The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-03 00:00:00

WMXTECILLIPEL.

Our market was but moderately sufpplied with each
kind of meat to day. Oa the whole, the demand was in
a sluggish state, at our quotations:—Beef, from 2s 8d
to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s lud to 4a 4d; Veal, 3s Gd to
4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Justice MAULE.)
POST OFFICE ROBBERY.— William MakepieCC, a letter-
carrier, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him
with stealing a letter containing money, the property
of the Postmaster-General.
Mr. Justice PATTESON sentenced him to be trans-
ported for ten years.
FELONIOUSLY SHOOTING.—Thomas Millesent, de-
scribed in the calendar as a sailor, was indicted for
feloniously shooting at Mary Ann Millesent, his wife,
with intent to murder her or do her some grievous bodily
harm.

Mr. Payne conducted the case for the prosecution,
and from his statement and the evidence adduced it ap•
peered that the prisoner and the prosecutrix were hus-
band and wife, but that they had been separated since
May last. On the 15th of December last the prisoner
went to the house where the prosecutrix was residing
with her brother, in Greenfield-street, Whitechapel.
Upon his going to the house ho was shown into the
parlour, and the prosecutrix, upon going to him, asked
what had brought him there, to which the prisoner
replied, " His legs." The prosecutrix replied
she supposed they had. She saw that be had some-
thing in his hand, down by his side. She enquired
what he wanted there, to which the prisoner replied,
"I am come to pay off old scores." The prosecutrix
then asked prisoner what he had in his hand,
to which he replied. "Something for you," meaning
the prosecutrix, and he immediately fired off a pistol at
her. The prosecutrix was not injured, but she screamed
out, and her brother came in and seized the prisoner,
upon whom were found two pistols, one which had
been discharged, and the other loaded. The loaded
pistol was in the prisoner's pocket. The prisoner was
then given into custody. Three days previous to the
transaction the prisoner bad called at the house and saw
the prosecutrix, to whom he stated that he would shortly
pay off the old score.

- The prisoner, in his defence, denied that he had any
intention to injure his wife; that the pistol going off was
caused by his wife catching hold of his arm, and as a
proof of that the shots wero found on the carpet, which
would not have been the case had he fired the pistol at
his wife. The truth was the pistols were intended to
put an end to himself, for, in consequence of the conduct
of his wife's brother he had been made most miserable,
and whatever might be the consequences to himself he
would have his revenge upon him one day or other.
Some witnesses gave the prisoner a good character for
humanity.
Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and
The jury Acquitted the prisoner.
Mr. PAYNE then called the attention of the Court to
the threats made by the prisoner with respect to the
brother of the prosecutrix, and trusted that the Court
would take notice of it in some way or other.
Mr. Justice PATTEsorr very feelingly admonished the
prisoner, and told him that if he carried his threat into
execution the consequences would be fatal to himself.
Mr. PAYNE submitted to the Court that it had the
power to call upon him to obtai❑ sureties for his peace.
able conduct towards all her Majesty's subjects.
Mr. Justice PATTESON did not think himself justified
in adopting such a course.
The prisoner was then ordered to be discharged.
UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COlN.—John Greenfield, 21,
a shoemaker, was convicted of feloniously uttering
counterfeit coin, and sentenced to nine months' impri-
sonment and hard labour.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
George Collins, the ostler at the Bell Inn, White-
chapel-road, was indicted for stealing a sack of mixed
corn, the property of Messrs. Peacock, of Stratford.
A policeman stated, that one day last week he saw the
prisoner go to a waggon of Messrs. Peacock's, which
was standing opposite the inn, and take from it a sack o
o ,rn. He followed him into the yard and took him into
custody.
Peacock's waggoner stated that the sack of corn found
on the prisoner by the policeman had been taken off the
waggon. It had been mixed for the food of his own
horses. Tho sack had his masters' name on it.

The prisoner declared that the sack had been a long
time in his possession, and had on the day in question
just purchased the corn at a chandler's in the neighbour-
hood, to whom he had referred the policeman.
The constable being re-called said, that upon inquiry,
he found that some man like the prisoner, had bought a
sack of chaff, not of mixed corn, at the chandler's re-
ferred to. But he still positively swore that he saw the
prisoner take the sack from the waggon, and it contained
not chaff, but the corn mixed and prepared for food.
The prisoner had been in custody before upon a similar
charge, and his fellow-ostler was last year convicted
and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing a
sack of corn from a waggon at the inn door under similar
circumstances.

The juryriturned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner
was sentenced to six months imprisonment.
Two or three petty cases of larceny concluded the
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