The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-04 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT:

THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.
The January Sessions of the above Court were commenced
this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, Mr. Alder-
man White, the Recorder, and Mr. Sergeant Araia.
The Grand Jury having been sworn, were addressed by the
Recorder. He congratulated them upon the appearance of
the calendar : upon that, and the perusal of the depositions
which had, been laid before him, he was of opinion that their
labours would nOt detain them long. He was quite sure, that
though they were called upon to perform those labours at this
time, which was a season of repose to even those most engaged
in business, they would perform their duty cheerfully, when
they took into consideration that it was to carry into effect the
objects of the new Act, which were, speedy justice, and the
speedy release of those persons who were suffering innocently.
The matters that were to be brought before them did not
present any case of difficulty ; if any such should arise, the
Court would be most happy at any time to afford such
assistance as was in its power. He then drew the attention
of the Jury to the case of Paul, charged with receiving a
quantity of numbers of the Weekly Visitor, knowing them to
have been stolen : and also to the case of the man charged
with having in his possession a quantity of paper, searing
the marks of " forged stamps" for cards. These were cases
requiring their particular attention. After explaining the
law upon the cases, he dismissed them to their duties, which,
he trusted, would be light.
The Common Juries having been called, and sworn,
Mr. Sergeant ARABIN took the ease of
Isaac Slodden, who was indicted for stealing 6001bs. of
annatto, the property of Messrs. R. J. Fullwood and Co.,
in whose service he was.

The prisoner on being arraigned, pleaded guilty.
Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prosecution, said he
was instructed to state that Messrs. Fullwood and his partner
had made a strict enquiry into the previous character of the
prisoner, and they had found that before coming into their
employment, he had borne one of a most exemplary nature.
He had also lived in their service for several years, and
from some circumstances which had lately come to their
knowledge they were induced to believe that the prisoner
might have taken the property home to work upon through
mistake. From the satisfactory nature of the answers they
had received to their enquiries, the prosecutors were per-
fectly willing to receive him again into their employment,
and unless they were compelled by the Court, they would
decline to offer any evidence upon another indictment which
had been preferred against him.
Mr. Serjeant ARABIN—What is the amount of the whole
of the property charged to have been stolen ?
Mr. CLARKSON--.I believe my Lord that in all it amounts
to between 501. and 1001.

Mr. Fullwood then got into the witness box and said he
begged to join most heartily in the recommendation of the
Learned Counsel. He was most willing to take the prisoner
at once into his employment.
The Learned JUDGE said it was very humane, and he
would most certainly take all the circumstances into his consi-
deration when fixing the sentence on the prisoner.