The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-13 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THI.DAY.I
(13fute Mr. WiTii.►s, Chairman.)
Martha 4tartin was indicted for stealing a 5/. note and
two sovereigns of James Langh7.'
The prosecutor, a seafaring man, had gone abroad
With his ship since the pt:itener whs toteitted, and Was
still ebnent, and the evidence against the prisoner was
hat of one of the servants in a lodging-house in Stepney,
where the alleged robbery took place. She stated that
on the 31st of August, Mr. Langley was asleep in a chair
in the kitchen; litti+ilig been drinking the night before,
when the prisoner put her hands into his breast pocket,
and took out of it a note-case, which she opened and
extracted the 5/. note, and also took the two sovereigns
from another pecker. Sb.e thsti iteht blit, and the wit-
ness Itfrb/1"6 the prosecutor, and informed bim of what had
occurred.

The prisoner's defence was that the prosecution was
nstigated by "Black Bet" through spite, because she
(the prisoner) wont.' ant ditidb The tiioney with her.
Mr. L'Angley had desired her to take the money, for the
service she had rendered him in the to o days previous,
in going round with bim to several places in London
and Greenwich. He had give her two sovereigns, and
told her to take the note ont of his pecket';book&
The Leained CuAiniiAN thought that in the absence of
the prosecutor it would scarcely be safe to convict the
prisoner upon the unsupported evidence of the other
woman, as there might be some truth in the prisoner
statement
The }tit' accordingly acquitted her.

SURREY SESSIONS.THIS DAY.)
(Before T. Potttth, Esq., and a 13eneh of Magiatrates.)
ROBBERY 'illr A PaosfirrtrrE.—Anot Smith, a good-
looking young girl, was indict d for stealing the sum of
4L, from th Pikaba of genry Noakes, in 3t. titorgb%
Southwark.

The prosecutor deposed that he was a market-gardener,
residing at Croydon, and on the 24th of August became
to the Borough-market, to dispose of some property.
In the evening he enjoyed a felt flours with Boitte triettis,
and at ten o'clock left theiti to go home. When he got
to the railway station he found the last train gone, and
he was about to return to his friend's house when he met
the prisoner. She asked him to treat her with some
brandy, and he accompanied her to the White Hart
public•house, While in her company he suddenly
fell asleep, and on his waking up he discovered that
the prisoner had decamped with all his money except a
few shillings. He made inquiries of the landlady of the
house, arid ascertained that she ran out of the house en
hour after they entered. Information was given to the
police, and it wus found that the prisoner had changed
two sovereigns on the day after the robbery, and that
she had exhibited two others.
In defence the prisoner said the prosecutor was drunk,
and had been with other women prior to his going
with her.

Verdict, Guilty. Sentence, twelve months at Brixton.

THE WEATIIEIt IN BIRMINGHAM.—WEDNESDAY
EvENING.--Yesterday it commenced raining, and has
continued without intermission, but without any injurious
effects upon the health of the town. We find so many
.deatbs returned in the London list from diarrhoea in;
Birtniniham, bk. we cannot hear who they are that have.
been carried off. The surgeons and physicians generally
do not know of any such mortality.