The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-18 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant Judge, and
a Bench of Magistrates.)

THE CASINOS.

Yesterday morning the grand jury brought in true
bills against James Ellis, Henry Laurent, Joh❑
Adams, and James Thompson, for illegally allowing•
music and dancing at the Adelaide Gallery, in the
Lowther Bazaar, not being licensed ; against the
proprietor of the National Hall, in Holborn, for the
same offence ; and against William Clements, for the
like offence, at a certain room in Theobald's-road.

The informations were laid by Thomas Stowell, of
No. 11, Church-street, Trinity-square, Southwark,
who stated that he was employed by a society of per-
sons who had had a license for music and dancing
granted to them by the magistrates.
A true bill has also been found against the Wal-
halla Rooms, in Leicester-square.
The bill which was preferred against the Rev.
Henry Charles Sellers, charging him " with unlaw-
fully and indecently assaulting Samuel Cooper, a
soli&r," was ignored.

TV. 'Smart was indicted for having stolen a quantity
of furniture, the property of a person of the name of
Groves.

Mr. Payne appeared for the defendant.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor
that the prisoner had taken a lodging in his house
about four months since, but he had left in con-
,equence of some unpleasant words having passed
between them. A fortnight ago he went out in the
morning as usual, leaving his wife and four children
at home, and on his return was much astonished at
finding that his wife and One of his children had gone
off, and that the whole of his furniture had been
removed. In the course of a day or two he ascer-
tained that his wife was living with the prisoner at
No. 5, Duke-street, and upon going there he dis-
covered that not only had his wife gone there, but
that the place was fitted up with his furniture. On
his arrival he was informed that his wife had left ;
hut, by further inquiries, he learned that they had
just taken up their abode at a house in Tabernacle-
walk. Thither he went about ten o'clock at, night.
He found his wife in a bedroom, and she denied that
the prisoner was with her. He however, searched
the room, when he discovered him concealed under
the bed. By the advice of his brother he gave the
man into custody.
Cross-examined—He had been married nine years,
but his wife and himself had not lived happily to-
gether; so much so, that they had lived apart on
several occasions.

The Learned JUDGE intimated that the course
which the Learned Counsel was pursuing in his cross-
examination was not at all necessary for the purposes
of the present inquiry. The question was, whether
the prisoner had committed the felony with which he
was charged.
Mr. PA.ENE said that upon that point he had a good
answer in law;
but, as the crime of adultery had been
imputed to the prisoner, he had felt it to be his duty
to attempt to release him from that imputation.
There was not any adultery, but the truth was that
the story
wanted to rid himself of the liability of supporting
had been got up because the prosecutor
his wife.

The Learned JUDGE said, that as to the charge of
adultery, such a supposition was not very difficult to
arrive at when a man's wife having run away was
found living in a bedroom with another man, and
was found there as late as ten o'clock at night,
especially when, the wife having denied that her
paramour was there, he was discovered secreted under
the bed. In
his opinion there could not be much
doubt as to the truth of the imputation.
After some further cross-examination,
The Learned JUDGE told the jury that the charge
of felony against the prisoner could not be sustained
upon the evidence which had been brought forward,
for doubtless the furniture had been removed with
the consent, and in all probability by the direction of
the wife. _ . .

The jury therefore Acquitted the prisoner.
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Frederick Jaqies, the young man who was charged
with intent to commit suicide, was again placed at
the bar before Alderman Hooper.
A gentleman stepped up and informed the Alder-
man that he had visited the lodging of the prisoner,
which exhibited great cleanliness, and was certainly
a great credit to his wife.
The Chief Clerk said that the landlord had called.
and denied pressing for his rent, as had been repre-
Sented.

.\!,ieramn IloorEß asked the prisoner if he wished
A) uniwor to -'s• a charge a 9;
that of attempting to destroy himself.
Jaques replied, that he had nothing to say but that