an intelligent and re-
spectable-looking man, was indicted for having stolen
nine sovereigns, the moneys of Charles Galli, in his
dwelling-house.
Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prisoner.
It appeared that the prosecutor, a tradesman in Hat-
ton-garden, casually met the prisoner, a countryman of
his, an Italian, and finding him to be clever, intelligent,
and a man of education, he exerted himself on his behalf,
and gave him letters of recommendation to various parties
as a teacher of two or three languages. He employed him
to teach Mrs, Galli, an Englishwoman, Italian, and on the
13th of last month he went as usual to give her a lesson. Mr.
Galli had occasion to go to an iron safe in the room where
the prisoner was, and having procured what he wanted, he
left without taking the key out of the safe door. Mrs.
Galli was called out of the room shortly afterwards by
her servant, and on returning she saw, through a glass
door, the prisoner withdraw his hand from the safe, and
put something in his percket. She was so agitated that,
as her husband had gone into the City, and had not re-
turned, she did not accuse him of having done anything
wrong, but told him she could not continue the lesson,
and he left. When her husband returned she told him
what she had seen, and on his examining the safe, he
found that nine sovereigns had been taken from thirty
which were wrapped up in a 101. note. The note had
been torn open, and the sovereigns scattered about. On
the following morning the prisoner, as usual, came to
give Mrs. Galli a lesson ; and on being charged with the
offence, he said he had taken only 51., not 91., and that
Mr. Gall o wed him the former amount in reference to some
business transactions, and they, therefore, could settle it
between them. He had never made any claim before.
When asked why he had taken the money, he implored for-
giveness of Mr. Galli, and assured Mrs. Galli that he had
done it through distress. Mrs. Galli said the prisoner
had never represented that he was in distress ; had he
done so, she would have been glad to have assisted him.
The prosecutor said, in cross-examination, that he
had, up to this transaction, considered the prisoner a
man of integrity. The prisoner had stated to him that
he was a solicitor, and as he found him to be a clever
man, he sent him to Turin, to do some business there
for him. He furnished him with a sum of money, and
gave him a letter of credit on his agent, and found that
he was faithful to his trust. He did not owe him any-
thing that he knew of.
Mr. Metcalfe said the theft was committed, no doubt,
in a moment of temptation—it could not have been de-
signed—and the opportunityleaving the key in the safe.
TwhaesevgiidveenncebwyasMrto.
too clear
r
to be resisted.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, with
ad.
The Assistant-Judge, after recom-
mendation to mercy, in which the prosecutor joined.
The little consideration,
sentenced the prisoner to four months' hard labour.