The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-16 00:00:00

PRE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1847

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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

David Cleary was indicted for stealing ahandker-
chief, the property of Henry Joseph Wood. The facts
of the case were of the ordinary character.
The prisoner, when called upon for his: defence, de-
livered, in a tremulous:tone of voice apparently with
the deepest feelings of contrition and a sense of acute
suffering, an unusually well-worded address to the jury,
in which he stated that he had only just come out of the
House of Correction, where he had been detained in de-
fault of a trifling fine; that he was in extreme destitu-
tion, having been refused the slightest 'diet' both by
his father, who was in independent circumstances, and
by the parish authorities.
He was found Guilty.

The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in passing sentence, after
communicating with the officer of the House of Correc-
tion, said the prisoner's audacity and artful duplicity
were almost without parallel. It appeared that he had
been three times convicted of felony; twice for violently
assaulting the police, and twice for being in a public
place for the purpose of committing a felony. The sen-
tence of the Court upon him was, that he be transported
for the term of seven years.
Upon hearing the sentence, the prisoner's whining
tone changed into defiance, and he left the bar mutter-
ing curses against the judge and the jury.
Joseph Moss was indicted for stealing a bar of lead,i
the property of Thomas Ray.
It appeared that the prisoner's master had been making
some alterations on the premises of the prosecutor, and
the prisoner being engaged in carting away rubbish,
availed himself of the opportunity to steal the lead.
The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to three
months imprisonment, with hard labour.
George Mills was indicted for attempting to pick
pockets at the General Post office, ou the night of the
2sth ult.

The prisoner was one of a numerous and dexterous
gang of thieves, who infest the post-offices at St.
Martin's-le-Grand and Charing-cross, about the time
when there is the greatest rush of persons before the
closing of the boxes, and on the evening named in the in-
dictment, George Seymour swore that he felt a tug at
his pocket, and on looking round saw the prisoner close
by, and a servant of the Oriental Club deposed to having
seen the prisoner's baud in the pocket of Mr. Seymour.
A verdict of Guilty was returned, and the prisoner
was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the
House of Correction.

Charles Dohrman, an itenerant German musician was
indicted for stealing a cornopean, the property of a
countryman of named Jacob Vanc!enbergh.
The evidence of the prosecutor was given through the
medium of an interpreter, as well as the prisoner's de-
fence.

A constable of the R division deposed to having seen
the prisoner enter the prosecutor's shop, in Rosemary-
lane, about seven o'clock in the evening, and having
watched him, owing to his manner being rather sus
picious, he saw him take down the trumpet from a
hook upon which it hung in the shop, and after he got
into the street, place it to his lips and sound it, to lull
suspicion. After following him a short distance, he
took him into custody. The prosecutor identified the
article as his property.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the pri-
soner, who implored for mercy in broken English, was
sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard
labour. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
' MANSION-HO USE.

THE RAILWAY Case.—Mr. P. Scanlan, Mr. W.
Killick, Mr. H. Flight, again appeared, before the Lord
Mayor for further examination upon the charge of having
conspired to defraud Mr. Margetson, of Aldermanbury,
of 1001., by borrowing that sum of him upon the security
of Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction
Railway Shares. Mr. Humphrey appeared upon the part
of Mr. Margetson, the complainant; Mr. Duncan, the
barrister, upon the part of Mr. Scanlan, and Mr. Ballan-
tine for Mr. Killick and Mr. Knight.
Before the case was proceeded with, Mr. J. B. Shuttle-
worth, of No. 33, East Cheap, one of the provisional coin •
rinittee, who had been summoned, and examined as a wit-
ness on. the preceding examination, appeared before his
Lordship to complain, he said, of a false and libellous
imputation made upon that occasion. After he had left
the justice-room against his character.
Mr. DUDCita (for Mr. Scanlan) objected to allow any
innovation upon the usual course of proceeding, to be
made by one person.
The LORD MAYOR said he understood that Mr. Shut.•
tleworth's object was to defend himself against a false
accusation brought against him in his absence, and
which he felt bound, in common justice to himself, to
contradict.
Mr. Duncan said he considered the application of Mr.
Shuttleworth to be heard was entirely against the com-
mon practice, and submitted that what that gentleman
had to say might in some degree prejudice the defen-
dants. He, therefore, should persevere in opposing the
interruption to the case, which after having been once
called upon, ought to be allowed to proceed without
being at all interfered with.
The LORD MAYOR said he certainly should take the
liberty to exercise his discretion upon such an occasion,
and could not see how the natural desire to correct a
calumnious misrepresentation could prejudice person a
by whom it,bwi not been made.
Mr. Shialtleivoitle thanked the Lord Mayor, and said
'the gross, cahnriny of which he complained was, that
Mr. Bevan, the secretary to the company, had said in
the justice room, that he (Mr. Shuttleworth) had
" fraudulently drawn cheques to defraud the committee of
the Stock Exchange. " Here Mr. Shuttleworth pro.
duced before his Lordship five cheques, which he had
signed in conjunction with two other members
of the committee, dated in January and February
1846, and solemnly assured his Lordship that
he had never signed any other cheques for, or
in connexion with, the company ; that application
was not made to the Stock Exchange to fix a
settling day until in the mouth of June following ; that
the charge made by Mr. Bevan was entirely false ; and
that the false imputation having appeared in the news-
papers, he felt it absolutely necessary to put himself
right with his. friends and the public by as publicly
giving the most unqualified denial to the statement, con-
vinced that however inconsiderate he had been in con-
necting himself with the company, no imputation could
justly be fastened upon his honour or integrity during
the period of 32 years in which he had carried on busi-
ness in the city of London.
The LORD MAYOR said he believed at the moment the
secretary made the statement that there was no truth
whatever in it, and he expressed his disapprobation of
in speaking so injuriously
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Mr. Ballantine then addressed the Lord Mayor.
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Margetson, was aware that there were legal difficulties in
this case, hich, if there were grounds of charging moral
offences against .the defendants, would be likely to
be insurmountable. If, under these circumstances, the
Lord Mayor presented no obstacle, the complainant
would not proceed further, and the immediate restitution
to which his clients considered Mr. Margetson entitled,
should be made. His Lordship had, no doubt, performed
his duty in investigating the subject of dispute, and had
executed the task in a manner which placed both parties
under obligations to him. In all probability it would be
considered% failure of justice that all parties should be
released from further responsibility of attendance, and
that the defendants should be relieved from the charge.
Mr. Duncan said he fully agreed with the Learned
Counsel in what had been stated as to the performance
of the part which the Lord Mayor bad found it neces-
sary to take upon himself, in the course of the painful
transactions. All he would say as to Doctor Scanlan,
his client, was, that that gentleman felt himself alto.
gether guiltless, and was ready to make immediate resti-
tution, if it should be required.
Ur. Humphrey, on the part of Mr. Margetson, said
that that gentleman considered himself defrauded of
1001., and determined not to submit to the less without
causing an investigation to be made. How he was de-
prived of his money it was not necessary to state. Cer-
tainly he considered it to be a duty towards the public to
bring the matter before the Lord Mayor, and he had
it was for his Lordship to
h
t not to be pro-
ceeded refused to come to any private arrangement without the
sanction of his Lordship, and
decide whether the' case ought or o
with. Mr. Margetson entertained no vindictive
feeling towards the defendants, but it would be madness
to say that the gentleman would not be rejoiced to get
back his money—(A laugh)—and he stood in the Court
ought or ought not to be abandone , and to act accord-
to abide his Lordship's opinion as dto whether the case

ingly at that moment.
The Loan MAYOR said it was quite impossible for him
to have anything personally to do with the business. It
appeared to him, from the statements made of the
transaction, that a fraud had been committed against the
complainant, and he was determined to make every
effort in his power, as a magistrate, to do justice in such
a case. However, there undoubtedly was, in his belief,
difficulties which a jury could not easily overcome, one
of the principal of which was the difficulty as to the in-
sertion of the advertisement, stating that the company
had determined to return IL 12s. fid. per share. He
felt, under such circumstances, that the course he was
bound to take was to discharge the defendants, He at
the same time protested against the inference that such
a course was to be used as a means of compromise in an
act of fraud. The justice-room should not be a nlace to
which people would resort to obtain reaitution for
money. At the same time he should be always ready
and willing to render any assistance to his fellow-citi-
zens against the machinations of unprincipled men.
'The defendants then left the justice-room, and. Vr
Macgetson having had his 1001. returned to him, retied;
also.

BOW-STREET.
Will: 1/2m Johnson was placed at the bar before Mr. Jar-
dine, charged with illegally entering the area of the
house of a Mrs. Forsyth, in Russell-street, Bedford-
square, and stealing some meat, bread, &c., from a safe
therein.
1:t appeared that Mr. Ashworth, a next neighbour of
the prosecutrix, saw the prisoner get into the area, by
clip lbing over the rails. He immediately went to the
spot and found the prisoner in the area, who clambered
up by the water-butt for the purpose of getting out, and
Mr. Ashworth called a constable, arid gave him in
custody. He said he went down to get his cap, having
thrown it down by accident, and he thought he had a
right to go down after his own property. Two laieces
of brnd, evil rather more than half of a, 4-Ib, loaf, a,